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      gX&BQXTGtHAM . CS 1 RTIST MEETING AT HOLLOWAY HEAD . Placardi -srere issued ailing a meeting of the CharuZg of Birmingham , on Monday , 2 Sd inrt ., for the onrpose of petitioning Parliament for the release of all e wSt prisoners , and also to elect a person to superxl tend the same . The placard * eaanated from the Nst in&al Charter Association ,. Mi were ilgned " George White , Bub-secretary . " On the following day large bills were posted , InTiting the men of Birmingham to tttend the meeting and elect a man they welM » tw , Kid signed " JoLn Collins , Arthur O"Neil , and George c ^ les . " ^ large wagg on was placed on the ground as * hnstings , and at half-past twelve , Mr . Chiswell was ailed to the chair . He opened the business in a brief redress and hoped the meeting world give every man , hoi idres * d them a fair and impartial hearing . He « ien intro duced Mr . "Wm . H&rttn to move the first rei ctafe ® - ' '

      ..,. _ . vj Ma ** * addressed the meeting as citizens of BinniiigBaJn- They had that day assembled to advo-_ j , the cause of good government , axd suffering v jjjuinity , and to rescue from the dungeon the victims of midd le-class spies , who are now Buffering torture , ^ iieh for crne lfy stands nnpsralleled in the history of the woili A ™ t deal k *^ . been said about a union of the middle and wcrking classes ; vrho hindered" the middle classes from uniting with the toil-worn millions ? What -were they at present ? when they had such an opportunity of shewing tne ' T sympathy for the men who were suffering in the Whig dungeons , who were not guilty of crimi , but on the contrary were virtuous men . They were-living in a state of society , where men nufhv cemmit crime witkout punishment ; and

      why ? Because they had power . The meeting was aware that he had suffered eighteen mouths' imprisonxaen : for mating a good speech at Sheffield—( laughter ) ¦ whereas , a horsestealer was sentenced to six months . ( Cries of " s&uce . - ) He bad suffered for advocating Sie rigata of his own order ; and when they sw met ptrsecuied for merely holding a' conjoaiB j"as opinion , iV was ibft fitity ci honest men to le as : such oppression . Was it not time to unite , when they saw suit things in existence , and by eo doing remoTe the eril ? He next called their attention to the nresfcot GoTernmeBt ; let them look , tot instance , to tie reforming and liberal Lord Melbourne , who had been fony years a Tory . He was the man who had BOTed a vote of thanks to the Peterloo butchers . Lord

      Palnerstoa was the Talleyrand of England , being a regular fixture at Downing-street , whtre he had nestled for the last twenty-seven years . Ke hopsd the people were determined to get rid of them and little Finality . Hey had heard of poor Holbtrry , who had been sentenced to four years' imprisonment for declaring war aeaiiLSi the Qn = en , aud bad to spend that time in jforthallerton House ef Correction , under the silent lyr-em , whidi was aggravated by the greatest monjtsriind most inhuman scoundrels being tmployed to carry it out . Holberry had been sentenced to three toys' sulitay con&r . eaiett en the efidtnee of a man who had been three times imprisoned for felony . And when he complained to the Au > ctor that his feet were j-ireUed through torture of the m-admiil , the Goremor ' s xm advised the doctor cot te listen to him . ( Shame . ) Rioter -was sentenced to "three Tears' imprisonment for

      the same reason , and his son to two years . Father and 401 sat near « ach other ; and the poor old man was sent to solitary confinement on bread anrl water , for the high crime of eff-riog a bit of biack bread to bis son , scd waj often threatened with punishment for shedding tears . --Shame , shame > He asked them , as Englishmen , whether * nch a state cf things was to be endured , and whether they were not resolTed tj unite in order to remoTe it ? There was but one way , namely , to r&Uy round the Charter . If the working classes were determined to be free , their own energies were sufficient to accomplish it ; the working classes formed the very bssis of society ; and as it is the case in architectcre , so also was it iu politics , imne ' iy , tbit ruin 'tis always the most certain , nhen it began at the bottom ; ruin had not only commenced with the working dines , but it had neariv finished its work , -and that

      was the reason why they demanded the Charter . He next called tteir attention to the case of Brooke of Bradferd , who was seduced by a spy called Harruon . He was placed on the treadmill contrary t © law , and siSboutb he complained that he wa » troubled with a cramp through the txcessive labour he had to undergo , no Eouce was taken of his statement Well , then , V ~ ej had heard it stated that the working classes should unite with what was ttrmed the middle class ; it was the middle class who upheld the present accursed system ; tsey had the power of altering it if they thought pr ? per . Why , then , should they trouble themselves about a union with their w » rst and kittcrestperBecgtors ? Was it not they who had incarcerated James Bronterre O'Brien , the people ' s school master , and who were

      seeking to destroy that friend of the people , Feargus -O'Connor ? Why , then , Ulk of union with them ? Penthjrpe snd others , had been induced to plead guilty , under an understanding that they would be liberated for so doiag , but those middle-men broke their promise and tae men were stnterced to a long and fcarrassicg imprisonment . Peddie was being tortured to such » decree in Beveriey House of Correction that his life was endangered . He also was the victim of Harrison the spr , who had been employed by the middleclasses . He thought he had stated sufficient to proTe to them that their liberty depended so ' . ely on their on efforts , and hoped that tlie statement he had made ? en M mate thtm TeioWe to h » Te the Charter , and not to go begging to any men to get it for them . The

      Cbanisu had been termed enemies to life and property . He should like to know whe : her Feargus O'Connor or Lord Melbourne was the greatest enemy of life and property . Melbourne , Russell , and Co . were wholesale murderers ot the people ; he con'd proTe them to be so . Why not mike them answer for it before the bsr of their country ? He hoped the men of Birmingham would unite , and shew to the rest ef the country an example worthy of imitation : be hoped they would no longer be galled by the sham-Radicals , Hume , Roebuck , Warbnrton , and Co ., who 3 dTised them to emigrate , whilst their own country was capable of making ¦ Earn sU comfortable . He thanked them , as an Irishnaa , for the patient hearing they had giren him . They n » d giren the lie to the truckling middle class of Ireland and the Big Begearoian , whTo stated that the people

      of this country had no sympathy for Ireland or Irishmen . When the people complained of distress they were told that trade was bad—that their commerce and JEHmfacnires were declining ; he would say , perUh bosh , iau > -T than the people should be the serfs they » ere made by the factory system . They should go and tee the pallid and care-worn loois of the unfortunate actcry siaTe , and then ask themselTes what benefi : the working man deriTed from commerce and macufactoei They should establish their ritbt to the land , » hica could nerer be done until they had the Charter ; if they had the Charter , they could elect persons who Would make good laws . He therefore hoped they would go the whole hog for the Charter , without taking ** ice of kgaUty-mongera . He again thanked them for » e patient hearing they had given him , and concluded * y mo-Ting the following resolution :

