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      Mt deab Sib , —I have not had one moment to TTiiteniy third letter to tits middle classes for this number of the Star . I thought this apology necessary . I have not even time to mite anything like an account of the meetings st Bohiley and Colse . Suffice it to sajj that in my life I never "witnessed such br&ve and starring resolution . The people hare been grossly and cruelly deceived about the conduct of the leaders of North Lancashire . I never met a set of men who have heen placed in * more trying and" awkward position ; and , from the

      state of Chartism throughout the district } never did men deserve more credit . It is easy to censure jouth and enthusiasm ; but not so easy for the most sound to keep down the angry feelings of starvation , and at the same time to keep alive the spirit of agitation . I shall next week give a full account of North Lancashire . We had 60 , 000 mea and fromen At Burnley on Monday , if we had one ; and I was at it from eight on Monday morning till half-past twelve on "Wednesday morning , without stopping . On Monday , I addressed the people of Halifax , of Todmorden , and of Burnley twice .

      I shall . be . at Keighiey on Wednesday next , the 6 th day of July ; I shall he at Bingley at half-past twelve , speak there , and then go on to Keighley ; on Thursday , I shall be at Dewsbury at eight in the evening ; on Friday , at York , at efght in the evening ; on Saturday , at Hebdenbridge , at twelve at noon ; and at Todmorden , on the same evening , at six o ' clock . I forgot to say that I spoke last night at Coine , over the barracks , and was guarded in by three sentries , with fixed bayonets . I am , dear Sir , Yost ' s , most affectionately , Pzabgcs O'Coraos . Coine , Wednesday morning , June -29 ih , 1842 .

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      SAiFOHC—Mr . Bell , the South Lancashire lee turer , delivered a most powerful and talented address here on Snnday night , to s respectable audience , in the coarse ef ¦ which he gave an interesting account of his mission through South Lancashire At the conclusion of his address , the follo-sicg "resolution was tmanimrusly passed : — " That this meeting having seen , thron « h the medium of the Xorttiern Star , that the Chartists < f Presten have given ins tractions to their delegate , -who is to attend the delegate meeting to be held at Coine , on the 3 rd of July next , to move a

      proposition , ealliDg on the country to elect a body of men ta sit permanently , for the purpose of secxuwz the people their constitutienal privilege of no taxation ¦ without representation , consider snch a propositions unwise and impolitic ; as it is the opinion of this meeting that the Executive are the only parsons that onght to be recognised at ths head of this great and glorious movement for the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " At the conclusion of the business several persona enrolled themselves members of the ABSodation .

      YORK . —At a special meeting , held on Thursday evening , the 23 d inst , it wa-i moved , and carried unanimously : —" That the Sub-Secretary be requested to collect the various facts connected -with the untimely death cf Samuel Holberry , for the purpose of transmitting them to T . S . Dancombe , E-q .. in order that through him they may be brought btfore the House cf Commons , to be more fnlly investigated , the Chartists of York having strong ressons for supposing that the St-er « = tary ot Ststtr ' s orders respecting S . Holberry fcsre not been atiaml&d to . "

      HtJimER 5 FX £ X , x > . —On Thursday , the 23 d of July , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered an able lecture to a numerous andieEce in the Gaild Hall Mr . Yevtrs ., senior , was nnarimcEsly called to the chair . The subject cf the lecture was class Irg-Tslation , and the rights of labour . The lecturer was listened to throughout "with the greatest attention , and all appeared highly delighted . The lecturer ar . d chairman together received a unanimous vote of thanks , and the meeting separated . Ai a > T > tEBOrs meetis g held in the Association Booui , Tpperhtad Row , the following resolution was passed : —" That a vote of thanks is due , and hereby given , to our brother Chartists cf Ycik , for the prompt , manly , ^ nd humane manner in "which they camt forward , and demanded an investigation into the cause of their lEsrtyred brother , Samuel Holberry ' s death , and provided for his funeral . "

      JfOTTINSSAIff . —The Chartists meeting at the fianciiffe Arms , held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening , ilr . G , Atkinson in the chair , when the foliowing business ¦ was transacted : —Proposed by Mr . Goodson , seconded by > Ir . Csrrinjton , and ¦ onani-XBously carried , " That each member do pay ons-halfpenny per month extra towards defraying the incidental expenses of the town . " Proposed by Mr . J . Carrington , secont ' ed by Mr . Goodscn , and unanimoujly carried , * ' That a deputation be appointed to wait -cpen oar more wealthy friends in thisJoeality to -solicit their support to the sew Executive , to assist them in carrying out their plans . Tbe following persons to form the deputation—Messrs . John Wall , John King , and Joshua Carrington . " The sum of two { billings was Toteo to Messrs . Huffy and Hindes , and ece shilling for the dtfecce of Mason and oifeers , at Stafford . A- vote of thanks was passed to the rh"TTnnP i and the meeting separated .

      Os SrM > AT Horsing , the United General Council met at the Democratic Chapel , Bice-place , and went through the usual routine of business . Subscriptions w * re handed in , from various quarters , for the victims Hindes and Duffy . A subscription was alio entered into for the defence of Mason and other friends , in Staffordshire . Mi-. Harrison preached two sermons , on the Foreit , on Sunday , and notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weather , there were a goodly number mtsrtred en the occasion . On lion day evening Mr . T . White , from the Potteries , delivered a very instructive Ifecture upon Priest-craft and Kingcraft

      AsyoLD , xeab . Kottisgham . —Mr . Dnffy visited tfeis place on "Wednesday , June 22 nd , and'delivered ~ b scul-stirriEg lecture . At the conclusion be enrolled fourteen new members . He also lectured , in Bolwell Tc-reit , last Sunday , in the afternoon , to a good audiV ence , and at the conclusion enrolled twenty new members ; In the evening he again lectured in the dispel , at Arncld , to a large audience . ItSICESTKR . —Our " Shakspereans" iccrea- 'e bravely , notwithstanding -ruca Tmfa"wmrable circnm stzmcxs as bad weather for epen air meetings , and Mr . -Cooper s indisposition from over-work . Our numberis 32 ow more than 2-300 . On Friday se " nnight , Mr . Biirst *» gave a thrilling lecture in the open air , to upwards of 2 , 000 bearers . The demonstrations of respect

      and attachment to Mr . B ., on his leaving us for a complete period of three months—tb « ttnn for which be is engaged for the West of England—were very great . Mr . Beedham's labours have been attended with increasing success in tbe surrounding villages , throughout the week . Mr . Rebert Jackson , a ycung local lecturer , visited Countesthorpe , and addressed a considerable assembly there , on Sunday morning . Mr . Cocptr was merely able to deliver a few feeble words on SnndBy eTtning , in the Market-place . A collection cf eishtetn shillings was made at the close , for Mrs Hoiberry—a trifle more has been collected during the wttk . We have also sent two ponnos this week from our funds , for Mrs . Frost , Mrs . Williams , and Mrs . Jones .

