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      ^ ATKINS'S XEGACT TO THE CHAKTISTS . XECTUBB IT . DSLITBKED TO THE XA . SOSS . jfason-Chartists . ' Slaves seeking freedom J ' You juve requested me who am not united with you in bade , bat allied to you in the common brotherhood o ! jpan to man— -yon hare desired me to corns and give joa jour first Chartist lecture . I feel proud to do so , bat should have felt more pleasure in listening to one _ cf yourselves , Por I have more need to learn of yon ftu n you have of me to teach yob , and there are men am ong yon more capable of instractisg me than me ibem . Bred in aristocratic ignorance and prejudicetsught to consider "working men as my inferiors , with trhom It would be a disgrace in me to associate—having t&d my heart tied up , as it were in its own strings , in cl&ss-4 iclnsiTen « ss and Bel fish ness—there was much for me to unleara before I could begin properly to learn , and much to learn before I could begin properly to teach—infattlhaTB had to ansophisticate myself , to

      gei a Be v heart sad mind , and to gather from working men , who are men in the true sense of the word , what a man should think , and say , and do . 1 have&ometfmes jsucerely wished that I had learnt to labour with my own hands—that I had your practice , your experience—bat iisen I should not have had so much leisure to atndy those principles , a knowledge of which may enable me to advocate your interests . I trust , therefare , that though I am sot a working man , a mason , like yourselves , yoa will Eofc regard me with less confidence on that account ; but that you will receive from me with respect those lessons which I have learnt from the practice and experience of others , and which I am in duty bound to return to them again , even as the atmosphere returns in . showers to the earth the moisture which it socked up . There is a headwork , or mental labour , as arduous , and perhaps as useful , as handwork , OS -tr 1 annul labour , especially when the work of the head is done for and on behalf of those who work with their hands .

      To trace onr evils to their source , we must go up to the origin -of society ; not that society is in itself an evil , but that it has become one by the abuse of it It is said that we should not argue against the use of a th'T'E from the abuse of it ; no more we shonld , no more we do : the great difference between us and our opponents is this , —they say that we wish to destroy the institutions ef the country , but they know that we wish to destroy the abuses only , and by so doing , to preserve the institutions , to restore them , to renovate them ; for we know that if those abuses are suffered to continue , if they are suffered to increase and multiply as they have done of late years , they will destroy , the institutions , they will corrupt them wholly , and make each institution an abuse , so that the body corporate , Instead iof being a healthy body , will become a

      diseased bady—a rotten body . We , therefore , would destroy the abuses , and thereby repair and strengthen the true uses of society or the state ; but our opponents are endeavouring to conserve the abuses , because they lire by than , and on them , and their arguments arc ¦ worth just bo much as the arguments of so many black mites would be , if when the owner of a cheese came ¦ witi a knife to cut out the unsound parts , the mites or maggots were to lift up their puny voices and say , — Ton will spoil the cheese—you will destroy the cheese ! " " No , no , " the owner of the cheese would err !'"™ , " it is you that I will destroy ,, or rather I win cat off the corraptioB yon make and feed on—lest ii should spread and infect the whole ; I will at least save the sound part of my cheese from you . " So should the people rescue their country . But this is a digression ; let us revert to the origin of our evils .

      Man was bom free , the servant , the subject of his Maker alone— the master , the Sovereign of all other creatures on earth . All men were bora ires and equal ; freedomand equality is man'sbirthright—arightbreathed into vs with the very breath of life itself—born with as . liberty is God ' s blessing ; without liberty life becomes a curse , an evil thing—without liberty there can be no -virtue , no happiness : liberty is , therefore , more precious ** " * " life itself . Man was not only born free , but he lived and died free . Of him it was said by the poet

      Dryden" 1 am as free as > atnre first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran . " Such was man in his natural sbate ; but he now exists in an artificial state . He is no longer free—he is born a slave , and he lives and dies a slave . The very babe suborn is enslaved ; there are laws which reach to the infant in its mothers womb—in venire samsre , aa the lawyers express it . We are made slaves even before eur birth ; we sSve through life , and after death our bodies cannot be buried but as some slave law directs . All this has arisen frsm the degenerate state of tbe social system . When men lived in a natural way they lived a life of great Itazsrd and precariousness . It was aoon seen that for the sake of assisting each other in

      sport or war , man ' s convenience and safety would be greatly promoted and secured by herding with his fellow-man , and first families , ntxt tribes , afterwards whole B&fions formed a serial compact or union of countrymen . Each gave up a portion of his liberty for the saka of making his life xaore secure ; individuals bowed to each other for general protection and support . Society was thus formed ; it was formed upon a mutual and reciprocaTbasis . Though not quite s » free , yet men were still equal , for none Md given up more than another . Uut as the devil would have it ithe notion could come from no good being ) , man must needs have a king and priest . Be had all along had something lite a king and

      priest , that is , a chief tain and swe , one who had made tiTncclf conspicuous fey the singular services , personal and mental , which he had performed . He -was probably the best hunter 01 fighter , and it waB to the interest of the rest that snch an one should be chosen chiefindeed circumstances would make him a leader . Unfortunately , however , the name , the power , the influence of a father slipped by an easy transition to Mason , who was invested with the father ' s honours , ont of a feed hepe tfcst he would prove like him . Thus hereditary power came into vogne , a curse greater than original sin . The sen , witfcont any of the merits of the father , tweame possessed of equal power , and not being able , « tfll less willing , to play the patriot , be plsyed the tyrant , and men became " hereditary bondsmen . "

      Proud of his power , the tyrant loved best to exercise it in opposition to the will of the people , for then he seems greatest , then he appean > most like a king . " My fetber , " says Behoboam , " whipped you with makes , but I will whip you with scorpions . " New a king who is no more than man , who is generally less than man , could not act contrary to the will of his people , if bs were not allowed to d » so ; but the mischief is , ' kings have priests to blind the people , and soldiers to bind them ; they have two great armies , an army of black coats and an army of red coats—we have likewise an army of bice coatswith the aid of these armies our rulers can tyrannize with impunity over a people doubly , trebly enslaved . Kings -sTcald not be so bad , had they not flatterers to make them worse—flatterers who teach them the arts of onpressioa that they may share in the

      plunderflatterers who get themselves invested with rank and power to tax industry for the support of their ioleness . The people are taught to regard these flatterers , not only as ueedral to the welfare of the state , bnt as their own best benefactors . These privileged classes who think themselves exempt from the general dGom of -mankind—irbo lalwur net , but live on the labour cf others—these lords , dukes , and earls , or whatever they please to tall themselves , have gone on increasing , and , conErquently , the taxes for their support have gone on increasing—the people have to work bard for leES wage , -and their comforts are decreased in proportion to the increase of aristocratic luxuries ; for the more power increases in the hands cf the upper classes , the more oppression and injustice increase ; and the plunderers know very well that the more the people axe weakened iy starvctionj the less danger there is in a revolt or rebellion .

