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      SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . _ This important meeting , which was adjourned a fortai ^ it ago , ttm held on Sunday last , in the Charfcst Boom , Brown-street , Eat Manchester . The dels pies , who bad many of them to come a long distance , assembled at eleven o'clock . Delegates present : —Mr . William Gresty , York-street , H « ich « tar ; Mr . Wm . Grocott ,. Brown-street , Manchester ; Mr . Beftben Hague , JDees ; Mr . looms * Iawl esa , Oldham , ; Mr . Jonn Mason , Mossley ; lit Roger

      Gregory , Middleton ; Mr , Wm . Guttrie , Eceles ; Mr Seary Wataj , Miles Platting-, Mr . John Harris , A ^ hton ; Mr . Tfcomas Cneetham , Stalybridge ; Mr . Davies , Leigh ; Mr . Henry Nuttall , Bedfera-street , Manchester ; Mr . James Cartledge , Warriagton ; Mr . Wm . Beard , Bolton ; Mr . John Batterworth , Milnrow ; Mr . Charles Bowman , Openshsw and Droylsden ; Mr . Themas "RatTE ™ , Salford ; Mr . Nicholas ^ t """*^ Wiganand Chowbent ; and Mr . David Ogden , Failsworth . , Mr . Wm . Gkesty was called to the Chair .

      The Secretary read over the minutes ef last meeting , which were confirmed , and also a number of letters bearing upon the business of the meeting . Each delegate then paid his qact ; of money towards the Convention fond . The money afikirs being satisfactorily settled , a long dlaffasscon ensued , - -which terminated by the passing of ths following resolution : — Moved by Mr . Cartledge , and seconded by Mr . Beard" That , in order to come to a clear and brotherly understanding "with the Chartists of this county , it is the opinion of the delegates representing South Lancashire , that it is requisite and desirable the whole of Xancashire should join in engaging lecturers , acd to tnissact all other business connected with the Chartist movement in the county ; and that the Secretary do forthwith correspond with the sob-Secretaries of the J »" orth on the subject , and the same to be laid before the next delegate meeting . "

      Mr- Cirtiedge then mored the fallowing resolution , Which was seconded by Mr . If uttall , and carried unftsimonsly v ^ " We the Delegates of South Lancashire pledge ourselves not to be parties to any csmpromise with the Com Law Lsagne or any other body of men , but that we ¦ will stand by tbe Charter , tha whole Charter , and to agitate for nothing less , and that a Committee be chosen to draw up an address to tie county to that effect , giving instructions how the Chaitists of Lanca shire should in our opinion act at all the forthcoming meetings , and at any deputations which they may for the future have with the League , or any other party who might wish an interview with them . " Messrs . Griffin , Cartledge , and Grocott , were then elected to draw up the aforesaid address .

      After a long discussion on the propriety of having a regular correspondence with the Members of the Con-Tention while sitting , f 01 "which purpose a Central Committee should be formed to sit in Manchester . The following resolution was carried unanimously . " That a Committee of persons be appointed whose business it shall be to keep np a continual correspondence with the Members for Lancashire while sitting , to give * hPTn such information and instruction as they is their judgment may deem best calculated to forward * he good cause in which we are engaged ; and should anything of importance transpire they shall immediately communicate the same to the Secretaries of X ^ ncsshire , accompanied with such information and advice as they may think necessary . And we urgently call upon every member in the county to hold themselves prepared to second the exertions of their Council in every legal way , and bo te act as the case may leanire . "

      The following persons were elected as the Committee , Messrs . Griffia , Csrtledge , Grocott , Davies , Knight , Shearer , Waters , andJiiniin . The Seetetary was then ordered to write to Liverpool and a few other places who are in arrears , requesting them to come forward as early as possible . A Deputation was next introduced from Delph , Saddleworth , who rtited that they were situated betwixt the two counties , and wished to know whether they should join Lancashire ' or Yorkshire , The former being more likely to render them assistance iy sending them lectures , < fcc-It was moved by Mr . Bankin , seconded by Mr . Grocott and carried , " That they join Lancashire . " After a vote ef thanks to the Chairman and Secretary lor their disinterested and veluntary services , the Dele gate * dispersed . The next Delegate meeting will be held on the last Sunday of next month .

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      The Address of ike Delegates ofSouDi Lancashire to their Constituent aiid the fhariisls generally throughout the United Kingdom . Brother chartists , —We , the delegates assem bled , consider it to be our duty at this very important period of our agitation , to give 30 a our opinion and advice on the proud position which ws hold in our gigantic struggle as a party for political freedom . But a short time ago , the factions who were striving lor the contents of the mess-trough , would not allew you , in their narrow , short-sighted , prejudiced , and contracted craniums , to have the least power . They treated yon with scorn and coEtempt ; your measures were wild and visionary ; in fact , you were considered imworthy of their notice , —except to receive their calumny , abuse , and misrepresentation . But by your perseverance , your determination , your firmness , your arguments , cumbers , and adherence to principle , you

      Dave compelled them , though reluctantly , to change iheir tone and behaviour—they having found that all their schemes , talent and wealth , were insufficient to draw you from the one great object to which you are attached , have at last—( hear it , ye Chartirts , and let it be proclaimed through the length and breadth of the Imri )—admitted that "we are a party , and a rery powerful one . They have , in conclave , made a declaration that they cannot accomplish their object without the assistance and co-operation of the indnstrkras millions , and more especially those who are denominated Chartists . Had they been honest and sincere towards the Chartists —iai the Whigs performed their work whilst in power , the sufferings , imprisonment , death , and transportation of the Chartists would have been prevented . What amount of confidence can ire place in them , after their being so long beating about the bushes , and , as a last step , " . only coming forward to cwurt our Eupport through mere seeessity , and not from principle ?