      O > ' Sr >* 2 > AY after uext the real Chartists of the South intend to meet their brethren cf North Leicestershire , at tbe Mount Sorrel camp meeting . A delegate meeting will also beheld theie during the day , in order to consolidate the whole county into one active Chartist union . It ia hoped that every real Chartist Association in tbe cennty will send a delegate to this important meetiEg . WCLVERHAJffPTON . —A spirit of re-action bzs taken place in behalf cf our cause . Mr . H . Candy laving returned , and procured employment , he is new among us ; and , after hia day ' s labour , be delivers poTs-tjfnl and energetic lecture * in behalf of tbe

      People ' s Charter and the rights of labour . On Sunday , he jictcbts in the open air , and by his tfilrts many htih members are added . A spirit of unity prevails in c *^ r came , and we are determined to persevere more thin ever . " This last three SnndfiyB , Mr . C&rdy has deleered three excellent discourses ; bis audience inenssts more every time . On Sunday last , there were nearly three thousand present ; and three times he lectured in the week ; he is greatly approved of , and seems to give general satisfaction , and is capable of doing great good . Mr . H . Candy is appointed corresponding secretary for the ensuing three morths . All letters to be directed to him , at Mr . J . Wilcox ' s , news agent , Worcester-street , Wolverhanpton .

      SHIPLEY . —On Friday , Mr . Doyle gave » very mttrtsting lecture at tbia place on the ground adjoining tbe London Tavern , to a vtry attentive audience , composed not cf women and children , tut of intelligent « dult& Halifax . —Moeb Middie Class Sympathy . — On Saturday nigit last some person or persons pot op a placard at the end of Mill-bank Chapel , announcing that the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , was to preach three sermons in the Odd-feilowB ' Ball , on Sunday next , July 3 rd , and to lecture on Monday , the 4 ih , in the Chartist room j when a brainleis nondeEtript pulled it down , and in a fit of rage said " It is a radical paper , we'll not have it here . " Now this is the son of a shopkeeper , and a xaenibeT of the Wesleyan society ! When will you open your eyes , and ltt them know that it is the workiLg class alone that they are dependent on for thtir loed 1

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      'LONG BUCKET . The Chartists of this place and neighbourhood , and other friends of freedom , have subscribed and forwarded thirty shillines to aid Mason in bis defence against the unconstitutional attack which has been made on him . SOUTH JiOtlMAN . —On Sunday Mr . J . Simmons again visited thia p . omising little village and received abundant proofs that his previous vists had not bsen in vain .. At the close of the lecture a resolution in favour of the Charter was carried unanimously . BRADFORD . —Masons' Arms , Clubhouses — The qasation whttber machinery , if properly directed , wculd be a blessing or a curse to mankind , was discussed by the mrnibers on Sunday last , and at the close , two new mtmber 8 were enrolled .

      BANBURT . —Mr . Bairstow lectured here on Saturday , and on Sunday preached two sermons to overflowing and enthusiastic audiences . HOLLINWOOD . —On Friday " last , Mr . William DisojQj of Manchester , dslivered a lecture on th ' e village green . —Mr . William Booth , of Newton Heath , delivered an address in the open air , jiear Denton-lane , to an assembly amounting to about five hundred persons , and tave great satisfaction . —Mr . Littler , of Manchester , lectured in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , in the evening , to a crowded audience . Several new members were enrolled .

      DURHAM—On Friday last the attention of the Durham Chartists was called to a meeting thst was to be held that evening at a small vil ' age by the name of Scerborae Hil 2 . The person to sp » ak was .- a Mr . Liaole , who is believed to be employed by tbe coal proprietors ef this district to prepare tbe minds of tbe poor miners to a farther reduction of wa « es , to mtet the masters half way in ti e loss that must take placa in consequence of ths duty of two shillings per tan being laid on coals fjr export . The lecture was from first to la ± t a tissue of humbug , and at the close a few friends to Ae cause of liberty , asked

      tfce lecturer a qutstk-n or two , when it turned out he knew nothing about the matter . Jt was asked if he coulil tell what the miners wtre gettirg per ton for hewing a ton of coals , while the dnty of eight shillings and fourpence p = r ton was paid on coals going abroad , and what they were getting when no rlnty was paid ? also what were the profits realised by the proprietors during the former or latter time ? When he either cou : d or would not answer one of thp question ? . After rtrCsiviDg a good lasLicg for his ignorance , he was left to himself , not in a very comfortable state cf mind . He hai a quantity of tracts for s » le , at three for a penny , but it was "no go . "

      Ox J 105 D 1 T Evening , as usual , a meeting of Chart'sts took place on tbe Sands , when there was a good gathering , considering that thura was no attraction by way of a lecture . The meeting was addressed by a fri ^ rni from Sunderiand , and our old friend , Mr . Richmond , of this town . NEWCASTLE . —The usual weekly meeting was holden in ti-e Ccartist Room , Cloth Market , on Mcn'tay evening last , when a variety ef mutters appertaining to local business wtre entertained and dissussed . OLDHAM . —At the weekly meeting of the council the following resolutions were unanimously passed -.

      —" That a subscription be entered into , and that five EiiiliDga be ee-nt to the Defence Fund , to aid 31 r . MfiAun , aci otbers , on their tnai at Stafford . ** * ' That the national tribute , recommended in the Northern S / ar , be taken up . " " That a deputation of three persons be appointed to wait on tha middle class ¦ who are favourable to Radical Refo . ru , and solicit their aid , far the purposa of supplying the new Executive Committee with the means whi ^ h will enable thtm more effectually to agitate and spread the principles of Ccartism in those districts wtere they are lntfe known . " " That Mr . Samuel Yardiey , M : ; . Thomas Smith , and Mr . Leonard Haslcp , be deputtU to visit and receive subscriptions far the above oi jc-ct . "

      XOKDON .-Screey . — A public meeting was held on Tuesday la ? t , a : Lo ^ vir . Mitcham Gr « -n , the Srsi iDeii-iDg treT held in this place for th * advancement of t ^ e - principles of Chartism . Mr . Dron occupied the chair , ilr . Brown proposed the first resolution — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that the present unparalleled amouLt of distress arises not f'oin the want of means , nor from the inability of the nation to support itself , but from the existence of class legislation , which protects class interests »! one , to the iDJury of the interesTs of the unrepresented millions ; therefore the condiiion of the industrious classes can never be permanently improved until class legislation is abolished , and

      universal interests represented by means of the People's Charter become the law of the land ; and this meeting therefor- ? pledges it&elf to agitate for nothing short of the People's Charer . " Mr . Brown dilated at seme length on the causes ef the present distress in which the country is envelopeJ , and contended that the resolution pointed out the only true remedy . Mr . Rainsley seconded the resolution , 12 a lucid and elegant speech , shewiDg how those who created all the wealth were driven to satisfy the panjjs of hunger to the refuse of the heg-tub or the dog-kennel , whilst those who never created a fraction of wealth rolled in luxury and splendour , and concluded amid the continued cheering ot the meeting .

