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  ^ hn " ^ » , ** *^ I snm tends , Ae-i ) iaA "with the pvooeeds F * ! fae Stf ** * > 'lR < r w * " * 8 ! ft ^ eqait-FJ 3 jb ^ bU disband the bnlk of th « army , abolish " ^ " ^ a " *^; and , in abort , go on retrenching our l ^ M&BgBtii , and catting down oor expenee * . tfll -we " ^ Ljfonr taxation back to the standard of 1799 - , ^ JL&en , by an improved mode of ' nfefey the taxes jS wiflfcll be required , that is , about sirfees millions |^__ and making & « Parliament shift its sittings 1 Y # k and DnMiB—every thing -will he renovated , ! L rfl will < nr after run smooth !!! I defy the a-o or the deriT 8 grandmother to match this for
  
  ^ nore , according to Cobbett * disdptos , the MOSt ygi&Sag people in the worid * ! . '! Ah , my friend , I — , H almo st girt np one half of my remaining Ays u fc » ve * J *** " '"^ y P *** established in Manner , with about £ 1 , 000 to carry it on . Were it ^ ' ^ nuAishdIiachnibbish a « tti » , ' » uhC » rtwTight , p ^ and Y olney into tbd . bargaiB—not forgetting oor # Bend , Robert Owen , who , -with all his naltaefttafcj- Js the only one of ti » lot that is inntby ttie
  
  _ ne of RfMaeT . Owea is right , at any « te , as to itcid , tat ^ aau . an dehuiTa . The others seem fc— tob aTS comptetely siistakea both tb » end and feta cstt- Were all the practical reforms propewft Igr pjie , Gsitnijht , aod Co . to be carried into comjj ^^ c * t « -B « nw * , they -would not realise any of ferwoJfa litirip&ted by tbeir sathors . They -would wjt 4 b £ radix at root of the eTil ¦ where \ bej found it , y j > ( gmtecagct }? e » n * e no substantial cft&ogv in tile ajdtos of the balk of society .
  
  jtem dti , or root of the eril , lies in allowing the riitf-f / nftre to be prjvait properity , and in a false mtea rf exdi&sges throngcoat ertry department of » xstj . Is tiiisr wards , the root of the eTil lies in allowisgtedvobs theezclBsiTepnperty of indi-ridnala , and in , apTO | other particular indiTidnil * to hare tha « -ikin ^ f yfr *^ , Kid regnlatian of the crrcalstiiig medium , or fflnsnrr , ihroagh the interTention of which all rsZz * - < $ su % b ; erch&Bged . So long as this doable eril © era , there c&n be no real reform in aociety . Any ijacpts » : '" practieal reforms" ( so called ) "which shall Wtieecfj tiis tiro-fold bobtcs of eTil , "will pro-ve ntter jiasfee . They "will bat mend o = e hole by mating jMfro—they Kill but transfer poirer ami pelf from msS officiemers to mother .
  
  ByftS r £ c £ « o / » ais « , I meu of course the land xsdat , tai all that they contain . These , which compile -with : a them all the raw materials of wealth , « i the gift c £ A ' . mighty God to all mtn alike , and , $ &&&t , yisrt utTer intended to be prirste property ; aid , adeed , cannot be made the exclusive property of snj iaamdwl , cr set of Lcdiriduals , withont Tiolitin ? the pints property ud rights of all the indi-rido&ls ett ^ ed , and consequently destroying private property e ^/ it an JBsdtntioE of sodety . Whatsrer God hzs fflade bdoagj equally to all ; it is ths common property < £ lSQod ' j creatnre 3 . It is only triat man has made thai OB be ihs subject of pricaie property , TriUloat
  
  Bppag th * Yery / ocLaditicn of the iastitation , and cjpeafag bell under the feet of soeietj . It is for want Ct ¦ mnV .-nr this distinction in practice , that society contiraes to be vhat it is—a chaos of antagonism , and aims , asd folly . Toe tiro errors combined ha-re made a riddie oi bnmaa natare , and a pandemonium of the vorld . It belocp to enligbtfencd rcasen to remore both Bonrces of eii , -withoat paQisg society to pieces is the atteispt Bat that is a U&k which nature , cr nature ' s god , nsTer intended for such minds as those of Paine , Cart-wright , Cobbett , or erea the boasted Tdney , \ rhom certain shallow Chartists abnoat vczship as a drrinitj .
  
  The taxes and toe monopoly accruing from them are not -wast Paine and Cobbett represented them . They « rc not tbe staple of our burthens ; they are n » t the vain coarse of tfce plunder "we compliin oi . Thty are b » & Ecali slice of the prouder tet a port oi put t » <* -toner by the plundtrers , to protect the rat , -which rest cacfiita&es nearly the whole . RemoTe the -whole of tta taxes to-morrow , and in a few years , or perhaps noctia , the great majority of us -would find oarseires no better off than -we are now . The landlord and BK&ejiwagei , -with their stunting simies of lawyers ,
  
  loosij soldiers , constabulary , literary prostitutes , bjffiSt , brokers , gaolers , hired satellites , &c &c . -would aioost immediately swallow np the proportion of the sniE | thst on ^ t to fall to onr share . That result ¦* tsy } & ineriJable nnder the present constitution of Meg . Ala * , - » Mle the land continues to be private pfttptrty , % nA tit ^^ I tVtn nniTersality of the jj ^ Hoii *} mli i **>} fnatoa , issuer , aad legnlator < A the currency , *» 'nfl as tls sole landlord , ttere is no hop « for tin tsSisas . * * * ? * James Bb . osterb . e O'R&ieh .
  
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  STOCSPOBT . CHASTISM ASD SOCIALISM . iM ^ EmeBte isx-riag been made during the list ™* gtV between the SociaJists aad the Charttsts of - ™* tfTC . for a paWic meeting between Mr . Leech , «» t » t LectHrer , a ^ i i ^ . CampbeU , Social Missionary , « aa relatiTe merits cf both principles , and whfefa «< afcniaied soonest and most permanently to beaeftt f * J ^ £ iBg classes of this country , th » Social " **» n , tte place appointed for it to come * off at , ™ wbob crammed to snfiocation , on Monday
  
  * ; 6 «« gB Bradbna was elected « 22 ainnan for Mr . ¦ " *» , aua Mr . John Craai for Mr . OampbelL J te CKA 5 K opened the meeting bf reading the rules frLflC ? TermB 8 I ! tof the disensaion , wkich appeared *^ w both partie * , allowing no disapprobation to be Z ?" eitber ade ; half an hour for the opening ws . Md a quarter of an hour each afterwards . «• CmPBBu . then wee , and ohserred that the ™? T jnd aistress of this country ware to be f « ea to four causes . First , want of education ; r " r » " »» nt of employment ; third , low wages ; and . "Jm . eompetttkm of machinerr aeainst manual Ttae not
  