      They wished to attract our attention by forming an Association for Househc-14 Suffrage , when they had found that persecution nor imprisonment would neither lead or drive us from our scent of the Charter . Our leaders met them honestly and fairly , and beat them a t Leeds . An editor of this town—namely , Mr . Prentice , of the H-Jzchesler Times , as a sort of feeler , put forth an ecue-iimal standard for the franchise , instead of that laid do-sra in the Chaiter . We exposed that , and of

      course it would not take . The working millions conceived that tiey ought not to be deprived of their birthright , " » hen ths system of class legislation had prevented them frcm learning the mechanical arts of "writing and reading—that is , the system was calculated , in the first pb . ee , to make them ignorant ; and , according to the boughs of fT ii" Solon—this vrould-be pstric-t and public instructor , they must renuin ihTcs , in consequence of Each ignorance , a core unjust and unreasonable project could not have EEisated from a desnot , much less a liberal i&an .

      They next brought out a declaration for what was tended compltte Suffrage ; but this , like the other two "ti-Js , " wererejrGted , The Chartists would not be again deemed . The consequence was . that it only tended to shew their -wtakcess and shuffllEg . We met tai 3 & % th * cutset , and exposed it , and very little is said about it , txc « pt idcn ^ a few high Whigs-Another gentlemen of the Midland Counties , who ti « tj £ fct he "would prove himself cicre wily and enn-Eisg in the system of political juggling—3 fkL'fni general of th « ihizsble-riggers—in order to prove that he ^» as a masterpiece in the ait of deception aud cesxicg—t » routht ont a new Charter , forsooth ! which , ftt- i few dijs , made a great noise in hi 3 own neighbojrfccou , and ; iDerwards died after hard kicks—uniamentt-d , ciibonoured , and almost forgotten—at Itsst , ve have net heard a word either about him or his new bom cicce its l ^ st dying groans .

      The "whole of their attempts having been frustrated , asd perceiving that they were fist , and in a wesk and &" * fni position—the Tories beating them in the House , and the n&Bsthty Chartists cuffing them in trying to E £ te than honest out of the Honso—their positien as a party , wis truly pitiable—to obviate "which , ann raise a kind cf ferment , and to extricate themselves oat of their manifold blundtrs and difficulties , and to cfFsr ccuther friit , a few great and liberal souls , about fcalf-a-= itz ~ n in cumber , assembled on Friday , the Hth inst ., at a Temperance Hotel in MancfcesUr , ad drtw tp a declaration , demanding the Suffrage and the Ballot , setting forth that it "was the production of a EEniber of men Trio were merchants , tradesmen , maiiu-&cturere , intabifents , and working classes of Manchester . They employed a number cf men to stand at at the end cf strttts to obtain signatures , who said thct tte forking and middle classes had joined fer a Repeal of tbi Corn Laws .

      -ice Chartists , -fLo are ever on the alert , who have watched their trick ? , saw through this puff , and set it down as oily consistext with all their other meres . Ccnstqjaestly , ths obstinate , ignorant , and filly Chartists rejected it , df-Bounced it as vague and unsatisfac tory , tnd unwoitty of their support Iteir rext step was to pass resolutions , calling upon herMsjasty to dismiss -her present advisers , and call ta her council men who would abolish the Corn Laws , and to give to every man of twenty-ore years of age , of sane mind , 4 c ., a vote for the election of Members to Parliament . an » l likewise tie Ballot .

      When the memorial , which ought to have been fraEied according to these resolutions , came out , behold , to onr astonishment and disgust , these parties , who had so recently became so honest—these new converts to liberal principles—these men who wish for the cooperation of the Chartists—had deceitfully burked , or xather omitted te mention a word about either the Suffrage or the Ballot , the memorial only asked for ^ Enisters who "would repeal the Corn Laws . Now , fellow-countrymen , whether Chartista or not , ttnit be expected that we can trust £ ush men . as these ?

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      Ought we not to be sceptical ? Is it not sufficient to convince as that they only wished to make tools of us to obtain repeal ? Would such men as those give us to political power if they could ? What other motives can they have—what designs but those of deception and intrigue ? What is the reason of all this maneuvering ? Why have they been driven to this sort of conduct ? Why all this scheming , planning , and capering ? First , Household Suffrage ; Second , Education Suffrage ; Third , Complete . Suffrage ; Fourth , Twenty-five years' Sufoage ; Fifth , the Charter Suffrage and Vote by Ballot "Why simply and truly Because you were determined not to budge from tha Charter—because you were

      wedded to these undying principles contained in that imperishable document called the People's Charter , and were resolved not to make any or the least compromise , or to join any party who wou d not go at once for a full measure of justice ; then take credit for your firmness , integrity , and honesty ; you now see that every step you have taken has been a judicious one , and that by a perseverance in the same line of procedure yon will be respected by the parties who -nee despised you , and I as you have brought them from one point to another , like I squirrels bopping from bough to bough you will compel them to come out whether honestly or not for every thing you desire . You have obtained too great a ; triumph te give way ; your cause is just , anil ought to be espoused iy every working man who loves himself ,

      ; his family , his country , and posttrity . No man will j object to our prlciples who is a lover of liberty . No j one will refrain joining us , but he who is content to [ remain a mere servile slave . Indeed neither the advoj cates of the Whigs nor the Tories have evtr attempted j to analiza the points of the Charter ; neither the Whig nor the Tory prass have ever properly discussed the principle , bnt have invariably , in a cowardly and unjoit manner , pointed with scorn and riditule to some rei ported indiscreet act of an isolated Chartist , without I even inquiring whtther the statement be true or false , and helti it up to their hearers and readers a 3 a specimen of Chartism . Now were we to adopt this standard , and apply this test to any society , either political , relU

      gious , or benefit , f we were to identify the actions of men with principles , we might condemn by the same rule eierygood institution or society in existence . These parties have " been in the habit of attending bat pailours , tempererance hotels , and other places of resort ; when the Charter was mooted they have turned ap thtir noses and treatsd it a 3 beneath their notice , only to mske it frightful and appear impracticable , and when taken to task , when questioned as to whether they bati ever read that document , they have replied in the negative ; and the only reasen these biggoted busy bodies ,, these lops ol politicians , these great and wise wculd-be-statesmen and legislators could assign for their willful ignorance of those principles was , that they never considered it worth reading .

