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      WATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . LECTURE IT , —COSCLTJDED . We hare seen that trades' unions , even if general , -would afford bat an inefficient protection agai&Bt the tyranny of capitalists , still less against the capital tyxanny of Government For Buppoting that masters gave a fair day's wage for a fair day's work ,-what-would it avail while Government can tax at will ? Working men bava need to unite for mutual protection , for mutual support and information— "but they have greater need to unite not merely as fellow-working men , but as fellow men—not only to protect theii interests as labourers but to gain their rights as / freemen—they EHoald Join their fellow men of whatever trade or dejjomiBatlon 5 yea , aU trades should unite in one gr ^ nfl national union—they should chip their trade-shells and take a flight for freedom , then would they gain power to protect themselres , to defend themselves , and to do themselves good in spite of the evil which others would do them .

      Oh , bnt say some we have nothing to do with politics , we tare a maxim not to meddle with politics —yea and what has been the consequence , politics have meddled with yon and middled with a vengeance . Such a msrini was fit for slaves alone to adopt , and the worst kind of slaTes too—willing slaves—it was & blindfolding of yourselves and offering yonr necks to the joke—a gagging of yourselves ; and was just what j « ur oppressors wished- Government would look with an eye of favour , the eye ef a , hawk after a sparrowupon all trades who bound themselves by such a resolution , for by it they gave up their rights , including the most important right ; the right of free inquiry—they gave them up without & -word , -wrfchotit being asied to do it—and submissively resigned themselves to -whatever wrongs Government had a mind to inflict on them . It iB a maxim in fnil accordance with the maxim of tyrants , namely , that the people have nothing to do "With the 1 &WS bnt to obey them .

      Not disenss politics » If we wont discuss politics ; they willleave us nothing else to discuss—if we won't see them or hear them , they will make us fetl them . TVe are bound by tyrants—let us not likewise be in bondage to ourselves . Politics are now a question not saerely ef liberty , but of life—they ara the question of all gnestions—they shonld be the Alpha and Omega , the first and the last He who says we have nothing to do with politics might as well ray we have nothing to do with eating or drinking , nor with wherewithal ¦ we shall be clothed—that we have nothing to do with work and with wages—for politics affect all these vita ] interests—politics rule or ruin them , make or mar them . Can truth be found if we refuse to . search for it ? —erv _ be cared without icquiring into its cause ?

      What ! were we made to be blindly led by the nose as asses are—to work and be beaten for it ? Are we to go like horses in a mill , the same dull ronnd , and know no other—not allowed to see even that—but guided by the very engine which we turn roundslaves to the Tery system which our labour upholds . ?—for know that it is the working men who keep Government agoing . Left to itself the mill would stand still ; but what comes of the corn which they grind ?—the frsts is alloted to the higher classes , the seconds to the middle classy , and the coarsest of all , the mere refuse of the othera is considered good enough for those who < lo the work—nay , it is reckoned too « ood , for -we are told that the working classes should be taught to live on coarser diet—on mere bran . Alas ! many of them bow would be glad to get even that

      Kot disqass politics ! and when the men are out of ¦ work they must tramp or beg from trade to trade , -whereas , it they bad properly discussed politics , thsy tFoald al-srays have bad work and good wage ; bnt they forbid themselves to discuss politics . Who would hare thought that they could have been so simple ?—for their masters , mind ye , are always discussing politics ; and the masters live luxuriously on the profits of the men ' s work , and laugh at the poor men , who never baring discussed polities , have to go a begging—have to wander afcont a burthen to eaci other , weakening the strength of their unions . Yes ! the masters have discussed politics , and they have wine to discuss—whUe the men have not so much as potatoes and salt

      The motive for not discussing politics might originally be a good one . 1 believe it was thought that poliucs would introduce difference ef opinion , dissension , and division amongst them , and they wished to discuss their pints and pipes in peace . Thi 3 might be the case formerly , when politics -srere more a mstter of spfcalatrre opinion ; bnt now they are becoming the bread of life itself—they are mating all working men of one misS—thty are consolidating unions , concentratv g Opinions , and laying a ! l on the true scent We are all s = ein ? the necessity—the absolute necessity there is for the Charter , and all are going fall cry for the Charter . The Charter is a rallying point for all who differ on other points ; all must meet in that centre : the Charter is a grand national standard hoisted -by Britannia feerself , and she stands with her shield of drfecce , her sptar of attack to guard it—the British lion at her feet ready to arise and proclaim , -with a vcics of thunder , the Charter and no surrender ! Tes , we'll discuss politics—we will not forbid curselves , nor shall any « ne else forbid us . Politics are

      becoming the bresth of oar nostrils . I am glad that the masons are resolved to discuss politics—that the masons have come out—that you are the first of the trades in the field . Yes , masons , you have led the way —yon have won an honour of your brethren—you are the vanguard , tfie foremost for freedom . Yours is the post of honour , though not of danger : keep it , masons ; ihe otter trades icust follow yon , or lose the name of men . Slnsi , did I say ? They fcsve followed . Have not the coppersmiths folio-s-ed ? ttey are no longer as sounding brass , &c Have not the shoemakers followed ? —are not the taiiors rising ?—the pipematers awaking ? —the carpenters girding up their loins ? and all the ethers stirring ? ail are on the move . If any one should remain behind—should refuse to come out—to go up to the struggle in this goodly cause , let that trade be cursed as Merrz was by Deborah , who said— " Cmse ye , ilercz . curse ye the men thereof ; for they came net tip to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the migbtj . "

      Kow , I wonld ask , what avails a man ' s strengthwhat avails his skill—what avails it that he ha 3 served a seven years' apprenticeship to a trade and m 3 de hbu-8 ilf a complete workman at it—what avails all this , if Government be suffered to paralyse his strength—to render his skill unless , by depriving him of work , and finding no other work for him but in a BasKle—at the treadmill ? How many carpenters are there , men capable of making or building ships and homes , -who EeVertheless are competed to make zotMbgbui matches and go abeut the streets to sell ihem ?—how many coppersmiths must make toys fsr a living ?—how many weavers sing hymns for bread ?—how many tailors live on soup ?—how many -working men of all trades are forced to take their fanashing children in their arms , ard "frith a pining -sife and naked offspring must traverse the streets Lj cold or wet , to move companion for their wants by exhibiting their woes ?

      Bad government turned these men out of work , and if they beg tte br ? 2 u they are prevented from earning , a fead government claps them up in prison ; if they sUal it , they are transported . They cannot buy it , thsy canact borrow i : —government says , starve . Shall they Ftsrre ? How can they he . 'p themselves ? When in work they thongtt not of these things ; they cared not for them ; they wcuift not discuss politics , and so long as tYxy felt not waLt li-cniselves , they felt not for those vi ;> did . All . therefore , who have foresight , who have ftr .-Iicg , will join the National Association of C _ zrtisi _ Bla-r-e _ oi the Q-.: ^ en . " There is a power behind the t ' ltsse greitiT than ihe throne itself ; ** nor are the

      _ ± = U ; s iik-Hs to blaaij : in manv case 3 the ? can do no n ; i : U : s iik-Hs to blaiuj ; in many case 3 they can do no crier ; Lsd -K-L& 3 they could do right , they etc tempted , thrT are en-Guruaed , they are supported in wrocg bj the po ~ -rs above them . Witness the masons * strike "Wtll , therefore , does it become the masons , acting fioir . the wisdom gained by experience , to come forward i \ the cas ; s of Chartism , which is the causa of 5-3 O-3 j roTrrcnifca * Tbey kouM be told , and wcnld , r > ak-. j * , beiieTe that tee Chartists would . only , lead thsm i ; . to tiau-er , would lead them into trouble ; and Eome , -perhaps , may have kept back from fear ; others feom ti ! nkin 2 it impossible to obtain the Charter .