      These that are now above the people rose out of the people , or were li fted up by them—the workman who makes money may , by means ef money , become a roaster . Money is power , and is more than equivalent to Task . The middle class-is being more avariciou 3 , are mors grinding tyrants than the aristocracy are , who love display more than money . The aristocracy would , I believe , feel a pride in seeing the peop le well-clothed and well-fed , provided at the same time thst tie people were perfectly submissive . Thus they keep their livery servants and horses in good condition for their own credit ' s sake ; but the middle classes regard the people merely as beasts of burthen , as engines to work for them ; and they get as mnch out of them at as little ccst , and with aa little care for their comfort or safety as possible , and when the workman grows old and unable to jield his employer so much profit as formerly , he is cashiered with as little feeling as a worn-out hackney that is sent to the knackers to be killed for dogs" meat .

      The upper classes having combined together and conspired agairst the rights of man himself , the middle . classes combined to conspire against the rights of man's < labour ; the former made the people . slaves , the Matter tried to make as much profit if their slavery as possible . For tLis purpose capitalists nnite to keep down the j wages of the people as low as zero , or starvation point ; : sad if they can get a boy to do man s work—nay , if ; they can get a woman or a girl to do it , they employ ; them at «? nce in place of men , though they knew that ] when tasks are disproportioned to the strength or skill of the labouring child or woman , they are tortures te them , crippling them and distorting them in mind and j body till great nature ' s course is made to ran contrary j to itself in monstrous confusion . Such are the demons i who make their mines or their mills a kind of hells for i

      the torture of youth and innocence , till demoralised bj pain they become fit tor the p ) ace they work in . Yes , we have sow in England what Is not to be found in hell—places of torture , not for the wicked , but for the good ; we have mammonites worse than fiends , who realise the ogres of romauca , and make their bread of the bones of Englishmen , their wine of their blood , and their castles are the bastiles where their victims are sot roasted alive , but put to a more lingering death , gradual starvation—kept expiring for years . While the mill-lord is making millions , and looking to a fine estate with a country seat , his workmen have nothing in prospect but the basffle , and the prospect grows more gloomy with the progress of machinery , that should indeed be made to lighten his teil , but not ] paten Ids comforts . It it sot high time that the people v *» Jl

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      were looking about them—that they Were looking ont for themselves ? for , mini you , the more the aristocracy give the people occasion to rue * the more they will dread them and ? crew them down . Witness the additions lately made to the ranks of the soldiers and police-Thus we have seen that society , though originally instituted for the benefit of all and each , has been divided into classes , and the upper classes have bees armed against the lower , who are deprived of all power of resistance or defence . The useful and industrious have become the Blares and victims of the useless and idle , who first dnped them . This was the origin of trade-unions , which are a kind of societies within society , wheels within wheels , a union of fellow workmen

      to counteract the union of their employers . The workmen said to their masters , Tou want our work , and we want a fair wage for it ; your money is your own , and our strength and skill is our own . " If one man alone had said this , his master would have replied , " Go to , you idle fellow , I will employ some one else in your stead , and I will take care that no one employs you for your saucy answer . " Bet by a trades union the men are as well combined as their masters are , one will hot work without the right of all , and as work cannot be done without workmen , the masters are generally compelled to compromise matters , and something like mutual agreement takes place . But see the iniquity of Government , see how it loves oppression , because oppression forms its own chief feature and support iaw 8 have been passed not to prevent masters but to prevent men from combining , and the

      Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow Cotton Spinners were sentenced to transportation like felons , because they had acted like men . See too the strike of the masons , of yourselves , which would have been a knockdown blow to trade oppression if the men had all understood their own interests so well as the masters understand theirs . Government never seems to think that bread is as necessary to the working man as superfluities to the master . Those who make all have the least profit in aJL A merchant or employer obtains more for merely selling or contracting a piece of work th » p the workman himself ; he who has all the toil and trouble of it is paid next to nothing , while he who has neither toil nor trouble , who springs up and lives and looks like a lily , he takes all that the workman should have , and can oppress and insult him in the bargain ..

      Trades unions have done much good ; I shonld rather say they have prevented much evil . Without them the labourer would have been entirely at the mercy of the capitalist , who would soon have driven him to work like a negro . But trades union fall fir short of the union that is . wanted . Trades unions cannot secure employment when trade itself fails ; without employment unions cannot be kept up , money nor meat cannot be had . Trade unions cannot prevent foreigners from putting Englishmen out of work . In a strike there are those out of union and sometimes some of those in union ready to take advantage of , or to betray the rest And how are strikes supported ? ¦ By draining the union and drawing on otbsr unions , so that if the masters can but hold out till all the union funds are exhausted , they can starve the men into submission ;

      they can reduce them , not by fair fighting , bnt by famine . And when the men have gone to work again , how long may it be before another strike is rendered necessary ? Just so long as the masters please . So that you see trade unions do some good , bnt not enough ; t&ey are a shield , fcut not a sword . They stand on shifting ground ; for trade is always fluctuating ; they are no defence against machinery . We must not build upon the sand , still less upon a quicksand ; we must build upon a rock . What is wanted is a union of all unions—a union for the Chaiter . We must get that power into our own hands which is now in the hands of cur oppressors : that will be the way to command employment and to secure the profits of it . ' We must choose a good foundation , a broad basis—we must have Universal Suffrage . - ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO " THE ILLUMINATOR , " " CHARTIST RUSHLIGHT , " "EXHNGU ISHEB , " " COMMONWEALTHS !! AN , " . AND " CHARTJST PIONEER . " ilT Good Fbie . \ ds , —For more than twelvs months I have battled with difficulties almost indescribable , under the sanguine hope that I should be able to establish an unstamped ( and unfetterred ) assistant to our glorious cause . My Illuminator was put an end fc : > by Whig electioneering malice . The Rushlight and Extinguisher were mere half-penny substitutes for a little periodical , which was reaching a prosperousIsale , when the schemes

      of the hypocritical faction strangled it . The CommonuxaUhsman was started with a view to renewing the gputence « f a paper as useful as the Illuminator had been : but the dreadful increase of poverty among our ranks compelled me to relinquish that enterprise also , at the twentieth number . Since then I have again attempted to renew the existence of another halfpenny Chartist organ . The Chartist Pioneer , however , has met with impassible obstacles , in the second week of his march ; in other words , the horrible poverty which stares upon us so ghastBy on every hand , compels us to desist altogether from farther publication ,

      By the kind permission of my friend , Mr . John Cleave ,- I Ehall , however , address you frequently , though briefly , through the pages of the Chartist Circular . Thank you—thank you , my friends , for your kind support cf my undertakings ; and now , let me entreat you to devote your efforts towards securing success for the Chartist Circular . Let us be resolved , one and all , tiiat we will , in spite of our poverty , and in spite of the malice of the factions , keep alive one cheap , unstamped , and unfettered Chartist organ . Trusting that the Editor of the Slar will also be kind enough to indulge me with a small portion of his space weekly , I shall , fr » Ta time to time , throngh the pages of our incorruptible leading ergan , beg to make known to yen my views on the progress of our movement , and

      on the principles cf democrecy generally . I regard our position as being singularly crhical at the present moment Tb > - defection cf a considerable number of cf our leaders , once highly valued ; the subtle and serpentine plans , now in covert action , by onr real enemits ,. to overthrew or circumvent our purposes , by affecting a one-ness of objects with us ; the distracting ir . fi nence of poverty , which so often leads men to catch aV any alluring deceit , as a temporary relief ; and , above * all . the absence cf cencectrated and united efforts cf an energetic character among us , to diffuse Chartism through the length and breadth of the land ; such facts and their concomitants , press weightily on my mind , and urge me to tell you that I think the time is fully

      come when we cugit , one and all , to set about doing something which may give us a substantial earnest that we shall really obtain the Charter we are contending for , and that our ifforts shall not end in disappointment . Friends and Brothers , —are we really nearer to the Charter than we were twelve months ago ? Judging by my own locality I might answer , without hesitation , " yes ¦ " for the Leicester Chartists were not more than three hundred enrolled membtrs , at the beginning cf last July , —and now , my own darling Shakspertan brigade , alone , is two thousand and three hundred . That seems something like an earnest of the Chaiter . Bnt in what other localities are you progressing with the same speed ?

