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    • TO THE GENERAL COUNCILLORS, SUBSECRETARIES, &c, OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION.
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      J . B . Smith . —We think he and his friends take a very short sighted view of the matter . The charges o f * treason 71 to all honesty of public principle urged by various parties against Mr . ± L J . Richardson are by no means matters appertaining to " thai gentleman ' s private movements and business , " nor have they any reference to indiscretion in the advocacy of Chartist princi p les" They are clear and distinct charges of as Hack treachery as any man can be guilty of . Mr . Richardson is a public man ; he is the editor of a professedly Chartist newspaper ; he has had some influence with the people , —if the charges against him be true he is a villain , against -whom it is necessary for the le to be cautioned : if they be false they are

      peop tricked and malidsus slanders ^ which it is right thai an opportunity should be given him to meet and reply to . We have long offered him that opportunity , and ire offer it him now through the same medium which promulgated ihe charges . He has hitherto deeVtned to meet them ; and urc have little expectation thatheicill meet them now There can be no mistake about this matter—Mr . Richardson is either a very ill used man , or a scoundrel : u-e earnestly wish to believe him the former : lut until he shall hove met and replied fairly to the charges of Joseph Linney , James Wood , Pr . ul Fairclovgh , Samuel Chamberlain , Henry Nuilall , James Wheeler . James Harrison , James Leach , Thomas Dovies , George Mitchell , end Robert Grav , we must end shall believe him

      the latter . 3 . B- Peblet calls vpon all Chartists to respond instantly to the appeal of Mr . O'Connor on behalf of Dr . SFDouall . Cos Mi-KRAT must excuse us : our space is full . A Woolwich Cadet . —We do not rccol ' eel receiving ihe letter a fortnight ago of which he speaks . We ere sorry to be compelled to omit his present favour . The present Parliamentary Session is one of some importance to the peop ' e , and during Us sitting we shall be compelled to omit all correspondence .

      "What o : te Mas can po . —One solitary Chartist , a working man , living at Sheemcss , having obtained a feic petition heads , and a sheet has , by his own exertions at evenings after his work was ' done , procured two hundred signatures in Jive nights . He has sent for more sheets and petition heads . We commend his example to the attention of all Chartists . W , B . —Memorialise the Postmaster-General . The Wob . ki > g Pitmen . — We have recehed a very sensible Idler from the pitmen of Northumberland to their brethren general ' y . calling upon them to organise for an application to ihe Legislature to restrict the h-jurs of their exhausting and unhealthy employment to eight hours dai ' y for all under twenty-one years of age .

      B-01 KBT Walkek , Staijtdrop . —Send them as thry are , by ell means . Never mind how much suU . ud they are , they will be as clean as the hands they are to go into . Belfast Chartists . — We are sorry to refuse them ; but we cannot just now spare so much space as their long letter would occupy . Edtajid Clavto . v . —The point in his letter is one fr which the St&rhas been continually directing the aitentien of its readers , and of which we ~ shali certainjy not permit them to lose sight . We have not room at present for his letter .

      Jl Loteb ot Tecth . —IFhen he calls for names and addresses should give his own . We advise him to send ^ his question to Mr . Edward Baines , of the Leeds Mercury , w ? io will , we have no doubt , have great pleasure in answering him . Ceaslzs Majodee . — We know of no remedy . He may memorialise the Postmaster-General ; but tee fear he will be Tittle better for that . Gxoese Julias Hailtet has received Is . 9 d . from the Chartists of Ecctesfitld for the Convention . Several otaid letters have been returned to the Post Office .

      lsiSH U ? fIT £ ESAL StTFIUGE A SSOCIATIOS . —E . F . Demprey begs leave to inform Mr . Cameron that Mr . Stevenson delivered the two bundles of Kortheni Scars , and was paid three shillings for the carriage . SOME Fkie > -ds at Mold , in Flintshire , desire to know if any Welch Chartist publicatisns are to be bought . J . B ., Belper , may communicate with Mr . O'Connor at this office . Joh > - Markhah . —Wuh He lilerty allowed in his present note the address and reply shall appear . P . A >~ DEitso 5 —The correspondence he has sent woulc make nearly six columns in the Star . We cannot devote so much space to it . Johs G » ady . —Before we insert his notice , we must know his reason for wishing it . Halifax . —All communications for the ensuing year

      to be directed to Joseph Thornton , Barum-top . D . Barrower , Jr >\— We know nothing of the letter about which he writes ; we have no recollection of receiving it . If it have been received and declined , doubtless it teas for some good reason - ; but we cannot pretend to bear these things in mind for week after week . Mr . Harrowtr a little mistakes his position when he st imperatkely requires to know , if we received it , why we declined inserting it . We do not always think it necessary to tell our whys : in this case we cannot do sg , for we have no recollection of the document .

      Chartist Notice . All Parties haying Petition Sheets ¦ will please to get them filled , and return them as soon as possible . And all places in the Vottfcgbam , Derby . Leicester , Lincoln , and Rutland district who hare not cent in th&ir votes ¦ srili please to do bo fortinrith to the Secretary , Mr . W . Buasell : and ail money for the ConTention Fund to bo made payable , by post-office order , to Mr . James Swett , general treasurer , Goosegate , Notbam , immediattJy . THE TOLLOWIxg Persons have become vendors of

      B . Pinder ' a blacJrfng at Bristol : —Mr . Used , Castle Green ; Mr . Lewis , sign of the Queen ; a person , 2 \ o . 5 , Lower Castle-street ; and Mr . Wells—who will zlve 3 d . in the Is . to the Executive .

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      J . Stei > " , Alt a . —All ^ Hl Tje enclosed . Macclesfield . —Thcmr . s Cotterill , Bub-Secretary to the ^ tknal Charter Association , Middlewieh , desires the sub-Secretary at Macclesfield to send him his address , in order that he may communicate ¦ with him . G . Larkis , T 7 ALL-vroE . Tn .-Na M . Brays , DrssEE . —The Plates were sent io Hull ifcree we&ks ago . J . Sisclaib , Inevtcastle . —If any subscriber receives his Paper from any other agent , the agent can give in Ms name , and trill receive the Plates from Fiance and Co . ; or , if the agent thinis ft to have a separate parcel , fee is quite at liberty to have one , and "sril ! receive it by sending the list of names to the cEce .

