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      rnHE above Hall ba 3 been iransforsaod by tVe X Metamorphestaa Ckrysostcm of the Great : : ¦ ¦ ..: ' v . : ' Primordial , - . . ' .: " ; "•'• . ' : ' / .. ; ..... ; ' THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTJHj From the Strand Theatre , London , into a gorgeouai Palace of EntertaihjEeJit , reaiiEii : g m ' the ^ Ma'guScent Pecoratious and cbzzUuy galaxy of ujipiirkllsd Apparatus ' , all the glories and awo inspiring splendour of Arabian roDjar . cCi Here the nobler uietals , joined with tho sparkling treasiures of the East , nave

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      Stockfoks . —The report of the shopocrats' meeting is shut out by press of matter till next week . Hopeful , Mkbthtb . —His song icill do much betler to sing than to read . BCfGLKT . —The communication signed " Correspondent" arrived too late for insertion this week . Ms . Juiaut Hajlney This received five shillings from a few Chartists at Sheerness , and ten shillings from Mr . Bairstorc , collected after a lecture delivered by him ; both sums for- Mrs . Holberry Mr . Harney has paid them over to Mrs . H . who returns her gratefu I thanks . Ax Esemt to Middle-class Humbug axd Deceit .

      —Too l < Uefor this week . Johx Geohge . — N ~ est week . 3 oss Hakbisox , Nbwcastle-uxdeb-Lyhe . —His communication stating his intention to start a shoe club is an advertisement . Jaxes CAKESON , Alexakdbia . —The 12 s . for . the Convention never came to thia office . He had better ask the parson he sent it to for an explanation . Hkskt Wood , Sabdej ? . —There -was not any money enclosed in the letter he sent on the 3 rd . Kostos , Norwich . —No . fob hb . mas 05 . £ s . d .

      From Mr . CleavB , London , per Mr . Ridley . 054 » tbe Chartists of St . Pancras ... 0 11 0 ~ J . Clarkson , Bradford ... ... 0 5 0 FOB . 5 LRS . H 0 I 3 EBBT . From T . S . Brook , BeTrabnry ... 0 10 0 ^ R . O , a £ riend 0 2 6 .. a few Meads at Turner and Ca'a engineering esfc&bliBhmeBt , per Wm . Wade * . 0 1 2 ~ the Ch&stists of Holbeck , per We Wade ... 0 7 4 ^ the Camberweil Burial Society 0 2 6 « Leith , per John Tankard ... 0 5 6 .. Bath , per John Hopkins ... 0 10 .. Camberwell—Mr . Jones , Mrs . Larkin , and a friend ... ... 0 1 6 POR MR . HIXDES , OF SH 0 B . EHAH . Prom Mt Charles Clark 0 2 0

      FOB JAMES DCFFT .-FromBarry Brow Association ... 0 1 0 .. Heywood , per A . Smith ... 0 2 6 .. the Chartists of Holbeci , per WnuWade ... ... 0 1 6 i

      FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From Chepstcar friends 8 4 0 KA 3 I 05 AX TB 1 B"DTE TO THE XXECT 7 T 1 TE . From A . K— a friend ... ... O 3 Oj — a few Chartists at Bramham ... 0 4 0 .. A . Hejrwood , Manchester ... 1 0 0 « . the Chsrtiats of Neiyport , Isle of Wight 0 5 0 _ T . S . Brook , Dawsbary ... 1 0 0 _ a Democrat , Chepstow ... 0 1 3 „ - HejTrood , Lancashire , per A . Smith ... ... ... ... 110 ~ the Chartists meeting at the Ship and Blue Coat Boy , Wal-¦ worth . . . 8 10 0 « . Mr . Thamas Lav , Foxholes , near Todmorden ... 0 10

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      HALIFAX .- Oh Monday last the Royal Charles , No . 9 Lodge , of the Independent Order of ihe Golden Fleece , held their sixth anniversary at the hOUSa Of Mr . S&musl Wnitaker , its Craven Heifer Inn , "Halifax , when upwards of sixty members sat down to an excellent dinner , to the honour of the host . After dinner the Lodfje was opened for business , and the reports of the past year were very satisfactory . On the following evening the wires and sweethearts took tea in the Lodge , which was decorated with flowers and evergreens . The evening was spent with music , singing , and dancing , to a late hour .

      SlCHMOND . —At the petty Sessions held at Richmond on Saturday last , for the division of Gilling West , Thomas White , of Reeth , was brought before the sitting magistrates , charged with having on the 13 i of May last , at Reethjviolently assaulted and beaten James and John BlenMnson . —Guilty . — Fined 10 s . for each offence , and os ., with costs , for being drunk . Axxitebsaby Sebhoxs . —Two very impressive sermons ware preached in the Wesleyan Chapel , Richmond , on Thursday , tha 30 rh ult ., by the Rev . G . B . Macdonald , of Leeds ; and on Sunday list , by the Rev . J , Watson , of Stockton . Collections were made after each service , in aid of the Trust Ifund belonging to that cbapel and Bchool , which amounted to a very handsome sum .

      BRADFORD— Moxe Middle Class Sth-JMTHT FOB THE POOB . —DEATH FBOH SlABTATlON . —Mr . Abraham Hoilawell , aged 40 , died at Bradford , on Friday last , July 1 st , abont noon , nnder the following circumstances . Mary Holla well , wife of George HoBawell , deeeased's brother , states that her brother-in-law has been in York Castle , for the last nine months , for the non-payment of poor rates , amounting to about £ 2 . 5 s . and that he has had nothing to live on the while but bread and water , for the first six months . The other three months he had 3 =. 6 i . psr week allowtd for doing soms little job or other about the wards . A subscription was raised , the poor , rates were paid , and be was liberated from the Castle , and came to a sister

      of bis residing in Lezds . This family was Tery poor , and of course £ ad Tery little for Mm . This sister declares Ehe has frequently applied to ; b 3 clerk of the Board of Gnardians of the Bradford Union to get Mm relief , and also to get bis liberation from the Castle , but of no avail . He tarried with this sisrer in Leeds about a month , and came to his brother George' 3 , who was almost as poor as himself , and could give him nothing either to eat or drink , havirg himself had no work for the last fiTe weeks , and has two children . On Wednesday , June 29 ih , Abraham Hoilawell waa taken ill , and tbe parish , doctor , Mr . —— , was sent for about half-past eleven o ' clock at night . He did not come , but sent soma powders , and ordered bis feet to "be

      put in warm water . He crd not come till the nest day at noon . On Thursday morning the brother applied to Mr . Elgey , the assistant overseer of Bradford , for relief , and was told he had nothing to do with it ; and that be must wait till Mr . Rennie , the relieving officer , came ; hs went away and sent his wife , who asked Rennie for relief both for him and themselves , as they had not a mouthful of any thing to eat about tie house at the time ; te gave her a note for the doctor , and told her they must do as well as they ccuid till Saturday . Mrs . Hol : awell said something to him , when the bmte told her to * ' go away and not stznd mattering there . " He gare her no relief . Tie man died on Friday , a 3 sta : ed above . The doctor came , when he was dead , and George Hoilawell said to the doctor be should like an

      inquest held on tae body , when the doctor told him if he persisted in having an inquest it would be worse both for him and the children . The deceased was interred on Sunday last , without any irqniiy . The Ami Poor Law Commiitee of Bradford mil on Tnesd 2 y night last , at the bouse of Mr . Wade r innkeeper Bradford , when tie above fae : s were stated to them by G . Hoilawell , and hia wi : e . These facts need no comment . Let Sir James Graham and Sir Robsrt Peel with that litUe sneaking hypocritical fool , Roebuck , who declares that tbe '' destitute poor have no right to relief , " think of ibis , and of their transactions relative to the new law they are about to enact , and think how beautiful , and how charming it ^ is to live under the . abominable and accursed Xew Poor Law Amendlaest