  T" *^ were markets sufficient for the pro-^ « tte millions of the population , which was fett ^ I ! ^ WJUlt ° * employment He contended ^ «*» * aa no bope tor toe people , to l « ig &s ^ " ** ¦« amed on under the competitive system , * 1 » S ^ 1 ° * Q areameot established ontiieprineiproftOri Q ^ rter nor any ether form . He would Ibs 7 bZ ^? nment ^ 7 referring to Republican America . tfci « r ^ V * flrt ^ PP ^ wb ing to ti » same state as Ax £ ~! J > ° y ^» adTaacssent of mscbinery . Tbe wo ^ r ^ f OTds pro ' ^^ be tkecase , and iterer VK > & » lt ~ com Petation was pat a stop to , and th * VaiZr ? 0 * 1 ^^ attention to eo-operation . He then SZ ^ . | ° & 7 down the principles of Socialism , in wlS . Il *? ' he enumerated many of the grieTanoes w * - ^ T ^ ° *« labouring classes . Every oae , he jg- T ^ R * the necessity of a change ; he hoped tbe ¦ g 7 ~** embled would hear both aides of the quesv *** mZ ^ ' ^ ^ "! rould ** « n aVted to draw their ^^ i asions . He concluded Ws firsi speechby
  
  , taW ^* * m his opinion that Socialism was best ^ T ^ a to ehange the horrible state of society , with-* 4 * b » Z p * Elon « ° d propertr . The greatest silence < i ^^^ ***• • «« " -rt « toing the deliyerj of Mr . ' 'SSf ^ M than introduced ^* mi ; i ' ^ ** " a cl * r definition of the Cfaartk , Jr » 8 » to be founded on natsral law . He tta ^* «? . C » ojpbeir » "foment , relativ * to edaea-^ eL l iaDd S * *** < meof the means of bet-^ j » we condition of the people , without somettxing ^^ p ^ f * ' U mB * *• admitted that many of ?*«* EZi Y " " " listen * "were th « teat scnolars . th * the The
  
  5 ^ 3 ^ to ma of people . property tf |« . Q ft man ^ ^ ppotectfid / widUt ^ j ^^ '"tstawl ^ - 11 ** bee * ^ protected . There was no !** T » f ? * «» but fcbour . The factories **« s ^ L . letto ""ithont it The capitalist ** i * St ^ rednc * ^^ " ^ o * people to starvation ^• ot eE . *?* « . Utsnce ; because , if the people W iS ^? ' * k for his price , they mast be ° *« flu % ** r eet ) 1 rWcb W jost like jumping ° Bl «^ ^ IBep : in ^^ tiw flra- In regard to Mr . j ^ t . ifr * ?!^ "" PectiBg there being no : * 7 » 7 the leduetisa of T ^ g ^ qj ^ .
  
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  wm bo mosey i » th * hands of Jh » poor man . Ihire *« AJ > e « a M . W « A <*» , < o < ; fftitUi , * niriH »—i , ^ boi » f wnJob Bflt Ji ttigk « et . was pasaet . 1 to prot « et the iotewrtoftfce-Wfrkiaf man . No k *» tWe . oO ' O . ooo of &oet « £ land b « d ., b « eo taken freM t . he people by tbe rich , aad thej hadpM » edIaWBto » s « ca . » eit Chartism gave eTery mas equal powet , from the king to the begpc Mr . Leech then « oiuuei » ted all the national and Iocs ! Uxes of tha country , and traced them to dan legislation . The Poor Law sad Bural Police Bills were passed withont the consent of tbe people , ana in exposition to them , because they had no power . Mr . Campbell bad spoken of America as an instance that the Charter would not benefit the peeple . But he begged to inform him that America , although a Republic , was not governed by Unirercal Soflrage . There ^ were 3 , 000 , 008 slaves , who had no -vote . Besides , the people had to be there . five jeare before they were
  
  entitled to citizenship , or have a vote . Mr . Leech then remarked that it was impossible for the people to save money to purchase land for a community . A man with good w&gea would save a few shilling * one week , perhaps , bet th * next be might be out of "worlr ., End then want it for support ; besides , tt was otterty impossible for a hand-loom weaver to save £ 50 to be a land Socialist . ( Hear , hear . ) He would say let tbe people get political power , and a Parliament of their ows choosing , and then they could say to that . Parliament , gnat us £ U ,-O « & , 000 to purchase land with , which would be no mow unreasonable than granting the same tarn to emancipate the black . slaves- The Charter was only a means to an end . The laws ' of" primogeniture might be repealed , and every other BBjust la * -upon , the statute-book . Mr . Leeeh glanced at many evils which he considered a Universal Suffrage Parliament would remove , aad appeared to delight the audience . . - ^' . " j .
  
  Tbe speaking commenced at eight o'clock , and continued till eleven ; and a more quiet , peaceable , and orderly discussion never was held . Each man kept his temper , and handled his subject in a masterly style . At the conclusion , Mr . Campbell called upon the Chartists and Socialists to endeavour to taild a Hall to hold their meeUcgs in , instead of being nearly suffocated every time they came together . A vote of thanks was given to the two disputants , and U > e Caairnun , when the people dispersed , to reflect for themselves and form their own conclusions . A great impression -was made , and great good is sure to be the result
  
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  CITY OF IiONDON . —At the weekly meeting of tbe Chartists , on Monday evening last , at the x > isp&tch CoSee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Mi . Sannders , member of tbe General Council , stated that a public meeting will be held for the Incarcerated victims , on Easter Monday , on Kennington Common , and that one-fourth of a month ' s contributions of the members of London are to be devoted fur the getting up of tbe same . The Rotunda , near Blackfriar ' s Bridge , is not to be obtained for the use of the members of London . At present , active measures are making in tiiia locality to obtain a very desirable chapel in this city . Another locality waa formed in this city , whidi will hold its meetings at present at the Globe Coffee
  
  House , Fore-street , Cnppiegate , on Sunday evenings Mr . J . W . Parker read a long letter from Mrs . Peddie , det&iling tba ignominious sufferings of her husband , aad thanks for the exertions of her city friends , aod money sent Mr . Parker also read a letter _ from poor Carrier , who is * - real -martyt ~ also in the cause . Fifteen shillings were collected for him , and sent , with five shillings Mr . Cieave , of Shoe-lane , was so kind to give . Mr . £ also gave this locality fifty Chsxter Almanacks , to be sold for his benefit . Messrs . Cleate and Parker waited upon Mr . T . Duncombe , M . P ., on Tuesday , for Messrs . Peddie and Carrier , who were courteously received by him , with a pruniise that he would wait oa Lord Xcrmaaby , and try what he could do in the nutter .
  
  LAMBETH . —At tha weekly meeting of the Chartists of Lambeth , the recommendation of Feargus O'Connor was unanimously adopted in reference to the new Convention . It was agreed that the subscription for tbe vietine ; at Easter , be proceeded with . The meeting next week will , we understand , be on Tuesday evening , at No . 54 , Webber-row , Doke-street , Waterloo-road , -where all members are requested to attend . KOBWICH .-The Chartists of Norwich held a public meeting on Monday last , to petition Parliament for the release of ill political offenders , ; he recall of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the election- of a delegate . Tbe meeting was unexpectedly numerous , and the greatest order and attention pieTaiied . The petition contained in the Star was unanimously adopted , and Mr . Dover vras elected tce-dclegate to London .
  
  WANDSWOBTH .-On Mondaj erening , a lecture was delivered to tbe men of Wandsvrortb and the Chartists , by Mj . Benjamin Huggeit , en the Rights of Labour ; a fair report of -which has reached us , bat tbe other numerous demands upon our space at this hour precludes it 3 insertion . At the close of the leotore , resolutions were adopted stating that ,-wailat all the other class interests cad been protected , those of labour had been shamefully neglected , owing to exclusive legislation , -which would continue until the Charter Became the law of the land . It was announced that Messrs . Westerton aad Huggitt would lecture alternately once a fortnight , on Monday evenings . LIVERPOOL—On Wednesday evening last , a talented , lecture on the People's Charier was delivered ia the Chartists' Hall , Preston-street , by Mr . William Jones , to a numerous assembly .
  