      FOX TEE EXECUTITE . £ . s . d . From an old Radical , Hull 0 5 0 - Win StanSrid , Mill-bridge ( Pinner ' s Blacking ) 0 9 8 .. Fisher and O-, rale-makers , Hull 0 3 2 roS THE CONVENTION . Frsm an old Kadicil , Hall 0 5 0 -. s hater of IVhig and Tory Tilnsnies at Osseit Corrmon ... 0 2 6 -. f * ur friends of Chaxnstn , at Sorbury . 0 2 0

      TOB TEE TTIVES A > 'D TAillLIES OT THE IXCAHCERATED CHARTISTS . From G . Larkin , Walworth . 000 TOR MB 5 . FBOST—THE " WHIG-MADE "WIDOW . " From a hater of Whig and Tory Yillssks at OiSit : Common ... 0 2 6 — four friends of Cfeartism , at Hortary . 0 2 0 ~ a few friends at Bamber Bridge , - per W . Liddle ... 0 9 0 „ Stoke , per J . Livesey ... I 6 T . Siariey ... 2 G 0 i «

      FOB . P . II . iID 0 CALL , Frcm a hater of Whig and Tory Tfllanies id Ossett Common ... t 2 6 „ four friends of Chartists , at Horbory ... ... 0 2 - W . R . Pedley , Camberwell , London ... 0 0 6 FOR MKS . JONES . From the Females of Perth ... ... 0 5 0

      To The General Councillors, Subsecretaries, &C, Of The National Charter Association.

      TO THE GENERAL COUNCILLORS , SUBSECRETARIES , &c , OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION .

      ELECTION OF THE CO 2 \ VENTIOX . The balloting Ifrts not having been Eent in from Bttny important towns in several electoral disfcicts , the ballet will be kept open until Satubdax , the 26 tb isstast , then positively to close ! The numbers for the several candidates will be published in the Star of Saturday , the 5 : h of March , when the public meetings for the fi ^ st election will take place .

      In the Star of iKXt Saturday the resoJn'Jons and addresses of the Executive , agreed to at their Bristol Bitting , vfiil be published , ana the time for tee sitting of ( he Convention mrde knefm . The General Cc- _ ncil and sub-Sccretaiies are strictly erj-ined to complete the ballot , and forward «> : he Gencr ^ J Secretary the correct lists within the tone stated . Any 2 ? g ] ect cr delay will tend to j > tofl ^ ce serious ciiii ' iiiion . By order of the Executive , Joh . \ CiJiPBELL , Secretary .

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      Pikdkb ' s Blacking . —The following i 3 the money dae to the Executive for the two weeks past from the sale of R , Pinder's Blacking : — . ' a Mr . Llewellyn , New Bridge , South Wales ... ... l in Mr . Chappel . Bath i ] 0 Mr . Emmerson , Arnold j o Mr . Weatherhead , Keighley ... 4 41 Mr . Hibard , Mansfield ... ... J iJ Mr . Baird , Bolton ... ' 0 5 Mr . Gibson , Manchester ... . 110 Mr . Lunsdell , Brighton ... ... 1 10 Mr . Wakefield , Cirencester ... o 9 Mr . Kingston , Strettau 0 9 17 11 A

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      THE ADDRESS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE PEOPLE . Brother Chartists , —It has been our custom , from time to time , to report to our conetitaent 3 the progress which has been effected in the movement and to lay before them a plain statement of facts ' , which-shall neither deceive their expectations , nor create false and unfounded impressions . Unlike another Executive we have no party to consul t s and no faction to fiar j we have one great end to gain , ope common benefit io secure—the good of all to achieve . Therefore , if our pecuniary resources bs limited , and our delegated powers confined , we are , nevertheless , stronger than they in the justice of our cause , and the imperishable principles of our Charter !

      We need not the savage provisions of factions law to enforce obedience , nor the cruel application of force to secure snbmission . We do not seek suppoit at the espence of truth , nor by the aid 01 fraud , neither do we maintain power after the sacrifice of confidence , and in denanee of opinion . We take our eiand upon eqnal representation , equal laws , equal taxes , and universal power , to secure the equity of all . Armed with truth , W 9 use argument to convince , and we confidently appeal to reason for a decision on the justice of our claims . By pursuing on a smaller scale a course which must sooaer or later bs imitated on a larger one , we have served the people many months , having few complaints made , little dissatisfaction excited , and no resignations demanded , hereby affording a . practical illustration of Chartism to our opponents , which they are in general too selfish to admit , or too tyrannical 10 imitate .

      We ' will , for the purpose of proving to you the peculiar merits of our plan of Government , explain to you briefly the effects of the system .

      OUR PSESENT POSITION . -We have is ? nod about ; 40 , 030 cards within a very limited period . That large number mutt not be supposed to constitute our whole strength , because we have attached to oar Association many thousands who , as yet , have not taken out their cards , but vfho on every occasion , where a demonstration of strength is necessary , muster in such overwhelming numbers as to outvote the expediency-moogera in thtif own strongholcs . To afford a more sarisfactory proof of our gradually increasing strength , three hundred aud thirty cities , towns , and populous localities have declared for our principles , and h ^ vc adopted the plan of organisation of the National Charter Association .

      We have remarked with peculiar fattsfaction tha * the trades have , in many places , declared their adherence to the Charter ; that the colliers of the Tyne have adopted our views , and recommended onr plsn of organisation ; that the Bradford Reform Club have virtuos ? 2 y overthrown policy and half measures of Reform , and acknowledged the necessity of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of the land ; that s : vcral dissenting congregations have considered it to be their sacred and Christian duty to attach themselves to our body , and strive for the political regeneration of their country ; and finally , thtt the wise and benevolent of the Corn Law Repealers especially , have , ut length , discovered that the present Houre of Commons ms ;{ ha completely purged before any measure of justice wonh the acceptance of the people can be carried into practice .

      the national petition . This document issued by the Executive has met with the approval of the English , Welsh and Irish people , and , notwithstanding some temporary opposition in Scotland has been adopted by the majority of " the Scottish working men . It would be a waste of time to occupy many paragraphs in answering the objections urged by some of ihe Scottish leaders , many of whom seem to be more hostile to the National Plan of Organisation , than to the merits of the Petition , and the motives of whom must be so apparent , that the people can immediately detect them .

      We have no desire to come into collision with the Central Committee of Scotland or bs dragged into a controversy with any of our neighbours , neither shall we parmis personal abuse or public denunciation to lead us into fthe whirlpool of division , however long or earnestly men I may strive to effect it . We Tetain our position by and through public opinion alone , and we are determined to do onr duty in despite of private animosity or undisguised attack . The Petition i 3 before the people and we shall fubinit to no decision , except it bo given by the reason of the majority . To that tribunal we appealed and to no other . We had a favourable response aud it will require more power to alter the decision than our adversaries possess in Glasgow , DubliT ! , aud London .

      If firaTie = 3 is a crime , we plead guilty to the charge . If con .-istency is to be denounced , then we must faK If the rights of labour are not in all points and on every ccca ? ion to be defended and upheld , then we can ba of no further service as the Executive ; therefore , from the leaders in Scotland , prejudiced , we appeal to the people , unfettered in jnd ^ in ent and all powerful in opinion . O-her documents have been laid before the public for their approval , and simultaneously in Glasgow and London different petitions have been carried , one of which is a mere echo of the National Pet it : on , as ihe _ " Association frcm which it emanates 23 the shadow of our great National Charter Association .