      Aei-GIiOUGESTES , —Sessions . —The trial of Mr . G . J . Holyoake , for blasphemy ! which was to have taken place at this sessions , has been deferred to tbe Assizes , asd also Mr . and Mrs . Adams , of Cheltenham , for selling tbe Oracle of Reason ^ which is edited by Mr . Bolyoake . The josiices did cot forget their fees ofl the occasion . WOBCESTER . —Sessions . —Dudley Riots . Mr . John Chance , of Stourbridge , an active and highly respected member of the National Charter Association , was dragged from bis bed some time back , and taken to Dudley , charged with being concerned in the above named riots . Ho was held to bafl to answer the charge aV Worcester sessions . Wben fee ease was brongbt before the grand jury , tbey fonnd " Ko bill , " but when he came to reckon the Bum it cos : him , bail , bonds , witnesses , &c . he found it to be a bill tbat was ** too true . " A number of the men bave been discharged , and four of them sentenced to periods of four and two months

      imprisonment . BIBJiUNGHATH . —Shopkeepkbs' Meehxg at the Public Office—A meeting was held _ at tha Public Ofice on Tuesday evening last , which w& 3 called by circular ; two hundred copies of which bad been ferved . It is supposed tbat the object was similar to tbat held at Manchester last week ; but ontof the two hundred who were served only twenty attended , who were amused by a nondescript ragman in Stafford-street , venting bis spleen on tbe Tory-Chartist leaders . The " misery meet- , ing" thus turned oat a bubble . —On the same evening , and in tbe Court Room of the same place , a meeting of the Complete Suffrage Association was held , Mr . Joseph Siorge in the ehair . Thevewere thirty persons present , fiTe of whom were members of tbe Ka-ional Charter Association , so tbat after several months' exertion , and a vast outlay of laoney , it cannoi be denied , that" the Association in a very promising condition . "

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      St . HsLEts . —Mr . Bell , the South Lancashire lectorer , delivered & most powerful and talented address here on Monday evening , to a respectable audience . A few more names were enrolled . Mr . Forber has kindly promised his room for any future lecturer . The room is capable of holding five or six hundred comfortably .

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      Hollinwood . —A camp meeting was held on Sunday last , on the open ground in Dury-lane . There were from two to three thousand persons present . Mr . John Bailey and Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , and Mr . A . F . Taylor , of Royton , addressed the meeting , and gave great satisfaction . On Monday evening last , Mr . Win . Booth , of Newton Heath , delivered an excellent lecture , in the Cbwhill school-room , to a numerous and attentive audience . TREDEGrAR . —A public meeting was held here on Mondsy evenirg last , called by requisition to the Chief

      Constable , for the purpose of adopting the remonstrance and the memorial to the Queen ; on the motion of Mr . Miles , Mr . Richard Benfield iras unanimously called to the-chair ; -who after reading the requisition , ealled npon Mr . David Bills , who then addressed tha meeting at great length . The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . Miles , DaviB , and other friends from Merteyr-Tydvfl , who made excellent speeches . The remonstrance and memorial being pnt by the Chairman , were carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks being given to the Chairman , the meeting separated . At the conclusion , twenty members were enrolled .

      Ohmskib-K . —This Tory-ridden town tns visited on Monday last by Mr . Wro . Bell , the South Lancashire missionary , for the purpose of lecturing on the principles of tne People ' s Charter . The friends here not being able to obtain a room , the meeting was held in tbe open air . 31 r . Bell ably exposed the scheme of the Anti-Corn Lair League , and contended tbat the only obj&ct that the Corn Law Repealers have in Tiew was to reduce the wages of the working classes , and concluded by showing the folly of the working men agitating for the repeal of the Corn Laws without first having depiired those who make Corn Laws of the unjust monopoly of power which enables them to make laws for their own special benefit . Three cheers were given to Mr . BelL

      Manchester—Oa Monday evening last , a public meeting was held in the School Room under the Rev . J . Scbolefield's Chapel , Every-Etreet , to take into consideration the completing of tbe great National Testimonial , the Monument to the lat « Henry Hunt , Ksq . Mr . Murray was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Bailey moved , and Mr . Cooper secended , the following resolution : — " That we , the people of Manchester and its vicinity , hail with inexpressible delight the erection of this memento of our departed friend , Henry Hunt , Esq ., as it will aerve to hand down to posterity our respect lor and admiration of the unflinching integrity and unswerving consistency which marked the whole course of his political career ; and we again pledge ourselves to render all the assistance in cur power to

      compete this great National Testimonial , bo that it may be worthy of tbe illustrious patriot whom it is designed to commemorate , and be & personification of the great principles of which he was the persecuted but unconquerable advocate . " Mr . Bairstow supported the resolution , -which was carried by acclamation . Mr . CarUedge-moved the next resolution—" That this meeting condemns tbe Tory magistracy for its uncalled-for interference , persecution , prosecution , and imprisonment of Mason and others in Staffordshire ; » nd the Whig Government for its unconstitutional treatment of Frost , Williams , and Jones , of Clayton , Holbcrry , Peddie , and npwards of 400 honest men , for advocating the natural rights of man . " The Rev . J . Scholefleld seconded -the resolution , which was likewise carried

      iiem . con . Mr . C . Doyle moved the next it-solution' Tbat in the opinion of this meeting the present awf nl state of _ the country has been brought about by clas * legislation , and that it believes the most effectual plan to establish prosperity , and save the country from impending ruin , is by makisg the People ' s Charter into a legislative enactment . " Mr . William Dixon seconded the resoluf . 9 Q in & short speech , and it was supported DyMr . Griffin . On its being put by the Chairman , it was carried nnanimonsJr . The Chairman made a few remarks npon the necessity of all who were favourable to the erection of tbe Monument to come forward with their contributions , to enable toe Committee to bave it completed by the 16 th of August next ; and after thanks had been given to the Chairman , the meetin ? separated .