  WARH 1 NGTON . —The Chartists met here as usual ,. on Monday , when , after & discussion , the following resolution was carried nnanimonsiy : — " That we , the Chartists of Warrington , do cordially agree with the plan laid down by Mr . O'Connor , for the assembling of a Convention in London , on the 12 ih of April , and that -we are determined to exert ourselves to the utmost of our power to carry the same into effect . " It was then agreed that 7 s . be sent to the Siar-o&ce , to carry the foregoing plan into efftjet . A discussion ensued npsn the propriety of forming a Teetotal Chartist Society , and it was kept up with great spirit till nearly ten o ' clock , when it was agreed " that the Chartists of Warrington do invite all teetotallers to come and join the National Charter Association . " WOOTTOK-UNDER-EDGE . —The Chartists of this place , tender their sincere thanks to Mr . O'Connor for his plan , in furtherance of which they have forwarded us a subscription , acknowledged elsewhere .
  
  K 1 DDERUCINSTXR . —The Chartists of this town held a meeting- on Monday night , at the Freemasons ' Arms Inn , to assist in carrying oat tbe plan of our disinterested and patriotic friend , Feargns O'Connor , Esq . Mr . Cnarlton addressed the meeting ia a very able manner on this occasion . It was then unanimously agreed , that Mr . O'Connor ' s Convention Petition Plan be adopted .. Auditors were then appointed to examine the accounts , and to bring forward a balance sheet , by the next public meeting . BRADFORD . —At the Chartist meetings , on Saturdays , the 13 th and 20 th inst .. resolutions were
  
  carried to the effect , " That the money collected , after the funeral sermons preached on tbe J 4 th jnit ., be sent to Mrs . Clayton , Sheffield—that fire shillings be given from the Victim Fond of the Association , to Mr . William Brook , and that it be sent him to Jforthallerton Honsa of Correction , in accordance with his request , and that five shillings be given from the * ame fond to Mr , Pan ] Holdswoitb , he not being able to obtain work . " Mr . O'Connor ' s Petition Convention Plan was discussed , when it was agreed that the further discussion of it should be adjourned to Wednesday evening .
  
  Disccssiok Society-. —At & meeting of the Charti 6 ts , held at the house of Mr . R . Carrodus , North Tavern , Wappiny . on Monday night last , it was unanimously resolved , That a discussion class be formed , to eommeace at seven o ' clock , on Sunday evening next , ( March 28 th , ) and each succeeding Sunday evening , at the same hour . The subject for discussion , the first meeting , will be "Whether agricultural or commercial pursuits produce the greatest happiness to the people of this country . " WB&T-BRISTOfc AND CUPTON . —At the weekly meeting of th « Chartistg of this district , on Monday evening last , a resolution in favour of the petition in the last week ' s Star , ma unanimously
  
  adopted . Tbe following answer to tbe letter sent with the Poor Law petitions has been received from Mr . Pielden , M . P . — "Sir , —The petitions you sent me with yonrs , of the 15 th instant I presented to the House of Commons on the 19 th instant . I hope the inhabitants of every street in Bristol will petition withoat delay , against the unconstitutional Po « r Law AJnendmest Act , and the bill to uphold it now undergoing discussion . Short versions , and a ahort prayer to each petition , is enough . " SWAIN CREEW . —A few working ChartisU , on Sunday last , the 2 lst , went round to the different beer-houses on Swain Green , with petition sheets for the liberation of Robert Peddie and O'Connor , and obtained 334 signatures .
  
  BETWOOS .-Dr . M'Douall lectured here on Wednesday last , on the Devil ' s Law . " Petitions against the law are lying for signatures in various places of the town . Mr . Job Plant preached an excellent funeral sermon on behalf of Mtb . Clayton , after which twelve shillings were collected , T « n shillings and-iixpence have been forwarded to the widow , at Sheffield , the other ooe shilling aad Bixpenoe has paid the expenses .
  
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  . XWCJmhbk : —Monday sfternboft and eyeniiijfi 8 nd TueM&y night were exhilarating occasions to the ChauflSts of Leicester . Mr . and Mrs . ' Vincent were happily met by Mr . Edwards , who left Oakham Gaol oa Monday morning , and eat down to tea with a glee ? om » party of two hundred and fifty , in the New' Hall . After singing and other rational amusements , the young champion began hie lecture to an audience of nearly six hundred . Mri YineehPs manner and ssatter are alike calculated to win him a most enthusiastic- attention , and the applause was rapturous and frequent . Mr . Edwards followed , with feelings almost irrepressible , from their having
  
  been long pent up ; and after a verse of the Chartist National Anthem , ?¦ God save John Frost , " the oompany broke up , highly delighted . iThe lecture was of % less exciting , but o £ a very solidly instructive character , on Tuesday night ; and Mr . Edwards again seconded the observations of Mr . Vincent . Cheers were given , as usual , for the Charter , Feargns O'Connor , Frost and' his companion ? , and all the prisoners ; also for Mr . Vincent and alt the Chartist advocates at liberty-, and for Mrs . Vjnoent and the Chartist women of England . Edwards departed for Wales on Wednesday morning , and the young and happy pair for Loagborodgn . Mr . Vincent lectures at Leicester again nest Monday and Tuesday evening ? .
  
  XTPPER SL&NItEY . —Agreeable to instructions through the delegate to Manchester , the Chartists of Upper Hanley sad Smallthom have joined the National C barter Association . B ARWBLET . —Tbe sum of one pound has been subscribed for the Political Prisoners Liberation and Chartists'Petition Convention Fund ; seven and fourpence of which was . subscribed . by Warsbotough ConimoB friends ; Tfe 4 subscription list still Ues open . BUOOSRSFIELD . —On Monday evening , a public meeting took place in the Chartist Association-room , Upperhead-ro-w , for the purpose of electing a Delegate tO the Charter and P-titlon Convention , when Mr . Pitkethly was unanimoasiy elected . Mr . Clayton proposed the following resolution , which created a short discussion : — " That in tbe opinion of this meeting , as a adsundersta-nding exists between Mr . Pitkethly and the West-Biding Delegate ? , which assembled at Heckmondwike , it is necessary immediately to investigate thi said difference , acd settle it to the satUfaction of all parties ; and that tbe case be referred to the next meeting of the Council of Delegates for the West-Riding , which assemble at Dewsbury .
  
