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    • GROSS ATTA.CK OF A COAX PROPRIETOR UPON MR. D. SWAJLLOW, THE AUTHOR-
    • BaASEORD.—On Tuesday evening, the Chartists of Bowling Sock-lane, bad a dinner party in the Abso-
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      * THE CONFERENCE . * Wjs look with no sm ^ jHuwtj to tiw forthcoming -Confasnce . ! % y ^^^ fe ^| yn ^ ^ 1 ^ 4 a ^ gined npon io » id ^ el gg ^^ w the parpose ef j ^ h ^ iuhi ^ flj ^ Gtau ^ irt-lody ^ J 7 e _ are firfiier » ware of the greyer competency in a few wise heads , 2 isn in * mnlfi ^ fie 4 > f talkers , to- tligesfc sueh a p linasTfonIdl > epek iolsaa to the ^ esir > i object , i . CwrfereacB , where nnion and adeareiostrengthen - -. JI 1 LJ L > nDVmTnTOAO - ^ -

      the democratic pariyj wi 1 » the one , —the only conaderatioii , should lw made zip of discreet and Ijn ^ ness-Sfeeiaefi * J * . sfrsogflr ^ nll consisfc . not bo Bisch in Itsiumbers , asinits capacity , for business . In order , therefore , to a&ieve oar doable pnrpose—Hia i ' ot sa , rmg the public fonds , and the performing ibe jisginred insness , -ttb Tvooia strongly urge upon ihepeopleihedearibleDeas of havinga diBtrictrather than town representation .

      If-the counties , of Cumberland , Northumberland , Durham , Westmoreland , the two Bidings of Yoik shire , tEe tiro ^ divisions ef -Lancashire , Cheshire , Somersetshire , Wiltahire , and such other connties as hare been incorporated in the moTement , agree to dub their pence so us to insure a representation commensurate with their size , & small contribution from ihe several places , although insufficient to insure representation for themselves , would be amply snffideat to secnre conntj or large district representation . '

      Iismst be borne in joimd , that eren in the event of a large nnniber meeting , a Tsnslness committee anst -be chosen upon -whom , "will devolve all the labour of digestnyj a wholesome code out of the sereral plans that say be submitted to Conference . The worHng classes are not to anticipate snoh ^ iBsenaons aa those that took place at the "minority majors Conference . They are to inppose that the several Delegates assembled ~ will be guided by the one angle motive ; and that they will hare received general instraetions -from -which , they cannot depart . Towns desirous ^ of being represented , hnt

      unable to send a delegate , l > ecan 5 e of Bxpence , would 2 nd their object effected by transmitting their ¦ views and opinions in writing : all of ¦ which can be laid Wore the delegate ^ and constitute the materials upon which ihe committee should found the general planof Organization . Such course , and we know of none wiser , would save hundreds of pounds : while It would bring the-newB of the people of each district in a more collected shaj > e , before the Confer * ence . Muchmore may be gathered from awritten document than from the best speech . Thesne is material for business : while the other may be material "for controversy .

      To the work then right heartily I Lei each delegate be prepared with » suitable address , to b © pre-Bented from thB district he ispresenta , to the leader of the Chartist cause—Mr . Thomas Ddbcombjb : and let ns see what is , in trait , the present power of pablic opinionjand how far those possessing public confidence are capable of devising means for its proper direction .

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      * fttr * "Pryres » LIBEL . In another part of { Mb sheet win be found a report , of the trial in the case of " O'Connor t . lawson . 2 fo doabtlmt it will ie tead with interest , as it affiorda another striking instanee of ihe rascality of&e law vfEbeL It is a full explication of thefoBy and « vil of entrusting Judges with a power of venting their spleen and vinaictiveness on the head of axSsfcsfcs / WJ client , by -visifing him with ids own costs , even in a case which the law forces him to designate as one that " could not be passed . OTer . ^ hecaase of its vileness .

      It may be proper to state that She shape in which Mr . CConkob bronghi the action was ihe most favourable for the defendant that could hare been adopted . Hehad a chance to jusuft : Le . to prime ihe tn&h of Ins aecasafions . This the depxkd-XBX 3 > ID 2 fOT . ATTEKFT 10 DO . He COUld not attempt it : and therefore all that Mr . CPCoioura sought to a ^ mpliihhyhkaisiionhasieen

      accomplished . The feet was established that the paragraph complained of was a tile slabber , circulated for bale unworthy purposes ; : and Ihe only means the 2 Wes had io shield itself from general ^ ondeuination was io pmsae its ordinary vocation " in court j and get its hired advocate to pander to Iheprejndicesof a SpeeiaF jury , Ay a coarse of defamation and vSiScation which , in an ; other place , -jronld iave secured for him a poll of the

      nose . There Trcre-tsrob&ex courses open for Mr . < y < 3 o 3-50 B to jmrsne : he jnight have moved for a criminal information , when the truth ot the aeeasation , however netorions that trnth . mght Isvb been , rrojUd havehxaofnoavail , fiesaigbliaTeproceeded by JruRttteni i when jnsfificatioB « qnld not hare heen pleaded . He tshose , i owerer , to go in the course that would grre H » Jimet a foil opportunity of jmx&hg all he had said . A Terdict of Twenty SuBings , small asit 1 % stamps ihe Times as a ix&s and SLAHCKBEB .

      Many other Journalists inserted the paragraph thus judicially pronounced to be a lie ; and but few of them have had the ftrrnftaa to insert thecontra-&c&on * It jnnst i > e remembered that a full contradiction was giren to the lying acccnsalions , long before this trial came * £ That * ontradic&in was from Mr . Beggs , the Chairman of Mr . " Stdbgb ? Committee at Nottiogbani . TTut contradiction ought to have been

      published in every journal that gave currency io the slander , few of them , however , could afford to be so Just . To run down Q'Coksob ^ to u destroy " him 5 was an object to be accomplished at all cost . No scruple as to the measBj so that the end could be accomplished . ' The means have failed ! CCohhob BfiQ lives ; and his ? character is vindicated , spite of all that class-prejudice and unjust men could do to prevenHt .

      ThzZeeds Mercury « nd the Leeds Time * were amongt the first to insert the slander . They have not yet , either of them had the manliness to contradict 5 k "WBUfceyaiDwdoso !

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      Geobgb Mitchell , Pobtsea . —We cannot give him the Information he seeks . E . Evjot ^ "WBIIBCHUXCH . —¦ Some ef ihe numbers are cat of prod * J ? B&oncl ~ knau > Jhje address . J . 6 , Itatos , LtXBSSR , energetically iaUs upon dU Chartists to support the ytcoM TvsD and espeasl ^ ' on the men J ^ o ndon not to forget ihat Gh White As & prisoner m £ h&rozpnciti ? i . . __ ' Sio ^ ESxlBsJSDIE , ' says j _ thai Tetters addressed te Jam U > thgiare of Mr . Divid Jiossj No , 12 , WeMngtontface , IM > erpool-TOad i Manchester ^ wUi reach Mm mg time during las intended short stag in £ . T . Mobekoji , iNoTinfGH iH . —The announce nentihatMr . Domanhas opened-a Temperance Sold i -wouldbc charged vs an advertisement . « b . BsBaiSD 'WGA £ aaajr ^ JI ! e ^* B * requested h stale . mteWLfofjMTi BeniardJFCariheg , thai

      he is confined to led , serwvsfyiU , and xeihollff ^»^ J > aMe ' oj * repl&ng to lus correspondents for the fail Vuve orfmrh&e ^ j ' m ^ JessZh Mtlend at the various j&e « to ^ vshieK ihe ^ iandness of his J rta m has vmtedMm vi , d ^ erent parts of the anair S' MeirvsU that this viB ie taken as a SrneraltensvDer , mid sufficient apcioffj / . A iOT ^ OT lffBKBII , 3 l ^ miBHiJt . T-3 % « J « H « W *» S ^^ on have not leen reprinted . Whether theff ^ tn ^ s o or ^ idepe ^ mibtttmsfances . p . ? - — 'The communication m ;^ gties&m is ^ otmthheldtecause oj lesx of prosecution . But tee hove ajearihattfte readers SfihlSisfvcould ^ Sfvdge ^ the 4 pdce the series toealdoccupy . : Jbr T HXBervigeuunis their o \ mstrucHon \ andlesrned ** ^ rsjuaierlJjudging fioja ihe ^ ienOr ^ eif ° * e noiMoaptedfor ihe comprehension i $ p > vrixn "Bien , cend-noi caicrOated to ledd to anv itrahediatt practical result . -= - -- , --- > ' - '' - ' - '