      Banish til such ucwoithy thoughts ! Let men think for themselves , sjid see wiat their fellow men do in the ciuse , and they will find no cause for fear nor for aught but iatii-faction . A Chartist- knows that when he is setkijjg whs : is right , te is doine -wiat is risht , = 2 T ias cous viyusnsls of this makes him that was a slave fed lite a m- ^ x . T ^ e masons are -winning foi tiesiselTcS the ti : "; e of frteinasuns ; not free in the sisriiiL sens ; of the -scrd , free in nams only , but free in reality . Thsy are vindieauns their right of thought , of tbiaiiag i . jz themselves . Oh . ' if we less all else , lfct us keep thai ; for by thit we may gain back all

      Isothingis impossible to Goi , nor to the people By union they cm render what is possible probable , and "Whst is -pio' ^ blz certain . Methiuks I have now said scScieut to shew the xn-fficaey of a cere trade-union to do more than temporarily , imperfectly , "benefit the members , A union of all uniocitts for the Charter wonld procure a lasting benefit ^ and this is the assistance that each and all should seek and give to each other—this is truly to Support and strengthen « ec * i other , not to weaken each Other—ttii -would lende * trades-unions needless—all ifQUld be swallowed np , as the lesser serpenta were by Aaron ' s—all would merge in one with the power of all to protect each . Aye , get the Charter , and it will do more for ns than all besides . What makes trades unions ineffectual ? Because all in the trade do not join . What alone can make ChsrtiBm ineffectual ? All

      working men not joining . But I would not wish it to be inferred that when you come out of your trade union you are to abandon it No , keep it up as a harbour of refuse , should the storm of persecution driYe you back . Keep it up as a hive or a nest to settle in , after your flight in the or > en air . Keep it up as a small benefit to kelp you to get a greater with . Come out , bnt come ont as trades , with the signs of your own callings , in the colour of your clans . You have hitherto been Bail-* ag in a bounded riYer , now launch boldly forth into the limititss ocean—you have been wading , now strike oat and swim . A bold Chartist is the best Chartist Come out , but come out as trades ; you will do more good < o the cause ; you will be more likely to bring the other trades cut . None but trades can do it Do not mingle undistinguished among the mass of Chartists . Let it be said , " fhere go the MasonB' they were the firzt to move , the first to draw the ethers * ut "

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      The Masons have come out ,, and with their rule of right , their plummet of justice , they will measure and mete , and fit and fashion the outwork of the great temple of liberty . The carpenters will do the woodwork , and the rest of the trades will all do accord ing to their trade . Competition increases trade , and it will increase Chartism- Let ene trade vie with the other , an € each strive which can bring most men into the field . Let each , make a muster of their moral force , and by that overcome physical force , as evil is overcome by good . Carry London , aad the country will be carried—the Charter will be carried . It is a shame toleavs the work of the many to ba done by a few ; what 18 hjjd woik for a few , would be tendered easy by the many . We want more hands , but they must be

      hands with hearts in them—hands directed by good heads . Come , then , ye who have not already come . We ar& working for yon as well as for ourselves . It is hard not to have you with us—to have you against us . We have worked the ahip through storms and tempests , in spite of adverse winds and contrary currents ; we have steered dear of roots , and shoals , and ga'cksands ; we have beat back the pirates that would have boarded us ; and refused to listen to the syrens that would have tempted us . We have now com 6 in sight of port with our glorious freight of freedom ; but wo are few and almost exhausted . Let us net be driven back to sea again ; let us not perish in sight of land . Throw us a rope ! tow us in ! One or two can't do it Let all lay hold—all lend us a hand , and Bee how easily they will walk the good ship up to the mooring post !

      I need not at this time enter into the principles of the Charter , nor describe the plan of organization . Those who wish to become acquainted ¦ with these things can have them explained by the intelligent Secretary of this Association . Bnt I would wiah it to be known that those who do not join will be thought to have less spirit or Ies 3 intelligence than their brethren . Intelligence gives a man spirit Yet I would advise ne one to join hastily , lest he fall away as hastily . Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind before he suffers himself to be personated . Imbibe the great principles

      ef freedom , and they will make new and better men of us . It is grea t principles that make great men . They enlarge the mind , they expand the heart , they make giants of us common men- How else is it that working men can confront Lords or Bishops and dumbfound them . How else happens it that working-men without any education but self-education—which to be sure is the best—that unlearned mechanics , with no advantage on their side but every disadvantage , can rise and refute the sophisms of college-taught masters of art ? Aye , they may be masters of art , bnt net of nature—the nobles of nature are their masters there .

      . Masons , let us lay hold of the Chartist plough , and not loot back—let us not stop , but go the -whole length of the Lmd . Follow not custom , which has led you into a barren pasture , but follow those who break through the hedge of custom , Bnd get into a field of plenty . Ye would be more silly than sheep if ye remained behind . He -who engages in this cause h *» more-reason to be proud of himself than if he had fought at Waterloo—and the Chartist medal of victory ¦ will be far more honourable . This is a fight , not to put down , but to raise up freedom . Ahl had our forefathers not aided the stream of corruption—had they resisted it before it grew to a flood—bad they stemmed it at first , it might easily have been turned ; and now , instead of strusgling for our rights , we might have been ecjeying them ; but we shall gain them for oarselves , or for our children . The stream cannot be

      turned except by the tide of the people—by the undercurrent of the millions—individuals will strive in vain —the -work most be done by the masses . For my part I feel more pleasure in struggling for my rights , than I Bhould have done in enjoying them—if won for roe by others—for there is more zest in the enjoyment of what" we gain for ourselves , and more honour too . Many old men wish themselves young again , that they might join in this glorious cause—many women wish themselves men , that . they might rtand forward to vindicate it—nay , many women , and even children , have stood- forward ; and shall we lack the spirit that is found in old men , and women , and- children ? No ; I answer for ye^—no ! We will all be Chartists . As foi myself , I wish no better name—no nobler title than that of Chartist—let mo be known as a Chartist , or known not at all—let mj epitaph be— " Sacred to ike memory of a Chartist "

      Now masons , now for the Charter ' . Lean on it , as Hope leans on her anchor—hold it up as Faith holds np her cross—tpye of its benefits freely , as Charity gives to all her children . The world is deluged With crime * and miseries ot erery description , resulting from class legislation . The Charter is our aTk—the dove with the olive branch—a life-boat to serve us when the ship is sinkic ? . The Charter is the angel that troubled the waters—that agitated them to give thtm a healing property : it is the riinbow that bespeaks a calm after » storm : it is God ' s covenant with his people . Let it bo written on our hearts and bound round our brows . The ground has bten cleared for vcu masons , the

      foundation dug ; be it ycurs to build—to lay on the corner stone , and we will have n ' ches for the statues of the champions of Chartism all round the ediSce . The Goddess of Liberty—the free Britannia shall be placed at the top : in the one hand the scales of true justice , in the other the Charter . Her spear shall be rendered pointless by the cap of liberty ; and a nation saved—a people glorified will uplift the universal song o £ praise and thanksgiving to the God of freemen . Yes , Great Britain will then sit enthroned on her rock the Oiean" Qaettt , aod a fcceeling World Slliil beg Of US to make all nations free . J . W . Batterses , Surrey .