      'That the cruel treatment experienced by the victims « Whi § tyranny and middle-cUss spies , in the various uncgeons throughout the country , and the inhuman * 7 steni Qf g ] ow mur ( jer practised in the Houses of Cor-Ketion and gaols of this oppressed land , prtves beyond wubt the tyrannical and bloodthirsty dispositien * < && bsst , treacherous , and imb * cile Whig GoTera-Mr . CSA 5 CE , of Siourbridge , seconded the resolution , n-e said , that after the able and ample manner in which to- alartin had proposed the resolution , and shown up " > = system , little remained for him . H « maintained

      » a . it -wza the middle classes who incited the GwTero-101311 to persecute the Chartists . He also had been gs seated for denouncing their brutal conduct . He ™ - ° tism ^ them for hiring spies to watch him , in ^ 5 jo deter him from advocating his principles . The ^ f » that pervaded the land , and the hopelessness t ^ s factions doing anything for the people , had made ^ determined to struggl e fer the Charter . With ^^ to the question of legality , he was resolved to frj ^* «* ally if possible ; but he would not be deterred « ° » advocating his principles under any pretence . He 'ott . u cordially second the resolufioa Jfie Cauaiiis then put the resolution , which was ^ M ttuaaimously . B , ^ . if l i ; i Tatlob proposed the next resolution . = Mio , that as several others had to address the meet-£ 5- fie would be brief as possible . Although the first . a ^ n -was important , the second wa . s important Wash ^ Onld tiierefore be S hl fcy reading his text ,

      T ^ t the starvation and misery which exists in » uu wealthiest country in the world , and the per--w * m to which the friends of liberty have bt « n and a ° » subjected , by a so-called Reforming Govern-S" ^ *»* ttere is no h ope for the industrious *~ -n Ol the community , except through the establish-^' thTSSf fiSS ? 6111 ' ^ ^ the prin-£ r ^ Shl tiat * "V ' 1 text > M u * et befow them 8 n * tS" P ^ 'eat , and the fatnre ; it told them « nn « » P" * eut was an irresponsible Government ; « tak » . feJ > re 8 ent electors night be irelined to » Jj « it , but there was do doubt that the pres « nt «^ m » ent ttuted in direct opposition to the wiihes tthi LS - ° f the nsti 011 - rhe g « ernmtnt of r *« coan&y mitht be dirirfjvi ? nt « fj ~ = -r « .-t . tv » Md le

      , _ W ^ . ^ ' the S » - T ^ Queenwa . the W ?? Y ?^ ^ y « " ^ ^ e Commona the ** t TrenTrt , Trere termed * repreteaUtive body , ^\\ r ^ n ^ LJ ^ m n ^^ - A few thousand , were *»» m&Z ? *}!? : ^**^ ^^ ty were not . The * P » wakroW ^ J < J * ere ^ BrwA > Ttmiaded Mm of 4 , ™^ " aign-two to ene . lUmghter . ) He * ttuTm £ i . M lfc w " ^ duty of aU good ^ ^ % &TJ ^ , toew notMD « lbout kt o 2 ie-i £ f ?* i . ^ ? Jlns ^ «« re that which was ^ h wai fS 1 ^^ 1 tryin « w d 0 «> tot ages , ^*« ^ deS to btJm * T * iliDfr Both Houses held ¦^ -dected ^ ZT ^ , ? , ^ P ? 16 " **"• Tb . ey were traa , T th ? i ' ^ 8 t ? ile ( L Then , in the name of —» « soe name of jnaace and comaon senae , he

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      would declare them an irresponsible govermment , who had proved by their condnct that they hated and dettsted the poor . They had in this country Lords Spiritaal and Lords Temporal ; one took care of tbeir bodies and the other took , care of their souls . The Lords Spiritual kept them in mental blindness , and the Lords Temporal kept them hungry and naked . He then proceeded in an able manner to prove the irresponsibility of the government , and concluded his address by moving the resolution . 31 r . ARTHUR O'Neil seconded the resolution . They

      bad heard a vast deal of discussion ; and , no matter how they might differ upon other points , they were agreed upon this . He was happy to find them at Holloway Head , and in the presence of one who had advocated the Charter in opposition to foreign policy . He saw a person in the meeting who had mixed himself with the foreign policy agitation , and would tell him there what he thought Mr . O Neil then proceeded to censure the conduct of Mr . Cardo , who happened to be standing on the outskirts of the meeting , and concluded by advising them to cho « se a proper person to represent them in London .

      iir . Wk Cardo then proceeded through the meeting , snd mounted the hustings . He Slid he Claimed & right to ipftik , as he had been attacked by Mr . OTfeiL He thought Arthur O'Xeii should be the last man to act as he had done , for he had his suppert when i n Glasgow , and it was also well known that be ( Mr . Cardo ) never forsook the principles ot the Charter . ( Why did you not keep to it , then ?) He maintained that he had kept to it , and was sorry to End them in such a divided state . They were cursing their country by their divisions . He was surprised to see two sorti of bills posted , both proftssing to be for the same object , and was sure that was not the way to get the Charter . ( Cries of " How are we to get it , then ?") He would tell them that crying there would not get it for them . This remark caused renewed uproar ; aft « r which Mr . Cardo denounced Mr . O Neil as a public liar , and stated his determination to prove him so . After some further altercation between Messrs . o'Xtil and Cardo , the latter left the meeting .

      The CHiiEMis then put th » resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Geokge White moved the adoption of the petition whe ^ appeared in the Star . He said that there appeared to be a misunderstanding in the countiy with regard to what was ttrmed the divided state ef Birmingham . He maintained that there was no division ; there was bnt ontjpolitica ) association in the town . Which met at Preeman-strret , on Monday and Wednesday evenings . Another body of nitn met tegether as a church , which they had an un-loubted rigkt to d «; be only wished it to be known that there was only one political society amongst the Chartists . He then read the petition , and after a few other remarks , concluded by moving it for the adoption of the

      meetng . Mr . Sai \\ D £ R 6 , of Bromsgrove , seconded the adoption of the petition , and made some clever remarks . Mr . J © h > " Collins supported the . adoption of the petition . He could not allow the present opportunity to pass witbout making a few remarks . He cordially agreed with the resolutions , and considered they bad dons « redit to the parties who drew the : n up . His friecd Taylor bad dwelt on the wealth of the country , but it was a lamentable fact , that the wealth of a country was not the happiness of a country . The resolution justly c * nsurec \ a Government with liberty on their lips , but hatred in their hearts . He than proceeded to shew the aUte of misery and destitution t « which the people were reduced , and instanced the cise of the woman Longley , who murdered her infant in a fit cf despair , brought on by want , and declared hil unalterable attachment to the principles of the Charter . He concluded by supporting the petition .

