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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1843.
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      MB . COOPER'S PLAS OF ORGANIZATION . To Hit Editor of ihe Evening Star , Sib , —I hare now Included in my proposed "Plan , " fiH the emendations "wMch seem to me desirable , after laving the advantage of mj brethren ' s opinions of this mportant matter . Among Une delegates ^» bo surveyed my scheme last Saturday morning , "were comprised some of the soundest beads and most energetic minds in the " movement j and ia addition to the authority ¦ which their names affords me , I might , once more , add , ftstinprrrate conversation I have , long ago , received for my proposed scheme , or for the major part of it , approral » -on the part of 3 ir- O Connor , Dr . M'Doaafl , Mr . "WiTi , my friends Bairstow and Barney , and many other -weH-knoTm advocates of onr cense .

      On lie advice of my brother delegates , and to avoid entirely the legal difficulty of & Convention leaving an Sxecative behind it—tfca -word " Executive" is entirely left ontof tbe Plan . The five chief rfficera of the Animal Convention , it vrill ie seen , exercise all the neces-Earj fiinction 8 of an Executive body—bnt do not lie raider the SlesjLHty of being specially appointed f 01 sneh-apnrpose -when the Convention brrsis up : the funcnonB of each member of the Animal Convention , offices indnded , reHiain in them thronghont the yearso that tbsj can SO np vacancies , ke ., or jpve other counsel for tie -welfare of the general body . __ Paying my brethren to take np the subject earnestly , and instantly , I subscribe myself , Sir , Tonrs respectfully , Thomas Coopkb . Xeicaster , Jannary 2 nd , 1 S 43 .

      SI 5 TTIS OF A JtEEIETG OP CHARTIST DELEGATES , HELD IS B 1 KHI 25 GHA 34 , 05 THE LAST DAT 0 ? TELE TEAS , 1842 . * ' 1 . Resolved , i&at Ihe Plan of Organization , submitted to this meeting , by Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , be commended to the consideration of the members of the Tf&tional Charter Association throughout the localities , and that 2 Jr . C . be requested to K : n < 3 a copy of bis jjisn for insertion in the Evening Star , Northern Star , and Chartist CircaLar . " 2 . Resolved , tiat Mi . Cooper be employe * to make any e&end&tions which have suggested themselves to him as desirable , during this di&cnssioB .

      ** 3 . Bssolved , that the members , in theii localities , be desired to ccme to a decision on this subject as soen &b possible , and that the country be recommended to prepare for electinc representatives to serve on the , 5 * in * Ajamal Convention / to be held in London in the month of April next . *• 4 . Besolved , that the cannby be recommended to elect their delegates to the said Convention on the same plan , and in the same proportions to the localities , practiced in electing delegates to the Convention , held in London in the month of April , 1842 . " 5 . Besolved , the country be recommended to empower the delegates to the * First Annual Convention , ' to take the -whole Plan of Organization , again into eanaderation , and to give it the stamp of full representative authority . "

      { Signed ) James Leach , of Manchester . George White , of Birmingham . John West , of Derby . "William Jones , of Liverpool . John Mason , of Birmingham . Christopher D jyle , of Manchester . Thomas Clarfce , of Stockport James Tickers , of Belper . E P . Mad , of Birmingham . Ed-srard Clayton , ef Hnddersflsld . Samnel Paries , of Sheffield . . Basjsmin Snibton , of Halifax . Thomas Kailton , of Manchester . IPeter Hoey , of Coventry .

      Moses Simpsen , of Hanley ( Potteries . ) Lute Tho * . Clancy , of Brighton . Edward Barley , of York . James Green , of 2 ferthwich . Samnel Cowan , of Liverpool . Wm . N . Mflsom , of Cheltenham . Joseph Stnrmey , of Stourbridge . CfcarlfcS Thorpe , of Birmingham . Bernard Bromgoole , of Waxrington . Wm . Talbert . of BirmiBgham . Al&ed Anthony , of Arnold iNcits . ) John TTilmot , of K * ttering .