      Ii has been remarked , that the chief opponents to the National Petition have lain in wait for Vb je ^ tions , and instead of urging them when a saleremedy could b 3 supplied , they have advanced them 6 e 1 v whf n mischief cou"d be done , on the plea that « verythii 2 g must , bs wrong which they do not approve of or originate . W-e have . satisfied ourselves as to the approval cf the people , and we shall , in further proof of the beneficial effects an-ingfrom the issue and distribution of 100 , 000 petitions , mention the fact that tho public press have inserted the document in full , in pag € 3 where our efforts and principles were formerly ridiculed . We name the York G . urcnt , the Kent Herald , the Gateshead Observer , the Morning Advertiser , the Falmovth Packet , the Welsh press , and a lorg list of other publications , stamped and unstarcDed .

      We have al ; o to record another fact equally illustrating the determination of the people to have their grievances fairly and fully reported , that in the North of Eng and many have been discharged from the factories who signed the National Petui ^ n and received the saiae treatment for not signing the aLti-Corn Law Petition . \ Yit-a these statements and facts before us , we again Br ^ e upo n one and all the absolute imporiance of attaching their signatures to the petition sheets ,

      and of ariop ; ing every mode by which a fair and full opportunity should bo given to tho public in the streets , at their home ? , and the doors of public meetings , to rfad their dissent from the atrocious Government and its cruel and uima . Uvral enactments . Remember that he who silently submits , wilfully consents to the system ; bnt he who manfully protests , performs the first duty which i 3 due to himself , his children , and his country . He no longer by tacit obedience empowers the Government to repeat injustice and legalise oppression .

      THS CONVENTION . Amongst other plans calculated to advance the cause and give greater effect to the National Petition , we projected the plan of representation which was laid'before the association , and it was our full intention to have in each district , the number of de egates in proportion to our resonrces of the constituency . We have received statements from one or two places , complaining of the limited means of the association , which proves thai our divisions , extensive as they are , are too limited to afford the proper amount of contributions . Two districts aie altogether unable to advaEce their quota of the funds , and acting upon the sound principle of the Charter , the members of the association do not desire representation withont taxation . Northampton and

      Oxfordshire have also been unable to aid Warwick and Worcester in the return of two candidates , which is a ma ; ter of great regret to us , and clearly Ehows that continued agitation is absolutely necessary to increase oar strength . Notwithstanding these drawbacks , we must impress upon the members of the associations in other districts , the necessity of abiding by the division which has been made and which will be adopted as a rule for the electors of the forthcoming Convention . 1 Z is impossible for up , neither would it te just to alter ^ e-iu rjl arrangements , so as to serve particular districts . The rule of action onght to be to le ^ ist"t-for all , Eot for individuals ; therefore , we have noi " interfered with the arrangements previously saicnc-Ecd by the peop le , although we have had reqars : s msde to tio fO from several districts .

      T- --- Lanra =--h xe Council deceives our best thanks for the £ apD :-ri they hero nff-rded us in t-us re-= pee » ahd vrithotjt which the plans of the Executive Tvo : i : d " be gnided by every friend , j . aud altered by every interest . , v ..-,--. <

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      We have also to appeal to the people to maintain the purity of election ; and wherever the majority have balloted , to pay that obedience to the decision of the many which is the duty of a Chartist ; and therefore , to return , without opposition , at the public meetings , those who are placed at the top of the poll . We regret to find that in some instances threats have been made to the-effect , that -if oerta'a men were not returned , the supplies of the Convention would be stopped . We are very willing to suppose this to ba the mere ebullition of election squabbles , which ought , however , never to disgrace

      our body , but which we feel firmly of opinion the people themselves will instantly forbid and oppose . . : Candidates who may be proposed for localities where the number of votes are limited have no right to complain of being in a minority , and the remedy is not to threaten the stoppage of the supplies , but to work harder in these districts where the number of vntts are so limited . We confidently appeal to the people to set these temporary differences right , and , on every occasion they have is in their power , to discountenance ail proceedings likely 10 bring ridicule or disgrace upon our national cause .

      Our advice on this subject is very simple , and founded on justice to all , obedience to the majority , and respect to ourselves . First , let tha divisions of the couuty be strictly observed for this election Secondly , ballot fairly and honourably for the candidate . Thirdly , return without opposition and unanimously those candidates at tbo public meetings who have received the majority of votes . Fourthly , lit all diflvrenco ba buried , every division be forgiven , all bitterness be forgiven , after the election , and let every shoulder be put manfully and honourably to the wheel to raise contributions for the support of those men who have bcea returned to serve as members of the People's Parliiment . Thia , wo conceive , is sound Chartism ; and the observance of these rales will reflect honour instead of disgrace upon us .

      POSTPONEMENT OF CONVENTION . We have , after mature deliberation , decided on altering the day of meeting of the Convention of the Industrious Classes , for the following reasons rl ^ rst , we wish to have tima to co . ' respond with our Sccuish brethren on lha important subject of sending ddiegatea to London , aud of ascertaining ¦ hiir decision as to the numbers they are disposed to elect or the rules they may think proper to adopt for their own country ; and we have particularly to request tho opinion of the Cnartists of the various fcovFr . s aud districts who have adopted the National Petition , and who are willing to co-operate with us in thus great undertakiug .

      We are auxious to cultivate a good understanding with ihem , and we are determined to leave no stone uuturned to have a cordial uuion established betvrtau the Chartists of England and Scotland ; therefore whatever complaints may have been made on the subject of tho petition , we have resolved to have fceir opinion and decision on the Convention . Secondly , wo are most anxious to have a large number of si ^ n ltnres to the National Petition . We conceive that the sanction of three or four million of people will give us more authority to act , a ? . d without which sanction we cannot take that hit . h position from which we could remonstrate wiih effect , and act with success . Thirdly , we wish to give the people more time to collect , fuads for Conventional purposes , that we may have ic in our power to secure a commodious and central room to assemble in , and appear 111 the character of representatives of the people .

      Fourthly , we have taken iuto consideration the propriety of carrying down tho Petition at the head of as large a body of men as can be assembled together on the day of presentation , aud we have strong hopes that the trades of London , and tho people of the neighbouring districts will be present in overpowering numbers at such an important ceremony . ; We fully expect to prove to the Government that tke simple reason of a people ' s wrongs is calculated to rouse the attention of millions , and more pairiotiim at d intelligence than ttio borrowed trappings of royalty , or the pagtar . t' -y of kings . We are resolved to attempt the contrast , and we rely upon the people of all places to co-operate with us on

      that day when a demonstration will be made in behalf of the oppressed . No time should be lost in preparing for such an undertaking , and if possible , the Irish , Scotch , and Welsh should be induced to take part in the presentation of a document now stamped 3 L 3 the National Petition . Let the trades of London decide , and we fear not the resuU . Lst every man be at work to effect this desirable object . Let the four nations go down to Parliament peacefully y > t firmly ; great is the majority of union , and powerful is the cause of justice . Lit their voice bo mard at fr "; e doors of the House of Commons , and their demands be repeated from the Member to the Ministry , and from the Privy Counoil to the Throne .

