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      Ai nuiiU , Oa Tknred&y , the 3 rd instant , igreeablj to & regabitioa numerously signed , a pabHc meeting was fceldin the Town Hall , the Mayor in the chair . At efcrree o ' elockj the boor for which the meeting was called , a small number only were present . The object for which they had met together was exp lained by the Mayor , and the requisition desiring him to call each meeting was read after wnich , a Mr . Francis , a tutor at one of the colleges , rose to object to the manner of getting up the requisition

      that a many who would gladly nave signed it had not had the opportunity ; that it had been carried iboot by a party for party purposes ; that the Conservatives , who would hare gladly availed themselves oa so jo / ons &a occasion , had i > eea entirely excluded ; ana that the hour for which the meeting va 3 called was inconvenient for a many who were confined by business ; and that , for these reasons , he would move for an adjournment to another day that greater publicity might be given to a subject of such vital importance as the one they were met to comjnemorau . Mr . Heal ? , a working man , previously to Mr . Francis speaking , had protested against the unseasonable hour for which it was called , as it excluded almost all the working classes , who were as mueh interested in this question as any class of the community . Mr . WiLis , a Whig barber , saw no reason why the meeting should , not proceed to bnsiness , there being as many present as was nsual on any occasion , excepting the two last times , when tae Hall was filled for the purpose of obstructing the arrangements ot the messing ; and the only design for an adjournment favourable to a meeting of the working classes was to defeat the objects contemplated by the present meeting .

      Mr . iirsxs , a working man , said the arguments of the last speaker were of a strange character . A meeting was called for a specific purpose , by a numerously-signed requisition , yet he would make bold to assert that * s many of " the requisitionists themselves were not even present , he thought their loy&ity was below par . How could the few now met congratulate her Majesty , as the inhabitants of Hull ! Inat , according to the last speaker , the fewer met , the greater loyalty , and , on the contrary , the larger the meeting the greater the disloyalty . If this were so , there was no occasion whatever 10 call this meeting , as the Town Council 5 or eren one individual , might do the work this meeting wa 3 called on to perform . Bat whenever a meeting was called by requisition , all those having signed it ought to answer to their names when read over by the chairman , and concluded by suggesting an adjournment to Monday evening , at seven o ' clock .

      Mr . Eekxedt then moved , and Mr . Johs Peck . seconded , tha ; this meeting , at iw rising , be adjourned till Monday evening , at hail-past six o ' clock . A committee of nine was then appointed to draw np an address and resolutions , to be submitted to the aajoumed meeting—the WbJiw , Tories , and CnartLsts having each three oa t&e committee , the three for the Cnartists being Messrs . Peck , Wild , and Healey . The committee met ou Friday evening , but no sooner did the Chartist party submit iheir views to the codce of the meeting , than Mr . Fraucis ( a Tory } refused to acknowledge any such pany as Cnarnsts , and that the exiled and suffering patriots were enduring a merited punishment .

      The Chartists , being men in a minority , refused to connect themselves iuxiher -with the proceedings , and the Whigs and Tories dove Uiiled together their Beparate adaresses , to meet the views of both parties . At the adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Bull , btdd in the Town Hall , on the evening of Monday , 7 th December , ISiO , the Mayor in the chair , to pass c 0 D . grainJ 2 . tcry addresses to her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the Duchess of Kent , the following proceedings took place , and vrkicn we think ought to have the greatest pnblicity ; as , no

      douOi , otner towns , or rather the Whig municipal authorities of some other towns , may in like manner deceive not only those whom they meet to congratulate , but the country in gtnera ! , as : o the state of feeling manifested on these occasions ; and as oar paper is nijst extensively circulated among a -elass of persons who know how to value 'W ' tig professions , ana wno are no ; to be deceived by their proceedings , a report of this , while it may not iurprise tha Chartists , may , nevertneless , affuro iu them an additional proof of the value of Whig Teracity .

      Aiier the adjournment on Thursdsy , all parties exerted themselves 10 demonstrate their influence on Monday night . Whig agents were a 3 busy as bees on a summer's day . The Tories , in aouitio ' n tu other means—and treating was one— extensively circulated a printed document , of which the following is » copy : — " You ars particularly requested to attend a meeting to be held a ; tne Tuwu riall this evening , at half-past six o ' clock , for the purpose of vociag addresses to her Majesty the Q-ieen , Prince Albert , and the Duchess ot Kent . Monday , 7 in Dec ., 1840 . John H . u : ebuiiOn , printer , oi > ,

      Scale-lane , Hull . " Aa may bt auppo&ea , the exertions to procure a fail meeting were not thrown away ; before six o ' clock a considerable number Of persons had taken their places , the Tory gallery wai pretty full , the opposite one the police asserted was reserved lor fema-ies , notwithstanding , before the business of the meeting comuienccQ , it was taken p ^ s ^ esaioa 0 : ' by a _ posse of VVtigs , whose conauct throughout was anything bat creditable to the party whose toals they were , or to them ? elTes as gentlemen ; sufice it to say , they were of the ahopoeracr , which affords at once & gauge for the calibre of their minds .

      A little betore seven o ' clock , tha Mayor , Sir Wm , Lowthrop , Mr . Kennedy , Mr . Francis , and severa ; other gentlemen made their appearance on t :.-e platform , which wai soon crowded in every part by Wbi ^ s and Tories ; at this time the body of the Hall was crowded chiefly by working men , and the police insprsdeDtJT closed tne doors , which caused coniia ^ raole coniasion , as there were hundreds seeking admission , and one of the Caanists had to be passed ov . vn in an xmproie .:: ed e-uutiitiou , as the services of ail were "Wniggishlv required upon this momentous occasion . The meeting w ^ s optued bj the Mayos taking the chair , who claimed for every speaker a fair hearing , af : er which ,

      Mr . K £ > "NEDY , the editor cf the Whig Advert ' uer newspaper , who obtained a p ! a ~ e under Lvrci Diirha . m in his Canadian minion , explained t-o the meeting the circumstances under which the committee appointed at the last meeting had acted , but only explained = 0 much as suited the purpose of his parry . Sir Wx , Lowthosp then rose to to move that an address be presented to her Majesty , and that the following be the address . The Tows Clekk . then read the following address : — " To Her Most Grschus HjxsI-j ihe Queen .