      Should these remarks meet the eyes of some of this discription of critics , these great Solomon ' s , or of any of Our new-professed converts , we will give them a brief sketch of the Charter , accompanied with our reassns for agitating for it , leaving ourselves open to meet any man or body of men to defend it , either with pen or tongue ; not because we depend upon our abilities alone , but because the principles of the Charter are just and right , founded on truth and require only a plain and ¦ unvarnished tale to make them produce conviction in their favour , in the minds ef every man who is not blinded with prejudice and self-conceit .

      As . th » first grand point of tae Charter , we advocate Universal Suffrage , liable to the following conditions : —That the voter be a male , twenty-one years of age , of sana mind , unconvicted of crime , not guilty of personation , bribery , forgery of election certificates , and able to prove a three months residence as a householder or lodger .. The above is the Universal Suffrage of the Chartera suffrage for the virtuous only , from which the perfidious traitor to his conn try ' s rights would be excluded —a suffrage discriminating , equitable , and just .

      What we advocate is a right founded upon the princi pies of natcre . Politically speaking , we see no differcnee in man at birth , there is none at death , and the . n surely if God and nature has made no difference in their entrance into the wsrld , and going out of the world , there- ought net to be any in their voyage through the wurld ; but the contrary has been the rule , thousands , cay millions by our unjust laws and class legislation have been born slaves , lived slaves , and lastly , have died shares . It is th 3 t which has induced man to become a tyrant , and likewise . made slaves . No man has ever attempted to shew why the industrious mechanic , or the labouring man should be deprived of his birthright . St . Paul

      said " those who did not work , neithershould they eat " Common sense would suggest that if any portion ought to be excluded , it must be those idlers and drones who fatten upon the blood actl bones of the people . And those industrious millions who labour for their livingthat portion of the community who are the real pride the rear prop , the real strength , the real wealth , the real power , the real protectors , defenders , and greatness of the nation ought to have a voice in the laws of their country—bo that their labour , which is the Eource of allwealth , which produces everything valuable in society , without which the world would be an universal desert , might be protected , equally with its child , the csDitaL

      Tote by Ballot we advocate , deeming it tie only safeguard of the poor but conscientious voter—his only protection against bribery , corruption , and intimidation ; but we resist the Billot , without the suffrage , aB useless and inefficient , upon the same principle that wewould a scabbard without a sword to shield . We advocate Annual Parliaments , because they would preserve more closely the connection between the elector and the representative , prevent bad Government arisingfrom corrupt Minist-rs and senators troubled with short memories and truckling principles . We agitate for equal representation , as by its introduction the constituencies , in some cases so disproportionately numerous , would be reduced ; in others , so diminutive , would be multiplied , so that Harwich , with its 156 electors , should not send an tqaal number of Members to Parliament , with the thousands of Westminster , * c .

      We advocate the > o Property Qualification for MembsTs of Parliament , oa the principle that it is neither the extent of- a man ' s acres , or the depth of his purse , that qualifies him for a egialator ; but that political integrity , mental intelligence , moral superiority , and unswerving consistency in patriotic devotion to our common country , ferm infinitely more important—nay , indispensable Qualifications for the senator and the statesman . Payment of Members we think necessary under the operation of a No Property Qualification Parliament , as the most efnsient guarantee for the faithfulness aud integrity of the representative .

      : These , then , are our political principles . They are ; abstractedly -just ; they partake of the eternity of truth ; and the stability of the immutable . No ccmtrivanee , : shuffling , no threats will ever induce us to give them up : -we presume to say they are just , a :: d the only way for either enemies or professed Meads to lead us from them is , first of all , to shew that they are contrary to tiuUi , not our rights , and also impracticable . Till they hava done so we ' shall remain firm , through evil and good : report , sincere ac-mirers and advocates of those prin-; ciples . : We believe that though the country , at the present time , h in- an awful and truly alarming state , that those principles will save it from inevitable ruin if ; adopted .

      ' , There are sufficient elements and materials in : Great Britain to make the people happy , comfortable , prosperous , . and free . Under a trise Gcm-rnment every liUttan being might fee put in possession of a good education , good food , good clothing , and ^ od shelter ; an-1 the Government kno-wing this , and having the opportunity to do so , not doing it , ought not to be ' tolerated . Tie money , tie law , the land , the press , the machine iy , have all been munopulised by tha middle aud higher classts . and made to work against tae interest cf the working classes . Hieh rents , high taxes , larce

      , profits , and competition , wiil ruin any nation , however i powerful and prosperous it might once have been . We ; want a power to regal ; te these afiairs , that they may work for us , instead of , as now , against us ; and until we have obtained such power we shall remain , not as ' , we are , but , fead as our condition is , we st all go worse . There are the same circumstances at work now which cave brought us to cur present condition , and will , if : not checked , bring as still lower and loirer ; hence 1 the necessity for every right-niinded and honest man ; to arouse and declare , anil at once , that he will do all he can to put a stop to the present corrupt : syttsm .

      We are aware that hundreds every menth are leaving the land of their birth to seek susteasnee in a foreign . ' country , not being able to ob ' ain a living , in their owr . If it could be avoided "we would , for our part , much ; rather they remained at home , and endeavour to reform i their own country . He who stays , ccts more thepart cf a patriot , if trying to mend it , than he who runs : away . ; It certainly is a cruel system which forces industrieus ¦ people to leave the country ; because nativity , birth-! right , brothers , sisters , -wives , children , relations , j friends , and neighbours , all conspire to bind and endear us to our common country ; and we adept the ' language of a well known nnd real Stirling patriot , j who said , " that although my country is cursed by tyranny , its natural "beauties defaced by misrule and i eppression , its aspects of grandeur blurred by the

      j withering grip of close legislation , its fair d ^ ~ ^ htars ) and free sons transformed into slaves , its once glorious \ institutions , subverted and eub / stituted by coercion , i through political inequality , social distress , domestic i discoid , universal wrttehedness and life-consuming i drudgery is the lot of the many niilHoned helots , though all this is . the lot of my country . Yet , from the Ian-! gnage of my heart , I exclaim , " My country , with all I thy faults I love thee stilL " ¦ In conclusion , Brother Chartists , we emphatically I call upon you to do your duty . At public meetings to ! be firm , resolute and determined , allow fair dlEcuesicii , act as becomes men seeking your liberty , raise no clamour or confusion , let tie middle class have this part of the business to themselves , and at all and every risk stand upon your Charter . At all meetings publicly convened , be at your post , and the best way ts itst the honesty of the middle class is to enforce your

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      amendments for the Charter . Do sot be joggled / allow no compromise , bnt by abend argument and reuoa defend at ereiy hazard , the principles which it contains . You are now a'rived at a period when a false step might injure the cause yon have so much at heart If the middle classes are coming out to join the Chartists see that there be no mistake about the matter , and if they object to the Charter , then yon will know what to think about them—the times are too serious to be trifled with—we must be sober , active , and persevering . Every man must work as though the whole weight depended upon him . . .

