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      so . . Gesilehes . —In addressing a series of letters to joar order , I had two principal objects in view gist !/ , so to classify the middling classes as a body , that none could mistake his position in society ; and secondly , to illustrate for vco the exact meaning o ! throwing the working classes " upon their own resources . " I Ehall then proceed , under my first head , to arrange ihe middling order into classes ; 01 rather to disabuse your minds of sbe misconception that all who hare been hitherto set down as part and parcel of that order , are net so in reality .

      Perhaps no one circumstance ha 3 tended more to preiract the promised benefits of befobm than that egregious fallacy urged by political economists , and accepted by you , that the master manufacturers and other large employers expending capital in the employment of labour , constitute a portion of the middling classes . Now , I aa prepared to proTo thai that class belongs esseniially to the aristocracy of wealth ; and that to them , and to you , the working people stand in a very different relaikn . To them , they are valuable om . t as phourcsBS ! and indeed this is ih-3 slavish cbar-cter

      in -which they hare been tacght most to priz-2 them-, selves . To toxj they are valuable as coxstMEas ! , a character in Tvidcit tisej have not been taught to ] estimate thenuelvss . Xt > Tr , if I can prove that tee ' dealexs in coii = nicable articles aie brought to the ' brink of iinx , by tbB . E 2 £ Ler in which tLos-3 who : deal : n production hare scpr-jamed manual by arti- j Scial labour , my first- p : >? i : icn is irrefutably estab- i listed . I , then , proceed tnus : at no period of cur ] Iditcry were ft a successful manufacturers of this \ country making more profit of labour than at the present moment . Is is true 2 Ed I announced i

      , it to you seven years ago , -thai so gnat would i be the iinprcTeia 5 iil 3 of machinery , backed by ; the capricious and fickle support of fictitious ; money , that in the end the lar ^ e and successful speculators would monopolise to th ? iB ? elves the ' whole trade of lois country : and ti , at portion I now j c-all "the svcccsful speculators , against whom persons with small real capital , or limited or narrow credit . I can jsake no head . I mention this fact lest the critic

      essj tam upon me and nay , that amoegst the manu- 1 factoring classes themselves litre exiit 3 as much distress as in any o : her order of society . I admit it : but wcat does it prove ? It proves that at tht ; gambling ttble they Lave lost their stakes to those who held larger banks than themselves . They are the U 25 Gect ? s = ful tail of the body ; ani have been \ cv . i c-2 " by their own order : and while this proves j only ths distressed Etaie of a few , the present general ' pc-Teny of the zchole order of s ^ pkecpers establishes ; tie face thit they have no interest in cemmen ; with those liT' 2 g uncer a system which , alr ^ oc ^ h i

      it p : mi 2 j } y snects seme of its ottq cumbers is nevertheless strong enough , even In the few hands to which h is confined , to destroy the whole order of these who em only thrive , prosper , cr indeed exisz . spon consumption . This is my poskion : that kost THiDE is v . o ' x in the hands of the few succjSrfal speculators , than was ever before known to esist , even when the number of traders was considerably greater ; while upon tne other hand , tee order of shopkeepers , who live upon consumption , can boast a no successful competitors . Indeed how could it

      be otherwise 1 For suppose s masier to employ one thousand hand ?/ ' whose -wages ara reduced to the starvation point , does not every reduction in their wages make a corresponding reduction in the profits of the shopkeepers ! Again I say , that those who proda . ee by artificial labour ani thereby depose ESEual labour , and look to a foreign market for the disposal of their fabrics , have an interest in reducing wages ; while every Ehcpkeeper in the land has & direct interest in the labourer receiving a fair remuneration for his work .

      I now proceed , under my Eccond bead , to illustrate fcr you the true and only mean 3 of " throwiEg the people npen their own resources . " Cf this principle I am an avowed friend aEd admirer ; and I shall endesTcnr to point out the only justifiable ¦ way by which this object can bo achieved . What does the term " resource" mean ? As applied to labour , it means the unfettered and unshackled power of its owner to cultivate it to the very highest rslae to whieh it can be brought to bear . It does not mean the residue of wages after lust , oppression , aiid caprice shall have first lived upon it . It docs

      net mean a nominally bigr . amount of receipt , with a power vested in a Government , or in its employers , to reduce the surplus after payment of taxation , or deduction , to the Horvaion point . But I wiil suppose a ease fer yea ; and will see whether or no , by all the . laws of justice , ani even ij those rules and legUiS-tioits by which church property ( the most favoured of all ) is measured oul , we may no ; tiro-R- the labourer upen bis " own resources " TritfioaS injury to ihe state or to the capita ] si , and with a perfect certainty ef replenishing the ceif-rs of ihe real middling order of societythe shopkeepers .

      Gentlemen , the time 15 fast approaching when social happiness must be preferred to that " scienii £ V policy by which an island of starving beggars is sought to be made * tha mistress of the world" There is no higher order of property , in the eye of the law , than that « f which the Church is possessed . Its title precedes that of the landlord . It has assumed to itself a right to one-tenth of the produce of tee lard . This disposition of property is said to be unequal , unjust , destructive of industry , and iniiEicai to religion . However , I Trill place a master manuracturer in the position of a Church parson , lecei-ring tee ose-teBta 01 the proceeds of that < Lscr-pHon of propcrry in which , he gambles—LiBoca- Kow , the object of the Poor Law Amendnseii ?; Act wa 3 said to be to make labour

      respectable ; to induce the labourer , while employed in youth and manhood ,- to lay up a resource from whence he might draw in the winter of life . " Rssourcs" implies not only the means of Esanty living while in full employment ; but ij al ? o implies the capability of laying up , while in such employment , - the means of comfortable life in old age , or of carrying the men through sickness or unwilling idleness without being under the necessity of subscribing to a sick clnb , cr feUicg back for preservation upon a hostile

      established ani upheld in horror fcr the very express purpose of affrighting him from i ? . Let us suppose , then , a rnxster in the position of a parson . For afgesasnt ' a sake , I aomit h"s fell right to one-tenth oi' tie produce 0 ? lus wliols £ ^ ck- I fuppo ^ e him to employ cue thousand " hands . " Daring thirty years of speculation , 3 fnnher suppose him to have amassed , by the labour of those "hands , " one million sterling .. By the church standard he would become entitled ! o one hundred thousand pounds , or cnettEtn , wf ^ share ; thereby naking him eqruivalent , as 22 irdiv » aa ) , to one hundred of his workmen .

      At the end ofae thirty years , thes , his share 01 the produce would bVj £ lCO , 000 or £ 5 , 000 a year for ever ; a vei v comfortable " resoui ce"for anicdividiialjbesices tae whole capital which in the first instance he hres : r'hr into trade . The other nine- . enth 3 equally ci-ri td aiQorgst those who mzde all , will amount to £ 5-: 0 per din . That , gentlemen , is the real meanitg cf the term " resonrce 13 ! Snpposa each isdivic . u-1 : o have worked for thirty years , from the age of 15 to 45 . is he not in the autumn of life bsiter KiUtV .-d to a retiriDg salary ilian ths Judge after

      foun- ; cE \ ear 3 C 6 mpa * alively easy labour ! than the saik ^ , ibe soldier , the exciseman , or ihe host of pen-Evmrs and placemen , who , without labour , are q : onered upon the " resources" of the workman 1 ^ w , gmiUmen , whether would your order derive & 2 tiost btnfcfit from the individual who retires " ^ it ' n £ 1 , 000 . 000 of money , lea-ring the pauperised £ kTf 3 who made it as 3 charge upon the poor-rates f £ £ ~ ncic by yen ; or from a community of one tosiiEa ^ d retired labourers , with £ 45 , 000 per annum , feeinterest of £ 960 , 000 , the accumulated " resource " sfkr thirty years labour ?

