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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday . ( Continued from our Sixth Page . ) nd craelty on the part of the Poor Law Commissioners exceeding anything that had yet been heard of , and more fatal in its eonRqaences ? Would he aid him ( Mr . Fielden ) in bringing to light the conduct of the commissioners , their assistants , and their correspendpondests , with regard to the sending ot labouring people from the southern connties into the northern factories ? Would he make them produce their correspondfnoe , and would he » afce them render an account of ihe thousands ( there were upwards of tt-n thousand ) that were made the victims of the " migration" scheme ? He wanted the whole of tha

      conespondenc * , not the commissioners * garbled extracts . He ¦ panted to know where the remnant of their ¦ victims yrere now to be found ; how many they had sent down , bow many had died , how many they had sent back , and the condition of those that remained , If the Riant Hon . Barenet wcnld aid him in that , th < -re was matter enough to be brought to light , and he did not see how be could TefuBB his aid in that matter- if he really thought the commissioners were of use in bringing to light the cruel treatment of the poor . But , until this aid were given to him , and the commissioners made to account te Parliament -for these poor fmigratts , he -would not consent to pass a bill which proposed to continue their existence one hour .

      Mr . La"W « o >" , who rose amid a loud call for a dmsion , defended those who opposed the bil from being actuated by any " Tulgar" pandering to the popular feeling on the ruhjeet The House then divided , when there appeared , Por Hr . 3 > uncosabe * s motion 37 Against it 156 Majority for going into Committee en the Bill 119 The House then went into Committee , and

      Mr . "Wak . let moved the postponement of the first clause , which enacts that the period of duration of tLe Poor Law Commission shall be for five yesxs . His object in proposing the postponement was to get the provisions of the bill settled , and the power of the Commissioners defined , before the period of duration of fee Commission was decided en . He supported his notion by a speech again ? t the Jfew Poor Law , warning the House against the consequences which he dreaded from the passing of the bilL

      Sir James Graham protested 3 gainst the language used by the opponents of the bill , and the harsh acculations which ihey indiscriminately dealt "" out to its supporters , who were of all parties , Tory , Whig , and Radical , The workhouse test was by no means anovelty , as was contended ; it waa distinctly provided for in the 9 th G-eo . I ., whose provisions had been relaxed in 1796 , in consequence of preTailing distressa relaxation which contributed mainly to the extension of those abuses , which it was the object of the New "Poor Law Act -to remedy , and which , in Tem ^ svtg them , did so by a return to old principles . T . ee maintenance of the Poor Law Commission was the keystone to the bill 3 Ir . Edward Bcller showed that the primitive Poor Law Acts of EHzibeth were far from deserrine the credit for humane consideration for the poor which wa 3 msnaUy ascribed to them .

      Mr . Be >~ ett opposed the extreme powers given by the Bill to the Poor Law Commissioners . As a possessor of the soil , he felt that he had dnties to perform towards those whose labours contributed to his wealth and comfort , and he did net wiih to erade his share of responsibility . Though he could not make ¦ up his mind as to the actual continuance cf the Commission , he would Tote for tha pestponement of the chose , Mr . Rice was satisfied as to the wisdom and policy of having a central controlling power in the administration of the law . Jlr . S . "Wobtlet snpported Mr . Wakley ' s amendment , as did also Captain Pechell . After some explanation from Sir James Graham . -

      Mr . Card ¦ well pleadsd for the postponement of the clause , on the ground that it was rmTni-r to ask them to come to a decision on the continuance of the Comnussion . until they saw what would be the character of the BilL Mr . DaBBT thought that the entire subject of the Poor Laws should come from time to time under the revision of Parliament . Mr . ThoxaS DtNCDSBE quoted from the debites of last year , showing that on tbe Bill brought in by the late Government , Sir Edward Knatchbull had made a

      motion of a nature precisely similar -Jo that of Mr . "Wakley ' s on the present occasion , and which the Paymaster cf the Porces , had supported on p ^ tt ^ t grounds . Admitting that Sir Edward might hare good reasons f * > r changing his opinions , he thought that Sir Robert Peel must have been actuated fey a little sly malice in putting Sir Edward ' s name on the back of the present BQl . as one of those by whom it was "brought in . Sir EdwaBD KsaTCHBTTLL -vindicated his consistency , on the ground that the present Bill was of a more modified nature than the Bill cf last session .

      Some further explanation passed between Mr . Thos . Ita&eoinbe and Sir Edward Kna ± chbnlL Me . Philip Howard supported the New Poor Law . Part of its unpopularity aross from the use of terms by the Commissioners which had the appearance o ? harshness . Mr . Waexet replied ; and on a division his amendment was rejected by 206 to 74 . Mr . B . "Wood proposed an amendment having for its ohjtfct the abolition of the system of a&dstantcommifsioEership . Sir James Graham contended that the assistant CMnmissionera were the hands and e-yes of the central

      board . Colonel Sibihobp supported the amendment , wishing to cut up the system root and branch-Mr . FERRAXD . said , that as the question now -uoder consideration related to tbe assistant comrnksiontrs as being necessary to carry out tbe hill , and as within tbe l&rtfew d 3 ys two of these assistant commissioners had forwarded reports relative to the union to which he bad the pleasure of being connected , and further , as one of these reports furnished by Mr . Mott , and containing s charge of s serious nature against the magistrates of the place , had been quoted by the Right Hon . Bart , the Secretary for the Home Department , he ( Mr . Ferrand ; trusted that the House wcnld indulge him for a few momsnts . He now stated , as a Member of that

      House , that that part of Mr . Mott ' s report which charged the magistrates with interfering with the relief of the poor in the Keigbley Union was a malicious falsehood . When an assistant-commisiioner could go down at such a momentous time as just when there was going to be a debate on the Poor Law , and make these scandalous charges against the magistrates , be did think that the House should take such steps as would prevent Mi . Mott from ever acting as an assistant cemmissioner again . Was the House aware who this Mr . Mott was who went down and nude these scandalous charges ? Mr . Mott had accused him ( Mr . Ferrand ) another member of the House , and i \ jnr other gentlemen in the commission of the peace with having , for the Eake cf gaining popularity to themselves , interfered wiih tbe

      relief of the poor ; and hs had a right to show the Heuse who Mr . Mott was . He found , then , that Mr . Mott had been a contractor for the maintenance of the poor of Lambeth , and that he had undertaken to farm out the peor in different pails of the country , and among others the poor of the parish of Alveretoke . in which Gospert is situate ; that , as appeared from his examination before the Commissioners of Poor L 3 W Irquiry , he farmed the poor of Limbtth at 3 s . lid . a head , and those of Gosport at 2 s . 8 d . a head ; that be found that Bcowering the scales at the Lambtth workhouse made a difference of about half an cunce in the scales , or about 50 ! b . of meat a week . The Hon . Member went on to state , amidst cries of " question" and " divide , " that

      Kr . Mott bad proposed in this examination that the diet in workhouses should be rednced . both in qnsntity and quality , by a compulsory order . This was the man whose charges against the magistrates of Ktignley be ( Mr . Ferrand ) declared to be false , on the authority of a gentleman who had sat at the Board of Guardians since it was formed ; and also of the clerks cf the magistrates , who assured him , wiih tbe sanction of the magistrates , that there was not one word of ttuth in that part of the report . Then as to Sir J . Walsbam ' s report , he ( Mr . Ferrand } knew to fee falre several of tbe extracts which had been read by the Right Hon .

      Baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) from that report . The Board of Guardians had sat that merning , and he had no doubt that he should receive by to-morrow's post word from them that Sir J . Walsham ' s statement * were grossly exaggerated . He was convinced tha * Sir J . Waisham W £ S sent down in order to get up a statement to meet him j 5 ! r . Ferrand } in tte House of Corcmons ; Bnd ht asked the Rifcht Hon . Gentleman whether he did not know of Sir J . Wakham ' s having been sent down previous to the debate ? As to the statement of that gentleman , that a pauper in the BLngley workhouse had been obliged to lie in the same bed with a dead person , he contidered it a most monstrous statement .

      Sir Jamis Graham challenged Mr . Ftrrand to move for a cemmittte of inquiry into the management of the poor in the Keighley Union—a motion , which , if made , - he would second . After some delate , the amendment was rejected by 226 10 45 . Mr . Febba 5 D revived the subject of Mr . Mott and tbe KeigLlty Union , which produced some fnrther remarks of Sir James Graham , and a notice from Sir Charles Napier that he would accept the challenge which MtFerrand did not stem disposed to do—moving for a committee of inquiry . The Hcnse resumed , on the motion of Csptain . Pechell , and the remaining business was then disposed of .

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      Avsnuuxy Beet . —The Sussex has brought two casks of South Australian beef as sample . Tbe Bbipper says—** The cattle feed eo well here , I think feeding catile and sending it to LoDdon or Liverpool will pay better than sheep-farming . Weefaallbepaidif we get 3 d . per ponnd in Londen ; and I think that Will be less than Ireland can furnish your market with beef of so good a quality as South Australia . I hare seen grass-fed beef in Adelaide market better than ever I saw in England . " We understand that some ' of tLe beef which was brought to tbe table of a gentleman in London was heartily approved of .

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      THE VICTIMISED PENSIONER . TO THE ED 3 T 9 B OP THE NORTHERN STAR . . Sir , —1 hereby transmit to you a post office , oMer for the sum of three shillings and sixpence , in * jie name of Mr . Ardill , for John Hindcs , who , ; # ^ before appeared in your paper , b _; s been deprived of his hard earned psnsion because fef his stern advocacy of right 3 gainst might . Sir , I am- well acquainted wi . a the individual in question , aud 1 believe his cd 1 . $ - CTime to be that of sn ^ portinss , as far as lai < l in trir , power , the ptor man against his oppressrrs , w ' jich has caused him to be a marked man by tbe strai >> c \^ acke-i gentry < ., f Shoreham , In 1834 , heanacktd t ^ e ~ c ! er ^ y ai-d cLurcLwardens of Shorchiia , for the \ iub . allovr .-d design of leveiliDg the i graves of tlie poor , in the churchyard , whose friends

      wtre not wealthy enough to erect a tombstone , to point Dnt the plact whtrethtir remains were laid ; and also pulling do < vn a wall wfc ' . cb they had thought proper to trtct for the purpose of stepping an a- cient footway across Ihe churchyard . Having dilated them in this ca ? e , his next crime was that of standing up agiinst joining the Stepney U&ion , ou the atrocious New Poor Law , which I btlitve he would have df feated had not bribery b \ en in the camp , by making oik- of his partners in the snuggle a relitving otf c < -r . His mxt stsp was to hinder soma of the WtaJtby shopocrscy from taking in ground bt-li nging to the parish , u > appropriate to their own use , without having obtained coiistut . And his battling the cause of the poor at evety vestry , in which he was nearly always successful , holding the straightbacks of tbe plate ^ at arm's length , until he was defeated by tbst Custom Htuse niinious and oibtrs by taking thb chair at the Hit-eUDs of the 7 th of December 1 S 38 .

      ¦ when he lost bis hird earned pt-nsioa . But at this he never rerined until the hard times Lave helped the enemy to crush him , smd he Das been cvmpletely levelled by tbe vermin ; not only by tbeir dfcjriving him cf his pension , rut al ? o by t hi g tvtry local advartafe of injuring Lim teat lay in their powtr : tbus has a life of dangi-r » nd toil been wound up by a disgraceful clergy avid ethers . A man , Mr . Editor , that tas fought and bled f ^ -r his country in tLe battle of TrafaJgar , and with jj .-r Samuel Hood , tff K-chfort ; likewise assisting at tLe t&i ing of the Isles of Frjnce , Java , anil Bao :: es Ajrts ; and likewise the destroying and taking oi upwards of one hundred and fifty-two ships and vessels of different descriptions , with other servicts for whi 6 h this pension W 3 S granted ; and now in his old age to be deprived of it for standing up fur his political rights as contained in that valuable civcummt tilled the PcOt > ie ' s Chaiter .

      -Should our brother dtmocrat * tljcughout the land bs kind enenjh to subscribe to him the inquired turn , be may yet hold up his htau ajain . Ho tas a large family of a wife and nine children , anil has , 1 bfciibVe , lately suffered seme very severe piivations ; and I am rare hu would ntver have applied to the ChartL ^ ts of Great Britain had it not been for the persuasions of niyse . f and another friend to do &o rather than die iu a bfctHt ; , me considered him a 3 gn-at a victim i : i tbe cacie as adj . Hoping you will nlais his case as public as possible , I remain , Sir , yours in tbe cause , Francis Hards . Shoreham , June 20 , 1 S 4 ~

