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    • 10 THE SHOPKEEPERS OF BURNLEY.
    • Cijariigt 3mtentg;enc*»
    • KING CHARLES'S CROFT,
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      OR ROYAL WEST-END MARKET . Accommodation for Carts in a most convenient Situatim , between Briggate and Albion-street , Leeds . ELKANAH GATES , Brokbr , &c . No . 3 , King Charlea-atreot , begs to inform the Public that ho has taken the above Croft , and from a general opinion expressed by the inhabitants in its favour ss the most eligible situation for a VEGETABLE MARKET , he has the satisfaction to announce that it is intended to erect lor the purpose a Suitable Building , to coyer upwards of One 1 housand Square Yards of Ground , still leaving some Thousands of Square Yards open ^ to accommodate Carts tiomtb . 0 Country , for uploading and loading , or standing , at Twopence each per Day . Entrances—From Guildford Street and Land ' s La ? e for Carts ; and a Foot Passage from Albion Street ' ; ' - ' ' : " ' - . '¦¦ ' ¦'¦ ' ¦¦ •' - " '"''¦ . ¦" ' :. ' ' . ' - ¦

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      XJ 2 EDS .- —TESTiMONiAV or QHATixuDE . —Dr . Coffin , of Hull , a « entleuiau of considerable abilii y * who lias , spent his life ia the study of renj ^ dial agents for the cure of disease , is now repeating , at the Leotiire llopm , Cheapsido , the course of lectures uoon Medical Kotany , tvhich he recently delivered at the Mechanic ' s Insi . itution , in this town . Duriiig die dttlivery of these lectures , hehasi on Thursday morning , administered advice ana madiciue grar tuitouHiy to a great number « f afflicted persons , many

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      [ FROM TftE LONDON PAPERS OF PaiDAY . ] HOUSE OF LORDS . ~' . ' ; The House only sat a short time . The business was merely routine . .,

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      THE POTTERIES . The following are the resolutions of the colliers in the North Staffordshire district , which they have just issued : — . - " The committee appointed to watch over the interesta and conduct of the general . body of colliers in this district have to regret that the matters in dispute ramain still unsettled ; and we , therefore , feel it to be our- duty 10 publicly declare our final and positive determination , which has been this day resolved upon , after the most careful consideration . " 1 . That wo agree to work nine hours for one day ' s work , iucludiDj ? one hour ' a cessation for food ; that we receive for a day's labour the Bum of 4 a . per day , together with our * burn coal . '

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET ; Fribat * Jci . y 22 . —We are largely supplied with Wheat , a considerable part duJy-paid Foreign . Though the weather is somewhat unset' led , BUU great dullness prevails in all markets , and we note only a limited demand totday , at a decline of 2 a : per quarter from the rates of this day se ' nnight . Barley nominal . Oats and Shelling are very slow sale , at somewhaVunder the rates of last week , Beans la , per qr . lower . Other artioles as before .

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      GESTLEXSX t —Never , in the whole coarse of my life did I receive a bit of political intelligence with one half that pleasure that I experienced upon leadin g your truly patriotic , virtuous , and manly resolutions . 0 , how the heart of every honest mac frill leap for joy -when reading the glad tidings that appear in tbisT ? eek ' a Star . Such a union is what I haTe been long wishing for ; and its reception will coBSrm my oft-repeatsd assertion—that the working classes were not oaly not averse to , but ^ rere sincerely anxious for a union with the midiffiEg classes upon principle .

      Gentlemen , liad not our a&nly bearing , oar perseverance , indomitable courage , and strict adbercEce realized our real value in the political market , when would yon have considered a union , with us to be valuable 1 Never no , never 111 Had we allowed ourselves to be made the sport of every pasring breeze , and a toy in the hand of each new inventor of a political creed , you weald , and ptopsrly , have left ns to that fate which

      sooner or later is sure to await the " slidin ^ -scale " patriot . But , alas ] Gentlemen , how the destriers of all complexions from our hardy ranks mast dow blush , and especially the objectors to ear nams . » when they find yon magnanimously and bravely adopting our principles , and under the very name by which they have gained strength , and been stamped on . our hearts . What force can now affright ns I What foe can now vanquish us ! Juit fcr one moment turn tout attention to ; ho

      sad havoc which the monopoly of avaricious masters h& 3 made of jour order in the Potteries ; eight thousand men on strike , baldly resisting tie tyrants ' stroke , is profit stolen from you on the full amount of the wages they should receive . Was it not time , then , that joa should have c&st cne glance at the destitution wnich machinery and class-legislation were creating around you ! and now that you have taken a step in advaaoe of your order , do you , in the satisfaction of thcS 3 on whose labour you depend , recognise any thing like the swagger of the buily , or the threat of the proud conqueror ! No ; your adhesiou to the people ' s principle is received as it ought to be , as a proof of your judgment , and as a test of your sincerity .

      Gentlemen , we may now look npon the Charter as being on the high road to completion ; and then how gratifying to your minds to XiSsci , that Burnley was the firss town in . England where thai aLiauce which sealed it was contracted . Yes , in trntb , and on my soul , I thank you ; 1 thank yon for myselt , and still more do I ihaak you on behalf of ths millions for whose welfare I have incessantly toiled . And now hear me , and believe me . I am in their confidence , and I trust I deserve it , as 1 never Ehaii betray it ; and upon their part I pledge myself that ^ your noble resolve will to more to

      preserve the peace of the country , than all tna physical power at tee command of our rulers . Yes ; the poor fellows ( whos 9 patieace and endurance is subject of universal encomium , bat "svhlch has nevertheless failed to procure for them any relief ) vrill now cling with fond hope around the twig you have planted . Again and again I wcnld impress upon you the faet , that the owners of machinery are the shop keepers ' greatest enemies , whilst those employed at manual labour are their only support . The brawlers for cheap bread hava beggared both you and the people , and -n-oa ! 3 still dupe you into the