      Jf ow , my friends ie brothers , do not be offended at r ay asking < bis qutstion . I havo put it -srith no invidious though ; or intent My sole , u : y urdeut wish , is to See us ' all enraged in an untiring arid accessing tSToit to obtain the Chirter . I know not why any man should not do as much as I am doing , —if be have got tut a common share of talent , and any strength of wilV within him . As for bodily strength , 1 possess but a feeble Ehare of it Of one thing I am certain ; if in tvery Chaitist locality the same unremitting exertions were employed as in Lsicester , with the electric influence of oar indefatigable O'Connor pervading , and animating , and binding together all the localities , the Charter ¦ sveuid be bad in a few months , in spite of all the craft , aud intrigue , and malice , of the monied classes :

      Chartists , we ougtt , each and a ll , to be on fire with the spirit of prosely tism . Organise , organise !—that is the word . Of what use are the nominal Chartists ? How nearer do they bring ihe Charter ? Let us , unceasingly , assure them that they can only be of real service by "falling in ; " by taking rank in some one of our regiments . Talk of hghtiDg 1 pshaw 1 who ever ieard of an army marching till it was formed into rank and file ? Chartist ? , we want numbers—organised numbfcia ! And then we shall nut have to beg for the Charter : we shall be able to take it By arms ? No ; hat bj demanding it as tie nation ' s right , as the

      object of its -imperial will . Let a tenth of the whole population of each considerable town , ( 5 , 000 for Leicester , tie same for Nottingham , 10 , 000 for Sheffield , 29 , 000 for Manchester , it , &c , it , and 200 , 000 for London , ) walk throngh the open street , at the same hour of tfce same day , and cry , " We'll have the People ' s Charter !"—and what can prevent their obtainiDg it ? " The soldiers will be sent for , from one town to another , to pnt them down' 'do you say 1 Pooh ! they will all be wanted at home And the same with the police force . Let that day and hour be the one at which the Houses are assembled to

      consider of an answer to the Queen ' s gracious speech on the opening of a Session ; and what can prevent the People ' s Charter from being the primary Act of Parliament of that very Session ? Chartists , think of this , and strain every nerve to swell year ranks—from the working men I mean . We want real -democracy , remember . Let tha middle men come if they like ; but do not court them . The People's Charter is intended to be pre-eminently the working man's boon ; and let us be resolved to make it so . I am , Friends and Brothers , YeurB , faithfully , Thomas Coopeb . 11 , ChurcB-gate , Leicester , Jnly 4 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE CHARTIST BRETHREN WHO VOTED FOR MY SECOND ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE . Brethren , —Permit me to thank you sincerely for the approval which you have signified of my services during the last year , as a member of the Executive , by electing me a member of it for the eDsulug one . Having never visited Yorkshire and Lancashire , and bnt few of the English counties where Chartism is in a flourishing condition , I consequently am unknown , except by report , to the great body of my Chartist brethren , and , for this reason , I am doubly sensible of the confidence which you have placed in me , and which I trust yon shall have no reasons to repent of during my term of office .

      Holding firmly to the principle of the Executive being , in every respect , the servants of the people , I trust our conduct will be , at all times , in accordance with their views and wishes , and that we shallndopt such measures as will promote the advancement of the great Chartist cause . Strongly advocating the democratic principle of rotation in qfice , I shoald have much preferred if the plan of organization bad limited the term of office , of the Executive , to one year , so that a proper limit might be placed upon the wishes and designs of ambitious and office seeking men . I trust this radical defect will be remedied before another election takes place , and with these sentiments , I remain , Yours in the great cawe of the Charter , Morgan Williams .

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      TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . AX A . TPEAZ FBOM THE CHARTISTS OF OLDUAM OH BEHiL ? OP MR . JAMES DtFPT . Dear Brethren , —Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to appeal to a sympathising Chartist public on behalf of an individual whose consistency , as a political leader of the people , is well known , and we cannot for a moment suppose that this our appeal will be in vain , when we remember that the individual , on whose behalf we are asking your united assistance , ever since his imprisonment in Northalierton Gaol for having defended , fearless of all consequences , the people ' s cause , has been but very ill fit to exercise himself in your behalf ,- but having no other course left him , he has , to his own injury , continued to advocate the Chartist cause boldly , fearlessly , faithfully , and honestly .

      In consequence of the torture he endured whilst undergoing his severe sentence in Northalleitou Gaol , his constitution is broken , and unless timely assistance be rendered , he must Bhortty follow out martyred brethren Clayton and Holberry , which would be a lasting disgrace to the Chartist body ; and as be , James Duffy , has come to the resolution of settling himself at Derby , to pursue his former calling , if the friends of our and his cause will only respond to this appeal , and each association and locality send their mite towards establishing him , in a small way , as a commence * ment * ' ¦ We are aware of the distress that exists in the country ; but do consider it the duty of the Chartist bedy to rally round those that have been suffering imprisonment , and thereby show out oppressors that the more they persecute the more determined we are to support the persecuted .

      A subscription has been entered into in this town which will be forthcoming next week , and wekope that every locality will respond to this appeal as early as possible , and transmit the same to the Star Office . Wm . Hamee , sub Secretary .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF GLASGOW AND SUBURBS . Fellow Working Men , —After ten long years of the working of the Reform Bill , I find that our condition is nothing improved ; and that ii place of receiving any benefit frem that measure , our mist-ry is getting more appalling , and our condition in this life more miserable and destitute . Thousands upon thousands of our industrious artisans and tradesmen are walking our streets in a state of starvation and misery , unparalleled in the annals of this or any other country ; our wives and children famishing from the callings of hunger , and we have nothing to give them . Think , r ay friends , on the little innocent offspring crying aloud to you for bread , and you have nonu to give it—think what would bs the feelings of a father in Euch a case . Cold acd callous roust that heart be that would not move heaven and earth to procure food for his innocent little babe .

      Picture to yourselves , my friends , these scenes of woe and misery , which daily and h-. uriy kappen in our unhappy land ; and ask yourselves , cainly and deliberately , what is the cause of this , or whence dots it arise ? The question will naturally answer itself—class legislation . And also , the cool , calculating , and avaricious monopolist , who lives and fattens on your labour—you , the producers cf all , tho providers for all his wants , who build his palaces and houses , buy his chariots and horses , and give him all the luxuries in life to pamper his proud and ambitious spirit in a life tf indolence and debauchery , while yon and your families are pining in want and misery , with hardly a rag to cover them , ¦ wh ich is the case of thousands in Glasgow and the surrounding districts .