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      \ NEW 5 FOR E . MIGRANTS . TO THE EDITOR OF TH £ 50 RTUERN STAR . London , 19 th June , JSi 2 . SiR ,-r-7 he following is an extract of a letter from Sydney , dated the 2 Sth Dumber , lt > 4 l , which I hope you will find room for in your valuable paper , and cannot be toe" widely circu : atta in tbis Cviirtry , when so many people are embarking daily for that colony . Tois colony is in a rncst depiorabie state , since the Government has declined seiiUiDg auy more convicts here . Kuiigration has bfcen carried on to a most aiarniiug extent "; " there are now four siups with emigrants on board ( about 1 , 060 .., and about 1 , 000 more living in tents , supplied by Government . It is most distressing to see the poor creatures , wiih families of

      children , and not a penny in their pockets , wandering about the town in starch of employment . The wealthy settlers wiil not engage them but upon the most extreme iow wages to proceed into fae interior . Consequently ,, they remain in Sydney , starving themselves and others by working for little or nothing ; and the amount here is from six to ten sLiliings per wetk . Yon would scarcely belitve that tbere are upwards of 100 carpenters now out of employ in Sydney alone ; stonemasons , bricklayers , &c , in proportion , owing principally to the icflux of emigrants of this description arriving , and going in to work at reduced wa ^ es . The printing business is getting very bad . Tbe Monitor paper has lately bten published three times a week , bnt commences the New Year as a weekly paper ; the Temperance Adrocuie died last Monday , as the Editor observed , from actoai starvation . There are a great

      many mor * in out trade out of employ , and several have gone into tke interior us » hepher . ls , kz In fact , thines never were in Buck a state as at pr « . st . ut . Twelve er fourteen of our principal merchants and sbip 9 wners buve lateiy become insolvent , some to the amount of from £ 8 " , 000 to £ 100 , 000 ; and shopkeepers , and even publicans , are daily assigning over their tfll-cts to their creditors . The Governor does tot know what to do for money to defray the txpences of the emigrants who are daily arriviug ; he has advertised for loans of £ 100 each to the amount of £ 200 , 000 for twtlvemontlis , at 8 per cent This is a pretty state of things , masters daily discharging hands tot want of money tu pay them . The office where 1 am employed cave not paid a farthing wages these three I ^ st Wcfeks , and we work hard and many hours , there being but six compos ; ters to bring out the three times a we « k .

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      TO THE EDITOK OP THE S 0 RTHEK . S STAB . Sib , —I am glad that our friendB at Leamington hive conveyed to you an expression of the confidence which we feel in your political integrity , and cf the high estimation in which we hold your services in the cause of Ciiartism . When in conversation with parties whose prejudice against certain individuals is so invetarate as to exclude from their calculation all appreciation or acknowledgment of even the good qualities and services of the iatter , ( for black indeed must be the character which has not one bright , one redeemine feature in its cemposition , ) I nnd that the most eligible proceeding is to submit to them one simple interrogatory , to this effect , namely , " In what condition would the Chartist agitation be at this moment , if Mr . O'Connor and the northern Star bad not bt * n in c xistence ?"

      Allow me , Sir , to propose this question te the speculation and conjecture of your readers . A candid response to it would convey a good deal of wholesome admonition and instruction . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , Byde , I * le of Wight , J . B . Smith . June 22 nd , 1832 .

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      TO ^ THE EDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAR , SrB , —As a poor suffering coal miner , I must say I have very much admired the honest , faithful , and clear manntr in which the Commitsioners have set fortb the enorraouB and diabolical evils connected with the coal mining system . Much has been said , very much , and I hope something will be done te remove those evils . Bat , Sir , much as has been said , there is yet a point or two which seems to have escaped the notice of all , and to which I wish to call your serious attention , and through you , the attention of the country and

      GovernmeTit-Sir , the first thing that I have to notice is the firedamp system . You frequently hear tell of explosions by fire-damp , and of very great sacrifice of hufflan life "by Bi * h explosions . Sometimes upwards of a hundred human beings fall victims at once to the devouring element , while a few of their more fortunate companions are brought out of the " bhzing dungeon " alive . - Now , Sir , did you ever know the reason cf se many human beings fallicg a sacrifice at one time , and in this manner ? I dare say not . Then , Sir , I will tell you the secret . It is the driving their works such a tremendous distance from the shaft—in some cases a mile or two . as I have been informed . But let the miners of Newcastle , and other places , answer as to tbe truth of ibis statement . I should be ; Iad it any one weuld jnst give to the world true and correct information as to the general and utmost distance of their works from the abaft of the pit

      Now , I can inform the public that there is a cca ! -pit very near where I live , where some of the -works are just ai this moment moi e than a thousand yards from the shaft ^ and they will be somewhere about a mile wfcen ttey get to the utmost extent of their boundary . Now , suppose any serious explosion of fire-damp should take p ; ace with a numVer of men and boys while labouring so . far from the pit-shaft , what would be the consequence ? Why , either all or most of them would ptrisn . If they were not all actually bnmed to death tbty would be smothered by the pestiferous and noxious Emcll which always follows an explosion ; and the reason why so many perish at once is , because they are so far from tbe pit-shaft ; they are at such a tremendous distance under-ground while it is impossible for them to make their way home alive .

      " Judge for yourself , Sir , when I tell you , the moment that an explosion takes place , all the lights are blown out ; all are left in complete darkness . There are also hundreds of different places blown down by the blast which should convey the sweet , fresh , atmospheric air to tbe sufferers but now it is cut eff-They are & mile , or perhaps more , under-ground , — an explosion takes place , —some are burned to death , some are dashed to pieces by the blast , others who have escaped these , have the- calamity to be bo far from home , without fresh air , and have nothing but a p * BUfer « us steam , something like brimstone , to breathe in , that escape is next to impossible . Then there are bricks , stones , planks , dead , or dying horses , * c , laid and blown in their way . They run for life as far as the / can , then they sink down and give up the ghost ¦

      Sir , you will say this is a melancholy picture , but is there any remedy ? Yes , Sir , there ia a remedy . It jb this , Let coal masters sink two or three pits where they only link one , and if they will so t do it of them-

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      selvcs , ( which I an sure they will not , ) then the Government ought to mske them . This very subject ought to form a part of Lord Ashley ' s Bill at this present time . It is for this very purpose that I write these lines . Sir , there is another point to which I wish to csll the attention of the country and the Government It is a custom at some places to run their ropes sadly too far . 1 myself have known several instances where ropea have been run while they have actually broken , and men aud boys have bad to venture their lives rip and down the pit on these very ropes . The whole concern , Sir , is a love of money , more than the lives , HmbB , bodies , or si u ; s of men !! In one word , it is all a traffic in human lift * , for the sake of gaining wealth , and wil n « ver be altered except by law ; and I am afraid it will never bo done by law till the People's Charter becomes law . However , the subject ia fairly before them , bo we shall s « e .

      Now , Sir , as to this thirteen years ef age system , in Lord Ashley ' s Bill ; two things ore indispensably necessary before that Bill should pass into law . The first is , they shonld make provision for all Buch children and families otherwise till they arrive at that age . The eecond is , no hurrying-road ought to be allowed to be any less than thirty-six inches in height , let the coalbed be-what it may , as it would be impossible for a boy thirteen years of age , to go on a hurrying-road under that height , if he bad never been in a coal-pit before . Hoping those things will be duly weighed over , I remain , Sir , Yonrs , && , A Constant Reader of the Star , June 23 rd , 1842 .