      In order , therefore , to guard against the mirrepresentations of a factious precs , you must not by any means , allow the Charter to be a SBCondary measure , nor must it be allowed to be appended to any other resolution—try your strength at the beginning of the meeting , while the first chairman sits . Never let it be said that you elected another ch&iiman to carry the Chart r ; do every thing honestly , fairly , legally , and properly , and triumph , and complete victory is sure to ba the result , and you will be held up as men deserving to be free . The middle classes have already show signs of retreat ; follow them up , then ; and , armed and stimulated as you are by justice , virtue , and truth , you will oblige them to yield to a sensible aud a determined people : and , above all , be sober Those who can adopt the tutal abstinence pledge , do ; aud those who cannot , be r ? g sober as you con ; but , at any rate , let it not be a test of Chartism—tvery man must please himself in that respect .

      We beg of you , in parting , t « prove every man , before you condemn him or despise him . There are men who are continually condemning and calumniating one of the best friends the working man ever had—namely , Feargua 0 Connor . We have tried him , watched him ; aad ^ hitherto , in every undertaking , found him to be a sterling patriot ; one who has made great sacrifices ; he has exerted himself past expectation ; and for that reason , if thousands of the middle classes were to join us tc-niorrow , we shall give him his deserve , and any ether man who merits it the same as he has done . But though wo admire Vim for hia firmness and consistency , we do not worship either him or any other man , but respect him in proportion to his patriotism . We

      respect all other leaders ; but as he has of late been made the butt—as the cry has beeen so oft repeated , " Throw Feargus overboard , " ve therefore wish to inlorm the middle classes of the pledge of our firm resolve , namely , that we will not leave the men who hava proved faithful ; and that we "will immediately discard from our ranks any man who can be proved a traitor . If the middle classes wiBh thecuuildence of U 3 and you , let them do what Feargua has done for the movement , and they shall have the Bame respect . G » on , then , lads ; be united , and we conquer—divided , and we fall . The Charter ! the whole Charter IJ aud n * surrender I . ' ¦ We remain , yours in tho cause of justice , pledged to the agitation , determined , knowing our rights , to maintain them .

      We take our leave of you , by declaring that we will have a long pull—a strong pull—and a pull altogetherand down comes the citadel of corruption . Signed on behalf the delegates assembled , William Griffin , William Grocott , James Cartledge .

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      HONLKT . Mr . John Shaw , clothdresser . Mr . Matthew Buckley , clothier . Mr . John Woodhouse , do . Mr . Charles Boothroyd , do . Mr . John Roberts , elubber . Mr . Bramwell Dvson , clothier , sub-Treasnrer . Mr . Christopher Wood , woolstapler , sub-Se cretary .

      SHEFFIELD . —YOCTHS' ASSOCIATION , FIG TIVEE-LANE . Mr . John Speed , stag-cutter , Mill-lane . Mr . William Dyson , pen-blade-grinder , Russelletreet . Mr . John Arnold , hook-maker , Chester-street . Mr . John Gill , silversmith . Lambert-street . Mr . Thomas Armitage , cabinet case-maker , Rockingham-street . Mr . Joseph Nadin , stag-cutter , Barker-pool , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Woodcock , cutlerv Bread-lane , sub-Secretary . DARLINGTON .

      Mr . Thomas Elliot , bookbinder . Mr . Andrew White , do . Mr . Wm . Mather , woolcomber . Mr . Thomas Waugh , labourer . Mr . Joseph Oxley , tailor . Mr . Wm . Bainbridge , labourer . Mr . Wm . Whitker , woolcomber . Mr . Charles ,- woolcomber , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Nicholas Bragg , grocer , Priestgate , £ ub-Se cretary .

      LEES . Mr . Lewis Harp , cotton-spinner . Mr . Thomas Wood , engine tenter . Sir . Squire Lees , Shelderslaw , cotton-spinner Mr . Rubin Haigh , mechanic . Mr . John Beaumont , cotton-spfnner , Mr . Joseph Greaves , tin plate worker . Mr . Enoch Sykes , Shelderslaw , mechanic . Mr . James Dawson , sub-Secretary .

      KNABESDRO . Mr . Wm . Johnson , tailor , Beech HiH . Mr .-John Booker , weaver , Fisher Garden . Mr . ThumasSewell , weaver , Parsonage Yard . Mr . John Mothersdill , jun ., weaver , Tinklestreet . Mr . Thomas Johnson , weaver . Savage Yard . Mr . George Williamson , weaver , Sarage Yard , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Samuel Buck , weaver , High-street , sub-Secretarr .

      GLOSSOP . Mr . Abraham Wood , weaver , Green Vale . Mr . Wm . Batty , spinner . Little Moor . Mr . John Sinnister , shoemaker , ditto . Mr . James Owen , weaver , Green Vale . Sir . Ephraim Bealy , weaver , Howerd Town . Mr . Charlts Wood , co-operativa store keeper , Howerd Town , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Hall , tailor , Glossop , sub-Secretary .