  MANCHESTER . —The Chartist ' s Room , Tib-street , was crammed on Sunday evening , to hear Christopher Doyle , late member of the Preston Whig College . Before he commenced , Mr . Wheeler , the chairman , announced that a great number of shares had been taken totrards erectiDg a Chartist HalJ , and which la patronised by Feargus O'Connor , Esq . He urged those to take sharea who hai not yet done bo , that the above gentleman ( F . O ' Cj might lay the foundationstone the first time bo enters Manchester . This was received with loud cheering . He then introduced Mr . Doyle , who commenced by saying be could not help congratulating them on the recent triumph they had gained over the Corn Law humbugs . He had two reasons to be proud of the conquest . First , because the C « n Law Repealers were insincere towards the
  
  working classes . Second , that tho meeting -was called and took . place in the open day , and at an hour -when the bulk of the Chartists were confined in tbe cotton mills , yet thay put them to ihe rout . Mr . Doyle then went through the dishonest conduct of tbe Repealers , and expressed his indignation at the presumption of the Mayor in claiming the c ' -iaiT , contrary to the majority of the meeting . Mr . Doy ) e then defended himself against a false report which appeared in the Manchester and Salford Advertiser , and stated that that paper advocated Whiggisni , to the T = ry core . Tbe Editor of that paper ( Mr . Coudjn has denounced tbe Chartists because they had the moral courage to go to the meeting on Friday , and tell those public cheaU of their hollow and deceitful conduct , and that they had rights to ha supported as well as
  
  the middle class ; and , indeed , their grievances were of a greater importance , and of a deeper die . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Condy , he said , was no Radical , bat » political Whig shuffler . Mr . Doyle said that he and seven or eight of his brother Chartists bad been at meeting of the Corn Law repealers the night pre > ' vions to the great meeting on Friday , at which Cobden , M'Kerrow , and many others of the great leaders of that party were present ; and the Rav . Gentleman let the " cat out of the bag / ' by declaring , that if the Corn Laws were not repealed the people would be unable to support the ministeTS of the Gospel , thus proving that he was an interested party , and not labouring , because be has such an amount of sympathy as he would -wish the working men of Manchester tO give him credit for- ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ;
  
  Ha \ iG 2 given bis opinion on the procswUngs of these Corn Law humbugs , he proceeded with the subject of his lecture , whieh was on the miscalled National Debt and tbe Corn Laws . He began at the year 1097 , and stated that at that time a war broke out , and the Government called upon tbe people to lend money ; and in many instances , sixty or seventy pounds were lent to the Government on the national faith , and was acknowledged as £ 100 , and for which the parties received five per cent interest This mdney was borrowed , not s # much to prevent a foreign enemy landing upon the British shores , as to put an extinguisher , if possible , upon republican principles . ( Hear , hear . ) The war in 1797 coat this country £ 21 , 500 , 000 ; the second war , in 1712 , cost £ 43 , 000 , 000 ; tbe third war , in 1737 , cost £ 63 . 000 , 000 ; the fourth war , in 1756 ,
  
  coat seixi , eoo , o « o ; the fifth ( th » American ; war , cost £ 159 , 000 , 0 * 0 ; the sixth war , cvromoDly called the French Revolution , freiu the year 1793 to 1815 , cost £ 850 , 000 , 000 . The men who -were at the head of these wars declared they couid not help going to wartbat if Xhty did not , Vapoleon would land in England , and take their estates . Then , said he , according to their own shewing , if the money was borrowed to protect their estates , they , as » matter of justice to the people , should discharge the debt ( Hear , and cheers . ) It ought to be paid out of the landed property . To shew his hearers how they had been robbed and plundered , he read a list of statistical tables , all of which h » d bees paid by the ilisttred hands and fustian jackets of this country . Another trick played upon tho people was , the issuing of notes of twenty
  
  shillings each , and bought up by the Jews for thirteen shillings , and the people had to pay interest for twenty shillings , when in reality only thirteen had Been had In value . These Corn Law Repealers aisert that since the Cum Laws have been put on , tbat tbe people havo fared worse in their livi » g than they did before . Bad as the Corn Laws had been to the country , there -w « re two evils of greater magnitude ; the first was the moneyocracy , aristocracy , and the bangers on of the public purse . ( Hear , hear . ) The second was , and he thought tbe greatest of all , the want of political power to the many . ( Cheers . ) Who were to blame far the machinery going abroad into sountries , where our go « ds were formerly exported , bnt tho « e who hare got factories and are not not only manufacturing for themselves , but are absolutely furnishing other markets -with their surplus
  
  ef goods ? Whose fault is this T And what will stop it ? Will a repeal of the Cam Laws ? Here Mr . Doyle read from a document , proving that in one conntry , where we but a few years og « exported 6 uO , 000 , 0001 bs . of twist , they not only manufacture fur themselves , but exporting for others . This document was on the authority of Mr . Gregg , one of tbe Corn Law party . Ho w do the repealers intend to obvi&ta this difficulty t Do they intend sweeping off the National Debt ? Oh , no ; they are constitutionalists . Do they want to bring down the taxes of the nation , and put us more on a par with other cheap governments ? No ! They say nothing about that . Well , then , what is their panacea after the Corn Laws are repealed ? Why we ignorant fools forget that when tbe Corn Laws are repealed those gentlemen who have gone abroad with
  
  their capital , who have laid out two or three hundred thousand pounds in erecting factories which are now paying them remarkably well , would stop their factories , and they who have never been agriculturalists would begin to till the land for us and grow us corn , while we in this country manufactured for them in return . ( Cheers aad laughter . ) This is the argument of the Repealers ; but U it sound ? ( No . ) No , it to not Those countries are not so heavily tax ^ d ; bes ides they are in possession of both factories and land , and consequently are independent" Again , the British manufacturer is beaten by foreign competition . Why ? Let as take the account gives by Gregg , one of the best informed of the msjiufacturers : — " The United States , " which , he says , " manufactured only 100 bales » f cotton in 1814 , now manufacture 309 , 000 bales , as much as we then did ; further , sixteen years ago , tbe forest of Low Hill , in the United States , echoed no sound
  
  but that of the cataract ; but bow , there ia a water power of 5 , 009 btrses there , applied to cotton manufactures , spinning 40 , 000 bales yearly . The United States not only manufacture to conswne , bat to export ; they tend 34 , 000 bale * of cotton goods to South America , and 17 , 000 to the Cape , Calcutta , and Canada . " " Russia , " Mr . Gregg further informs us , " manufactures to the extent of one-third tbe quaa&ty of Great Britain now doea , perhaps 350 , 0 * 0 bales . France we know manufactures 300 , 000 bales , and Germany , &c , about 200 , 000 more , altogether 1 , 150 , 000 bales ; a number greater than our -whole cotton manufacturers . " Now , Who can help this 1 No one . So long as these nations are wise , and understand their rwn interests , they will employ their own subjects , and their capital , instead of the capital of the Cora Law Leagna . The manufacturers in the above countries work their mills by water power , which opposes the Ewtliah jaanufactorex
  
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  iBBn bit mill by steam . So Jong as neh odd * an agwpNUK ltag at tha whole expencea of * Gowrnmetft cpMfcawnt to about £ 15 , 000 , and they kwrtn * the ^ same * rWilegee as another , at the expeaoe * of more tban' five hundred times the amount ; . when these aret . put in competition frith each other , the latter ^ " which la England , must be successfully beaten ; »• much , then , for tbe felJade * ot these Corn Law humbugs . Mr . D . said , that in the year IS 3 S , there were manufMturen wboTeallsed £ 200 , 000 . Theo they did not cry iat against the Corn Laws . These Repealers put Jbim in mittd ( when they expressed their sympathy for the working classes ) of the church wardens , who eat
  
  the raWt , and gave' the skin to the starving p 6 * r . ( LMgttUr . ; We . Boyle contended that If ttra Corn Laws wei « repealed , with aa equitable adjustment of tht-debt , that < wb would be worse off tban we were before IVahil woald tall in priee , money would be ( fearer , wages lower , und the . people lees , able to pay th * enormous .-taxes- pa ether things . He allowed the iMonslatency of the middle classes calling upon the wviking dtMGs to assist in opposing a Parliament wfeieh th « y have created themselves , and which the working classes had no voice in choosing . He spoke at great length , and sat down amid the applause of the MBHwnMyv
  