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      ) THE CHARTISTS IN GENERAL , AND THOSE RESIDING IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTR 1 CTS IN PARTICULAR . Brethren and Friends , —Having recently visited portion of the agricultural districts , being well portion oi me agricultural districts , Demg wen

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      a acquainted with the difficulty of so doing , and there having seen the good effects of introducing our principles , and also feeling with my brethren of the late Convention the imperative necessity that exists for carrying the enlightening principles of democracy into those dark shades of Toryism , I beg to submit , with all due deference , tbe following as a means of carrying it out : First , I premise there is not a county in England , nay , scarcely a town or village , in which there does not reside two , three , or more individuals who have imbibed the principles of the Charter ; nay scarcely a town , village , or hamlet but gets the Star weekly . — Secondly , —I recommend those pereons to consult with each other . To invoke the assistance of those who

      profess to bo advocates of civil and religious liberty , and having thus ascertained tbeir strength , we have an Executive coming into « ffice , who have just been returned by the voice of tbe people , whose duty , interest , and without doubt , inclination , it will be to extend the principles as much as possible ; then let these individuals in the various counties , towns , camlets and villages , after having ascertained their strength , immediately correspond with the general secretary , requesting an advocate for their district . The Executive being the only body paid from tie general Chartist body , 1 mean . by the members of the National Charter Association and their friends ; the ur . agrtated agricultural dktrjets having no available means fjr the pusposestanding most in need of that spirit that a Chartist

      agitation wonld impart , thty must and will become vh « objects of the " Ex . cutiveV deepest solicitude , as they are now that of the CiiartiBt body at large . Well then some cr the whole of the Executive committee wou : d devute their time and attention to this most important object ; but te enable the " Executive" to perform this great service to the Ckariists in particular , and to the cuuntry in general , there is one thing very necessary for the members or the National Charter Association to bear in mind , via—that th ; y pay theirown con ributiens as members regular ! y , nnd that ^^ the sub secretary forward monthly , one fourth of such contribution to the General Secretary , and then your Executive will have

      ample means ; and should , as appearances indicate , and as 1 fervently hope may be the case , the districts become too large , the work be too much to be accomp . ished by the Executive Committee of five , choy will bo enabled to send forth approved advocates te aid and assist in tbe great and good work . It has to me been very painful in corresponding with persons relative to our Chartist movement , to continually have tbe following iterated and reiterated i— " am surprised that our district should have been neglected , when it requires agitation as niucb . or more as any other , and hope the dark region of — will be blest with a ray of Chartist light . "

      My mends , from my recent visits to the agricultural districts , from the correspondence I have had with some of my brother Chartists iu those districts , and from my general experience , obtained by nearly fourteen years * service jin the causa of democracy , I conclude , that the suggestions I have offered are at the prtBent time best calculated to serve the cause . If you arrive at the same conclusion , if you are convinced of the necessity of increasing our numbers—if you desire the sphere of our usefulness to be enlarged—if (» nd as good di-morat 8 you must do ) you desire Chartist principles to prevail from one en-: cf the land to the other ,

      you will lmmeoiately go to work , reduce this theory to practice , and by increasing ChartUm asd Chartists debttoy persecution , prevent prosecution , and ultini&triy , yet shortly , break the bonds which bind you ; throw down at once the demon class legislation , by causing the principles contained in the People ' s Charter to be the law of the land ; and thus by obtaining the great key , the elective franchise , open the door to freedom , prosperity , and happiness for youre-. lvca and posterity . Faithfully yours , Edmusd Stallwood . 6 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , June 22 . 1842 .

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      ADDRESS OF THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFKAOE ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND . Brothers in Bondage , —Deeply concerned in the result » f your struggle against oppression , Buffering from tbe same causes , and actuated by tbe sime hopes , we address you with a twofold object First , to cheer you on in the peaceful but energetic warfare yon are waging with corruption aud injustice . Secondly , to enlist your sympathies on behalf of cur peor countrymen , who will shortly appear amongst yon to labour in your fields for the mean « of paying a griping agent the prite he sets for a non-resident , rack-renting landlord on tae scanty acre from which they gather a miserable vegetable existence .

      Brethren , we have said that we suffer from the same causes ; the same monster-monopolies grind us both to tbe earth . The land , transferred by feudal violence and blood-stained confiscations , from many-bauded industry to the iron grasp of powerful pride and hereditary idleness ; ita possessors fenced roun 4 by proscriptive privilege and statutory exemptions ; laws framed to ensure luxury to tha few at the expence of privation , even cf famine , to the many ; parks , plantations , lawns , preserves , enclosures , woods , g . ime laws ,

      royalties , waste lands , reclajmable begs , cultivatablo mountains , unworked miDes ; every restriction that could thwart ihe designs and bounty of nature , which has supplied sufficient for all , and dooms us , like Tantalus , to die of hunger surrounded by plenty , conspires to render our lot more intolerable as we gazs on the involuntary unemployed labourer obliged to periodically expatriate himself in order to prevent his being forcibly thrust from the narrow strip of ground on which he and a numerous family depend for their annual supply of potatoes .

      Such is the forlorn and cheerless state to which agricultural tyranny and misrule have reduced tbe Irish peasant Like you too we suffer under the reckless intruder Machinery . Whole trades have been annihilated , and others partially destroyed as regards manual operation : and were our crowded workhouses searched , and the histery of the nnfortunates there elicited , in nine cases out of tea their destitute condition could be traced to the introduction of self-acting machines into their respective trades . If like you , we have not to

      mourn the miseries and demoralization of the factory system which dwaifs the physical growth , and dims the mental faculties of England ' s rising generation , it is because tho bloated Moloch , Capital , hna not yet acquired sufficient footing in our land to cause our children to pass through the fires of his infernal sacrifices kindled on tbe altar of Mammon ; and we are led to pray that our country may never er . joy the benefits , as they are called , of commerce , if t&ey can only be procured at such a disastrous price , and by means so truly Satanic .

      But while to tbe various tyrannies under , which we groan yon can add , in a more particular manner , those heartless conquests achieved by Capital over Labour , think not that we are without our peculiar oppressions ; we are under the tyranny of Patriotism . We mean Irish mock patriotism , the love of country and kind being here supplied by a blind and unreasoning devotion to one man , to whose political vagaries he is accounted an " incomprehensible vagabond" { by the Corn Exchange clique ) who does not implicitly subscribe . The servant and supporter of aristocracy and the middle classes , Mr . O'Connell , has never yet done

      any ; hing for the poor « f Ireland , save extort from them their unsnperfiuous halfpence ; and finding thoae of late coming slowly in , be feaB now called for their faittiings , which are not coming in at all . The generous but unthinking amongst our peor countrymen by force of custom behave all hia assertions , and hate whatever and whoever he bids them ; a few pecuniary parasites assist him in accumulating and sharing the profit * derived from the simplicity , credulity , aud despair of the people , and these it is generally believed make him more inconsistent , peevish , and unjust , than he otherwise would be .