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      TO SIR ROBERT PEEL . LETTER II . Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " If political society , in whatever form , has still made the many ths property of the few ,- if it has introduced labours unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions more utterly at-ject and miserable ., shall we still worship so destructive an idol ?" LOBD BOLIXGBBOKE ON SOCIETY .

      bis . Bobebt , —If the gaiety and sorrow , the grandeur and wretchedness , the pomp and penury , the waste and want , the pampered luxury and the squalid misery , the ill-paid toil and the profusely gorged idleness , tho lounging ennui , and the harrowing death-beds of slavery and BUrvation now so prevalent in our richly ruined country , ' testifieth to the tratb of the above propositions of the honourable writer , how can yen as a professed Christian , as the Premier of a professed Christian Government , preside over such an inhuman , unchristian state of things , without applying those remedies which are abundantly in your possession , which the starving have an undeniable right unto , beiag the gifts of nature to all , even our common country and its increase .

      The mineB are the people ' s , ths land is the people ' s , the cattle is the people ' s , the corn too and all vegetation is the people ' s . Nature laid forth all before them , and for them , publishing in its passive invitations , its subs * rvience to their wilL Who hath taken it from tte people ? fdr the people toil and starve . Whoever tbsy be , let them come forth and answer fur their crimes . They have transgressed against the Gad of nature and his children , in that they have robbed their fellowmen of their inheritance in his gifts . Whoever these impious criminals are , I shall leave to you , Sir , and for the present , the punishment cf their counties crimes . Leaving for a while the question of justice and restitution , let me proceed to lay before you the means whereby ample provision may be made for our 8 iar 7 iog fellows , without proceeding to a mt-asure so wounding to the pride of the legal constitutional plunderers as justice demands .

      In my letter of last last week I drew your attention to the parks of the aristocracy -whereon to empJoy the starving thousands to obtain their daily bread , but fearing that you through the stunted feelings of corrupt education ^ nd traininz should liave more considtxition for tiie pride of the rich , than the lives of the wealth producers , and that you should have no excusa for your apathy , Ihere draw your attention to other land . The road sides throughout our country ara edged with from three to nine feet of , at present , almost unprofitable waste ; in many places there are square and angle patches , of several lugs ; this land will pay well for cultivation . Let tho poor snd starving operatives i > e set to work thereon ; they will rear their own food , and a surplus to pay for the outlay . Give them the means , and they will rear their own dwellings , and every other necessary ; they would keep the roads well

      eleaned , as the dirt would be good manure for their corn gardens ; they would save the counties the expense of a rural polica ; for were the roads thus lined with a contented , because a well-fed peasantry ; there would be no chance for robbers to carry on their depredations without detection . I assert , without fear of proof to the contrary , that the land by the toad Bidea through ' out Britain would , if cultivated by them , produce a sufficiency of food for the present starving operatives . Then there are the yet open commens ; let these be added to the roadside farms ; the filth cf the towns near some of them would make them good corn fields , if hauled on to them . Then there are the moors and fuiu grounds of the landed , game , and hunting gentry , mere barrows tor foxes , harbours for birds , of which the wretched unwilling idlers may say , in the werd 3 of Jesus , " The foxes have holes , and the birds of the air have nests , but the sons of men have not where to lay

      their heads . " Sir Kobert , the country is filling with unwilling beggars . Your Government must do something for them , or they will become unwilling though desperate thieves : no , not thieves , for they have a right to food in the land of their birth ; and if the rich have taken from them their land , they are justified in takiDg b 3 Ck a portion of the produce to prevent themselves and their little ones dy ing of hunger . But if you , Sir , through your criminal cillousness , should leave them to this only alternative , then woe to the rich when the poor man , goaded to desperation by hunger and the cries of famishing children , becomes the rover for food , hazarding tis life against the laws and the murderous

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      weapons of the rich , the contemplation of bis hazards , and their power , will make him much more desperate ; and in what scenes of horror the conflict between plundered poverty and hearded wealth will end ia Bickering to contemplate . Sat , in the hope that you will make , ere it is too late , proper provision for the wide-spread and spreading distress , seeing you possess abnndant means in the plans I have directed your attention , to , aud thus prevent the day of horrors , I remain , In the cause of my suffering fellows , Tour bumble servant , Homes pun .

      P . S . Sir Robert , I have sent you the Northern Star or last week , per past , to the Home Office , as I shall this , that you may be in possession of the humble , yet homely and honest plans of national economy for national distress , Of your humble servant , H . mm : . -

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Glasgow , July 11 , 1842 . Fbiend of my Suffking Countrv , —Your inset tion of the following outrage on religion and the com mon rules of decency and decorum will oblige , Your much injured brother , Con Murray .

      TO THE IRISHMEN OF CAMPSIE . Mt Dear COUNTRYMEN , —I wish , through the columns of the people ' s paper , to lay before an enlightened public , one of the grossest acts of tyranny that has for many years found its way into a newspaper In doing so I will content myself by a simple statement of the facts , leaving the toiling millions to supply the comment . You are aware that I delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall of your village on the evening of the 2 nd inst . Subject—Chartism : its past history , present position , and future prospects . You are aware , also , thai my nmarks on that occasion—as at all other times when I appear publicly—were purely political : not in the least possible degree mixing them up with any theological question , and not giving offence to any religious b « dy .

      So well were you convinced of this , of the truth ef my statements , and my devotion to our unfortunate country , that many of your number there and then . pledged yonrseives to the principles contained in the People ' s Charter by joining the Campsie Cnaiter Association . 1 invited discussion . None appeared ta dispute the correctness of my ideas . In a meeting crowded almost to suffocation all was harmony and good will . We separated that night with the firm determination never more to foster the accursed spirit of national and relir Rious prejudices which so long separated the miferabla slaves of Ireland and Scotland . One might think that this brotherly feeling would cheer the heart of every Christian man who longed for the regeneration of our fallen country ; but the sequel will prove that such was not the case .

      On the following day , Sabbath , I went with two of my brothers to our hou 3 e of worship , tho Catholic chapel , under the guidance of the Bav . Charles Green . I had just knelt down to offer a short prayer previous to the commencement of divine eerviee , when I was seized by the collar from behind , and gruffly asked ¦ what brought me there . Surprised and confounded at such an interruption and in euch a place , I turned round , -when who should present himself to my astonished eyes , but the above Rev . Gentleman in the

      physical attitude of pulling mo to the door . It was in vain I asked him to allow me to remain until the conclusion of the service , as tbere was no other church in the town where I could conscientiously worship the God of ray fathers ; he told me I should neither pray nor worship there , at the same time pulling me out as if I were ar dog . It was in vain I asked his reasons for this extraordinary conduct ; he would give no explanation further than that I bad published lies , and that I went about the country telling lies and gaining a livelihood thereby .

      now , my countrymen , with a pleasing satisfaction I refer you to all my kt-. ersin the late Scottish Patriot , and to all riiy lectures ; if you find one single wilful or malicious lie , I will submit to be branded with the above charge ; and tfith rt-ganito gaining a livelihood by 111 y politics it is equally nutrue ; if any person doubt me , let him ask Mr . Alexander D . ivie , treasurer to the Chartists of Campsio ; he can t ? ll that I refused the money voted by the Committee to defray my oxpencea . Nay mere , he can testify that I furnished the bills , calling the meeting , from my own hard earnings . Ask the men of Cforbals , Kutherglen , Bridgeton , Baarhead , Ayr , Kirkintiliock , and numerous other districts ; they will also tell you that I have not been a political pedlarthat the little I could do in support of our holy cause has been done gratuitously . No , my countrymen ,- ' so far froai gaining a livelihood by Chartism , I have , like all those who have taken a leading parfe , injured myself to a considerable extent in a pecuniary point of view .