      " We , your Majesty's loya ; and dutiful suojects , ths Slayor , . Magistrates , Clergy , jderc ^ ants , Bankers , and Other inhabitants of the Bor ^ nih of Kingston-upon-Hull , assembled in the Town Haii uf the said Borough , beg liave to tender to your iLijest ? our most sincsri : ana heartfelt congratuiiUyns npua the aospicious birth of the Hciress-PresniDptiTe to the Throne , " Ij * m benign Pr ^ Tiience . " » hicii lias hitherto protecie-i your . M » j « ty , we oEtr up our ferTesnr pray trs for the c laUuiisi hea . th of y ^ ur Majssrv and the Pnncess Royal ; and -we trcst tkit your Majesty ' s mavernal so'Acviudc vriii obtain iu b ^ st re-ward in the early utvelopcinent and timely nutority of Ciiristian graces and patriotic virtues in tha mind of the infant Princess .

      ' it is our earnest hops that the Almighty giver of all gooi . through ¦ whom kings reign , may long preserve ycui Majesty , the Princess Royal , ana your Koyal Consort , in Uae enjoyment of eTery dumtstic blessing ; that your Majesty may rei gn over a ioyaJ , free , and contents ! people , and trial your Majesty ' s deiCrndan ' . s may be esaibnihed through ail generations on iheThroCc of these re&ims as the protectors of o ' -ir religion , and the gTioraiana of our national liberties . " Sir WJlJiam said that ihe principles of the Brirish constitution he coonsidered most especially adapted for tne nappu , ess 01 the people , tney being based opon a a equitabie diitribauon of power , whereby the tr . iiereiit oraers of the community were fa ; riy represeijted , and ooerated as a cheek on each o ; h-r .

      ( Much uproar . ) It was this wlach ne coDsiUtred maae this country siand uanvaiied in the history of the worid . ( Great disorder . ) Everything , thereiore , Triijea bure on the maintenance of this happy equidbrium was 01 the greatest importance to the nation . Nothing , in his opinion , could be more important thin the auspicious event wliich now called them together . He was a lover of his country , because ae conld find no better ; and he was & lover of the Government , because it embodied essentially those principles which secured the best interest * 01 the working classes . ( Loud cries of " No , no . ) Gentlemen were not to try him by his words , bus by his actions , which alone could prove the truth of his assertions . He would observe ,

      fcas in glancing at the history of the world , they could not fail to be struck how much human blood has been spilt , at various time 3 , in settling the disputes of rival claimants to the throne , assisted much by the connection of aristocratic and democratic principles , wnich even now more or less agitated thi 3 conntry—not only this , but every country . Admit this , and still they had only admitted that the difficulties which belonged to imperfect human nature were in tha way of the advancement of lii > erty and happiness ; and in his ( Sir W . L . ' s ) opinion , the only way by which this could be effectually removed , was by the more expansive , diffusion of Christianity . And it ought , therefore to rejoice every heart , that it had pleased God to stakd this country the depository of the sacred

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      truths of Christianity . ( Much uproar , and criea of " Question . " ) After a prayer for the success of Victoria ' s reign , he concluded by reading the address , Mr . FbjlXCi&j of Kingston College , then addressed the meeting , and said he was convinced that the address which had been proposed would be acceptable to the great majority of the meeting , so far as it went . Having been one of a committee to prepare an address which Bhould not be offensive to any , he need only submit to the meetiag that such an address had been presented , and was now before them . If this was the case , no more need be said on the subject . The meeting had heard that thia address had not been unanimously prepared by the committee appointed tor that purpose ; the reason for this was , that certain members of the committee considered themselves as delegates of a party , ior the

      purpose of preventing unanimity , and to 6 ffect that object had attemoted to introduce matter into the addresses which they had been appointed to prepare , perfectly irrelevant to the subject upon which they were assembled to address her Majesty . He ( Mr . Francis ) had come there at some inconvenience to express his sentiments on the occasion ; he had told them , at the last meeting , that he was noi a delegate of any party , and had merely acted from hie own impulse of what he considered to be right . If ever there vrere an occasion when party differences ought to be laid aside , this was it . Without detaining the present meeting further , he would beg to second Sir William Lowthrop in the proposal that the loyal address , which had been distinctly read over by the Town Cierk , and in which no loyal or rational man could find anything objertionable , be adopted by this meeting , and forwarded to the foot of the throne .

      Mr . John Peck then rose , amid the repeated plaudits of ihe Chartists . He said he had the honour of appearing at that meeting as the representative of his fellow-townsmen of the workiDg classes , to propose for the consideration of that meeting an address in the form of an amendment upon that which had just been proposed . He first wished to observe that a great mistake had pervaded the minds ef the gentlemen who had previously addressed the meeting ; lor , if they consulted the orig inal requisition they would see it stated that the inhabitants were called upon to consider the propriety of an address to her Majesty . Gentlemen had presumed—and he hoped to prove wronglythat nothing extraneous—uothiug but a simple

      congratulatory address ou ^ ht to be presented . He denied Eiich a position altogether ; and , had business been proceeded with at the last meeting , an amendment similar to the one he now held m his hand would have been presented . ( Applause . ) He had yet to learu when they were met on an occas : on like the present that it was extraneous matter to ask for mercy . ( Great applause . ) He had yet to learn that it was extraneous matter to ask their Sovereign for relief on a joyful occasion liko the present , from burdens that pressed upon them . ( Much applause . ) There was nothing more likely

      to make the present a joyful occasion than the exhibition of mercy on the part of the Sovereign towards her people . ( Rapturous applause . ) It was not uncommon for persons to be liberated from gaol on joyful occasions like the present ; and only on ilonday last , a gentleman £ a . d liberated all the debtors in Carlisle gaol , whose debts were under £ 20 , solely , a 3 he stated , in consequence of tnis auspicious event . ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) He ( ilr . P . ) was there to bring forward au address expressing the principles of that party which wa ~ not recognised by the State , and , if he could , he would have those sentiments carri-: d to the Throne .

      ( Much appiause- ) He asked ihe Mayor if the working classes ever had had fair piay since the Whigs came into office ; he asked if anything like justice had been done since they held the reins ; aid not the waking classes present a requisition to the late > Jayor asking for the use of the Town Hall to consider the propriety of addressing the Queen to dismiss her present Minister ? , which petitiuu was signed by 320 inhabitants whose trades and residences were attached to the signatures , and they vrere refused ; while , within one short week of that time , a Whig requisition , with but sixty signatures , was graciously received , and the use of the Town Hall granted them . Among us , justice is not only lame , but bluid . ( Grea : cheering . ) Mr . Peck concluded by proposing ¦ hat the following address be substituted for the one j-ist read : — "To the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty .

      " Most Gracious Sovereign , —v . e , your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects , the inhabitants of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Auil , in public meeting assembled , beg leave most respectfully to ten \ Jer to your Slajesty out sincere aDd heartfeit congrarulatiuus on the happy and auspicious event which has conferred upon your Majesty the endearing title ef parent , and enables ns to hail the birth of a Princess Boyal of these realms . " We hope your Majesty ¦ will be pleased to permit us to congratulate your Majesty on the nevr feeling of affectionate maiernal kindness which must animate your Majesty towards your royal daughter , and allow us to express the hope that you will take into your serious consiJeratien the condition ot those who are "without not only the comforts but the necessaries of life—a state of things which has been caused by the folly and extraragance of oar legislators , yrho are alike ignorant and corrupt .

      " And that while "we invoke the Divine blessing on your head , we hope that your . Majesty wiil cause inquiry to be made into the grievances of the people , grievances which can only be removed by granting to the peop . e a full , fair , and free representation in the Commons' House of Parliament , as contained in the People ' s Charter . "That we hope your Majesty on this joyful occasion will not deny to the exiled and incarcerated victims of political persecution , that sacred mercy which Heaven has constituted the only condition of extending to man its forgiveness , but that you will be pleased to issue an universal amnesty to all suffering patriots of the people's cause , ana tuu 3 diffuse unmmgled joy throughout your Majesty ' s dominions , as well as to the widowed mother and orphan ehiid . "

      ilr . Thomas Wild seconded the address as amended and proposed by Mr . Peck , and said tha ' . it had bis cordial approbation , for it exactly recorded his sentiments . ( Cheers . ) It would appear that the toiling milliou 3 may hope for no sympathy from the aristocracy and higher classes . Has not her Majesty the prerogative of shewing mercy , and is it not oae of the first principles 01 Christianity , to love mercy and to do justice ? \ V \ ny then should we be deprived of this opportunity of seeking for mercy for ail those who have been unjusily persecuted , and of expressing cur opinions oii an occasion so favourable ? 1 would aak the gentlemen present if the working Masses have any ^ rievances?—if there are : m :-Oi'MOO aanti-2 oom weavers in a . state of < ie *

      iiimion ? ( Hear , hear . ) Have we not trievancer to ' . ouip : aii » of in the State , in the Church , and in tne Law ? Do we not see che prisons becoming wo small to hold such a 9 have been sent there for being poor ; or for givk-g expression to their political - pinions ? ( Hear , hear . ) i ) o we not see Union basv . ' . es erected all over the country , and have they not inflicted upon the country a Rural Ponce force to mirk the footsteps of the working classes , and to transmit to the Secretary of State every circumstance connected wiih their movements ? All these eviis " nave arisen in a brick and mortar leai ^ la ion , and

      of which I see a grea : deal here . Olucn appiau-e . ) The Scriptures tell ns ihat by the sweat of out brow we shall obtain food . How tnen does it happeu that so many of the industrious aTe starvhiij ( Aery , " Mr . r ' rancis ana such like eat it all . ' ) Sir Win . Lowthrop says he ii a friend 10 the working classes . I believe him , and hope he will shew himself really so . ( Hear , hear . } All that we want is to esjoy political rights as a means of bettering our condition , without in the lca . it abridging the eomtorts of tne higher classes . Let them keep ail they have . 1 hex leave t-o second the amended address . I Applause . )

      Mr . Healy ruse to support the amendment oi Mr . Peck , und said that , notwithstanding wnat had teen expressed in committee by a gentieman presentthat the Ccartisis were not a recognised party , the Speaker of the House of Commons , when that House was petitioned by upwards of a million a ¦> . a quaritr , declared not only the petition bat the darter to be perfectly legal . He ( Air . Healy ) was sorry to find that one who called himself a dear Ciiartist brother at their last meeting-, should be doin ^ his utmost to disturb the present one . He hoped , however , to see the day when the working classes would possess the power of . legislating for the interests of all , and occupy a seat on mat bench at present filled by gentlemen acting as magistrates , and that juetice would then be impartially adminis tered , ana not as by the present authorities . ^ Hcre the confusion caused by the Whiga became so great , that it was impossible for Mr . H . to be heard , and after waiting a considerable time , he sat down . )

      iir . Burns rose to support Mr . Peek ' s amended address , and could not but express his surprise at the manner in which this question had beeu argued by some of the preceding speakers . He could not but allude ( he hoped not offensively ) to some remarks made by Jlr . Kennedy in respect to the unauimity hoped for it this meeting , from the labours of ihe committee appointed at the la- ? t one . Hon he thought the fact of three parties having been

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      appointed to prepare an address , was proof sufficient that each party had , or supposed it had , a motive or interest of its own to manage in preparing an address that should meet the views of all . Now , the party with whom he acted , were only influenced by human motives ; all they sought to obtain in that addreBS , was a prayer that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to exercise her prerogative of mercy towards the exiled and incarcerated for political offences . Sureiy thia was not too much to ask on what all were considered to acknowledge as a very joyful occasion . Kow , he ( Mr . B . ) thought that noc one of the gentlemen on that platform would have compromised his dignity , or sacrificed a principle , by including in tht ir address , a prayer , which

      would have detracted nothing from its merits , and have had the cordial support of every individual in that crowded assembly . That the address prepared by the Whws and Tories would have their support , no one could for a moment doubt . They were paid to snpport such addresses , but the working classes , having set theirminds on one object , were determined to support nothing that did not embrace it ; and it were far better , when their object was humane , to unite with them for its attainment , than obstinately oppose their praiseworthy exertions . Mr . Kennedy might , he ( Mr . B . ) thought , be very easily mistaken for a lawyer ,, for he possessed that quality in a h ^ h degree ior which the most eminent among that tribe were Qistinguiohed , viz ., special pleading .