      . LEEDS . Mr . Wej . Pybus , Jan ., Broiujham-streei . j Mr . Thornaa Fraiser , Cumberland BuildiDgs . Mr . John Sanderson , Chatham-street . Mr . Wilham Brook , Kirkgate . Mr . George Walker , Richmond Road . . Mr . Wm . Bailer , Giles-f-treet . Mr . V . R . W- 'stlake , 57 , Chatham-street , Mr . George llobson , Mulberry-stroet . Mr . Thomas Wilson , George ' s Court .

      Mr . Thomas Shores , East-street . Mr . Tcomus Dixon , Sweet-street , Mr . B . Knowles , Bowlirg Greeu Court . Mr . Matthew Garbut , Whidsor-street . Mr . Neil Graham , Sweet-btrei-f . Mr . Michael Lon ^ staff , Hiyh-street . Mr . John Smith , Regeui-sfroet . Mr . Andiew D ; ck . St . Peter ' s Hill . Mr . Thomas Greig , TeiupJar's-street . Mr . James Haigh , Sahool-street . Mr . Samuel Swain , Brougham street , sub-Trea

      snver . Mr . Henry Stonehouse , New Paradise , Jack-lane , sub-Secretary .

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      NEWCASTLE . Mr . Xiddle had placarded Seghill , announcing his intention of giving a lecture on the Corn Laws , in the Wesleynn Chapel there , on Saturday evening , the 19 th iDstnnt Soon aftersevc-n o ' clock the chapel Was lighted up , and Mr . Liddle , in the presence of about a dozen , commenced hia lecture in the usual hackneyed strain of the League . Messrs . Cockburn and Sinclair , from Newcastle , having heard of the intention of Mr . Liddle to attempt tc impose upon the credulity of the good men and true of Seghill , had juBt arrived about seven o ' clock , and ro sooner had they entered the village than it spread like wildfire that the Chartists had come to oppose Mr . Liddle ' s humbug , end t « that event Mr . Liddle owed having anything like a meeting . Mr . Liddle pretended to lecture for upwards of an hour . When be finished ,

      Mr . Cockburn rose and asked the lecturer if he might be allowed to make a few remarks upon what he had said , and was answered yes , providing he would confine himself closely to the * ubj < jct . Mr . Cockburn then commenced by exposing the fallacy of Mr . Liddle ' s statement , in which he said the greater the amount the export trade of the nation the greater the comfort of the working classes , and laying before the meeting certain statistics , shewing how the cotton manufacture , in all its departments , had increased in quantity exported for the last forty years , and yet the wages of the operative manufacturer had decreased ; for instance , in the year 1797 , there had been manufactured 23 , 000 , 000 lbs . of cotton , at which period t ' ac band-loom weaver earned £ l 6 s . 8 d . per -week , but in 1840 there were manufactured 460 , 000 , 000 lbs ., being twenty times the quantity manufactured forty-three

      years previous , and yet the hand-loom weaver ' s wages was only 5 s . CJ ., little more than one-fifth of what he earned in 1797 . He then enumerated various other facts tending to prove the same position , and continued . It -sras true that the Duke of Northumberland , the Marquis of Westminster , the Duke of Buccleucb , and many other landed aristocrats , wallowed hi wealth and luxury , on the misery of the toil-worn slaves of Britain ; but how did the Cobdens , the Potters , the MarbhalU , and a hc&t of manufacturing leeches , who suck the very vitals of the working classes , without being satisfied ? and yet their cry is " Give , give , give . " This is their object ; give us more profits , and let us give the labouring classes less wages . But the time was when labour was protected—when the working men had the power of electing their own law-makerswhen they could keep within due bounds he

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      exactions of the taskmaster and the usurer , and after having laid before tha meeting several toblto contrasting the rate of wages and price of provisions at tbat tima , with the rate ef wages and price of jptvrU sionanow , he proved to the satisfaction of nine-tenths of his hearers that the people were four times more comfortable then than now . These were the etate of things he wished to see restored—a change which a repeal of the Corn Xaws ' never could effect , and which the people never need expect , until the people were fully and fairly represented in the legislature , and concluded by asking Mr . Liddle the following queaUons , to none of which he deigned to reply , viz . —• 1 . Would Mr . It , by any legislative enactment , enable the labourers to proscribe the increasing power ol machinery ? . ¦¦ : ¦ . ' : ¦; . " . ¦ ¦ - ;¦ : . '¦ .- . . ¦ ,. ¦ . -. - ; - v

      2 . Would be place our labourers in competition , as regards wages , with the labourers on the Continent ? 3 . i . Would he assist te give the-labourers the power of protecting themselves ? ^ v / Having thanked the meeting for the courtesy they had shown him whilst making his few remarks , he satdown amidst universal applause . - ^ Mr . Liddle rose and stated that labour could not be protected , because if men we e plentiful they would sooner give a * bonus to the master than be without employment ¦¦• ¦/ : ... ¦ ¦ : ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ; - .. . ' ; " ¦

      Mr . Cockburn rose to reply to Mr . L ' s fallacious assertion , ; but the trustees of . the chapel , through sympathy to Mr . X ;; would not allow thp subject to be discussed , as the conditions oh which they ' held the place was , that they should : never allow anything inimical to the interest of the masters to be said there ; upon which Mr . Cockburn said , thai he would discuss with Mr . L . or any other persbri friendly to the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws ; with accompanying measures , the effect which their success would / have upon the labouring classes at any time or place within ten miles of Newcastle . ^ ¦ Mr . Sinclair then moved the following resolution , which was , carried unanimously , not ¦ even one 6 ( the Plague daring to hold up his band against it , namely : —• , ; ' ' ¦ "¦ . ' - . ¦' : ' .: ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ : . ¦' [; . •¦ ¦

      " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Liddle for having successfully proved all our evils to be the result of clasa legislation , which can never be removed until the people are fully and fairly represented in Parliament . " . The Plague wishing to try their hand in Giteshead , called a public meeting to be held on Monday , at twelve o ' clock at noon ; they met at the appointed time , and so did the Chartists . . . ' As soon asthe Mayor , as if by natural instinct , took the chair arid had opened the proceedings , by the Town Clerk reading the placard , Mr . Sinclair asked the Mayor , if , in the event of an adjournment bt ing carried until eight o ' clock this evening , would have the goodness to preside on the occasion , to which hia Worship replied he would not , for he was - 'frightened to come out at nishts .