      Gentlemen , would the most depraved of that Email community require a- policeman to teach hSa his obedienes to the laws!—Would & nation consisting of such communities ^ c qn re a large standing army to preserve the peace of the country . ! or -would net the cup of labour be Jweeieued for these vtho through the thirty years proiauon Eaw at the end the prospect of an boDccr-* Me retirement xatier than the degrading I ^ ir cr of a edd bastile ! There is no setitimcufc 03

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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . ^ Iy Feiexds , —You who condescend to read the organs of the factions will have observed that the Lor .-iQn Times , the Manchester Guardian , and the Mnnche&ifr Advertiser , have resorted 10 the most despicable and dastardly means of creating dissentiou in our ranks , by engendering snspirion and jealousy against your leaders , and actually taunting s . me of them for not urging the oppressed and starving population of >' onh Lancashire into a " physical" outbre 2 ! :. Speeches B » ver made , were

      ¦ reported to have been uttered by working men ; designs never imagined , were eaid to have btea en-• teitamed ; and even justification for a resort- to violence appeared in the cjlumns cf these -very prints which have , from the commencement of our , ogiiauon , held up the threats of " physical force " ' as s justifiable reason , tot only for withholding , your rights , but for refusing to hear your coin-; plaiuts . Add to this source of nisrepresenfation , ' one Dr . Taylor , a tourist , publishes language which ¦ he professes to have htard frees the lips of wojkia ^ - ; men , cot as a warning ( as he states ) to the Govtrn-\ ment , but" with a view of piaciDg the working

      : classes of North Lancashire undtr the superinten-1 desce of spies and informers . The Times assured \ its leaders that P . O'Connor and Dr . M'Douall were afraid tomcat the hurricane of pauperism in ; North Lancashire . What , however , is the fact ? 1 1 spent the whole of last week in the ed ost impoverjished towns of that district ; and Dr . M'Douall , ' while I write , is now following mo over the same ground . Without farther refc-rencs to those or » an 9 i that write for the Jury , the advertising , and the ! oppressing- «] asse ' , I " shall proceed to lay before you a trus narrative of my seven days' tour .

      I commenced at Manchester , on tho evening of Sunday week , by addressing the Carpenter's Hall full of" the middle and working classes . I there met en the Sibbaih honest , moral , and religious Christians . without their Sunday clothes . I saw , for the first time iu cy life , the middling clashes eyeing that poverty in others ( which was the sure prelu ie to their owe ) wiih an eye of compassion and sorrow . I saw than E-absciib . ng thtir half-sovereign ? , their Crowes , and their half-crown ? , ior the defence ol Mason , the--Chartist , whom , together with his coadjutors they would , three years a 10 , have pronouueed

      • ' gu lty" without evidence . Ti-. us has " a ch : ngcccrme o ' er the spirit of their dream 2 " But , my friends , I also learned tbat we had Tece-. ved au augnienration to our forces trom a far more important quarter , —from the aristocracy of Lisjun . Yes J 1 had the heart-feH gratification to learn that the gallant trades , having at length discovered the impossibility of protecting their order by " iraues unions" -so long a-3 cla ^ s legislation exists , had nearly to a man joined the associited body of Chartists . Is not this a new feature in the history of Ch&rtism ?

      On Monday morning I proceeded to Halifax , where I addressed a large body of the working classes on Skircoat Moor , a 3 noticed in last week' 3 Star . I then proceeded to Todmordea , where 1 addressed the people briefly . I thrn proceeded with Beesley , "' of AccriDgton , and Holland , of Burnley , en route to Burnley ; and when wi ' . hin two miles of that town , we met such a concourse of men , women , and children , attended by such a number o : ili ^ s and bauds as , considering ihe population

      of the locality , no human eye ever witnessed before . The oldest mas bad neveT seen such a spectacle ; and great was the moral lesson which the starring thousands presented to their oppressors ' eyes 1 Poverty , undisguised poverty , marching in peaceful tratquilhty through the beautiful but uncultivated valley where m 3 ny had drawn their first breath ; and which , if cultivated by their baiids would bs capable of supporting them in comfort and Effluence . Their God ordained it so ; bu ; man has otherwise decreed !

      The miserably joyous scene a 3 the procession passed pnder the aquaduct . vas grsno in the ex . rctne . The rising ground from the fcot to the very su&miv was covered , principally with itmalep , vsho ? e varied attire rendered the scene at once beautiful , meianekolj and sirifcing . Bnt you have seen a T- port of cur proceedings ; arid therefore I shill pass fr » m Barnley without further notice than ofLriDg thanks to the starving thcusands for having by their peace ful demeanour frustrated the machinations of our enemies . At the conclusion of c-ur out-door proceedings I took a show of bands for the whoie Charter , name and ali ; and every hand in the meeting expressed the solemn vow . that by the whole they would stand , without abatement or subtraction .

      In the evening we had a glerious assemblage under a calico-roofed ¦ pa-siiica ; the covering of which cost the poor fellows more than £ 15 . However they assured mo they would spjr . d the turn arain , or double the amount , to eBSure such anoifctr triumph for their principles .

      COLNE . On Tuesday morning I left Burnley in company with Beesley , to meet the Coins procession ; mo notwithstanding that the rain fell in torrents , a glorious demonstration it was ! I addressed the people in the I ' ieca Hall , at noon , at consicerable length . Mr . Mooney , a staunch Irish Chartist , was in the chair , and conducted the proceedings in a most becoming manner . Beesley and Tattersali also addressed the meeting in sound and sloquect speeches . At five o ' clock the working men had got up 9 public dinner , which did them great credit

      and to which . I was invited as a guest . At six o'clock we again repaired to the Hall , where a Mr . Laycock , a person possessing = jgreat influence amongst the middling elasses , had ia-rited me to a discussion upon the questions of machinery and tbee tbade . He read a very lengthy address which he had prepared as a lecture to have been delivered and published , I replied , p . TfarmTiTTijT every one of his positions , and with so much effect , that he invited me to pass the night at bis house , and confessed that his mind bad been wholly and entirely disabused of the prejudicewikh the press had created against me ; and

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      farther that he saw and believed in the reasoning and strength of my arguments . This more than repaid me for my journey to Colne . '* ' PADIHAM . On Wednesday morning I started for Clifcberoe by way of Padiham , where it wa 3 arranged , with the consent of the masters , that their " hands" should all be set at liberty to hear me , and to remain for three hours , if necessary . This Padihatn usad to bo a favourite spot of Henry Hunt's ; and the seed which he sowed was made manifest in the enthusiasm , attei . ticn , and fl-rsvrdcess -which I observed

      CL 1 THEROE . From Padiham I proceeded to Clitheroe , which is perhaps as yet the kai-t pauperised of tlio North Lancashire dvUrie ' . s . 1 am happy io be able to mention tnis circumstance in proof of the fact that p : ' . uperi ~ tn alone is not the only prop 9 ll ! ng motive to the adoption of Chartist principles . We had the most numerous proce-sion ever witnessed in that town , either upon Reform or election' occasions . The Chartists had cngag 3 d a beautiful walled-in bowling-green , where an excellent hustings was erected . Mr . Slater was called to the chair , and