      Fifthly , it is important at this critical moment that a watchful eye should be kept upon the movement , of the contending parties in the siate , and that in particular , we should be in full possession of the ulterior intentions of the Government and the Corn Law Repealers . Such information will be of great use to an assembly of Dolegatcs , and we are anxious to have a conference with them , and receive their opinion on the future plans to he adopted and line of action to be purged by the Chartists . We have also most earnestly to caution the people against the decef tioa which will be practised upon thorn , against the existence of any secret association , and against the encouragement of violent and imprudent men cr measures .

      Finally , we have every reason to congratulate you on the position we occupy , the numbers we have enrolled , and the ire proving prospects which are . before u ? . Oht constant desire is to serve you faithfully . Let it be yours to fuppoit-us manluiiy , in every proper and just cause which we may puraue . James Lkach . P . M . M'Douall . R . K . Phils . Morgan Williams . John Campbell , Sec . ^»^ UJ «^ . ^ I ^ U ^ MAAMA .

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      it . They would not have the law of primogeniture , and he was sure that MrVSturge ^ would agree to thi ^ that they would have less war and less army and navy . These eTilB had been ascribed to overproduction ; he was disposed to think there had been an over-production of one commodity—there had been an over-prodaotion of laws—Uoud cheers . ) He should very much like to see a Parliament that for two or three sessions , would do nothing but destroy laws , instead of making them . They had laws which meddled with everything , with their money , their religion—( hear , hear , and cheers)—and with their trade ; with everything they could mention . If the working men were admitted to power , he hoped they would guard against meddling with

      too many things ; the grand thing wag to protect ; person and property ^ and leave everything else alone . There were no more important words than " let alone '—the hisses faire ^ oi the French : Above all , let them leave trade alone . The grand question was , whether , if the working ¦ ¦' ¦ men obtained a general Suffrage , would they judge wisely of their candidates 1 Whoa at 1 Southampton , with his friend , Air . George Thompson , lie saw that drunken ruffians were hired to disturb their ¦ meetings , as long as they staid , by the County Members ! Would the working men have dared to do this I The Parliament he considered so ill chosen , that he did not think they could choose a worse . Wheii the best and holiest who ever wore the garb of human

      nature , Jesus Christ , the son of a , carpenter , who ; even worked as a- carpenter , was seen to possess everything that is admirable , and deserved "' respect , yet the rich despised him ; the Scribes and tho Pharisees hated . ;¦ Herod and Pontius Pilate set him at nought , but tho common people heard him gladly . Had the Suffrage , then , been with the rich , would they have chosen him as their leader i Would they have chosen th > very best of thei earth ? No ; but the common people heard him gladly , and would gladly ^ have done it . It appeared to be the will of God that tho common people should be always rea-ly to hear gladly the grand truths of religion and politic ? . But how were they to obtain the Suffrage ? Why , they had the power of passive

      resistance , and of self denial . He Bhould be willing to deny himself every exciseable article—indeed , he had done so for other reasons , and so might al ! - — and would the Government do without the money 1 If necessary , he should bo prepared to refuse the payment of the assessed taxes . H e approved of the Memorial to i the Queen , and said he could state some circumstances which led him to believe that their Quoen was with the working classes —( cheers . ) The Roy . Mr . Young , of Audover , urged thenecessity of uaioti between tho working and tho middle classes . The union was a natural one . The working men stood in need of the capitalist , and it was the energy of ihe working men that made capital valuable . How was it , then , they had become separated 1

      Each party had committed faults , and in order to become reunited , they should look each , other boldly in the face , and see what were the faults they had committed . As a- middle-class man , he wouldLat once admit thai too many of the middle classes had looked too much to their own interest . "But while 1 hi admitted this , he must say that the working classes had also committed faults . ( Cries of "Hear , hoar . ") He went fully with them into the suffrage question ; but he thought they were in fault , in seeking to pestpone the Corn Law question to the Suffrage question . If ever there was a practical question which came home to tho working man , it was that of Corn Law repeal . Let them go on with the practical question , and having gained that , let them go on to tho theorotJGal question . He urged upon the

      meeting the necessity of union between the middle classes and the working classes to carry the Corn Law question , which by union they . might . do ina few mouths , for tho Ministers would give way before them , and he pledged himself to the men of the working classes that they would take the suffrage question into their most anxious . consideration , and agitate with : them for it , until it would b * gained . He was convinced that without unio ? v they could gain neither ; with union they could gain both . He would say try the Corn Law first ; and if they ifail to carry tho repeal of the Corn Law , he would say lay aside at once the Corn Law agitation , aud begin a fresh agitation for the suffrage , and he would urge them to go on until the nation possessed every right which it ought to possess .

      Mr . A . Prentice would not have addressed the meeting , had it not boen for the conclusion of the address of the laiat speaker . The ' agitation forthe suffrage was not now to be begun ; it had begun long since , and he protested against postponing Corn Law ngitation . His desire was . not to see one agitation displacing the pther , but to gee the two going on collaterally . A Gentleman in the body ' of the meeting requested to know what was the resolution they were discussin * ¦? : ; ' . ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ •' . ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ " ' ' ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ " •¦ , ; -: . / ' \ . Mr . Stobgb explained that , the meeting was one rather for mutual explanation in conversational matter than for coming to any resolution—there was bo resolution before thp meeting . The question before tho meeting was ; the propriety of presenting a memorial to the Queen , praying her Majesty not to tako to her councils , nor to retain in them , any persons who were not prepared to grant complete Suffrage to the people .

      Mr . Palliser had begun life as a working man , and now he was one of the middle c ' awes , possessing a voice in returning eight Memboi-s to Parliament , in different places , a right which no man ought to possesss . He thought working men had shown their wisdom in standing stril as they had done in regard to the Corn Law agitation . He had formerly been of a different opinion ,-But k-e nowsawthat they were ri ^ ht , and the . ¦ event ; - had shown it . Once bit twice shy ; and as they had been deceived on the occasion of the Reform Hi !! , they were not . again to be caught —( oheer ?) Wl ? a ; could they expect from a House of Commons constituted like the present ? What they wanted was a House of Commons representing the majority of the people , and not the few

      —( hear , and cheer .- )—not one which legislated to take money out of the pockets of the people to put it into th « r Own . Since 1815 the landowners who composed the . ' Parliament had trebled their rents . What .. wa 3 . the remedy for this class legislation ? Why , an extension of Suffrage —( cheers )—with Vote by Ballot —( loud cheers)—and equal electoral districts- — ( repeated cheers . ) That was what himstlf and his friends in the pariah of St . Luke had petitioned for in addition to a total repeal of the Corn Laws—( cheers . ) The Chartists in his district had joined with them , and he had always fouud them men of good sound common sense . Ho Billed upon the middle and working classes to follow their example / aud to unite to obtain the complete