      In csnclnsion , my friends , I cannot look on Mr . Green s conduct in any other light than a following up of the Corn Exchange calumnies for tbc anti-Christian purpose of injuring the poor Chartists / It is to me a painful task to be thus compelled to bring any dispute befors the pubiic where a Catholic priest forms a party . I have been dri-ren to it in self-dtfence , for this case is only one of the many attempts made by the blind followers of the apostate Dun to Btop me in my bnniblt ! advocacy cf the rights of labour , but my persecutors little know with whom they are contending , for never until that hour when my Creator shall call me from

      the cares and troubles of this life , will I cease to demand for my native Erin , the restoration of her rights and privileges as a nation , by the enactment of the People's Charter , and a Repeal of the act of Union as the basis of all her laws ; and standing as I do , on the firm rock of democracy , I hurl defiance at the enemies of njy order , and tell them to their very tee : b , that the day is not far distant when the moleskin jackets shall teach the drones that God made of one fiesta all the nations of the earth , that he in his wisdom , inade man after his own image and likeness , and gave him the earth for his inheritance .

      In your hands , then , I leave tke treatment 1 have received fromMr . Green , relying en thht sense cf justice which nature has planted in your hearts ; and in the meantime I will subscribe , myself what ray respected father has made me , A tiue and real son of ould Ireland , A Catholic—a CbsTlibt , . And a real democratic Repealer of the Union , Con Murray .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THK . NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The insertion of the follo-svinz iu this week ' s Stur , will oblige the members of the ' National Chaitsr Association of Stoke-upon-Trent . To those who arc inclined to observe the sjo'den maxim , "By doing unto Others as they wcuid that vata should do unto them : "This is to certify that a brother Chartist of the Stoke Association , in consequence of over exertion in the cause cf Chartism , has been ordered by his meriical attendant to the I ^ le of Man for recovery of health , and as he is but a working man , and has a wife and four children depending on dontttions from those -who may feel iixlined to assist him in his present extremity . The-followlng persons are appointed to receive subscriptions for him : —Wiilfoiu Ghrratt , Bsrry-Btrtet , Stohe-upon-Trent ; Thomas Vernoni Boothen-road , ditto ; George Evans , Honey Wall , ditto ; John Johnston , North-street , ditto ; Thomas Starkty , Liverpool-road , ditto , Treasurer .

      N . B . The person who is the subject of this call ia tbe man , Samuel Robinson , who was mentioned by Mr . O'Connor after bis visit to tbe Potteries . All donations will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged . By order of tho Association , J . O'Connor , sub-Secretary . Stoke-upon ' . Trent , July 12 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF TI 1 E NORTHERN STAR , DEAR SIR , —In the columns of your journal of yesterday ' s riate appear statements relative to mj ' BC-lf in conjunction -with a ball and concert held in the -Temperance Hali , Lover George-street , Sfoane Square , Chelsea , on the 3 rd of January last . There is also another statement , a sort of prelude to the foregoing , in which 1 am charged with asserting that a stroke from my pen would hinder the insertion of anything detrimental to myself in tbe Star . I beg leave to assure you I never made use of any such assertion . All that I have ever said in this matter , upon the many threats of publishing in the Star , was that I shonld reply to it . But to the statements .-

      No . 1 . Tiiafc Mr . Sfcallwood did appropriate the whole profits to his own use until the 28 th of April . Not true , inasmuch as the monies -were not paid that constituted the profits until a long time after the ball . One of the witnesses , Mr . S . Ford , corroborated -this by admitting hey aid one shiiliup , tbe balance of his &CCOUn * during the ^ sitting of the Convention , ' : ¦"'"• .. Statement No . 2 . Balance-sheet . A tissue of fabrications ; not true , inasmuch as it never was put forth as a correct and true account of the tffiir of tbe 3 rd cf January , such a correct and true account being rendered a matter of utter impossibility—impossible , because the Commit ee neglected their duty . Thus , on the . evening of the ball , Mr . Foid and myself went to the hall , carrying between us a portable Btove , to warm the arena ; by the bye , one we had

      borrowed for the occasion . When we arrived at the door ( four miles distant from my house ) we found the door locked , no one there , and the time for opening the doors just at hand . Then I had a walk of about a mile in quest of the key : one of the members had by this time arrived . When spoken to on tbe matter , Oh ! he thought it was all a hoax ; he did , indeed ! " The doors being opened , the Hall was found in a diity state ; the avenue leading thereto contained gTeat heaps ef filth ; what was to bo done ? Why , Mr . Stallwood became scavenger—procured shovels , broonis , &a , »» d cleared it away ; while Mr . Ford lit the fire , decorated the hall , &c . Well , persons began to arrive . Who is to sell tickets ? Oh , Mr . Stallwood ; but who if > to take cheques » oh , Mr . Stallwpod . -. who is to be Soor-

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      keeper ? oh , Mr . Stailwo&d . Time arrives to commence the merry dance ; no master of ceremonies arrived ; what Ib to be done ? oh , Mr . Stallwood you must see

      . Noyfj Sit , thin is no random statement ot toy own ; the witnesses , ont | after the other , called by the accusing party , affirmed this . Admitting , in addition to all the above , that I was secretary , treasurer , printer , and bill distributor ; then . Sir , I ask any rational man , how is it possible that I ahould or could give a correct balance sheet after all this ? Nay , what rational being would expect jt ? Besides all , the accusing party were fully aware that , up to the sitting of the Convention , nothing of the : sort had : fxistence that

      any ; tbAstatement drawn up was from recollection , after a period of something like thirteen or fourteen weeks ; after a tour through the counties of Berks , Oxon , Warwiclc , Stafford , Worcester , Gloucester , Sic . by me . They also knew that I offered in a letter to explain anything they might wish explained , if they would commit it to writing ; but instead qf committing anything to writing , and foi-wardihg it to me for my explanation , the following morceau was transmitted to Mr . John Cleave , - who most honourably transmitted it to me forthwith ¦ —

      J' Stallwood charged fonr shillings more than he paid the musicians that played at a ball for the benefit of the political victims at the the Teetotal Hall , Georgestreet , Chelsea . . " ¦ . ;¦ ' . - . ¦ '¦ ¦• -. ¦ ¦ ¦ jSJgned ) : - . .. . ¦ ¦" ¦ : •; " ¦¦¦¦ v . ' . : ¦' - . ¦ " WilliamMatthews . " " 88 , Westbourne-atreet , Chelsea . " But I am charged withi robhiag the Victim's Fund of four shillings . Mri Ford engaged the musicians at 16 s ., how was it they received but 123 . ? ' because the ball was but thinly attended ; that was the cause of the reduction . The balance sheet , 'as it is called , contained the 16 a . simply because I asked the question what it was they were engaged at , and was told 16 a ., ami did not know until afterwards , or , in other words , did not recollect , until reminded , that I had beat them down to twelve . So mucb . for the so-called balancesheet . •¦¦ ¦ ' ; ' . .. - " ' . ¦ - r - -: ¦ - ' .. . - ' . , ' . • '; :-.- ; -

      Statement , No . 3—refused to attend meetings of the Brompton locality ; ' Yes ; ample reasons for so doiug . First , they did none of the labour in getting up the ball and -concert , and , consequently ^ I could not conceive they bad any business to call me to account respecting it . Secondly , I was most grossly IDSUlfed in the Convention Hall , by one of their deputies . Thirdly , in the letter seat to Mr . Cleave , after the courtesy I had displayed , I felt myself grossly illtreated . ' ; " ,. - . ¦ ¦ : ' - . - . ; . ' . . . ¦/ ..- ' . - , ; ¦¦' . ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ Fourthly , I thought ifcroy duty to give my services , in aid of the cause , to large bodies , instead of going to meet a few individuals in personal tquabbles .