      Mv . Beesley and myself addressed tho meeting at considerable length . At six o ' clock , 1 sat down to a public dinner with the working men , where tho very best order possible prevailed ; aud at eight we proceeded to the aristocratic Assembly Rooms attached to the Swan Hotel , which , notwithstanding tbrtepence admission was charged , was crowded to suffocation , while hundreds were obliged to go away disappointed . Mr . Pollard , a young and enthusiastic ¦ Chani .-t , i ' rom Sagden , was called to

      the chair , and opcuvd the proceedings in a brief but el' quent and manly aidr . ss . Bet-siey followed ; and , without fli ; t . 'ry , made 0119 of the bett Chartist speeches I ever heard . I spoke , for nearly two hour ? , upon taxation , machinery , the land , tho church , the wrongs of Ireland , and tho injustice douo to labour . Wo had a large number of the middle classes present ; the majority of whom , upon that night and the following morning , admitted to the Chartis-s that my positions and argument vrere uzis '^ akcablo and unanswerable .

      ACCRINGTON . Ot Thursday morning I left Clitheroe , accoaipaukd by Beeslry and Slater , for Accrin&ton , where I had promised to address tha * people on my way to B ' ackburn ; aud iu this village , to the honour of the majirity of the mister ? , they set their " hands" at liberty . We met a procession ( estimated by the judges at more than 16 , 000 ) , with numerous bands and banners . We proceeded to a largo square , well

      suited for thecccaswD , and wnere an excelJenc hustings was erected . B . esley aud myself addressed tho meeting at considerable length . A resolution for the whole Cha ; t . r , name and all , was unanimously carried ; and thus terminated the largest and most splendid Diet * i » g ever held in Accrington . After the outdoor meeting wo sat down to a public diuner ; aud at fire o'clock we proceeded in procession from Accrin ^ ton to meet the 31 ackburn procession .

      BLACKBURN . Within about iwomiles of the town tbeAccrington aud B ' ackburn proce » 5 ; ons met , when the road for more tnan a mile was densely filled . A great number of bands aud banners enlivened the soene ; aud thus we entered Blackburn , when , in an open space , I addressed the vast assemblage . We subsequently adjourned to the Theatre which was filled in every part 1 the middliug classes occupying the boxes ; while the labouring order filled tho stage , the gallery , and th » pit . After my address Beyeral of the middle class waned upon me , and in the presence of the Chartist body , apologised for tho injustice they had lione tome , and for the erroneous no : ion $ they had entertained of the Charter aud the Caartists .

      I-REST ON . On Friday evening , I started for Preston ; and though at the time of muslins the rain fell in torrents , yes one momsnE of reviving sunshine was sufiijieai to enssre not a muster uf 7 or 800 Chart : si ~ , as tie P , e . \! o > i Chronicle has it , but of three t : iU'S as mauy ibui'Siud ; -- . Hers I found that spirit wh : ch was created by the immortal Hunt still vigorous and altra ; aa-J notwithstanding some foul aatl disgraceful attempts to create division in our rank . ? , Friday night proved to me that if feuds and disseiiiioiia do exist ,. those who entertain them and would ptrpeiuate them must keep them to themselves , as the Chartias body will in no wi 3 e 6 ulT < jr

      itself to be disunited by the squabbles of individuals . At nine o ' clock we again assembled in a large roam arched to the King's Head , when that excellent Chartist , George Halton was called to ths chair . I addressed the assembly at considerable length ; and I was rejoiced to find that in comparatively small aa in large meetings of the work . ng men ail attempts to croa ' . e dissension will fail . I never w ; tne ?; - > -jd a more patient bearing , asunder discretion , cu more generous conclusions than I saw evinced in the in-door assembly of Preston Chartists or Friday r . ight last . They havo : o go on ia the erai tc-uor of thtir way , and they may bid dtfianca to all opposing parties .

      LANCASTER . On Saturday evening , at hall-past seven , I arrived at the railway stat-on , a : id was . met by a large concoursi of people , w ; th a baud . At half-past eight , acc . irupanitd by Beceley , I reached the large warehousB ^ . ivcii ior the occasion by bokd middle-class n » an Tne chairman , whose name I regret to havo for ^ fttten , opened the proceedings in a speech of considerable length and power ; and called upon Mr . L'i : in , a plasterer , to m'jvo a resolution , which he c : d in gjod ati ba ^ py style ; and in passing I ebi-uld be guilty of an act of great injustice was I to oniic stati . ig that to the exertions of Lunn , the Cha ~ ti-is mainly otvj -h ^ powerful and exalted positiou , w . ' iich they oc ; a- , jy ia this city ; and I

      rijoice to thiisk tbat tne Chartists themselves are tu . iy aware of the tact . Beesley seconded the resolution , which was for the whole Charter , name and ail , and was carried unanimously . An addre 33 was then presented to me irom the Chartist body ; I responded as considerable length , and upon Sunday BioruiDg I hid the- pleasuro and gratification to learn from my friends tf at it was the unanimous opinion that , however I may hava failed to convert all « f iht > middle class wL& attended our meeting , I had tucce ^ ded in dcsrioying the deep and lon >( - ror-tcd pr-judice which f . xisted against them and me ; and fad prepared their miuds for a fair and calm cutisMtr ^ tioa of the people's claims to what th- ^ y bought .

      Anc thu ? , my frier ds , termina ' ed one of tte most u- e ui , aad , 1 trust , profhable tours thai I havo ever uiAUe ou your btLuii , —proving 10 tho facsiona' press t-jas . we cannot be disunited ; and proving to those slimy agitators who , tho honest working classes themselves have assured me , never lost an opportunity tor a dy and ungenerous thrust at me in my a . batncb , tbat to deeds of man himEeli ' , and not 10 the foul surpicions of others , all must look for affection , popularity , and public confidence . I am , Your undeviating and unfliaching friend , Pkaugds O'Connob . L ? eds , Tuesday , July 5 , 1842 .

      P . S . —Mr . O'Connor left Halifax for Keighley on Wednesday last , and met a splendid procession near Bingley , accompanied by four bands , Eome of them dressed in complete military uniform , wewnng their Chartist cards as breast plates , with military caps and feathers . At Bingley about ten thousand people assembled ; and Mr . O'Connor staited for Keig ' nley , whefe upwards of twenty thousand had gathered together . He spoke there for nearly two hours , in the opsn air , and then adjourned to a chapel , where a soiree bad been-. proTided , when he again

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      spoke for tnree quarters of aa hour ; aud started at seven o ' clock precisely , to meet Acland at Halifax , a distance of twelve miles over a mountain , road ; he arrived at Halifax iat five minutes past eight and instantly proceeded ti > the Odd Follows' Hall , to support the Chartists ' against the League . A good day ' fi work ; but we must be cautious , lest like Bairstow , we incur censure for sayiug so . Mr . O'Connor has requested us to state that the in-door meeting at Todsnovden , must commenco at SEVEN , and not at EIGHT o ' clock , as stated in tho bill .