      Mr . Fairchild , ten ., supported the resolution in a powerful and argumentative speecc , showing the flimsy arguments used by itB opponents , and calling upon the meeting to etand firm by the Charter . The resoluzion was carried unanimously , and it being quite daik , the meeting adjourned to the long room of the tavern opposite . Mr . Keen , in an able speech , during which he was much applauded , moved the next resolution— •» That it is the opiuion of this mtetincr , that the true object of government is to produce the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number , and as a government founded upon

      class-legislation will always fail in pecuring happiness to tbe great mass of the people , such government onght to be reformed , or entrely aboli ^ ed . " Mr . Bedley seconded the resolution , which wa 3 ably supported by Mr . Price , and carried unanimously . The thanks of the meeting were then given to the chairman , who briefly returned the compliment . A locality was immediately formed , and about twenty persons took up their cards . Another meeting was announced to taks place on the ensuing week . Hun-ah lor the Charter , name and all , and no surrender .

      The Members of the Walworth locality met at their large room . Ship and Blue Coat Boy , Walworth-road , on Moncay evening . Mr . Shaw in the chair . Minutes were read and confirmed . Mr . Brown " gave in a report from the Surrey council , *** -hich after some discussion was received . Mr . K ? en read the letter from the Star , of Feargus O'Connor , respecting Mason , when it was unanimously agreed that five shillings should be voted for his defence . The sum of ten shillings was voted as national tribute to the Executive , and several new members were enrolled . The subject for discu 3 tion on Monday evening is , " Can wt obtain the Charter without the aid of the middle class V

      * Beomfton . —The members met as usual , on Tuesda-y evening . Mr . Heath in the cbair . The sum of four shillings and fourpence , was ordered to be sent to the political victims , being a further portion oi the proceeds of the festival held for tbeir benefit on January 3 rd . The sum of five shillings vras voted to the Execntive , and two and sixpence to the London delegate council . A committee , consisting of Messrs . Whitehom . and Wheelerr Mr . and Mb . Ford , Warringion , Budding , Sturge , Heath , and G , and W . Matthews , were appointed to get up a raffle for a violin , united with a concert i * nd ball , for the benefit of the political victims . After tbe transaction of other busines 3 the meeting adjourned . Monies received by Mr . Cleave for the Convention : —

      £ s d Liverpool , per E . Davis ... 2 0 0 Deptlord and Greenwich ... 0 5 0 Beer-lane . Bnstol 0 10 0 Bath . Galloway-buildings ... 0 5 0 Normtin Ytntnor , 2 nd sub . ... 0 3 0 Yeovil . per Mr . Campbell ... 0 7 6

      £ 3 10 6 K . B . Dr . M'Douall received the £ 6 . 16 s . from the Theatre Commiitee , and , all expences being paid , there will be a balance of a few pounds to the

      Executive . Donations received by Huffy Ridley on account of Provisional Committee Fund : — s . d . Mr . Dobson of Hammersmith ...... 1 0 Please- to add to the list for Mr . Mason and his friends by Huffy Ridley : — Mr Banker 0 <> This monej is raid into the hands of Mr . Cleave .

      Total for Mason , &c ... « 5 4 EOUTBWABK . —A meeting of Chart'st _ silk hatterB was held on Tuesday evening at . the King's Arms , Gravel-lane . A report was given in to ^ the effect that the police authorities had intimated to the landlord that his license was in danger if he allowed the Chartists to meet at his bouse ; in consequence of which , it was agreed that the meetings should be held for the future at the Brown Bear , Southwark-bridge-road , on Thursday evenings , where a lecture will be deliyered on Thursday next .

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      COVENTRY . —> ir . S : arkio lectured on Friday evening in"the George rooms , on the effects of priest craft on the moral , intellectual , and physical condition of tbe working classes . MEBTHTP , TTDVlIi . —MEETIKG TO ADOPT THE RtMO . NSTEASCE AND THE MEMORIAL TO XllK Q , UEEN . —This importem meeting winch took place on Monday evening last , at the . Market-square , was held in pursuance of a requisition to the chief constable , signed by nearly forty of the middle classes , but who reiu .-ed on the ground that the requisitionists , wishr-d to interfere with the prtro ^ ative of her Majesty because it " mentioned as one of its objects , the dismissal of her present Ministers and the substitution of men that would make the People ' s Charter

      the law of the land . The chair was taken by Mr . F . Argent , bootmaker ; several resolutions were passed , and the reinon :-trance to the House of Commons , and the memorial to the Queen were unanimously adopted . Excellent speecnes were delivered by Messrs . Thomas , Eiiis , Gould , Evans ( who spoke in Englioh , and promises to be a valuable acquisition to the cau > e . here ) , Jonu , Williams , aud Jones , from Card . ff . There was a great number of tlie middle classes present , and they seemed 10 be verjr attentive , and it is hoped the meeting made a duo impression upon them , and convinced many of them of the-jastice of our demands . Before the meeting took place there were all sorts of rumours abroad , that the Chartists intended making a phyr-ical-force display ,

      and burn ihe town , and a Whig clique had been sitting some days previously to make arrangements , as they said , to preserve the peace of the town . Nothing can be more irritamijj than the conduct of these gentry towards the working classes . Their odious espionage , and cii .-charging men for attending Chartist meeting , aiid this principally in the works of the liberal Whig Baronet , Sir John Guest ; bo great was the alarm m con >< queuee of the officiousnesa of these gentry , sh-tt they had caused several families to leave the town . But tho good sense of the working people completely disappointed them , and it was allowed by every one tliat nothing could be better than the conduct of the people . We are now getting so strong here that , tho tyrants are completely dumbfoundtred .

      Mottram — On Monday evening last , a pHbhc . meesing ot tho inhabitants of this place , and the surrounding neighbourhood , was called by placard , to inquire into the cistret 8 of the working classes ; Mr . Wi'd was in the chair . Tbe meeting was held in the Metnoriiot Ckapel . It was agreed that do party politics should be entered into . A great number of cases were made in public . Every one gave it as his firm opinioa that class legislation was the solo cause of all the distress which now infests the land , and that things would never be any better until class legislation was removed by equal representation .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , EiQ ,, AT BURNLEY . GRAND AND IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION . Ou Monday last , the above gentleman made a public mtry into Burnley among the hearty plaudits of at east 60 , 000 people . Never aince Burnley stood was ¦ uch anisiution manifested as was shown on this

      occan . At half-past one o ' clock ia the afternoon , a carriage drawn by two greys left Burnley to meet the four o'clock train from Halifax , at Todmorden , to convey Mr . O Connor to Burnley . He arrived , accompanied by Mr . Beesley at the appointed hour , took some refreshment , and addressed hundred 8 . who had assembled , fri'in tha window of the White Hurt Inn . Mr . BeoBley also addressed them . Tbe carnage then started ' . Burnley , and when witbm two miles of tho town was met by scores of pioneers , who on perceiving ths carriage , returned by Ha side until it reached the procession , wbich had baited about a mile from the town . The scene on the arrival of ths carriage , bepgaxs all description . The masses , anxous to get a bold of his hand , literally beseiged tbe carriage . Tbe cheering all ali ng the line reverberated through the wooc * s and made the welkin ring .