      AmongBt the many absurd and reprehensible things which the history of his sapience , the present Lord Mayor of Dublin , will exhibit , nothing will excite so much surprise as bis zigzag course regarding the People ' s Charter . Now praising the document , and shaking hands with its supporters ; now abusing it , and then anon qualifying , aye eati g , his words ; and then earning out with new insinuations , and fresh denouncements . We have sometimes thought , in reference to thia loverlike procedure , that &e was , at

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      least as regarded the Charter , doatin ' g . But there is one threat of his to which it is our business here particularly to allude , because it is one which we believ ? , notwithstanding all the bigotry it has been his Object to preserve , all the inter-national hate which he has delighted to foster and to bow , found no echo ia the general besom of Ireland , and which , had he brought forward a motion on the subject , not even his creature , Tom Reynolds , bis clerk , O'Niel © aunt , or bis . body servant , Tom Steele , would be found to second . We allude to the fact , that this brawler for freedom ^ this advocate for civil and religious liberty all over the globe , in public assembly , frequently , and very recently , declared , that in the event of the ChaitiBts of England being goaded by oppression , Btarvation , and despair , into laying their hands forcibly oh bread for their famishing families , he would / march 500 , 000 tipperary men to pat them down .

      Brethren , you have not resorted to such justifiable violence we rejoice to say i We admire your fortitude and forbearance , but in our own country hunger has arisen in its desperate strength , and has been purchased at the the expence of blood . ThiB drivelling braggadocio and moat wanton insult uttered by this singular man , we beseech you to pass over with magnanimous contempt : we implore you to huah the indignation and repress the natural resentment which might prompt yon to avenge on the beads of our poor wandering countrymen the outrage their deluder and

      plunderer has committed on you . Exhibit rather tbe contrast which Christianity would suggest ; render- them good for evil ; extend to them the kindness which lightens toil ; relieve , where you can , their physical distress , and above all , pour into their minds the noble and dignified doctrines of the Charter ; raise them from their mental degradation and fatuity ; excite their reasoning faculties ; teach them to think arid judge for themselves—to shake off the dictator's stultify in * yoke , and send them back to praise the generosity of Englishmen , and scatter the good seeds of political enlightenment amongst their less informed neighbours .

      Slowly and silently ; but effectually , is Chartism ramiflcating throughout pur land . It is already powerful enough to command the silent respect even of our patriots , and enforce their forbearance ; while * as they become acquainted with its sublime and elevating principles , the working classes learn first to admire and next to embrace them . It will be for you , during the sojourn cf the poer exiles of Erin amongst you , to do much to forward the cause of true freedom and real humanity ; arid sendthfefn back—lowly as they are—apostles to tflacfc the political regeneration of their country ; Confident that yau will exert yourselves to do so , and assuring you of our unalterable attachment to the national work—our sympathy for your Bufferings—our admiration for your endurance—our pride in your successes , and our certainty , by unity , peraover mce , and energy , of yet fully establishing the triumph of right over mightof the people over the oligarchy ,

      We remain , Your trusty auxiliaries in tho cause of democracy , Of truth and of hunianity , Patrick Rafter , Chairman . " Wit . H . Dyott , Secretary .

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      THE WIDOW HOLBERRY . TO THE CHARTISTS OK GREAT BRITAIN . " Ye good distressed , ye generous few , Who here unbending stnnd Beneath life ' s pressure , yet bear up awhile . And what ytur boimties can , pray do bestow . " Brethren , —As one who feels deeply upon the subject of this leter , I hope I may not be considered presumptuous in , calling your attention to its purport Many are the trials and troubles of a people struggling for freedom . Persecution , nnd prosecution , death in the dungeon or on the scaffold , are the only rewards that tyrants award to sterling patriotism and virtue ; and so will it ever be until the people rise as one man to destroy the present system of misrule .

      Holberiy , the patriotic and brave ! baa fallen a victim to the heartless and coldblooded treatment or neglect of those in whose hands bis life was placed . His wife , for whom he breathed such fervent prayers , is feft a widow to battle with the system that has murdered him ; overcome with grief her mind has become affected , and dreadful may be the consequence unless provided with the means necessary to raise the drooping spirits of a half broken heart Fellow countrymen arid countrywomen , to you then I appeal in behalf of our sister in her troubles ; lot the

      suffering of her husband , her loss , and present awful situation stimulate you to exertions . Has she not already Buffered enough ? can Chartists hear of her present situation without , feeling the deepest anguish and using every facility in their power to raise her above want , nay , to place her in perfect independence ? Nothing would please our oppressors more than to see us neglect those who suffer through our cause ; nothing will tend more to Jarnp the energies of those who have wives and families to leave behind . Let us be men ; let us deceive the one , and give joy and hope to tbe other , for as Pope

      says" How far the little , candle throws his beams , So Bhines a good deed in a naughty world . " Brethren , much ia in our power collectivelys and as drops of water running into ono channel will create a mighty flood , so may the united exertions of the people raise all that is required upon this occasion , without distressing the poorest of tbe poor . The plan that I propose is as follows : —By the address of the General Secretary lately published , there appears to be 400 towns and villages in the Association . Let each town raiBe 2 s . 6 d ., or as some of the villages riiay riot be able to do that , let those places which can give more do bo ; 2 s . 6 d . from 400 places will raise < £ 50 ( and . " with that sum she may commence in some small way of business , which no doubt would bo supported by those friends in whose cause her husband has perished .

      Brethren , let this be commenced immediately , let there be no hanging back , no towns trusting to others doing tfieir share ef the work , but let each try to be the first in so laudable a purpose . Let the General Council everywhere take it up ; the sum is small to each , surely none will have the uncharitableness to eay it cannot be raised . And who'Will say that the paltry sum I appeal for is a diffident atonement for the mighty loss she has sustained ? Men of the East and North Riding , to you 4 et not my appeal be made'in va 5 n > Stretch out your bands upon this occasion , and assist in saving the sorrowing and fifflicted widow from that doom to which her present mental suffering must shortly consign her . " Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part , there all the honour lies . "

      I remain , Brethren , Ini the cause of justice , Yours in union , EDW . BURLEY . York , June 28 th , 1842 . P . S . I hope Mr . Hobson will have no objection to be the Treasurer for the above fund . E . B .

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      TO THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND . Friends anb Fellow Country women ,. —That period has now arrived , when man , aroused to a fall Bense of his misery and degradation , and having succeeded in groping his way from darkness to light , immerges from that ignorance in which superstition and fanaticism have hitherto fast bound bis mind , and is exerting his powers of reason in order to obtain for himself those rights and liberties which are now most unjustly denied him . :

      And that period has also arrived , when woman , awakening to a sense of the social miseries by which she is surrounded , and by which she is degraded and enslaved by her desolate home ; by her deserted and firelesB hearth , by her starving children , aud by her own hard toil and Bcanty fare , has taken her stand in the arena of politics , has raised her feeble voice fn defence of her rights , and those of her injured country , and has env barked with her light boat upon the ocean of agitation , to assist in steering the shattered bark of liberty to a smooth and sheltered haven .