      Milxs Plattixg . —Oa Sanday evening last , Mr . William Dixon , preached the fuaeral sermon of the lamented Samuel Holberry , in the Association Room , Miles Platting . After the sermon , a collection was made for Mrs . Holberry . Cabpsxtexs Hall . —Mr . William Dixon delivered a lecture-in the above Hall , on Friday evening , to the Chartist joiners and carpenters . Mosslet . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , leetured in the Chartkt Room , on the awful state to which the working classes are reduced in this Christian country . At the conclusion , he recommended that tha Chartists ahould pledge themselves to pay three half-pence each , to be divided amongst the victims , Mason and others—these being the first frnits of Tory prosecution—which was immediately responded to by the Chartists of this spirited villages commencing to pay tbe first instalment We are progressing steadily in the great work for political redemption .

      Bradford . —Cbosslet Hall . —At a general meeting of the Chartists of this locality , held on Sunday last , July-. 3 rd , the following resolntion was unanimously agreed to , —* ' That we , the Chartists of Crossley Hall , pledge ourselves to support the Bev . Win . Hill and the Sorihem Star , bo long as they advocate th « just rights of the people . " Masox ' S Anns . —A lecture -was de ! iv « ed in the Association room , on Saturday night last , to a highly respectable and numerous audiencs . The Chartists of this locality , and Manchester-road , are the only ones that have paid up their contributions , according ta tbe plsn of organisation i i this dstrict . All the members are desired to attend on next Sanday evening , on important business .

      CouxciL SIeetixg . —This body metasusuci in tbe large rtrom of Butterworth ' s Buildings , on Monday evening last . Mr . Oddy in the chair . The following motion was made and carried nnsoiinoosly , — " That a levy of three-halfpence per member should be collected for a victim fund . " AowiLTOx Mooe . —On Sunday afternoon last , a Chartist camp meeting was held at this place , at two o ' clock . Mr . Je 2 ni :: gs gave out the hymn sung at poor Holberry ' s funeral , and afterwards read the oration delivered by Mr . Haraey at the grave side of our departed brother . Mr . J- also spoke at great length on

      the sabj = et . 2 Jr . Henry Hodgson followed , and spoke for upwards of half an hour on tbe benefits that wcu ! d result to the people from the extension of the Sufirage , to every male adult of twenty-one years of age . Mr . Smyth next addressed the numerous assembly , and contrasted the comforts enjoyed by our barbarous forefathers , with the misery and wretchedness of ttose who are said-to be refined and civilized . He advised the woiking classes to unite and never to cease agitation till tba People ' s CLaiVer was made tbe law of the land . Tbe numerous meeting dispersed highly delighted with wiiat th ? y had heard .

      DUBLIN " . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their nsual weekly meeting at No . 15 , North -Ann-street , on Snnday last ; Mr . Bryan Magnire in the chair . Aner speeches frcin the Chairman , tbe President , a&d others , principally relating to local matters , Mr . Woodward took that opportunity of thanking Mr . Dove for the seventeen Stars , vraish he had seBt to him ( Mr . W . ) lait vreek . They were all old ones , nevertheless the people "were £ lad ~ to get them , because they canEOt tsks up a Xorthern Star , old or sew , without finding more in it in favour of the just rights of the people than all ihe other papers put together— ( bear , hear /) Mr . H . Clark said he savr in the correspondence column of that excellent journal notices , stating that"

      Starlight" wa 3 wanted in this locality . Now , it eo happened that when a notice of that kind appeared , the English Chartists , in their generosity , sent more Stars there than the parson who received them knew how to dispose of—( hear , near . ) He should , therefore ,. suggest the propriety of tbe secretary , Mr . Dyott , sending a short notice to tbe Star , which he had no doubt but the Editor would publish every Saturday ^ stating that all Star ssent toDublin should be reguiariy transmitted to those best entitled to them in the country parts , and who would make the best use of them . By this- means no one would get too many at a time . It was owing to the publication of the proceedings of this . Association in the Northern Star , and the opportunity which he

      ( Mr . Clark ) had of sending the Star to good men aoa true ia his nutire ccaniy , Sligo , that he had the honour of proposing 240 of bis conntrymeu to their Association on that day fortnight . He hoped tbat the Chartists of England won-ld read what he was then . saying , and when they could that they would send their Slsrs here to us in hundrede , as tbey did last yrar . What is it but sending them to their ovrn " brethren \ They had but 100 brothers in Ireland this time last year , and they have 1 , 000 now—( bear , bear ) The Scars enlighten and dtligbt us . The day is cot distant when we shall be all of one mind— Universal Sufirage and no surrender . —Mr . Houldsworth said tbat while he resided in Rochdale he always sent his Stars to Dublin ; and now , as be bad had an opportunity of seeing more of the country , and knowing the great good that this

      Association can effect , be should on bis return home not only continue to send his Stars , but influence his friends to do so likewise . He had thought it would be a very good plan for the several lecturers throughout England to recommend their respective andiences to forward their Stars as Boon as possible after reading them—( hear , hear . ) The Irish people wonld all join yon if they could but get to know what you were about ; all thev want iB the meaE 3 of knowing it . Ail to whom he bsd spoken agreed to the principles of the Charier . —Messrs . Turner , Rogers , Kouike , Bnrke , Johnson , Duff , Quinp , and others also addressed the meeting ; after which Mr . Duff was called to the chair , and the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr . Maguire ; after which the meeting acjourned till sis o ' cloek in tbe evening on Sunday next .

      Discussion . —The question for discnssion next Sunday is— " Can the Union be repealed withont "Universal Suffrage ? and if it cannot , is not the agitation of that which cannot be accomplished prejudicial to the attainment of the means by which is can be achieved , and consequently mischievous V

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      Cambekwell . —The Chartists ot this locality met as nsual on Monday evening , at tbe Rose and Crown , Mr . R . Sewell in the chair . Mr . Simpson gave a satisfactory report from the London Delegate Council , viz , that it is likely the long-talked-of union ( so much desired at the present time , ) with the Surrey Council will now be accomplished . Auditors were appointed to examine the books of the society . Members , who have the principles of truth and liberty at heart , attend on Monday next . '

      Scgab Loaf , Chcsch street , Mile End , New Town . —An audience assembled on Sunday evening at the large room of the above place , to hear a lecture from Mr . Anderson . Mr . Shaw having previously requested the attendance of Mr . Ruffy Ridley to make an appeal on behalf of Mr . Mason and his brother victims ; the result was , that although 10 s . 4 d . was raised for the widow of the martyr Holberry on that day ¦ week previous , the meeting responded to the call with the noble subscription of 8 a . 6 d . This was only the second meeting at the Sugar Loaf . Tfce police , wfio are erer present at our locality meetings in London , either in their private or public dress , worked upon tks landlord ' s timidity to cause him to give our friends notice that they could not meet in his place again . Thus are we hunted like beasts of prey by this unconstitutional force , kept up by as oligarchy whose main object is to oppress the people and tyrannise over their liberties .