      belief that an increased trade for inanimate machinery would replenish sour emp'y coffer ? , and fill the people ' s empty stomachs ; but yon , thank God , become wise in your generation . How my heart does rejoice as I contemplate the result that your patriotism must produce throughout ihe land . In very truth , gentlemen , you have in cne hour done more than our common enemy , the League , with all their means , eonjd e&ci in an aj ^ e . The Shopkeepers of Bardey will be a household phrase in every honest month . The people will thank you for your resolution , and will back you wi ' . h their

      power . Yon hare but to go onward and the day of the triumph of principle is no : far off , and then will yon reap more than ample reward , from the consciousness that you were the first to rescue your country from the oppressors ' grasp and to diffuse throughout the land tbat peace which we love , through the blessings of abundance , which alone both you and the people require . E ^ ery niau of nnall real capital has bsen banished fro ^ a tee field of honourable and legitimate speculation , by the gambling of an overgrown moneyocracy , until at length the rentable middling classes had lo

      alternative bnt to abandon the land of their birth in quest of a restlrg-pls . ee in foreign climes , or to restore thiir own eoontry to a Si and proper s ;; uation for labour and hones ; industry to live and thrive in . You have prudently adopted the latter alternative . You know that your exertions on behalf of jostles can insure you your proper position in your native land , while your manly Eaglish countenances blush at the idea of becoming voluntary exiles—rendered a portion of surplus population by a crew of hard-hearted , grinding , Malthusian philosophers . Had you confined your exertions to a fnriherance of what is called Free

      Trade , your townsmen would hare looked suspiciously npon your motives , and contemptuously upon your judgment . Yon are cow much more powerful than the whole Corn Law League . You may challenge the whole fraternity to discussion , as to the relative value of your nostrums for general and permanent relief , and you would find the people at ycur back , while they wonld find themselves vanquished , deserted , aHd covered with disgrace , by those whose pockets they have emptied , while they profess an anxious desire for their welfare .

      Gentlemen , in conclusion , I bave not words sufficiency expressive of my feelings to thank youindeed , I have not : I can only say that you have made me the proudest man in existence , because by your adoption of the principles for trhich I have so long contended , you establish the fact that I and my fellow-snffLrers have rnffered nrjistly . I advocated them when their adoption wonld have prevented the present distress ; you have adopted them , to stop it and prevent its recurrence . And now for yonr satisfacnon allow me to assure you , tbat all the wealth of tee world could cot buy U 3 or turn ns

      from OUT Tijgtttons path z neither can the power ot the Government affright us from our agitation . Only one party will deeply feel the force of your censure , I mean those who , despairing of onr success , have feliely abandoned ns in the eleventh hcur from a desire to acquire notoriety amoEgst the great and the powerful . You have my thanks , my warmest thanks , Gentlemen , and I feel assured that you will eenre those of the united Chartist body . 1 am , Gentlemen , l our obliged acd faithful servant , T , _ , Feabgcs O'Coxsob . Leeds , July 20 , 1342 .

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      OOKCASTER—CHABTiiT Meeting . —On IdontayLut , one of the best attended , aod -we may add bsst TfjraMea , ineeilsss ot Chartists tbEt to- ^ n fca ? ever fcxperitneed , took place in the Town Hall of tfcat boroE £ ij , KiBcticned by tbe Mayor , < wbo * e kindness on an Euth occasions ought to be recorded . The great attraction of the evening was the attendance ef . Mr . Taylor , lecturer , from Nottingham , dne uetice of ¦ which had been r iven by tie Ciartist body of that t-wn , in widely escalated placards and handbills . The hall was crammed to excess , and the body of the Court was trell filled , also tbe magisterial benches by the leading members of the Chartist Association . —Mi . John Waller , bebg dcly propped , -was unanimously called to the efcai * - Ee stated in pjiuu but honest terms the object oi the meeting , -which was to bear from the lips of Mr . Baylor , from Nottingham , hia opinion on the existing state of stfialrs in thia country . It wonld 1 » a waste of

      time on hia part to detain the audience further , but he ¦» ss sure they -wonld be instructed and gratified , wfeen tfcey heard the lecturer , to ^ rhom he requested dni attention . —Mr . Taylor now came forward , and having thanked the meeting for the full assemblage he saw before him , proceeded to explain ihe points of the People ' s Cnartfcr , and during his illustrations the greatest appianse vrns elicited . His exposition of the QijDch&sd Stale TdbhvAes , perpetrated under , and sanctioned by , both Whigs and Tories , called forth the most marled indignation " cf the meeting . He ultimately " ought » unimi of the middle and lover classes , by Which means a most complete triumph would be obtained over their enemies . Things were now reaching rath m approximation to complete starvation and misery as this country never fesfore -witnessed ; unless , therefore , some b&tter and more prompt means were adopted than Sir Robert Peel or bis predecessors had attempted , the worst consequences would follow to the

      "tstaeracy . Mr . Tsylor made a most lumineus speech , which obtained savera ] converts to the cause , and ha *>* vehemently cheered at the conclusion . The meeting , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman , separated .

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      OXiDHAItt . —On Sunday last , Mr . Rou&ke , of Manchester , delivered a very instructing lecture , in which he showed the encrochments that the men in power were daily making ou the rights and privileges of the labouring man , and the causes which had brought on so much misery , destitution and want , On Monday evening , aoccording to previous notice , a public meet * ing-was held in the Chartist Boom , Greaves-street , when the remoastrance to the House of Commons and a memorial to ihe Queen , as Moonusended by the late Convention , -were unanimc ^ iy passed ; also , that the remonstrance be sent to Jok » Fielden , Esq ., for presentation , and that Gran . Jshnsta be requested to support the same .