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      WoLVERH-AMKroN . —On Thursday Mr . Ca ? . dy delivered a lecinro ' on . the principles of the Pr-oplo's Charter , its objects , and its demands , to a numerous audience in IJrickilnrlau ^ .: Scvinteen fresh members wore enrolled . Many of tho middle class wore present . —On Friday evening Mr . Caudy , in coiijiinctiou with Mr . - Liuno ' y : from Bilstnn ,. delivered ah address on " . class legislation , to upwards of one thousaud . persons , at Hell-lane . Twenty-three fresh meaibera were enrolkd .- ^ -On Sunday morning Mr . Candy addressed a large meeting at Wodiietiiiyld . He ' was heard with attention . —Oa Sunday . eV . c « ftijc Air . Candy preached a political serih ' oii in : ( ha

      gardens of SuiffoTd , to a vasi couosiirsa of people . His congregation increases every Sunday night . Very many of the middle class woro present ; -, aud tho iuspector O ? police , with several of his men . There wt-re from two to three thousands present . It was an excellent discourse , and he fully aud ably proved that the demands of the Charter were in accordance with ( he principle ? of Christianity . He lectures . sraiuitously , and his services are highly accept .-iblo . —On MonUny Mr . Candy lectured in Honlty-fields to a largo asfcrablago , on the science of government At tho conclusion twenty liino fresh membci-s were enrolled ' . —O : i Thursday Mr . Cauiiy . lcRturcd . at Wedne ^ fiold Htatli , on labour ' s wroiiga and labour ' s remedy . Seventeen fresh members were enrolled .

      Walsall—Ten ' shilling ' s havo been forwarded to the tri-asurer for the relief of Mr . Mason , and the other temporary Tory-made widows and their families . . : Derdy . —Mr . Thomasop , from the Vale of Lovcn , delivori-d two eloquent sermons in tho Market-place , on Sunday-last . .: (¦ : '¦ Neva Basford . —At the usual Chartist , weekly mo ; tin " , 'held on . , the 28 h June , Mr . E . Wright in ¦ th o chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : "That the sum Of tm shilling be sent to the new Executive , to enable its ¦ nicm . bord to adopt decisive rnoasnreg to , f-jrvvard the causa of the ¦ ¦ Pea pl-o ' s CJiarN .-r . "" "That four ¦ ¦ £ h } lli «« s be given to ihe fond bow raisin" in defence of Mason . "

      . Siike . wsbdsy . —Mr . ' . Mo ' sg'has been lecturing here with great success to numerous and attentive audiences , and au » mehtod the number of the . Chartists of this town . ¦ QLDUi . il . —On Tuesday evening last , D ' r . M . 'D-yjall delivered a most energetic and argumentatiyelociuro in " , the ¦ Town Hall ; subject—Trades' "Unions , their intfficacy in protecting labour , and the most -effectual remedy ior the eamo . The lecture was well aUoadtd and we have no doubt but great good will be tho re .-uk . A vote of thanks was passed to the Lecturer and Chairman , and the meeting retired highly satisfied .

      Selbt . —At a meeting of ' Chartists ^ of this town , in their room , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " That tho proprietor and editor of tho people ' s paper , the Star , aro fully entitled to the confidence and support of all real Chartist *; and as suoh , we , the Chartists of Selby , will support them so long as they act in the manner they "havo done heretofore . " '' That the best thanks of this meeting aro due and hereby given to the men Of York and Shcfiisld for' the honourable manner ; in which they acted towards poor Holberry while living and when dead . " —N . B . A publio inceting will bo held next Wednesday , at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Woodall ' s , when businosB of importanco will be brought forward . All Chartists are r < . quested to attend .

      Manchester . —On Monday evening lasi ; , a meeting of the ladieb' boot and shoemakers wa 3 hehl in the large room , Pack-Hcrtifl Inn , in Bridge-street , Deausjjate , to take into consideration the propriety of joining the National Chartfr Aspdciation , When Mr . J . Campbell and Mr . Bmr . ^ t j : \ v , members of tho Executive , aitended on bi-half cf the . 'association : A resolution that wo do join tho National Charter Association , was carriea unaniinonaly . Tho notice that appeared in the Star of Saturday last , ¦ stating that all ieftera belonging to the South ¦ L ' an&j . sliirO County Council , were to be directod to Mr . Williaai GrilHn , is not correct . Mr . Cartleil ^ e is the Socro * ' tary , to whom all corrcspohdeucc must be addressed , o 4 , Lomas-strcet , Bauk-top , Muuchestcv , as Mr . Griffin was only nominated in case Mr . Cartledge " lull Manchester .

      EA 1 FOBU . —Meeting , to adopt ti ' ik Remonstbance to the H ousb of Commoks , and the Memorial to the Quken . —On . Tuesday evening , July 5-. h , a publio meeting of the inhabitants of Salford was held in the large pquare , at the back of the Town Hall , Salford , to adopt the remonstrance and the memorial . The hour appointed was -eight o'clock , at which time the -. Equate " , which is capable of holding eight or ten thousand persons , was filled in every part , and the windows of the houses crowded with parties anxious to hear the speakers . Mr . Littler was called to the chair , who Opened the mftctinsf by reading the placard , and said— Working Men of Salford , I may as well remark , that it is by

      perniie = ion of the Eorou ^ hreeve that we hold this meeting here ; on account of the heavy rain ? , it would be very uncomfortable on the Brow , and as you have elected me by your suffrages to preside over this meeting , I ho . ge that you will be as attentive and peaceable as you can * a , ud thereby make my business as light as possible . He ihen called upon Mr . John Campbell to move the remonstrance . At this part " of the . proceedings , the Salford band , who had given their services upon this occasion , came up in to the meeting during its proceedings playing a very lively tune . The membev 8 of the band deserve tho thanks of tho Salford Chartists for their disinterested labour of love in the cause of democracy .

      Mr . Campbell then rose to move the Temcastrahcc , and induing so , said Mr . Chairman and working men of Salford , it is with plcahuie that I appear before yon this evening , and it is pleasing to me to see the thousands of tho havdy sous of toil that aro here to-ni ^ ht , to . tell the House of Coaimons : that they usurp the power that belongs / to the ; people . Mr . Campbell then read tho remonstrance to the meeting , and eut . ared into an analysis of the House of Lords , and likewise the House of Commons , and demonstrated that the people had nothing ; to expect from puch a corrupt sourco . Mr . Millington seconded the remonstrance . Mr . Baiistow supported tho remonstrance in an eloquent , energetic , and argumentative

      speech , which . occupied upwards of an hour in the delivery , and sat down amidst the applause of the assembled th ' ou > ands . The obalrinan then asked if there was any person that bad any thing to say in opposition to the remonstrance , and no one appparirig , it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously . Mr . Rankiu moved the memorial in a nta and appropriate speech , which was seconded by Mr . Tho * . Uicharus , and supported by Mr . Wm , D xon ^ and , when put , carried without a diisoinicut . Alt . M Farlane , in . a speech replete with sound $ etv ; a and convincing argument , nioyed the toilotviiig resolution : '' That this meeting views with abhorrence and indignation , and condemns in tha : strongest t < rms