      Provisional Committee , Craven Head , Drurt Lane . —The Committee give this their third and last notice to the localities and their delegates , that they meet for the last time previous to appointing auditors , on next Tuesday week , July 19 th , at eight o ' clock in the evening , -when a Enal acoouut with them will be received of monies and tickets . Stag Tavern , Fulham Road . —In consequence of the illness of Mr . Martyn , Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Monday evening to a numerous audience ; the chair was ably filled by Mr . Coibett . A deputation wa 8 received from a neighbouring floor-cloth manufactory , respecting the men joining the Associatiin , and two

      foremen , took up their cards of membership , and engaged to wait oil another firm in the same trade ; and they had no doubt but the men of both the factories would unanimously come out for the Charter . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Wheeler for hia able address . Auditors were appointed to inspect the quarterly accounts . A Committee of seven persons was appointed to act with the committee of the Brompton locality in getting up a ball , concert , and raflla for the benefit of the political victims , Mr . Claxton , the landlord of the tavern , having kindly granted Mb Assembly Rooms , free of expense , for the above purpose . The meeting adjourned after a vote of thanks to the

      Chairman . MR . Farres , lectured on Sunday evening , at the Carpenter's Arms , Brick-lane , Saitalflelds . Kjsgstos-vpon Thames , Surry—A pnblic meeting was held on Tuesday evening , at the O ! tl Crown , Market-place . Mr . Pavey was unanimously called to the chair . The club room was densely crowded . In a few brief remarks , the Chairman introduced Mr . John Fussell , from Birmingham , who , in a speech ef considerable ability , expatiated on the right of the people to tha land , and showed the only key was the elective franchise . He concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . E . Stall wood , from London , also most ably supported tbe views of Mr . Fussell , and in a speech of considerable leng th elicited the repeated cheers of the audience .

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      mercies of tha Poor Law Commissioners , and behold Mb wife and children torn from his einbracear-lloud cheers . ) At forty-five : years of age , every man ought to be able to retire on a Bufncjericj for the remainder of his days . A tradesman considered it hard if he were not enabled to do so , and whyimight not a work " ing man retire with £ 900 ? But there was a greater question he would advert to , r the extension of machinery , which had given rlse ^ in a great measure , to the distress of the country—( hear , hear . ) Supposei it required a thousand persona in Lancaster to do a stated quantity of work , whether would it be to their advantage to introduce a thousand additional men to divide their earnings , or to allow others to compete with them ? There could be no doubt that both would be injurious ,

      and machinery had been productive of such results . The mill-owners bad said ' Oh ! there is nptbing like machinery ! " and this was natutat , seeing that it was the ground-work of their colossal fortunes ; but if they consulted the shoemaker , ha would tell them there was nothing like ieather ~ - ( ch « i 8 rs and Jaughtesv ) H « would further illustrate feis meaning by narrating an incident which occurred : at a meeting in Manchester a Bhort time agoi ar . d at which Mi . Cobdeh was preseut . A hftnd-loom -yt&xiisi \ of the name of Butterworth had been loud in his invectives against the introduction of steam-looms , which had thrown so many of his brethren out of employ . " What ! " naid Mr . . Cobden , " would you destroymachinery ? " "No , " replied Butterworth , " you may eat by machinery , you

      may drink by machinery , you may go to bed by machinery , you may dress by niacaSnery , provided your machinery does not take tha coat off my back . " ( Laughter and applause . ) . Ha did not wish to be understood as opposed to machinery in the aggregate , but to its enormous abuse . Distress had not prevailed to so great an extent ia Lancaster as in olher place 3 : there was yet one f ; iir Bpot amid the barren waste ; but they might rest assure 1 that if it contiauid in Manchester , Coine , and the immediate neighbourhood , there wbuhl be no cordon saniluire placed around ianoaster . Tiiey could not prevent the starving thousands from quitting their homes , in the expectation , however forlorn , of alleviating their condition ; or " say to them , "Thus far sluilt thou go , and no tether . " York bad been

      considered an exception ; but the tide bt distress from the surrounding manufacturing districts had poured into that ancient capital , and reduced it to a level with the rest , and such would ever be the case until they had equal representation and paid Members —( hear , hear . ) In reference to the objects for which they were , contending many persons had said " Why not take what you can gtt ? " but they would risk the forfeiture ojf the whole if they abandoned their high vantage ground . ^ Nothing would b % named by adopting the half measures of Mr . O'Connell aod Mr . Bigg . The mountain would not go to Mahomet , but Mahomet : must come to the mountain—( applause ) . The Tory press of LoncS 0 n had baid that he ( O'Connor ) would bo afraid to show tiraself amoiicst

      the people as formerly '; but lie thought it had been the reverse . He had espoused their caasu from an innate conviction of its rectitude , and coaie weal , come woe , he would never shrink from any danger on their behalf —< loud aud continued chfeeringj . No man f « lt more deeply than himself the wants of the people , or had laboured more earnestly for their welfare . When danger presented itself he had ever been found foremost-He had pleaded their cause before the Judges of the land ; and in so doing he did not think of himself as a barrister , or as the representative of an ancient family , but exerted his utmost energies to obtain what he could for the people— ( cheers ) . The good cause was rapidly progressing , and nothing could etay its onward m ^ rcb , but some misgiving on their part , or some foolish and

      violent outbreak . Events had shown that Sir Robert Peel's precious tariff would not bo productive of the antfcipated benefite . No eooner had ' - 'it been adopted than up rose the King of the French on the one band with increased prohibitory duties , and the King of Prussia on the other ; and their example would be followed by other states— - ( hear , hear , bear ) . A fertile Rrio 7 ance was to be found in the fceejping-up of a standing army , which he would disband , aye , even to the last drummer . If it were asked , would he leave the country without protection ? he would answer , certainly noi . He would leave it to the protection of three millions of operatives , the maintenance of whose tights ond liberties would be a guarantee for their fidelity , and who would rise as one man at the cry

      of . "'My- ' cottage u in danger ! " ( Cheers . ) They Were supposed to be bound by ; in oath of allegiance to the State , but had they not a right to expect something in return ? and yet the House of Cammons had refused them the pitiful request to be heard in their own defence —( Shame !) Every other couritry had striven to render Itself independent , but Qreat Britain had adopted a contrary course . She had Bent 3 ; 000 miles for raw cotton , manufactured , und sent it back again ; but were there no raw inattrials at home ? were there no mines or fisheries ? Why seek the markets of the Continent to the prejudice of the home-consumer , who needed tut the means to become the most safe and profitable one ? ( hear , 'hear . ) Ho hud no doubt his sentiments would be misrepresented by the Lancaster press

      aa they had been by that of Bolton r . nd other places ; but the great majority <) f newspaper conductors were Buch intolerable blockheads aa . not to know whether potatot'S grew on trees , turnips on quickset hedges , or wheat on currant bushes . ( Loud laughter . ) And yet these were the men who vaunted themselves as influencing andjeadiDg public opinion . Much had been said respecting the fluctuations in the price of corn , and tbey bad heard of C-ruers ia Cpuucil , and so forth ; but he would ask the ladies present ( turnipg towards some females on the platform ) whether they had not on many occasions given 2 s . to the bakes , fur a stone of fluur , but if a shower or two fell ia the evening of the same day they were told of the possibility of mildew ; and on the day following , ¦ without any Order in