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      SADDL 5 W 0 HTK . —Mr . P . M . Brophy delivered a lecture in the Charter Association Room , Saddleworth , on Tuesday evening , July 19 th , to a lar # e and respectable audience . At tne close of the lecture , several members , both male and female , joined the Association . SALF 1 RD . —The friends here complain bitterly , and with much reason , of tho negligence of local lecturers to attend their appointments . They have been disappointed c : j ; ht or nine times ; but are yet , thanks to their own spirit , progressing well . On Tuesday evening , the members held a meet ing in vheir room , to take into consideration tho propriety of building a Chartist Hall , when a com-Eiidee of elev-cn persons were chosea to take Eome tflvetive measur > s for that purpose . .

      The plan we have taken of dividing the town into districts , and appointing a collector to each district worka well ; and we earnestly recommend it to all our Chartisfc brethren throughout tho country . Ilkistonk— Mr . West lectured here on Thursday se'uuifcht , to an attentive aud admiring audienoe . On Tuesday , at the weekly meetiDg , six uewmembers were enrolled . Lamb j-tji . —Mr . Sewell lectured here on Sunday , at No . 1 , China Walk . ' Old Basfobd . —Mr . T . Clark lectured here on Tuesday last- Fourteen new members were then enrolled . Northampton . —Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture at this place on Monday evening last .

      Bubton-on-Trent . —On Monday and Tnesday evenings large meetings were held here , in the Market Place , to hear two lectures from Mr . West . Considerable excitement exists in the town , owing to a " great" man having decamped with all the money that was in the Savings' Bank ; and a Mr . Tidd Pratt has come down from the Government , to make an offer of I 83 . in the pound , if the depositors will accept it . BAWICK . —On Monday last a public meeting was

      held in the Ckartifct Hall , it being an adjourned meeting from the previous Monday , to take into consideration the case e > f Mr . 'Mason , and his companions , in whose persons tho persecution of the principles of justice to ali has been a ^ airt commenced . On both evenings several eloquent aud feeling addresses were delivered , and it was resolved that the meetings should be held weekly , on the Monday evenings , for the purpose of noticing and commenting on any important occurrence connected with the movement Three speakers are provided for Monday next .

      BIRMIJJGHAM . —0 P 2 N Air Meiltixgs . —Tbese assemblages are adding preatly to the strengtu of Chartism in this town , and a plan is in contemplation by which they may be carried on more vigorously . Tae result of those open air addresses proves that it only requires exertion and perseverance to make our cause triumphant , as the working men glartly embrace our principles -when they hear them explained . On Sunday morning last , lur . Greorgo White addressed a numerous audience Dear the Vulcan Foundry , Summer-lane ; at the conclusion tf bis address , he enrolled twenty-three persons , and ou the proposition of Mr . S . Birr . itt , of Whiltall-street , & * . was collected for Mrs . Hclberry . On Monday evening , Mr . White addressed a large meeting at the Railway Station . Duddeston-row , in

      which tie exposed the plottfngs of some boobies calling taemselve Orangemen , who v ? cre endeavouring to spread a report tLroiuh the town tbit there was a conspiracy on foot for the purpose of Brtting fire to Birmingham . This vraa trampeted forth by one of tkeir squad , cailed Aliday , in a atupid pamphieC , which ho publishes inontidy ; and in -which , after using the most scurrilous and blackguard language towards the Chartists , he proceeds to inform the public that he is in possession of facts to prove that the Atheists and Jacobins are forming s ODspiracy to set fire to B rmingham . He had waited on tho magistrates that day fjr the purpose of comptili : g Aliday . to give information of the plot which he asserted was laid to destroy property , as lie consiitre \ it the duty of every man to bring such j > n > j ctB to ligbt . Allilay was prt&ent , but declined giving the information whichbebaJBOsoUmniy

      dtcareu bo was ia pousesjiua of . He therefore thoucht liiere was a plot in txiiU-nce , "which was manufactured by the t « -o or three boobies calJed Orangemen , niefetiny at a " puihouse , in Dadiuy-strdet . But if ain thing calcul . iteti to ir . jure the persons or property of the ptuctab : *; ichrJiitur . ta was in existence , h * bad pledged Limself to the luagistratea on behaif of too ChartiEts of Biriaioeham , that taty would as-i&t in bri . igiag tlv ^ otftsnders to JJitictJ . lie warned bis hearors to bave notbir . g 10 co wiih fcecret plots or conspiracies . It was the ir : terts . of the Cii ^ rtists to keep strictly . within the pale of the law , as notLing woud gratify the ba ^ u Tories more than an opportunity of destroying their organisation . He dwelt , on various ovhet topics , ; vni \ retired to Ashton-tlrect . at the conclusion , accompauieii by a l . ir ^ e numbt-r . Upwards of twenty mtmbots wtre enrolled .

      A . hio . v-Stkeet Meetings . —A meeting was held at this place , at the usual time on Sunday evening , Mr . Charles Ashton in the chair , when an address vss Uelivered by Mr . While , after which the meeting separated . Monday evening . —The usual weekly meeting of the Chartiits was hs .-M at the above roum on Monday evening last , Mr . Waiter Thorne in the chair . Three members were elected to fill up the vacancies iu the Qvineral Cuuncii , after which ilr . Charles Asbton was tkcted to represent this locality at the ' delegate

      oettic t ' , to be Leiri at Dudley on Sundsy next . Mr . Saun-iers brought forwar . i a proposition , setting forth what might be expected from the Tories , after the manner in -which they nave tieaud Mr . Muson , and recommending that all Chartis ; lecturers should procure licenses as preacher ? . Mr . Williams supported Mr . Saundera ' s views in an able and enthusiastic address and was Jou < : ly cheerscL Mr . Peter Henley opposed it , and moved an amendment , which was carried by a majority of one . Thus ended & spirited and businesslike mcetiug .