      Mr . K . had wished to make it appear , that every thing but unbounded congratulation , and the most unqualified expressions of loyalty , was foreign to the object of this meeting . . Is rojalty , then , a matter of privilege only , and not of duty f Nor can its privileges bo acknowledged , when its duties are not periormed . I ask you , Sir ( addressing the Mayor ) , if you would continue a person in your employ who ceased to perform the duties for which you engaged him , or continue his pay shoald he abscond hia employment altogether ; I know you would not , Sir , and the cases are parallel . But , Sir , the mover of this address ( Sir Wm " . Lowihrop ) has made some strange statements ; aud which can only be accounted for by the education he has

      received . We cannot be ignorant , Sir , of the influence of education in the formation of character . ( Laughter . ) I am not a Socialist , Sir ; still 1 cannot be ignorant of the fact , that our character is often to be accounted for by impressions made on our minds in early life ; we take in a great measure the form of the mould in which we . have been cast , and we find the greatest difficulty in after-life of accummodating that character so formed to a different class , feelings , and circumstances . Sir William has spoken as if no changes had taken place in this country within the last few years ; but if he had consulted documentary evidence , as laid b . fore Parliament , he might have known that there are numbers of those hands whoso wages only

      average seven shillings a week . Contrast this state of things with royalty , and we shall fiad that whilo tnousands are thus starving , the expences of royalty are more than equal to the wages of 4 <> , 000 men at l" 2 a . awei : k . Sir William has told us that nothing is so important to the well-being of the State , as that a line of manarchs should govern by hereditary descent ; but I can inform Sir William , that no nation , tor the purpose of aggrandisement , have deposed monarch * and overenrned thrones' as our own have done . Witness our proceedings in India , where blood has been spilt that would fill the oceau , and life sacrifhd without mercy , and treasure expended in the unhallowed coufl . ct , in amount incalculable ; but Sir William would improve our condition by a wider diffusion of Christianity . Weil , we liave attempted this , and it was only tne other day that we read of the Captain of a man-of-war

      and some of hia officers and crew being slain in the attempt to impose our religion upon the inhabitants of one of tan South Sea Island . * . ( Cries of " no , no , and yes , yes . " ) We h&ve tried Christianity ( so callfrd ) j . long time , and before it can ever fulfil the desigu of its benevolent founder , those who assume the teaching of it , muat do more work , and receive less pay . ( Much cheering . ) Mr . B . then referred to the illegal conviction of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and . ^ a : u that he heard Judge 'iindal declare to the Counsel employed by Mr . Frost , that no damage should be sustained by nim in an appeal to tho fifteen Jucig-s , on the objection raised by Counsel in iiis buhalf ; but who does r . ot know that although two of the Judges on the Commission decided in favour o : the prisoners , they were , nevertheless , sent out of the country \ Un this ground alone , and wtre there no other , he should support the amended address .

      After a few words in reply by Mr . Kennedy , the Town Cierk read tne two addresses , aud the Mayor nr . iuiated that , as usual , the amendment would be put first to the meeting , and desired that one hand only should be held up by each person . Oa the amendment being put , a very large majority were in its favour—the loyal address having not more ihan oue-third of the votes—when , to the astonishment of every one , the Mayor declared the original resolution carrieo . ( Cries of " there is two to one , aye , fire to one , " proceeded from all parts of the meeting . ) It was again tried with the Hame result . Un the original motion for and against , still the Mayor persisted in his determination ( if no : his pr < dttermination ) that tha Chartists were defeated , notwithstanding geutldaien of ull parties agreed that th > . y had carried their amendment by a urge majority .

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      Opening of Parliament . —At the Privy Council , held at Buckingham Palace ou Tuesday , n was ordered t ! : at the present Parliament be prorogued from f nnrs-iay , the lOili instant , until Tuesday , the 26 th of January , then to meet , it is said , for the despatch of business .

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      KINGHORN . —Mr . John Dur . ran , from Edinburgh , delivered a lecture to ttie Chartists of this town , oa Thursoay last . The Hall was crowded , and the audience paid tne most profound attention , while the lecturer proceeded to discuss at great length the effects of cla ? s legislation . The thanks of the meetiDg was ^ ivt-n to VIr . Dunca n , for his address , in the most enthusiastic manner . 3 KOMSGROVE . —On Sunday last , a sermon was prear . htd by Mr . W . Ckmeiiis , in the Nutioiul Charter Association-room , for the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , when the sum <> f 10 .-. were collected , i'he speaker addressed m a powerful aud animated manner ihe audience assembled , from the 1 *! Epistle of St . John , iii ch . and 17 th v . A ; a tiug impression was made on all present . The sum coliecttd we shall transmit forthwith to the Secretary of the Victim Fund .

      Tza . 1 ' aKTY . —A tea party will be held at the above place , on t ! ie * 2 uth indt ., for the before-m * nuoin'd purpose , whm kciuri'S will be delivered by Mr . W . Cha . ton , of Kiddermiusier , aud otner friends from liedditch . St 7 TrON-IN-ASBFJ £ LX > . —On Wednesday night the 25 th alt ., Mr . Mason , from Newcastle , delivered a lecture on the principles of Chartism , in the Chartists ' Meeting-room , Water-lane ; on Sunday evening , Mr . Harrison , from Calverton , lectured to a crowded audience in the same room ; and on Sunday evening last , Mr . Gilbert Mee , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , £ ave a lecture 012 fmp ' .-rauce . Mr . Mason will give another lecture ou Saturday next , and Mr . John James , on Sunday .

      WOTTOTJ-TJNDER-EDGE . —At a meeting of the Working Men ' s Association , on Monday la&t , ; . he following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That the thanks of th s Association be given to Messrs . Dover and Hewitt , for thesr honest , noble aud patriotic conduct in so buldly uiitua ^ kiug and expo .-ing the sophistry of the anti-slavery * ' humbug ? , " at their late meeting held in Norwich . LONDON . —National Charter Association . — At the usual weeK-y meeting or' rhe intmours , on Monday evening , December 7 th , Mr . Bertratod in the chair , the minuies of ihe last meeting were read and continued , subabriptious received , aud some new members were enrolled . It was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , that the treasurer do make

      the lirsc payment of teu shillings from tne funds of this locality on Thursday next , to the committee in furtherance of the great demonstration in January next , in favour of Frott , Williams , and Jones , and all the other incarcerated victims ; after which , an able lecture was delivered by Mr . Parker , a member of this society , ou the rise , progress , and principles of the People 3 Charter , in which he was frequently applauded ; he afterwards dilated upon and euergeticiiily recommended thepeople ' s paper , the Northern Star , which was responded to by every one present . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Parker for his able lecture this evening , and for his general advocacy of the people ' s rights ; a vote of thanks was also given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      Borough of Lambeth National Charter Association . —At the weekly meeting of the above association , held at Westbrook ' s Temperance Cotfee House , near the Gate , Waterloo-road , it was resolved to diaeountenauce every agitation , unconnected with the Rational Charter Association , as calculated to weaken the force of public opinion .