      The petition was then put from the chair , and carried unanimously . Mr . G . White proposed Mr . Martin , late inmate of > or £ halJerton House ot Correction , as a proper person to act on the proposed Conventiom , for the superintendence of the petitions . He knew no man who WOUld bB more useful , as Mr . Martin bad been an inmate of the prisons , which formed the chief ground of complaint , and , consequently , was prepared with the necessary infoimation . He had already been choaen by the members of the National Charter Association , and by Frost ' s Committee ; but as they were advocates of fait-play , amd wished everything to b * done in the most public manner , it was determined to take the opinion of an open air meeting . Mr . T . P . Gb . ee > ' Wculd second the nomination of Mr . Martin . He believed him well qualified for the iSce .

      Mr . Ee > 'Jamin Hill rose to propose that Mr . John Collins be the delegate for Birmingham . He mought it would be an everlasting dugrace if they were not to do so . Mr . Collins had served them faithfully in the Convention . He did not propose him » ut of any disrespect ta Mr . Martin , but he thought they should not go one thousand miles to seek a man when they had one of their own townsmen to do the business . Mr . Hill , sea ., seconded the nomination of Mr . CoLlics . The Cbaibhis then took the sense of the meeting . A large number of hands were held up in favour of both candidates ; but the Chairman decided that the majority were in favour of Mr . Collins , who was consequently declared duly elected . ' iir . COJ . X . JXS thanked the meeting for their vote , and promised to perform his duty to the bt » t of his power .

      A committee was then appointed consisting of eleven persons , amc » gst whom were Messrs . O'JJeil , Martii , White , Hill , Taylor , Barrett , and five others . A voie of thanks was then given to the Chairman ; three cheers for the Charter , Feargus O"Con * or , the Northern Star , and Fiost , Williams , and Jones , and the meeting dispersed .

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      castle-under-Ljne ; each district to be visited once in a month , and ( he lecturer to remain one week in each locality ; payment to be forwarded in advance from the places to be visited , at the rate of 304 . for each week ' s services . " Moved by Mr . Buckney , and seconded by Mr . Barratt . CITY OF LONDON . —A meeting of Chartists and friends was held on Sunday evening last , at the Globe Coffee House , Fore-street , CripplegaU , to establish an eastern City locality of Chartists , as the neighbourhood appears exceedingly adapted for that purposeit being crowded with the working classes . After the usual business of its formation , it was agreed that a committee do sit from seven till ten o ' clock , on Sunday evenings , at the * above house , to enrol members ,

      till a more suitable place can be procured . Monday evening , March 29 . —At the usual weekly meeting , held at the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride Lane , Mr . Wilkinson in the chair . Messrs . Purker , Roger , Grey , and Hogg were proposed for nomination to sit on the Petition Convention . Mr . Parker declined , and Roger Grey , not being sufficiently known , the last named member was consequently nominated . It was moved by P . W . Piirker , and seconded by D . Cater , that a loan of 14 s . tbeiug 2 < 1 . per member ) from tuts funds of this locality shall be advanced , to assist to defray the expences of the goneral public meeting , to take place at White Conduit House , on Easter Monday next , for the election of members to the " Petition Convention . " Unanimously carried . Mr . J . W .

      Parker read a petition to the House of Commons , praying for the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land , without the least possible delay ; at the conclusion of the reading of which he moved its adoption , aud to be signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting . It was seconded by Mr . D . Cater , and unanimously agreed to . Tuesday and Saturday evenings , the committee sits to receive monies , at the Dispatch , Bride Line , from those friends who nre desirous to attend the deputation to York , to meet F . O Connor , Esq ., on his . liberation from the fangs of his tjrants ; aUo , to receive the subscriptions of tlie Shareholders of the banner for that occasion . It was aj ^ revd that tVe members of this locality do finally meet at the same place , to give in their bonks , with the wholts of the penny general subscription iuoueya for tke victims , on

      Monday evening , the 19 th inst . Mr . Parker , in giving in his report of the Petition Committee , Btated that they had succeeded iu the liberation of Mr . Edwards , and the removal of Mr . Carrier to another gaol , Where he b allowed to writ * one letter a week to his friends ; but feared they had not at present made any interest in behalf of Messrs . Frost and Peddie , whose tery names appeared to frighten the enemies of justice itto hysterics . In the course of the evening , several members cautioned those who intend to attend the meeting on Wednesday , and all other meetings that may be got up to humbug the people , to use the greatest decorum , snd not allow Sydney Smith and Co . the least chance to substantiate thu lies they so maliciously assert of the Chartists ; after which the chairman left the chair .

      MAKTltEBONE— Weekly meeting , on Sunday , March 28 th , Mr . Huntwell in the Chair . The national petition , Which appeared in the Sorthern Slur , was read and adopted , and sheets ordered to be got so as t » commence getting signatures to it . The meeting that is to take place at White Condnit House on Easter Monday , to receive- the Country Delegates , was agreed to . The deputation which was appointed tu wait on Mr . Sankey , to request him to become one of the Petition Convention , gave in their report , that Mr . Sankey must decline through ill-health , Which he is Very sorry for . The Secretary announced , that after the sermon which was preached for Mrs . Clayton that afternoon , the sum of 12 s 71 d was collected ; and 2 s l » . } d was collected in the room that evening for a distressed brother .

      I * EICEST £ R . —Mr . Smart was nominated delegate to the Prisoners' Petition , &c . Convention , at a public meeting , held in the room at All Saints' Open , last Monday at noon ; the petition in the Star was adopted by the meeting , and lo » . were subscribed towards the expences of the Member * of Convention . On Monday nigtit , Mr . Henry Vincent delivered a third lecture in the New Hal ) . Notwithstanding its being a wet night , a large audience were assembled , and expressed their repeated and increased gratifictioD , by frequent plaudits . The closing lecture , on Tuesday m jht , was , per haps , the ablest of the series , and Leicester has seldom witnessed auch an enthusiastic scene as was presented on that occasion . While theyoung and powerful orator was fervidly and pathetically describing the fiery ordeal

      through "Which our fathers in reform passed , Mr . Geo . Bown , a highly respected and consistent veteran rose , involuntarily , at the enunciation ef the word Jacobin , ' —and being instantly recognised by the auaienco , an eleclrie burst of overwhelming applause echoed through the hall , during which , the grey-haired and venerated sufferer in persecutions of past days , advanced to the platform and grasped Mr . Vincent ' s band . The cheers were loud and long , and the sight was deeply moving . At the clJse of this lecture , Mr . Vincent administered the Chartist Teetotal pledge to sixty-three individuals . The excitement was of the most pleasing kind , and pervaded tho whole audience so completely , that it is believed one hundred names would have been obtained to the pledge , if it had been introduced earlier in the