      In consequence cf physical superiority ,: mRn , while in a state of ignorance , always treats , woman a * aa inferior creature , as one who was formed to be a slave to his pleasures and his will , and not as an equal arid companion ; for while in a state of ignorance , Hian being insensible to his own mental and intellectual qualities , it very naturally follows that be cannot appreciate those of womeq , and he therefore regards the kind offers , the fund attentions , and the tender endearments of woman , not as things which it is his duty to repay with kindness and protection ; but as things which sho has a right to give , and he only a ri / zk-1 to expect and demand .

      As civilisation advances man gradually becomes more inclined to place woman on an equality with himself , and though excluded from every thing connected with public life , her condition is considerably improved ; still she is regarded in an inferior light , her province being only to make a pudding , prepare a dinner , clean the house , tend to her children , if she have any , and suchlike . Now these are all necessary things , nay they are essential , our comfort and well-being in society demand that they Bhould be done . : ^ . But are we , because we are worrieri , to be excluded

      from the more rational enjoyments of life ? If so , why then was woman gifted with a mind to which in point of delicacy of taste , depth of feeling , and devoted affection , even proud man himself must bow . Why then , if we are thus gifted , are we to be thus treated ? Shall we sit Btill and tamely submit to ft slavery against which our cheeks glow with shame and Qur' hearts bum with indignation ? No ! perish the thought in the bosom of its ignoble birth . Bouse yourselves to a sense of your merits . Assist those men who will , nay , who do , place women in on equality with themselves in gaining ^ their rights , and yours will be gained also .

      God is our guide in the great and glorious struggle in which we are engaged , arid liberty ia our birthright , which the Charter alone will give us . Join with us , then , for the Charter of eur freedom . Come forward and onite with us in onr great struggle for Independence and for those rights which are ours by nature , but which a cruel , despotic , and tyrannical government have deprived us of . - ^ - Do not say you have bo business with politics , and that you leave such things for your husbanda , fathers , and brothers . You have an interest in politics , a deeper

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      interest than you are aware of . If the country is misgoverned , arid bad lawa instituted , and good laws perverted , it is on you those laws fall heaviest ; witness those which regulate the price of food and the monopolies . If the country is well governed , and good laws acted upon , does it not naturally follow that we sball also feel the benefit of them ? Besides , if you have husbands , fathers , or brothers , who are Chartists , your participating in that which interests them most will please and urRe them to further exertions . If you have husbands , fathers , or brothers , who are not Chartists , your exainpJewili influence them , and induce therii to become StlCh . " ' ¦¦¦ : ' ¦ :. ¦ - ¦ ' •¦ ' : ¦ : ¦ .. ¦ ¦¦¦•¦ ' / . ¦ . ' ' ,

      The principles of the Charter , if carried out , are such as will give man not only his political rights , but will enable him to get a more , equitable remuneration for his labour , and that will enable you to live in more comfortabla homes--to give your children as much food as they require , and prevent your leading such wretehedliyeB of poverty and unreciuitedtoil . Unite v ? ith us , therefore , for in union only is strength . Let tho Charter be the foundation-stone on which to rest all your hopes ; and remember , however much the name of Chartist rimy be now despised , and made the butt for every witlesB fool to fling his jest at—however much it may now be held up to ignominy and scorn , the time will come ( and will come sooner , too , if you will come forward and assist us ) when the poor , despised , and persecuted Chartist shall be honoured as the saviour of his country .

      Susanna Inge , Member ef the Female Charter Association of the City of London . 55 , Old Bailey , June 27 tb .

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      STOCKPORT . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING TO ADOPT A PETITION TO PARLIAMENT ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LATE SLAUGHTERS AT ENNIS , IN IRELAND . On Wednesday evening last , one of the largest public meetings held in Stockport for some time assembled in the Castle Yard . Mr . Henry Smith was unanimously called upon to preside . The Chairman opened the meeting by expressing his desire to see both Irish and English united to put down the present syttam , which the police were hired to maintain .

      Mr . Thomas Webb then rose and moved the first resolution , and in so doing , he could not help remarking that , as an Irishman , he felt confident that the English people were his best friends . The Irish police bad slaughtered his innocent countrymen , because they would mot starve in a land of plenty * He concluded by moving the folio wing resolution : — " That we view with abhorrence and disgust the late bloody and brutal outrage committed on the peaceable inhabitants of Ennis , Ireland , by a ruffianly and bigotted police force , and that we sympathise with them ; and also that a petition , emanating from this meeting , be presented to the House of Commons , praying for an immediate inquiry into tho cause of the distress in Ireland , and to disarm tbe polica force . " Mr . John Wright came forward to second the motion , which was put and carried . The Chairman th ^ n introduced to the meeting

      Mr . TuoMas Clark to move the adoption of the petition . He knew there were some of his countrymen there who imagined that if they had a repeal of the Union , they would then be happy . ( Hear , hear . ) This he denied , for if they had a Repeal of the Union to-morrow , with the present franchise , they would be little or no better off . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) Supposing they had a Parliament sitting in College Green , who are th « persons who would make the laws ?¦; Why , the landlords , to be sure . ( Hear . ) And ( said he ) I ask is there an Irishman here to-night so foolish as for one moment to imagine that londlords will ever make laws to benefit the labourer . ( No , no . ) No , for it is not their interests to gi ^ e the labourer power , for if the did , the first use they weuld make of that power

      would be to break down that accursed monopoly upon which they feed and fatten , ( Cheers . ) This he dened any IriBhinan to gainsay . CA . voice , " I wish we had it , any way . " ) Yes , said Mr . Clark , I wish you may get it —( laughter )—for ( said he ) you cannot surely expect the present House of Commons to give it you , and . you know well the base wretches who last ruled the destinies of the Empire would not give it you . Then how must you get it , for you know you must not take it ? No , that would be physical force , and he knew Irishmen were not physical force men * ( Laughter . ) You must evidently get a new-House of Commons , based on the principles of the Charter . ( Loud cries of hear , hear . ) And let me ( said the speaker ) ask my friend if it- be only a Parliament he wants ? If so , he bad no