      The road , as far as the eye could reach , was one solid mass ef human beings , which it is in vain to attempt to to describe It was with the greatest difficulty that the carriage cou " . d take up a suitable position . The marshals attempted to form the procession , but was compelled to give it up , so closely wedged and packed was tbe road ; however it began to move . The living mass proceeded slowly towards the town , and every wall or elevated position where man , woman , or child could get a foothold , was crammed to get a view . Oa entering the town , the living mass had to pass through an aqueduct , under the Leeds and Liverpool Canal , the bank being raised considerably above the road . Here was a picture ^—here was an imposing spectacle ; the aquaduct looked like a triumphal arch festooned with thousands of human beings . The proces sion reached the town about half-past five o ' clock , and the marshals had succeeded , with the utmost exertions , to place it in something like the following order : —

      The Demonstration Committee wearing splendid green sashes , with the six points of the Charter inscribed in gold . A beautiful green and gold flag bearing the following inscriptiens on the obverse : — " Demonstration Committee . " The reverse— ¦ ¦ - " Peace , Law , Order . " Then followed a movlnz mass , as closely packed oa they poBsikly could be , with flags , and banners , and music mixed amongst them , for with all tbe efforts of tbe marshalls it was impossible , in consequence of the immense numbers , to keep them ia form . The Carriage , containing Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Beesley , Mr . Chaffer , Mr . Holland , and Mr . Rickard . The members of the General Council , of the National

      Charter Association , Followed by the Members of the Association with Flags , Banners , Music , fee .

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      The Bacup Chartists wilfl Flairs and Band . The Padiham Chattists , with Flogs and Band . Processions , with Flags and Bauds , from several of theplaces within six or eight miles of Burnley . To attempt to give the number of Flags , Banners , < fec . w mid ba impossible , ' but amongst the number yre . noticed the following inscriptions :- ^ " Come , let us ba united ; our rights and liberties to '¦ - '¦ ' ' . ¦ . gpin " ¦'¦ . •¦ ¦' .- - . / ' ¦ '' Whig dungeons way entomb tbe body , but not the mind . ' :

      " More Pigs and fewer Parsons . " . " We demand the Chatter . *' Justice and Equality . " ' Tyrants , look and tremble . " " Bad laws make wise men riiad . " " O Connor and the Charter . " "Sweep out the'House of Ciirrnptipn , " surmounted by a broom . " Englishmen ! injured Justice demands the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . " *• The hand-loom weavers of Burnley . " " Better fo die by the sword than perish of hunger . " Cursed is he who grindeth the poor . " " Tyrant ' s chains are only strong , while slaves submit to ;¦ . - '¦ . ' ,. " ¦ . ¦ " ... wear them , " A loaf given to the ' Padiham procession , by a military officer as they passed the Barracks , was stuck on a pole , and carried in the procession .

      As the proceassion wended its way through the streets the cheering was vociferous , every window , balcony , 4 io ., was crowded by persons of all classes , anxious to obtain a view of Mr . O'Connor . The enthusiasm was of the most cheering description , and the respect paid , the unbougbt praises bestowed on Mr . O'Connor , must hnve convinced him tfeat the Charter is uppermost in this ; part of North Lancashire-Tbe precession halted about seven o'clock on a large rpen space of ground , where a platform was erected . Immediately after its arrival the attention of the multitude was arrested by the ascent of a large balloon , with the words "FEARGUS O'CONNOR "

      inscribed in glaring characters . Mr . Southwbrth , on the motion of Mr . Beesleyt was called to the chair , and ttio following resolution was proposed in a brief speech by Mr . Holland , seconded by Mr . Buesley , ably supported at some length by Mr . O'Connor , and carried uuanimoualy : — . " That it is the opinion of this meeting , after years of painful experience that the deep distress we have from time to time suffered , and which now prevails to a most alarming exte it , is clearly traceable , and entirely attributable to class legislation ,: and that nothing but the People ' s Charter will destroy it . We therefore solemnly pledge ourselves to use every legal and constitutional means'in our power to causa it to become law ; and while we thus pledge ourselves to act legally and constitutionally , it shall also be firmly and determinedly ; being fully convinced that nothing less than an entire change in the representative system of the country will destroy the evils that now exist in society . '

      An address was then presented to Mr . O'Cennor by Mr . Holland , on behalf of the members of the National Charter Association , resident in Burnley , of which the following is a Copy : — The Members of the National Charter Association resident in Burnley , to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Respected Sm , —We hail with satisfaction and with joy your visit to our town . Long have we watched your praiseworthy exertions on eur behalf ; long have we witnessed your honest , manly , and straightforward conduct , and the closer we have watched , the more convinced we have been - that you are— " The Poor Man ' s Friend , and the Oppressor ' s Foe . " Though you may be opposed by the factions , sneered at by the

      proud , and villifled by the enyims , yet , while your conduct is marked with that magnanimity arid disinterestedness which yoa have hitherto manifested , so long . ns you stand iiunly by us arid bur principles , in our hearts your ende&vours will be aided by a warm response ; and , in spite of the factious , the proud , or the envious , you shall have our warmest . gratulationa , our must fervent prayers shall be that you may have health , strensth , and prosperity ; that you may live , to see the fruits of your exertions ripened by an indissoluble Vniun ; and tbe reward of that Union be ¦ neb as will secure to . you the pleasing satisfaction of having been instrumental in producing happiness , peace , and prosperity , through the British Isles , and ultimately through the habitable elobe .

      Accept , respected Sir , our warmest gratuUtions , and believe us sincerely devoted to the Charter , and nothing less / . . . - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : The Members of the National Chartet Association , resident in Burnley ,

      Signed on their behalf , C . Webster , Sub-Secretary ; Mr . O'Connor briefly replied to it , pledging hiiiiself to go on as he had hitherto done until the Charter ehould be won—name , title , designation , and all . ([ This announcement was received with tremendous cheering , which made the welkin ring ] He also stated that he hoped the moment they saw him deviating one hair ' s-breadth from , the principles he had advocated that they 1 would then throw him overboard and desert him . A ; vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated . Mr . O'Connor walked , along with his friends , from the place of meeting to his inn . The rattle of clogs , or wooden shoes , as Mr . O'Connor called them , as he proceeded through the street , was such that he could scarcely beat his own voice as he proceeded along .