      uoasible , the atrociously brutal -a ' ud ' erud couduct of the uncoustitutionalpalice'force at Eania , iu tivi county of Ciare , Ireland , " for .: wantonly arid murderously attacking aa unarmed and starving maltiuicitf , v > e therei ' oro call upon the right thinking and pairiotic man of Sa ford to join , with us in vrote ^ ung against and reprobating such cowart'ly and diabolical proceedings on the rights and liberiios of an indnatrious people . " Tho resolution , was seconded ' ' by 74 r . Edwards , and supported by Mr , James Leach in an excellent speech j in which ho gave ah aeconut ot ' Bcveral cases of extreme distresB that had come under his own notice , and showed up the -cruel conduct of those wbo are in authority . One poor Irishman who had applied for relief , that had his -wife in the Luuatio Asylum ^ they

      gave him a pass to Ireland , and because he would Dot go and leave his wife behind him ,: they Bent him a month to the treadmill —( shame , shame ) . Another poor Bian who had been in this covmiry seventeen years , who has a wife and three children , -went for relief , and they gave him » passport to go where the people are starving , and a murdering police shooting them for asking for bread , but not oae farthing to relieve his present vvarits —( shame , shame ) . vMr . Leach retired , auA was followed with raptnroua applause . The meeting was large and orderly , and the speaking good , and after cheers for the Charter , O'Connor , Frost , Williams , Jones , and a vote 61 thanks to the Chairman ; the vast assemblage dispersed in a peaceable and orderly manuex , \ ynh the band playing and banners flying .

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      . Mossley . —Mr . David Ross of Manbhe ^ ter , delivered a very soul-stirring lecture here on Tuesday evening last , and in the course of the evening he gave tho Plague and their hired tools a ¦ Bevero . cas > - tigation . Heywood . —Mr . James Cariled ^ e of Manchester , lectured oh cla 33 Iegialatioa on Wednesday , in the Cliarti > t room . Tiiis spir : ted . vii ! a-ge is making rapid progre 5 sinthe cause of dtmocracy . Liverpool . —On Friday evening last , Mr . W . Dean Taylor , delivered a-powerful and truly eloquent ieciure in the Chartist room , on the principles of tiiO " i ' oopib ' s Charter . ' The lecture --occupied ' upwards of two hours , and Mr . Taylor was warmly

      applauued throughout its delivery . He recommended them to stand by the Charter , name and all , and shewed ample and sufficient reasons why we ought to conteucl for the name as well as the snbs ' taneii of the Charter ; and concluded by inviting any Whig , Tory , or raock-Reivrmcra , to disprove any of tho stii temeiH 3 ho had made during bis Iccture . Noiie t > fFering ,. a vote ottlvauks was move / 1 to . Mr . T ^ yior , and carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , ( Mr . M'Cartnoj ) and throe cheers for the [ . Charter , name aad all , the meeting , dispersed , each and-all highly pleased with Mr . ¦ -Taylor ' s peculiarly happy mode of deiending our principles ; . ¦

      Lond 'N . —Chartist Hitters . —Mr . Jas . Morgan lectured here on Wednesday last , aft . be . Brown Bsji-r , Soutlivvark Biidgo-road . Hbywood .- —Lectures w > fro delivered oa Sunday , by Air . Leach , of Hyde ; aud oa -Wednesaay , by Mi : Cartlcdge . ' . lUviCKMGOR ,- —Mr . Lnmey lectured in the Cfoss Keys Club ' lloom-, on WednazdiLy evening . . At the close of the ltcture twenty persons enrolled their names . NEW PELI . ON . —On Tuesday , June 28 th , Mr .

      West delivered a lecture at New Pel ; on oa the iujutiea that class legislation iiifiicts upon the people * ' In tho evening of the samo day , a pwoiic tea wao h « lil in the GLiartist School Room , when a r . umbsr cf the -friends of democracy sat down : to an excellent Lea and provisiouB , which wero served up in good order . ''¦ After tea , a Chatter Association Was formed , oC Y / hvclitha &ih > wij ? g are the Coav . cil : —Mussrs . Wiiii : ; m Wiikiuaon , Jaraea Tul ! y , Jostipb Carter , John Boys , sub-Tr . easurpr ; John Cuckcroft , Bub-Soereto-y . Tne remainder of thj nveaing was spent in an atiiusing aud instruccing manner .

      Glasgow . —' Bridgston . —A puouc meeUnjj -was held Uere on Wedneaiiay evening , in-the-Cannist Hall , DalerStreet , Mr .. W . Shanks in the chair . Messrs . Moir , Koss , &b ., from the city , \? ero . " annoitnsed to addr « B 3 the meeting . Tlie liaU was crowded to Suffoc . ition , and maiiy' had to » o aw ; iy who could not gain admittaiice . Mr , Moir spoke at some length on the necessity of an active union anumsst the . 'working classes , and urged on the mettiug tiie necessity ofjoiniag the Glasgow C-itxstt-r Association , Mr . M . charged thosa who stood neutral more Tvith dishoiicsty tban careltEsnsss , and should any of ti ; em corns to want , they deserved to feel the fruits of their sriaiinal apathy ; so far as ho ( Mr . Moir ) -a ' as uoBce . rutzd , he would feel no sympathy for thorn . Let the . Chartiste make common

      cause wilh each other , and no poxvsr on earth could prevent them being- successf >! l ; if they' did not , the cause would fall , and he ¦ . ¦ would tell ' them v » hat -would be : the result—the middle anci upper classes would take it up and pay the expeu 3 e and -they , would make the people pay for it in . the long run . This was not to bo the case ; let every-man-act as if success depended upon himself . He . t Mir . > I ) had done mere to put down those devils of Whigs in Glasgow than any ' other fifty ; and why ? just that he had done every thing he could have done as one man . So much was this felt by the factions , that they were found to declare " they could hot get their opinions expressed for that fellow lloir . " Had all acted as ha bad doue , the Churtsr would ho . ve botn the la w of the land erenow . Mr ..-Moir ; at-the "

      close of his address , aaid he would call upon any man in the meeting , who , considered it to be bi 8 duty to join the Glasgow Cbartbr Aasociation , at the earliest possible Cjnrenience , t * hold up ttieir right hand ; but before doicg so , he woald appeal to them not to hoUl up their hands , if they were not fully determined to fulfil their promise . Mr . Ross s : iid all political commsutatora had declared that union waa strength ; be hoped they would rally round the Etrndard of the Glnisgow Charter Association . ; The counseJ for Frost , durina Ins dufence , in referring to the Charter , said that when the majority of the nation declared for it , it would bo uuavailicg for weaith and propwty to resist . , it-. He ( Mr . Koss ) liaci been connected with poiitic 3 for the last twenty-five vears , and had always been a Ioslt , but yet he hoped to live to eat of tree of liberty . He bay full hopos of their efforts being successful . Mr . Moir U > ok a show of hauila in favour cf

      joining the Glasgow chnrber Atsoouitiop . Nearly the whele meeting held up thtir hands . A Committee was then appointed for the selling of tickets in Stidgstun . Upwards of fifty give in thGir Biimea to tho Secretary , Mr .. Brovni befora leaving ihe hall , acd Mr . Koss disjipied of a number eft inkfets , atuon' * o ; hera . one to Mr . XVat . Johnson , cf the ' Ooutpkio Suffrage" Coaiinittee . Mr / Johnson wgud tin tfco ptoplq praieut to give earnest proof of their attachmeat to the Charier by com'ng forward and joining the Association . Ho wa 3 connected with anotner Association , still he was ready to support the Charter Association . He Vas ready to canvass fur either ; let the people dtclare v : hsch of them to join , and he { Mr . J . ) would act with them . After a hearty vute of thanks to Messrs . Kossand Moir , and those frienda who accompanied them from the town , and their excellent Chairman . This highly interesting meeting broke up in the best possible harmony .