      ^ - Hnii iEHsa . —Ai four o ' chek , on Thursday Wtmoon , wf ' reasvedMT . ' jmWs ^ ei ter . Weaver «*»? JW * made-up " ' for Press . It « « spesst «« Joi&fitms wek . 1 ja ?\ Wx - TaztoTr , MisenxsTEB , &sires iQ 4 elamB j ^ . ^ a ^ ptof ^ lfromihe CarHsWCMriisl n *^ General Jtjctim Fvnd \ and Mr . Grocott has *¦ T ^™™ e shWing from Mr . ' James Mitchell , of " **** % Bridge , per C . Doyle , for the same pur-

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      PouriCAi IitSTmrrB , Shcthkld . Send , and *^ -W 4 : * n * it : pudgewhen it comes . Weean make no proaises forehand ' - except that we will not act unfairly . ' | Ma 4 SMiaaaHrBB ,-r-iV « rf «« eir . ? ¦ M ^ . Coopjee eferircs io acknowled ge Ihe sum of . # 1 12 j . ( tiUected qfter Mr . Dormant sermon / it - Nottingham , I -Wb obe desxbkd to announce that all lecturers unthing to visit Sunderland , must Jirst correspond with Ihe Sfkfretary % . Christopher Soott t No . 33 , ¦ Roperg-lane , Sunderland . ' Alkxamdee ABKBcaoxBiB . —Yes . ; "Pat tartmv Vin * i ^ .. c * ^ . v 1 »

      ^ EHB ' SouiH Xakcasbulb Delegates -wffl pprc ^ v © StoX we have not publkhed xms at- their reaolnttoiw . OarTwwn J * , a fear of perpetuating the very feeling they » o justly deplorg . Beddu we hardly think it wonia be Mr , Imder the c&eum » tano » r We tiiilk . vhafc the le » i all parUea canda , is to wait and see what is Oowin future ; and that too without oheerrstton . or reference to the past . By-gones are by-gooeau Xet them remain so 1 while -we « aeb , indi-Tidually , Be > t to work to Inculcate a good spirit and kindly feeling among all who honestly aeekto place the T * ople in their true position . ' \ Thx Alleged Exbcuiiom of Zephasiah ? Wit-Uiittr-We are nappy ia having it in our power to lay tiiat the rtory now going the round of the presa , alluding that Zsphanlah Williams has been hanged , is unfounded . last week we gava the paragraph in qaeation ; and announced that' va had ito ^ ved a letter from Mb sorrowing -wife asking for advice and

      - ' information . We are happj to have it to say that the means we pointed oat have auxeeded in getting at the truth ; and thereanlt is tbatont of the circumstance of another person named ; Williams j being executed , lias the story of the hanging of " Williams the Chartist" been manufactured . -Let us hope that evez ? paper that has published the inacsurate statement will have the honesty and the fiurness to publish thB following official contradiction : — 1 Sib , —In reply to a letter sent to : tbe Home j Office fetpectlng my -unfortunate husband , I 'have received the following j— " Joan Wniianwia informed in answer to her letter , requesting information upon certain circumstances therein detailed , —that upon inference to -the Official Estnma no mention is made thereon . . There has heen a man' named Samuel WJUfami executed at Port JLTthnr . * - By pubHshiDg the above , accompanied ¦» ito any remarks your prudence may suggest , yon will extremely oblige . Touts , respectfully , f

      Joab Williams . the phtsicals" cohtebtkd into Moral "Force Advocates '—Of all the strange things connected with the Chartist Movement ( and we have seen some very strange ones ) there is no one so strange as the feet that the most rabid and uncompromising " Physical Fob . ce- drivers in 1839 , have become , in 1842 and 18 i 3 , models of "morality , " philosophising by the hour on the madness of ever thinking to gain any good in England by the force of arms l And ai the fime they Jsoinnocently do this , they abo charge their own " physical" deeds on the heads of those -who alons saved hundreds from being massacred iy tho soldiHry , l > y sounding the note offwsrning "when the hellish plot was laid ( by the now

      " moral men" ) to get the unarmed people to ran into collision with the authorities . We scarcely know TuoDto account for the fact ; ; bnt it is so . It rosy be thrnt these " Ijeroes" iriiih to driTei&om memory all remembrance that they once were the getters-up of emutes , and concocters of plans to take towns and barracks ; arrangers of breakings-oat , and the deserters of those -whom they had placed in danger , alleging that "it would not do for them to be present , as strangers would be sure to be suspected . " Bespeeting one of this Jtenna we have received the folio-wing : — j A person yon knovr resided in Windsor-street ,

      Islington , in 18 S 9 , and represented the Chartista of Bristol in theflrat Convention ; he was at that time a " physical fores '' Chartist of the first water , and exhibited Ms prKEto all -who entered his house , it fbeing BUBpended over the mantel-pieee . Since then he has been driven about with every wind of doctrine , and has ever been in pursuit of an easy job among the most insidious foes of the Charter—the "New-movers * and the '' League "—the Chartists , be it bom * in mind , tad so idle , lucrative job in whicb to fix him . Well , he is sow at the dirty -work or the- almost defunct league ; and inhispetigtinataonshas called on the people of Hun , before whom he has frankly declared lie

      has chaugbd . : "An exemplification of the changling's stalUiiy was given when he joined the rt New Move " r ; his svo-wad reason for so doing being that there "was too mach " demtndatioTt" in the Chartist ranks . KOW he is employed as tramping denouncer 1 We certainly live in strange times , and we meet -with very strange men—men who seem ambitious to attain the- very apex of ineonaistency . Why do the people tolerate such -walking incongruities ? However , let them only be known , and they are harmless . Tours respectfollyi Hadicjll . GOVEKKOBS OP PBISOaS SUPSBIOB TO lap ? . — Under the above head , we have received the following Jrom " the QneenTs { own ) prisoner , " G . WMtai—Queen ' s Prison , Aug . 15 , 1843-Sib , —I have to complain for the first time since I entered the prison , of an act of gross injustice , contrary to the law and the prison rules . i

      On Sunday last a number of ray friends from varions parts of Xondon , some of -whom walked as much as iota jniles , called here for the purpose of seeing me , bnfc "were refused admission . ~ \ I applied to the new k « eper appointed by Sir James Graham , to know the reason -why my friends -were the nZjrpersons who had been treated in this manner ? He Informed me that there -were too many of them , and t&at he should only admit six -visitors to sae me . I told him that he was sot justified 5 n acting thns ; and that it appeared as if he intended to treat my visitors differently from jOI others , as all other parties-were permitted to pass through the gates without being questioned .