      "William Feast , of Brighton . Gdo . Bichsrdson , of Birmingham . Charles Gwilliams , of Liverpool . Divid Pott , of Birmingham . John Chance , of Slonrhridge . James Sanders , of Birmingham . John AHinson , of Stockport Mellin Moore , of Biackbnro . Thomas Welsf ord , of Birmingham . Wat- Watkxss W"S 55 , of Hammersmith , ( Chairman . ) Thomas Coopeb , of Leicester , ( Secretary . )

      PLA 2 ? OF OBGA 2 » 1 ZATIO >* OF TEE NATIONAL CHABTEB ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN , ( Reanraaeaded for ihe tonsxdsration of ihe Peop ' e by a tody of JZelepala , assembled at Birmir . gham on ihe last dav efQit year 1 S 42 . )

      OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION . 1 . The object of the National Charter Association of Great Britain shall be the obtaining , by lawful and peaceful means , all those political rights set forth in fixe dosoment called " The People ' s Charter . "

      KE 1 EBEBSH 1 P . 2 . Each member ef the Association shall avow an entire approval of the principles of the r Peopla " B -Charter ; « & »*?< have his or her -n « -mp enrolled in one of fhBjeaxly registers of file Association , by one of its sab-Secretaries 5 shall receive s yearly card of " The ^ National Charter Association , " paying for it { the penny ; and shall con tribute , if able , one penny per calendar month . to the General Fund of the Association . " f

      G 23 KB . AX G 0 TXR 5 MBST . 3 . The general government of the Association shall be vested in an . ATmn'ri Convention—to be assembled in London , in the month of April of each year , and * to close its sittings at the -end of three -weeks , or earlier , if convenient . 4 . "The said Anneal Convention shall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegates to be elected by the people in public meeting assembled ; the districts , and the nnmber of representatives from each to 1 » arranged by the first A-mvp *! Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding Annual Conventioiis , as need may arisa .

      5- The first business of each Annnal Convention shall be the election of a President , Tice-President , Treasurer . Secretary , snd Vice-Secretary ; the powers of each of these officers , and also the powers of each member d the Anmn . 1 Convention shall bs resident in them for one conventional year . 6 , The President of Convention shall hold Presidential sittings , at the several periods of three months , six months , and nine months , succeeding each A-ntmai CoDVention : that is to say , in ilanctiester , for one ¦ week , in the month of Joly ; in Birmingham , for one week , in the month of October ; and in Bristol , for one Week , in the month of January . At the said Presidential Sittings , the Vice-President of Convention , the Treasurer of Convention , the Secretary of Convention , and the Vice-Secretary of Convention , shall attend snd assist the President in the discharge of his duties to the Association .

      7 . The i > esrefciry of Convention shall be the only STiTrnr . 1 officer occupying his entire time with the general bnnness of the Association ; all questions relative to file government of the Association , arising in the periods intervening between the severaJ Presidential Sittings , or betw&sn any one of those sittings aad the sitting 0 / Convention , shall be referred , by the localities , to the said Secretary of Convention . % . Appeals , on questions of government , shall , if thought necessary by the localities , be made from the Secretary of Convention to the next ensuing Presidential Sitting ; and a final appeal , on such questions , shall , if Ihonjbi necessary bj tile localises , bs made from the Pxasidental Sitting to the next ensuing Ammai Convention .

      LOCAL GOVEB-XHEXT . 9 . The local government of the Association shall be Tested in 3 body of General Councillors of the Assodation , thosen on the first Monday of Daeember , in « ch year , in their respective localities , in such numbers , and after such mode , as the resident members may judge fit ; and the said General Onacallors shall Siter on office on the first day of January-following their election . 1 . 0 . A sub-secretory and sub-treasurer of the Assocla » on , members of thb General Council and selected from it by the members of Gib Association , shall alse reside ineach locality , * na shall assist the Secretary ani Treasurer of the Convention in the general government of the Association . ^^ E . 2 GISTBAT 10 J ! .

      XL Each sub-Secretary shall be furnished by the Secretary of Convention with a yearly register and ¦ with monthly class-p 3 pers , arranged on a uniform plan from time to ems , at the OciobeT Presidential Sittings In the yearly registers the sub-Secretaries * h * V enter the Barnes , residences , trades , age , franchise , ' and amount of fanny of the members in their rwpae-Stb localities , and the amount of pecuniary pay-Bieat » by each member . The monthly class-papers hall be formed to receive from twelve to twenty names with columns for pecuniary payments . 13 . The Secretary of Convention shall receive from each sab-Secretary a monthly classified account of the anmber of members in his locality , and shall publish the same for Has information of the Association at large , in such a mode , aod stanch periods , as shalljw determined on , from Mine to time , by the Attoti ^ Coirrea-Jiani , g-nfl the "Ptpw ^ t' ^ i ^ Silting .