      Gorbai-S . —Theaojonrned dtscussion on Mr . Mnrray's lecture came off on Friday evening , Mr . Graham in the chair .. The discussion was continued to eleven o ' clock , when it Was resolved that Con should reply on some future night , to be fixed by Mr . J . Cameron end the coinmittoe . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Jsmes Downs . —• "Xiiatr it ia the opinion of this meeting that the ' Hern Move' is unnecessary , and if supported , calculated to irjure the best interests of the working classes , inasmuch as iia tendency is to divide and not to uiiita the people . V / e therefore pledge ourselves to join avid support the Glasgow Charter

      Assoc atlon . " An ameaunienS was movad by Joseph Kerr , in support of Complete Suffrage , -with a string of ether irrelevant matter . At the suggestion of Mr . J . Colquhoun , the amennment was confined to Complete Suffrage , in order that the two questions might ba fairly tested . On the vote being -taken , ten hands were held up for the amendment ; for the raotioa , the rest of the meeting . We have refrained from giving any of the discussiijn for cei tain reasons , bat \ ye trust the manly and straight forward caatigation crlminiatered . by Air ; Jarnts Downs to some of the parties will have its due effect . : : ¦ .. . " ' o . ¦ ' .

      A General meeting of the comb and horn spoon makers was held en Montiivy evening last , Mr . Pettigrtvv in the chair . Tha following resolution was moved by Mr . Henry Worling , seconded by Mr . Dagald and carried unauhoo . usiy .-r- ^ " T&at this meeting ia of epiuion that pur trade has snixersd much from , and owes its . present distressed conuiEion in a great degree to the baneful influence of maehinexy , its ( mnchinsry ) operations being through : class-made laws , rendare ^ a curse instead of a bleuaiog , inasmuch as our hands

      are thereby being daily thiown out of employ , while no other provision is made for them ; aiid being convinced that those pressing eviis can alone be remedied bj luaking that , documeat comaianly called the People ' s Charter , the law of the land , we agree to join the Glasgow Charter Association , ani pledge ourselves .-to use every constitutional means in o ^ ir power to promote thu olyecta of the saiue . " The meeting , then a / jreed to meet every Monday evening till the tirade is fuiiy organised , and an interirn committee was appointed to carry out the above object .

      HUDDEHSFIELD . —Agrecnble to annonnccnieut i \ ii . Koss attended what is . calied a . cavnp meetiiift on Sunday last , orv the Humrait of our famed- ; . CastVe Hul . Tfle labour aufl toil required to attain so great » n altitude is amply rewarded by the rich and varied scetuery that presents iiseif to tho eye , which extends fur nillefl . ui every direorion ; tKera hnman beings Can inhale iiature ' s purest brecza . S warms tf persons were seen wending their way w tha piactt of meeting from all tneadjpiningiliistricta , and it wa 3 thought at one time there could not be less than fifteen thousand pi-esent . M' . Ross deiivcred a most eloquent and impressive lecture in favour of the People ' a Charter . —On Monday night ; Mr . K ^ ss ; gave a lecture to a crowded audience , ip the Guild Hall , ; in this town , In defence of the rights of labour aud the jQStnejs of the People's Chatter , to-wbieh he did ample jostice .

      BcRT . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Bury , convened by requiaition , wa 3 held in the Working Maa's Hall , Gardea-street , on Saturday evening , to adopt the remonstrance and the memorial to the Queen , ilr . J . Lotuax , a working coal miner , was unanimously called to preside , who opened the business of the meeting with a few appropriate reinarks , anil then called upon Mr . H . Hard wick , to move the memorial , which waa S 0 c * ndtd by Mr . U . Ireland , and oupported by Mr . William Dison , in a speech cf same length , and waen put wbs carried iiem . con . M * . M . RoKerts , In « speech which ocqupied half an honr ^ moved the remepstrance to the House of Commons , which . . -was seconded by Mr . James Yatea , a coal miner . Mr . D-Rosa , of Manchester , supported the reuaenfitrance , in a bold Ergumentative epeech , which occupied , near two hours in the delivery . TU 8 Chairinavi put it and it was carri-d unanimously After chetra for tha Chatter , the . me ^ tiag tlissolvea ,

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      / A ( fhy ^ M ^^ . ^¦¦ 7 , s ~ > y ; ^ "V ^ " ¦ ¦¦ ' - r ' . ' ¦ :- ¦ ¦ ¦• . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ /^^* Mg T . - ^ ¦ ; ; : .. , - ; . ; - ; . . ' ¦ : ^ &c £ y ?' jr-: fh ¦ : ¦ : ¦¦? i / , / , , - f ^^ sfz ^ M EiRKi » rGKar ? it--: Di ; 3 DES ? oj ^ ow ,-ope ^ iia ¦ MEETlKGi- ^ Thb niusii in -ting vrns hvHV . a . t . this ' . ni > Vcelbbrated ^ place , c& Monday eysninsf ia ^ .-jithaVf- ' ^ sV ' '¦ seven o'clbjfc ; at -which tiins \ Mr . Qiorio W /> it » proceoded to address the rvsserably . He . f : tirt that iiig (" chief o > j 9 ( it :-was . to ins \ U j ' nti ) the minds of hii voU . ) % - worki&g ; men-the position ¦ '¦ which ; they wight occsp 7 in society , anrttUecniiifovt ; and happiness wiikh rni « i ; t be enjoyed by each ujfiribsr of ihe bnwac fijiV . y . ' il they had tha power of <\ e ? elop ] nz the ' resouives- whfch

      nature supplied in mimjient a ^ miiience-to s ¦¦ titty -the wants of all ; and , r . s the obstinacy aijtl ignorause <> f the ruling powera , was an obstacle which must be surmounted befoxf ) they cotiVI ; hripa to " " eiijoy tuoso benefits , it -wns , thtrffore , the duty of all im-n to exert themselves , in Ordir thr . t the Grj 7 ' : rnment of tlio country sbo . nld act as the pMt'jetorS ai ; d fri ' siida of tha working classes , instead 6 f btiiiig , as at pr ? 3 ent , their « reate * f . '' curse . '¦' ¦ 'Uridw tfc » prtsynt Etaix * of sotiety a tsaji migbfc have tha fees ' : of . ' motiy ' ts , r . s ; -. l the purest ; aiwi-besv feelings , ypt , if he could not cos ' oria to the j-ascaily modes-by which Wealth Is- attained at tha present day , and wus th-irehy re ^ iutd to " n . sMite of penury , he -was as ^ al ' ed by every little proS : ha . 'it }!)^ knave-, as iazy m dislipncst ; and many a BobJe-hijantd ,