      evening . Mr . Vincent has created an immense feeling in Leicester , as well among the middle as the working classes , and it is not intended to let it die , Mr . Cooper , editor of the Illuminator , announced that he would preach in the Chartist room at All Saints' Open nexf Sunday night , at six o ' clock , and that on the following Sunday night , either himself or Mr . Markham would repeat tke effort . Next Monday night , also , a public meeting will be held for petitioning Parliament to release poor Peddie ; and on Tuesday night , the members of the National Chartist Association meet to elect a Sub-Secretary and Sub-Treasurer , in pursuance of the new plan of organisation . A reading-room and library , weekly lectures , < kc , are in proje « tion ; and prosperity , hitherto unexperienced , is sauguinely looked-for by the Chartist body in Leicester .

      BATH . —On Monday evening last , pursuant to public notice , a meeting of the adherents to the principles cf the People ' s Charter , was held in Kingamead-rsom , Kingsmead-square , The weather proved verv unfavourable ; nevertheless upwards of 60 « persons assembled . Mr . Alderman Crisp was called to the chair amidst loud applause . The worthy gentleman commenced by stating the object of the meeting to be to gather together the friends of the Charter ; to urge upon them to concentrate all their energies towards the object they had in view . He proceeded , in an eraphatie manner , to show the injustice the unrepresented people were Compelled to endure , dwelt upon the severity and injustice of the existing Poor Laws , and ctnvincingly argued that the only hope the people could entertain for an

      amelioration of their condition , rested solely upon themselves , and that justice would be done tham sooner or later , according to their union , their perseverance , their determination . He , therefore , hoped the people of Bath would , with renewed energy and zeal , be found struggling against the robbers of their rights , and the iniquitous system at present upheld against the people ' s will . ilr . C . called upon Mr . T . Bol well , and sat down amid loud cheers . Mr . Bolwdl was glad to see auch a cheering meeting before him . And as he beheld many old faces he had before of tea seen , but who had latterly , through some unknown cause , been seldom in their proper places ; and as , also , he found the present meeting attended by many of the middle classes , he would enter upon a detail of the proceedings of the Charter

      Association during the last three years . Mr . B . then went on to show tb . e amount of difficulty which had been overcome ; the heavy expenses incurred in standing up against persecution ; and could tell them what would be cheering , that after all the difficulty and opposition they had encountered , they , an association of poor " degraded" working { meu , " unfit for the excercise of political power , " had paid their debts , and quitted their late prem . Ue 3 honourably , unlike an aristocratic political society , which had recently expired in the same city , leaving their confiding creditors minus several various amounts . ( Loud cheers . ) After calling upon the people for renewed energy and exertion , Mr . B . sat down amid the applause of the meeting . Mr . R . K . Philp said he should , aa

      they had heard of what had been done , call their attention to what they n « w ought to do . The democratic spirit largely prevailed in Bath ; the population of this city were remarkable for their patriotism and love of liberty , and it only remained for them to unite in indissoluble union » for them to beat dovrn every enemy that should arise against them . Nothing would obtain the people ' s rights but their exertions ; and fathers , mothers , and children were all bound by their ties to each other , to lend a helping hand to the cause of universal liberty . If a thousand persons in . Bath would but contribute one penny per week each , they would be enabled to raise a glorious hall in which to assemble and spr « ad

      political truth . ( Cheen . ) They could have-schools for the education of the children of working n » en mi women in the right principles of equality and brotherly love ; they could have libraries and reading-room * , and as knowledge was power—the power which they needed to promote their success , he would call upon all who loved the cause In sincerity no longer to delay , but at once unite to effect their object , which by perseverance they eould assuredly accomplish . ( Loud eieers . ) Mr . C . Bolwell next came forward , and tcok a glance » t the position of the people , and th * chances of their success . He could mark a dstennination . on the part of the oppressed , whick -was not to be mistaken . They were become a co * J and a thinking people—a people determined U naa ftYery legal effort to establish their

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      rights and liberties . After many excellent observations , which were repeatedly cheered , Mr . Bolwell sat down , and was succeeded by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., who followed in the strain of the previous speakers . He alluded to the atrocious proceedings in the cases of Cardigan , Waldegrave , &c , the aristocrats , and Hoey and Hodge , and other poor working men . He did not regret these things , bec&uBe it would do more than anything else to open the eyes of the people—to shew them the existence of one law for the rich and another for the po « r , and would

      extend the spirit of Chartism far aUd wide . Mr Roberts spoke at some length , amid hearty plaudits . It was then announced that a commodious room at No . 4 , We 8 tgate Buildings , hai been taken for the purposes of the Association , whe ~ e every information might be obtained . Mr . Clarke proposed , and Mr . Philp seconded , avoteot thanks to tho Chairman , which were given heartny ; thanks were also given to the proprietor of the room , and tho meeting , which , without exaggeration , was highly interesting and cheering , and throughout which a glorious spirit prevailed , separated peacefully .

      The Petition Convention . —The Chartists of Bath have toted £ 1 to be sent to the Convention Fund . A publicmoetiDg will be held next Monday evening , at No . 4 , West ^ ate Buildings , LANCASTER .. —A meeting was called by the Mayor , in compliance with a resolution of the Town Council , to be held at eleven ia the forenoon of Wednesday , to petition Parliament for a revision Of the commercial tariff . The petition having been proposed and seconded ; Mr . J . T . Lund , a working man , proposed an adjournment to half-past seven at night , that the working classes might attend , as he intended moving an amendment before it was put

      to the meeting . An amendment was moved by the Tories for the exclusion of tlie Corn Laws from the petition ; and after some squabbling , the motion for adjournment was carried by a majority . At the adjourned meeting in the evening , Mr . Lund moved an amendment to the effect , thai this meeting petition f

      BARNsiiEY . —On Sunday last , a funeral sermon f » r Clayton , was preached iu the Odd Fellows ' Hall , by the Rev . Wm . Hill . A collection was made for the widow , amounting to £ 2 2 i . 7 . } d Expences , including rent of the Hull , bills printing , Jtc , being defrayed , 14 s . 2 d . remained for the widow . It had been intended after tho sermon to submit the National Petition and » Memorials on behalf of Feargus O'Connor , and Frost , Williams , and Jones , to the adoption of tho congregation , and notice to that effect had been been given ou the placards announcing the service . The proprietor of the room , however , was waited upon by the Magistrates ' Clerk , and reminded that the room was not licensed

      as a place of worship . lie was informed , however , that tneir worships would most kindly overlook the violation of law in that respect , provided that the petitioning business was not persisted in ; but that , if euch a desecration of the Sabbath wore tolerated , his license , as a publican , would certainly be in danger . This being represented to Mr . Hilt on his arrival , he at once advised the people not to compromise the interests of an individual , but to give up the petitioning , having the sermon only ; and to call a public meeting , at which their petition and memorials could be adopted . This was determined on , and the meeting is to be holden in the Odd Fellowa' Hall this day ( Thursday . )