      gje .. al nnn > . 13 . The General Fund of the Kational Charter Asso-^ iition shall be formed by tha collection of one penny , on ihe first Monday of each calendar month , from each member of the Association who can afford the subs ; by the daigeef oss penny for each card of

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      membership , renewed on the first of January in each year ; by the payment , on the part of the localities , of such sums for the yearly registers and monthy classbooks as shall be agreed upon , from . time to time , by the Annnal Convections , or the Presidential Sitting j and by such ether voluntary contributions on the part of the members of the Association as may be devised and agreed to by their general good-will in case of emergency . 14 . From the said General Fund shall be defrayed the travelling expenses from and to their localities , of the representatives to the Annual Conventions , together -with the allowances , during the period of Conventional sitting , of sixty shillinp per week to the Secretary , fifty shillings per week to the President , Vicepresident , Treasurer and Vice-Secretary respectively , and forty shillings per week to eacbjother member

      ef the Annual Convention . From the said General Fund shall also be defrayed the travelling expenses , from and to their localities , of each o&cer of tb » Convention attending the Presidential Sittings mentioned in Rule 6 , together with the allowances during the said sittings , of fifty shillings per we « k to the Secretary , and forty shillings per week to the President , iVice-President , Treasurer , and Vice-Secretary respectively—provided each cf those officers attend the Presidential Sitting . From the said General Fund shall also be defrayed the weekly salary of forty shillings which the Secretary or Convention shall receive throughont the remainder of his year of office . And , from the said General Fond shall be defrayed all other contingent expenses of the Annual Conventions , Presidential Sittings , printing of registers , cards , and , in brief , all the general expenses of the National Charter Association .

      15 . The Treasurer of Convention shall receive from each Sub-Treasurer a monthly remittance of the pecuniary payments made in his locality for the purposes of the General Fund , —and shall publish an account of the same , as well as of his current diibursements , for the information of the Association at large , in such mode , and at such periods , as shall be determined on , from time to time , by the A-nn ^ al Conventions , and the Presidential Sittings .

      LOCAL FUNDS . 16 . The local funds of the Association aball be raised by the collection of one penry on the remaining Mondays of each calendar month , from each member of the Association wbo can afford the same , and by such other means , and after such mode , as the members of the General Council resident in each locality may tie-vise . GESE 11 AL LECTtTKEBS . 17 . The ABnual Conventions and Presidential Sittings shall have the power of employing general lecturers , either for breaking np new districts , or for the performance of agitating service for specific purposes in districts already organized : the number of such general lecturers , the periods of their engagement , ; and the amount of their remuneration , to be determined by thB state of the general fund and the necessities of the Association .

      PENALTIES . 18 . Any general or local officer of the National Charter Association found advocating » compromise of Chartist principles , joining any society having ier its professed object & less measure of political justice thin that contained in the People ' s Charter , or signing ai . y document testifying his willingness to receive a less measure of political justice than that contained in the People's Charter , shall be forthwith deprived ot office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in or throughout their localities . 19 . The general and local officers of the Association shall each and all be liable to deprivation of office by the body of members in general meeting assembled , in and throngnout the localities , for defalcation in accounts , misappropriation of the Association ' s funds , or gross and wilful neglect of duty .

      SCTPLY OF VACANCIES . 20 . In c" > se of the death , retirement , removal , or dismissal of the President , Vice President , Treasurer , Secretary , or Vice-Secretary of Convention , or any or all of them , before the expiring of "tee Conventional year , their office shall be filled by those members of the Convention respectively , who had the next highest nnmber of votes for either of the said offices , and in case of the death , retirement , or disqualification of any of the eaid members of Convention who had the next highest number &f votes for either of the beforementioned offices , the membere of the Annual Convention ahull address public letters from their residences , respectively , to the members of the National Charter Association , declaring for whit member of the Convention they vote to fill the vacant office ; and the vacant effiee thsJH be filled by the individual named is the majority of such declarations .

      2 L , All vacancies occasioned by the death , retirement , KBioval , 01 dismissal of snb-Secretaries , ' snb-Treasurers , or General Councillors of the Association , shall be filled up by the body of members resident in their respective localities , in genera ] meeting assembled , within one fortnight of the occurrence of such vacancies .