      Oh , my friends , what care these grasping tyrants fcr the wants or interests of the poor ? Their whole cry , night and day , is more money ; that is their God . Gold is their idol ; and when the working man speeds all his strength and physical energy in his employ , when he turns oW , and Dot fit to accomplish a certain quantity of work , he is turned off abcut his business to perish of cold unu hunger , in an unfeeling and uncharitable world . My friends , we havo tried many planB to better our condition , and to get a fair remuneration for our Lit ' our ; we have formed trades uniots , and have found some small benefit from them ; but the purse-prouU monopolists combined and destroyed our fond hope , and blasted our future prospecta in respect to trades unions , and ultimately made us worse than we were .

      My friends , we may go on trying to protect our trade and oppose a reduction in our wages , but it is impossible for us to protect ourselves or our labour from the avaricious and grasping monopolists , until we have first destroyed the hydra-headed monster , class legislation , and established instead the just and inalienable rights of evejy man of maturity to have a voice in the making of the la-ws which he is called upon to obey ; for it is impossible we can better our condition in this lifo until ¦ we get labour represented in the Commons' House of Parliament , as every other interest is—that of the aristocrat , the miU » cral , < and the shopocrat , all are represented except what should be represented , namely , industry . Then , how are we to remedy this evil , and procure the mighty mass th « r rights ? By immediately passing into a law the People ' s ChaTter . Then the next question is , how is this Ciiarter to be

      made the law of the land ? Simply , * by a union of all tte people , of all sects and creeds ; and let the nunie of cur country be forgotten in the immortal name of Freeman . Therefore , I call upon the operatives of Glasgow , as they value liberty , as they value their country , and as they value the trade by which they live , to come forward , and join the Glasgow Charter Assecietien , and exert all the influence in their power to procure members to come forward , and let every one work aB if the whole cause depended on himself . Lit a few men in the different shops and factories , get as many names as possible on a sheet of paper , and let them receive as much as they can , for one , two , ov three weeks , until they get the price of their several cards of membership , and then get their names enrolled on the books . If this plan was wrought out , I think in a short time tx e would have twenty for one that we have now .

      My friends , this is the advice of one who has long watched the working of the system , and consequent degradation and misery of the working classes for the last sixteen years , and who is firmly convinced that nothing Bhort of the political rights of the people will ever make the people virtuous , contented , and happy , and make us hold that place in society , which the Almighty , in his wisdom , intended we should heldthis ia the opinion of one -who is intending to live on , and nobly die in defence of cur lovely Charter ; but we must bide our time .

      In conclusion , I would address a few words to my fellow countrymen , on the question cf the Repeal of the Union . Men are very often led away by prejudice , and an improper knowledge of the question at issue . Now as D . O Connell has tcld them that it is illegal to join the Charter Association , I think no wonder that my countrymen have been backward in joining us . Look to ourselves ; if Feargus O Connor wonld pledge bis honour that a ceitain line cf conduct was illegal , would we not pause tutors we would have anything to do with it Well , it is the same with them ; but , tbank God , the Star has done its duty in Ireland , under the pea of Mr . Hill , and it has called the . people to a flewe

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      of thetr duty , as well aa the old Northern Star under the open of Samuel Neilsoo did in his day . And when we . .. oeartbat onr cause is progressingin Ireland under tne bright and luminous rays of the Northern Star , well f ^» 7 ? ^* - ' ^ - ^ -prt | pi ^; tliat i | 1 » ito- . ii 8 . . ' - -Wtf less than 240 men giving in their names to be enrolled oa the books . I hope before long to see Ireland in the foreground of Chartism , and the triumph of truth over the Com Exchange jugglery and humbug ; then , my friends , and not till thea , will you itepeal the Union . You must get the power into your own hands before you can do any good for our once happy country . Any little good that has been done for Ireland by D . OXfonneU has been done for the rich , and not for you . Of what use would a parliament be sitting in Dublin , under the present franchise ! None whatever . Nbi no ; you must get the power into your own hands , and then will they work for the whole people , and not for the rich alone . I remain , : ' . . •¦ A Catholic and Chartist , D . M'Millan . Glasgow , June 30 th , 1842 .

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      BAWICK—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Hawick was held in the Chartist Hall , on Monday last , ( the meeting was advertised to be held in the Marketplace , but from the wetness of the evening was held in the ball ) , Mr C . Hunter in the chair . Mr . J . Cairns ; in an animated address , moved the following reselution : — " That this nieetinghavingdirected attention to the recent tragical occurrence at . EnniSi in Ireland , while it expresses unfeigned sympathy with the unfortunate victims , as also for the starving contlition of the labourers in that unhappy country * cannot but re gard Ihe ferocious : attack pf a police force , so constituted and organized , as subversive of

      British libeity , and as affording conclusive evidence , if that were necessary , that modern legislators , alienated from the peeple , are utterly incapable for just and equitable Government , and exclude all hope of redress for the accumulated wrongs ; or amelioration ofV the present unparalleled distress of the iniiustrioua classes , unless by the salutary provisions of the People ' s Charter . Mr . T . Davles in a speech of great power and convincing argument seconded the resolution , -which was adopted unanimously . The thanks of the meeting was then voted to Messrs . O'Connor , Hilli Hobson and Ardill ^ for the prornptitude and alacrity which they dlBplayed in securing bail for poor martyred Holberry . After making arrangements to raise a trifle for the widow of the victim , and thanking the Chairman , < kc , the meeting dispersed . ¦ •" . ¦

      On Sunday last Mr . Davies preached a funeral sermon for 8 . Holberry , in tho Chartist Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . ARBROATH . —On Saturday evening Mr . Robert Lowery lectured in the Chartist Pavilion to an audience of between 700 and 800 , on the present distressed state of the country . Ha also preached three sermons in the same place on Sunday , toequally numerous audiences , the evening service being a funeral sermon for Samuel Holberry ; the afternoon sermon was upon the necessity of countrymen and country women abstaining from all intoxicating drinks ; he also lectured on Monday evening to a crowded bouse , Tlie audit'ECe listened with the greatest attention . TULIBOpY . — -Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large out-door meetiDg in this place , on Wednesday , the 29 th June , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and he was elected to meet the English Executive ^

      Alva . —Mr . Duncan addressed a large public meeting , which was . convened upon the Greeu , on the evening of Thursday , the 30 th June . Mr . David Harrawerread the Ksjnonstraiice , which being adopted , Mr . Duncan was then elected aa a fit and proper person to meet the English Executive . Dollar — Mr . Duncan addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meeting in this place , on Friday , the lBfc of July , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and Mr . D . elected to meet the English Executive . Blairingonb . —Mr . Duncan addressed a crowded meetiDg in the School room on the evening of Saturday last in this place , at which the remonstrauce was adopted , and he elected to meet the English Executive . ¦ ¦ ' ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' . ; ¦

      Alloa . — : Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large and respectable audience on the evening of Monday last , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , whun the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting viewing the past services of the Northern Star in the cause of the principles of the People ' s Charter , — -its uncompromising devotion to the integrity of the movement , we regard all those covert and open attacks against it from professed friends , as indications on the ' r part of hostility io the principles of the Charter , and we shall do everything in our power to destroy that influence fey a strenuous support of the Stq > -J' ¦ . « ¦ » That we profess our entire confidence in Mr . Hill , and trust that he will exercise his vigilance over the publication of any matter which would compromise the safety of the

      Northern Star , or the personal liberty or property of its proprietor . This meeting taklnginto consideration the beneficial effects likely to follow the appointment t > f a Scottish Executive , call upon their aecretary , David Thompson , to draw up an address to the six centres In Scotland , urging to the \ performance of this duty , and that cur secretary be instructed to correspond with Mr , Campbell secretary of the English > Executive , according to the form which the statute law prescribe .-.. The re-monstrance being also unanimously adopted by the meeting ; Mr . Duncan was then elected as afit nnd . proper person to meet the English Executive . The meeting then dispersed , testifying thei ) attachment to Mr . Duncan , for . the valuable services he has rendered . to the country in the c : iuse cf Chartism . Also a vote of thacks was given to our worthy chairman , Mr . John . Sic wait .