      That the majority of those who visited me were troiiingmen , "vrh » conld not come on a weekday ; sad that if he persisted in xneh a coarse , it would amount to an abrogation of the privilege which I « IaimedJM a first rate misdemeanant , to -which 1 -was entitled by law , and -which * was confirmed by Baron Alderson and the Judges of the Queen ' s Bench . In reply , he stated that" hs should take the responsibility on himsel 2 , ^ &a shonld not aamit them . " My frieods Were , therefore , compelled to walk away disappointed i and 2 caverecdved another lesson of theinutility of . Acts of I ^ riiament to protect those -whose opinions imay sot be in accordance with the views of Government

      officials . j 1 -was sent to this prison for the express pnrpose « f enjoying Vb » privileges of a debtor , between whom and first class misdemeanants no distinction should be made ; at least so said LordDenmanin my hearing . Bat here we learn that a governor of a prison can set aside the decision of the Jndges and an Act of Parliament , particularly irhen a Chartist is the aggrieved party . -Hoping yon will give insertion to the above , I am . yours truly , Gbobge White .

      TBB COLLISSS ; ARC THE ATXBMPXS TO GET 7 B 2 H io Strike . —Most -watchfully does it behove ffcbia ill-nsed , oppressed and badly-paid body of men to be on their guard against toe machinations of men who are wishful to defeat the honert purposes of the " Colliers" Movement" Snakes in every direction are slimily-working themselves into « onfldenee , endeavouring to raise up a feeling in favour of an iinme diaie Strike , knowing that no means-will so effectually destroy the power acquired by " Uaion" as a * prtmatme exhibition ef It , leading to disorganlzition and

      decay . These sneakers are to bs fonnd in eyery corner . Lately , « e gave the caution of one of the accredited agents of the Collieriers' Union , against them and their purposes . He testified to the feet of their eren getting into Uie bed-xooms of the 1 * 0-tnrers ; and adopting tuery «""« to get at tbeir opinions and plans , and stray , their jadgmenta . This -week we give the information gathered by Mr . Harney in hia tonr throxigh the Northern mining districts ; and to his timely and judicious advice weald beg to add an imploiiDg that , tiie Colliers -win look about them , and defeat the ends of those who seek their

      - otter destruction . If they suffer toe present opportanity fOT ^ good , —effectual good , to be thwarted to evil ends , they may bid a long farewell to the hope of bettering their condition } The means are being raised np by whieb tbey may , if my act jpdicitnety astd cavtiostiy , aa&ert and establish the independence and emancipation of their order from a thraldom as bitter as it is heavy ; buV those means-will not bear trifiing -with ; and if once let go , -will sot soon be gathered together again . A perfect organization the Colliers may cave , if they only act with discretion and prndence . Utter confusion they-will have , if tfceyspffer themselves to be led or driven into a - wrong course of action . When they are thoroughly organized , they can determine , vniie&y , on an object to be songht

      for ; they can go , vnitedly , to seek for it 5 they prill -then saeceed , if the object be a jart one ^ and t the means for accomplishing it well calculated , and ; the plan of operations systematically laid down and carried oat Witiiout organiation , or with an [ imperfect organization , they will belikeaship wittont a yndder , floating in Hhs open storm ; ocean , at the anercy aiifl beck of every opposiBg force , and H 1 U * ms ^ ely dashed to pieces upon the rock , and Bent to the bottom ; allperishing fer -want of the mesas of gaiding thevesael trough thei » Teiffllatbttff < Jtted , ami ent of the current that drove h « t onwardfjtQ destrncSo n * Xet them ,. aien , j » e to it , t # tovertbeir jOflp " weiljnannedi , to have all her . appoiafeafnb © erfecl : to havelwr in ^ aMna Mm before they weigh

      & anoher and set sail ; and : let joo one , ab ^ poTrer , ip «; M * Sethemio ^ o to » ea -wKhoat compart-or _ pUot -Aicx > e - *! l ^ l * iag $ , Id them gee &at Jhqr * v * yrsu -PiOTISIOJIKD * 0 B 3 &-TOTAOB ! Jnattfentioni ; to tteje points will hnrlthemtodes ^ etion , Msnrely as they venture ont of port . " f IErom another of the accredited agents of the Miners ' -Asaociatios , ve have received . words of cautionr to hia brethren . He aetaito one of the roeaia jxesortea to by the { kowJ itodfiiends of a >»« olliera , ^ l » are , all at once , become . filled -with commissetatton and landly aflfection . In a . large toro in Swfiand , _ " Mr . W . Hammond -was intrednced by afriend into a company , conajstingmainly of . eoal-jnaeters , colliery- ; clerks , and other little Jacks-in-office . Be had sot

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      been there lony / ere _ " ° niB of thota kind pblLUJthrophle gentleman , ? pepai to' express their aentimenti , » to » bjU > rould % t ^ b ^^ nowdob :.: Ihe jwsinflTrthey recommended ss Jor the evils fa ^ wvepple ^ af 8 ; 3 aboarln | nnae *;« a » * ~ animmeayaie £ triU ^ - ^ infcrddneed me ' tepHBdrttofe « ar object was fo pWirent all strikes at the present ; The other answered that * VB thb iraavipxoT- stbike THE -MASTERS WOULDM' = To «* iflhmy friendperanently replied * WB STBTICK yiBSTMB tAST TIME : WE Wilt 1 ET YOU STRIKE FIBST TfilS 1 TJ $ U ? . I soon T perceived the sort of company I bad ' gotamongBt , and -wa « tvery careful how I spoke , v The object they had in view , io use foneof uielr own phraseBW , " . ' to ... - ..

      , draw the leg , ' but as I was on my guard , I , beard all , but said nothing ; ' excepting' now and then jnst pntting in a troiti to draw THEia l eg Their object is to ; crush the present movement at its birth . I consider it my dnty as one placed as a watchman upon : the walls of 'union'to warn my fellow Bia-reB to beware of the subtle devils who conceal the cloven foot under the garb of Mndness . Having now for a long time been advocating the cause of freedom '; and although I have not yet obtained my darling object , yet I am far from despairing of saocets , provided that prudential means be attended to . I am aware . of the disposition that there i s in many to run at random , withouk considering -what the rwulb will be , madly expecting that

      the new born child is as strong as the adult . I have been a young man , and am now turning old ; yet I never saw any thing that was done prematurely answer any good purpose . Nay , on the contrary , it invariably failed in accomplishing the intended design . 2 caution you , fellowmen , once more to be on your guard . Do nothing rashly ; but let patience , perseverance , and reason direct you in all your movement * , and yon-will be then sure to succeed . Recollect it is not that br&icb is most rapid in its movements ,, that meets the greatest success . Some things , like Jacob ' s venison , are too quickly got to be of the right kind ; or like Jonah ' s gourd , too rapid in their growth to be of longstanding . " The g ame bas begun— . —We shall-shortly hear of

      " Coercion Measures" tor Ireland . The press has its part to play , In paving the way . It has the alarm to sound , and to act upon the fears of the men of property . This is the usual coarse . Whenever Government have determined on an onslaught , the press gets the ewe ; and ! forthwith it is at work . This has been the case inEogland on all occasion *; and In Ireland too . When the " Green Bag Conspiracy' hadtobe hatched in 1817 , the press laid the eggs . When the Whigs determined upon a course of coercion in Ireland , in 1834 , the press paved the way . The Leeds Mercury then talked most glibly about