      Statement No 4 . —That after , a patieut investigation , and every privilegs of defence , I was found guilty . ; ' ¦ ¦ .-j - ' '¦ . ' .. - ¦ ¦ ' / ¦ ¦ ¦ " ; . ' . : Not true . I had no such privilege . I had not the privileges allowed at the Old Bailey , or at Sessions of Oycr and Tenniner , First , I had no list of the Jury supplied me . Secondly , I had no charge or charges put before me , until the moment of the investigation . Thirdly , I had no list of the witnesses supplied me , nay , it was tue result o £ accident j the whole afRtir , so far as the London Delegate Council are concerned , vraa expaHe— % portion actuaUy having transpired ia my absence , viz . teat portion transacted at the Ihree Doves , Berwick-street , having taken place during my visit to Herts , Bedfordshire , Bucks , and

      Northamptonshire , ' without tho possibility- of my knowing anything about it . J . M . Wheeler , in bis letter , states , ; ., ' It is reported you are gone 'into the country , but I am requested to send it . No doubt Mra . S . will fiend it you immediately / ' Air . W . wrote on the Monday ; it arrived at HainuierBruith too late to be transmitted by that evening ' s post . It was posted on Tuesday , arrived at Badford on Wednesday morning . I was then at . Northampton , and consequently did not receive the letter until my arrival in town , a fortnight from the timd it was written . Had I the privilege allowed to a prisoner at the Otd Bailey , the jury would not have been constituted as it was * One of the accusers would not have been in the box— neither would one of the persons , wbo admitted he took a ticket , and

      owed for it at that time ; naither would those who had previously made up their minda on the lunttor ; and , Sir , I humbly -submit that when a person is charged with robbery , if another aet 3 with him , ho does not generally appear as evidence ; but ¦ ¦ ia' placed at the bar a 8 an accomplice , which would have been the case had tbe investigation taken place at the large building opposite 55 , Old Bailey ; neither , Sir , under such circumstances wouid one of the jury have been allowed to get up , and make a virulent speech ajainst the accused , after having admitted ; as a witnens , that he refused to act on the committee for getting up the bull and concert , because he believed it would be a failure . Further , Sir , when I called two witnesses , one of the most disgraceful scenes , I tbink , ever witnessed occurred . One

      « . f the witn&sssB being a member of the Council for ihe accusing -. locality , said , if Mr , Stallwood persisted in calling him , he would complythen abusing tho Council for not throwing their shield of protection around him , by refusing to allow liiiii to give th « ayidouce . During this time several . witnesses and ethers , were ducluiuiing againuS bia being allowtdi to give evidence ; tlieii a member of the council tvld deftmtlent lie ought to ba ashamed of himself—the confuuion was all liis fault , by caliiug the witnesses . To conclude the scene a' member of the council , at the end of the defence , made a most virulent speech , mixing up the affair that took place on the 3 rd of January last , with the death of . Hoiberry , that had just taken place , and his wife and the victim's wives starving in thVir huts .

      Now , Sir , if I , by my exertions and labours , gained an overplus of five shillings ; md . ninepence , was the cause of starving them to death , what must those be doing who professed so much kindness and sympathy for tbem up to that time , aud have not raised them a single favthing . . . ¦ - . . ¦ Sir , I cannot , under such proceedings as these , allow it to go forth to the public , that I have robbed the political Victim Fuud > when at the saiuo time I conceive I am their benefactor . If it shall be thought fit I urn ready to let the matter go to afaiv anil , impartial jury— - "six appointed by my accusers , and six by myself . If they conclude that I am guilty , then , and hot till then , ' shall I ¦ acknowledge or bow to tbe decision , or believe that the matter lias buen before an impartial tribunal .

      Sir , you in a note state that if Mr . Stallwood confine himself Btrictly aud solely to the matters in this statement , be will be at liberty to reply . I have done so , and therefore claim and txpeot the proffered liberty . Sincerely and faithfully , ' Yours , iu the cause of democracy , EDMUNIi STALIVT 00 B . Sunday , July 17 th , 1842 .

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      DEAD COWS , DEAD HORSES , AND THE PLAGUE . ' We kno'iv -vre shall distress the philanthropic sympathies of the Holy League (?) by recounting a little anecdote which occurred in this neigbbouriipod Ia 3 t week , aud wkich we are sure will cause burutB of indignation from Brown ' s Hotel , Palace-yard , the Elysium or Pandemonium cf the Conference , and suffuse with tears the cheeks of tender-hearted Cobden , and deepen into a more fearful blue ; the nose or probosejs of Billy . In tho North , the merits and exertions of Billy may be unknown . Iu the South , be is the right-hand ma i and chief &t- » v of the Corn taw Leaguers . He collects information from the agricultural districts , and lays before his masters in the Hotel the various devices and means by which the pepnle are deprived of bread , and dying ci

      in heaps for want of it . He ^ was a devant butcher in this city , but as a " knight of -the Cleaver" failed in gaining more celebrity than attached to him by appearing in the GazeUp . But lie bad a soul beyond marrowbanes , and for several years since 'has entered the arena ofpoHtics tinder the denomination of a liberal . He now receives thirty shillings aweek , with some few snaps and scrapings frezn the worthies of Brown ' s Hottrl . He has been sent down here for more information ( they are not glutted yet ) , and it will to cooked up to nauseate the stoiiiach of Sir Robert Peel , frighten him into concessions , give us " free trade ;" " " exteiirion of commeace , " " a total repeal . the Corn Laws . " Givo their advocates more money and power , and ¦ " fctove off the Charter . " Tliank you kindly , Mir .

      Acland—you are a Chartist and meant weU-r-did ' nt you ? But we grieve to say Billy is only a ^ 'liberal . But as he is occupied in the Palace yarJ ^ e have taken the liberty of sending to the Slar this little Recount of agricultural distress . His , perhaps , might not meet the North , so we give it in few words , — " Ati Crockie Hill , the residence of the brother of a worthy ipagistrate of this city , by the name of Freeland , a cow chaneed to dia This was a chance not to feamefc ¦ with , every day , to obtain , among the labourers , a taste of batcher ' s meat . Tiie jlid-tiding were ; heard with j-3 y amongst the honwstsada of the cottagers , -whose casKs , or tuts , were in want of pork , and ! whose : chimneyliooka were devoid of bacon flitches . They bad a conference ( like the League ) aud the result was an application to Mr . Freeland to allow them to have the dead cow and partake of its spoils . They were permitted to do what they pleased with it . Gratefully and thankfully they acknowledged such an unlooked-for

      boon , and proceeded to Bkin and dissect sftWHcfem ariem , the horned animal , in a manneif : that would uofc have disgraced Billy himself . One man congratulated himself on having obtained fourteen pounds weight of the meat , and said it would last his family a fortnight , and glad enough they were of it . Fortune also shed her beams in this fortunate neighbourhood , and a dead horse had yielded np his breath somewhere near . But the owner was ainan of scruples , a hard-hearted Christian , and not Uke tive true-heatted corii-iepealing Mr . Cobden . Ho tefused the carrion io fill the bellies of Englishmen , and on the pretence of its being on the Sabbath-day , h » put ib » way and sent ittOBOme bQunas in tho vicinity j There , gentlemen of the N ? rth , what think ysu of the condition of the agricuhurists of tne Seath , within a few miles of the Lords of Goodvrood and Tetworth , thie Lennoxes and Wyndbanw ? In this city we ate bo completdy priefct-tiduen , l&avUoril-riddfcn . and middle class-ridden , ttot the

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      working daises dare not have a room to hold their meetings in , or form any complete ^ association for the Chaiter , but we aTe bold to say that better or more determined Chartists , ( and in no very small nuaiber / are not to bs found throughout the length of the kingdom . They want a little fire to kec | i > up the blszi , and they wipuld rally around p Connot in thousands . A lecturer is much wanted , and would be hailed most heartily , leaving dead cows , dead horses the PJague , Billy , and other carrion ; "for the present , we must loofc about for OtbOT information , and it shall be forwarded in duo time ; and wishing every cuckoo bawler about a big loaf may be choaked by a dumpling , or fed upon doughboys for the remainder of his life , -washing down the same with a draught of acqua pura , we ¦'; take present leave of the iVorttem Star , its worthy ProprietOT , and indefatigable Editor . A Woolwich Cadet . Chichester i July 18 tb , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITeR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Honoured gjir , if the following address is worth printing , its insertion will oblige , Yours , respectfully , Caroline Maria Williams .