      Council , or other governmental interference , they had to pay 2 s . 6 d . for the same quantity . And if- they asked the Laker the cause ofithia sudden rise , "Ah , '' 8 ays he , with a knowing shake et the head , " its owing to the heavy rain last night . " [ Laughter . ) , But ife \ vaa at the will of the baker that tuoh advances tpokplace ^ and his thermometer was hia oven . And if , ia the assurance of a plenteous harvest , a reduction in price was called for , it took three months to reduce the stone of flour a penny , whereas It took but a few hours to raise it sixptnee . ( Hear , and laughter . ) He would , however , tasch them how to be independent both of the tariff and the baker , and his plans were not those of an unknown

      or obscure individual ; for m addition to haviug represented the eighth part of Ireland in three successive Parliaments , and pptsessiug the first provincial newspaper in England , he hajl ample opportunitisft of testing their practibility . Thi-y had been told that the country was Buffering from over population , but three minions might be considered an excess of population under a bad Government , whilst twenty mii lions would not be so under a good one . ( Applause . ) He would take a million heads of families , of those who were starving ; and he would teach them , instead of being dependent on public compassion or Queen ' s b'egjjing letters , to acquire a sufficiency by tbeir own effoTtr . Suppose ten . million acres of land were let to one million heads of

      families , that would be providing for more than seven millions of people ; ami after living upon the produce , It would leave » surplus to bo brought into the market of more thnn the whole foreign trade of the country hud hitherto produced—( hear , hear . ) A . man ; with a wife and tsn chiUir ? n , renting ton acres ot land at fall value , ¦ woulil , by 280 duys ' of labour , bo tibia to ptovi-Ae anipiy for his family , and have , at the close of the jear , twenty pouarla of wool shorn from his own sheep —not beasts , as had betn stated by the IJolton foolto manufacture into clothing fyr his householrf ; twenty yavils of linen from his own flix , ; and £ 10 in liia pocket . That would rn : ike him independent of the baker ; the rain would not matter so much theii—( cheers and laughter . ) Thia Was no fanciful theory ,

      but a fact which he had proved . Last year the exports of this country amounted to £ 53 , 000 , 000 only , but if the working men .. were allowed to develop it 3 resources , thete would be ; gI . OO , 000 , 000 or £ 150 . . , to fepfend anauivlly in toRie manufactures-r- ( hear , hear . ) Every man could not be a capitalist , but God had given the- raw material of land , which , by proper cultivation sad distribution , would snffico for' all . These ob . 'f . rvations on land ftnd its capabilities be had penned during bis imprisonment in Yctk Castle , so : that out of evil good hasatisen . It was now time to examine tbe Charter , and two great oljecta of it were—first , to destrey the monopoly of land ; and , secondly , in place of farms ef flftaen hundred or two thousand acres , to . have it fairly

      portioned , so that eveiy man mi ^ ht have sufficient for the wants of himself and family— - ( hear , hear . ) This would in truth render JSngJand a glorious land—a land worth living for , and worth dying for—( Ibud cheers . ) Cauld he placebefore them a more fascinating point of the Charter than this , which conttnded for the restoration of man ' s inherent right ? He felt convinced that the Chatter would , if adopted , tend almost immeasurably to Increase the resources of the couctry ; whilst it at the same time caused a mote equal distribution of its wealth ; and if he < Mr . O'Connor ) did not live ia the hope of seeing the day when this blessed state of things wonld come to pass , he would for ever cease to agitate —( hear , bear , and cheers ) . The shopkeepers generally throughout the manufacturing districts were

      approaching a state of destitution ; and Lancaster had hitherto fared better than most other places ; but its turn would shortly arrive , for poverty ever feund its level . The working classes had been spokeq of as ¦ wealth-producers , but he hated to apply that term alone to them , for they were equally ^ valuable as coMumera—^ heai , bear ) . They had had arrayed against them the three ooraciosthe aristocracy , the smokeocracy , and the Bhopopracy : ; but he would back his own ocracy , democracy , against the other three —{ laughter and cheers ) . The whole labour ol the country lastyeathad aold for £ 50 , 000 , 000 > whilst the taxes -were £ 70 , 000 , 000 ; so much for-the in

      boasted advantages of machinery ^ which tended the main to the enrichment cf a few ludiyidnala at the exptnee of tha many—( hear , fceor . ) And how did these persons expend their wealth ? . Not amongst the shopkeepers , but in the purchase of estates , in order to effeot which object wages weie reduced ; and as a natural c « nsequence the poor operatives were the sufferers . There could be no two interests so diametrically opposed as manual and artificial labour ; or than tho man who produced , by artificial labour , and looked to the foreign market for consumption , and the shopkeeper who looked for his support to the labourer afc home ; and thoBe who demandedfor the former an wdu © picfeience were milty of groea injuaUce . Ii » teti « e 8 w ? ftequeot

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      of inanufacturira , in coD 8 £ qa 3 DCe of competition or the slackness of demand , having reduced the wn ^ es of their workmen twenty-flve per cent , and many had been % > a $ e enough to make a redustion of fifteen or twenty five per cent , in wage 3 / even whilst : their goods were obtaining higher prices—( Hear , hear , and ¦• ' Shame !" The editor of the Sun newspipcr , a fellow out at olbowa , and Hying in a garrat , had said , " We cannot agree with Mr . OGannor ' a views in regard £ b machinery , and the apportionment of land ;' . b ' ut the blockhead did not understand them . "—( laughter ) . They mlght . be told of the ; wonderful powers of machinery , but hia answer was this—machinery made no hats , machinery made no shoes . The hatters had begun to thiflk that they were living in a land of magic , where

      the people were ; born without heads ; the shoemekeVa , that they Were born without feet ; and the cheesemongerB . thatthey were born without bellies- —( laughter and applause ) -r-aud this , too , in the tenth year of reform . The evils of the present system had been forcibly exposed by thai friead of the people , the late Henry Hunt j who , during his life , had been subject to undeserved odium by the weaith-inoiiopiSlisera ; but his principles were , no if iu the ascendant , and thia was a far more gratifying tribute than the possession cf ephemsral fame . A doubt had been expressed as to the possibility , of effecting such extensive changes , arid tha Coritt Laws harl beein . cited as ati instance , but the sarno power that coulitl carry the Corn Laws could carry their repeal , to-morrow , and so it would-be with other

      abuses . But there never yet had h : cn , in tliq history of any hati * n , a measure for the behest of the people emanating from a Government , which invariably refused to grand the just demands of the HiultitiuUy until it beheld them Knit together in order to obtain their rights , and then it might » rfYe ^ fty . Let them look at the Charter ; it and its supporters . Vad formerly beep termed law , and had beea despised and contemned by the Bhopkeepets arid tho aristocracy of shopboys ; for thete wa 3 an aristocracy of ehop &oya as well as an aristocracy of land , or an aristocracy of the Church ; and the less removed a person was from the btatioa cf those beneath him , in general t ' ae more insolent aad overbearing ho became—theari hear . ) Why had they knit themselves together ? It was in order to cast a blight