      Suffrage , and to put an ena to class legislation- ^ ( cheers ) He had read with indignation and disgust Peel ' s statements as to the amount of' meat and bread consumed by the worki . a ? classes in fore'gu coun ^ trios . Now , what was the mighty discovery Peel liad made ? Why , that John Bull loved roast beef better than the foreigners did , and that when he could pay for it he would have it . But siuaa Peel had compared the mode of living of the English working men with that of the foreigner , he ( Mr . Palliser ) should like to make a comparison between the aristocracy of England and that of foreign countries—( cheers)—and they woulo ] find that the luxury , voluptuousness , and profligacy in which the English

      aristocracymduged at the expence of the poor men , was what any other nation would blush at —( hear , hear , and cheers . ) And tins could not be remedied until class legislation should be done away with . He would remind Sir Robert Peel of what happened to Rehoboam , when he despised the outcries of the people . The cry then raised was— "Every man to his tent' —( cheers . ) They all knew what was the rer Milt . Let the aristocracy beware in tinae —( cheers . ) John Bull would net submit much longer to be oppressed and plundered as ho had been . They did not want to oppress arid plunder other * , but they wanted to prevent others from oppressing and plundering them—( cheers . ) ¦

      The Rev . Mr . Miail , who was announced as the editor of The Nonconformist , then stepped forward , and was received with loud cherring . Some persons had urged the necessity of superseding the Corn Law movement by tho Suffrage movement , and others had argued for superseding . the Suffrage movement by the Corn Law agitation . Let them look at the House of Commons as it had been recently elected , through intimidation and bribery ho would allow , but elected by the middle classes—( cheers)—why , it was one which would establish ev ? iy principle of monopoly to its fullest extent . Now , the only way of remedjing this state things was by giving a prominent placa to the Suffrage movement . — ( Hear ) At tho same time he would hot desist

      from agitating the Corn Law question . The Corn Law League , by their agitation , did good to tho Suffrage movements They opened the eyes of the people , and he believed : verily that that agitation had done moro to forward tho ; Suffrage movement among the middle classes than anything else . That 3 gi ; ation had now been going on for three years j they had had their meetings , their conferences , their bazaar ? , and what effect had they produced upon the aristocracy ? Before they did that they must have a broader base to rest upon . They required some stronger lever to move the aristocracy than any they had yet worked , and they could only find thatlever by extending the suffrage . He would be no party t <)( any sueh delusion as that of asking the working classes to postpone the agitatioh . for the suffrage to

      the Anti-Corn Law agitation , on an understanding that the middle classes would assist them afterwards in obtaining the suffrage—( cheers ) He was for tho extension of the suffrage io every man entitled to it . Every man had a right to it—( cheers ) He demanded it for every man as _ a right —( cheers . ) Now if that rig ht were fully , fairly , and honestly recognised , he could see no pretence—he could see neither thai-wisdom- no ? the necessity ,, for postponing the agititiflh to obtain' that ' right for . anything - ' . else— . , ( cheers . ) There wc-tV other parts of the Charter wi : h which he could iVft a ^ ree , but hfl agreed in the principal question ' . ' - Let them settle the question of jit ; ht , and then let ihem , having settled it , go for the complete suffrage : in its most extensive and honest sense . He would urge the question upoa the middle

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      classes simply as one of right . Oae great argument to be used to tho middle class to convert them to the cause of the extension of the suffrage was their attention to the fact of the evils of existing monopolies . The titter impossibility of remedying thdse evils , or preventing their recurrence ^ without enlarging the basis of the representation , by extending the suffrage to every man who had a right to it . Let them go on with the Anti-Corn Law movement , but they would never succeed unless they joined the Suffrage movement with it . Neither the midd ' e nor the working classes ¦' ; were sufficiently powerful to carry their point , bnt by uniting they would break the yoke beneath which they now groaned —( hmd cheers . )' ' ' . - ¦ .. ; - . ¦'¦ ¦' . '"¦ ¦' ' ' ¦ :.. ' ; - . ; : : '• ¦ ¦ : : ' ' - ¦ ' ' " . ''¦ ¦

      ReVi Mr . vYodng explained . He had not wished to 88 t aside the suffrage agitation for tne Cern Law agitation , ' but as of two things one moat be first , he had thought it , under present circumstances , more desirable ts commence witti the Corn Law question ; bt cause it would more Immediately tend toielieve the wants of the famishing multitude— ( cheera )—and he also though it was niore immediately attainable . If he thought they could obtain the saifrace with equal facility , he would prafer having the suffrage to the repeal of the Corn La war— ( Cheers . ) -:

      Mr . William Lovett , who was very ¦ warmly greeted , then addressed the meeting . He said he had intended to be a . listener aad had not any id on of declaring his sentiments to the meeting . With regard to ¦ the People ' s Chsirter , if it could be shewn that it contained any one principle , or any matter of . detail nut necessary to just legislation , he , for one , should be most wiHing to give up that part of it—( hear , hear ) 6 f all the objections that ha < l baen urged against the Charter , he had never heard any satisfactory reason given against any of the details it includfd . In tJce first place , nothing was said in the Chartei of Universal Suffrage —( hear , hear)—it contained not a word about it . We say that every man twenty-pna years of age ought to have a . vote who was untaiuted with

      crime—( hear , hear . ) We then declare that there must he a qnaliflcation of . three months' residence ; having s « f ; ir conceded the right to the suffrage , we say that he ought to be protected in exercising that risjht , and- , for . this purpose we assert the necessity of tho Vote by Baliot We say , in the next place , that- they ought to be at liberty to choose wbososver they please , and therefore , all propevty quclification is abolishsd . Th « y considered that if these' points were not conceded , all o * her riifcasures would be a mockery ; it would belike : giving . theright of the suffrage to sparrows ; aud allowing them to elect only hawks—( hear , hear . ) Having this power of electing whoever they pleased , they , thought they should have the power of paying those individuals for their

      services . They said that tfee present electoral system is unjust , ant theiefove they declare electoral district !' to be necessary . All these principka were embodied in , and carried out , in the Charter , for this special reason—they , had often been taunted with being visionary ---with riot bp , ipg practical . That was the reason the People ' s Charter stated how all these points were to bo worked put . Details were irtiportant and necessary . TUo Reform BUI , when carried in the House of Codimons , w ^ s entirely marred in the details . He shoulii like to seeacordiu ! union among the people ; he should like to see the middle and the werking classes combiued ; th 3 y would never see , or he able to bring about , any change worth mentioning but by this mean 3 . Bufc the working classes must ask , you . concede ti us the

      right of the sufftage as a principle , why then , thus conceiting th 9 principlfl , should you stand aloof from prejudice ? ( Hear , hear . ) There had doubtless been a great deal of violence and folly among the patty-who preferred the principles of Chartism , but it was no reason for giving np a good and just cause because b * d men were among it 9 ad > ocate 3 —( hear , hear . ) Thfre were bad men to be found among Christians , but was that any reason for rejecting the principles of Christianity ? ( Hear , hear . ) How much better would it be for the middle class to dispel the bigotry that prevailed among them , and try to bring over the working men . nnd disprove the Violence and folly that might be found among them—( heat , hear , hear . ) This point was clear , that they must come out for the Charter as a