  Dr . SrDOUAEL . —On Monday evening , pursuant to announcement by placard , © r . M'Douall delivered a lecture in the Carpenter's Hall , on the evils of the factory system . Mr . William 0 resty was called to the chair , and introduced tbe Doctor amid the plaudits of the vast assemby . At the conclusion of hi * lecture , the Docto * gave a public challenge to Mr , Cobden , to meet him / in discussion upon the question of the Corn Laws . MfcWatklns . a Corn Law Hepealer of the first wateft a ^ jji the Doctor whether tbe Corn Laws wore an wrjRpot The Doctor replied , and reiterated his « bwnge to any one of the Corn Law party . Mr . WatklWf&fused on the ground that the Doctor was a t » lentedfc l * an , and he himself was iiot ; ConSeqiieiltly tha Bi * i | iP »"» rouia be certain of a victory . Mr . Bailey , an opeUjjUe , rose and said be would undertake to meet Mfi Watkinif be ohoae , but he declined . Mr . Warren , the president of the defunct operative Corn Law Association , made a few remarks In his usual mlstifled manner . Mr . Bailey then reminded him of the agreement , which was made at the dissolution of the Operative Association , that subsequently they would go for nothing less than the Charter , but this had not been followed out because some of the parties were paid by the League . The Doctor was then put in nomination for the Convention , and was elected at the Tib-slfeet Room , on Tuesday evening .
  
  Lecicsb . —Mr . Leech delivered a lecture , on Tuesday evening , in the Chartist Room , Tib-atTtet , Manchester , to a numerous attendance . Adbest . —Mr . Christopher Dean , member of the late Convention , was arrested on Tuesday , in Manchester , and sent to Kirkdale , to take his trial . tOUGHBOROnGH . —On Thursday week , a meeting of tho antiCjni Law Association was announced to he held , to which , in their address t » the inhabitants , they invited these favourable to repeal to attend . The Cuartists , believing they intended to adopt a petition , resolved to attend to watch the proceedings . 3 'iie consequence of this was . that orders wore given not to open the doors till the gentlemen came . After the people had waited till nine o'clock , the meeting beinj onnouned for eight , tbe Secretary of the anti-C jrn Law
  
  Association , and whose name was attached to the address , made bis appearance , and ordered the lights to be put out , amid the laughter of the assembly . The Chartists immediately adjourned to the Market-place , where Mr . Bairstow made a spirited speech , dissecting tbe address used by fcheCarnLaw-genti . andgivfngtlieni a sound thrashing . At the close , cheers wore given fox Charter , Ac , also groans for the humbugs . On Monday ev 6 olng « i » at , a public meeting was held at the Charter Hotel ; Mr . Pratt was callud to the chair , aad gave a pleasing account of the progress of the good cause at Nottingham . Mr . Skavington then came forward , and moved the adoption of the petition contained in the Slur , —repeated applause taking place during its reading , also execrations at the contrasts it contained j—it was unanimously adopted , and arrangements were then
  
  made to get as many signatures as possible . Mr . Skevington was then elected a delegate to the Convention . BlRIYXINCtHAIff . —Chartism is assuming a glorious position in this town since the late meeting at Hollo way Head . Toe Chartist meeting Boom in Freeman-street , will prove the foundation of a better and more numerous Association than has heretofore existed . The room has been well attended during the whole of the past week , to bear tho eloquent addresses of Messrs . Martin and Taylor , Jfaw talented Chartist missioriMes for this district Mr . Martin arrived on Wednesday evening , and addressed a numerous and enthuslastlc audience , by whom ho - was loudly and repeatedly cheered . He Was elected the same evening as the delegate for Birmingham to tho Petition Committee , about to assemble in London . ,
  
  Ciiahttst Preaching at HottowAY Head . — Interference of Police . —On Sunday last , pursuant to public notice , Mr . ffra . Martin attended at Holloway Hi ad , for the purpose of delivering a political sermon . He preached from the following text : — " Blessed ore they which are persecuted for righteous ! ness sake , " and was proceeding , ia an able manner , to show the inutility of persecution , and the hypocrisy of priests , when a large posse of policeman were seen advancing , " rank and file . " One of them , -who seemed to be a superintendent , or sergeant , stepped up to the speaker , and ordered him to desist Mr . Martin
  
  insisted on his right to preach the gospel wherever he "thought proper ; after -which Mr . George White demanded their authority for coming there to interrupt the assembly . The "Jack in office" replied that he had been sent by Mr . Burgess , the superintendent , and had positive orders to disperse the meeting . A loud murmur of dissatisfaction was then raised , Borne insisting en Mr . Martin to continue his address , whilst others advised an adjournment to the Chartist meeting room , Freeman-street . The latter proposition was adopted , and the people departed in a body to the Chartist meeting room . Oh ! What a blessing it is to live in a / ree country !
  
  Now look on this picture , and mark ihe differ . ence . —On Thursday week , three persons were proceeding dowa Spicealt-stre ^ t , but could not get through a crowd of some three or four hundred farmers , by whom the street -was blocked up , to the annoyance of foot passengers . One of the above-mentioned individuals applied to policeman 185 , to remove the crowd from the thoroughfare ; fcut . was told that they had orders not to interrupt them , as they were respect able farmers and corn-dealers . He was then asked whether the Chartists would be allowed to stand there in the same manner ; to which tbe policeman made the following answer : — " Yes , to be afterwards removed to the dungeon . " This needs no comment , and proves the degree of slavery to which we are reduced !
  
  Public Meeting . —A public meeting was held at the Chartist Meeting-room , Freeman-etreet , for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr . Wm Martin , on the treatment received by the Chartist prisoners iu Northallerton House of Correction , and also to nominate a council ; whose names are inserted elsewhere . Mr . John Williamson , the Chairman , introduced Mr . Martin to the meeting . He was received with cheers and clapping of hands , and delivered an able address oa toe atrocities of Northallerton Hell , and the bad treatment to which the Chartist prisoners had been subjected . His address gave great satisfaction , and excited in turn tbe sympathy and laughter of the assembly by
  
  the peculiar mode of illustration which he adopted . After Mr . Martin had concluded , the meeting was addressed in an able and spirited manuer by Mr . Mahon , of Coventry . He advised tkem to discontinue tbe use of intoxicating drinks . A very handsome mahogany box was presented to the members of the National Charter Association , by a gentleman who declined giving bis name . A vote of thanks was given him for Ma kind present ; thanks were also given to the Chairman , after which , three hearty cheers were given for the Charter ; three for Feargus O'Connor ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the incarcerated Chartists ; when the meeting separated ^
  