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      WBSTMIASrER NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . — Meetings were held on Wednesday , the 2 nd , and Monday ^ the 7 th inat ., at the Red Lion , Poland , Soho . New members were enrolled on each occasion ; and the association meets again oa Friday , at the B&me place . Frost Committee . —The London Frost Committee met last night , for the dispatch of business , in connection -with the intended new year ' s demonstration in favour ot Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . Bell having been called to the chair , Mr . Chapman addressed the Committee , stating himself to be one of

      a deputation from the Frost Demonstration Committee , and asking for co-operation in their exertions to make the demonstration effective . After certain questions had been asked , and explanations given , Mr . Dyson moved that a deputation be appointed for the purpose of assisting in the object proposed ; but it was afterwards agreed , in consequence of many members of the Committee being also members ot other bodies , " thstt it would be inexpedient to appoint a deputation , but the ptrsons present pledge themselves , individually and collectively , to give all assistance in their power to the exertions of their brethren of the Frost Demonstration

      Committee . " Mr . Hoppy strongly impressed on the attention of the members the necessity for punctual attendance , and a zealous discbarge of the duties they had undertaken to perform ; and concluded by submitting the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Thome : — " That the members of the Frost Committee now present do pledge themselves to take active measures for the re-organisation of the Committee , and that they do in future meet on every Tuesday evening , at eigbt o ' clock , at Lunt ' g Coffee House . " Some conversation then ensued relative to the financial condition of the committee , in the course of which Mr . Dyson strongly urged on his friends the propriety of their making a strenuous effort : to pay the debts ' of the committee . They should recollect that they were indebted to a man who was about to endure the full measure of persecution wnich it lay ia the power ot the enemies of the people to inflict , and had that day

      mot his foes face to face , and bearded them in their stronghold—he aeant Air . Hetfaerington , who , though he might be ever so much in v » ant of it , would not , ho verily believed , ask them for it , if t&ey « wed it a dozen years . He was anxious to see it paid . It was but jast that they should seek to be out of debt before they incurred new expences , and he theught it would add energy to the exertions of the committee to find itself entirely unshackled by debt . Mr . James Lawrence was fully convinced of the necessity of being free from incumbrance in their future progress , and he begged to inove^—" That a deputation , composed of three persons , do wait on the more opulent members of the committee , to ask their assistance in meeting the committee ' s expences . "—Seconded by Mr . Godwin , and carried unanimously . The Secretary was then directed to furnish reports of the night ' s proceedings to the Northern and Western Stars , and the committee adjourned to next Tuesday , the 18 th inst

      WIGAN . —The cause is progressing here ; the Commercial Hotel has b'Jtn secured for the approaching demonstration ; speakers are promised from Bolton and other places , aud it is expected that Wigan will turn out well . SrOCKPORT . —At the usual meeting , held on Sunday evening , several able speeches having been made , Mr . James Leech was elected to represent the Chartists iu thie Executive Council . An interesting discussion afterwards took place , as to the best method of upsetting a Whig meeting that \ a to take place on tlie 10 th . to request from the ratepayers a grant of £ 10 , 000 , for iho purpose of&ti ' wg the pockets of tho followers of the man with the fiendish smile , when it was determined that the Chartists should move an adjournment to that day twelvemonths .

      The Frost , Williams , and Jones' Restoration Committee met ou Monday night , when they received monies , transacted a deal of business , and passed the following resolutions .- —First , " That Joseph Costa , Joseph Melbit , James Forkington , John Wright , and Thomas Clark be recommended to the Birmingham Restoration Committee , as proper persons to become honorary members of that Committee . " Second , " That a vote of thanks bo given to the Birmingham Committee , for the promptness with which they have answered our correspondence , and also for the copy of the rules they have forwarded us .

      BiHJtt : j * GHAM— Nation a i . Charter Association . —At an extraordinary meeting of the council , specially summoned , by circular , for Sunday evening last , held at Bill ' s Coffee House , Moor-street , Mr . Councillor Barrett in the chair , a letter having been read from suutlley , requesting the Attendance of one or more of the council to attc-n < l at the dinner of the Studley and Kedditch Working Men ' s Association , on Monday next , December 7 th , It was moved by Mr . Herbert , seconded by Mr . Cotton , " That Messrs . Pare , Penn , and Barrett , be elected to attend the siid dinner , and that Mr . T . P Green be requested to attend the same . " Parsed unanimously . Moved by Mr . Pare , seconded by Mr . Penn ,

      ' That the deputation be empowered to take fifty copies of the Chartist tract , called What is a Chiirti » t , ' for the i » uxi . O !< ts u { dt .-trUiuCtug them among the people of Kediiitch and Suulley . " Th- ' council then adjourned till the following evening , when they met Jit the same place , Mr . Councillor Herbert iu the ciuiir . It was moved by Mr . Councillor Cotton , seconded by Mr . Bough ,-" That Mr . Robert Kemp Philp , of Bath , is a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a member of the Executive Council . " Passed unanimously .

      Notice having been given by the landlord that the place would not he had again to meet in , we beg to inform the Chartists of Birmingham , that placards will be issued , stating where we shall meet iu future . The cards of membership have arrived , and all persons friendly to the causo of Chartism , are particularly requested to attend and receive their enrds of membership , as we are anxious to have a good muster of the good and true to attend the demonstration on New Year ' s Day . Universal Suffrage and ho Surrender ia nailed to our nisujt , and , rather than strike colours , we are determined to go down to the bottom , and die a glorious death . " A day , an hour , of virtuous liberty , Is worth a whole eternity of bondage . " By order of the council , W . H . Cotton , S . S . Die . 8 , 1840 .

      At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Chartists of Birmingham , held on Monday evening laot . at Bill ' s Coffee Housu , Moor-strtot , Air . H . Oreeii in the chair . Moved hy Mr . Cotton , seconded by Mr . Bough , ami passed unanimously , " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , ani are hereby given , to the brave and noble-minded nun of Norwich und Brighton , for their manly conduct in defending the principles of ClKiriisin , in opposition to the lawn sleeves and M . P . ' s of tlie towns of Brighton and Norwich , and exposing the cant and hypocrisy of the villauous factions that oppress us . " Mrs . Brown ' s Support Fu . njd . —Mr . Bavies has received the Bum of lls . ( id . from Mr . Guest , Birmingham , being a collection > uadu by the Kuuica ! friends of Lancashire .

      MERE , ( Wjlts ) . —A Charter Association has been formed here , and they hold their weekly meeiintj every Monday evening , at the house of Mr . Stephen Miljs . We met 011 Monday evening , ' when the cards ot membership were administered to the members . CARLISLE . —A new Council of nine members has been formed here , of wliom the oSice-bearors are —Mr . Knott , Chairman ; Mr , J . M . Cubby , Secretary ; Mr . Sinclair , Treasurer . We hopo that all bickerings will now cease , aud thai tlio unitnd energies of the people wiJJ uow be directed to the attainment of their proper end .