      BRIDGETON . —A public meeting of the inhabitants was held here on Wednesday last , Mr . Richardson in the chair . Mr . M . Cullen , of Glasgow , delivered an impressive address in behalf of the incarcerated Chartists , aud also recommend atory of the petitioning scheme , as proposed by Feargus O'Connor . After which seven resolutions were proposed , and efficiently spoken to , by Messrs . Watson , Black , Fortune , and others , which were finally agreed to . There is no lack of spirit manifested by the Committee of this district , which has lately been reinvigorattd by a supply of fresh materials , which seem to work well , and under whose bauds the Sunday school and other undertakings have assumed an appearance of prosperity that must be highly gratifying to every friend of the cause . SAiiFORO . —The Chartists hero are going on rapidly . Their numbers are increasing weekly ; their room is getting too small for them , and they will have to take another one , larger . They elected a fresh Committee . There is an amusement class held

      in their room on Wednesday and Saturday evenings ; thus while it affords recreation , it also keeps them from the gin palace . The discussion on tho progression of mankind will be re-opened on Monday evening , the 5 th of April , at eight o ' clock precisely . The question of capital and labour will be discussed on the following Monday , 12 th of April , when two gentlemen from Manchester , of the Adam Smithian Political Economy school , will be met on this important matter . The co-operation among the workies continues , with increased numbers ; ten bags of flour were purchased and divided &mong themselves . Provision dealers , look out ! The working men begin te find out their own interest ; they now purchase Hour , bacon , potatoes , soap , and candles . The Chartists owe no tiling ; tho accounts were audited , every thing found correct , and a balance in hand . They wish the government could say as much .

      BHAX > POHD—( Wiltshire ) . —On Tuesday evening , March 23 , a public meeting was held in Whitehill ChaptI , in this town , for the purpose of adopting the political prisoners' petition , and rallying the Cnartiats of Bradford around their glorious standard —the People ' s Charter . Tho chapel was crowded in every part . Mr . Haswell was called to the chair , and opened the business by announcing the object for which the persons assembled had been called together . Mr . Reuben NibbJet read the petition , and , in an able manner , moved its adoption . Mr . Carrier seconded the motion , and powerfully urged the people to a performance of their political duties . Mr . Charles Bolwell , from Bath , next addressed the meeting , pointing out the right of the peopie to the

      Charter which they had demanded , explaining the first principles of Government , * n d exposing the iniquity of the rulers and the sufferings of the ruled in the present day . Mr . R . K . Philp , from Bath , next addressed the meeting upon the necessity of union and determined porseverance . He showed the advantages to be derived from brotherly co-operation . The two latter speakers entered upon the objects of the meeting at some length , and were repeatedly cheered . Mr . Morgan Williams , of Mtrthyr Tydvill , was chosen to represent Bradford in the conveution . After votes of thanks , cheers , &c , tho meeting broke up , having established good feelings , and a determination to " move on to victory . "

      BRISTOL . —The Chartists met at Mr . Simeon ' s , Temple-street , Mr . Clarke in th « chair . It was unanimously resolved : — " That a public meeting be held in the hall of Science , Broadmead , for the purpose of passing the National Petition . Mr . Edwards , lately a prisoner in Oakham Gaol , will be present and address the meeting . A Committee was formed for the purpose of getting up the funds neceseary to defray the expences . " WEST BRISTOL AMD CLIFTON . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartist ? of this district , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That five shillings be sent to the Star office towards the Petition Convention Fund . " " That we do recommend the Editor of the Star to print a sufficient quantity of the National Petition for the whole of the country , and that the various districts be recommended to instruct their sub-secretaries to obtain the number they want for headers , or placards , at the Star Office . "

      KAWICK . —The Hawick Branch of the Chartist Total Abstinence Border Union , held their second social meeting last night , in the large ball of the Commercial Inn , which was crowded to suffocation . The meeting was addressed by Anthony Haig , James Gray , and Alexander Hogg , which with the excellent singing , recitations , and instrumental music , appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the audience . We augur great benefit to the cause from these meetings , if properly conducted , REDRtJTB , ( Cornwall . )—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday , O'Connor ' * letter to O'JI » Uey wm re » d ; several capital speeches made , and laveral new vembers enrolled . An attempt to levy an impost va the

      inhabitant * in the shape of a rate for the Rural Police hu been resisted and defeated by the workles , aad middle men an now " toddling" round to " . their order" for subscription * to defray the expentes . Mr . E . P . Mead is abaut feeing engaged at lecturer . The Committee of the Redrutb Auociation request that all bodies of Radicals requesting the services of Mr . E . P . Men « ewitl immediately apply to the lecretary , Mr . J . H . Longmaid , from -whom nil letteri , pre-paid , will meet with immediate attention , until an arrangement can be made by having appointed a treasurer for a missionary fund . - , and they would beg Of all those who we engaged ^ the straggle for freedom to rally their furcea , and \> y sending & delegate to Redrnth on Good Friday ta emter into proper arrangementa for the better rganlaa '^ on of aU .

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      BURNLEY— On Sunday , the ) 4 thof March , an excellent and impretsive sermon was preached in the Chartist Room , on the death of poor Clayton , from the words contained in Isaiah x . 1 , 2 . The room was crowded to 6 uffacation , by an attentive audienee . Mauy were the tears that were shed during the delivery of the sermon . The preacher dwelt , in a sympathetic strain , on tie sufferings of Clayton , and made aforcible appeal to his hearers on behalf of the Whiff-maAe widow and fatherless children . At the close a collection was made , which amounted to 2 &j .