      CeusciL Meeting . —A meeting of members of tbe General Council belt . aging te the various localities , was hel- ? at the Ship Inn , Sttelboyse-lano , en Sunday last , at three o ' clock . Mr . Pettr Henley was appointed chairman , and Mr . GN-orge White , secretary . The business for which the meeting bad be « n called was then read over by the Secretary , namely , " To take into consideration the best mode of organising the town antJ consolidating the power of each loc&Uty—to amend the uiode of collecting—to consider tbe propriety of csl ; - ing a conference of ali the members to elect delegates to a general delegate meeting of the counties of

      Waiwick , Worcester , Oioucsater , aBd Stafford , and a : ' opt such other measures as might be deemed advi 6 ablo for tbe creation of a cordial feeling of cu-ODeration in the town . " A resolution moved by-Mr . White , seconded by Mr . Fusseil , w £ s u . ianimcu 8 iy agreed t'j , affirming the necessity of securing the above desirable objects ; hut it Tfas thought that it vould produce a bsvtur trTect by giviDg a -we-. k ' s further notice . Mr . Fussell therefore moved , " Taat the meeting be afijourned to Sunday next , at three o ' clock . " Mr . P . Corbett seconded tho motion , which "was carried unanimously . Each member vt the General Council wiil be exptcted to attend on Sunday ntxt .

      Mrs . Holberry . —Mr . J . Barratt collected the sum of five shillings last Sunday morning at a Chartist niettiug , near the AByiuni , for Mrs . H : > lberry , and paid it over to Mr . George White . The friends intend collecting down there for three following Sundays JfOTTINGHASl iSD ITS "VJCIN 1 TT . — CHAHTIST DOlJiGS .- ^ ilr . Msod , of Birniinghaai , preached to many thousands npon the forest , on ihe present distress and destitution of tbe working classes . Many new meniT bera , amongst whom are some of the middlo men , joined th 9 association . In the evening Mr . George Harrison preached a funeral sermon to ten or twelve thousand upon tbe forest . On Sunday evening Mr . T . Clark , tf Stockpott , kctured at Hueknal Torhard , to a very large meeting . Commodore Mead preached tb 8

      same evening at Arnold Democratic Chapel , to a crowded congregation , & funeral sermon for Bamuei Hoiberry ; some of tho poor Irish reapers were amongst tne congregation ; three ladsfrem Connaught ( Citholics ) said big Dan was a big rascal , and he would never have another penny of their money at all at all . Great Meeting of the Stabvinq Millions . —On Monday , at half-past one , a numerous meeting comprising many thousands , was held in the Marketplace , for the purpose of adopting the remonstrance w the ne ' er-do-weel ' s o" the muckle house . Mr . Canington , a working man , no , & man willing to work , but not able to get it , was unanimously elected chairman , and opened the business of the meeting in a neat speech , and tiien edited upon Mr . Barker to more the first

      resolution , namely x— "ToattniB meeting views ¦ with deep ( iiegost &nd indignation the conduct of the classelected House of Commons in their rejection of the People's Petition , and their subsequent conduct in refusing all enquiry into the distress and destitution novr so fearfully prevalent in the nation , and tbat "We hereby do adopt the remoastrance agreed upon by tbe National Convention of the working classss . " Mr * Barker after a few very excellent x « nmks then read the remoastrance from the Star , and Mr . Souter seconded the resolution . Tbe Chairman then called upon Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , to support it Mr . Mead delivered a long and humourous speech in bis best style . Mr . Sweet rose to propose the second resolution , and after going on & few miLUtes a ahopocrafc was heard to say , " Oh ! oil i Jemmie Street , the barber 1 " with an

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      air of derision ; bat the little fellow gave him a shaving with a far worse razor than that with which he shaves his Chartist customers ; Neptune ' s razor , used when lubbera pass the equiaoxlal line , is a fool of a thing to th-it with which Jemmie shaved hia brother shopocvat Our friend S # eet is a little man , but Mr , Yardwand soon found oat h ( a mistake . Big as he thouaht himself , our little Cbattist barber fairJy took him by the nose and latherod him like winking , tken after three or four strokes of his democratic gapped iron-boop-razor , sent his customer in to soothe his agonies with the pity aud kisies of hiswife and a pips of Virginia . Mr . Sweet then read the memorial and the resolution , which was as follows : —• ' Besolved , that as the sovereign iB the fountain-head of British justice , or supposed to be

      so , and that we have no hope whatever from the selfelected HouseLof Commons , as a , last resource we are determined to make an appeal to . th « Qiieeti , and do adopt tlie memorial agreed tc > by the National Convention of the working elasses , and that our Cbivufflan i > & authorized to rtgn the Bame on behalf of this meeting , '' ~ y < r Goorgo Hwftisori i late member of the National Con-Veiitioa , a grey-hBadod veteran democrat , rose to second Use rasolution . * He said , it was the forlorn hope of the peopio—the last lime of asking . He supposed the banns would be forbidden . ; Well , what then ? After the people had tried all conBtitutional and : legal , moral and peaceable meana , without avail , then they must fight , if tt « y could do no ether ; but Um » appeal to the Crown' was not the lost thing . —Oould not a passtya resistance to taxation , and many other things be devised f Run the banks , empty the churches , Btop the tithes , and pat an end to the spinning jennies . Mr . Harrison then went Jnto the machinery question at some by fea