      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNJ 3 . —The canny lads and . lasses of this truly democratic town are again bestirring themselves , and seem resolved to follow the ex mi pie so nobly set by their Scottish brethren . A meeting was held at the New Lecture Room , on Thursday evening , for the purpose of electing a candidate to the National Executive Council . After an appropriate address , Mr . Byrne proposed Mr . George White , of Leeds , as a proper person to be nominated on behalf of Newcastle and district . The proposition was received with loud cheers , and after being seconded by a member of the Council , was passed unanimously . Mr . White then addressed the meeting at great length , and entered fully iuto the principles of the Charter , and explained

      his views on the various questions that now occupy tho people ' s attention . He was repeatedly cheered throughout Another meeting was field in the Music ilail , on Saturday evening , which was well attended , at ¦¦ which Mr . White delivered an address on the duties of tlie people ; the necessity of union , organisation , aud perseverance , in order to secure to the people their just rights . After an address from Mr . Byrnw , resolutions were pawed , approving the Manchester plan of organisation , and pledging the meeting to increased exertions in the people ' s cause . Three cbeers were given for the Charter , the Northern Star , Feargus O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jonea , dee ., ana the meeting separated .

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      -STROPSWATER . —The Chartists of Stroudwater have deemed it prudent to send circulars to the different Associations in the county of Gloucester , to hold a delegate meeting , on Sunday , Dec . 13 th , at two o'clock in tho -afternoon , 10 take into consideration the propriety of electing a person for a county counsel to the National Charter Association . Mr . Sidaway , of Gloucester , has kindly offered to deliver a lecture in their Association Rooms , Tower Hill , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at halfpast six o ' clock . BRISTOL . —Council Meeting of the National Charter Association , Mr . Daniels , president , in the chair . After the enrolment of new members , the receipt of the monies from the Ward collectors , and various olas 9 leaders , th © minutes of last meeting being disposed of and confirmed , it was resolved "That the thafiks of this Council are duo and hereby given to the Chartists of Norwich , particularly their

      champions , Messrs . Dover and Hewitt , for their manly and honourable conduct in opposing the white slavery perpetnators of the vaunting locust establishment , and asserting the right of all persons to be truly free . " 2 nd— " That the thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to Felix William Simeon , for his strenuous opposition to the TonVs at their hole and corner meeting in the Diocesan School Room , and proposing an amendment requesting her Majesty to deliver Frost , Williams , and Jones from their illegal banishment and confinement . " 3 rd" That the Secretary do advertise in the Northern Star , calling a meeting of the County Council for Gloucestershire , to be held at Mr . Sidaway ' s , Magnet Inn , Gloucester , on Moaday , the 21 st of December . " 4 th— " That one hundred of tho addresses , - now laid upon the table , be posted , and a copy thereof seyt to the Northern Star office , requesting the same to be inserted in that invaluable journal . —Correspondent .

      miiiNROW . —Mr . William Thomason , late of . Newcastle , delivered a lecture in the National Charter Association Boom , to a crowded audience , on Sunday evening , December tho 6 th . ROCHDALE . —On Sunday , December 6 th , a lecture was delivered in the Assocint on Room , at two o'clock ; the attendance was numerous , and all present appeared to be interested in the truths taught . The lecturer , Mr . William Thomason , of Newcastle , dwelt upon the liberty-destroying and death-producing institutions of this country ; police , standing army , church , law , the monarchy . Corn Laws , rag money , pension list , and national debt , were exhibited before the audience with thrilling effect ; and each appeared to vow , as deeply as

      Uannioal , when in the midst of the tombs of his ancestors , to alter and reform the entire body politic . He exhibited the points of the Charter in detail , and in order to advance the cause oi' universal liberty , advised them to form themselves into debating societies , reading associations , and take the education of the rising generation into their own hands . After detailing the progress making in the cause of human advancement , the speaker sat down , and a vote of thanks being tendered , the assemblage separated , highly pleased . Mr . Thomason then , acconipanied by about twenty of the Rochdale Radicals , went to Milnrow , two miles distant . This place , notorious for its Tory and church predilections , was soon in motion , and the whole place , from its centre to its circumference , appeared to have turned out its inmates . The speaker was taken to the room where they meet , which is right over the House of Correction , so that if the speaker

      had said anything calculated to irritate , the minions of despotism would hav * had their instruments of torture close at hand . Every alley leading to the place of meeting was completely jammed . Mr . T ., in a simple and homely way , pointed out their grievances—the cheat practised upon them by indirect taxation—the atrocities of the cotton-mill system—and , after giving a puugent appeal to their hearts on the necessity of union , and the advantages arising from a combination of mental power , concluded amidst the applause of the assembly . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer , who replied by proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who is tho owner of the building . An excellent spirit was manifested ; and , by constant agitation ,. the place may bo made too warm for High Church Toryism , or that burlesque upon everything virtuous and good , known by the cognomen of Whiggery . — Mr . C . Connor will lecture next Sunday afternoon at Rochdale , and in tlie evening at Spotland , to

      commence at six o'clock . MOUNTSORREL , —Mr . Mason , of Newcastle , lectured at thia place on Thursday evening , Dec . 3 d ., in tne Cbartis ' . meeting room , to a gratified audience . He commenced by urging ihe people to union , Wi-flout which they wt ; re powerless , bus with which they were omuipoteut ; he thtn in an able manner exposed tho Corn Law humbug , and severely commented upon the New Poor Law . After touching upon a variety of other topics , he stated to the meeting the interview ho had had with Mr . O'Connor ; ho described that gentleman as being in good lieakh and excellent spirits , and concluded a powerful address , which occupied two hours in delivery , amidst the plaudits 01 the meeting . We have much pleasure in stating that Chartism is progressing at Mouatsorrel .

      CKESTERFI 2 LD AND BRAJttPTON . —National CuA-KTKit association . —At their weekly uic-iUiig , hei-j on MouOay evening last , after the unual business was transacted , and a , few new members enrolled , it was resolved , first , " That we nominate a fit and proper person as a member to serve on the Executive Council . " Carried unanimously . Second , " That Mr . George White , one 0 : the victims of Whig despotism , is a fit and proper person . " Carried unanimously . It is particularly requested thac tha members of this Association will bear in mind aud be at , their posts on Monday evening next , when business of importance will be transacted . Brethren , be at your poots . Agitate ! agitato agitato !

      jiAWTHKIUtf . —Mr . Mason , the talented lecturer fonhe Midland Counties , delivered au able discourse at the Cross hero on Sunday last , which was listened to throughout with great attention . The movement here is progressing rapidly . LOUGHBOHOUGH . —Mr . Mason , tho Midland Counties' lecturer , preached an able sermon in the Markut Place , on Sunday last , at half-past two in the afternoon , to a very large assemblage of all elates . He also delivered an address the same evening , at the house of Mr . Skevington , Charter Hotel ; and on tho Monday evening , at the same

      place , he delivered a powerful lecture , elucidating th « operation 01 the existing institutions on the labouring interests of society . At the conclusion ot ihe lecture , Mr . Skoviugion , ia a brief and eloquent uddwsss , appeuUHi to tlw meeting in a mo ; . t imoi-essivo manner , to do their duty in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . A vote of thanks and tluen oiieers wcr « j t \ w \\ given to the li-ctuvor , and time i . uvi tlinw fur the " buffi . ring Chai't : sc- > . A vote of tii-auks b . ing i ; iven to the worthy Cfiairnvi-n , Mr . Dakur , <> . '' Hawshurii , who replied in a neat speech , the meeting broke up .