      A FEW WOBDS TO MY CHARTISI SISTERS EVERY' ' ¦• '¦ ' ¦' - . WHERE . . : ¦ . '¦ . . . ¦ ;¦' SlSTEDS , —^ A -fe w thoughts have jnst occprred to iny mind Which I am anxious to communicate ; : thsre are a few things I wou d suggest , and press upon your most serious consideration , which , if acted upon , and j fully carried out , -would , I am fully convinced , in every j way , aid on our glerious movement , and would more speedily put us in possessicn of our birthright , the Charter . ; ¦ ' ' ' . ' ' '• '• ' : ' ¦ ' . . ' ' ' -. ' . "¦ ] ; Sisters , I willreyeal to you a secret , but let it be such no longer j spread it through the-length-, and breadthof the land , that echo may vibrate and . revibrate ' the sound ; for . time will substantiate the fact , that it depends upon us women whether the Chatter is to be had or not . I repeat it , the Charter will never becoine the law of the land until we women are fully resolved that it Bhall be bo . But in order to bring this about , we must be up and doing ; we must not merely " talk great ; things , but do them . *' .. . :

      SisterB , do not let those who ignorantly deem themselves our betters have any juat ca . ua 8 . to accuse us cf iuconsistency ; ds not let thom point at us the finger of acom and say , '' Look at these poorwreJchesj what a fusa they ; make ; they talk , talk , talk , and that is all they can do ; they say but do not . " No , my friends , but -let" , us- ' by Gad ' a help resolve that from this inoaJent our apathy shall cease ; that from this moment we will arouse ourselves from our lethargy , and with untiring zoal begin not only to talk , but to work out our political salvation . Be it understood I am taking it for giaated that you are all out and out Chartists , whom I am now addressing . I would not give a straw for five thousand half and half . luke-warm-dead-ali-but-name-Gbartists .

      Believe me , Cbartism is alii or nothing . Take it for better or weree , or have nothing to . 'do with it , t say , W / ell , then , to you , my unflinching Sisters , I would say lot us prove that we are what we call ourselves—unflinching—let us not swerve from our duty . Permit me to suggest a few ways and means , which I believe would assist us greatly in the attainment of our rights . I will just , draw yeu : out a line , which 1 doubt not your zealous philanthropic minds will Ull up , and act upon quickly . It is this—let us each resolve that we will do what we can ; and let all strive to find out what that is . Perhaps some of you are saying , "Oh , I am sure , any thing I can do tor the furtherance of the cause I will most gladly . I have long thought I should like to do something , but I did not know what .

      Perhups you will point out in what way I might be useful ?' Certainty I wijl , with the greatest pleasure . Permit me , then , to ask you a few plain questions . Do uot all of you know how to use your needle ? ' . Cannot many . of you make fancy articles ? Cannot same of you draw and paint ? If so , I bav 9 enly to say that we ought not to ask"what we can do until we have tried every means by , some or all of these acquirementH , to get something for the Charter . , Can't niy sUter there who says she knows nothing of ornamental work—can't she mate an fron-hdidcr ? Can't my sister that saya she knows nothing of luAkhsg fire-screens , watch-guards , Watch-papers , citimnoy ornaments , and such . like—can't she make a few dolIU bonnetSj and sell tht-m to aid the

      cause ? Oh , you may find a . thousand ways to help on the cause , if you rcaily wish to do so . And some of us can make pin-cushions , neetUd-cases , and drawings . If we can , let us do it—do it cheerfully and promptly , and do it now . D ? p £ nd upon it , the very poorest of us can do something in this way . Should wo be so poor as not to be ablu to cast eytn a mite into the treasury , we may , if we will but be in earnest about the matter , be the means of sending many a shilling there . Uaunot we urge others to buy ? I repeat it , only let us be resolved that we -will each do our beat , aud we shall find the work half done . Oh ! yes , in spite of all the demons in hell , anil iu deSauce of all the incarnate ones on earth , we mnafc , we shall

      conquer . Sisters , it is of no use to mince the matter . It is folly in the extreme for any of us to flitter ourselves that we are free-born Englishmen ' s daughters ; WO are not . I atid ycu lireolavts , -white slayes , in pur father-lar . d . Oh ! it is very pretty reading " B ' aves cannot breatbe iu EuBland , ' and the Queen and all tho Court may sing it ; but to tell ns of its being a land of freedom , is to insult 6 ' ur misery . A Jand of liberty , indeed ! Wfcat stuff—what nonsense ! Talk of freedom , whilst the land is reefcing with . oppression , might sVake a devil blush ; but it would take niuch more to niaka our tyrants do bo , "

      Poor slaves J thefefcters ef taxabon were put upon our tiny limbs the hour we were boni ; they have beon increaaing ever since . Are we not bound , hand and foot , with these cursed taxation chains ? Are not GoveyuTOent toola ptiputUaASy forging new oues for us , whilst thfey plainly perceive those we aiready wear are unbeai-able ? So oppressive are they , that thousands , unable to live under the weight , ; aro cbhtinuaUy trying to throw off the . infernal fetters , by teeking in foreign climes tho liberty denied theoi in their own . Are these things so ? Who daresay they are not ?'

      Sisters , it is for us to say . whether or no this state of things is to remain . I tell you , and I laugh to scorn all who wickedly would frighten us into the belief that our efforts are vain , thatif we do but unitedly , zealously , persevoricgly , one and all , resolvo to ; break oar chains , the thing is clone . lttniember this , and in heaven ' s name let us do our duty ; any thipg and every thing that we can do to hasten the day of freedom , let us unflinchingly do it ; by any and by all the ways and nieaus that v ? e can get an honest penny to break off our fettcTs , let ua be instant in" season and out of " -season , in looking affrir it Remember that we are slaves , and that the Charter is the only way to freedom . Let us vow , by all that is good , never to rest till we hare it let us bring our talents ,. our all , to the attainment cf our rights .

      Sisters , let iia provoke each other to love an « A good work ? . Let us each act so that it may bo said of all' " she Bath done what she could . " Whilst we : 1-ftJd , well-clothed hypocrites , are trying by their cant of ?• heathen darkness abroad" to drag tbe ' little money , or whatwiil fet . eh nionty , from you , to send to those -whom they affect io pity , Whilst they will see you perish . 'it their doors without offering to relieve you , do yoil look afc . '' hciiie-. ; let us look to oureetves , and resolve that , from henceforth , not one farthing of cur hanjeained riioney shall be given to fpreigncbarities , whilst the white slaves at home , ' unheeded , are ' starving , whilst our best Men ils , in prison , are left to perish , and others of them to languish in exile ? No , no ; we will now look at home , and help ourselves ; and let us sea

      what we can collect from this saihUy board , who would have us believe their hearts 6 '< ifiow with the milk of humanity . Let us have missionary boxes , and colloctii : g books , and let us visit taoae pious souls , aad ask them to ptrfprm tbeir duty at home .. I am fully convinced that if wo did but patiently , and iu a atraightfiarward manner , seek to get money to aid ourselves , half as ZJiilously as others strive for one charity and another , tre should gel hundreds , if not thousjiciis of pGUads in a ysar , ' to help on our cause ; only'be resolved that you will give not a farthing to anything else whilst in a state of gliivevy , and only let : us in fight down earnest set / about doing and getting all we can foir ourselves , and we shuU be truly biirprised to see in a very short time what wo shall be able to accomplish ..