      THE SOIREE . The Chartists of Burnley have been all along very ill put about to obtain a meeting room capable of containing any numbers , they therefore determined to build a pavilion for the occasion , they took a plot of ground in the Markfet-p ' . ace for the purpose ; but when about to begin their building , was refused the use of it by the misrepresentation of a mean jack-in-office who bad the lttting of it . No time was to be lost . The committee set about to get another plot , and after various applications and refusals , succeeded in obtaining a piece . They eet to work to get wood foitha building ; but the tiinbex-merchanta , to their shame be it said , refused to lend wood , either for love or money ; but the committee was not to be done this way ; they sent off to Fadiham , three miles distant , and got Wood , worked night and day , and the result was , that they succeeded in erecting a calico-bound tent , in which the soiree was held . .

      It was past eight o ' clock before tbe business commenced , when Mr . Holland was called upon to preside , and tbe following toasts were given and responded to : — " The people , the source of all legitimate power , " Air by the band—V Auld Lang Syne . " Mr . Beesley responded in a soul-stirring and enthusiastic speech at considerable length , which told well upon the audience ; the greatest enthusiasm prevailed during the delivery of the address ; and be sat down among tho hearty plaudits of the assembly . Soug byMr . Lancaster—" When iny old hat was new . " " The People ' s Charter , and may it become the law . " Air by the band— " Scots wa'hae wi'Wallace bled . "

      Mr . Tagg , of Bacup , responded to thlB in a laconic and powerful speech , but very brief , as all ; were anxious to bear Mr . O'Connor ; he , however , made some excellent hits , which bad the desired effect upon the audience , and sat down amidst their cheers . Song—" When the Sons of Old England . " " Our distinguished visitor , Feargus O'Connor , Eeo ,., the Champion of Democracy and the tried Fiiend of the People . " This toast was received by tremendous bursts ef applause , the band

      playing" See the conquering hero . " After the cheering had somewhat subsided , Mr . O'Connor rose , wliich was the signal fur another burst of applause , which lasted for some minutes , when the Honourable Qantleman proceeded to adurtss tbe audience , which he did for an hour and three quarters , in a speech replete with sound argument , rivetting the attention of all around ; proving to demonstration that the Charter and that . only was calculated to strip the present system of its vices , and to establish on its ruins virtue and happiness , peace on earth arid good-will towards men . He contrasted the hew and old systems , and cleaily Bhewed that the old system itquired proping , and patching , and crutching in order to keep it together , and that Sir Robert Peel had put the tariff

      crutch on the one side , and the income tax crutch on the other ; but that the King of Prussia bad been able in one moment to knock the tariff crutch down , and that the distress of the shopkeepers and others would knock down the other . He also took a , rapid review of all tbe BChemes ttiat bad been propounded by all the parties that had figured on the political stage , showed tbe futility of their plans , and placed our Charter in a pre-eminent light , by clearly showing its nperlority over any other scheme that had been broughtbefore the public He stated kis -viewB on Toaacblnery , the com laws , &o . in a c ear aiid lucid manner , and woundup one of the most argumentative addresses that was ever delivered in Burnley amid the hearty cheers of the assembly . ;'¦'

      Snug , " May O'Connor live for ever . "—Mr . Lancaster It being now gone far towards twelve o'dook v the Chairman deemed it ptudent to dlspenaa "With two of

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      the toasts he had on the list , and concluded the busi . ness with " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and may they soon be restored to their native land , '' Which waa responded to by Mr . Bessley , in a brief but energetic manner . After which a yote of thanks was given to Mr . 0 "CoBnor , for visiting Burnley . Mr . O'Connor , in returning thanks , pledged himseif again to visit his North Lancashire children after he had been in Wales and Corn wall , which he was about to visit shortly . The reason why he bad hot visit ? d North Lancashire sooner was , that he had thought it proper to viait those of hi 3 numerous family who were infants In Chartism , as rtquiring from him his earliest attention . He considered the hand-loom wsaverd of North Lancashire as his eldest sons , better abls to dp without his schooling than those in other placesof a more tender age , and concluded a humourous address by moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was given .

      The Chairman briefly replied , and thtte verses of the Chartist National Anthem was sung by the assembly , when tha meeting broke up , well satisfied with the evening ' s eptsrtainment . Mr . O'Connor made an appeal to the meeting on behalf of the New Executive , when 11 s . was eollected for their aid . . The afternoon's proceeding W 6 nt off with the greatest eclat , not a single accident occurring ; Co breach " of the peace , which those wao are opposfid .. ' to us . seuiu to dread ; the mad followers of Fear gits O'Connor setting an example of order and decorum whicli will no doubt

      bave made a favourable : impression on those Who have hitherto taunted . - . them as dtstnictivea and levellers , as firebrands , and mad-enthusiaits . The working elaasea are in the greatest destitution . Their patience has been exemplary . It is true , discbnteiit , ' a shart time back , manifested itself pretty strongly ; but there is not a doubt that the advice given by him will bave a cood effect , inasmuch as he strongly repudiated tho idea cf starving-men presenting their naked fronts to au aruioii force , ckarly shewing them that it was by a firm Union that our Charter was to be gained . We counted nine bands of music in the procession . - ~ -

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      ^ /^ rM ^^^^^^ Thero "weife seventosn or e ' gMecn ptber' ¦ a- b . » . * in .. hfewhich they ruutha riak of besidta those mentioneJ in tha 68 cb . T ^ iera wera sixteen ' inks ; f > jr iliv v . o ' atipri of which they ¦ vero rated from threejie-ice up to o ; : e pound . He kne : ^ '" *<> ™ en that were fined one pound each for gettsng kovl of each other in a lark ^ - ( sh .-iT » e . ) These robberies vreve committed , every wetk , which - amounted ' ta from £ ^ 0 to £ 40 psr week . He . iiavi ' - been at . Q-loBBop D . ilti , wi . ° -re he had found another part of ,, their business iu t ! k ' * VsTy honourable way .