      " King J > on . " When the Caattlats were to be put down" in 1839 , the yell of " physioal . force' * was set up by the press ; and every ol « woman in breeches frightened out of her wits . When it was expedient in 1812 to remove the Chartist opposition out of the ¦ wa y of the anti-Corn law league , the cry of " Chartist Insurrection" was raised the inattknt the men en Strike had been induced to couple the Qharter with ths wages question rand the press took care that tha cry was well echoed from side to side . So now it te wife the Repeal . The press has begun . Coercion - will follow 1 Bead the following ' alarm ' cries ; and say -what they are uttered for : —

      A private investigation has been held by J . Little , Esq ., R . M ,, and the iStranorlar magistrates , relative to the Ribbon , or Repeal procession which took place there at midnight , on the 11 th ult , and which has caused such an awful sensation in that part of the country . As the meeting was a private one , we have not-heard the result ; but we are glad to learn that the authorities have taken up this frightful outrage for proaecntion . —Newry Telegraph . ; Late on the evening ; ol the day on which the recent anti-Repeal meeting-was held at Curren , some hundreda of Repealers collected at the New Bridge , armed with pikes , guns , bayonets , ; &a , 4 a , accompanied by a piece of ordnance , a swivel ! Daring the night a number of shots were fired byithe party . It Is said that shortly before the above meeting took place , a large quantity of gunpowder -was brought , by a carrier , from Belfast , to that neighbourhood ; The New Bridge is-within three

      miles of CasUedawsoni county of Deary *—Correspondent of the Newry Telegraph . The Manchester ^ Victim Fond Committee . — In relation to this committee we . have the following . It will now be seen who the Committee are ; and the objection that . "they -were elected by a committee '' Is removed ; for we perceive that the appointment has received the sanction of the members of the locality in special meeting assembled : — Sir , —At a special meeting of the members , held in Carpenter ' s Hall , the following individuals were confirmed to act as Committee for the "Victim Fond , via , —Mr . -John Hudson , ] Mr . Edward Clark , Mr . William Hughs , Mr . Thomas Roberts , Mr . Wfltfam Grocotfc : Mr . George Mareden , treasurer , Mr . Maorioe Donovan , secretary . Mr . Wm . Tatlow , the late secretary , finding the holding of such an office would interfere too much with his business , was compelled to resign .

      By order of the Committee , iflAtBTCE Donovak , Secretary . Manchester , Aug . 14 th , 1843 . P . S . All cjanmunications to ¥ e addressed to No . 15 , Qarden-streel , Holme , Manchester . M . D . The Meetings tor ; Electiohs of Delegates to the Conference must be open public meetings , of which public notice must be given . Mind , and let this point be attended to . A single dsparture from this rule perils the whole . The Chairman in each case should sign a credential for the delegate to take with him to the meeting . That document should set forth that the delegate chosen was elected at a public open . meeting ; and specify time and place . It should also set forth the purpose for which the delegate is elected . The Newcastle Chabtists . —In answer to their

      inquiry we nave to say , that the reports in question have been kept out of the . Star , because not deemed of sufficient public importance to justify insertion . They nave mainlj referred to routine business of no interest generally ; and sometimes they have reached at that period of the week which has left us no alternative but to omit them . We are not aware of a report of a lecture , or any publio proceeding being withheld : but some reports of the nature we speak of have been . The \ Norihern Star cannot be a mere transcript of the minute feook of each locality , giving publicity to votes and resolutions merely affecting the members in a particular place r its space 1 b rather too valuable for that . It does give , and will continue to give , reports cf public movements ; and even of these , whenever there is a press , we must ba aUowed to determine which is to be inserted , and which -withheld . JOHU AitEN XXJ > TkIEKDS , BRIGHTON—We COUld not make use of their communication tnis week .

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      ciation Room . Thirty-six men of good and sound principles , stern advocates ! of Chartism acd Teetotalism , Bat down to 8 good « ub « tantial dinner of Old English fare , served up in a style which reflects credit on the managing committee and the ladies who assisted . After the cloth was removed , Mr . Henry . Smith , was called to the chair . He briefly opened' the business of the meeting by statins that the -working men , finding there was nothing to be expected from the present law monopolizers , had determined to set up for themselves ; and as Bradford was never backward in standing forward to aid in the good work of social improvement , the present party was got up for the

      purpose of rallying the " good and true" once -more round ihe standard of liberty . He now felt great pleasure in announcing the first v toast of the eVfning , one that he was sure the . mention of it among working men was enough to insure i t that honour , ] which the ardent and . honest "friend of the working man always received . The toast he had tnchoaour togive was "Feargus O'Connor , the people ' s advocate and poor man ' s friend . " The toast wu received with rapture and cheers . The next toast was *» Thoinas S . Dancombe , the honest representative of the People ' s CbarWr in the so called House of

      Commons ; and the warm advocate of political liberty in every sense of the word . * ' Received with three times three and one cheer : more . The next on the list was "The Welsh Patriots , and may they sosn enjoy the blessings of liberty . " Here every one stood up , uncovered , and warmly / responded to the prayer . The Cbainnanthen « ave "TbeJtev . Patter Mathew , and ftef tempera ' ^ ce cauae . " ^ This was warmly received ; a many testifying to the great comfort experienced in the domestic circle , by following the advice of the great apostie of Temperance . 1 A vote of thanks -was tendered to the Chairman for his ability and kindness , and the meeting brokefup highly aatiBfled .

      * . Oif Monday Evbkinw the usual monthly meeting of tile Bradford-Central Joint Stock Company was held . The report Joritiie ; last month was laid before the me * ting , and unaniBiouBly passed .. It was agreed that a spetjal meeting of ihe ahareholders b © held on aromlay ' naU ^ ii iOa : Cen&al Stor ^ ^ pel-Une , at ^ Igbto'dw * jfavae ^ ening . ^ CardB ^ meDibersblp will then b > i ^« riiu ; Tfl « committee appointed to canvass ^ new / shM ^ qlders will state the progress of their ' WJUtA ThaJcnanaging commltte * xequeafc all -mnrnbaaMMer ^ five shares to pay- np that sum , as

      . « n » oen ; faiy > prate immedtstoly to be openefl in various parts of ^ he town . " TtTey have already . opened one branch in JBowling Bacfclane . It is hoped the -workingelassBswill take op shares ^ io this laudable nadertaking , and by their cplbpenUoa . prove that they are capable to mw ^ etl ^ l > wn business . . Already has it done much good in keeping down ' tte ; prices pt ptoyiaiossi aa from tixe fact of this Store being managed , by jrorking meni having » , working man for an agent , they v are enabled to sell at a much less rate of profit tnftn the vboid-be-gentty iliopkeepor who strives , ; to ape the aristocrat at the expenc * of the working man ,

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      \ i 2 ZSZv $$ mn -Qnxm b- >^ ThefoUowing sums yi 9 jitbemt& riaklSeir Jives on a rope ' wWolihas M-& ; £ * mshoaoMk media S ^^^ ss ^ m&st Close ^ l M 6 d ,, Jarrow £ 2 16 a . 6 d . ; Nova ^ Sootia H * ? 4 ' » ?^ ro s- s P « n « welI A Coppybrooks 16 a . 4 d ., J ^ amngthorne 93 . 6 d ,, Westerton 63 ^ Shildon Bank 5 i 6 a .. £ vah « rnA < t 4 > ViRi ra Sa « vwnn £ 1