      whole ; let them discuss it : let them show that ita principles were erroneous ; let them discuss it fairly , and he had no hesitation in sayibg that if they adopted it honestly they Would find that the middle and working classes would be in combination in less than twelve montiis . With regard to the Corn Laws , he was an advocate for free trade ; and the only reason why he had stoed apart from the advocates of the repeal of those laws , was a conviction that they would never be able to carry it In the Hoi « e of . ' Common ' s as at present constituted —( hear ; bear . ) It had nlso been supposed by the working classes that the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws had been get up an a counter agitation to the Charter—( no , no . ) it was certain that at the

      time the first meetiDg was ealled in London , for the Charter , in Paiace-yai-d , just at that time an article appeared In the true Sun , calling on the middle classes to commence the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws The working men were led to believe it was faeant as a counter movement-. He did not mean to say this opinion wascorrect , but such was the cdnclusioh they vreteleA to adopt . He rtid not justify all the proceedings of the Chartists ; he was opposed to the interference of those whointsrfered with and interrupted the proceedings of public meetings called on other suhjects . But let Mr . Sturge and his friends enquire into the Charter as a whole ; he should be prepared to give up points that were proved to be non-essential , and by these means there would be a chance of a cordial nnioii

      between the middle and working classes . ( Cheers . ) Mr . MiALi said they did not deny the justice of the principles cf the Chatter , but thought they should do mote good by adopting the line of policy they baci marked out , than by sirsply resting on the principles of the Chartists , who would not take one point without the others . Mr . Mills advocated the extension of the sufFraceto the working classes , on the grounds that they were fully qualified by their intelligonce . Who composed the bulk of the army and navy ? The working classes ; they were , therefore , quite intelligent enough to produce almost every article of necessity or luxury , that made life agreeable , and they were quite willing to enjoy the right . They had been led sometimes by designing men , who were Dot what they ought to bavibeen , and these had brought discredit on the . cause of the working men . They had their faults , but there were faults in ail classes , and all blame was not confined to the working men .

      Mr . Shaum AN Cbawfobd , M . P ., having been loudly called for , said he should be wanting in respect to the meeting , if ho did not accede to the ca ) l it had jn . ade on him , by addressing to them a few observations . lie had obtained both instruction and pleasure from thiproceedings of that eveiiingi for he rejoiced to think that there ' was a probability of obtaining what was io essseutial to the interests of the Wliol « community—a coraplet& union between the employing and the working classes of this country . It was essential to the prosperity of this country , that tfcere shonld be unity and friendly feeling between them ; aud it was to be regretted that it bad ever been interrupted . He hopeO the time was comicg when ill feelicg would no longei exist . He considered that all their evils arose from

      classlegislation —( hear , hear )—and that they never would bt ; obviated till the whole people were fully and fairlj represented in the . House of Commons—( cheers . ) lie considered that the Corn Law agitation ana the agitation for an extended suffrage ought to go hand in hand together , and aid one another ; Without that degree of union they could not expect to . carry a repeal of the Corn Laws , nor could they expect any good legis ' . iition of any description . From the House ' of Commons * constituted as it new is , they could txpeet no good measure , not till the people h : » d the full power of electing their representatives—( hear . I He thertfuve tliouglit the wo ; -king classes were right in pressing fervrard ths 1 1 question ^—( hear ,. hear ) —because he was poifectly persuaded that it veas only by an organic refonn of the House of C&inmons , that any good measure could be expected to be obtained—( chetrs . ) " He had himself

      givtn notice of a motion foran extensieu of the suffrage to the working classes . That motion was given for the earliest convenient day after the Easter recess . The discussion of the Corn Laws would , he expected , take up most of the time of the House till that recess . His health , also , though re-. establishud , would . 'hardly permit him to do justice to the question till tbat time . He wished them to understand that the postponement did not arise from any lukewavmnesa . He did not see any reason for a distrust of the working chases , inasruuca as their interest , and the interest of the men of property , were identical . He had always thought that the people were entitled to the right of the suffrage , and had always endeavoured to contend for it —( cheers ; — and every exertion of mind and body should begivec to obtain it , in the position he now h ? wi the honour to occupy- —( cheers . )

      Mr . Bkooks addressed the 1 meeting on the moral influence of such assemblies as the present , amid loud calls for Mr Thompson . Mr . GtEORGE TiiOMiPSON was loudly cheered on rising . He said lie was delighted to be there , it was always refreshing to get upon a discussion embracing some entire principle . He confessed that times ¦ without number , and at meetings of another kind , they were obliged to diacusa only the branches of a great question , and had no opportunities of comicg at . once to the seat of the disease . One great principle was embraced in their dificuasion to night ; they not only rspognised the right of the great body of the people to the suffrage , but their fitness to exercise it . The only security frcm

      a constant invasion of their rights and the abase of political power web , admitting the people within the pale of the Constitution , by giving them the right of the Buffrase— - ( cheers . ) Mr . T . prbceeded to advocato tho . extensiori of the suffrage , ina vvry eloquent adiliess , in which he conceded , the extension of the suffi-age as a > grand and distinct principlej but eiiforc \ n % the poiicy of leaviug other poitta of delail to be sei ' tled by the firtt Ciiartist Parliament—( hear , hear ) ' Even without the . franchise , they C 6 uld do much in the ^ 'orld in -which ttcy lived ,: and leave it better . 'tban- ' t . iey'fourid it . - They aiight £ Lo this , though , ' fiey had , ' noiiha . bai ' lut box , and couid not go openly to the poll . .

      Aftes a , few observations from tae Chairman and jlr Lovfrtfinexpianatiori , ; . . ., / .. / . .... TUe Sev . T . SpenCEn . took ; the chair , and thanks were voted by . acclamation to Mr . Sturge for having callfd tho meeting , and for the ' -able manner in which he . had presided otev tke discussion . ;]

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      MR . It J . BICHlARDSON AGAIN . TO" THB EDIT 9 B OF THE NOBTHERN STAB . Sib , —In your paper of Saturday last appears a letter from Mr . R . J . Richardson , denying the chatgo which Mr . O'Connor had made against him in his letter to the Imperial Chartisto of Great Britain , and Btating it to be utterly false and without foundation , and calling upon Mr . O'Connor to retract the language he has made use of towaras him ; and in the same lettor he giv-a an account of some conversition which he states to Ziava passed between Mm and me ; "which statsnient I aaauTft you is not true . -But for youi better informationv I will give you the sum and substance of what did pass , and the manner in which he came to my house , oh Monday , the 7 thlnstant , wnicb wm more like an animal of tha brute creatioa than " a civilized man .