      WAKRIK GTON . —This town was . " visited on Sundaylast by Mr . W . D . T . iylur who " lectured . in the afternoon , and in the eV < . n ; ng preached tho fuiitrnl sermon of Holberry the martyr , in which In : propounded from the Scriptures the principles of tlio People ' s Chiirttr , in a style altogether new to us . BOIiTOW . —This town of toil and misery was viseted on McTi'lay last ly Mr . W , ... D . . Taylcr ,.-wbodelivered-a lecture upon th . 9 Charter , aud the benefits to be derived from its establishment as law ; : . Several new merhbtss were enrolled at the contusion . SUNDERIiArtp . —On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams lectured on the Town Moor but in consequence of its beginning to rain heavily , he was obliged abruptly to conclude . He announced his intention of speaking again at the same place on Sunday evening , at six o'clock .

      BARNSItEY . —The Chartists of Barnsley met on Monday evening last , in trie School Room under the Odd Fellows'Hall , where , after the receipt of contribuUon 3 and the enrolment of new members , Mr . FraDk MirSeld rc-pprtud the proceedings of tho School Council . The'basiness first alluded to was the raising of funds for the Executive ; the means of doing so suggested by the Council were well received by the members , and a determination evinced of carrying them oat Thenext business brought on was the necessity of doing sombthing for Mrs . Holberry , when a subscriptien waa entered Into . :

      LONDON . —St . Pancius . —We commenced our Monday evening lectures on Monday last ; at the Feathers , Warren-streut , when Mr . Jones , from Liverpool , delivered au elequint lecture ; ar . d but of a comparatively few strangers seyen new members were enrolled . A lecture will be de ^ ifered every Monday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock , at the above place . Camderwell and Walwortii . — The Chartists of Camber well and Wai worth beg to express to Mr . Hill their confidence in his exertions as Editor of the Northern Star , the organ of the people . To FearsU 3 O'Connor , Esq ., they wish : to renew their pledge of united support . The faithful advocate of the people they deem him , and may he live to' see political equality . The resolution wns moved by Mr . J . Anderson , seconded by Mr . Simpson , and carried unanimously .

      Mitcham , Surrey . — -About tkirty good and true men have been enrolled in this new locality already , with every prospect of its speedily becoming extensive and prosperous i ' DEVONPOKT . —Resolved , " That WOj the readers of the Star in Dovonport , haying strictly ^ watched the conduct of the R * v . W . iliiam Hill for upwards of fpuv years , do heroby express our firm conviction that be baa acted in a manner worthy his high calling ; and we do hereby assure him that as long as he pursut a the same line of conduct as heretofore , he shall receive , as be has deserved , our warmest thanks and support . At the same time , we cannot forbear- from expreasini ; our opinion of the individuals who have called forth this

      reEoluupn ; and we cannot bnt think that their conduct has been such as to merit the cUsnpprobation of all consistent Chartists ; for to what other conclusion can we come to , when we remaniber the rnany times theso gentlemen have echoed forth the cry that the middle classes wished to betray us , and now find these same men leaving the substance of Chartism and following the airy notions of those they have so often denounced , than that they are no longer to be trusted , and we feel sorry to be forced to acknowledge the justice of the resolution of the Leicester friends , that the once noWe Brouterre O'Brien is no longer worthy of confidence . " Signed on behalf of upwards of sixty readers , Johw Giif > Mount-street , Deyonporfc '¦¦ ' /' .: / . /¦ ; : ' . - ' . : ¦ ' . '¦ . ; - ¦' ¦ . ¦ , ;; : ' . ¦ , : ;

      TODMOHDEN . —This place now occupies a proud position on the . moral rnap of Chartism ; as may . be evidenced by the following brief Utter from the General Secretary to the resident sub-Secretary : — " Dear Brooks , —I received from Mr . Heywood £ l 8 s . 44 ., and from . Mr . Leach 6 s . —making a total for this quarter of £ 5 Is . 3 jd .- —placing Todmorden in advance of every other place enrolled in the Association If every place acted like Tndmorden , the Executive might employ twenty lecturers uexfc week . " Ybur ' a , la the cause , John Capjibell . "

      Lower Botvbrby ( HKiiM ) ,- ^ -Oa Tuesday evening lasc , the Kev . W . V . Jackson ,. of ^ Mcfceste * , paid , ujs a visit , and delivered s teotare .

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      NOTTiNGHAIW . ^ -A spirited and iatorestlng meeting was holden on Saturday evening , in the ¦ Chartist Room , Noah ' s A 3 k ; The memory of Samuel Holberry , and all other martyrs of freedom was drunk in loleinn silence , and responded to with great pathos and eloqueno by Mr . E . P , Mead . Several ether excellent speeches were made . r ; \ : ON SunDiAt morning , the tTniled CouhcH met in the Chapel , Rice Place , it : was agreed to recommend that one halfpenny per month , be paid by each member for the expences of local agitation , in the evening , Mr . J . White , from the Potteries , preached a very eloquent- and impressive sermon to the largest congregation ever assembled for a long time npon the Forest . At the conclusion , twelve new members enrolled themselves . Mr . White is likely to be located here for some time , and he ' .-will be ai great auxiliary in the cause of Chartism .

      LANCASTER . —At a meeting of the Council the following resolution was unanimously adopted , " That we have fall confidence in the Z 3 al , integrity , and discretion of Mr W . Beesley , district secretary for North Lancashire , and are determined to abide by the rules of the association . " KIDDEBMINSTSK . —The Chartists of Kidderminster beg to record their v » te of confidence in the Editor of the Northern Star , hoping \ that he will go forward , neither to the right nor to the left , heedless of this inove or thaVmove , but onward , and no avtrrender .