      kngth , aud cojj ^ ded gaying cbrdlaUy seconded the res 8 lnMmj | VlJr . CJlark , of filtot ^ B ^ i ' i ^ ppbifed the reaoiStforyln ah eloquent and impassioned speech of considerable length , and sat down amid the reiterated plaudits of the assembled thousands . A voto of oonfidence was proposed fn air . F . O'Connor aud in the Rev . Wm . Hill , by Mr . Caister , and aeconded by Mr . Longmire , who passed very high encomiums upon both those gentlemen . Mr . Korry moved a voto of thftnks to T . S . Dunuombe , Esq . M . P . ; eeconded by Mr . Cliariea pate . T / jrte cheers were givenj with a vote of syitipathy ia he sufferings of Frost , Williams , and Jones , Howftl Jones , and Roberts , and all ffther Whig victimg . Mr . Meacl rend a letter from Mrs . Frost , received by him that day > which stated she had that no letter of the kind Btated in the papers , but all those she has rccoi ? ti 3 invariably praised his jailors . . The meeting , which was a very enthusiastic oiie , then concluded . Hurra for the Charter ! We go on rapidly . ,

      SiriCSSTEK . —Glorious victory over the Combined Forces ot the Anti-Cohn : Law League and Suasi-ChaWTISTS !!—Ou Thursday ae ' nniglit , Mr . Murray , the anti-Corn Law lecturer , from Mitncheater , made his appearance in . the Town KaU , to deliver a lecture on the porn and provision lavps . Ha was making a ommt-nceniont / but was met by cries froia all bklea of the HaU of "We'll have a chairman l" MK Murray declared that he came to lecture on his own Lead ; that the Mayor had granted the use of the Hall ; and oh tliat account ho would not submit to the dictation cf any body of men , whether they vrexs a majority or a minority ; and if that meeting attempted to foro « a chairman upon him , he would not ler ' utft at all ! Upon this ftnnouiicement , the ¦ 'brave

      " Shekspfrrean" brigade sallied forth m gallant stylo , ftatint ; they were not goiug to be humbugged by him in that wr . y ; but they would have a chairman . It was put to thu Hiec-f . ing ¦ whether the lecture should bo givon with a chafrKan or without , whtm tbey were unanimous , with the exception of sflVeu hands ; that a chairman should be appoinltid . It was then moved that Mr . Wm ; Smith , th « Ciartist batter , take tbe chair , which was seconded fruni all parts of the Hall ; and , -when p ' . it to the meeting , be was unanimously ^ loct ^ d , with-tlie exception also of seven . Mr . Smith then delivered a ehovb addrtss to the workies , and caUcd upon the lecturer to proceed ; but he still ra mained stupid , aDd would not speak a word . Mr . Bee : ham then roso , and asked him whether he in ' tended to lecture ? He said " No ! " " Then , " said Mr . B . lrYo \ v had batter go home ! " Still he was stannary . Wr . Hull , the auti-Com Law Secretary ,

      also advisr-d him to r't io , whun Murray came forward , and declared that ke would still stay there , until tho time was up that would have been , consumed in bis lecture ; and . as to a chairman , he would liave none , lrt tiia peopla say what they would . A Bcene of confuai' -n ami uvroav then occurred , which was upholden until the time had expired / that thelecturer would havi occupied in the dulivery of lira addiresa , when Mr . Botdham propost-d , and Mr . Gutn secondtd , " That this ineefcmt { pledges itself to agitate foiv nothing short of tho P > . rtpU-. ' lOharter , and to oppose any agitation that fails short of the same . " --Carried unan ' si usly . Mr- Murray now inudo his v . xlt , amid the groftii j pl-thb assemhied hundreds ( tho ball was full ) Mr . Beedhaiu proposed three cheers for the Charter , three for O'Connor , three for Frosc , ¦ ' Wil ' -iams ,. and Jones , three for Cyopar ( ihe General cf the Shakspereans . ) in his abfenco . and tljree groans for tho League , which were all heartily given .

      Another defeat of the League—List Monday night , Mr . B . iiritow , with tho Shakspciari&ns , attended a ; the New Hall , purposing to hear ' aW . Murray ' s lecture on Corn Law Rtpta ! . The Repealers having taktnthis room ' for Mr . M ., in consequence of his defeat on the preceding Thursday night . There might be 1 , 200 in | he room wheu the lecturer enttrurt it . As soo ; i as ho came forward , Mr . Bairatpw askfid him if he wonld allow discussion at the eloso of tlib lecture , to which , after a greafc deal of circumlocution ; ind ovasion , he gave a decided negative ; whereupn Mr . Bairstow stood forth , and stated to the . working men that he had pressed Mr . Murray to allow debate at his lecture ' s finish , that Mr . M . had flatly rtfu-ed , aid that he , (> Ir . B . ) would advisa the working intn to retire from the Hall immediately , to the Marketplace , where he would deliver a lecture on the Repeal of Ihe Corn L » ws , and expose tho humbugging of .-the L ^ asue . No sooner said than done . Instantly the

      working men rose in one dense body , and , ami . t most ttrrific yelliDg , groaniug , and hooting , kft thirty ropeaiera all alone in their &lory , whilst Mr . Murrny sUred tho most ghastly astonishment . He never had at any tiiriu in the Hall , as many as 150 after the Shaksptarian brigade left . We had full 3060 in the Maikctplitce , and Mr . Bairstow gave it th « Kepealyrs for full two hours , and then again advertised an address for the following night in the Market-place , on the same 8 u !> ject , challengins : Mr . Murray and the whUe of the ' . smaller guns of Leicester , Even after wo had got 3 , 000 at our meeting in the Markot-place . these of our lads who went back to the H . ill , carried the Charttr against Corn Law Repeal at the close of Mr . Murray ' s tpoutiDg , so that they had not positively seventy Kapealtra present at the most . We call tb's " keeping up the Btsam while tlii » general ( Coo . oer ) is away . " The Coin Law gents gave notice that they aro ra-oiv'anfzing their Ariti-Asaociaticn , and Murray to be retained for a length of time in Leicester .