      £ l ¥ & * f ^? " 8 ley Sa , IJrpeth £ lt Black Boy it I 83 i . -A Sol * Shields X 2 f h . Marley Hill £ l ° * ' h " ? S ° T- ^ £ 2 Ha- Fawdon . £ 1 * C o ^ - ? S h ^ fe l&M ^ JW- 'Fell - £ !¦; Andrew ' s House 12 ^ 3 d ., Wallbptfle £ l % Walberi £ 2 16 g , 6 d ., Oakwellgate 16 s . East CramlingtOn £ i 4 s . 8 d ^ Heaton * f 17 a . 8 d ., ] Barwen Iron Works 123 ., iHeworth £ 1 12 s ., and Coxlodge £ 13 g . ! MbETIMO pPDfili BCiATES IN CONWeOHON WITH THB Mikbbs Association of Gbeat Bbitain and Iheland ; —On Monday morning last , August Uth , a m « et" ? g 0 " toe delegates was holden at tbe Wheat Shear , rendlebury , near Manchester . A goodly number of delegatea y ? ere ia attendance , Mr . George Harrison in tho cfaair . The Chairman opened the

      business mjan appropriate speech , in which he depicted , m glowing colouWi theJaistress sonniversaUX prevalent amongst the oojliera , and feelingly alluded to the condition of himself and family , who , be said , were often in want of the common neceseanes of hfe ^ and this too notwithstanding all his toil , which was none of the lightest . He then called upon the delegates to pay their proportiona of contribution ; the following snms were then paid in : — Oldham 10 s . J 4 d ., Ashton 10 a . 6 d-i Choriey £ \ 9 s * 2 d ., Hanging Bank 8 s . 4 d ., Bolton £ 3 83 . lOd ., Dainside £ 188 . 7 d ., itinKley £ 189 . / Halsh 4 w Moor ^ 1 - 8 a . 7 d ^ Bank Top £ 1 9 a . 2 d ., Farnhill 9 a . lid ,, Little Lever £ 2 14 s . 3 i . vSoholes Wi « an 7 s . 6 d ., Ratcliffe Bridge £ 123 . 94 . Crofter ' s ArmsJ 63 . Iliditotal £ iri 2 s . lid .

      The following resolutions were then agreed to without a dissentient : 1 . '' That Mr . Grooott be allowed the sum oil 6 a . for past Beryjces . " 2 . "That Mr . Septimus Davies have IO 3 . for his expences from Wftkefiold aud back , and for his ] attendance at the Eersat Moor meeting . " 3 . " That Mr . John Loinax , of Ratoliffe Bridge , be engaged as a lecturer for the Miners ' Association , and that he enter upon hia duties forthwith . " 4 . "That the lecturors be allowed £ 1 : 4 s . ' per week , instead of £ 1 Is . until the next genew ^ f delegate meeting . " ] 5 . " That Mr . D . Swallow he authorised to send fora person from the Yorkshire district , to offioiate as a leoturer in the Lancashire district . " 6 . "That fa publio meeting be held ou Amberwood Common , near Wigaii . for on

      thai district ^ Monday , the 21 st instant ; and that a special delegate meeting ! take place immediately after the oonolusion of the pnblio business at the CroReir ' e Awns . Wigan . " f . " That a public meeting beholden upon Oldham Edge ,, on Monday , the 2 & \ h instant ; and the General Delegate meeting to take place at the close of publio business , at the Old Mess Houfce , Oldham , when delegates from the whole county ara requested to attend , " 8 . " Tiiat 500 placards be printed ; announcing both meetings ; and the chair to be taken at both publio meetings at ten o ' clock ! in the forenoon . 9 . " That Mr , Charles Meadoworoft , of Dukinfield , near ABhtonWhder-Lyne be appointed the Treasurer for this county . and that he give security for

      all monies that may Come into his possession . '' 10 . ** That Mr . Wm . Grocott , of Manchester , be elected Secretary for ! the county . '' 11 . " That D . Thompson and John Lomax be appointed to go into the Wigan district , D . Swallow into the Bolton district , and the Yorkshire friend into the Oldham district until the General Delegate Mating ; " 12 , "That we , the delegates present , empower the i delegates of the Wigan district to elect Henry IJennet , as lecturer for the Assooiation . " Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the compliment ; and the delegates retired after sitting nearly six hours . The best feeling prevailed ; and

      all present conducted themselves ; like men determined to take ; their own affairs into their own hands , and by their ' own exertion ameliorate and improve the conditionjof themselves and families . D . SwAtiow's ilouTBr—Pendlebury , Satarday , the 19 th instant ; Wigan , Monday , 2 lst ; Hanging Bank , Tneaday , 22 ad ; Halshaw Moor , Wednesday , 23 rd ; Little Lever , Thursday , 24 th ; Bury , Friday , 25 ih ; and Ratcliffe , Satttfday , 26 th . All communications for the Secretary of the Miner's Association of Lancashire , to be addressed , Wm . Grocott , care of Mr . Wm . Dixon , 2 , Cross-street East , Bank Top , Manchester . ! '

      Dhnpermline . —^ -Countt of Fife . ——Messrs . Darnells and Hammond hay * been . actively employed during the paiat week , in propagatiag the principles of the Miner ' s association , and have had pretty good success . I . - ¦' . (' .: GBossaAKs : —Important Delegate Meeting . — A Delegate Meeting of the Colliers of Fife , was holdon on Satarday last , 12 th inst . at the house of Mr . Cairns , New Inn , Crossgates , There were thirty-nine Colliers from the r different works present . Mri Jamea Beverage w « tt called to the chair , and Mr . William Daniells ! appointed Secretory , The meeting was addressed at very great lenath by Mr . William Daniells ' on the objects , motives and laws of the Miner ' s Association ; and afterwards by Mr . Hammond on tho same subject . After this there was a short discussion , and the following resolutions were unanimously -passed . —1 st . " That we highly approve of the Miner ' s association hat the

      of Great Britain and Irelaod . " ~ 2 nd . ^ T tollowing be the route of Messrs . ; Hammond and Daniells during the next fortnight , when ahothar Delegate Meeting shall be held : —viz ., Monday , 14 thr instant ; Willwood ; Tuesday 15 th , Elgin ; Wednesday 16 th , Towhhiil ; Thursday 17 th , Holbeith ; Friday ) l 8 tbi Crossgates District ; all to meet together , comprising the following places , Furdle , Donnybrus 8 lejNeth , orbeith , Halibenh , and RaniBay ' s ; Monday 21 st , [ Ketley and Beith ; Tuesday 22 ndi at Lockgelly , and Lookfinens ; Wednesday 23 rd , Bagside and Kupledrary ; Thnrsdiy ^ 4 th , Clunny and Taagh ; andou the next day to proas over to the Lothians to attend a general meeting of the Collierswhicb will be holden on Saturday the 26 th int . " There being no more business the meeting broke np , heartily wishing success and prosperity to the Miner ' s Union .