      Lecture . —On Tuesday evening lastj a meeting was held in the large Assembly Room , Royal Oak Inn , to hear Mr . Butterworth , of Manchest « r , deliver a jiisoourse on Chartism . The large room was well filled with an attentive . audience . Mr . Butterworth pointed out , in a clear and lucid manner , the causes that afflict society , and the necessity of having possession of the elective franchise , in order to enable the working classes to protect their labour from the grasping maws of the several " ocracy's " that laid their unholy patTS upea it and concluded by exhorting his audience to union and perseverance , in order to obtain their juat rights . The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr . Mooney , of Colne , and Messrs . Tattersall and Beaumont , of Burnley . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and to Mr . Butterworth , three cheers to

      Feargus O'Connor , and the imprisoned Chartists , and three cheers for the Northern Star , when the meeting separated highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings . The cauBe flourishes here , the hearts of the people are set upon the Charter , they allow no clap-traps to draw them aside , but seem determined to have " the whole hog , bristles and all . " Teetotalism and Chartism are linked together , expecting by these means to be better enabled to win their winding way against all opposition , and would advise every Cnartist in the United Krngdom who is not already a teetotaller , to lose no time in dashing the intoxicating cup from his fips , for remember the words of John Cleave , at the Palaceyard Demonstration : —' ' Every g / ass of ale or gin that is swallowed by a working man , adds another rivet to the chain that binds him . "

      SUNDERtAND . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Deegan , lectured in the Co-operative Hall , oa the principle of total abstinence , and the duties of the Chani 9 ts to adopt them . We are happy in being able to state , that the majority of the Sunderland ChartiBts have already pasiied from them the intoxicating cup , and intend , to advance the same , to hold meetings every Tuesday evening in the Co-operative

      Hall . DURHAM . —Chartism in this city has evidently taken firm root . On Monday evening , a noble meeting was held at Mr . Bradford ' s Temperance Hotel , in a large room which the Chartists have ongaged for weekly meetings , when an able and convincing address was delivered by Mr . Williams upou the object , principles , and tendency of Chartism . — Mr . Lawsoii , of Coxhoe , also addressed the meeting with excellent effect . In the course of his afldresa

      he strongly urged the formation of a Chartist store in the city of Dnrham . He stated that upwards of 100 shares had already been taken , although no public meeting had been held , and ho had little doubt but that ere long a , flourishing store woula be established in the city , and be found of great service to the cau ^ e of Chartism . At the close of the meeting a number of Chartist circulars and other Chartist papers were sold and distributed , and the whole proceeding affords the strongest reason for anticipating the establishment of a flourishing society .

      BRADFORD . —At the usual weekly meeting held on Saturday evening last , a letter from William Brook t a . a inmate of Northallerton House of Correction , was read , after which various resolutions connected with the movement in that locality were unanimously carried . MACCLESFIELD . —The adjourned meeting of the delegates of the county of Chester was held on Sunday , according to announcement There were delegates from Stockport , Congleton , and Macclesfield , likewise a letter frcm Middlewich , announcing their inability to Bend a delegate ; but stating that they would abide by the decision of tlie meeting . The principal business of the delegates was to appoint a lecturer for th * county ; hut when the amount of enrolled members in the various

      towus , were laid before them , they found , that at present , they would not be able to support one . The delegate from Congleton stated , that he was instructed to state the district of the Potteries would be willing to join with Cheshire to bave a lecturer for toe district . This statement was well received , as it was considered that a populous district would be preferable to a county which bus its towns scattered so . widely , and accordingly it -was proposed and seconded , that the meeting adjourn to Sunday , April S 5 th , and that the Potteries be invited to send delegates to the Meeting . The meeting to be held in Congleton , as the most

      central town . Good reports were given respecting the statoof the Chartists in Sandbach , Nantwich , Northwich . and other places ; and it was agreed that Mr . Linney , of Manchester , should visit all those places in the course of nixt week , to arouse them to a sense of their duty . 'During the interval , until next meeting , there is to be an . exchange of local lecturers , and the the necessity of organisation to be impressed on the minds of all . We are going on well here ; our members are increasing , and we have established a Chartist Total-Abstinence Society . The members are in great spirits . Mr . Linney lectured on Sunday , in a room of Mr . Weafs .

      HODDERSFIELD . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists on Tuesday evening , a full representation of the political bodies in the town and neighbourhood , was given in by a committee appointed to enquire into th ^ state of such , and it was resolved that should any party call a public meeting for any purpose , the object of the Charter should Tie introduced and show the country that its principles are predominant in this neighbourhood . The out-townships are requested to attend the next meeting on Tuesday evening next , as some important business is to transact .

      BONLtT .-On Sunday , the 28 th day of March , the inhabitants of Honley attended at the Smithy Place School , to hear * sermon preached by Mr . Josh . Bray , for the benefit of the wife and family of poor Clayton , the Whig victim ; but , at the tim » the door should have been opened , they were informed that they could not have the room , by orders of the " pious" John llobinson , who had sent a letter to the person holding the key . But when charity is the obj « ct of men , some one is always ready to hold out the hand of fellowship . Without any application , the Socialists offered their room , which was accepted , and a good congregation

      assembled . A collection was made , amounting to 10 a . 6 d . The disgust which the people felt at the base and disgraceful conduct of the tyrants under a cloak is widely spread . The inscription over the door of the school ought to be blotted out , as it appears the leaders do not act up to it . It is as follows : — " To do good is our aim . " We wwtld say to do contra y is evident by their works . Th » above sum is transmitted to J , Leech , which will be forwarded to its proper destination . Also ^ received from Berry Brow , by John Gleadhill being subscribed by a fevr friends at the above p&we , far the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , 6 s .

      STOCKPORT . —On Sunday evemflgv a » accordance with an invitation from the Chartists of this town , Mr . Biitterwortb , of Manchester ^ laie member of the Chattiet College , * t Lancaster ^ delivered » lecture , in the large room , Baaberte Brow , to an audience , numerous , attentive * * nd respectable . He commenced by remarks upott tfto death of poor Clayton—gave a description £ tb » sufferings endured by him while in prison , '» consequence of the UDJuat punishment inflicted uj « n biia by the fjrison discipline . Mr . B . we " at at great length into the torture which the prisoners had to endure , from his own observation an « l from information which he had received from Vir . Martin , -who has lately been liberated from Novthallerton ; and called upon the

      people to support l . he widow of Clayton . Mr . Butterworth next » dverted to the position of affairs , and complained ' oitterly of the masters for reducing the wages of t ' jeir workmen . The master hattera were strugglb g to reduce the wages of their men , in consequence i j f which a turnout had taken place , and if-they-gain / jd their object now , they would not be long before they attempted again and again , and ultimately the workmen would be conpellsd to work at tae masters ' own price . He observed that the mast ar hatters had atet and proposed a resolution to' the effect , that the cotton masteri were raaueite- ^ to riisckarre everr man who *» re anything

      towa ; da assisting the hatters while they are turnec out . This was , what he considered , conspiracy ot the - masters against th » labour , life , and limb of the w rkmen ; and were the workpeople to attempts jt » , iDg h » lf bo bad , they would be brought ^ up , " and Eent to prison , and tried under the Combination Act , And it would always be the case , so long as the real producer was ~ unprotected , and the consumer protected . Mr . B . then glanced at the rapid advance of machinery , and th « great mischief it wiB doing at present , by being pat in competition with manual labour . A few years ago , there were thousands of block printers in this