      ASHTON-UNDEa-LTNE . —Public Meeting . — On Friday evening , the 1 st of ¦• July , a public meeting , convened by placard , was held on a large plot of ground near Mr . Tbacker ' s Foundry , to take into consideration the necessity of remonstrating with the House of Commons on their late rejection of the People ' s Petition , and also to * memorialise her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers ,. and call to her . council men who will make the Chatter a Cabinet measure . Mr . Wilcox was unanimously called to the chair . After briefly opening the business , Mr . Aitken , schoolmaster , was caJleJ upon , to move the remonstrance . In the course of his speech lie alluded to the convulsion existing , and that had existed throughout the whole of aristocratic Europe , showing that bo long as the supreme control

      over tho laws was invested in the bands of a few , and that few the most worthless in society , the condition of the industrious classes can never be any better than it is . Mr . Aitken also alluded to the affected sympathy of bur sot disant philosophers who ordain ministers to be sent across the Atlantic , to the interior of Asia and Africa , but will do nothing to mend the state of the sons of toil at home . He concluded a lengthy speech by reading and moving the remonstrance to the Honse of Commons , Mr , James Taylor seconded it , The mecaorial to her Majesty was then read arid proposed by Mr . Alexander Challenger , who said he should content himself by moving the memorial , and make way for their excelleut friend , Mr . Leach of ftlanChester . Mr . W . Pitting seconded the memorial in a humourous

      and energetic speech , which elicited the applause of assembled thousands . Mr . Leach from Manchester , was then introduced amidst clapping of hands and other marks of approbation . He addressed the meeting for about an hour , during which time the evils of machinery , as at present used , were pourtrayed in a graphic style . The lamentable condition of the people was displayed in language Which at every eentenee told well npon tho audience . He appealed to the men of Ashton , ttfl did the other speakers to join the National Charter Association , wd asskfc in the great work of national regeneration . Mr . Leach was listened to with the greatest attention , and concluded amidst loud applausp . Mr . GfcorgeJJohuson then briefly ^ addresssd the meeting ; after which it was announced that Dr .

      M'Douall would address the people of Anhton on the Saturday evening , which announcement was received with loud cheers . On the motion of Mr . Aitkep , the meeting was adjourned till the following evening at seven o ' clock . There could not be less than from four to five thousand people present , principally of the male adult population . The adjourned meeting lock place on a space of ground near the Market , Place . Mr . W . Pilling being called to the chair , Mr . W . Aitken and the D-ctor both addressed the meeting , and it was pleasing to the friends of freedom to see that , in spite of the machinations of a few sycophants in Ashton , the Doctor was received with all

      that enthusiasm which his honesty , zeal , and integrity deserve . After the meeting was over , the speakers and their friends retired to the Association Room to enrol members , when nearly fifty took ou : cards of mcnibetshipi Our cause now Bt ^ nds better in Ashton than ever it did . The working classes being long since convinced , and the majority ; of the middle cla 8 ees being now the same , that nothing less than the whole C harter can ever establish a system of Government that will permanently bemfh society , and make Britain what she ought to be , first amongst the nations of the earth , by the universal happiness and freo'lom of her industrious sons .

      BLAIRGOWRIE ( Perthshire ) . —A public meeting wa 3 held in this village on the evening of Moudjy , the 2 ? ch nit ., for the purpose of hearing Mr . J >> hn Duncan , of Dandee , deliver a lecture upon the people ' s Charter . The object of the meeting being stated by the Chairman , ' the lecturer , after a few introductory remarks , , alluded to the distress which exists at present in many of the commercial towns of Great Britain , in which so many are going idle and enduring uo small amount of . suffering , arising from the miseries of want-In speaking of tho causes which had produced this great and long-continued depression of trade , he said , it cbtild . not have arisen from a scarcity-of food . in the country , for tho ground for a number of years back has produced an abundant supply-but the distress has

      arisen partly from bad legislation : however , our merchant } themselves , by sending an . inferior article abroad , have hurt tko demnndfroia this country . It is Weil known that hemp , an Indian weed , fit only for making pacb-cloth , has been largely imported , spun into yarn , and used for mixing witb . othor yarn . L-ivge quantities of cloth , partly compossd of Ujx or tow , and partly of-Indian juto , have been exported to Arnerica , and sold there . is cloth , entirely litiule of flix or tow . As tbo cloth does not stand wet , the fraud was not lohg in being discovered , and has ^ reiitly tended to hurt the sale of our cloth . . Mr , Dticc < ui spoke also < pf" the practice of imitating Russian linen , iin article which sells readily in America on account of its txcellent quality but our manufacturers , more

      eager to produce an article to resemble it externally ; than to innke one of cqvial fineness , have got into the way of putting cloth through hot rollers , whereby it is singed and acquires a gloss more to be admired for ita appearance than for its durability . The cloth then receives a stamp , to which is sometimes added the initials of a Kusaian merchant , copied from the stamps the Russian linen bears . It is then exported and sold for Russian linen ; such practices as tb « Ve could not fail to hurt out trade . The speaker , in alluding to the means which have been used to aid the unemployed , spoke of the grant of a uiilliom of money which was asked from Parliament The request was refused although asked for as a loan to be paid back so soon as trade revived . When we think of the . money which

      has been given for other purposes ,: by Parliament ; and when we think cf the purpose to which the money was to be applied , we may wonder , how tho request was refused . ' Twenty millions pf money was granted for the emancipation of the slaves . That sum went for a good cause ; but surely a single million might liave b »; eu given as a loan to a ( starving people . Mi . Duncaii thought emigration not calculated to benefit , the people , although America , contains a very great quantity of land ytt uncultivated . It . would be a number of ytars before it coitld be brought to prqduce . fooc ? . E [ tligrant 8 going thither ouly tend to rednca the prico of labour in America . Indeed , when a man is compelled toleavo his country , from whataver causei , it ia not emitsration , but 'transportation . The people do not Oesire to ' go abroad for laud , if their exertions could be brought to bear on the waste land at home . By a recent statement of a gentleman , wbo has studied the subject ,

      it appears that there is plenty of , laud not yet broken up , which in a short tiino could bo rtnderod fit for agriculture . But to strike at the root of the evil , Mr . Duncan urged his hearers to continue to agitate for an alteration of the laws of our couritrf ^ -to agitne for a repeal of those laws which , tend bo much to huit our trade , and which now threaten to ruin our ceuntry . Agitation , and a thorough union with the middle classes , are the only ¦ means whereby ; they may expect to gain their object : that union nviy be effected ; it V 7 as such a uaioa that carried the Reform BUI , and such a union must bo ( . fit " cted trei the . wurkirig men of this country obtain those rights for which they are now struggling . Mr . Duncan was listened to throughout with the deepest attention , and on concluding received three hearty cheers frouitbe assembly , about five hundred in number ; after which the meeting quietly dispersed ^ ...

      LEICESTER . — -The we * k has been one of varied excHtmcDt in the Shakesperean camp . Messrs . ¦ R'gby and Summer , t *> vo plain , hearty , hand-loom weavers from Chorley , in Lancashire , addressed aa open-air meeting ; in Eaton-street , on Friday se ' nnight , much to the delight and edification . of our people . Knowing that they would do good , they were directed to step on into South Leicestershire the next d * y ; accordingly they reached Earl ShSlton , and held forth there , and also at JHiHckley , where Mr . Cooper had been battling with the anti-Corn Law jugglers , the preceding week , and at Buirbage on the Sunday . Mr . Beedhain delivered an nddresg in Inflrmary-square on the Sunday morning , and at Wigstou at nighu Mr . Robert Jacksou addressed an audience in Russell-square in the afternoon . Mr . Cooper preached at Countesthorpe on Sunday nioihjd ^ , and took down twenty naaies towards forming an association ; at Oadby in the afternoon , and did

      likewise ; and in the evening , occupied his eld favourite position , / Leicester Market-place , where an attentive audience bf 2000 received the broad truths of Christianity and Chartism once more , and a dozen names Were enrolled . On Monday , Mr . Beedham delivered addresses at Shsltpn and Burbage , and on Tuesdsy at Dssford and Markfletd . Oa . Mopday and Taeeday nights , Mr . Cooper Was at his post in the Amphitheatre , to meet the Social advocate on the qaestion , " Whether la home colonizitlon on co-operative principles , or the ehactment of the People ' s Charter into law , the best calculated to remove national distress and secure tba permanent happiness of the peojple . " Mr . Atexindsi Campbell was the opponent the first night , as Mr . Buchanan was unavoiiiably delayed arriving from London till nearly ion o ' clock , The discussion on the first night was CQn 4 Bcte 4 with the most fitlightful friendliness