      Colliees Meeting at Barnsley , Yorkshire . — A meeting of ; Colliers was holden on Bate-bones Moor , near Barnsley , which Was addressed by Mr . S Davies , frdm Newcastle , who spoke upon the many advantages to be derived from Union , and a proper direction of the energies of the working men . He exorted them ! to join the Miner's Association . A good feeling vna manifested . ; WeilwoodJ near DtJNPEaMtWE . A-publio open-air meettag 6 f the Colliers of Wellwood and Elgin , was held ont Monday , 14 th inst ., Mr . Shepperd in the chair . The meeting waa addressed at considerable length by Mr . Wiiriam Daniels , evidently with good effect . A number of coal masters , c jcrfe 8 f overmen , &o . attended the meeting to watohtbe proceedings , and if course to overawe the men . Oho of

      these worthies had the unmanlinees to interrupt Mr . D . four or flveitimes during the time he was speaking . At first Mr . D . treated him [ with silent contempt , but finding this only made him bolder , he turned upon the thing , and a dministered to him a severe castigation , which had the effect of silencing him daring the remainder of the meeting . The object of this interruption was , Without doubt , to break up the meeting before any resolution was passed , but the men stood their , ground boldly , aud passed a resolution irftheir very teeth , pledging themeelyes io join the Miners * Assobiatioh of Great Britain and Ireland . Tbisfwas gall and wormw | ood . The

      meeting was afterwards very ably addressedly Mr . Hammond , after wlicn a ta « maH CJ ^ Jotwa ^ to « bject to the association ; he had got it into his head that the association' was about to ap ^ ly tt > Tariiainent , to regulate the hours of labonramopg colliers . He delivered himself of a rambling sjjeeobi tf hick neither himBelf or any'body else could understand , and was replied to by Mr . W . DaniellsV Who' tset him right on the subj ^ t of legislation , Ultimaielythe opal-masters , clerks , overmen , taxmen , et hoc genus omne i all walked away , having found it was no'go . ooneequentily the colliers were . left masteri of'the field . jThis meeting will dp great good ; as a beginning , sixtytwo cards were taken out before the meeting bxoke

      n P' . 1 ( ¦ . ¦ . - "¦ ¦ i ' :.- . - . Collikhs' Movement . —A publio meeting of coalminerB will be holden on Amberswood Common , near Wigan , on Monday next . Messrs . Thompson , Lomax , Swallow , and other friends , will address the meeting . Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The ] miners of the district are xespeotfully requested ( to attend . 1 A NatioIjal jConfebence of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland will be holden in the Three' Tims' long room , Manor Chair , fNawoastle / bti Friday ihe 1 st oif ^ ptember » proxima , atniiw o ' clock j ffrmiland Sfi biiMness of | ii *; imp ^ rtan . ise willM conaideriid by the ; delegates , fit is hoped , that each mine iu the Empire will send a ; delegate .

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      Mji » ches * eb 1—The discussion upon the propriety of amalgamating the question of tbe Land with toe agitation :, for the Charter , will b $ again resumed in the 1 trge Anti-Room of the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken at half-past tWo' ^' cloekWtneafternoon . '"; .. , } , ( : s Mr RoBEBTlpEDpiBt late a prisoner in Beverley Hoasd of Correction for bis advocacy jjf Chartist principles , will ideliver a lecture in the Carpenters ' Hall , oh Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken ftt half-past six o ' clock . Mr . Peddie will also > jive a description of the sufferings he endured while in prison .

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      . Railroad Accidents in Pesn » yltania . —— i'ne Holidaysburgh Register : says ^^ that a great expicsipn took place in the tunnel of the Alleghanny Portage Railr&ad . ; Some cars laden with whiskey and bacon had been run into the tunnel ; in the evening , where . libey were left for the night ; b « t in coming along , a spark from the looomotiv a had got in to one of them , and remained unobserved . ~ Towards morning it had increased toatiame , and , j reaching the contents of the Barrelfl an explosioa of tremendous violence occarred—rending the oars into a thousand atoms , and disengagin « . huge , masses } of rodk above , filled the tunnol to such an extent sa to render . it impassable " ' ' ~ - ^~* m ; w _ ^ .. ' ' - ^

      for a day or two . —The same paper gives an account of another accident onthe same Railroad , On Plane 10 , the rope broke , while a | burden train of cars was near the head of the plane . The oars rushed down the plane " like maid ; " the conductors held on , and applied their levers , but unavailingly ; they gamed in velocity every moment ; . so that near the foot of the plane , the conductors leaped off and escaped Without injury ; but the oars kept on , and coming in contact with another burden train on the same track at the bottom , ia Ian instant there was a ** wreck of matter , " and [ the road bestrewed with fragments of the broken cars and their burdens . — Six were utterly destroyed .

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      ISED AGENT OP THE COLLIERS' TJNION . A meeting of Colliers having been announced to take place at Halton Lane Ends , neat Bolton , Mr . David Swallow attended for the porpoise of explaining the nature and objects of the Miners ' Association . Upon his arrival he wua Informed ! that none of the publicans in the village durst allow the meeting to be holden on their premises . Mr . Swallow therefore proceeded to make arrangements for addressing the Miners in tbe open air . He then discovered that a coal proprietor , aud a magistrate of the nam « of Halton , had taken measures both of a coaxing and coercive nature , to prevent the attendance of bis men j coaxitis , inasmuch as the coal king had descended from hia high station , and paid for ale , and played at bowls with , those inhis

      employ ; coercive , a 9 he had determined no meeting should be holden . Mr . Swallow proceeded to address those about him , and had the gratification to find that tbe almost good feeling prevailed among his audience , whose numbers augmented , notwithstanding the temptation of the ale and ttiie bowls , till the squire was deserted . He came running foaming with rage / and shoutfng at the top of his voice , "I say , you , Mr . Swallow , yon must not preach here ; if you are not off instantly I shall give yon in charge of the police , for I have received orders not to allow public meetinga in the thoroughfares , " Mr . Swallow then asked him " upon what authority he wad acting ? " He said "he was a magistrate , and it was ] his duty to disperse all meetings . " Mr . Swallow replied , " there was not any

      obatruction , either for carriages or foot passengers ; " and respectfully asked , " what ] reason Mr . Halton could assign for preventing the men from giving him a fair hearing ; they earely eoald ' discriminate between right and wrong , and if what he advanced was prejndlcal to their interests , tkey would then nave an opportunity of saying so ; and he assured them if they produced proof that onion would be an injpry to . thsm , he would not advocate it any more . " Mr . JH . then took Mr . Swallow by the aim and told him " if he was not gone in a few minute * , be wonld send him [ to prison . " Mr . Swallow , therefore , bid the men disperse quietly , and go to their respective homes ; and then turning to Mr . H . said , •' your craft is ia danger ; " ] to which hs replied , "I will not be insulted ; I do not wish to prevent the men

      bom going with you to another place ; get a field if you can , and then I will not interrupt you . " Mr . S ., " No , because you dare net : but Sir you know all tbe property around here belongs to yourself . Will you allow us a field to meet in ?" " No , " wdd he , " 1 will not" "No , " said Mr . Swallow , " I did not think you would . Have yon not threatened the publicans if they allowed us to meet ; and does not your whole conduct prove that yoa dread the diffusion of Intelligence among your vassals ? " Well , " said he , " you have no occasion to come here to teach us ;; we know more than you do . " To which Mr . Swallow said , "I do not know quite as much about ' Peterloo' ; I had to go and work in a coal pit , when very young , to help to aggrandize such men as you . " Being ) then near the door of a publio house , ihe landlord toek Mr . Swallow by the

      ahoulderand attempted to push him forward , saying , "go along , yon shall not cpme In my house" Two colliers , the mere lickspittles of a tyrannical employer , came forward and said , "dun yonoa the consequence oa talkiu abeawt Peterloo toth' Sfaoire ? " Mr : Swallow wanted to reason with them ; but finding their object was to kick up a row , he left them , and proceeded on his way . Tha colliers in Ibis village ate receiving lea » wages than at any other colliery in . Lancashire . They are paid once in each month , and have , on some occasions , what they call a long month : that is , five weeks . ThiB wa » the case at Mi . ISwaMoWs vbit ; and he found , nr > bn enquiry , that , Rafter paying drawers and other incidental expenses , a many of the colliers had only 25 s . for their five weeks labonrl ! Well may the " Coal King " dread the colliers meeting to take these things into consideration , i