  Fsosi , &c , Restoration Committee . —A meeting of the above Committee was held at the Chartist meeting-room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last A letter was read from LeamlDgton containing 5 s ., and enquiring whether the committee intended to act on the plan suggested by Mr . O'Connor ; one from Hey wood containing ; a remittance and accompanied with a memorial ; and one from the North West Diotriet of Glasgow , with a memorial signed " Josh . Dixoa . " After the correspondence had been read , a long discussion took place as to the ! manner in which the memorial should be presented , Mr- Wm . Martin was proposed aad unanimously ejected , an honorary member of the committee . Mr , Charles Ashtoxv vn * add « d to the committee , after which , an enqmlry -was made Jegarding
  
  some pecuniary matters , In which . "Mr . Cotton , o&tof our late secretaries , i » interested . Mr . BamU * aa appointed to wait upon him . A balance sheet up to March 1 st was then read and approved . It w » thett moved by Mr . Koaks , and seconded by Mr . Blake , " That this meeting highly approve of Mr . Wm . Martin sa a fit » . nd proper person t » ad on the proposed Conventiou about to assemble in London , and are satisfled with his nomination , on behalf of Birmingham . " & long discussion then took place concerning Messrs . 5 to \ t and Pitkethly , and as' to tha manner in "which , the business of the committee might ba transacted te London . It was ultimately arranged that no furihe * steps should he taken until it was known wb . » ha £ been appointed to attend the London Conventien *
  
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  BRIGHTON . —A public meeting <* the . Chartista ol Brighton , was held at the Cap of . Liberty , Portlandstreet , on Wednesday evening , M ^ ch 17 th , 1841 , whan it was unmiaroualy resolved . '\ hat the plan of Featgus O'Connor , Esq ., as to a Convention to meet in London , for the propose of getting np petition * for all the political victimss He . be adopted , aad acted upon immediately ; " it wa * further resolved , ' That the draft of a petition tothe House of Lords , inverted in the Sfor , for Frost , Williams & Jones , be also adopted and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting . " The good cause progresses steadily but firuiiy in Brighton . '
  
  MARY&EBONE . —At * meeting at the Mechanics ' Institution , on Sunday ever / my , the plan cf organisation , as laid down by the late delegate meeting at Manchester , ¦ was discussed , when resolutions were passed in . favour of it , and Mr . O'Connor ' s Contention Petition Plan . CITY OF WESTMIMSTBR ^—Tbe Chartists beld their weekly meeting on Wednesday , the 17 th of . March , at the Paviour ' s Anns , Johnson-street , when ft rewltttion was adopted in faTOiur of Mr . O'Connor ' s Petition Convention Plan . . ' . CHEtSEA . —At a meeting of Chartists , beld at the United Temperance Coffee House , Lower George-street , Chelsea , on Sunday evening last , •« Captain" Wall , in a short lecture , ably expounded the principles of the People ' s Charter . Many new members were enrolled , and other business was transacted .
  
  DERBY . —On Sunday last , Mr . Bairstow preached ft funeral sermon , in the Market Place of this town , to a ^ fowded and attentive audience , tor the benefit of the widow and family of poor Clayton , when the sum of £ 1 15 s . 8 id . was collected . Expenses being deducted for bills printing , post order , &a . Ac , we have forwarded to Mrs . Clayton £ l . Mr . Bairstow took his text from the nineteenth chapter and sixth verse of th > Oo « pel according to St John— " When the Chief Priests and officers therefore saw him , they cried out , saying , Crucify him , crucify him . " Mr . B . applied the text in an able and masterly manner . KOWERBY . —O'Connor ' s plan for . the . formation- of the " Charter and Petition Convention- '' is highly approved of here , and the sum ot 9 s . has been collected for its support . ' HALIFAX . —On Snnday lart , two sermons were preached in the Chartists' Lecture Room , Waterhouse-Btreet , by Mr . John Arran , of Bradford . The text was from the 13 th chapter of Hebrews , and tho third verse , " Remember them that are in bonds , as bound with them , " from which he delivered a spirit-stirring discourse .
  
  Public Meeting . —On Moiday evening , a public meeting was holden in the same place , to adopt the plan recommended by the people ' s champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Mr . John Croalaud in the chair . Resolutions , sympathising with Froijt , Williams , and Jones , and all the incarcerated victims of a tyrannical Government , and Stating that the meeting resolved to petition the Commons' House of Parliament on behalf of the said suffering patties , as well also to make the Charter the law of the land ; and agreeing that the petition , us published in the Star , be adopted by this meeting , and also that Mr . L . Pitkethly , of Buddersneld , was a fit and proper person to sit in the Convention , to watcu over the presentation of tho petition ; were adopted . EUNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns delivered a lecture at the Life Boat House , to a large and very attentive auditory ; at the close of his address a collection was made oa behalf of the
  
  widow of the system-murdered Clayton . Toe Life Boat House fronts the sea beach , near the Pier , which being a place of great resort in fine weather , is admirably adapted fn open air meetings . It is intended to continue those tueotings , weather permitting , every Sunday afternoon ,, at half past two ' clock . Petition Convention—On Sunday morning , a meeting of the Council of the Charter Association of Sunderland , was held in the Corporation Hall , to consider the proposed Convention . Mr . Oliver of Newcastle , proposed , on behalf of the Cfanrtists of that place , that Sunderiand should unite with tbe former , in electlag and supporting a Delegate to the said Convention . The Convention was unanimously approved of , and it vras resolved that a public meeting should be held in
  
  the evening , to bring the subject before the inhabitants of the town . Oa Sunday evening , the Co-operative Hall , by the numerous auttieuce assembled there , exhibited clearly that the Petition Convention was deemed & subject of great importance to the cause . Mr . Doable being culled to the chair , explained the nature and objects of the meeting . Mr . Williams then came forward and after an energetic and suitable address , moved the first resolution , viz .: —That tuis meeting baa heard with pleasure the proposal , sabmittttd to the country by Mr . O'Connor , to form & Petition Convention , in London , and believing that the said Convention would in many ways be powerfully calculated to advance the cause , determines to adopt the most speedy and energetic means to csrry the same into effect .
  
  Mr , Beegan ably supported the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Oliver , of Newcastle , addressed the meeting , after whieh the following resolution was moved by Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Kirker , and carried unanimously : —" That this meeting accepts with pleasure the proposal ot our brethren in Newcastle , to co-operaU in tbe election and maintenance of a delegate to the said Convention . " The foiiowing resolution was tben moved by Mr . Deegan , seconded by Mr . Small , and carried by acclamation : — " That this meeting tenders Its wannest thanks to Mr . O'Connor , for the excellent advice contained in his letter on the proposed Convention , and assures him that they will cheerfully and energetically aid him , in every suggestion and measure calculated
  
  to advance the interests of that cause for whioh he is suffering a cruel and unjust imprisonmeBt . " The friends in Newcastle having expressed their w . ia » that either Mr . Williams or Mr . Binns should be selected for the office of delegate , if possible . Mr . Williams stated that having just entered upon business , which required his constant We to establish firmly , he -would be under the necessity of declining the honour ; but would give fais best exertions in Sunderland to arouse the spirits of his brethren , and strengthen their resources and power . Mr . Binns not being present , it was determined to ascertain whether he conld comply , and , in the event of his inability , to solicit that stanch and able patriot ; J . Watkins , Esq ., to represent Durham and * Northumberland in the proposed Convention .
  
  TBMPEBANCE AND CHABTISH . —It has been resolved by tbe Temperance , or T « etotal Chartists of Sanderland , to wed the regenerating and tax-destroying cause of TeetotaliBm to Chartism , on Monday evening next , by the formation of a Teetotal Charter Association . This step has been forced upon them not less by the mutual connection between , and importance of both Temperance and Chartism , than fey the contemptible bigotry , fanaticism , and tyranny of the Old Teetotal Society ; the management of which is now in the hands of a sectarian clique , to whom the interests of the cause are subservient to the aggrandisement of a sect , and the gratification of their Tory spleen against all political Reformers . The use of the Temperance Hull was recently denied to the Me chanics ' Institute Committee , who wanted itfor popular concerts , on the ground that the Committee were compo » ed of Chartists , Socialists , and Infldela : and for similar reasons it was refused to the Charter Committee , on Messrs . Williams and Binns' liberation from prison .
  