      The two-looin weavers , ' were farnln ^ ffoni stvsn to eight shillings per week . - Ttie > ' conitufnei } at ilva o ' clock in the morning , arid ran , tfcv" "I ! 8 till efcLfc at night . Taefe was no such thin * V " * factory iaspector to be seen there , because it v . as \ l ^ iroa heel of cupital Bgainst honejst povetty . 3 ? ur e % ^ 7 ' fi ^ d minutes that t&o feanrfs were behind in C'lmhig W 't ' le * mill in tha mor- ; in # , they were fined ture * ipeEce . : fii this momert Mr ; O Connor entered the Hall , and wua ' received with every Kiark of esteem ; , ac ^ ampznind with thundering cheers . AU having becomoeoniposorl . -Mr . Leach was Kqui-sted hy Mr . O Connor " to prceeed . 3 Mr . Leach said ' . j'hat he ¦ felt very prcud afc the « nexpected interruption that had iakea place . Ho was ju ? t telling thorn of the robberies committed up : > n the

      lndustriqus , people of Glossop Bale ; he would go on with it . " ( Hear , hear , hear . ? Ho would give an * other specirnen of the crnel villany perpitrifcil by this Bionhtrous and unbearabSs system . * ( H « r ;> The masters of . that district had all of a gulden been transfornjed from tyrants ieio very fhoughiful . and humane beings , as they trailc ? have the people think . They had gmu over bitteinj ;; they cbu ' . d not think of taking money from thetu in thnt way , now tbeir wages' bud become so low ; but instead of teat they haS . made tiiem ttJra . the pfece they had wovjn themselves ; aud in duina ; this , they charged taem two shiiiiDi < s ' pef j > ieeo more than the siraa pieces c-. iUl'i be > purchased for in Manohsster ! Thiii vas tie very affectionate nnd feeling manner in v . hich they were then behaving towards tbeir hands . Then , again , the poor pfl . ople could not loosa time to corns to Maschester to sell their piecesatthe best price , but ware compelled to let a man , who kvit a Drovision store , have theni for

      two shillings' less than their value , and wertj compelled to take goo 4 s in return , for which they were , charged at the rate of from £ f ceen to twenty per . cent higher thaa they ciu ! d be purchased in Manchester—( shame , shame . ) ' Mr . Leach then f . avo a most deplorable account of a woman with three father " . ess xlnldrsu—one jii - her arms , a second could not walk , and the third could not dress itself- —who made application to the Guardirr . for relief , ansl in reply to which sh 6 was called an id . Je hussey , though onco the wifa cf an Industrious "" , man , and unable to leave Jier children ; ho saw the caildrea sucking at the breaat , but could . ' get no nuirinlent f nature was . exhausted far the want of nourishment , and she ( tha mother ) prayed that the ' yeiigeari . ee of Heaven might- fall upon the systom . which w .-. s . lit ' etally starving both her and her children to death—( execration , ) After giving nia . uy more such appalling narrations , he conclutleii , to niata way for Mr . O'Connor—( loud cheers . ) :

      The Chairman then rose and said , that previous to iutroducing . Mr . OCoricor to sp ^ ih , he w «; uld read a paragraph -from the Manchester times , whicli made Mr . Hey wood say , that if Mr . O Connor had DeHn at . " the meetinjp- ' shopkeepers , he would have voted for tbo resolution . " He then reM the resolution passed on the 2 lst of June , in the Town Hall , for the Charter , and the taking off tho restrictions on trade . Mr . O'CoNNOB then rose , and observed that he had not eonio thither as a speake 1 , bub like theriivtlves to listen . However , hti was glad to find such a giorious , peaceable , and attentive : neetinj- of the working uaa ef Manchester , as he saw bifors him that evening . Ha would do them t > ie justice to ^» y that they were the most sober , ipost-tnorul ,- and most reiigioua congregation

      in Manchestev ; but where , he would a » k , weru their Sunday clothes ? Instead of being on ! their backs , they were' on the backs of the wolves who were preachihgthe doctrine ef Gubmission and passive obedience to a system which wr . 8 destroying the interesta of the industrious but ttill starviug people—( hear , hear ) , in 18 J 0 , he slipp « d his cabte from Lmrpool and came to that spot , when a larga meeting had assembled anvl he told tbem . that ' ' the present day would conie . . As .-fidon as the sbopiecpfers got tbeir squetza they woiild join tho association but . Hot" before . Lust Api'il two years , tcero was nut a shopkeeper amongst them ; they were asleep ; the Churtibts vs-ere wron 2 , and mu 3 t be put dovYn ; Tiien what had causes-: such a sudden c-: nvtrs ! on ? , Because thoy ¦ werss afraid of

      losint ; th ' e lust farthing . He had stood by one principle from the beginning , and he woulil stand to thti ecd . The man who said the Charter % rou . 'd do -tint thing or the iither , v ; as assuming tha positioa of a prophet . He would not say what the Charter ¦ would do , but he would say that whatever it did woukl be done by the majority , and he for ons would . bo boucd to obey —( hear , near . ) S > r liobert Peel hast dene nii . ro ' . to manufattuia Cb . ar ; ists by one single act than he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had dune by his sixteen months' iHiprisbnmeat and ' ten years' agitation . Sir Robert might 09 truly ciilled the whoWial :. ! Chartist inaiiUfactnrer—^ aunhWr ) Mr . O'Counot then paid Baveral flattering complements to tae ' woriiias inen , end stated that most of the icformutiun which ho possessed had btea gathered , from timu to time , from , tho lips of workiug

      nten ~ - ( theers . ) He then "want , in a forcible manner , into the conduct of the police who shot down his counr trymen and women at E . inis and Gal way , reminding them at the same time of the Batiicornwc affair , wbich produced a g ) eat impression on > he audience , as wag ftxuBipiified by repeated symptoms o : execration . Ha next spoke about the leaders of the people , pledging himseif to do all . he could to unite thim ; at the same Viine giving it as his opinion that a division amongsfc leaders would not h : we tha injurious effect now as formerly ; for wliateyet differences should aiise , it v . ould not ba possible to take the people from their scent of the Cnarter —( hear , htan ) . He then produced a newspapar oalkd ths Sunduy Times , & paper which he raid would n <> t--bayt > mentioned the Ch'irtists some time ago , He weuld [ read it for them , had not the Whiga half Uliiided him in York Castla . What did this mrn

      of the rtmes . Tecoinmtnd as a cure ; any measure of the Tories ? No . Orieoftho'Whigs ? No . CoruLawiiypeal ? No . The six points without the name ? No , —( cheers , ) were they to try any thing elsa ? No ; but they , ; tha people , must come out for the . whole Charter . ( Litid cheers ) The speaker then went in powerful and cutting language ; into the cases of Sheli , Frost , Wiiiiaras , and Jones ,-Clayton and ^ Hoiberry , aud stated , that bad he been on the inquest touching the ileatb of the latter , he would h * yp brought in a verdict of Wiif ul muriier against the Whigs in the first place , and have inipHcatedthe Tories as accessories after the fact . He thea touched upon a variety ; of subjects at great Iengtb ,. aad concluded a powerful and eloquent speech , which occupied an bour and a half i . i the delivery , by declaring most eitiphatically that he would not have voted for the resolution adopted aJ the meeting held in the Tavra Hall . ¦ ¦" ., . ^ . ' -. - ' : ¦ ' '¦• ' : . ' . '• ' '¦ ¦ ¦