      • aud generous" nian had bten : ill but hunted t ;> dta : h , br . haviu ^; tha misfortune of liviy ? in wbit ^ ra pompously termed" a , str . te of . civil-zuion . " K-duniierstood by tha won ! ' civilvzition" a pol-shft . 1 . a-a . - . < refined stato of txfsteiice , compnted or cantr tste ; : with a former period cf man ' s bisv . rj- ; bus ¦ 'hs ' . snu :- > ta : ? je 4 i tlvat . tao ¦ WWkiri . c " classei wow iieT > -r : nors brirt »'! J 2 < j than they were at presarjt , nv . j . that- the whole ' . < i $ their misery emanated from the tra-Ji g ; a ) : d i-rofi-trhanSJDg system , caliwV " cMl- ' zxti :: !) . ' * By tome sort < if . ' 3 ege ;> demain or Uiinvbl ^ nsj . svvtovn , . ilig whole of r 5 ia creation v ? as ; e 5 HVitted as ' . the property of th . as wijo never worked , whilst those v . r ii 6 pro ,- . iic « d : t » vt-rjtiijog were doomed to a tit ' s ot aorro -r ar- 't v . . K : t « h 6 flnis » , ¦ o ? what value th-n ^ nsthi ; : b > -ti ' st-: u ' -wVaU-li and

      cmiisitioutothft oiucantwcrkfnf- oiissv ? , ^ lu-nti : i ? : T fouud tfeati every frtsh adiiitiyTi vchith their i / jili ;* try and i ^ enuity made to the vn . ilflj of the rich waa mzxu usy cf by thfiin to . oppress' tho , p .- ;/ ai ! C .. i ? So leug as . tile wprbiisij . classed "' y " er > s-. 'kept in bitB v ' iguori ' . Tic J . o ? ihVir rights' he couKi not bKnio thisn . Iiat now ' that thay had somany - ' . opportunities of . knowir . g the real t-.-iUas of thoir rnisenys , th' ^ y wotild be tae-ir own . oppressors if they" neglected the means Tthich . vs ^ i-a now at thtiv disposal to procure their er . ianei . uat ; - -n . Hj tht . n pro-C 8 ( 3 ( 3 ed to " ekpla'ili the hlcs . iln ^ n whic h vrouid fl n ? ' front a GoVernme ^^ cntab . a . * ' frll » ffc ¦ . ^ i ¦¦ l ; Je , ¦'¦ 'vvho ! e' P-upia / aiid called on all present to join tho Z-Jationsi C : isrtjr

      AssociatioD . Hrj also- ' -Ji ! w- « vsd : up- tha yiilar . cus ' trurjttu ^ . hfe wbich Mr . Jliison and the Smiigicjmen had exptrj <; hced fi'Oin the StaCbr-.-l authorities , »«>!¦ gave notice tb : it he > should cantinu ' e to ad dress ^ ai « eet .: ng on that spot eytry Monday evening , and -also- ia tha lar ^ e iie ! n iiear tb » Asylum , bpttoni bf Summer-lant ! . ' every fUxwiiiy rni-Tring , at hVit ' -past ten , and every Tuesday cveiiinsf , ' . at seven o ' clock . H « then dtpcrtcd . fcr the Assflcia ' tioa R iom , Aston sheet , accompanied by a . . avge ruituber cf pL-rio « s . Up ^ arvls : of forty . pkraviiB h : \ vo cii . vo ' ilsd ' . thtir naints '" afc-DuiUest <> n-row , and it is dtt ¦ rinir . ed id have iho iiuoksv and cards at tho meetings in futura , for tho conv-.-r / ience oi" thfisa - » h <> ouniiot attend the room .

      S . ciimer Lane . iJEKTixo . —Mr . White - ' atldresstd a mefcUiig in thd iavfje tieid near tl \ o Yulcan Foundry , oa Sunday' mo ' rniqg . last , at ha . f-past ten O ' clock ; and auotbe ? at tbo same place on Tuesday . cyeniw ^ .-.. 'At theconclusion of his , ac ^ irt . s * , ; nine persons -enrolled their names in -the Js'ation . il - ' . 'irirt r-Assqciatwii . Aston-street . ViEETiMi — 1 'kit usu : al meeting was held arthis plac-j , 0 : 1 Sui - . 'i ' ay evening la ^ t , Mr . . otl-Wart . in tilt ) chatr . Ha deliver . d . ; n apjirnprJafe ; ui . ;? ts >; on the rie . ith of Sit ! iUcl Holbcwi , of ShrffieU ; , ' -s . nd .-i .-itro-: ' rluced Mr . White . wh <> nr . d the report . cf HoLVerry's funeral f . 0111 t '; o Nori'iem tiiur .. ' . T . ise meeritsg . iisiened to . tho report wi : h frcat dtv-nti-JD , aiut warmiy applauded tho speech of -Mr . G . J . Earagj" en the . ato ' ve melancholy . b . ccHsl . on . -

      Monday . Eveatag . ¦ v :-E £ Ti , \ a— Th-3 membef 3 cf the association nmst ^ i-ti'l suvr . ^ iy on Monday everiii ;^ , when the niinuus of . tho c <; Uiu : ii were read - ' jvor by Mr . - G <; org 9 White , and- .. coaiiisned by t ) w niet-tin ^ . The ciuirmarj . ' . Mr . \ VaUer Tho ; vs , then att . ' . lr . es . sod tha members oh behalf of Mrs Aissf . n , an ' Mii White went , at so : ue ienx-tii .-iVito the plans which were inteuded to be adopted by tha council for the better guidance of th ' e association , aiVd reported on the Mepa which had been tak < -n to procure a cornmodious place of meetiiig . Mr > J .-Wiiliama ; n . .-aCtuivvards delivered an ensr ^ tic address as to tha best nieans of securing a proper place , after which Wieuit-eting 8 t-par : Ue (\

      MR . Mason 'ANHtuk other jfiusoNERs at SXAFFOKD .- ^ At the Council meeting , held at Astonstreet , Eirrairigbam , on Sunviuy hist , it was resolved to ciil a coafertnee of the Biriiiiflghum Churtis ' -s , to assemble at Aston-strect , on Tuesday evening next , the ; 12 th d& 7 of July , - when it is proposed' to choose four persons to ac 5 on bt-halc . of JBirtoingLam at S general delegate ineetJu ? of tbo . counties of Gioucester , Worcesterj Wafwick , and Stafford , the Iccalitiea to add one each : from their body , when t'ae necesiiity of providing a permanent fuud for the suppu-i't cf the yrives and families of Mr . Mason and tbf others * the means of huppd . tlBg one lecturer or . more for ilie use of these ccmntieB ,: and otherwise consolidating onrfitKiistb , will be taken into , . coiisideraticn ,, . " . The attention of the various suft-St . creturlt 8 iu those counties' aie earnestly rcqUtsted ta tais iaipoitiiit sulijoct , and any co : ainunicat . i \> n 3 they : have to send-arc reqa > , s ; L ' . d to ba forvsanled to thy ¦ 'Corresponding . ; sub Secret < ry , Sir . Gjnrge : White , 3 . S , Bronisgrove-s ' . rtiet Birniibghatu .