      Oil entering the house , the first question . "fie asked was , " Does a person of the name of Isaac Nicholte live here V I said " Yes , I am the petso-. " ' = Do you know anything . of ¦ ¦* paragraph in the Star of Saturday last , with your name attached to it ? " I said "Yes . " ' Welt , " said he , " whsido you know aboub it ?" ' : " Well > " said I , " I told it to O'Connor . " " Well , and where did you come at this information ? " I said .. ' . " A respectable fjentieman of Oldham had to ! d me of it . " " Where wasyou . 'V said he , m -when he t > : ld you of it ? ' * " ' -. " . " I was at the Duke bf York public house . " " -Whera ia the Duke of York , that you heard it at , as thero are two of that name in -O . ' . tlham ?'• [ said "It was that in West-street" " Well , " said he , " it is falsa from beginning to end . "

      I said , " Richardson , yon know it to be true . " He said , " It ' s false , " I replied , "It is trde , " He said , " Weil , where ia West-street ? " I said , " You know where it is . " He said , " I do not know . Did you give Mr . O'Gonuor authority to pubiish it with your name attached to it ? I . told him I gave the jnfdnnation to Mr . O'Connor to do as he thought proper with it . " Are you . " said he , " able to prove it before , the Association ? " I said , . " What Association ? " He replied " The Radical Association . " I said , " What Radical Association ? " He said , " The Chartists" I said " Yes ; and I have another charge to bring a § aiust you . " He stood for about two minutes , and then asked if I could tell him where Henry Cnappelt resiled . I told him , for the uncivil manner is which he had come to me , he must ind him aa he had fsmud me . This is the truth of what passed between ,- '» « m and met ' - ¦; Yoar ' s , respectfully , . " ¦ '¦ Isaac Nicholis . Vineyard , Oldham , Feb . 14 . 1842 .

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      TO THE . WORKINaMEN" OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES . ' Brotheb , Chartists , —My friend , Mr . OConno' -, has once or twice called upon you to aid and a ; s . st . in again pursuing the duties of iny profession , which were of poursc ntglected during the agitition and my sulsequent imprisonment . ¦ : ¦ I am not vtry desirous tp depend at any time upon public subscriptions or private aid , amd kss so when I may easily , without interfering with my public services in the cause , pursue iiiy avocations as a medical ' ihaa . At t ' ae inHtigation . and by the advice of many ot my friends I have dfcide « l upon writing a pamphiet , w ^ ich I shall distribute gratuitously , descriptive ofthe origia and effects ' - -. of those diseases to which the working class are . peculiarly liable , ard then offer a reme < ly to them , which if purchased will contribute to my support as well ao their benefit . ' : ' .: ¦ :

      I ¦ will make no hunt-me-custom promises ¦ svl ; ch I may not be be able to : fulfil , nor avail myself of the puff of quackery- ; but since my political ise twoxifs have excluded me from the chance . of ' .-exercising my ekill us a general practitioner , I see no reason vfhy I should not . offer a general medicine to the people . I shall ' as spacnily aa /' . possible ; commence rhy proffcS 3 ! onar duties in the way I have named , : nd I shall confifreiitly a 2 ? pfal to riiy friends in tbe different parts of the country for support , for the appointment ; of agents , and for tbe talc of a medicine which shuii , I hope , like Chartism , owe its patronage to its n . fcriUi alone . Mr . Leach has kindly ofTerei " . his assistance for Lancashire , and I niay ntid congratulates rce ( aloiig with iny brother tnembers of the Executive ) on the prospect ; and if success attends me : I will not have to retire from the active duties of the ' movement .

      I am not aware that I need say any more upon the subject , but to request those friends who are disposed to a-saist me as agents , to forward their / names - for the North of EjiKlJind to Mr , Leach , Tib-strert , Manchester ; find to tiie South , to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Lyndon . I rumain , my dear friends , iFaithfulIy yours ,. . P . M . M'Bovall .

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      Dublin—The usual weekly meeting was hold at the roouis , 14 , North Aniie-Btreot . Encouraging iotters were read from various parts of IreUrid Mr . John Feathcr .-tpne , of Rochdale , was admitted a member by neebniation . Mr . OH ; ggins entered the room during tlie proceedings , when he was hailed by-three deaft ning cheers . When the cheering had somewhat subsided , Mr ; O'Hij : gins rose and said , that he was at a loss how to express hi ? thanks for tbe marjiy and talt-nted manner in . '• which ; they dtfended hia character whilst absent in the sister

      country—Enp ;! and , and in a style that would reflect credit on a !; y body of men . Mr . O'H . read the address pmeuted to him by the men of Lticoi-ter , throu ^ bout tJie rcaciii- 'g of which be was Joudiy cheered ,. and concluded by reading a letter , ' rc . ftiics . ting him to propose Mr . Thomas lia . ynor Smart , Mr . John Bovyman , and Mr . John Markham , as nieinb ? ra of tho Irish Univer-al Suffrage 'Association . They were Sicohded by Mr . W . H . Doyle , and var > ried ' with cheers . Tho address was ordered te be < : i'ered on' the mjnrd ^ . After several ¦ mfai . ^; ers being enrolled , and notices given ' or o * lwrs ; , th in ks vrcrc voted to the chairman , aud the meetivg scparatf d . " ¦ '¦¦¦ . '¦'' - . ¦'¦'

      Newcastle . — On Saturday evcniHiar , Mr . Williams lectured in -the Joiners' Hall , Blackitt streer , ou tlia forKiauon ' of ; opinions , lie stated that on vhe . ? bJiowing Su-nrtay evening he should lecture oii persecution for opinion . / Dalkeitu . —A social meeting on behalf of tho masor . s en strike , was held here on Monday : ; an fxcelieiit spirit was manifested , and a handsyzne-suna was expected to be realised . ScARBOROUGH .- ^ M r . Pepper preached here on Sunday . The usual / meeting was held : on Motulay . The people are looking' anxiously for O Cci ; t ; or . Many Corn Law repealer ,- are declaring for the Charter , disappointed with Peel ' s bantling . .

      GoiBALS . —At a public meeting held in the Hall , Cl . die Terrace , thanks wese voted to Mr . Otmi-, for his conducs in ihe Caiiventiony and after much discussion it was resolved . by ; a larj ; c majority , on the motion of Mr . ; Burns , seconded by Mr . Proudfoot , "That the inhabitants of Gorbala , in' public ojeeiiiig . assembled , do siucoielyand houcstly rejiVet the conclusion that tho Convention came to respecting the National Petition , arc resolved to adopt-it , anu do allin their powerto forwardits signing . KiLMAKNocii . — 'ihe National Petition is doing well in thJ 5 town ; 2000 signedion Fi-iuay , and we wiHhavo 5 C 0 p . '; ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' \ . ^' -.: ' - ¦ : - Waiihikoton . —At a great public meeting held oil Monday , to denounce ^^ Peel ' s Corn Law Measure , and demand a total repeal , the Chartists mustered and carried the usual amendment with a tremendous majority . .- : . . . ¦• . '¦ ¦ ;' : ' -- -. ¦ . ¦¦ .. ; - ' : y- :- ¦ ¦ \ ¦ ¦ ¦' : ¦ - ' ¦ ' - . : ¦¦'¦