      Let lis begin now , ' be ^ in we )] , and never grow weary in well doing : Let us gat all we can to help on our glorious cause- —from our parents , our brothers , our fcisters , our . husbands , our sweethearts / our kindred , but ' friends ; yea , and from our sheMiies , for let them give what they ¦ wi ll , it is only . o \ xv due . D-jn't let us feel ashamed of our cause , or cure wbat we riay be called upon to suffer for it . Thick cf wbat good the money you get will do thefamilesof Government victims . Think ; of thoae who counted notti-. eirlivea dear unto them , so tbat they might , '¦'' ¦ ' emaa ' dpate ua from .. our shackles . Think ¦ of ' a-Hunt ; a . C . obbett , a Clayton , a Hplbcrry . / and , alas > too inany others . Think of those who now pine away in prisons , for merely striving tJ break asunder our fetters . Think of Frost , Williams , . aud ; J 0 nea , who languish in exile for nobly standiug up ; for bur lights .

      Think of the very nmny Otherswho are suffering forus ' . Oh ! thint of those briive , those truly noble , iibose right down bonourables , and : then say if we oug ] bt ever to grow weary in well doing ; Remember the V ^ yes of the men are fixed on us , and if they can but see we are in real eainest aboat the matter , there is nc 4 a man of them who wonltV not ratber die to attaiuAyith ub our freedom , than turn aside irigloripusly . ^ LtmeHiher , they conquer who believe they can . " Let us each " ^^ come up to the help of : the . iordi to the lelp of tho Lord against the mighty ;"' and depend upoa it , wome » » our influence and exertions will soon pull opp-cessidn down . Unity ia streBgtb . Our aid added to tne men's , will soob make our t } rants yield to us our lighta , or perish . / On ! yes , if we will , we must and . shall pravaii . ";• ¦ ¦¦¦" ' : . ¦ - ¦ ' :. "¦' .. ' . ' . ¦ ; ' ¦ " ,.. ... ' ' ¦ . ¦' ;¦• ¦ ' .. / ; -. . - "' ... ; ' ; . ;¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ . , ¦'¦ My sistetsy let neither of us rest until it can be said with truth of us , each and aU , ' « , Many daughtera hswa dbie -viitubualy , but thou excalleat them all . " . ¦ , - . ¦ ¦ ¦" ::- . ' . ¦ ¦ Youra sincerely , ¦ . - ¦ ' •' . ; : : - \ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -- ¦'¦'• .. ¦ ¦ - : •; In the great cause , ; ¦ Vvi Caroline . MaruJViLLUMs . - 46 , College Bow , Camborne , July 8 th , 1 S 12 .

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      LONDON ^—GLOBE Fiel 6 s . —Mv Wheeler lectured hereon Sandiy evening ; four nifimfeera were enrolled . Mr . Matiudtr of Kingston , addressed thenteeting at the dose of the lecture . The chair was occupied by Mr ; jVilson . Mr ; Cooper reported from the Co-operative JStbre , stating : that they were . willing to devote Ha , of their funds towards getting up s public ' . meb % - ing on Stepney Oreen , on Monday , August 1 st : ' . Mr . O Connor had pledged himself to attend . Mr ., Pickersgill reported from the delegate meeting . Other business was then transacted , and > Ir . B / PickersgHl was unanimously elected to serve on the new delegate meeting .

      KiNGSTON-uPON Thames . — - —On Tuesffny evening , Mr . Maunder from London / read portions of the Northern Star to the company , and eloquently addressed them on behalf of the . Sfcaffordshire victiriig , and fcxeited much compassion for them amongst his audience . He then "urgently eatreated them to join tbe Natte-cal Charter Associutiori , as the only reniedy to reniovo the inany evils which sfflict . society , y-. Mr ^ Payey moved , and Mr . Wyeth seconded , in an able iRi . Bncr , * ' that a subscription of oue penny per month from each member of ; the locality should be raised to assist in maintaining their wives and children , and Shield them from the horrors of want . " An ameudment was moved that it be a penny per week j but after some conversation , the original niotipu was unanimously carried , and the sunv of 23 . sS ; was immediately collected , The nifeeting then adjournedj with a vote of thanks to Mr . Maunder .

      LONDON DELEGATE . Coukgil——Th : s bixly met to wind up its accounts , ' . &c , previous to its dissolution , en Sunday afternoon , ' . Mr . "Salmon in the cbair ; the cominittee appointed to audit tho account money . received for- the Convention , reported its corectness . r Mr . Wheeler laid before 4 he CaiiiicH the balance slieet fur the- -portion of the quarter ; auditors were appointeti who reported ita correctness . : A dtputation , was appointed . to wait on the Three Crowiis locality regarding fifty-one cards due by thai body . Tho Finance Committee was authorised to receive all monies cue to the Council , and discharge the . debts connected : with the Eanie . Tbe balance sheets were erdered to be inserted in the Northern Star . A cextiflcate of abilty and integrity

      was given to Buffy ltidley as a lecturer . Mr . Wheeler maved vtiA . Mr . Cuffey Becbnded . tbo following resolution : '—V That previous to the dissolving of / this council ( in order to form a central united council for the metro * politan countiies ) we cannot : avoid / txpre ^ sin ^ our gratitude to the editor arid proprietor of th& Enyliih Chartist Circular for the siss | s ' 5 aace- they have furnished . them by inserting their addrL'Sses ; &c , in that talented little periodical ; and they earnestly recommend to their brethren throughout thei '' kingdom tha propriety of ensuring by their patronage the triumphant success of this cheapi .- ' yet able and Vfficierit advocata of the democratic cause ; ' Carried unanimously .. A vote of tkanis was given to the Chairman , aud the Council / dissolve *' .

      HAMMERS-rfiTH , —A riumiiT 0 UsIy Htttiided public meeting Wf , a beld on Monday evening , at : tho . Black Bull Inn , HanimeTsrnith-road , at which tho following resolution was passed : — " That this meeting view with alarm '; tbe awful distress now prevatlina ttm u > l : < iut the length and . breadth of the land , arid are fully convinced that it will never , bo pennanectly removed uptil such time as the people shall be fully rtprestnUuV in Parlitiment i and therefore renew their pledge never to cease agitation until thePeople ' d Charter shall become tho law of the land . " . . " : Mr . Jokes * of Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture upon the evils of the present ( system . dn / Sunuay evening , : at tbe Working Man ' s Hall , Circus-street , Maryiebone . - ¦'¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦/" - ¦ . -: "¦" .

      An Open-air . Meetiso wa 3 held on Monday evening at the terruiuus of the G-rent Western Hail way , Paddington , to petition jP . iHiament and mtmorialise' the Queen in favour of ^ the liberation of Brooks ,, Pcfddie , and the other political prisoners . Tiie / lhw . ting was very numerous , and a petition and menioiial were unanimously adopted . . - . . . ¦ HEYWOOD . —Mr . James Cartledge , of Mar . cheater , delivered a lecture upon the lind , to a largo nml tfcBpeotable audience , in the Chatter Assoeiatioii Kyom . The lecture save great satisfaction . .