  DURHAM . —We have very great pleasure in stating that the Chartists of the city of Durham continue to maintain with judgment and zeal the cause of liberty . They are weekly adding to their numbers , and have now engaged of Mr . Bradford , Temperance , Hotel , a large room , where they meet ; every Menday evening . At those meetings , discussions , songs , recitations , and lectures have been , or will be delivered ; and although they cannot , fr « m the scruples otth « landlord , be flaid to be public meetings , yet , as erery Chartist has the liberty of introducing a friend , or friends , they will be gte&tty serviceable to the cause . They have resolved to establish a reading roo » , and have ordered a quantity of the English and . Scotch Chartist Circular * , the Teetotaller , Stepfteia's Ifewrfv , Northern Star , Wteily Dispatch , and Punde $ QhrmicU , to . We bid them God speed , and desi r * th « 3 » to remember , that while stwggling for their rfghts . thej hava wisely adapted a course ¦ which will contribute * o their personal improvement and enjoyment , as well as
  
  their country ' s redemption . OtJSBHORN . —The Chaitista of thia place net on Sunday evening last , in the Byker gliding & 5 ho « l Room . After some financial business , had been trans acted , the National Petition was read and gave ganera , satisfaction . On Monday evening , a special meeting ot the QhartUU wt * «**•* * ° bewr depntatto « : ft ? w » Newcastle . The deputation proceeded to itate ttat it was in contemplation by the Chartists of » wadej » la » , Newcastle , and Oateabead , to anad a dtltgate . toth Charter Contention , and they ¦ wished th » co-opwatto
  
  of the mes of Onseborn . An animated . dlscusiMt « aaued , ¦ which was put a stop toby Mr . JL Hall proposing , and Mr . J . Hebden seconding , the fallowing ra «» lutlon— " That we , the Cbartlsta of OosefcwH wi » cooperate with our frleads of Sunderiaad , N « w «» 3 tte , and Gateshead , in sending a delegate * a the Charter Convention ; and tbat the Cwnnittee * of Guaeburn , Newcastle , and Gajteshead awalgamate into oae to carry out the above object" Meeting * will be h * UI in Ner / . castle , Ousebwo , arid Gateahead , during ( hisi week ., to elect a dett « aA «» and adopt the National Petition .
  
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  <** + r ^ pfcfui- >* r , «? i ;;*< - ^ w ^ j ^ w CARLISLE .-. We ate happy to fttate , that Uf ?^ O'Connor ' s plan hat been universally acted upon bath , ? / % here and in the neighbourhood . Various sums of mtfMQr ' / ' / have been sent from the different neighbouring village * . ' ij / ' ^' - Tiie calico printers of Cummersdale , haveeouie forward with their usual Bpirit and generosity , by subscribing no kas a sura than seventeen shillings . A council , meeting took place on Monday evening , when letter * were read by- the secretary , Mr . Joseph Richardson , from Wigton and Dalston , expressive of the determination of the people In those places to io all in their power to assist in carrying out the praiseworthy object . Tbe counci ] diS not finally decide on . sending a delegate
  
  to London , as they considered money might be wanting for that purpose . We would strongly recommend to the council , the propriety of sending a delegate , for two cogent reasons—firstly , Mr . O'Coddot has siogtod out Carlisle , tnowintr vieil the strength , spirit , aad intelligence of the Radical party there ; and , secondly , they Pj foaesi in the House of Commons' , one of the moai straightforward and independent men in that House , who has never failed in doing hia doty toward * the * people , and whose particular Mndness and feeling conduct towards that avSering boiy ot men—the handloom weavers—ought neveT to be forgotten—not to mention his manly and persevering' conduct isr tfce House in farbur « f Mr O'Connor , The expence of , i ^ BlegaW to and from London might be froi 0 £ 3 to- £ 8 . Now . suppose Carlisle to raise £ 3 , Wfgtoa IBs ., Dalston 10 s ., C-mnmersdale . Its .,, and - minor plates 20 i , tb ! s sum eould easily be raised .
  
  CmSSTERFJELD AND » R © MPTOW ^ -Th » Chsi-tiata resident in these places held their weekly mwating on Monday evening last Tie Sesretaiy haad ^ cl In 12 s . ed . from a friend , ( & W . Yo aw * the following resolntions -were unanimously passed ^—1 . " Thai a vote of thanks be given to our Mend , a W . Y . fta > J » donation to thia Society . " —2 . Tiat 0 s . 34 be sent to . the Norther * Star for the Convention Fust " , 3 . "That we Dominate a delegate to the Canveutionv " 4 . '" &sAMt . William Martin , the late victim * of Whi&r tyrannji be the-delegate . " —5 . "That as ttleCuwtisit * of this neighborhood have got possession of a- room ^ of theiroiwn to meet in , and intend having it opesedV about Easter , a letter be written to - ' Mr ; "William * - * Martin , to-know what day will best suit Isini- 'to come . ^*^ 6 . " That this Spcfety take the agency of th » EnffUdv-Chartist Circu ' ar , * od othwr cheap publicatiMw . "—7 , " That oar weekly jneeti * g » be held on Tnesday evenings . " —&- " Thafrtfae foregoing be sentfbr Sasertiom in the Northern Star . "
  
  NOTTINGHAM . —A * a- pablic meeting , ^ 1 d on Monday evening last , it wa » agreed that Mr . Sweety Goose-gate , fee appointed- to represent this town and county in the Gunventieri , recommended by Mr . Qle »> n- - ncr , to meet in London o » tho I 3 th of April next ; and ' that the petition , as itappears inGS&Sfar of this week ; ; be adopted . BOLTO . v . —Forejon p © j , ict— . M'Doual / v JtifB > Waeden . —Dr . M'Douall gave a lecture to the men of- - Bolton , in the Theatre , on Monday last , on the "Rightsof labour . " At the conclusien of the lecture , Mr . Jr-Warden , of foreign-policy , uotoriety , stood np in the * pit , and was about to address the meeting , when he » was invited to the stage . When there , he remiudedthe audience of bis having pledged hituseJf to Vindicate . the course he took in joining tbe ranks of the Foreign - Policy men , and to refute the charge of dishonesty cir- - cnlat « d agains t that party by Mr . Ji'Douall . He came «
  
  forward , he said , to redeeu * that pledge , and hoped that the Doctor -would be ready to meet him on an earl ; day , as he would within a week , perhaps , quit public life and return to his origiuai occupation . The Doctor expressed himself most willing to meet him , and to prove his charges of political dishonesty against that party whowera long ago dead , aad named Friday for the discussion . Messrs . Lord , GHUespie , and others then stated that , at Air . Warden ' s request , a public meeting of the Chartists had been buid for the purpose of affording him , as a Chartist leader , an opportunity of vindicatjing his impolitic- , aud devious course , which , after a patient bearing , he failed to do ; and that bis conduct ih again attemptiogto rtvive the subject oughfcto be held iu very great suspicion . Mr . W . warmly replied , and -was as hotly answered , amidst cries of " cock-tail ginger , "— ' off , oS , " and groans , and fain * cheers from a number of bis friends , which have grown " Small by degrees and- Beautifully less , "
  