      Mr . Sinclair then said , that as a working man he felt it incumbent upon him to move an adjournment . The Mayor stated that the meeting was got up for the benefit of the working calsses , and yet he was the first of all ihe mayors of Gateahead who denied the people the opportunity of attending without making a sacrifice , which they were ill able to afford . He would then

      move .. ¦¦¦¦¦ ::- . .... . . ¦ - . .. . - ;¦ ¦ - . ¦ - . • . " That this meeting adjourn until eight" . " . o ' clock this evening , so as to give a majority of the industrious classes an opportunity of attending and hearing diecassed those subjects to which the Plague attached so much consequence . " It was met by an amendment , " That seven resolutions and a petition be proceeded with in lieu . " ¦ Mr . Sinclair protested against euch a course .

      Upon its being put from the chair , upwards of twothirds of the meeting held up their hands for the adjournment , but the worthy Mayor declared otherwise , upon which Mr . Sinclair protested against his decision , ' ' and told hiB worship he would lend him bis spectacles if he was deficient in the organ of vision , but he would neither allow him or any one else to cheat him out of his rights , upon which the Mayor resigned his seal , Mr . Brocket moving a votle of thanks for his conduct in the chair .

      Mr . Sinclair moved , ' as an amendment , that the conduct of the Mayor does not deserve any thanks , and that the vote of thanks' be postponed until he returns to bis senses , and learns to give equal justice to honest working men as he would wish others to do to himself .. ¦ . Mr . Sinclair ' s amendment was carried .

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      - . - ¦ - ~—^~— — ^ 1 LEICESTER *—After the savage treatment shewn to Mr . Cfodper by the Corn-Law ropealera in the Guildhall , considerable anxiety was felt among the Chartists , as to the likely isaae of the meeting called by the repealers , which took plaeo in the market-place ia the on Thursday before last . Application was first made to the mayor , and to the secretary of the Anti-Corn Law Association , that a number of tickets might be granted for pur admission to the hustings . This was for some time refused , —bat at length granted . A few minutes after one at noon , from five to seven thousand people were assembled j and the mayor ( Thoa . Stokes , Esq . ) came on the hustings , and took the chair . He was surrounded by Messrs . Facet . J . Biggs , Harris ,

      Chapman , I . Hodgson , Fielding , Kawson , aim other principal manufacturers , with Dr . Noble , Hey . Mr . MureeU , &c . &c Messxs . Cooper and Bairstow , together with nine Chartist friends occupied the front of the ^ ustingaji to the left of the mayor . The repealers put two resolutions to the meeting , and no opposition being offered , passed them quietly , ^—about two thousand hands being held up for each proposition . Mr . Cooper then proposed the following resolution :- —V That this meeting is of opinion , that the Corn Laws , and all other ; monopolies which oppress the people , have their source in class legislation ; ; and this meeting Further expres 3 eg its firm and full conviction , that * the People ' s Charter' is the grand remedy for class legislation , and ought to

      be made the law of the land . " This proposition was received with immense cheering by the assembly . Mr . Bairstow , in a speech filled with manly reasoning , aa well as elegance of figure and expression , seconded the resolution ; and on its being put from the chair , an immense forest of hands was held up in its favour ^—at least thf ee-founha of the Corn Law repealers on the platform also holding up their hands by way of approval . When the negative was put , only about five black-gloved hands on tho hustings were shewn , —and the mayor instantly declared tho resolution carried . Intense enthusiasm was manifested by theassembly , and three cheers were then given for the Charter , three for the mayor , and three for O'Connor ; This is the first open ^ evidence of a disposition for conciliation among the middle classes of -Leicester . An earnest wish to see the Charter passed into a law , has long been known to exist in the minds of a few : but these very

      individuals have hitherto complained that we prevented them from shewing it , by proposing -amendments it Corn Law meetings , and thereby creating "disorder . " On this ' occasion ; 1 a substantive ' . . ' . resolutionv was determined on instead . The vast majority of hands raised for the Chartist resolution , aa compared with the shew for Corn Law repeal , ought to convince the Leicester "Liberals" that nothing I 06 S than an agitation for the whole Charter will now avail with the people * If they fail to evince such a conviction , we shall revert to our old policy of proposing amendmehts , —from which policy yte have tlms , for the first time , departed , —with what eventual success , ro > mains to be seen . —Mr . Bairstow delivered an eloquent sermon , to a crowded audience , in the Shaksperean Roims , on Sunday night ; and Mr . Cooper lectured oa" Forms of Government , and the prinr ciples of ; the People ' s Charter , " in the fame ropms , on Monday night . H

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . IB . BANKRUPTS , Henry Rogers and Frederick Rogers , Finch-lane , Cornhill , wiae-merchants , to eurrender March 1 , at half-past ten , April 1 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Ruck , Mincing-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Grahaia , Basinghsllstreet- ¦ .. ¦ . ' ' '¦¦ - [[ . ' ¦ :: ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ " ¦'¦ . " ... ' ¦; , ¦ -. " . ... Samuel Lane , Hoxton Old Town , victualler , March 5 , at half-past one , April 1 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghail-stTeet . Solicitor , Mr . Shoubririge , Bedford-row ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jury . Williams Smith ,: Rotherhithe , miller , March l , at twelve , April I , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street , Solicitors , Messrs . pruce and Sons , Billiter-BQunre .

      John Thompson , Sundetland , chain manufacturer , March 4 , April l , at eleven , at the Thompson Arms Inn , Sunderland . Solicitors , Messrs . Swain , Stevens , and Co ., Frederick ' e-place , Old Jewry ; and Messrs . \ yrigbt , Sunderland . \ William Stiles Goodeve , briekmaker , March 1 , April 1 , at one , at the Dolphin Inn , Chichester . Solicitors , Messrs . Blackniorc and Senior , New Inn , Strand ; and Messrs . Raper , Johnson , and Freeland , Chichester . James Andrew Butler , Loddington , Northamptonshire , machine-maker , Feb . 25 , April 1 , at one , at the Cross Keys Inn , Northampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Wing . ' . and- Twiuingi Gray ' s Inn-Equate ; and Mr . Hewitt , Worthampton . ; VVilliam Cuitia , King ' s Lynn , Norfolk , commonbrewer , MaTch 2 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Duke's Head Inn , King's :. Lynn . Solicitors , Mr . Pitcher , King ' s Lynn ; and Me 3 sra . Clowes and Wedlako , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple .