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      WINCHCOM 3 E .-Our iinouthly meeting took place on Monday night , when a vate of thanks " and confldencs was given ioPeargus . 0 ; Connor , the proprietor , and ; the Rev . Wmi Bill , tlie ^ Editor of Vie Northern Siar . Mr . Millsom attended , but did . riotlectore , as the authorities have stopped < the crier , and ; , it / wa « ag »« cd to have placards printed to announce a future meettnij . - :- ' . ~ -: y . ¦ -- V- - ' ''¦ /; ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - : \~ : :. . - - -: ' :.:, EdLXX » GWORTHL—A Chartist tea party took place on Saturday evening , which was very numfeWmsly attended . The tea being over the company ailjornned

      into Mr . Hampson ' s largest room , when Mr . R .-. Wild ; was called on to preside . The Cbarrnjan opened the evening ' s entertainment witlj a . very suitable address ^ aiwl hoped tbat each av . 4 . all would avail themselves of the arrangements of the Council . The company amused tb " em 8 elves by singing and " dancing , recitations , ie . Dating the everjing the Chairman and otber BentleTncn delivered very , eloquent speeches , which were well ' received . Tho enteitainmenis were kept up with gr * at spirit till a late hour , when the covipany patted highly delighted with the evening ' s amusements .

      MANCHESTER . —Carpenters' Hall — OnSnnday afternoon the uvuil wetily . nitetiD ' jj was held in the above hal , i , . whten a working man wa * called to the cbflir , wtio o ^ eced the business in a few brii . f remarks and introduced Mr . Jertmlah Lane to address the meeting . At the close of bis long , and excellent address , : which lasted nearly two hours , Mr . Wm . D : xoh moved , and Mr . Nalley stcoiided the foliowlpg resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that each nieiuber of the National Charter Asscciatioii do , in the course of the next eight weeks / subscribe tbreobalfpeECrt each , for the protection of ; Mr . Masona . nrl his f-. llijw-siifitirerg , who have been : committed to prison for a crime committed by a constable at a public meeting . " .- ¦ .. ' Carried unanimously . Air . Bropby lectured in ttetveniiigto a large and intelligent audience , when tbe motion in favbut of Mason and his companions in bondage , was put to the raeeting , and was carried l : y acclamation ; and likewise a motion that Mr- Junies Leach of Manchester , be tho treasurer to the above fund . ; ; . ¦¦ ¦ . '

      SSEFI ! IEXiD—State op the Town . —Progress of GIURTIS 3 I —The naniher of inmates cf tbe Sheffield poor bouse , on Juno 25 tb , was 465- The amount . paid in money , bread . •¦ & « ., to the recular ticket pborfor the week ending June 25 th , was £ 92 3 a . Ihd anipuiit paid to the casual poor In . ' money , bread , 4 cc , for the same week , was £ 398 1 G ? ., bf-ing a total of £ -490 19 s . for : that week only ! Chartism is progressing , we are " going ahead , " as the Yankees say . Since cur last report in last week ' s S / ar . we ; ( Fli ? : Tree Lan * , ) have enrolled neatly eighty new rhembers . On Wednesday evening June 29 th , Mr . C : ark . nf Stockport , addressed another txceltent meeting in Paradise-square , at the close of which twenty-eight new members were enrolled . ; On Sunday last , Mr . Hartley , wcoTnpauied by

      a goodly fn umber : of tbe membars , { mid a : visit to Pits- , moor , and addressed a ' very good meeting " . In tk « eveningMt . Harney addressed a larse mtttir ^ of the ShiffielilChartists in ito ^ coc-fields , the weather being ucfttvourable . an adjournnitrit took plnce before the close cf the proceedings , to Fig Tree Lane . Sixteen new ^ members wyre enrolledi On Monday cvenihs , a public tueetins was held in Roscoe . fie ' Ws by adjournment from Puradise Square . Mr . Harney read a letter received ' - ' from ' Tan Dienien ' 3 Land , giving an account of the " guffjrin « s of the t Xiled J ? ro ? t . Mr .. H . commented at considerable length npon the wrongs of the ban'sheel patriot , and his persecuted compatriotsy and coT&clurted by moving the ¦ adoption of the following resolution : ^— " That ibis meeting

      consider the . conduct of the Givernnient arbitrary and tyrannical as regards the treatment t ) wh ' ch the exiled Frost and hia compatriots arei subjected ; and pledge themselves to agitate for ihe Charter , and nothing less , as the qrily means of ensuring tho safe and speedy return of . tho banished patriots to their native land ; and this meeting also pledge theniselves collectively and individually to enroll themselves as members of the National Charter . Association , beinsj ; convinced that peace , happiness , and prosperity cau never be perrnanently established , until the Charter , whole and entire , shall become the law of the land . ' * Mr . Edwin Gill , in a brief spetch ,. seconded the resolutiinj which was adopted unanimously . Tho weather being unfavourable , an -adjournment to Fig T .-ee-Jane W 33 proposed . and agreed to ; the meetiDg iornifctl

      threedeep , and marched in procession , to the r-n-m ; many hundreds of pfcrsons were cungrerated in : tha streets independent of those who bad tak ^ n part in the meeting . The room was densely crowded ; Mr Haraey again addressed the meetinc :. and detailed the particulars cf the persecution of Etlwrird Joynts , a n » ember of the Afcsociation , who has been dischareed frt-in his eniployment for attending poor Holberry " s funeral ; ha ct . mmented in severe terms : upon ihe tfansaction . A collection f-r the benefit of Mr . Joynes was made , when ten shillings tnd sixpence Was obtained and presented to him . Mr . Joynes returned thanks . Tae Chartist National Axthem was then sut . e . ond with three cheers for the Charter , and three for Edward Joynes and all honeBt men , who like him dare to stand by their principles , tbei iiieetii ? g dissolvec ' . Twerity new njembers were enrolled . ; \ .

      Woodhovse—Mr . Samuel Parses preacbed twjee at . WooUhouse , on Sunday last ;; the . suhjsct cf ; the afternoon ' s discourse wus Jehovah ' a coutroyirsy with the natioV : XiJOsubject : of tliaevenirig's . sermon - «; as , —tha origin and cuuscqueDces of nicuarchy . ; Very large audiences were present ; upon each occasion , und rarely txaa so large , a njanib . er of petsous beta congregated togt ? tb . 6 » , insWoodhoua ^ . as at the ,- ¦ eyea . sn £ sermon . AH listened with deep attention , an <) i ; ot a few seemed to be impressed ^ with- the triitaspr 6 cia , iine ( i t > y the apeafetr . On Monday evening , Mr . Parfetst delivered a Jecture on tbe . distress of the cow-. tryj eloquently and : forcibly picturing tha horribia . results of class-ieglslfition . -. T : he -seruiona ar > d-sj-eechi-a . of : Ms , P . have effectually roused the gocd pecpl 0 at \ VoodhoB 6 e . A fuw months ago the Chartists wlto lookedD . p ,, n with horror . by its inhabitants , now | th ' , vukq to Air , Parkefj the pricsiples of our canie , foi'ui tha eu ' -jact oi tiaily and uiaversal icquiry .