      hesitation whatever in Baying that the people of this country would make them a present of their ' s , Lorda , Queen , and all ; and give them something handsome into the bargain . ( Cries of hear , and laughter . ) It jb also a notorious fact that there are fewer Members in the Houbo of Commons now who would vote for a Repeal of the Union than there were when Feargus O'Connor brought forward his "premature' * motion , or forced the Liberator to it ; how is this after we have bad tenyeaTS of reform , and how inaiiy times have we been made to throw up cue cawbeens and shilielahs and give three cfceers for the Queen , and the best ministry ever Ireland saw ? Whilst it the time we were giving those strong cheers from weak stomachs , Mr . O'Gonnell was proclaiming to the

      world that we had obtained a bloodless victory , and as the same time iufonningris of the astounding fact , that there were three millions of Irish who rose every morning without knowing where to get their breakfast—( shame , shams)—and all this too after having tasted the sweets of Corporate Reform and Catholic Emancipation ; but as a poor Irish slave , he proclaimed that he was not emancipated ; and he contended that the poor Iriah labourer who laboured with his spade at the back of a ditch for sixpence a day was not emancipated , and as a Irishman and an Roman Catholic said be , I ask you my countrymen , what have the Iriah Catholic

      members ddne for us ? Nothing aye , or worse than nothing , for they have been the greatest enemies to the liberties of the people . Where , oh whera , were theae Cathslic members of improved Ireland , when his noble countryman , O'Connor , moved that the widow Ryan should have her name placed on the Pension List , in place of some idle plaeeman ? Would ye b 8 liev it , the motion fell to the ground for the want of a seconder . To such a height had patriotism risen under the benign influence of Catholic Emancipation . All he wanted to see was a unity of sentiment and action between the oppressed of both countries . He BheuFd thus draw to a close by moving the following petition : —

      To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament , assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of Slockport in public meeting assembled , HUMBLK SHEWETH , That it is with feelinss of pain and regret we call the attention of your Honourable House to the cruel and inhuman treatment exercised by a party of the Irish police force towards the peaceable , unoffending , and unarmed inhabitants of Ennis in the county of Clare , Ireland . That , from evidence which appears in the public papers , the magistrates and police authorities deny having given the police orders to fire ^ but that the men fired of their own accord , proving discipline to be little known amongst them ; and also that they are not the " efficient force" they have been represented by members of yoiir Honourable Honse .

      That your petitioners respectfully direct your attentien to the fact , that several of the unfortunate sufferers were shot in the back , furniBhing proof the most conclusive of the entire absence of the real necessity for firing . That your petitioners feel that a want of that which nature requires for its sustenance ( but of which the people are deprived through tho instrumentality of wicked laws , ) has been in a great measure the cause of bringing the people into collision with the law . That your petitioners cannot but deeply lament the existence of such a state « f things as to call forth such favourable opportunities for the display' of those flenc ! - like propensities which has ( unforturiately for the toiling millions of both England and Ireland , ) uniformly characterised the proceedings of that party whose spirit , in the opinion of your petitioners , actuated the " instigators' * and perpetrators of so cruel and cold-blooded an act , as that of slaying those on whoBe blood and vitals they feed and fatten . ]

      That in the opinion of your petitioners , the working class of Ireland is fully entitled to the same protection from your Honourable House , as the most wealthy and Influential class in the state , which protection we are sorry to say they do not at present receive . Nor is it the pinion of your petitioners they ever will until every man is fully and fairly represented in your Hon . House , through the adoption of the " People ' s Charter ' - as the law of the land . That your petitioners look upon an armed police as being riot only the very worst possible description of a force , but as unconstitutional in the extreme , and adinirably calculated to a 8 si 8 t plundering faetions in depriving the people of that paltiy remnant of liberty which the most unbearable despotism has left them . '

      That your petitioners therefore -call upon your Hod ; House to cause immediate enquiry to be made into the cause of the distress , and also to disarm the Iriah pellce force , not mere to prevent the occurrence of such acts , than on the ground of their being a disgrace to a nation calling itself civilised ; and also , as standing armies in time « f peace are etrictly unconBtitutional . And this force is one of the xaoBt obnoxious nature . And your petitioners will as in duty bound , . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ everjpray , & « . ¦ : '¦¦" .: ' :-Signed ; by order of and ori behalf of the meeting . Henry Smith , Chairman .

      The speaker then again briefly spoke to the efficacy of union , and concluded thus " Onward , onward , your green banners rearing , Let every aword go flesh to the hilt , For on our Bide is virtue and Erin , On thelr"a is the Parson and guilt . " , ( Great applause ;) Mr . Thomas West seconded the adoption of the petition , wbicb waa carried with acclamation . The meeting then quietly dispersed .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . NOTTINGHAM . Mr . William Wood , Pepper-alley , Narrow-marsh framework-knitter . Mr . James Humphries , ditto . ditto . Mr . James Biirbidse , needl 8-maker . Nelson-street . Mr . William Rice , ditto , Wood-rtreet . Mr . Isaac Burton , Chonry-place , Coa ; pii-lane , Framework-knieter . Mr . John Spencer , Surihill , framework-kni £ t ° r . Mr . William Parker , Cricket-court , Barker-gate , ditto . ¦¦ . ' ¦ " - . ¦ " "¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦¦ •¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ' - Mr . Christopher Bell , Frame-court , Parliamentstreet , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Timothy Thatcher , Sheridan-street , cordwainer , sub-Secretary .

      WOLVEHHAJIPION . Mr . Joseph Steward , speotacle-rframe maker , Brickkiln-lane . Mr . J . FarmeVj accountan !; , Polill-st . Mr . Wm . Sims , locktmith , Gfaisley-row . Mr , Job Hammonds , buckle maker , Walsallstreet . . . . . . " . Mr . Nicholl 8 , miner , Menmore-green . Mr . H . Candy , Mason , WaUsali-st . Mr . Foxa , ll , file-cutter , North-st . Mr . T . Wilson , news agant , Worcester-ai . T sub-Secretary .

      DUKENFIELD . Isaac Keleall , hatter , Town-late . William Wild , do . Old-road . Joseph Bland , carder , Parliamftnt-st . James Jaeger , weaver , Hall- ^ reen . Seth Jenkinson , spinner , George-Bt . Henry Shaw , miner , Town-laae . Henry Ratoliffe , Dog-lane . William Hibbert , weaver , Wellington-st Joseph Stafford , moulder , Astiey-st . Abraham Bird , weaver , Wellin « ton-st . William Cook , sub-Treasurer , Edward Butter worth , sub-Secretary .