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      country , who earned tolerable wtgw . A machine was invented , which threw many out of employment , and brought the wa ; es of those in employ considerably lower . And , at the present time , there is a machine being got up which will supersede block printing , and , consequently , do without that body of jnenaltogether . In .-the-Pottcrieav-he . was , he bej ^ ved , correctly informed , that a . machine had been in > iented , which will be equal to , and supersede the Iabo ^ » three or four hundred men in tho m anufactui' * of pots ' , &C-& 0 . The Parliament knew this , andyet A * ven 0 sympathy for these men , unless if was suci > as » lion would have to a cat ; or , as Sheridan s w * Like "Vultures to cover aud devour them . " He tere related an . anecdote of a working manwho ask vi his master ( a very religious man )

      , whether he was i 10 * afraid of going to hell for bating his hands ! The *»***» rephtd that he had left off reducing his han « . % and would never attempt it again . The man sei ^ ed pleased at this , and hoped he would stick to his Wa . Yes , says the master , I shall have no n « ed to Reduce them again , because I shall shortly be able to do without them altogether ! Hera , Mr . B . t * M , tttat ** " flesh and blood against iron , wood , aajd swel . ( Hear , hear . ) - But the working classes wifl w » t be the only sufferers in the end . The middE *— -the shopkeepersvrcre beginning to find it out , « fi * t th ^ till was frequently empty . Then , if the wevking people did not get wages , they could not lay it aut m purchasing provision and clothing . ( Hear , hear , ) And the

      very 6 ame circumstances which hwabronght down the working olasses to starvation p « nt , wonlu ia the * end bring . the shopkeepers and the owners of cottage property to bankruptcy and ruin . ( tHear , Lear . ) The middle class—the manufacturers—have created a monster which will destroy themsaJves . Who will pay the taxes when manual labour is done away with ? Will the wood , iron , sad steel / No . ( Hear , bear . ) But they must ba paid . The Queen , Bishops , Albert , the parrot 9 ,. » onkeys , and dogs , muit be kept . Wh « will pay tit « taxes ? Why they cannot get it from the working men , because they have not got it . But thej will get it , ag a matter of course , where it is to bo had . rHear , hear . ) The machinery which haa been corseting

      against manual labour will , in the end , compete against itself ; indeed it was doiog 80 nttW . Hence , the quantity which has been exported to France , America , Austria , Belgium , Switzerland , and many other places . The great manufacturers will b » eating up the small ones ; he with most capital will provide the best machinery , and will thus beat the man with "Jess capital , and of course inferior machinery . The consf quence will be the ruin of tho small fry , the cottage property owners and the shopkeepers . ( Hear , hear . ) The middle class , the shop-keepers , the manufacturers foresee thi << . . They can see that this competition will ruin them . Yet although they do 9 ee this , and dread its approach , they willnibble , shuffle , and tryallmacoaavres sooner

      than they will join the working people , the real producers . They wil ] suffer bankruptcy and ruin before they are prepared to join the working classes to obtain that power which will protect both capital and labour alike . ( Hear , ) Every single act which these men do is calculated to make things worse , and he believed great sacrifices would be made before the people were redeemed from their slavery , bondage , and their attendant evils . ( Hear , hear . ) Clayton was sacrificed for trying to remove % state of things which were bringing himself to starvation , slavery , and want , and which would be entailed upon his offspring . But , said Mr . Butterwovth , it would take a long time and a great deal of forcible argument to induce a man who receives

      £ 20 , 000 or £ 30 , 000 for believing that things are right as they are , to believe to the contrary . ( Laughter . ) So long as the people are taught in the various churches and chapels that the people are just in the condition , which God intimated tker should be ( leaving wicked men out of the question ) , bo long will they be slaves , at least so long as they believe euch trash . ( Hear . ) And , by-the-bye , the Mechanics ' Institutions are as bad as either the churches or chapels , for there they tell the people that they should not ask for a full belly or good coat , until they have become educated . That to give him his rights , to give him what will feed and clothe himself and family , would only make him more miserable . In short , that which would make them oomfortable

      and happy would only make them miserable . ( Lan ^ hter . ) 2 * o man ought to be allowed to invent niachinery to do away with manual labour , ( indeed it ought to be allowed the greatest crime to do so ) , unless he is at the same time prepared to let the people have the benefit arising from it . That man who does so proves himself to be one of the greatest vilJaiflff to society . And we might just as well try to stem the ocean as stop machinery , militating against the interest of wotkiug millions , without giving the people a power of the law which governs both master and the workman . It is not true that this artificial state of society cannot be altered . By a proper and judicious arrangement and distribution of the wealth produced , every man might obtain a

      sufficiency to maintain himself and Jamily . He therefore would recommend the people to union and perseverance , though by doing so , it mi ^ ht subject some to imprisonment . It appeared that the Whigs had not done arresting yet—they had taken Christopher Dean , of Manchester , last week , and aocoiding to what some of the hacks in office said , they have not dose yet in Stockort . If there were any of their spies , tools , or lickspittles present , he hoped they would go sad toll their employers that the people never would cease so long as such a state of things existed . He hoped they would tell their employers he never would . cease himself , so long as h " e saw a system like the present fraught with injustice , misrule , and

      extravagance on the one hand by those who produce nothing valuable to society ; and on the other , slavery , poverty , and starvation to those who are the producers of all wealth . So Jong as he witnessed such a state of things , he would not cease denouncing it , let the consequence be what it may . ( Cheers . ) This was not the time to humbug the people , this is a time when the people must sp « afc , and he thought it would take much to convince them that the middle class were not the most inveterate enemies to the many . They are the people who choose the Parliament who have passed all the bad laws which disgrace the statue book * Could anything be more fi « ndisb , more devilish , than the conduct of tho master hatters towards their worku « a ! It was the

      middle class who transported the Dorchester Labourers for conspiracy forsooth , for protecting their own wages , who transported the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and who have filled the English prisons ? Mr . Botterworth again referred his hearers to the ( what he called ) damnable act of the cottos masters and the master hatters , who could so unblushingly tell a nan that if he gave hi » brother a cTust for resisting oppression , he must be turned into the street . And yet the organ of this patty had said it wartime to stop public meetings , because the working man had courage enough to meet these masters , and tell them to their teeth of their unprincipled coadaet . Because they dare to go and open their mouths and tell them that they