      B JXiTON-fj' -MC- ORS . —At a Council Meeting of the National Charter Aasooiaiion « f Bolton-le-Moors , it was resolved , " Taat a urttad demonstration do tako place in or near BoUoti-le-Muora , ou New Year ' s Day , to memorialise the Queen ior the liberation of Messrs . Frost , Williams , aud Jone * , aii'i that tho following towns and viliagea be re-. qucsti : d to send delegates to the Temperanea Hotel , Newport-street , Viivat Bolton , in Bolton-lt-Moora , on purpose to form piaus to carry out the above demonstrations , and to carry ihe People ' s Charter . Un Sunday , tho ' 20 th ins-taut , at ten o'clock in the morning , Wigan , Sta . mii . sh , Ashion-in-Willows , Hiudley , Wcstiiouithton , Li ' i « ii , Chowbent . Tydsley ' a Banns , Halshaw Moor , Kingley , Ratcliffe , Cookey Moor , Hawcod , Lee , Tun-on , Egerton , Belmont , Horrid an , Blackrod , Auiingtou , Caorley .

      MAkCHi * SY : ii . —On Sunday evsnintf , agreeably to previous announcement , Mr . Leech delivered a lecture iu the Association-room , Tibstreef , to a crowded au

      condition than they were before . He had been reading a paragraph from one of the London papers which went t > t prove that the labouring people of Kokand are a ftrumbliug and dissatisfied set ; aud setting forth that they were better off now than ever thsT were , and that they enjoyed more real litany than the people of any other nation on the face of the earth . This assertion Mr . L . called a brazen-faced , insulting , and impudent falsehood , aim proved it by reading tho following account ot what a labourer could got in sixteen weeks in 1314 , and concras ted it with what he could earn at the prtveut day : —A fat sheep at that time would cost Is . 2 d ., a fat ox 16 s ., a f , tt goose 2 £ d ., a dozen of i'i : gs l | d ., a cow was 12 s .,-a fat hog 3 s . 4 d ., a pair of shoes 4 d ., a pair of chickens Id ., a fat hen ljd ., a quarter ot wheat 3 a . 4 d . The whole of those articles

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      . '¦ <^ W ~^ c $ < ir * JsC * 4 rj . amounts to £ 1169 . 7 Jd . The -wages of the labonwr , rf */ AjfA secured bj Act of Parliament , were 4 d . per &KSyfv / i *~ ^ fT ^ f ^ and would purchase the above articles in sixteeir ¦ weeks . Taking the wages of a day labourer in 1840 . at 10 s . per woek , it would take sixty-nine weeks wages to purchase the same articles . lie had been in a district where they are weaving a sort of coarse dirty blue stuff they call chambray . After carrying 361 bs . of it from tne warehouse , whieh wa » a distance of eight miles , winding it , and weaving it , which would occupy two persons four days , and then carrying ifc back eight ini . ' es to tho warehouse again , they would receive the small sum ot 3 * . 6 'd . A labourer in 1314 , earning fourpenee per day .

      would , in ten days , be able to purchase a quarter of wheat and a fat goose ; but ho could not , at the rate of 53 . per week at the present time , obtain the same under twelve weeks and threo days . A » os . per week is about the average of tho band-loom ireavert income , it clearly proved the diabolical Jobbery practised on the working classes . The speaker then animadverted upon the repeated strides wh ; cb < have been made upon tne industrious clasps' interests bf way of abatements . And now ( said he ) let me ask what security or protection is there for the working classes ? At a certain mill in Manchester , a reduction of 5 s . in th © pound was offered by the masters . The hands , knowing that their wages were so low at

      present as would only enable them to keep body and soul together , resolved upon resisting any further encroachment npon their bare means of existence . Then what was the conduct of this inhuman white slave driver towards the industrious wen who liad the misfortune to be imprisoned under his Draco-like laws ? In order to carry his designs into effect , and compel tho hands to submit , hwapplied to a parish officer , who resides at a considerable distance irom Manchester , for a number of paupers to come and supplant those men who ha ! turned out . The number was immediately made up , the overseer threatening them with instant starvation , by stopping their relief , telling them , at the Fame time , on the

      authority of the white slave drivers of Manchester , that their earnings would amount to t * i : nty-six shillings per week , while , as tho same time , this deceitful-wretch -knew thac . the-old bauds , who had been accustomed to the work , had not averaged more than 17 s . before the reduction took place . After alluding to the enormous burdens saddled ou the working classes in the shape of National Debt , army , navy , &c . &c , the lecturer sai ^ i that one of our Queens , not the ono who is adding now burthens to tho people ' s stock of grievances , but one laid by as useless lumber , received £ 100 , 000 per year , which amounted to £ 273 19 s . 5 ^¦•' . every day . At 2 s . per day , this would maintain 2 , 730 working men ;

      in addition to whi « h she had tw ;> parks und three royal palaces . The American President had but £ 5 , 010 per annum ; consequently , tho Queen-of England had as much at her command as wouid pay him hie wages for two hundred yea-rt to come . The Whigs had calculated that Is . 3 M . was-sufficient to support an able bodied labourer in their new hells called workhouses , and by this standard ormeasurement , they paid over to ono woman as much as is sufficient to support 350 , 000 able bodied men . Let us take a review ( continued the lecturer ) of another titled pauper , a man whose life has been spent in directing the spilling of human , blood , and causing the tears of suifering humanity te fl > win torrents .