      Erratum , —In the report of the public meeting of Chartists sit Bye , puMished in last week ' s Star , will b « fuunti the following fciror in the announcement of subscriptions : —It is stated that eight shillingB was col-; ecceti at the conclusion of the meetting , which sum was transmitted to , and received by , Mr J . M'Farlan , County Secretary , Northampton , along with four ahillin ^ a previously collented , mnking a total \ t twelve shillings ; it sboul * have be ^ n five shillings previouaiy collected , makln a totaKof THIRTEEN shillings ; BEW 3 STJHT . —A . " District Council Meeting was held at LiUletov ? n , on Sunday last , when delegates

      were present from tho following plac 3 si--DtjWBbur > , Batley Carr , Oasett , Batley . Birstal , WakeSijid , Oleckhe&ton , and LiltletowD . \ After the financial business of the meeting was transacted , the fallowing resolutions were agreed to : —• " That bvery association in the dintrlc ' t is parMcuiaily requested to Baud a delt (? i \ t « to th ^ EtXt Council Meeting , as arraDgepitnts . will ba made for the engagement of a lectiirtr fer ^^ the ' . ¦ di strict . " •» . That every association in the district is requested to send their qHota for the Executive . " " That the next Council M « itiii ^ be held at Dewsbury , on Sunday , July 31 st , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , in the largti room ovtr tbe Co-operative Stores .

      CAKWfiM . —A meeting ¦ was held n Darwen on the 14 th inst ., to establish a Chartist Association , whi n nearly tweDty enrolled thomselves as members . We espect in the coarBe of a week or two that our iiiembera wW increase three or fowv fold . AH preseut unanimously declared their detersinatton to stand by and Buppoit the principles of the Ccavter . ; TUNSTAIiIi . —The cause is gainiog ground hete Many new members bave been enrolled . An open air meeting is held byery Friday evening . ¦ MZXiES PSATTXKG .- —Tha Chartfsfca of this place met iu their Room , oji Sandatf evening , to bear an address from Mr . Wm . Ball , but were disappointed , which has excited much dissatisfaction .

      IiOUCrHBOKOUGH . —Oa Sunday a delegate meeting was held herej when it was agreed to continue Mr . Duffy ' s seryices for another fortnight ; also to hold a camp meeting near Blackbroofe , on Sunday , July 21 st » at two o'clock in the afternoon . Ob MomjAT EvENiMCi , iVlr . Skevington delivered an address to the middle class . Twelve new members were enrolled . ' . ' ; . ' .. ' ¦ . ¦ : ' : ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ . .. ¦; , ¦ .-: ''¦ ; - .. ' . - ' ¦ •' WiTwiCK . —Mr . Duffy visited this place on Tue-dayi July 12 , and addressed a numerous as 9 o » ubly . . At . tie close of which thirty-flve members were enrolled . During the week he risited Briton , Caitlo HotinttdB , Kegsworth , Eist Leake , and' Loughboiough , enrolling in all about eighty memtere .

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      East Leaks . —A camp meeting ; was held at this place , on Sunday last . Messrs . Duffy , Pepper , and Jarratt attended . SilBEPSHEAD . —Mr . Daffy lectured here on Monday , Soventy-SiX members were enrolled . BIDEFORD . —North Devon . —Mr . Powell lectured here with great success , on Wednesday and Thursday evenings . APPLE SORE . —Mr . Powoll lectured here on Friday evening . BARNSTAPJiE . —air . Powell lectured here on Saturday evening . WSCNESBUrtY . —A funeral sermon for Holbsrry was preached here on Sunday , and 11 s . 4 d . collected for the widow .

      STAi ^ BKIDGFi—On Sunday evening last , Mr . Daniel Dnnavon , from Manchester , delivered a most energetic aud argumentative lectura in oar Koom , to a largs audivrce , aad when the lectura . was concluded a , number of men carae fbrward aud enrolled their names : A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer and the chairman , and the meeting retired very highly satiafled / V ... '• , " ¦ ¦ . ' " ' -.. ' - ¦ ¦ ' ' "' . , .. ; iJVNCASTt'ER . —Mr . Mitchell delivered an able and instiuctiye lecture bare on Friday last , July the 15 th , to a large and attentive audience , and gave general satlsfacfcloh to ail that heard him . RUTHERGSiESr . —Mr . Kid ,- . fromGlasgow , leefcnred here a few days ago , to the great satisfaction of his audience . . : ' . ,. : - - ; . '¦ ' -.- ¦ ¦ ¦ .. '¦ ¦ " : ' . ¦••

      BI'iHOP AUCKtiA » JX > . —On Sunday , Mr . C . Conno * addressed a meeting in 3 ishop Aucfeland on . the distressed state of the country ; at the close of which the sum of rive shillings was collected for Mrs . Holberry HASLINGDEN . —A large meeting was helden on the 13 th instantj : iii Marsden . 'square , to h «; ar the report of Mr . Saiith , the Anti-Corn La-v delegate . After an able speech of an hour , in which he defciiled tha particulars cf thu interview with Sir Robert Peel , &c . \ the lecturer concluded by moving a resolution to thei efftct , that aa ali tho Anti-Corn Law effortaliad failed in

      arresting the attention of Government and Parliament ; tha people should now agitate for tha People ' s Charter . Mr . Tattersali seconded tho resolution in ai ? able speech and tho meeting adopted it unanimously . It is Buppp 3 e ( i that there wore from seven to eight thousand people it tho meeting . Mr . . Tattemill gave another lecture in tbe Chartist roym on the following &venihg , when the room ¦ ras crauimcd to tscess , jind a £ r < ja 5 number were obliged to go away thrii could not gain a < lmittauco . At tha eonelusion of bis addriisa eigtity-two new members were enrolled .