      James Coles , Bedwclty , Monmouthshire , apothecary , Feb . 24 , at three , April 1 , at eleven , at the King ' s Head Inn , Newport . Solicitors , Mr . Allen , Lincoln's Innfields ; and Mr . Matthews , Poritypool , / - > '¦ William Fisher , Lincoln , wharfinger , March 4 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Castle and Falcon , Newark-upon ^ Trent Solicitors , Mr . Lse , Newark-upon-Trent ; and Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , HarcourtbuililiDgs , Temple . William Burgoyne , Plymouth , builder , Feb . 28 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Koyai H&tel , Plymouth . Solicitors ^ > Ir . Mantle , Blackftiars- « oad ; and Mr . Edmonds , Pjyioonth . William Scbofleld , Oldham , machine-maker , March ? , at eleven , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple ; and Messrs . Whitebead , Barlow , and Radcliffo , Oldham . ¦

      George Brown , Carlisle , draper , March 17 , April 1 , at eleven , at \ the Cuffee-houso , Carlisle . Solicitors , Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancerylane ; Messrs Humphreys , CunliffeSiCharlewood , and Bury , . ManchesttJr .- ; and Messra Law and Bendle , Carlisle . ' ,. ' ¦ Edward Haworth , Manchester , merchant , March 7 , April 1 , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott and Amey ^ Charlotlo-street , Bedford-square ; aud Messrs . Bennttt , Manchester .

      PAKISEKSIIIPS DISSOLVED . G . H . Hoperand J . Markham , Livejpool , brimstonerefiners—It .- Gardner and W . Atkinson , Manchester , merchants—G . Brook and W . H . Kaye , Huddersfield , woollen-cloth merchants—J . Clarke , R . Lang , A . Aspden , and J . Lord , Colt Mill , Lancashire , woollenprinters—M . Bridge , H . Bridge , and J . Bridge , Bury , Lancashire , corn dealere . — JY G . Copley ) G . Barrow , and W . M'Kinley , Manchester , engravers to calicoprinter 8- —E . Waiiihouse and J . Wood , Newlay , Yorkshire , stufi ' -dyers—S . Flood and M . Jackson , JLeedlB , surgeons--H . Hitchen and P . Kitchen , Choriey , Lancashire , joiners—H . Clayton and T . Clayton , Hebdenbridge , Yorkshire , confectioners— -T . Renny and W > Brown , jun , Liverpool , oil-cloth manufacturers--J . Brpadbent , J ^ Brootlbent , and J ; Broadbent , Longwoodedge , Yorkshire , merchants—T . Hinton and T . White , Ntjrthowraui , Yorkshire , stone-merchant ? .

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      ' ¦' ¦ ' . . '' " ¦ : ¦ ; ' ; ' .. ' ; ^ . ,. - ' ¦ . From the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb > 22 . bankbupts . Joshua Darwin Gandar , victualler , Brydges-street , Covent-garden , to surrender March 3 , at two , April 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs . Heathcote and Holmes , Coleman-street ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell . Charles Vandergucht , silk-me ? cer , Qnadrant , Regentstreet , March 8 , at half-past one , April . 5 , at e ' . sven , at the Court Of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Hogard , Paternoster-row ; official-assignee , Mr . Grocm , Abehurchlan o . ' . ¦ . - - . ; . ¦ -. . - - . ' '•' ¦ ' ' ' - ;' : ' . - " . ' .. ' ' " ' . ' - George Donaldson , watch-maker , Pall-mall ' ,. Westminster , March 9 , at two , April 5 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Stiiicitor , Mr . Drake , Bouverie-street , Fleet-street ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-Btreet / ' ' . ¦ . '" :: ¦ ''• ¦"¦' ' '' : ¦' ¦ - .- - "" . "'¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ' '

      John Pilling , innkeeper , Lancaster , March 9 , April 5 , at one , at tho Royal Oak Inn , Lancaster . Solicitors , Messrs . Mayhew , Johnson , and Mayhew , Carey-Btreet , Lincoln's Inn , London ; Blackhurit and Son , Preston . Edward Harper , grocer . Steeple ClayUon , Buckinghamshire , March 8 , April 5 , at ten , at the George Inn , Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire . Solicitor , Mr . Aplin , Banbury , Oxfordshire . s ; . ; . . . ' Seth Flitcroft , ironmonger , Liverpool , March 4 , April 5 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Mr . Tattershall , Great James-Btreet , Bedford-row , London : Messrs . Hople and Marples , Shtffiild . John Parkes Hope , builder , Atherstone , Wjirwickshire , March 4 , at the Bulls Inn , Nuneaton , Warwickehire , April 5 , at the Three Tuns Inn , Atherstone , at twelve . Solicitors , Mr . Baxter , Lincpln > Inn-flelds , L 9 nflon : Mr . Baxter , Atherstone ;

      John Parsona , maltstsr , Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , March 2 , April 5 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicitors , Measr 3 . Parsons and Benn , Manafield ; Mr ; Deane , Lincoln ' s inn-fields , London : - ¦ : ¦ • . '' .. - ¦ ¦' - . ¦ -.- ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦' " . ¦ .. '" ¦ ' - \<(' -: John McLean , merchant , Liverpool , March 12 , April 5 , at two , ' at : . the CominissionGrs ' -vpoms , Manchester . Solicitors , MeiS 8 rs . HoWeii and Clarki ? , Liverpool ; Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parhin / Chancerylane , LondonV ; ' . . ¦ . ; . ' / '¦'¦'¦ ¦ . ¦ . . ' . . ' " ¦' John Davies ^ oil merchant , Liverpool , March 15 , April 5 , at the Clarenelon Ruoms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Holden and Clarke , Liverpool ; MeBsrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkitij Chancery-lane , London .