      upon and destroy that infernal system which was daily becoming more intolerable and difficult of endurance , They were now in the tenth year of reform , and what did they behold ? a deficient rpvenuej a war in China , and a war in Affghanistan . , The Duke of Hamilton bad , in ; the House of Peers , termed him ( Mr . O'Cpncor ) the Prince of Chartism ; but he would willingly resign that title in favour of Sir Robert Peel , who , by hia conduct since his accession to power , had done more for Chartism than any other man living—( hoar , hear , hew . ) As a convincing proof of the ignorance of many persons of the existence of enormous public abuses , he would mention that a Burnley shopkeeper , in the plenitude of his wisdom , was unable to discover any imperfections in the preseni system , but pricked

      up his ears like a full-bred doEkey , when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) told him that tho Queen Dowager was receivixig £ 2 , 000 per week ; that the King of Belgium was receiving £ 50 , 000 a year ; that the King of Hanover waa also in the receipt of a large sum yearly ; and that the whole of this money came from the pockets of English subjects . But , after hearing these facts , he very innocently and justly inquired what the Belgians and Hanoverians wanted Avith Kings , if they were not able te support them—( hear , hear , hear . ) Again observe , how beautifully royalty teaches morality . When the Malthusian doctrine was in full vogue , and it was proposed to carry it into practical effect ; "Oh ! " eaid Harry Brougham , " throw the people on their own resaurces "^—and this ,: too , at a

      time when lie was augmentiug bis own retiring pension . ( Hear , hear , and " shariie i" > They were told ttat the Poor Law Amendment Bill was to make them virluous and happy ; and that children , who were able , should maintain their aged parents , to prevent their becoming a public burthen $ but It waB far different with royalty . Had the Queen no corner in tho Palace fur her husband but he must have ! £ 30 i 000 a-year , wrung from a starving population ? Had she no spare knife and fork at her table for her aged mother , instead of further draining an impoverished nation for her support ? ( Hear , hear . ) He himself would advocate the principle of throwing the people on their own resources , but first clear the State of idleta . His political creed ¦ was , " Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto

      you" —( cheers)—aud hjs maxim oa to labour " A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " ( Renewed cheers . ) It had long been the custom of the clergy to preaeb contentment to the suffering poor , who were reminded th 3 t this waa a state of probation , and that thtiy might expecst many trials and privations , for which they would receive a glorious recompense in tha world to come ; but the poor had now suff .-red 6 nougb in all conscience , and he would let the parsons and tha bishops conw aud try their hands at it ( Hear , and laughter . ) He stood before them a comparative stranger to all around him ; and if there were individuals in Lancaster who had been taught by the press to consider hia sentiments calculated to destroy the peace of the countryif they bad called him rovolutioiist and firebrand in

      his absence— -why did they not make their appearance to confute him ? ( hear , bear . ) He had . expounded principles which no biyonct could pierce or bail could penetrate ( cheers . ) They were principles founded in truth and justice , and courted the light of < Jay ; but treason was ever found to brood in darkneaa . He sought for hia fellowrmen those rights aiwl that statiun which had been designed for them by Almighty God , that they might no longer bo driytn to the necessity of meaiily crouching before opposing factions ( cheers . ) Though coming from the first ranks of the aristocracy hinieelf , he did not disdain to clasp the blistered , toilworn hands of those around him , aiid sympatbiso with their wrongs ; and why should the middle classes ? But an account of these thiDgs would be requ ' red in that

      hereafter which they v ? ere now Btriving to accomplish . In Msnchfater , as they had doubtless heard , a meeting of the British Association had taken place , which had been attended by a great number of wfeat were termed learned men ; but he would engage to select from the group before him , six operatives , who , for plain , practical . good sense , ? would beat tho whole Association hollow . iCheers aud laughter . ) They had been told that the people were ignorant , but the fault lay in those who had given £ 120 : 000 for . buildirig the Queen ' s stablea , and only £ 30 000 for tho education of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) On this subject of ailoged popul-. ir ignorance , he would furuiab them with an anecdote of ait honest Yorksliireman called John of Greenfield . He had been expressing hia opinion of the

      tax on leather and tther imposts to a ghoeniaker , who replied , " Why , John , you know nothing about shoes . ' " Noa , " saM John , "I dunna ; but I .-know , d- —^ d weeV wheret shoe piuches 1 " ( Much laughter . ) Aud there lay the sectet ; they all knew where the shoe pinched . The shoemaker , un willing to bo vanquished , attacked John on tho distribution of property , which the latter had stoutly maintained ' . ought to be more equally distributed ; but this sentiment not suiting his antagonist , he told J » hn that he did not understand tb . 8 8 ubj-tct . ¦¦ " Likely enough , " said John , " but I knaw that all't stuff It worid vjox made for all't fo ;« s it world I" ( Laughter : ! Now here was a man absolutely speaking in apothegms ; and yet , when it was ssugh * to establish some sound political truth , recourse was had

      to the writings of free-trade Huskisson , of Biily Pitt , or Cbariey Fox ; b ' ut ha would pit John of Greenfield spjainst them aM , But with all tbeir fondness for qaotiitipn , they n-. ver revertiid to ot . omnn—* ¦ * Oh 1 ij ' o , tiiey never uienti-jned h ?'>« ' '—the bloodthirsty and infamous CaBtlertagh . Theri » would-be tho man for thtKi to appeal to . IVclanrl owed him and his claaa a debt of hatrtd , and Ireland was about to have her rcvenj-e na well r . a Epgland ; but 5-ig ! . and should cot have hers one hour Booner than Ireland , lil-treated hs h « h : ut been by his own country , he would never diagrace his ancestry by ceasing to labour for its regenerati ;> n ; and be had pleasure in informing tte mfeeting that the Cusrtist Association lately formed in Dublin already numbered 038 members , Cittholics and

      Protestants , f ? ho were unitod as ono man —( loud applause . ) The Vork in Scotland waa likewiaa going on : fetayely ; and the rdso , the shamrsck , and tho tliibtle , thua sweetly twined together , formed a bond that tyranny could not break or oppresBiou sever —( loud cheers , ) They had long suffered , but ; the day of . - . retribution would came ; and when it did arrive they would take ample vengeance cu their oppressors , not by violence , but by heaping coala of fire upon their ji « ada—by returning good for evil ; and thia - « : aa genuine Claristianity—( heari hear . ) They were told of loyalty and . patriotism , but he hoped to see the day when they would ha ^ e something t ; Vbe loyal and patriotic fer-r ( hear , hear . ) There was Idyalty In revering the land that had been tilled by their fathers—there was loyalty

      in revering the church of their ancestors ; but there was no loyalty in revering laws that oppressed them—( loud cheers . ) He trusted to behold that happy period when the snug cots and rural home 3 of . the labourers -would be scattered like so many ( sentry boxes over the face of the empire—when % hs women of Ireland w ^ uld be enabled ta wear shoes , and the women of England to cast aside tbeir wooden ones—¦ ¦ wnen peace ond plenty would prevail throughout the land : and when this glorious copsummation had ar « rived , then niigbt hei withont yaiiity , exclaim with tho youthful companion of that brave Peruvian who died battling for his country ' s freedom— "This is in part my work ! '' ( Enthusiastic cheering , which continued for , some minutes . )

      After the applause had subsided , three cheers-were giveu for tie Charter , three cheers for Froati Williams , and Jones ; three cheer 3 for Mr . Beesley ; tiireecheers for Mr . Lund ; and three cheers and " one cheer more " fur hit . O'Connor . Mr . O'Connor then moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the working man who had pre-, eided on the ojBcaMoa * ¦ . - . ¦; This was responded to with right good Will , and after the Chairman had returned thanks .