      Dubham ;—Mr . Williams lectured here on Tues .-day cvoning . , BURY . ^ -Mossra . ; Dicisenson and Dixpn lectured here on Monday ni ^ ht ; the former also ad dressed a : large open air met ; iii ! g on Tuesday night . Barnslev— -At tho meeting here on Monday , the sum of . five shillings was voted to the Executive . Dublin . —Tho Universal Suffrage Association met as usual at their . Rooms , 14 , Great Ann-street ^ North , on Sunday evening , Mr . H . Clarke in tbe

      chair . Tlie Secretary read the minutes of the last mooting , which wens confirmed and parsed . Some now members were next enrolled . The number on tha books being uow within a-, low units of one thousand belonging to this Associatioa alono , while in Belfast a more numerous society exists , in no wise connected , with the Dublin , save in idwuitv of princ pie . This is independent of the pro-disposition now ; generally evincing in Ireland itself to throw vff an insincere ami impracticable agitation , and join the universal and determined struggle of labour against iuieuess and monopoly . ¦

      MA ^ CHKSTER . —On Mnnday evening last , trie Rev ., J . Soholefield preached the funeral sermon of Saml , Holberry in the Chapel Yard , to a lar ^ e a , nd attentive audiencei There was a charge of one penny for admission , * one half of the proceedf . to be given to Vlrs . Holberry , and the o . her half to the fund , for Hunt's Monument . Bhgwn-Stbeet . —Oji the evening of Tuesday and Wednesday , concerts and balls were held in this room . The audience , each evening , were treated with a number of patriotic songs and 'recitations , together with dancing and an exhibition of . Mr . Abel Hey wood ' s phantafma ^ ona , or magic l ^ uthern . The ciiteriainments were kept up till a late hour ou both eVeninss- , .

      The Chartist Youths hold their meetings every Tuesday evtniiig in the Chavtist rooin , Tib-strct . and on Saturday evenings -they have a c&Jiccrt aiid ball , conducted , upon total abatiiitnco principles ; for youth of both S 2 xes . AujnisBion one penny each . ' ' . ' . ¦ MoNKWEAKMouTH . —On Tuesday evening a , t the usual raeeting , several now members were enrolled . Walsali .. —Mr . F . Pearson preached a furieral sermon here for Holberry on Sunday ; 4 s . 6 d . was colJecied for tho widovr . Selby . — : 0 n Friday evenicg , Mr . D . Taylor , missionary for the East and North Ridings , visited this town , and addressed a large aud respectable audience in the Market-place , for au hour and a half , with great eifect .

      YoKK . —A memorial has been sent from the York Chartists to the Secretary of State , in behalf © f the poli iical victims . Holme Lane End—On Monday evening last , a meeting of the Chartists of this place was held at the house of Mr . Abraham Pickles , at eight o ' clock ; Mr . Hopkins in tho chair . Mr . G . Fletcher delivered an able and eloquent lecture on the Feopie ' s Cuarter , explaining the whole six points in beautiful and appropriate language . . Lower Sowerby , ( Helm . )—Mesars . Rigby and Summers addressed a very numeTous and attentive meeting of the Chartists of this locality on Tuesday evening . '

      10 The Shopkeepers Of Burnley.

      10 THE SHOPKEEPERS OF BURNLEY .

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      IMPORTANT MEETING OF SHOBKEEPEES , AT BUBKiaiY . THE CHARTER UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED . The moat important meeting ever held in Englandimportant " in its composition , and more import-nit in its results—was held at the spirited town of Burdey on Monday evening last It wa 3 called by John Spencer , Esq ., cocstsble , on the following requisition being presented to him : — " To John Spencer , Esq ., Constable of Burnley . "Sis , —Ws . the undersigned , do respectfully request tbat you will call a meeting of the Shopkeepers of Bumley and Habergbam-Eaves , on an early day , to take into consideration the distress -which prevails ainongst that body generally , imd to consider the

      propriety of uniting with the shopkeepers of Manchester and ether towns in Bending a deputation to London to ¦ wait upon the Members of the Government , to urge upon them the necessity of adopting means for affording immediate and permanent relief . " William Lomas , grocer Wm . Hcghes , ironmonger Thos . Slater , pawnbroker K . Wood , clothier - Thomas Hindle , draper Oates Sagar , draper W . Waddington , stationer J . W . Anningson , druggist &eo . Whitehead , grocer Rebert Broxnp , grocer Jolin Dent , grocer William Gregory , tanner H . Pickering , brush maker George Sutcliffe , tinner H . Holland , cofft ; e-hou 88 J . W . Scott , watchmaker keep-r » Jaa . Eastham , ironmoBger

      Henry Hargr ^ res , grocer Samuel Smith , draper Peter Phillips , drnggiifc William Heap , ironmonger Richard Sagar , draper Joseph Sutcliffe , co-opera-William Heaton , druggist tive fitore Hindle Rawcliffd , grocer Dav ^ dHorner , grocer John Pollard , grocer WilliamMosehamp , grocer Thomas-Wilkinson , grocer William Wilson , grocer Joseph Pktcber , druggist . E . k E . Mauley , grocera E . Houldin ^ , shoe maker . William Horner , tea dealer George Senior , tea dealer Richard Broxnp , tai ! or John Sntcliffe , grocer Tbomas Broxup , saddler

      J Sutherland , pawnbroker William Astin , grocer John Clegg , stationer WiLiam Thompson , hatter Robert Wilson , grocer Richard Howard , druggist George Brown , draper Lord & Whitworth , Bracers T . S . Dawhirst , static-ner Nathan Sinallpage , draper John Glemesha , groctr ftilpb Xomas , grocer Joseph Core , grocer H . 1 > . Fielding , grocer John Heap , shoemaker T . Rickard , bookseller James Richmond , grocer John H&rker , tinner John Wood , shoemaker HenTy Hale , grocer / James Heys , corn dealer Francis Todd , oe .