      were telling untruths . There was one gentUman . at the lat « great meeting who boasted of not h&TUlg reduced his hands for a long time , and because' he was sot allowed to tell lies by wholesale without being contradicted ^ , he went away in a huff , and by seven o'clock the next morning , this man , who had shown so much charity and sympathy fos . his hands previously ,, gave netice for a reduction erf two or three shillings per week , —( shame , )—and when asked why he did so he replied—that , if the * , wera determined to oppose him at public meetii ^ S , he would make use of his-p * wer and right in bringing them down in their wages * ( ExecrationO ) Mr . Butterworth said ( that there were two powerful parties already organised , and when thejj united

      the Government- must tremble , or concede , to . the people their jjist rights . AU working men , j > f every sect , must go together Hr » political object ^ sM then go where he > may for his religion . ( Hear ,, hear . ) While they were disuak «< l they were helping those who wished- to oppnas them . He beliored t ^ at if Christ w » s- to come * gM& , tbat the tyj * at « of the present djty would snevfj him if he pjeached the g ame doctrine as he did when he firsX came . He did not only pretab spiritual happkMss , but he wished to see the p # « pie temporally happy . People might UlLhim ClteUerworth ) that it ws * the will of God that thing ? stottld be as they are * But he did not believe that it was the will of € ftd there should be 6 . M ) 0 , 00 l of sUves in this couatry . He did not

      believe that on * « la 8 s should live in . iidleness , extravagaace ,. splendour , and luxury ,, afc tije expenco of the other . He did not believe tha $ it was the will of 6 od , that while there wa 3 aa abundance of every thing for tii » sustenance and support of the whole human family , that it should be lacked up , and thousands of the people starving ,. He did not believo that it was the will of God that man should be ever parted from his wife and family ; and , lastly , he did not believe thiA it was the will tf God that things should remain in such an abominable and Hnchristian-Uke state » b they * re at the present time . But , « n the contrary , he believed thai ft was the will of God that peace , happiness , and plenty should be the lot of every man in existence . He hoped the people would not expect God t » work a miracle for their delifwrance : they » u « t net expect any supernatural assistance from th « Deity ,.

      in removing those things , when he had already given them sufficieit power . The masters would rather go to seme eanting parson , who told them they were doing right , than go to s > working » in ' s Meetinj :, where the present system wm exposed ; if they called it bad they wesld sot call it wroig , for it wm out of the power of language to pourtray it in all ita deformities—producing prostitution , theft , crime , murder , and everything vicious and bad . By way of conclusion , he believed that if the peopfc would rise , en matte , and declare that this system should not continue , it would not last twenty-four h » urs . He spoke a few words , reoommendjjut jte . fr ft audience to support the widow G $ f ^ tiiS 6 . € mm 3 i- ^ . down Amidst cheers . Mrs . Cfoyt ^ a ^ JeUflf ^ WE ^ jk read , which was well received . /^•*^^« wK > v ^ srA was given to Mr . Bntterworth , kiritfp ^^^ WA amounting to 8 s . 9 d ., was n ^« tom ^ ofejksJM ^^^^ , v ! 3 of Clayton to SbeffieW . •• A ^ l ^ ff | 3

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      BIHWIVGHAJtt . —Mss . E Brown and Fauilv ' s Support Fwnd . —The Chartists of Birmingham and the surrounding distrists are respectfully informed that the Committee for conducting Mrs . E . Brown ' s Support Fund h » v « removed their sittings from Moor-street to the Committee Room of the Christian Chartist Chapel , where they will continue to meet until further notiee . Hoars of attendance , from half-past seven until nine o ' clock on the Tuesday evenings . 'BiRMiNfiHiM National Charter Association .

      —A meeting took place a ; their room , in Freemm-street , oa Monday evening last , at which 31 essrs . Martin and Taylor delivered spirited addresses . A deputation was appointed to wait on Mr . Collins , te ascertain whether he still objected joining the National Charter Association . The 4 eputaiion , on their return , sta-tfid that Mr . Collins had informed them that it was not his intention to join the Association until be wa 3 perfectly satisfied of its legality ; and that it was his intention to consult Mr . Roebuck on the 6 ubj « ct . The answer was received amidst loud murmurB of dissatisfaction .

      Frost , &c . Hestoiutios Committbz . —This Committee held its weekly m « eting on Tuesday evening , at the Chartist Meeting Room , Freeman-street , Mr . Henry Green in the chair . After the routine business was disposed of , a letter was read from Mr . L . Pitkethly , stating his willingness to present the memorials to her Majesty . The financial affairs of the Committee were then duly discussed , and a resolution passed , authorising the Secretary to send circulars to the various towns , soliciting remittances for the purpose of enabling the Commitle * to make their iinai arrangements , and that the Editor of the Star bo requested to call public attention to the same .

      Delegate Meeting . —A meeting of delegates took place on Snnday last , at the Chartist meeting-rooa , Freeman-street . Delegates were in attendance , and letters , approving of the proceedings , were received from the following places : —Coventry , Warwick , Nuneaton , Redditch , Stourbridge , Rugby , Worcester , Staffordshire Potteries , and Birmingham . Mr . Charles A . shtou was called to the chair . He call »< l on the sub-secretary to read the correspondence ; after which Mr . Barratt read a list of the moneys he had received from the various towns in the district , together with the manner in which he had paid it . It was then moved by Mr . Chance , of Stourbridge , and seconded by Mr . Buckney , of Coventry—** That Mr . Barratt ' s acconnts be received by this me * tiiig , a . nd passed . " This was unanimously agreed to . iThe suins received have already appeared . ) The following resolutions were then agreed to : —1 st . " As it is absolutely necessary

      that proper lecturers should be appointed , for the purpose of propagating Chartist principles , it is the opinion of this meeting that all towns and associations in this district be requested to subscribe a fortnight ' s contributions in advance , or more , if convenient , for the purpose of raising a fund for the employment of missionaries , and that the same be forwarded as speedy as possible to the sob-secretary of the National Charter Association , Bir-» iDgkam . " Proposed by Mr . George Whitt , and SMonded- by Mr . Chance , of Stourbridge . 2 nd . •* That each Society , composed of less than fifty members , pay 2 a . 6 d . per week towards the mainte * ance of lecturers , and -where there are uore than ifty , ana less than one hundred , that they be requested to pay 5 s ., and so oa in proportion . " Moved by ilr . Cook , Redditch , and seconded by Mr . Chance . 3 rd . " That the organiB&Uon . of the Biiminghain . district proceed upon the plan of selecting principal towns as central points—namely , Birmingnanu Worcester , Stonrbridge , Coventry , and New-

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      VOL . IT . NO . 177 . SATURDAY , APRIL 3 , 1841 . « w « jwb ««« H ^ m ^ „ 7 ' ¦ . Five -Snnilnga per Quarter .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct543/page/1/