      MEANS FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THB GREAT END . 22 . The members of the National Charter Association shall actively promote the Parliimentary election of candidates espousing Hie principles of the People ' s Charter , preferring such Chartist candidates as are legally qualified to sit in Parliament . 23 . The members of the National Charter Association shall alro attend all public political meetings , and thert , either by moving amendments , or by other legal and peaceful means , enfoice a discussion of the People ' s rights and claims—so that none may remain in ignorance of what Chartists Beek , nor any have the opportunity of propagating or perpetuating political ignorance or dtlnsiorL

      24 . The members of the National Charter Associa tion shall earnestly recommend each other , by precept and example , to the practice of temperance and uprightness;—to cultivate the intellect and moral feel ings;—to fnlfil the golden maxim— " Do unto othera as ye would thty should do unto you ; " —to trade with each other , and assist each other in case of sickness 01 distress , and in finding employment;—assured that tbe growth of esch and all in intelligence and virtue will be the best and surest guarantee for success in the pursuance of their great and grand object—the establishment of liberty and happiness for the millions , by the passing of " Th& People ' s Charter" into the law of the land .

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      We presume that , by this time at all events , the mind oi the people vrill be pretty well settled upon tbe fact that our worst suspicions of the Sturge men have been more than realised ; and that our often expressed opinion of their policy was the result of a pretty dear perception of their true character . The Conference being over , and the excitement it was calculated to prodnce having had some little time to subside ; it will naturally be expected that it should occupy some portion of our attention and remark , as a passing circumstance a historical record of the day .

      We proeeed therefore to point the attention of our readers to tho facts of this Conference , as they successively occurred , in proof and corroboration of what we have always thought and said of the motives and purposes of the parties by whom it was projected . We always suspected the sincerity of those parties ; we never supposed that they had any such purpose as that about which they affected to seem anxious—a union -with the working classes , for the object of "full , fair , and free" representation . We believed them always to be enemies in their hearts to the principles they pretended to

      espouse ; we believed always that their purpose was , under the pretence of seeking Union , to make and perpetuate division in the Universal Suffrage rankB . We never concealed our suspicions from the people ; bat we did not magnify those suspicions into facts j we left that for the Complete Ssffrage men themselves to do . We advised the people not to trnst them ; but we also adrised them not to interrupt or denounce them . We advised the people always to deal with them cautiously , but yet kindly , and with friendliness ; that if our suspicions Bhould be wrong ,

      and if they should turn out , after all , to be honest , no obstacle might be thrown in the way of their achieving the beneficial purposes which they avowed . Our tone upon the matter has been sorely annoying to them . They have seen the probability of its frustrating their wily projects , and they have been very restless under the apprehension . Hence the incessant efforts of their secret emissaries , aa well as of their avowed advocates , to break down by anj means ,

      no matter how vile , the plaguy " watch tower . " We have lreen also much carped at for our "illiberal jealousies'' and unworthy suspicions" by a few honest and good natured , but very shortsighted persons in onr own ranks . We doubt not that the events of thiB Conference will have fully shown these latter parties * who ' s who , " and w what ' s what "; while they justify the derisive smile with which we have regarded the exertions of the former gentry . The whole facts of the Conference , and the whole bearing of its authors , from its very first

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      opening , afford evidence that no design for union in pursuit of a common object was entertained by any bni the Chartists who had gone there ;—that Stdbge and his whole clique of movers , so far from wishing naion , were , from the first moment , determined not io unite . Their plans were well laid , and their operations craftily conducted , for moulding the Conference to their own ends or destroying its

      efficiency ; for successfully cajoling or defying that public opinion of which they had courted the expression . And in case of their being unable to do this , their dernier ressort , the leaving of the Conference en masse , was determined upon before ever they came to it . We prove this out of the mouth of Stubge himself , whose opening speech anticipated and contemplated a retirement from the chair .