      Joseph Banks ; and Joseph Burgess , tifapers , Mnnohester , March 10 , April 5 , at twelve , at-the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solieitora , Meaars . Willis , Bower , and Willto . Tokenhouse-satd ^ Lqndpn . ; Messrs . Barratt , Ridgway . and Ford , Manohesfcer ^^ y ^ - Jaraea C «* bum , meronant , NewBroad-itfeet , March 4 , April 6 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ; Solicitors , Messrs . Wy : de , Rees , Humphry , and Wyldei Co ) lege-hi ) l , Queen-street , Cheapside ; cfflcial assignee , Mr . Tnrquand , Cppthall-court . ; , . ; . v \ yii , > John Smith , nitlliner , Bond ^ treet , March 3 , Aprils , ai twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Stephen , Sizs'laue ; official assignee , M » . Beleher . :, ¦

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      The working classes of Gateshead met opposite the Town Hall , at eight o ' clock ( the hour ' . -to which the mid-day meeting had been adjpurneii ); but were denied admission . The Superintendunleis of Police informed Messrs . Cross and Sinclair that she was

      informed by the authorities that there was no meeting to be held there that night , but declined to fctate the name of fcbafc aitthoritj—apoii whicli the : assembled multitude hsld a public meeting in the street , appointed Mr . Cross as Chairman , and a solemn proteit was unanimously agreed to : —1 st . Against the false decision of the Mayor ; 2 nd . against any petition purporting to emanate from the public meeting , being in Gateshead , and that the secretary be instructed to transmit a copy of the protest to Mr . Ferrand ( whose speech appeared in last week's , 5 to ;) to he by him presented to the House of Commons . Carried unanimously .

      Mr . Sinclair moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Kirker , and carried unanimously " That , in the opinion cf this meeting , all the misery which infests the ^ industrious classes { ai ws have seen to-day , ) owes its whole txUtenco to class-legiBlatloii and that nothing short of a full and free representation in Parliament can remove that miseryw * ' Carried unanimously . . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The meeting then adjourned to the Chartists Hall , Cloth-market , where the Chartists held their meeting ; Mr . Dees in the chair . The Secretary then read the minutes of ths previous metting . Mr . Johnstone brought forward his vote of censure on the conduct of Mr . Painough , and his expulsion from the Charter Association / until : he learns to behave himself . Carried .

      Four shilUngs and threepence was handed from the " good men and true" of Benton-lane End , for the Convention fond . L . L . H . G S . paid in six shillings and eightpence to the Convention fund . ¦ . . .. 1 .. .. ' . ' ¦ : .,.- .. North Shields —A public meeting was held here on Tuesday last , at Mr . Thomas Gray ' s , the Future Admiral , Wellington-street Mr . Morris haying been called upon to preside , briefly opened the meeting by introducing to them Mr . Williams , of Sunderland , who

      J , * , , gave a first-rate lecture on the priuciples of the People ' s Charter , calling upon all who heard kirn to come and si ^ n the Xational Pe tition . Tiio pl a ca was crowded to suffocation . Mr . Williams was well received , and a number of persons joined the Association after the proceedings of the meeting . All persons having cards of memborahip Jiot accounted for , are respectfully re * quested to do so hnraediatsly . All p £ titi < jn-sheet 3 are expected to be transmitted to the Secretary , Mr . Jamea Sinclair , 3 , Pipewi'U-Gate , without delay .

      SAtlSBUBV . —At ameetiug of the Chartists of this place on Wednesday week , a resolution was passed unaaimeusly , that the Chartists of " Salisbihy are determined notto countenance any agitation that has for its tendency anything short of the People ' s Charter . A Charter evening school was opened here 011 Monday last , when twenty-five boys were admitted .

      COI . NE . —The cause of Chartism goes brarely on . We have of late had several able and talented lecturers amongst us , who have given a great stimulus to the glorious principles of justice and equality . The cordwaiuers of this town had a meeting of their trade , st which they decided , as a body , to become members of the Naiional Charter Association ; and we trust that the example set by that body will soon be imitated by the whole of the united trades of this town . ' :

      NEWARB . ^ Mn J . Linney , from Manchester , delivered a very able and soul-stirriug lecture here on Wednesday evening Feb . the 16 th . The room was crowded to excess , he very ably weat through the principles of the Charter and at the close five new members were enrolled . BARNARD CASTIiE . —On Friday night last , a public meeting was held in Mr . Lockey ' s school room , which is capable of holding nearly 300 persons , and which was well filled . Mr . May croft , of West Auckland , addressed the meeting in a briet but argumentative speech ; he was followed by

      Mr . Binaa , from Sunderlaud , who ia a very able and impressive manner traced all themiseries of the working classes to the great monopoly of class legislation . He then shoWed that nothing short Of the Peopled Charter would remove arid prevent a recurrence of those evils which at this time press so heavily on the working portion of ebciety . A rote of thanks was given to the speakers and to the Chairman , three cheers were given for the Charter , three for F . O'Connor , and three for the Welsh martyrs , whea the meeting dispersed .

      CIRENCESTER . ——Mr . Knowles , the county lecturer , delivered an address here on Friday evenins , on tho first principles of goyernment . to a very good audience . On Saturday morning he delivered a splendid lecture of two hours duration , on the present distress of the country , its cause and remedy , in thelarge room , at the George Inn , Fairford y which was very much crowded . On Sunday eyenining Mr . Knowles lectured in the ^ Market-place i Cirehcester , to a very good and attentive audience .

      SOUTHAMPTON * — -The moral force Whigs of this place are outrageously angry ^^ because the violent Chartists declined to have any participation in their recent exhibition , and attempted burning of Sir R . Peel in tfiigy . The people are not to be Briutolized again . They have their e"yes open . They know the inutiiity of all displays of brute violence for any but factious purposes ; and fcey feel that they have supported the fijetions too long ; they are now : busy with their own work ; and their work is of a different kind .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct419/page/7/