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      ATTEMPT TO MURDER . CAUTION TO A 1 J , CONCERNED . A person has called at his office this afternoon ( Friday ) to state the case' of a family residing at New Church Place , Mabgate , Leeds , of the name of Stocks , who are at present suffering all the horrors of actual starvation , and likely , if relief be not immediately afforded , to starve to death . The head of the family , William Stocks , is by trade a miner ; has been oat of work some time , having had an inflammation in his hand ; , and been nnder the care of the General Dispensary . He has a wife and sevbn chiidben . One of them is working , the oldest girl , in the factory ; and ber earnings are 3 s . 2 d . a-week . One of the children iB , at the present moment , Wing on a sick bed . For some time Stocks

      has been ' ^ relieved" by th ) a Dewsbury "Board of Guardians" with four and sixpence a-week ; and to entitle him to that MONSTROUS sum , they have required him to go from Leeds to Dewsbury , or Batley-Carr , to break stones for it ; a distance of eight miles there and eight miles back ! Forj the sine shillings pay for a fortnight , he baa had ) to walk that distance six times over I or a distance of ninety-six miles , and break four and-a-half torts \ of dross / The Whole family therefore , have enly had seven and eightpence per week to keep nine of them alive I The sick child is ander the care of the General Dispensary ; and on Tharsday the House Surgeon gave the distressed father a certificate to take to the "Overseers of Dewsbury , '' as to the condition of the child . Of that certificate the following is aj copy : — This 13 to certify that Wjjlliaio Stooks ' s child has been a patient of the Dispensary , and is at this time

      dangerously ill . Her disease appears to have been brought on by scanty and innutritioua food , and the family seem to be in the most deplorable state . J . Carpbr Pago , House Surgeon tojthe General Dispensary . Leeds , August 10 th , 18431 " With this dooument the starving father waited on the Overseer . He showed it to him . He received four shillings and sixpence back with him , and an order to go break droaa again , so as to entitle him to four shillings arid sixpence more on Thursday , the \ 7 th inst ., with an intimation that if he does not so earn it , he will not receive it X NOW THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER ! We warn all cmcerned \ to see to it I If the child DIE , we will do ( our utmost to have a legal investigation ; and an indictment for Murder shall be preferred I \ The Guardians and relieving officer of the Dewsbury Union have had

      fair warning . They have had it certified to them that this obild u ia DANGEROUSLY ILL of a disease brought on by scanty ^ and innutritious food" ! They have had it certified tot them that " the family seem to be in the mast deplorable state" I They have Withheld the necessary relief ! If they still withhold it , and the child , or any of the family die , they are . qoiliy of MURDER in They had better , therefore , look out !! 1 j The Certificate" states that "the family seem to be in the most deplorable condition . " The public will judge of that condition when we tell them that the only furniture in the hofel they " dwell'Vin , is , an old cradle , a stool ; a single bed and bedstead , and a few pots . One singlk bed fob nine persons !!! AND ONE OFfTHEM

      "DANGEROUSLY ILL" ! 1 ! That bed has not a blanket The sheeting" is composed of two old flax-bags ! These , with : an old coverlid ( a borrowed one ) , is the stock of bed- « lothing . Thisj man hasr worked for nearly thirty years . He worked for Tottie and Gaunt" for twelve years contihaoHsly ; and he worked for thirteen years together for Mr . Fenton , of Waterloo 1 Aiid after alt his toil , ^ above is < his lot ? Dnnng the time that he has been receiving " relief |* from the'Dewsbury Board , his wife has been confined to bed with an inflammation in the knee , * he has had four of the children down in the small-pox ; > nd he himself laid np with an inflammation ia ] ihe hand , which is not yet welll He is unable to work ; were he to proenre work to morrow ; and consequently unable to break

      dross . The surgeon informs j him that if he attempts it , his hand will be as bad again afi ever it was . We adrito the father to' go id the Leeds' Overseers , andWBk them for relief . If they refuse , wo adtwerhim to 0 -to ; tife mda' ^ IagiBti ! at « s . If they * refuse , we advise hW "io ; go to the Dewsbury Belieyin | J ^ Officer ; audt if he refuses , WB VBBBH ADVISE' HIM ; ift ) i CO AM ) STEAL . If benpermits that child to DIE for want of food , while there is bo " miich aro « nd him oa every hand , he wna , Si ^ iloiiiii ) a MURDERER H If he tries' ^ 4 e ^ eans we point out , and they / st / , every principle of reason and common sense will justify him in taking where he can « et it ! We seriously advise him to do to , AFTEB HB HAS TBIED AIL THE 0 THEB KEAKS , AND THBT HAVE FAILED ! )

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      ^ vs ^ v ^ s ^ ^ ' ^^^ M ^^^ B ^ wrfvK' ^ r ^^^^ &OUSE OF LORDS—Thursday ., Augdst 10 . Lord Bboogham then rose , and said tha % in consequence of what he had said the other ni g ht , ho had deemed it to be his duty , and he now rose to perform that duty , premising that he had adopted this coarse without anyCommunication with the Government , or even hia Noble Friend on ihe woolsa-ck , to present a Bill to their Lordships , by which he had succeeded , in 1833 , in putting an effectual stop to the disturbance of the public peace , taear , hear , ) H ? s reason for presenting this Bill—which was in form the same as the former measuTe , with this exception , namely , that it was confined in its operation to seditious proceodiiigfrwhoreas tha former aot related to all proceedingg

      atteridiflg unlawful meetinga—was this : he hadseea with horror and indignation , which he should in vafd attempt to describe , or to give vent to by words , an attempt of the most atrocious descriptiou ou . the loyalty of her Majesty's army—( hear , hear )^ The sergeants of the British Army , forsooth , ward ihe worst used men of any army of Europe ; and if the Hepeal of the Union took place , they wouldptbr the firs ^ time have their ri ^ ts—CeheerB ) iSHe , wou \ d 4 ake oa himself to say for the sergeants of the . British army , that they would regard with that acorn whioh it deserved this miserable attempt on , tEew loyalty and discretion . —( hear , hear )^ If such things were to be done with impunity , and if impunity was to be secured to them when done by the result of » partial trial , he could not tell how-long that loyaltv d

      andisoretipn might endure * The constant appeal to the base passions of ' * mm , even of the ^ beat of meu , was neither wholesome nor fit to be allowed j aud he took the atep on which he was now enterine for the protection of theipyjiiL joat M much as to terrify ^ e guilty ^ hear , h ^ arX i Lord Wigklow expressed > his extreme gratifica tion at the re-introdoction of a . measure which should from . the . first have been , made permanent ; but Lord CampbeU ^ conaideriuK ; ' the bilf as clearly fne of coercion , . oppoaed iitv . as nnnessiry , and objected , moreover ^ that it shonld have emanated froai the responsible advisers of fihe Crown , i » i < « After a few . words from the Marquis of Londonderry , the Bill passed its first stage ; and Lord Brougham gave rnotico that he would move tfl » B 8 waareadiag . thi 3 day .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , ^ -THimsi ) AT » Aug . 10 * In the Ctoiumohs Mr . iGrtADSTOSE moved the second readiagpf fhe T ^ : fa xeja $ n& straiHts on ^ the exportation of maohinery ; which , after ,: ^ Bomew na t longi ; , debate , was carried by a injHorityvbfseitol y ^ eighV ' , ; ^ . ^ , ,: >; ' There was another attempt to defeat the ScoUh Benefices Bill , on the motioa that ; the Speaker leaye . ( he ; i * air $ Mr .: p . . Stewart moTiog that tt should be committed that ^ day six months , tt

      failed ; for on a division-th ' era was for the oonimittal a majority of 31 . . ' ' . - . - ^ i . The second reading Of the Bill antho / i « njfeMfc >^ . ¦ Government to call out , and Mm , the M ^ orfMg ^ Tg . exoited k smart discussion ; buHt was oaroes ^ Ji ^^ ii ^ X large majority , ^/ \'"^ ^ i ^ vO