      Ai tbs' time appointed id the requisition , tbe scboelroom , in . ¦ whicb . tbe meeting -was held , was well attended by tae shopkeepers , fcc . Mr . "Wm . Lomas , wholesale grocer , was unanimously cailed to the chair . In opening the proceedings , he said that be did not espect to be called into that situation , for the Constable , John Spencer , Esq , be had expected , would nave' occupied tne ccair ; bat he bad received a note from tbat geEtlfcaian , stating that be woul-. i have had CTeat pleasure in presiding , only he had another meeting cf a cbarits . bla nature to attend . After stating tbe o ? 'ject of tbe meeting , and describing who be considered shopkeepers , ic , he called upon Mr . Fletcher , druggist , ta address the meeting . Mr . Fletcher responded to the call in a brief , but energetic manner , depicting the distress that existed in the town and neighbourhood , giving bis opinion of what shqnJd be done to alleviate the distress , fcs ., and sat down amidst tbe applause of the assembly , -ilr . WlI-SON , grocer , next addressed tlie meeting , Stating bis opinion of tisa Chartists ; he declared bTmstlf a Chartist to tbe back bone , and hoped the day was cot far distant when those principles would be fairly appreciattd and established . Ha sat down amid tiunders of applause . Mr . Axkisgson , druggist , then moved the following res' / mtion , which was aeconded by Sir . Hoclding , cordKainer : —

      <• ' That this meeting views with alarm the present ¦ unparalleled distress and suffering experienced by tbe productive classes in the manufsciurirg and commercial population of tha United Kingdom , mere especially those wLo icsine in tbe totra and neighbourhood ot Burnley , niany thoubOEds of whom are entirely depeLding for their subsistence on parochial relitf or ehai ; t * ble contributions , - ^ itht u ; having the racst remote prospect of again obtaining employment ; tbat vast nnmbcrs of £ obt _ r , honest , and industrious ) artisans in this town have

      never been chargeable to the parish on any former occasion ; CJid very many otliers are already redticed from conipairitive comfoTt to the mofcl abj ^ ci -poverty , -who have not yet applied fer parochial aid , although their scanty income uoes not enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessiries of life ; and it is an ascer tained fact that in the Burniej Ution there a ) e upwards of 13 000 persons , being about one-fonrth of the population , in the condition of paupers . " The resolntion was carried unanimously .

      iloved by Mr . Thomas Wilki > sos , grocer , and seconded by Mr . Joseph Fletchke , aruggist : — " That in cous ^ qaence of the extreme poverty of so large a portion of the population , and tae numerous failures of ¦ manufacturers aud tradesmen in this district , many are dtprived of a large portion of their former trade , and have now to contend with powtrful difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeept-rs pay a larger amount of local rates and taxes , in proportion to their means , than any other class in the community , and they are aware tfcat their local rates must be shortly augmented to a larger amount than has ever been known before , and that for & considerable time past their trade has been diminifhing with reduced profits . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Hughes , ironmonger , seconded by Mr . WiLSOS , grocer : —

      " That this meetmi : solemnly believes that t&e safety and well-being of the community will be seriously affected by the much-longer continuance of this state of diBtress . " —Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Southworth , grocer , and seconded by Mr . Shcit , tailor and draper : — " Tfcat it iB the opinion of this meeting that elasa legislation is-the primary catus of the distress that now exists , and that permanent relief to the shopkeepers and oth&is cannot be afforded until labuur is fairly represented in the Commons' House of Parliament ; we , therefore , pledge ourselves to assist { by all legal and constitutional means ) our unrepresented fellow-countrymen to bring about an organic change in the representative Byittrm . "—Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Holland , coffee-house keeper , and ScCOEded by Mr . Thomas Slattr , pawn-broker : —

      " That a memorial be prepared m accordance with tha f jregoing resolutions , ana presented to her Majesty , praying her to dismiss from her Councils her present ministers , and call into office those who will pledge themselves to make the People ' s Charier a Cabin * t measure . " Carried unanimously !! i ! It was then agreed tbat a Committee of Sve should be appointed to carry out the resolutions ; and that the Chairman should sign the memorial to the Qaeen on behalf of tbe assembled shopkeepers . A vote of thanks was then given to tbe Chairman , cben the meeting separated , giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .

      This meeting has made a strong impression in favour of tbe Charter . The business -wasconducted ia an agreeable and enthusiastic manner . Every resolution was carried without a dissentient hand being held up . The severr . 1 speakers described in glowing terms the great distress that prevailed . The principles of the Charter , came acd &U , were fairly and boldjy taken cp and discussed . Class legislation was proved to be the bane of society ; the People's Charter the antidote . A cumber of the working classes wtre allowed ( without ticket ) to enter the room by tbe courtesy of the Chairman , who gave every one a privilege to express f

      his opinion ^ bat withholding the right < , voting from any-but shopkeepers . Tte wr . rkits behaved themselves admirably , and would not on any account give a single vote ; thus letting the several resolutions be settled by the shopkeepers themselves . And to thtir credit be it said , they did their work nobly and patriotically . They have now fairly taken up arms in favour of tight against might ; this is as it ought to be The last resolution moved by Mr . Holland was received by rounds of applause ; tbe Chairman declaring it to be a ' clinker ; ' and carried by acclamation . The whole proceedings terminating with perfect good humour and good will amongst all classes assembled .

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      King Charles's Croft,

      KING CHARLES'S CROFT ,

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVEETISEE .

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      Y 0 L . T . NO . 245 . SATURDAY , JULY 23 , 184 ^ ""^ "" SS ? ^ Zl ^ ' "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct440/page/1/