      He is receiving , ae a pensioner , £ 4 , 000 per year ; and also by the 53 rd of George III ., chap . 4 , £ 100 . 000 ; amended by the 53 rd and 54 th of George III ., £ 400 , 000 ; and again increased £ 200 , 000 ; as Constable of the Tower , £ 950 per year ; as Colonel of the Rifle Brigade , £ " 238 per year ; as Colonel of the First Regiment of Guards , £ 2 , 695 per year : as Lord Warden 01 the Cinque Ports , £ 474 16 s . But , Gentlemen , it is useless to continue multiplying examples of the wickedness and extravagance of the aristocracy towards you , I might brint ; before your notice such sickening details as would keep us till morning , but I will just call their attention to an event that has ju 3 t

      happened , which you will feel as an jncurnbrance . This evcut has oeen blazoned through tho Whig and Tory press , as if it was one of the greatest blet'sings which could come to the starving millions of thig country , and in this way you have been mocked , while you can scarcely keep body and soul together . Then , again , look at the other side of the question . Compare the fuss which has been made with this poor little innocent child , and the thousands of pounds which will be squandered on this affair throughout , with the circumstance of the poor woman who , after making application to nole ? sthan six different places , was refused at all of them in the midst of the most excruciating pains of

      childbeariiig , and was . actually delivered in the cab . ' 0 ' Shaaie , shame , " from all parts of the room . ) Yes , if justice were done to tnose cruel Guardians of the Poor , who so neglected their duty , they would have been brought up , and charged with wilful murder . Truth is at thia time a dangerous commodity ; but the time is coming when men , in spite ot" the consequences , will spuak out ; and , indeed , those who cau vee the wide chasms which have been made betwixt , the rich and the poor , without uniting with their f q ] Jow-men to change a system so fraught with iDjustice , ought to be branded as the enemies of their species . Well , it is no use further laying before you tlie wretchedness of a system of

      which you hdvo had so much practical and painful experience ; and , therer ' ore , let usconio to the question— " How are we to get rid of these evils * " That is the question after alj . It is ouite evideijt that the property of the labouring man has been shamefuLy depreciated , while all other description Of property have been enhanced in value . And how baa that been done ? It is not only that the property of the rich , drawn together from the labour of the people , has fciven them the power ( as our friend O'Brieu would say ) of tho suckiDg-pump , but it has given them , also , a monopoly of political power , wliioh is never failingly used to turn tho wealth produced by the people to the selfish interest and

      aggrandisement- of the rich . Among the many schemes set forth , by way of sops , to engage th « attention of the people from iheir true interest ? 1 , under )!)'«' tiici ; of reforming abusep , we find one in the Mcniehetter Times of last week ; which , after riditn ' nnn Universal a ; id } lvn $ e ) iula Suffrage , and likewise endeavouring to throw their puny napkin over the shining qualities of men who , compared with themselves , are as ? the sun to a farthing rushlight , goes on to tell us that an educational qualification is the only one that can give justice to the people ; whilst in tho same article this sapient iastructor of the people tells us that nine-tenths of the people in the agricultural districts can neither

      read nor write . ' Where is the justice of a scheme which , according to their own shewing , would disfranchise nine-tenths of the njost useiei and valuable people in the world ? But , then , these gentlemen are Corn Law repealere , and they know that the greater part of the profit-mongers ( in this list we include shopkeepers , merchants , manufacturers , all the Royal Family , land aristocracy and gentry , spiritual Peers and established clergy , the military , legal , and distributive portions of the community , including commissioners , jndares , barristers , councillors , attomies , hangmen , gaolers , turnkeys , police ? pies , informers , smugglers , swindlers , pedlars , duffers , hawkvrs , contraband traffickers , professional

      actors , singers , pawnbrokers , publicans , vagrants , gipsfof , coiners of babe money , oomniou prostitutes , paupers , b ^ gars , inmates of asylums , madhouses , dispensaries , and infirmaries , pickpockets ^ gamblers , con finned drunkards , feloud , -burglars , and others ; in short , all f hose who fa , 'ten on the people ' s industry , and tnose who are brought down to wrewV . eduess , infamy , and misery , by the debauchery and prvfl ^ ate extravagance of ti'O r : c 1 j )» wouia be fi ; subjects if they could read aud write , whilst tho real , useful , and industrious wau , whos > j labour furnish ^ bread and bee to the sapient editor himseif , must , forsooih , be-deprived ol ' a vote , because he doen not couit * up to the staudard of Whig scholastic perfection . If it

      were uot tor the intelligence und industry of these men , the whole nest of hornets who prato about the ignorance of iho people would have t-o pass through the btreeta in . a state of nak--. in > , sa ; and by a law which , in their wisdom they have mace , they would , eviry mother ' s . soul of tnem , be removed to a treadimll-as a cou < mon ¦ nuisance . So much , thi-fl , for the nostrum of the editor of the Manchester Times ! Ji id for us , fellow working men , tt > adhere with firmness and unflinching integrity to the People ' s Charier , as the only sheet anchor ot' our hope—as the only means of rescuing our common coaiitry from that dih ^ rafieful state of colonial vassalage to which the ignorance ,

      the wickeduesH , and imbecility of the rich and educated classes are bringing us with such fearful strides . Be not led astray by either this man or the < ir , her , unless he wal give jusuce to every man who labours houestly for the maintenance of himself and family . The Wh ^ s are at this time shuffling , and trying all tianners of schemes to wean the minds of thepcopio irom the Charter , iiLvi would do anything soontr than concede that meafcuie to the working clas ^ e ? . But give us the Suifrage , and we will saye the ship from sinking ; but without it , it doe-t not require tho foresight of a prophet to predict that rhis country wi )\ sink'down

      to the miserable condition of our much-lamented sister , Ireland . The lecturer sat down amid the accJamn . ations of the assembly . Tho * following resolution was then read and submitted to iho meet ' lug . Rbsoivfcd , — " That this meeting do , individually and collectively , demand the restoration of Frost , Williams , and . Jones ; also , that this meeting do hereby give them their hearty co-operation to the general committee of Birmingham for that desirable object . " Moved by Mr . Leech , and seconded by Mr . Murphy . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer . The voluntary subscription amounted to £ 2 9 a . 2 d .

      Liberation op Messrs . BurTEBWORTtt , Richarbson , Doyle , . Smith , and Scott . —The Conanittee of the Female Political Union , No . 1 Dktrici will hold a Tea Party and Ball , on Saturday evening , Deo . 26 ch , in the National Charter Association Room , Brown-street , near St . Andrew ' s Church , for the purpose of honouring those tWIVyftfriota , on their liberation form prison , to * lMJK ttflfjittg iy been doomed for manfully defending " ^ ha * rjp tf ^ of the people . /^ T ^/ v ^ U . * - ~ mmis Y ^ wm ' -f ^^ i A a ^ va s . ^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1840, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct532/page/1/