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      VICT 1 H PDKB . J . Green , Warwick . l 1 0 From the Chartists of Manafleld , per J . Q . mbbard ..... ,... . 8 0 From Brighton , perW . Flower .... ... 11 0 FOB MB * ELLIS . From H . Harris , StafFord .... 4 0 FOB COCKBURN , NEWCASTLE . From a few Frienda , Morley . ...,., 5 0

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      MR . FEABGUS O'CONNOR AT LEEDS . On Wednesday Mr . O'Connor arrived from Loadon , to ^ nlfiJ his ecgagement of-addressing tho people of Leeas upon that and the following night . The large Halt of the Commercial Bnildiugs was engaged for the occasion ; and shortly af tor eight oAJIocfc , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Air . Brook , Mr . Westlake , and other leading Chartists , entered the room , and was loudly cheered . Mr . Brook moved , And a number of pers 6 ns seconded , the appointment of Mr , Jackson , coru * miller , and common-coanoil man tor iha West Ward , to the chair , which was carried unanimously , . The Chairman , who had been recently installed in his new dignity , owed his elevation as

      commoucouucilman solely to the Chartist interest , upon the pledge that he wa 3 an-out-and-out-Cnartist . Tha people W 6 re therefore anxious to know whether or not , Mr . Jackson common-councilman , snu Mr . Jackson candidate , was one and the same . The aadieace were very speedily relieved front , all donbt ; the worthy councillor taking the opportunity to inform the meeting u that he was no chabtist ; thar . ho was no physical-force man ; that he was no levelkr ; aud that he was no partisan of Feabgus O'Connor , whom he had heard represented in many companies as being a Tory spy in the pay of the Tories . " This epening speech , fallowed by a very cold introductioa of Mr , O'Connor , was received with breathless silence and evident emotion . Upon Mr . O'Connor

      presenting himself , he was received with thunders of applause . As soon as silence was obtained , he turned to the Chairman , and truly " wiped i-ina down . " He so placed the question of" No Char vise , * " physical-force , " moral-force , ' "levelling" « ad " partizanship , " that it was soon evident the worthy Chairman wished be had left unsaid what he had said . The lecturer then proceeded for upwards of twohours to instruct his audience upon tbe preseei state of political parties , and upon the prospects of a Repeal of the LegislatiTe Union between Great Britain and Ireland ; explaining how that tnetisare could bo effected , and the benefit which it would assuredly confer upon all classes of English and Irish society . He contrasted the benefits likely to accrue from that measure , accompanied with the

      Gharter , with those which wore so lavishly promised by the League , as . the fruits of "Free Trade ; " and , in the course of his observations upon that portion of his address , he coavulsed the meeting with fits of laughter , by his representation and imitation of " a Methodist parson making a Free Trade speech . " He appeared to swell himsel f out to double his usual Bize ; and , assuming a clerical attitude , in a deep sepulohral tone , a most ludicrous countenance , and with fixed and uplifted eyea , continued for some minutes , until the roars of his audience prevented the preacher from proceeding . Mr . O'Connor concluded an address which appeared to give universal and unbounded satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , ' aud ihe meeting after giving three cheers for O'Connor , Repeal , and the Charter , separated in high delight .

      TH 0 BSDAY OTGHT . On Thursday night , the interest appeared to increase ; the spacious building being well filled . Dr . Lees , the : eloquent and talented teetotal advocate * was proposed by Mr . Brook to the chair . In doing this he apologized for having imposed upon the previous meeting , by proposing Bit ; Jacksou to that office , stating that ho ' had been imposed upon himsalf , as be and many others had heard Mr . Jackson » when , canvassing for office , declare that he was a Chabxist , and had considered him such . How / great was bis surprise , however , to hear Mr . Jackson declare that he was " no Chartist . " This night he would not fall into the same error ; for he now had the pleasure to propose a gentleman well-knowa

      to them , not only as a professing , but as a praoticaL ,. Chartist . He meant Dr . Lees . ( Loud cheers . ) . The nomination wasi ssconded , and carried unanimously . Dr . Lebs introdueea Mr . O ConnoT as their able , long-tried , and uncompromising friend . The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to address the meeting upon the subject pi the " Land with the Charter . " He analysed the [ questions of agriculture , manufactures , manual labour , and artificial labour , class legislation , and ' popular representation ; shewing , in the clearest manner , the direct and indirect effects of each upon all . He handled the law of primogeniture , of settlement and entail , in a clear and lucid style ; and shewed such an intimate connection between the erievances occasioned by a bad system of

      agriQuIture , and artificial production , aa to otcate , & strong feeling fa favour of bis argument , especially ia the minds of the middle classes , of whom there was a good sprinkling present . ,, He spoke : ; for two hours , only interrupted hy applause , ^ hen he had coneluded , he proposed , and Mr . Brook 6 econded , a vote of thauk ^ , tb . ephairm ^; : w ^ rising , wa » receivedvnth ^ very mark of regard . He said thai he waa truly i Chartist j and he believed that every man who had time and inclination to consider that great measure would arrive at ; the same conclusion that he had . Many parties sn « ered at them , and said they were led away by demAgogues . Had there been anything of the eorfc . that * night 1 He had marked the breathleaa , atieaiion : jwitU whieh they had listened to aspeech of two hours duration , which for simplicity of language , Boundneas of reasoning , and riaearob , could ^ x&k ? -be ^^ sarpaiised . - - ~ lix > -wrm sure \ -tim ?* mffiul . ffie&@&ei ^ gajM& deporimmf ^

      was never witnessea'Tat any ; . wide or -Jtory m&nvsgu in tfaia orany other ; townri < loTid cheers ) - ^ He had seen the pernicious effeota of the landlord systeoi and of machinery , and all the evils that sprung from the misapplioatipn of capital , and its baneful effects upon unprotected labour ; and he was a Chartist , because reason had led him ,, to , the concluaion that that measure , and tbatslorie , could purify the source from which fair adjusment and proper distribution , should flow—( renewed cheering ) . Can any matt refute any of Mr . 0 * Conuor ' 8 positions ?—( " $ 0 , " aud cheers ) . No ; and . why 1 Because I have attended closely and followed anxiously through his address ; and he never once appealed to your passioTW ^ -Ccheers ) . No ; he treated you as reasoning beings ; he appealed to your judgments , your common sense , and yoar understanding ; and the triumph 1 of those attributes is sure to lead to the redemption of the Working classes . —( Loud and rapturous applause . )

      A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . O'Connor , who , after a brief acknowledgment , anoounced , that although he never had attended a Sunday meeting , yet , aa the object was a good onfr—that of raising funds to send delegates to the Birmingham Organizatton Conference— -he would , in compliance with the reqaest of hia brother ' Chartists , address them , in their o \ ra room , ou Sanday evening next , at halfpast six , p . m ^ on thesubjeptoftheLand and Organization . This announcement was received with zaaoh cheering ; and the Haeeting broke up more than repaid for their attendance .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct495/page/5/