      A private collection was made for Mason and others , which amounted to £ 1 . 3 s . A vote of coafidencu -- ? a 9 then propesed in O Gonnor , whiclj , after being seconded , was put to the mteluUJ : and carried unanimously , amid the loud plaudits t , f the vast assemblage . 'Xaacks were then given to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed . Sucbwas the . enthusiasm of the people , and their dtvotediiesa and attachment to > Jr . O'Connor , that he was lifted into the coach which waited for him at the door of the Hall , and saluted by three cheers . The following are ; the subscriptions for the defenc 3 of : Mr . Mas en and others , re-ferred to above : —

      s . d . Dr . Hully ... ... ... ... 10 0 , Mr . Mason 0 6 Mr . Marsden ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . Soilder ... ... ... 1 0 Ditto ... ... ... ... 0 6 Mr . Sollder ' s wife ... ... 0 1 Mr ., John Bawson ... ... 0 6 Mr . Jflhn Hardman ... ... 0 2 Mr ; John Balie ... ... ... 1 0 Shoemakers ... ... ... 2 6 Hall Council . ... ... ... 1 3 Mr . Lee , wine merchant ... 5 0

      10 The Editor Oe The "Nobthervx Star.

      10 THE EDITOR OE THE "NOBTHErVX STAR .

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      COLNE . PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . On Tuesday last , notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather , the £ ood and truo raen of < 2 o ! ne and its ¦ vicinity gave ample testimony of their attachment to the principles of the ' ¦ Poople ' B Charter" by giving a heany welcome to the noble and dibinterested O'Connor . The procesbiov , accempanied by bands of music , and a great number ot fl ^ xs and banner ? , marched out ot . ihetowji upwards of two miles , on tho Burnley Koad , amidst dreuching rain , which continued without imermi-sicn far several hours . The lads endured the wind and rain with the greatest good humour , and when the carriage containing Mr . O'Connor und oiher gentlemen came in sight , tho shouting was

      tremendous . The procession returned through Barl ' owibrd on its route 10 Coine , and when it approached near the town she spectacle was truly grand , and imposing ; th ? a ; stn : bied ihou . ^ ancia greeted Air . O'Connor with rcpeate-i cheers through the towu . Tn . e procestioH returned to tie Cloth Hall , where Mr . O'Connor delivered a soul-stirriDg and eloquent adddress to the at-sembled audienco . Tho hall , which is capable of holding near 2 , 000 persons , was crammed almost to suffocation , and the heat was intolerable . After Mr . O Connor ' s address , Mr . Beejvley , of Ackrinston , made a powerful and manly df duration of his views and principles . Mr . Tatters-ill , from burnley , followed , who in an iffipasj-ioneu . sirain of eloquence laid the axe 'to the root of the tree of corruption with an unsparing hand , bat owing to the extreme heat of the place he was obliged to curtail his address .

      After the first meriting , Mr . O'Connor and a few friends sat down to a £ ood and substantial dinner at the Mason ' s Arms lun . Afcer the cloth was withdrawn , a sel . ct party of professional gentlemen entertained the company by singing several favourite glees . In the evening , another meeting was held in the Hall , whic ! was crowded as before , when Mr . Laycock , a gentleman of the town ( and a Charuet ) , had tho maulinei-s and candour to Btate his views and opinions ou tbe tffecis of machinery , in opposition , as he i-uppoted , to the views and opinions of Mr . O'Connor on the same subject .

      ilr . O'Connor , in reply " , entered into a lengthened and convincing argument , showing the evil effects of machinary on manual labour as at present conducted , and the direful effects it has had on the labour ing commucity at large . He afterwards dwelt with pkaoing tffect on the capabilities of the soil to maintain four times the amount of the present population , if properly cultivated , and showed , in a striking manner , that the blind and besotted policy of the landholders would ultimately prove their entire ruin . Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst thunders of applause . Mr . Layccck rose and seemed quite satisfied with Mr . O ' Connor ' s reply , and would leave his and Mr . O'Connor ' s views and opinions to the good and sound judgment of the as-stmbled audience , and thus the matter amicably ended . A vote of thanks was iinanimou .= ly given to Mr . O'Connor by clapping of hanos and repeated cheering . Tliauks hiiviug betm givtn . to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .

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      _ . _ _ _ — _ ^ - _ - ^ . — - ^ - ^ ^ - ^ - ^ r ^ If t . ^^ P ^ W MR . O'CONNOR AT MANCHESTER . Ca rpen ters' Hall . —On Sunday eveninij , the above Hall was densely tilled with an attentive and respsctable audience . A large number of ladies occupied a portion of the gallery and platform . Mr . Taomas Whittuker , an intelligentand " working man wascalled to the- chair , who rose and observed , that he felt prourf to see so many assembled there that evening . It must be gratifying to the hearts of those who had the principles of the Cnarter at heart , to know hoiy they were spreailing thruu ^ hout the countvy , and to know that the trades tf Manchester were coming out to join the

      National Charter Association . Since they last met , a few other trades have come out . The carpenters and joiners Were the first , the fustian cutters and mechanics followed . They had sent deputations to the smiths , painters , and boiler makers , who . had also joined ; the resolutions having been carried without a dissenting voice . ( Cheers . ) The plasterers bad resolved to call a meeting to consider the subject , and likewise other trades ; and he had not the least doubt that in a very short time , tho whole of the trades of Manchester would be formed in one unioa , to agitate for the principles of the Chatter . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . JAMES Leach then rone and addressed the meetimr . He went on to s , iy thst it was apparent to every reflecting mind that they had arrived at a period that must , speedily determine their triunaph over despotism , and establish their rights ^ tcheers . ) He had been in Yorkshire , and he Iia . d found that , there had been a great depreciation in Xv . igea since he was there about four months since . In uom « instances it-atnuuuted to as much as 6 s . per v .-etk ; aud in others , amongst the woolcoinbers , many who prfivioualy could earn from 30 s . to 353 . per week , couid ouly get about 10 s ., and in many casfes not more than 03 . ( At this statement expressioi s of sorrow and dwapprobiition wereheani from one-eud of tbe-spacious hall to the other . ) What was thei causa of such d ' . oreciation ? The cause was omi

      which ind occupied his atttntion for some time . Ho fcuud , from Rtatistscil accounts , that in Gercuany the woollen weavers were working for 3 s . 9 d . per week , and they in Germany worked iifteen hours per week longer than those of Yorkshire . The rents of houses were much larger in Yorkshire than in Germany : in the former place the workman would have to pay 2 s . 63 . ptr week for a house ; it would take sixpecee for . fire , and another sixpence for candles and soap , which they ¦ would perceive was 3 a . 6 d .. Now , if those men in Yorkshire should be brovight down to those wa ^ es 1 it would only le ^ ve 3 d to live upon . It was then impossible for the . Yorkshire weavers and woolcomberd to compete with thpsg of Germany . Hence it was that they were being ruined by foreign trade . How was it that the home trade had gone ? Becau-se of tae