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      - Tke Ticab 0 ? Poetsea has an income of £ 600 a year ; jet he has the impudence to eall upon Dissenters to contribute towards the washing of his surplices . ~ His churebwarden , one Burriil , is so great a blockhead , that at a recent meeting he told the people they had no right to be in tU ? church uuta 3 the minister consented !!

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib ., —In the case of John Hindes , of Shoreham , his letter dated May the 29 th , of undergoing hardships since 1838 ia a Tory-ridden place of a population of 1 , 942 , and wants the sum of fifteen or sixteen pounds . I rnyself stood the contest in 1819 , was sent to prison , wife and child ; put in the poorhouse , becaase I took In the Observer paper , in & population of 2 . 800 Toryridden gentry and working people , and still take in the Star paper ever since it began , and shall continue

      so , with the help of God ; bat I never got a farthing from any one , and all my goods and stock of perfumery was sold , or rather given away , for they did what they liked with them . The Rev . V . Jaskson knows me well . All that I wish is to be doing all I can for the cause . I should like to be selling the Chartist Breakfast Beverage , bat I am short of money to send for an order at present . J sold a great deal of Hunt ' s RoaBted Corn wheH it was in vogue , since than Coffee Aroma , bnt cannot set it now .

      I remain yours in the bond of Chartism , John Butterwokth , Hairdresser , Ac . Knntsford , 15 th Jane , 1842 . [ We do not know the writer of the above letter , but but give it just as we received it ]—Ed . N . S .

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      Upwards of 15 , 000 persons Jandt <] on SaiV ' ay ni Graves . en .-d by the steaiiiers , and wor ^ tho . . ; j oOtOO persous were conveyed to and fn > nv vaiious yluces between the Adelpto pier aui VVoolwi ( : l ! . SUJPECTED ATTACK UPON TIIK QUEFN—About a quarter to twelve o ' clock on : Suno . ay loreneou . Her Majesty , accompanied by . Prince A bert and tho King of tlio Bi'lgians , quitted Buckingham Pj . ' ace , with their suite , the Royal corle ye being formed of three of tho Royal carriages ,, for the Giiapel Royai , St . James ' s Pal ace . Whib proceeding aloug the Mall , in St . JameB's-park , and about halt way between the Palace and theStableyard-gate , a . youth of deforihed appearance was observed to present a

      pistol at the last carriage of the cortiye , which contained Her Majesty , Prince Albert , a ; id the King of the BclgiawsJ the person in -question being , at ; the moment slightly in advance of tholiia . d-whvel oa the otf-side of the carriage , -lhe fact , of sach au attempt being made , rriusl , it would appear , have been unobserved by Her Mij ^ . 'y or any of her aitendar . ts ; tho Koyal cortiye prdce ? a ; ng unhiterrdptcdly on its course ; and tho matter would most probab / y liaye : passed off unnoticed , hud not tho act been witnessed by a . young man , about ei « hteen yeirsbf ago , who observed me porion pulL the-tri / Keer of the pistol and -cjistinr-ely heard tha * nap , ailhoujih ho saw no -. flush ;/ ilu i ; iiiantly so : zad him , as welLas theinsttuiuent he huditi hii . -liand , him iu

      and seeing no pojiceinan hear , dra ^ god the flirection the Royal " ca-Viia » es had ztiiw , until he met Pvlico constable He-dri ! , A 56 , who hatJ bten doifig duty at the gardea gate'loading to the Chapel itoyal , through w ; hich her Maj ^^ y had juss eitcrod , to whom he said , " I havs taken this yoaiig man and brought him to you , because I saw him present a pistol at , her M ^ j ugty ; '' and at tho same time he shewed the policeman the pistol he had in his hand . - Tho coiistabio Csvho , ii must ba observed , has been but three manias ia the , Isrce ) , hovvever , instead of immediately ta-ing tho accused into custody ,. laughed , believhig tho charge to . be a hoax , arid wiilkeci on . Close beh ' md him was another policeman , named Claxton , A 13 i , to whum , th&

      young man also spuke , but ho treated hiai m ; ta 8 same manner v 3 nd saying , " p . wh , paoh , iis allup ' a , - sense , " likewise walliod on . The young man ,. therefore , finding that thie officers of the Jaw ,. v / - > Oio duty it wa 3 to take immediate co . ^ nizinoe of bis sta ' -ement , had refused to take chargo of the accused , allowea him to depart . retaining , however , posscesit ii of / the pistol . The . proceediugs of the young man had by that time attracteda crowd of peroons aruuud biai , which kept momentarily increasiDg aa ho related to them what , he had seen ; and at that jjiicvuro another police coustablo , Partridge , A 130 , an ; experienced (/ ffioer camo up , and seeing tbo pistol iu his hand , said to him , " What are you deing with that pistol 1 " The youog man toid hia that he had taken it from a youi . ii who had attempted to shoot the Qaeeu , aiid whom he had ho had

      jiHt let . go , tho two pbiicemen to whom taken him having refused to take him iiito cusioay . . Partridge immediately tola his iiif ' ormunt : tliat ho must accompany him , in crdur that a proper ii . qniry might be made into the raatitr , to the Statioii-hourjc , in Gardiner ' s-Janp , WestQjinsttir , whither they instantly proceeded , folio ' wjed by a crowd of nearly 3 , 000 persons . On arriving at ; the Statioa house tha young man waa que 3 tibiicd by Inspector H icsjnan , .- ; . of the A divisioai who was on duty there , Avhcn ho stated his same io be Du ^ sott , residiatf at JNo . ' 4-f . New Churoh-8 ireet , Portman-markeJ , Marylebone . Informatisa Of the discovery was / immediately torwarded io ihe chief officein Great Scotland-yardj and frc « thebco by ColoaelRowaii , the police commissi <» er , personally to Sir Jatn ? 9 ^^'" V » - HemeSecretary , ^' at the Homo Office , Whitehall ; and -kj direction of Colcav . 1 Howan , "¦ a desenptwa ot the supposed traitor was ^^^^^^ Kf ^ tP ' b « uses of the Jkletropblitan aiidil ^^ liafiilejra ^ raer tiiat au active search toight : bo' ?^| e Vt «<^ him ^ Messengers were also instantl ^ BMitvfe ^ lM / r ^ Si ^ v dences of Her Majesty ' sMmj ^ xg ^ M ^ mm A of the Crown , &c . wuhinfoM | Mon ^^« ftr « W ^ N- « ' ^ rcncc-The youth was ta ^ W ^ toM O night , and after a long exafe ^ fc ^^^ m ^ ft /• Office ^ was remanded ; till wld *^^^ piim « ;> John WUUam Bean . The W ffl&&m * t * m %£ , cbgrged with powder ap . 4 s m ^^^ b& ^ 'V ¦' - '¦ - ¦ r - ¦ . ^ v ^ dva ^ H -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct438/page/7/