      CALVEnip . V :--The Chartiats met na usual , and proctseded to tha businfr . B of the a . ^ sQci-. itioa , It > vias agreed to engage tlia Suttcn ati ; l Nottiii ^ ham biuida ¦ that had ciiorad ¦ their : ' scrfloe ' s for thd ocraaioa , to perform at t-hc 0 "Connor djiuoastratfon . A suiree or ua party will 'be hel i , wfaicii is to tako piaco on tha last Mondaf in the inont ?? . Ev ' i-ry tecwsMy pveparation is being raarf ^ ' f ^ r the occsiiori . Tickets at one shilling each , miij be had of ile&ers Ca " iidine , Hueknail 'forkard ; Mprii . i , Buiwril , near Nuw JJuckct-stre ; t ; Watts , Oxton ; Eppsrsto . ne , Woodbp-ougb , ' Lowiniam ; Biidworth , Gulvt-rton ; S : reet-, Lirnblej-, and Swe * -t Nuttiiigham ; Emerson , Arcpld '; Aliwright . Old Bisford Fiatt ; Mitchell , schoolmaster , Chapy ; Pacer , Cr ; clcet > court , Nottingham ; Mr * Smith , iiews-. i ^ ent ,

      Wiii-str-Rate ; HaDkin , CiTrington ; Eliis , Arriold ; Rovill , Daybrook ; lieeve ; Hyson Green ; Nailer , New B ^ tf ird ; Motley , Sherwood ; Sanderson , Old Radfurd ; Cooper , Watson's Baiiding ; and Hanison , Caivs-iton . AH tickets must'bs sold a clear wesk before the-tta takes place , and every ticket vender will forward his ¦ iiu . Bey to Mr . Sweet- ; Goosegate , on Monday , July the 18 oh , by twelve o'clock . ThO loans of- "flags and banners from the surrounding associdtions . will be duly s- ^ precia : ed , did it is to be hoped the wholo county of Nottingliam will do its duty on that day , oud a ' rmly establish the tree of freedom in this agricultnr . il district . Chalfohw , —Trads is in a most ¦ Qliirniiu * ititq '¦ ' ¦ la this place , we have but three mijls at wor ' jv wh ^ i'c we fornies-ly had twenty ; those thrse are not half employed , and truck shop 3 attached t > these . Their operatives aro so reduced that they dare rot conioiaia

      or they aresut ^^ ct to a mor . ths' drilling , ti . it is , sent home to live upon th ' . ir means for a month . Wage ' s'ere reduced to a very low ebb ; there have been thr ^ reductions since Ch . ristmua , throughout the wholto of the trade . What wns formerly given fwo . po \ i : ids far is now only ninoteen -shiiiings ; tlie clothe are no \? made three ells longer , for the nineteen shilling * , th'iia they were formerly for tha two pc-unds . Our poor rutra aro tripled ; . we have 580 cramnibd in our bastile , end poverty . is got to a dbplci-able coEc \ ition ; this , in -tae midst of Euainifci ' -r-how we Vhall cojiteiid with , the winter , God ; oi . Iy knows . This priest-ridden and poverty-smitten tpot will-be visited by Mr . Millson , of Cheltenham ,. iHX . t Sacday , Jaiy the loth , wfcen we shad hold a canip meeting on Bisley C ' oUiUion , at haJt past two o ' clock in the afterriooa . Chalford is s . tisata twelve inilss ' fcom Gloucesitsr , twelve from Cheltenham , eight from Ciraucesier , aiidi ' our from HtrcucJ . . ;

      KZApCiSFlE&Ij . —Oa . -V ' oziday evening Mr . John West delivered a lecture hi the AJariet-place i to nearly 8 , 000 people . Heentered .. largely irilo the working of the system on the differtst classes and interests of society , and clearly proved to the middle classes ( Iftrge nunibei-a of whom were present ) that : while elass legislation existed tb&re could ba no prosperity for them , nor safety for their property . A vote of thanks was carried to Mr . West . ; a vote of confidence in" Feftf ^ ua O'Cannor and the Northern Slar ; and three tremendous cheers were given : " -for the "Chatter and , the peoplo , and the Vast ; muitiCude Bepnratjd . Such a meeting has not been held in Macde . sfleld for a length of time .

      Durham , —On Slonday eveuiwg last , Mr . Charles Connor delivered ; v keture on the Sanda , to a good uudience , -who iWtened to the lecturer . with prof . urid attention ; and at the close a universiil tlenionstratiou of approbation was displayed by a shew of hands , end other signs cf grit ficatiua . The lecturer s-hewed , in his usual ckar niaup . tr , thai all -property had its origin in labour , and that all property was protected hut labour , and also that all property -was represented tut labour , Herichly commented on things as they . are , and as thsy should be , and concluded by stroagjjr recumniendiflg t );" & worksBg men to a closer un on ^ for theettiiblishir . g . of tiieir claim to Uniyersal Suffrage , and the other points of the gloripns Charter .

      NEWCASTLE . —The ChattiBts held their usual weekly busine 8 S meeting in their Hall ,. Go ^ t Inn , Cioth market , « a Monday eve ' ning . Mr . Daes haying been unanimously called to the chair , the secretary read tha minnies of tho previous meeting , whea Messrs . Smith , Phenix and Hay , took their seats as members of the general council . Mr . Frankland nioyed the following resolution , whiea was seconded by ; Mr . Hay , and carried unanimously , —" That in th& opinion of tlsia Association , nothing can be more injurious to the Chartist cause than bickerioRS beiween our friends , ncd we would advise that any diffet « nces that may in futura arise amongst our Ieadere J » . left to Arbitration , or

      decided by private letter , aa we are firmly resolved not to sappoit any leader who may diagust our ears or injure aur cause by any party caviJiing , " Moved by Mr . Fitaukland , and seconded by Mr . Finlay , — "That a vote of tho confidence Of this Assoiiiatloa be tendered , to each of the present National Executive Committee , respectively , ¦ . and that tha tzms be inserted in rthe Northern Star . " Carried UDaniniously . Several sums were paid in for the lecturer's fund . Volunteers were appointed to becbiiia collectors for Holberry'a widowlund , viz ., Messrs . Pleming ¥ Wilkinson , Purvia , and Finlay , and after a leagthy discussion beoo local busiheeathv meeting-afljouroed *

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      TO THE MIDDLING CLASSES .

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      n-hich you ara fonder than that " the people arc the hghtimalfi source of all power ; and that " labuur-u the only source of wealth . " Then why give to the streams that spring from it thess-privileges which yon deny to tho source from whence all flow ? What is jour ambition thron ^ h life ? What is the ambition of the master manufacturer i What the ainbit'on of the Barrister ] What is the strongest aEb :: ion of all who make profit ofuiBour . ? Is it not the anticipation of one day leaving the field of speculation vmh the assuracce of a comfortable retirement in the winter of lifa !

      Would -not the fond hope soften down all temporary BiiLriEjx and irritation 1 aud vfcmld not tlie race , though uneven in the running , be reconciled to all by the stakes at ihe end , prtseut-. d as a reward for thirty years of toil ? Now , scnt ' emen , give me leave to a ; k you , hew nnny cf ycur crJe ? ean hope for ? uch a release 1 uni who deprives yGu of the toon ? WhetLer is it the one individual who vests his miHion of money made by the labour of a thousand oiner " banda , " and vested as his retiring

      salary in mortgage upon land , or tho purchase of land , or in the funds , or a railroad speculation , or a miring speculation , or a banking speculation ; none of which return to you one partible of profit ; or is il the ece" thousand " Lands , " who should have received a fair share of the profits of their labour for thirty years of hard servitude ? Gentlemen , I Lave the honour to remain , Yonx obedient humble Servant , F-Eargus O'Connor .

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      TOL . Y . HO . 243 . SATURDAY , JULY ^ JM 2 . TRi 0 % ^ S ^ ^^ ' of

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      AND LEEDS GENEML 1 DIEBTI 8 EB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct606/page/1/