      ABBROATJI . —There was a large public meeting held on Monday night , in the OhaTtisV Pavrtion , when Mr . Abram Duncan gave a . lecture upon the "Factions . " In a clear and masterly manner he showed up their unholy workings in both Churcli and Scat ; . - Tne lecturer was listened to 'with the greatest enthusiasm for about an bonr anrt ' a half . At the close of . tue . lecturp- ' the folluwiiis resolutions were . proposed b ' y- ' M / , William Lunciie , ana aeconiied by M- * . Ai : XAivier Criiihton : "That this meeting having tiiU tin h . to coTuideration the many incitements / aiUiresscd to the peoplo by the Whig press , for tho purpose of creating ah outbreak aniong those people for the purpose ef restoring this f ; ictioivto power , declare ' that thty will ttiiid by -their present organizitier . ) founded upon the prine ! i : ; . s . s of p-raco , law , and order , for the cr . tir . V Charter nanie ' -and all" " That

      We . the Chtirtists ( f Arbrnath . - . w-iilgivfl ' no couritpnance to any of those deceivers yvho talk of going to the . death , fn- the Charter ,: but who at tha > avria time do not belong to- any Chartist Association . " . "That we , the . Chartists of Arbronlh ., ' pla . ee our entire conederios in the ^ ortliern Star , as the only paper atprcsect-sta ' naing ¦ flvnily .- 'by the principl-. s of'tbeC ^ iarter , and th © -tuple ' s . or ^ anizitipn , and will do everything in our power to increase its circulation in this place ' . ' au'l elscwhfcre , as weshairhiveopportunUy . " " : ' ¦ ' ]¦ : ; : CAHEI 5 IiE . r-A : nieeting of the Council of the Carlisle Chartist Association , was held ut 6 , J' > V . n-street , Caldewgate , on Saturday evening last ; Mr Jolia Arrastroug in the chair . Collections were paid into the treasurer , Mr , James Arthur ,- after which some other routine business was transacted .

      RCCHDAIiE . —On Sunday last , accord ing to previous announcement , a large m ' eutiir ^ . was fceid on Blackstone Btlge . Mr . Magson opened the proctedin ^ s by . giving , out a . hyuin ' . from ' , the CkarfisC Circu ' ar , which Was eathnsiasticaUy sung by the : asaembleii" tb /; lisand ? Mr . Sutcliffe , from Haiifsx , then delivered an t xceilent di 8 couvae , addressed chitfly to psofe ' asbra of Ch ' tibtianity . Mr . John / Le&ch ; yras nex 6 introduced , -who :. sp- > ke at considerable length , showing the existiojj abuses , in Churcb and State , tbe causes of their ; the : people ' s ) distress , by . being excluded from political power , and the total intffioacy of a repeal of the Cora Laws to yermahently beuttit the people ; and concluded by energeticaiiy appealing to the meeting to stand by toe

      Charter , which would give a fall measure of justice to the whole peopV ' - M . - - Helliwell , of Todmordrc , spoke on the points of the CJtiarter . Mr . Wheelwright , of Mythr'lniroyd ,: then addressed the ineetiiw m asoscch of some lsngtV replete with sound reasoning r .. jd c >) avincing argument , which was well rect-ivid . Mr . Ashley followed in a short speech , urginK the p ' -nplu to increased union and perseVfcrance . A letter Wi 3 then read from Mr . Bairstow , ; stating the n-ison of his nonattendance at the meeting . Mr . . PouU . fraci , from SaddleWorth ^ . then -wound up tlif j ) roctte . n ;) 5 S -ja a brief but excellent speech- There ' were a l . argo number of females present , and not a druafon » r ilisorderiy person to bo seen during the day ; th-J n-j m ^ ra svera computed fivm 15 000 to 20 . POO .

      BROCKMOOH ,-Mr . Linney IceUircd in a mrge room belonging to the Kock Inn , en WaJiKsda ; , - aveniiN ? . -td a crowded audience . The lecture gave genii-al 8 St > Ufnction .: '¦ . - •¦ ¦ . . ¦" . "¦ . ABERDAK ? : !—A public rneeting - ^ ns he ' . d hers on Monday eveniu , ; last , the-11-th < iay of July ; on Hil-. v ^ in Covnmo ' n , opposito ths Mount Pi . o . iHr . ni , ~ - catted by -w quisiti ' on to the-Cbkf Cjnstabio . for the purpose of aiiopting the rerao ! istr : inca to the House of .-Co .-iimnns , and the memorial to tie Qaeen . About six o ' chjclc , Mr .

      Jfeiikiu Uees was ca . . led unanimously to' the chair , ¦ who , after vsartinu the KquisiUon , - . caildd- upon Mr . Wm . Miles , who . then a'iuKssacT lha nicotni * atgreifc length . The meeting was furtlier addrwied by Messrs . Pugb . Thomas . John , jun ., Golil . and Wiliiams , fmm Merthyr TydviU . who made exas'ient ispeecbe ? . The remonstrance and memorial be ; nt £ put by > Mr . Morgan Williams , were carried uuammyiHly . After a-vote of thanks being given to tha ch . iirj . iiun . and cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones , an I for Fergus 0 Conn-jr , and the Chaiter , the meeting peaceably separated about

      nine o ' ciocK . ' / ' BRISTOL . —AVas&vmon preaohsd bj Mr . B iii 3 tow in Bear-lano Chapiil , ' . B .-isiol , on Suniay , Jnly 3 rd , on the death of Sainiit-1 polberryj tho sm-u of 'fifteen , «* ii :-lings , claar of expences , was collrfctod in behalf of the widow . . "'¦' "¦ . ¦ ¦ - - ¦ . ¦ ' ¦¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' ' . ¦'¦ . ¦¦¦ 3 PArfP 0 Hr > . —FuJJERAL SE . nM-DN —Ofl Sunday last , an impressive -sermon was preached by Mr . -B . Rushton of Haiifi » x , on tho death , of ; S > mu > l'Hol berry , who died a martyr to liberty in York Castie . He spoke for upwards o ; - an hour with thrilling . effect on t ^ a Charter of cur liberties , ' ' and ^^ advisecl ^^^ theiu \ to / unite for the accoBiplishinent of their object , and ' ¦ ' never ; rest satisfied , ^ but bo'determined at all hazirds to " mafe---it the law of-the land " . Tho 'hymnj composed-br Mr , Copper of Lsicesler , and inserted in the Chartist Circutar , and the one sung at the ' cjaxo Sido of our .-departed brother , werte used on the oocasipi 1 . A ; collection ct npwartia . of £ 2 was : liuida at the clotv , cf the service for the bereavoa-widd ^ To 3 congregation was very large

      and attentive . ' .:. ' ; , : . CGUSCII Mf ETiKG- ^ -Oa Monday ev ;; nin ? , ; th 'S , body met aanBualiu . Uie CoaiicU room , Butterwosth ' s-buUtiin ^ a . Tho meeting was a nuinetoiis one ; Mr , Burl&y was called to tbe chair . After rtceiving the contributions-i-f . ^ several localities , arrangements were made tot Mr . 6 Connor ' s le « tare on Tfcci-sday evening , after which was brought before thei mee : ing by Mr . Whitehead , the notica he had given the . previous weefe , "Tha ^ a dolegate should be sent to Manchester to rop « senti the Ciartista of this locality &n the 16 fch of August , * which was confirmed , and Air . S- Hodg . on was sa > lecte + 1 .

      BuxTERWORTHS-BuiLDf-NCS -Mr . B ' -ishton pieached in the eveniBg at eix o ' clock , iu til ; Asacciatiun room , which was filled to overftowing . Mf . R . haicled his subject In a tnast-ily maanev , rnd cono . ude i hi i addrt . 83 with an euerge : ic upytal tc th&nieei > ng tobscoma united and demsud tbeir r 5 gbt 3 in sQjWcsahB ^ ou ; d not be iuij'andeistocd . ^ i- ^^^ fcbk . The " Nation vl" R ^ ' ™ » M !! OT [ Assoc : atlon- ?< oi tJ e N r . ior al & * & $ * && ^ $ X * l . been withdrawn by itBC ^ Wi ai ^ F ^ WW ^ JP ^ Sat ' ^ cf PaiUa-L ent . ^* fS ' / J ^^ f ^^^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct440/page/7/