      Lewes . —Mr . woodward lectured here on Moaday week . '¦ - •'¦' .: ;• - ¦/ ' / ; . ' . > r- . : ¦ .: ¦ . ' ¦ ' . '' - ¦ . ¦ '¦/ : '¦'¦ .. . . ¦ ¦ . ' " ¦ Honley . -- At a diettict ; delegate meeting , held here on Sunday , the reioJution of t ! ie South Lancashire delegates , " That those persons who travel from tewn . to town calling themselves Chartist lecturers , do receive ¦ . ¦ their credentials from the &ub-S : cretaries of . the . , branch to which they btnong , which shall cerdfy that they arcgood moral chaiacters , arid qiiahfiua to fulfil so importaut a mission ; arid : t ' uat the various branches be reqajatQ ] i _ "nt , \^ t countenance aiiy ono w } io cannot projBj 5 f ? i 3 | ySi& requiaiteB /' was api > rpvcd , adopEedi ar ^ ffi | SB 3 ^ to general notice . A resomuon wfR ^^ BSSRaSBij

      requesting eacli iocality in the Hu <^« pSfe ^ ct ^\ » who .- e Mr . Canipbell cjay have makgSimti £ sj ! iiil » % & ^ delegate to the aOjauiivcd aizeu ' ^^ m ^^ V ^^ 9 ^ M v ? O morrow , ) ¦ . S 3 ' inipurmu ^ ^ sinesJP ^ j ^^^ v ^ V ^) sir - 'Wf

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOKTEEBN STAH . Sib .- ^ -Ih y <> ur joarnal of last week appears a letter , Higned " . Bj . uja ' min Stott , " respecting : the charges preftrred by us against Mr R . J . Richardson , in which the writer labours to mako it appear that the charges , ¦ & ; . , hud ucdergpne ' investigation . " When , where , aud by whom , howeTJer , he lias not condescended to iuform m . Wehuverheard of anyBUCli inveit'gauon , where it was entered into , or who this gentleman , or the mysterious . we , " who had tho manafrercent , of thia investigation may be , we are , therefore , € qu :. lly at a Joss t >' conjecture . The mode adoijt : d by lUeso mysterious investigators , appears to us ;'' utterly

      at variance with , justice , ' ?/ and ^ savours some * vha » strongly of ; a desire to adopt ' a "feregoneccnclusiori . ' " At all events it is a new and unique metlxod of cuRductifcg public ihveitigatiena , We beg to state , for the satisfaction of the public , that we have , no knowledge of the person who subscribes himself a " Radical , of the Old School ; '' we are equally ignorant ' . Mr . Benjamin Siott , or the secret " we , " who profess to have investigated this matter ; .. but bad they been realiy inclined ta investigate it , they knew whtre we rrrijjht be found ; at any moment ; we have never shrunk from th ; e subj ' ct . nor are Wfi now about to do so , but stand by " all our former statemeata , and reuiain , Yours respsctfuJly , James Wood . James Wheeler : Paul FAiiictorGii . James Karimson . Samuel . Cham ' ' lain . Geo . Mitchell . Henry NuttAll .: Kobert Quay . Manchester , Feb . 14 , 1841 .

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      UNION OF THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES . A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law Delegates and others favourable to the Extension of Suffrage , was held in the small room of the Crown a . nd Anchor on Moncay evening . The meeting was called 10-fjether by the following hand bill , issued by Mr . Sturge , and cireulatea during the day : —

      " COMPLETE SUFFRAGE . " Joseph Sturge respectfully requests such of the Delegates to tbe Anti-Corn Law Conference as may enl-rtain views favourable to ' Complete Suffrage , ' to meet at the Refreshment Room , Crown and Anchor T . ivern , at seven o ' clock this evening . Adm ^ saion may b 3 procured by presenting a Ddogate's . Ticket at iha door . " Friday Morning , Feb . 11 th , 1 S 42 . " The room was well filled . Among those present were observed Joseph Sturge , Esq . ; Sharman Crawford , itl . P . ; Dr . Madden , Dublin ; George Thompson : John Bright , Rochdale . ; A . Preniice ,.

      Manchest er ; Wm . Ibbutson , Sheffield ; Her . Mr . Bailey , Siniiield ; Rev . Mr . Reuton , Ktlso ; Ruv . Mr . Owen , Staffordshire ' . ; Rev . Thomas Spencer , Bath ; Rev . Mr . Cairus , Paisley ; Rev . M ^ r . Lowe , Foifar ; Mr . Hichen , Manchester ; John Chiids , Bung . iy ; Joseph CoTbevt , BirmiTiK ^ ' -iBi j ilamcr Sianstold , Leeds ; Edward Baxter , Dundee ; Josiah Conder , Loncoa ; Nathaniel Griffiu , E ; q . ; Wm . Boukbeo , Birmingham ; Mr . Curtis , Ohio ; Stafford Allen , E ; q . ; Dr . Perry , Bosrou ; Lawrence Heyworth , Esq ., Liverpoel ; Johu Dumop , Eiq-, Edinburgh ; Edwarc Lanksiter , M . D . ; C . E . Rawiixis , Esq ., Liverpool ; Mr . Heury Hetherington ; Mr . Waikius , Manchester : Mr . Wm . Lovett .

      Mr . G . Thompson stated that the meeting was extra ^ cfficial , and in no way connected with the business of the Conference , it was convened for the frank and free comparison of opinion as to the great question of suffrage which now agitated so large a portion of this country . It partook of the -nature o : the general conversation on the merits of the question , every gentleman expressing his opinions in a private and individual capacity . " ! Joseph S : \ irge , Esq . was unanimously called to thechsir .

      The Chairman observed that he had invited his friends present to a conversation in the best spirit of the merits of a declaration on the subject of the Suffrage , which he had already put forth . It had also been proposed by the Birmingham " Complete Suffrage Association , " to recommend for general signature , a memorial to the Queen the object ot which was to beseech her Majesty not to take 10 her councils , nor to retain in tnem , any persons who were not prepared to grant complete Suffrage to the peorle .

      The Rev . T . Spencer addressed the meeting at some length in advocacy of an extension of the Suffrage . He thought that the higher and middle classes did not repose sufficient confidence in the working classes . For himself he could Bay no one could have been better received than he at the meeting of the working classes at Bath ; and yet he bad done much to provoke them ; but they knew he had done it honestly , and therefore they forgave him . The working classes would think and let-think .- He had great confidence in the working men , and the chief mischief of the country was the want of it . In the higher classes there was an unnecessary suspicion of ihem , and that was because people wereapt to judge others by themselves . Those who had sinecures and pensions , and brought up their families to the arey and navy , and by the law of primogeniture fattened on the spoils , tmnk that oiher classes , it they had the same power as themselves , would use ^ lt in the sama manner . But before they put the

      worijmsn in the poFfcession of power , they would be sure that they should not have the same power of abusing

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct586/page/5/