      extremel y high taxation on the one hand , aud the extrdffitfty low wages on the other . The supremacy of coinnierce that we once had possession of was now faded air / ay as a mist before tie sun . The people < f Germany and many other places , in fact nearly all ttiose countries were getting as goccl machinery as we have , they ( the people ) woulu suSuv ten times greater depreciation in the next ten years than they had in the kat , if the system continued . He vrould tell them how the working men of Yorkshire Lad baan brought to six shillings per week . They were now combing wool of that qnaljty wbich took five , six , or eight hours to comb as much as would bring them a shilling , to say nothing of abatements ; and though the wool : "v » as inferior they were expected to tike it in as well finished as if it was the best material in the world . He met a

      man with a bundle on lua back , which he said would t : ik'J him from six in the morairg tillaix in the even-Ing to comb , aud for which he would only get one shilling . He met another with a load on a truck , which he had to drag fifteen miles to get it horns , and when he had combed it and taken it back fifteen miles , which would be thirty miles , be received for the whole of that labour the enormous sum of seven shillings ; bfcside . they were so jtaloua of hi in having a bit of soap , they were so niggenily about his having as much soap as would wash his shirt , . that they cotapelltd him to wfish the wool before he took it away which m ' ado . 'it mucli heavier and made him nearly sweat himself to death to drag along . The speaker said ha mentioned that circumstance to a sentleman , and asked him how

      it was ? Oh , said he , it was becauao the Government would not let them have free trade ,: and consequently there was not trade enough . A Manchester gentleman writing oh the trade and commerce of America , and by way of showing his extensive knowledge of Geology , two years ago , remarked that it was impossible for the Americans to comptU with the English manufacturers , alledging as a reason that th ^ y in America had no coal , besides they had to come to England for iron . It was nonsense to think of such a thing . Now , he had got sr > mestatistics from on American writer , ' which stated thatthere were 5000 acres of coal from seven to nine feet thick , so near the surfacs , that they could be got without the trouble : and expence of sinking pits . He did not know what the great Solomon of Manchester would say ' to that ; ' h «» wondered if he would eay that it hnd grown within the last two years or not . There were also not fewer than eighty-two iron works . A gentleman now in Manchester , who bad hWy come

      from America , bad told him ( Mr . Leach ! that they-were building fifty-three new factories in the State of New York ; he found , from a pamphlet written by Mr . Curtis , from Ohio , in America , that the Southern and Northern States were eonneoted by railway , which afforded facilites for the manufacturers to take their goods , and bring their raw cotton back , whilst the English manufacture ? had to go to America with his goods and bring back cotton . The same writer had declared that America Would not only become a manufacturing country , but one of the most exporting countries in the world . It was now become a question of lifts and death , as to whether they must depend on a ricketty system as manufacturing for the prosperity of England . Mr . Leach then read Dr . Cook ' s letter from the British- Statesman , and commented very strongly upon some of the statements ; ucd ia the course of his rtmarks , he showed how different the same letter-appeared in the Mancfiesier Times .

      The Speaker then related a case of persons in Coine and other places , having to live on the refuse of the fruit market , and added that the people would sooner resort to that for a livelihood—they would sooner die in the street—than go to the bastiles , to be separated from their wives and children ( hear , hear . ) They wanted justice , not charity . They wanted their rights , and not to be inenlted by one lot of robbers begging for them of another stt of robbers . It was certainly come to a fine pass when the uiduatrieus millions must be insulted with parson ' s beggio * letters . ( Hear , hear . ) Let us , said the speaker , examine the cause of the wretchedness , and poverty , and hunger , in the manufacturing districts . He had come to thi 8—M to

      whether they most resist the cruel and unjust aggressions of property—or make a virtuous straggle '¦ . against the wicked icflaence given to it by the law , which places the lives of the millions at the diBposal of those that possess and wield that power . The speaker here exhibited a long list of abatements that had been taken on the evening before , in only one half of a room in a factory at Maucheater . Here then was the bloodstained budget , containing no fewer than sixty-eight abatements in one half of the room , and there were only 125 worked in the room . The amount taken back from the hands in that system of robbery was no less than £ 17 . Beside that there were so many rules to be observed , the list of which would reach from him to the bottom of tbe halL

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      Public Meeting in Stevenson's-Square . —On Monday evening the above meeting was held pursuant to ad vertiseinenfc . The hour appointed was seven o ' clock . Permission had been given by the Mayor in consequenc 8 of there not being a room large enough to hold the people , the purport cf tha parties convening it was to paes the Conventiou Memorial to the Qaeen , aud the rejEonstrance to the House of Corn mohs . At the commencement of the meeting there could not be fewer than 3 , 000 , and the unanimous opinion of all in the Court where the spfcakeis stood and many com .-potent judges present , was , that at the conclusion , there Were from ten . to fifteen thousand people present . The Re *"" . James Scholefield was called to tha chair , vrho opened with " -a .. { aw appropriate remaiks , and then called upon

      Mr . John Bailey to move the memorial , which was seconded in a bold and eloquent speech by Mr . John Campbell , secretary to the Executive , and whea put was carried unanimously . : - Mr . WM . Dixon in a speech which occupied three quarters of an hour , moved the remonstrance to tho House of Commons , wbich was seconded by Mr . James Leach in an eloquent , energetic , and argumentative speech / which was listened to and applauded by the multitude . ' ;; ' .. . :- . ; ' . . : "•; ''' ; ; , ; '¦ ' . ' ;"' ; - •'¦• : . , -v ; " - :: . - " The Chairman put it , and it was carried without a dissentient " : / . ;¦¦ :. . ¦ ' \ ' - . ' . A shop-keeper next came forward , and in a neat and sensible speech moved the following resolution . : — -

      " That this meeting views with abhorrence , and condemns , in the strongest terms possible , the atrociously cruel conduct of the unconstitutional police force at Ennia , in the County of Clare , Ireland , for murderously attacking , an unarmed , starving multitude . We therefore call upon the rigkt-thinkiBg and patriotic mea of England to join with us in protesthig against , and reprobating , such diabolleal proceedings on thd rights and liberties of an industrious peopls . " * - The resolution was seconded by Mr . JR . Littler , and supported in excellent speeches by Mr . D . Danivan , and the Re ? . W ; y . Jackson . It yns carried veto con . ' ¦ ¦ . ' :: ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ' : " . ' ¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ " .: '• ' ¦ - . ¦ ' ' , " . '' ¦

      The meeting was a large ona , the speaking good , and after cheers for O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jonea , with a vote of thanks to the Chairman , tbo meeting peaceably -31830176 " } .

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      YOL . Y . NO . 243 . SATURDAY , JULY , 3 , 1843 . PMC ^ r ^ ^ ^ S ^ " °

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      ' -JJ dy Cy "¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : —P "' "" ¦} : / ' ¦ .: ::: f AND LEEDS GrElglAL ADTOITIBEI .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct605/page/1/