      Mr . O'Connop . said , that from the commencem&Ht of hia intercourse with the 'working Iasae 3 he had always endeavoured to induce them to cherish feelings of 8 elfrre 8 pect . He bad Bpent ten thousand pounds in their cause ; but he had never eaten one meaU or travelled one mile , at their expense-r-fhear , hsar . ) It was necessary , as he had already observed , that they Bhould , to a propel degree , cultivate aolf-retpect . He wonld therefore propose that three cheers be given for them-Belvea—tgreat laughter ) , —and that , they would allow , waa equal representation —( renewed laughter . ) This concluded tho proceedings , ojad the mett ? . ng ~ - ¦ wh lchwaa conducted with great propriety—sepaxat ^ d

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      On the 19 ih ult ., at Leeds Parish Church , was registered William Fearfjus O'Connor Chatterton , sen of . Williain and Harriet Chatterion , of tii 8 above place . ' Rosi-jtcr ^ d , Feargus O'Cimnor Boncer , t '; e son of Alfred avi'i Catheri ' . e Bor : ccf , of East-Le . iko . Fearpus O'Connoi Rubinsou , sou of Tnonia 3 and Nancy Robinson , of EurisheatOH , was ' ¦ . baptised od the tenth of May , at D-jv /^ bury Cliurch , by the Rev . Mr . . Miiton . ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ . ' ¦ ., ' -. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ' -. '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . '

      Mary Ann Frost Berry , daughter of James and CharJotto Berry , was ba . -p ' tiai- ' d at Si . Mar /' s Ciiurcb , Mouaiout ' n , on May I 5 ; h . Registered , ThoiaaH Watlti . ns Rouso , son of Thomas and Mary liou > 6 of Tnon , tou Ija ]] . On Sanday , theini ' an * daiiffhtc-i- of THonias and Ann Hoqstbn , was baptised in Sr . PauiVChurch t Stalybridge , by tho narflo of Ann O'Conuor Hooston . Baptised by the Rev . Hugh ITart , minister of Z ; on Chapel , Aberdeen , the son of WiH ! ain and Htmnail l ^ xnsae , by thenarae of JHVar £ us O Conner Fausse . Baptised recently at Hu ' il by the Itev . William Hill , minister of Beihci Chapel , Fear « us O'Connor , infant eon of Robert , aad Mary Jackson , of that place . " - ... " . ; . ' > . . ¦; . ; . , ; ¦ •• . A

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      ¦ '• • „ : ., ; : ' : DEATHS . . : ¦ .: ;¦ : . . v . ¦; . ' . ' On tho 5 th lnst ., at Shaw Hill , near Halifax , Mary , the daughter of Mr . John Horner . Same day , Mr . William Ross , of Bath ; Parade , Halifax , aged 21 years . ¦ - ' ¦ : - - On the 28 th ult ., at Halifax , Geof ^ Rushvrorthv aged . l 4 year 3 . \ . ; '¦ ¦ " )¦ :- - . ' ' .- ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ : '¦' . On the 30 th « lt i at Richmondi in tho 11 th year of his ago , Wilson , seventh son of Mr . Andrtrtf Misoamble , of that place . v - i ^ y-Oa Thursday morning , at h ' . sseafc , Longford Hall " , in the coanty of pierby , at the advanced age of t ® , the Earl of Leicester . Ho came into Iho House of Commons for the County bit Norfolk , ^ its Mr . Coke , in the Parliament elcoted in 1774 . v ^ ¦ - : r ' Qn . Monday last , after a longaad paiaFolillBosff , borne with Christian patience and fortitude , aged 61 yearsi Mrs ; Rylah , widow of the latsThoiaMKjlah ^ Esq ., Bolicitor , ot Dewsburyi

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      MR . O'CONNOR'S T 1 SIT TO LANCASTER . "On Saturday last , Mr . O'Connor arrived in this town by the evening train from Manchester . A band was engaged for the occasion , and the members of the Association , together with many hundreds of thn working men , assembled at tho Railway Station , to welcomo him on his arrival . The moment ho made his appeaTance ho was greeted with the hearty cheers of the multitude , and during his progress through tho ( own thousands

      joined in the procession , and continued to manifest their joy by repeated bursts of rpplause . The feeling that prevailed throughout was altogether enthusiastic and unexpected . The united body of the working men were delighted in having the opportunity of shewing their love of liberty and democracy by honouring the defender of those principles . This has been the first visit of Mr . O'Connor to Lancaster , and the universal feeling of joy was shewn in cheers that reverberated from oue end of the town to the other .

      After an hour ' s stay at the King's Arms , Mr . O'Connor proceeded to the place of meeting , accompanied by an immense profession , the band of music playing " See the conquering hero comes !' . ' About nine o ' clock the proceedings commenced . Mr . Fothebgill was called to the chair . Mr . T . LcSi ) moved tho following resolution : — " That in the opinion cf this meeting , the principles of the People ' s Charter are founded in justice , and we are determined never to cease in our exei lions until it becomes the law of tbe laud . " Mr . Beeslev seconded the resolution . Mr . Harrison said that he had been deputed by the Chartist Association of Lancaster to present Mr . O'Connor with an addres 3 expressive of the opinion they entertained of his untiring exertions in the people ' s behalf . He then read the address .

      Mr O'CoxitOB . rose amidst deafening applause . He observed that this teas the fifteenth meeting in North Lancashire at 'which he had been present and spoken since la&t Monday , but the address with which he bad just been honoured more than repaid him for all the trouble and fatigue be bad undergone . He regretted that after a week of toil his hearers were compelled to spend their Saturday evening in such a nianctr , but if justice had been done them they would not be driven to this —( hear , tuaT . ) For many years he had paid considerable attention to the progress of political events , of which he bad not been an unconcerned spectator ; and one or two cf the most prominent his frieud Beeslay had daced before them . He had told them that the

      middle classes , who had hunted down that immortal patriot , Henry Hunt , and socght to crush his glorious tfforVs on the people ' s bshalf , were now compelled to have recourse to his writings ia support of their present views . This should teach a great moral tesson—that man looks for no more than tuat to which he is entitled ; and had this been gmnted in due season the present extensive change would never have been thought of . At the commencement of reform , Gitton and Old Sdrum . were the objects of popular denunciation ; but the Tories of that day refused to make any change whatever in their representation , or to confer tbe franchise on such towns 33 Leeds , Birmingham , or Manchester . And mark the result The people .

      roused from their apathy , forget Old Saium , and the whole of tha rotten boreughs fell with a single crash —( cheers ) This a ' so taught a great moral truth—that Governments invariably grunted from fear what they withheld freni justice ( renewed cheers . ) Such had been tbe case with regard to Cithoiic Emancipation , the modification cf the tithe system , and other remedial measures . Ha ( Heetley ) had farther told them thatatamtetingoftheinidtlleclnsEes , held in Leeds twelve months ago , they had offered what they then thought good terms , but even modtrato Whigs would laugh at them now . The present dialress of the country was daily adding to tbe strength of Chartism , for misery was driving the middle classes into their ranks .