  since his connexion with the foreign policy humbug ; However , Friday was fixed on for the discu « ion , and was looked forward to with much interest . At eight o ' clock on that evening the house was filled in every part . Mr . B . Marsden wm- called to the chair , aai ife was agreed that eaoh Spea ^ ST should OCCUpy half att hour alternately . Warrfen commenced , aud consumed his time more by unworthy and petulant personalities towards his opponent , than by the matter of the question . To these the Doctor found no difficulty in replying , and carrying with him the good sense of the meeting . Warden then came nearer to the point ; and " endeavoured to prove- the paramount importance of Keeping an eye on the thieves-at a distance , rather than on those with their hands akready in the pockets of
  
  the people ; spoke largely of international law , and the foreign policy of Ministers , which he denounced ; and showed that be was better acquainted with the modern names and divisions of the aneieut Bosphorus , than he was with the manufacturing districts and condition of " the people of Lancashira He was frequently inter- ' rupted by cries of " < 3 ive it up , Warden ;"— " Go ' home , " fcc . Ac . ice Dr .. M'Douall , in reply , wa » quite at home , triumphantly BpcretUng aud demolishing the fallacious argument * and sophistries of bigopponent ; sattsfactotily . showing , however , tbat the fruits of tbe foreign policy makia were to its advocates of a more substantial , and golden nature than those gathered by the men devoted to tbe Chartist cause . Warden then wound up a-most weak , lame , and
  
  impotent defence , by proposing the following speciousresolution— "That it : is tbe duty of every man to inquire into the foreign polls ; of his country . " Dr . M'Douall contended , that as the working men of this conntry were in & state of political serfdom—a mere slave class—their first duty and their best interests commanded them to look * t home , and to put forth - their every energy for their emancipation from poll- tical thraldom . He moved the following amendment" That the foreign policy of thi » eonntry would neither r be honourable to human nature or beneficial to man- - kind , until political , power v > na vested in the people
  amendment was carried amidst reiterated cheering . Au few Conservatives held' ug . th « tr hands for the motion * -. The Chairman then stated that one ef Mr . Warden ' s friends wished to be heard for two minutes , when , to the astonishment of all , Mr . Cardo Btaggered towards * the front of the stage , where he stood for . some time ,. amidst cries of "he ' s drunk , " eUouts of indignation ,. groans , and hisses . The Cnaiirman interposed and Baid : ho would take the sense- of the meeting , in the regular . - way , as to whether ha Bhouid be heard , which being , put , was found to be unanimously against him , T ? hea , Mr . C . retired , tinder the same infliction of popular dis- . approbation which he received ou his appearanca . TJi » . meeting tben separated , cheering for the Chartor ,- . 4 c 6 .
  
  DUBUN . —GHARUST ASSOCIATION . —The xraekly > meeting of this Association was held on Suuda ^ even- > - - ing last , in the Beading-room , Golden-lane , which wan numerously attended , Mr . Patrick Rafter in tha « hair ^ : The meeting , was addressed ia very eloquent to « &sk . by : lit . p'Malley , in support of the People ' s Chairs alter *' which the following resolutions were , put from the > i ^ chair , and carried by acdamalion : —l . *« i ^ aXn w ^ f * sympathise with our illustrious , Tinflinoriing ^ and * , patriotic countryman . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ^ -whoi * now suffering in the felon ' s dungeon for advocating tl »» People ' s Charter , aad that we cannot buV . look . wiyi horror and disgust , upon that base and tyrannical , WJB ? > Government , lor their nnprecedenter ' i cruelty and \ w f barity towards him , and the other patriots stilliscfll r . ing in the different dungeons thro » jghout JESnglandi »
  
  well as their tyranny to wards Messrs . Fmi , Willi * mg ) and Jones , who were illegally banishad . fronu f heir native land . " 2 . "That -we vie'wvrith . no . litfeflr sur prise the great decline of the tforti ^ m , $ ta # from amongst us , since the formation , of th& .-OonimiJt' e 0 j n Liverpool for its liistribution . " 3 . " That the r marked thaukaof thia association ar « < ue , and flerebf given , to tbe different peraoaa ia JSLnglan&f . Scptlar id , and Wales , for thflir kindness in sendiae . us . tba Northern Stat" 4 . "That we unaainiously reqae 64 that ^ communications , sad papers , tiia . OE ? ff « enda - may deem fit to favour ua with in futnr e , bo directed to the care of Mr . John Newton , No . ,, Q old « a-Iane , lor r this Association . " After these resale tlons . hftd , be « A : passed the nieetiDg separated , giving thra »> obeew for Fwgat O Connor , Bs * . and tha Cha * w * . and three dismal groanafot the . btse Whikri .
  
  CHAB . TIBM mtBELAHD ^ lt efoUowina extract of a letter ( dated Drogheda , ¥ a « h 13 ^ Sswer to * Fnend of tne caase uu rtoiton whn haa Jtt ^¦ & " ^ ^ -f ^ F * «? 55 . oSiS tracta . to ttewntcriii Iseland )) w iU . Bnow tbat tho goodeaasftof Gharttemhfl * tafcar . root iuthat town , SwS ? * ^ ff * ? . ^ ^* aundance of fruit :-^ Witii KB pect to ^ oliuw , ^* i WJW for wn , time i »« want of C&artjflt pri « > ieg , ! ^ loDger 8 ? ' ; : , o _* ^ f W ** ¥ ig the m m my limiied circ ^ Several « the » . gefe ^ r ¦ here yg &Con , " » ttw credit to Wel ^ for helping and I behOTftpjroducin ^ th ^ arfv ~* medium of his paper , tbft wution for th * . ( 3 tf rter which it thOnt . comlaned movemeatv tj * Mojito , as a body , hare KPHi
  
  maae . « w . ' The people ' * rights are dMdy 'dcfineda , tfo < P j &rter , and are root as aa true fnend to li ^ tf an object to . It ( tie Cfaarier ) embraeea ^ l . thft *; 4 h eor « tB have been so Ion * talking about ^ andi f wish that the people her , e would agrtat « 8 » fe * it likewise . We had a large ¦«**«>* hertithft , . olher day to petition ia fatour . of Morpeth ' BrfJ ^ Sq ^ of tne apeaken wentinto a history of U » e « v Mehite from ^ f that none bat serfs wer *« e > ided i ^ h 8 Omf t bold feUoir had been prejMWi v j advocate the Charter , for u I had been * &mat , previously to tone of tbe more intelligent ferer 1 B there about it , and declared myaelf a ChartBt * r jveral of them replied 'ditto f but it QOfortttwafcfr j happens that the great bulk of th « mont it know
  
  p « yrw » ' more immediately concerns , nwioff about it —« ven among the respectables , vfhb *** 8 nerally horrified at the name . Some honestly « oni ' jss , when I have explained the Charter , th * t they knew nothing of the principles . " All who h / ive acquaintances in Ireland should imitate our iiolton . friend ' s example , CMOT ^ THERf * ¦ : ; V : " ^ " 4 tCR >^ ; 'v ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : ¦ - ' - - - - ^ : - ; - :- ¦ yv ^ ttpiSv : ; :: ; " f t ^^ a , . . ^ ^^ afiwp ^
  
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- Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct542/page/1/

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