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      XiONBOW . —Mr . Farren lectured on Sunday evening at the Goldbeaters' Arms , Somerstown . Albion ^ Chuiigh-Street , Shoreditch , — - —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening , and ^ ave satisfaction to his audience . Reports were received from the delegates to the Monthly and the London Delegate Council . Monthly Dele g ate Meeting . —This body assembled on Sunday morning at the Star Coffeehouse , Golden-lane , to hear the report of the committee appointed to draw up rules , &c , Mr . Jago was called to the chair : Mr . Naele reported on

      behalf of the committee , and the Secretary read the rules adopted by the committee which were dificussed seriatim , aud ultimately adopted by the meeting ; Mr . Ridley moved that the Secretary be instructed to summons the whole of the members of the monthly , the Surrey , and the : London Delegate Council to meet and decide upon the adoption of the rules on Sunday morning , at the Star Coffeehouse . On a suggestion of Mr . Wheeler , it wa 3 altered to Sunday afternoon , at 55 , Old Bailey , provided the London Delegate Meeting , would grant the use of ihe room ; and in that shape carried unanimously . The mesting then adjourned .

      Sugar Loaf , CHtJRCH-STREETj Mile-End , New-Tovfs .- ^ -A crowd ed audience assembled on Sunday , at this bouse , to hear a lecture from Mr . Balls , and an address from the newly-elected member of the Executive , Mr . Bairstow , who was en route to Bristol . The sentirhents uttered by Messrs . Balls and Bairstow were highly applauded , and their recommendation of a subscription for poor Holberry was nobly responded to , 10 s . 4 d . bein R immediately collected . Mr . Tucker , who has greatly exerted himself in raising this new locality , moved a vote of thanks to the lecturers and the chairman , which was carried unanimously , and the meeting separated highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening . Me . P &Ppield lectured on Sunday evening , with his usual ability at the Carpenters' Arms , Bricklane . ¦ ¦' ¦¦¦'¦" - ¦¦

      Stonemasons , Craven-Head , Drurt-Lawb , —The above assdeiation held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening , and after the usual business of the association was gone through ^ and several minor subjects discussed , the meetin g ¦ adjourned . Delegate Council . ^ -This body met on Sunday , Mr . Morgan in the chair . Mr . Wheeler read an extract from a letter of the Rev . William Hill's * Editor of the Northern Star , averring that toe is a member of the National Charter Association , and commented upon the conduct of those who had so industriously propagated a contrary belief . Mr . Wheeler also-reported that Mr . Cleave hadkiadly offered to present them with a quantity of unsold copies of the Northern Star , and moved that a Committee be appointed to receive them of Mr : Chare .

      Mr . Blake seconded the motion . Messrs . Dowlirig arid Humphries supported the motion , and Messrs . Wheeler Ridley , and Salmon were appointed . Mr . Ridley moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded , that the report of the Committee appointed to draw up rule 3 for the complete organisation of London be heard arid decided upon on the ensuing Sunday , and that the use of the . Hall ba given to the whole of the Councils on that occasion . Carried with one disseatierit . Credentials were received from Mr . Knight , for Firisbury , and Mr , Bell , for Limehous 8 . A report was , received regarding the Trades' Delegate Meeting . The sum of 10 a . was received from Limehouse , and 2 s . 6 d . from the hatters . Mr . Xan ^ with iwasi appointed to inquire into certain affairs said to be goiug on in his locality . The Council then proceeded to the investigation of some matters of personal and local interest , which occupied ihe

      remainder of the time . Chelsea . —The Chartistsof this place met as usual at the Stag Tavern , Fulham Road , Mr . Nevetc iu the chair . Mr . J . Dowling delivered an able lecture at its oonclusionV A subscription was entered into for Mason ' s Defence Fund , and other business connected with the locality transacted . The deputation appointed to wait on ; Mr . Feargus O'Connor reported that he had left his residence for a tour in Yorkshire . Thdy , were instruoted to wait upon him on his return . . LASSWADE . —The people of this place have been very inactive lately , consequently the Chartists

      resolved to call a public meeting , in order to rouse them from their apathy . The meeting took place on Wednesday evening week , and was yrell attended . Mr . John Stuart was called to the chair , who , after a short speech , introduced to the meeting Mr . Robt . Lowery , who addressed the meeting for an hour and a half , in a strain of fervid eloquence and clear logical reasoning , carrying the feelings of the meeting with him . Mr . L . stated to the meeting how the late Convention acted during its sittings . He gave great satisfaction . Meetings like trns have a tendency to do much good .

      TONBBIIJ 6 E . —Kcnt . —A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening week , at the Chequers ' Inn , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . E . Stallwood of London . At the conclusion , Mr . Snelling moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and briefly supported his views , as did several others . Oa Friday evening , the club room of the Chequers was again filled , and Mr . Stallwood delivered * second very able lecture , for which he received the thanks of the assembly . ToNBRiDGE Wells . —On Thursday week , Mr . E . StzUweod of London , addressed a , pablic meetjng , at Arnold ' Temperance rooms , Calverley-place ; at the close of-the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . A locality oi the National Charter Association is about to be formed

      here . . ' : : ¦ ;/¦ ' ' . - '¦'¦ '" ¦ ¦ ' : ¦"' .. STOCKPORT . —The youths of this town are getting on rapidly ; they have succeeded in getting a room to themselves capable of holding several hundred persons , which they have opened for the purpose of disseminating political instruction to the rising generatiou . - Wm . Hardwood , one of tho members of their debating class , delivered a very instructive lecture on Sunday afternoon last , on the principles of the People's Charter to a ^ numerous audience for which he received a unanimous vote of thayks . Lectures are delivered every Sunday forenoon arid afternoon , and Tuesday eyening .

      Ashtonundeb-Lyne . —A delegate meeting was held in the Chartist Room , CharleBtown , on Sunday last . Delegates present : —Ashton , James . Taylor ; James Wilcox , and William Aitken ; Hooley flill , James Leech , James Lowe , and Hargreave * Ashton ; Stalybridge , George Baxter arid Thomas Wilson ; Dro lsden , Samuel Clough ; Dukinfield , James Hague and Ed mund Butter worth ; Mottram , bamnel Lees arid Robert Wilde ; MosBley ,, W . ^ radbary . The following resolutiona were adopted : — " That meetings be held in the localities tbat have sent depaties here to-day , and that a correspondence be opened with Messrs . Leacb , Bairsto'w , and some other Manchester friends to address the meeungB . 14 That thedelecates asaemWed , when theyreturn to

      their looalities , see how many men will volunteer to address public meetings or act » b leeturers , and that they bring their names withjbhena , to the next delegate meeting . " il That an address be got up by Mr . W . Aitkerif shewing the people the necessity of joining the Associatioi ,, and ^ fi * 1 fm ^ printed and circulated amoBgst the people . lflat the delegates assembled impress upon the memberB of their Associations the neeefity of payrog . one penny each to the friends of all deceased members , and that as many as can ^ conveniently ^ attend ^ the funerals of all memberB do 80 . ^ " That another delegate meeting be held inthe Asbton-nnder-Lyne Room , on Sunday , the 10 thof July , atone o ' clock in the forenoon , to see what steps can be effectnalJy taken ti > organise onr out distrlcte , and to hear tte reply of Mr . Leaoh . "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct605/page/7/