      ( Hear , hear . ) Every man knew tbe object at which they aimed . The did not seek to tbtainfrom A . in order to transfer to B ., but that B should have equal protection with A . ( Loud cheers . ) They asked , not to destroy property , not to take life , but to obtain fer themselves find families a reasonable portion cf wl :: it had been created by a bounteous Providence for the benefit of all ( hear , fccar . J There might be some pree % nt "who , misled by calumny , were apt to consider nim as the advocate of violence , the in \ a . of dagger and torch—t" No , no V' )—whilst the middlo classes might deem hia plans Utopian , and say to the others , Heed not that man ; his views are impracticable . " But let them see -whether any other principles were equal to

      those of the Chatter . Let them glance at the great common family , and what did they behold ?—the spectacle of the many coerced ami dragooned by the few . Ltt them examine the amoutit of property aud the amount of poverty around them ; aad th ^ y would find . that in this sea-girt isle never was there so much money or eo much destitution , so much wealth or so much misery . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) If it wtre asked , to whom does this enormous wealth belong ? ecte answers—to the represented in the House of Commons , the mercantile and favoured classes . PerBons had recently been appointed to inquire into the condition of various parts of the country , and it had been said that they had failed to show the existence of

      distress , but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would do it for them . < AppIausa ) They had shown what number of houses were uninhabited , but they had not had the honesty to Eay in what condition they had fuund the poor people b / whom these had beea formerly tenanted ; but he would tell them that hundreds were perishing for want of food . ( Hear , bear , and " Bhamgi ") It vould be folly in him ' to talk to them of geology or any other science in which they were not interested , but he would talk to them of labour , which did interest them . They had heard a great deal of the yearly increase of population , and the impossibility of supplying its wants in alike ratio , but he contended that there waa more than enough for all , if equally distributed . ( Cheers . ) Suppose a manufacturer employed a thousand hands weekly , and at the expiration of thirty years retired with a fortune of & million , and this was by no means

      improbable , when they looked at the Barings with their Beven millions , the Atkvnrights with their three millions , and others in proportion . Now it was clear that no man , by labour alone , could amass a million of money ; he derived it from the exertions of others . Bnt at the expiration of thirty years what was tbe condition of the workman ? He found himself beggared in health and strength , was barely able to earn Buficient ta prolong exittenea , end closed his career of toil in abject penury . But supposing , for the sake of argument , they adopted the p icciple of the law church in respect of tithes ( which , with the immortal Doyle , he would combat against to the last hour of his existence , ) the manufacturer would have £ 100 , 000 at the end of thirty years , and every -workman in bis employ £ 900 ; a sum sufficient to prevent his being obliged , in . the , winter of life , to throw himself , oa hue tender

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      ADDRESS ^ FROM THE : WATKINS * B TESTIMONfAL COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY . Brethren , —Having heard that our friend and advocate , John Watkins , is about to ' . -leave tha . metropolis , « e aro anxious to raisre subscriptiona , in i > rd « r to present him with a token of our gratitude for ,. bj » services , and of our sympathy for ' his sufferings through his advdcaey In the caus £ » of the people The readers of the Northern Star have had frequent opportunities

      of judging of the merits of his writings for nearly four j ears > and previous to that he bad served the causa of humanity in other papers gratuitously , andat considerable sacrifice . His iucatcera'sion in Durham gaol , for the publishing of his tract on the Fi ? e Points made him . first generally kuown to the Chartist public . Hiving incurred the displeasure of hia parents through bis principles , he wa 3 obliged to leave the comforts of 3 luxurious home , and has since been obliged to buffot the waves of adversity amid severe illness and many , extraordinary difficulties : :

      Mr . Watkins ia the author of -several tracts in tha causa , and of the plays of John Fross , Wat Tyler , &c . Our brothers , the inason 3 , while on strike , always received tho bsneBt of hia pen , and he has ever been ready to . advance our principles in the metropolis . 'We have seen him , though nursed in ofiiaenco , patiently bearing privation , such aa frequently fall to the lot of the moat ui > fortunate of ourftjliow trciking men . We trust that any : further appeal is unhscassary , wa therefore ' I brethren , hope you will transmit ^ our mites to the NorUiern Star Office ^ Iiseds , or to tbe residences of theSub ? coinmitt « e . > - .. "¦ ' . ' ¦ '"¦' ¦ . Signed on behalf of the corainittses , William Balls , ! 13 , Back Hill , HatJon Gaideu , Chairman . . Andrew Hogg , : '¦ .. "'' ¦¦; :. . '; "• ¦'¦ ' . ¦"'¦ •' . ¦ ¦ 5 , Little Weil Alley , London Wall , Triaaurer . Thos . Wsr . SAlmo . v , Jun ., 15 , Harp Alley , FarringUoa-street , Sjoratary . Committee Room , 55 . Old Bailey . : :

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      Oiv Monday last , at S ; . Alkmund's Church , Derby , Mr . Wm , Sisson , jon , member of ^ h © : GeHeral Council of-the National Charter Associa-Uon ^ to Miss Mary Ann Gregory , of' Ltarky . ^ : ' ; On the 6 th instantj a ; St . Jehu ' s Church , Waker field , by the Rev . Thomas -Kilby , ' - Mr . Joseph WrigglesTVortb ,: farmer , Heuisworth , to ^ l&xfi daughter of Mr . William R . Shaw , Wcst ^ ate , Wakefield ., ; ¦ ; ; : , ¦ . . ¦ ; ' : ' :. ¦ " < - . : ¦; . ? : ; : ;; ... ¦¦ . , ; Oji AVedncsday lastj at Salem Chapel , by tho Rev . James Parsons , Mr . W . Chapman j bookfieller , Coney-street , to . Ann , third daughter of Mr . Lotcgrove , Minster Yard m an of York .

      Oa Sunday , the ^^ 3 rd inst ., at St . Saviour's cuurcb , by the Rev ; is , G . Baker , Mr , J . LcDg ^ jun ; , of Fulford , to Anna Maria , only daughter of Mr . !*? Darling , builder , of York . "¦ ' . : ¦" . ¦ ¦ On Thursday , the 30 th ult ., at Sh George ' s churcb ; Hulme , by tbe Rev . Joshua Lingard , M . A ., Jouu Samuel Lund , Esq ., of PatrinfetoD , Yoxk .-hire , to Mary , stcoud daughter of the late George Gre » oa Heap , Esq-v of Manchester . - : Same day , at Highfield Chapel , HuddersSeld , by the Rev . i dhn Glendenning , Mr Thomas By era j to Miss Nelepfl , of ; . Great Saikolo , Cucibcrlajid .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct438/page/5/