      The first move of the Sturge men was to defy public opinion ; and impudently to blook ont by wholesale such delegates as they despaired of making tools of . This had been craftily provided for in the circular convening the Conference , which made it imperative that the credentials of each delegate should be sent to the Council some days before the Conference . This move did not escape our notice at the time . We suspected its purpose and watched the result . The result waB just what wo anticipated . The Council , finding a large number of the delegates returned to be men with whom it was

      hopeless to tamper , resolved on tho bold step of refusing to them tickets of admission ; and score after score of Chartist delegates were told as they arrived , that thsir elections were disputed and that the Council could not give them tiokets . The ferment which this produced showed the Council tha : "it would not do "; that it displayed the cloven-foot too nakedly , and that it was consequently sure to defeat its own purpose . After many meetings , therefore , and much consultation , another " dodge " was had recourse to , the " list" system was inyented ; " listnnmber one" was manufactured as "the Conference , " to whom and to whose sense of right , the admission or rejection of all the other delegates Bhould be committed . Tickets were therefore given

      to the objected Chartists ; but they were to Bit conditionally on the vote of the selected " list , " who were to have power , if they thought proper , to reject them all at once and in a ma « s , without farther inquiry or ceremony , by a single peremptory vote . True , the Council made the shew of liberality in recommending that a portion of them should be admitted by vote ; but we are wicked enough to suspect that they calculated pretty strongly that the prepossessions of their friends would he too powerful for the " recommendation" , or that tbeir shrewdness would see through the dodge , " and that therefore despite the " recommendation , " they would be rejected . We are by no means sure that secret instructions to this effect were not circulated among

      the Complete Suffrage delegates . In any case , never was propositionimore insulting to a deliberate body made than that of the Complete Suffrage Council , thus to constitute the Conference of their own pirked men , many of whom had no right , by their own rules even , to sit there at all , and to recommend that these parties should admit the rightful representatives of the people by a vote ! It was certainly as finished a piece of impudence as we have lately seen . It was met , however , as it should be , by the Conference ; and the " artful dodgers" were shown that "the trick would not take "; that tho Chartists whom they had invited , having too much spirit to be impudently shut out , had also too much sense to be thus insolently and degradingly " let in .

      It is quite clear , as we have already intimated from the opening speech of Stdrge , that all this had been anticipated in their " councils " , and that they had made up tbeir minds to the course of action which they afterwards adopted , in case of " the worst coming to the worst " . That fact might , 60 far as they aro concerned , excuse our further notice of the matter ; bnt we hold that every circumstance rightly used , is fraught with valuable information to the people . We shall proceed , therefore , to analize the doings and sayings of the Conference with a

      view to public benefit . We proceed to teU the people what we think of it ; what we think of the acts done by it ; what we think of the several actors concerned in it ; and what we think of the results of it as a whole . We shall do this honestly and candidly , dealing unfairly by no one ; having no purpose to ¦ " denounce" any one , but without any regard to the " denunciation" howl . For the proceedings of the minority Conference , and generally of the Complete Suffrage parties , we shall , as we did before , take their own organ , the Nonconformist , as our text book .

      The next point of hete after the constitution and opening of the Conference was the appointment of a tribunal before which all contested and disputed claims should be tried ; and here again the " dodgers" showed themselves " wide awake " . The " Complete fist" of the Rev . Mr . Bblwsteb was to be sure a " little too bad ; " it was Been at once to be beside the mark , and was scouted by his whole party . Poor Brewsteb is a sad mar-all ; wherever he appears , he is sure to ** put his ftot in it "; and , simply because he is too honest for the party with whom he works . He carries his whole character

      engraven on his front ; and tells people at once what he intends . This policy fits ill with the wily amalgamation of hypocrisy and cunning which constitutes the basis of the Sturgemen'B operations . HiB straightforward proposition to appoint at once a committee of friends was seen to be no go , be . cause it waB sure to do the very thing it did doprovoke a counter list ; and the Council well knew that if " Greek must meet Grotk " , they would find themselves behind . Designing men always prefer stratagem to struggles

      The Stnrgemen saw that another " dodge" could be played here . The functions of this committee were all-important ; they might yet decide the game . And hence the cunning motion of the Suffrage men , " that the nine names first drawn out of the hat should be tne Committee . " Twenty-six nominations had been made—only nine were wanted . A little dexterous shuffling mi ft ht manage to secure them by this process the whole , or nearly so , of tbe Committee ; at all events they had chance luck in tbeir favour ; while a vote of the Conference upon the merits of each man was almost sure to constitute

      the Committee of men who would do right . We saw a few of those who are called Chartists , voting on this motion with the " artful dodgers , " among which were three of the delegates from Leeds , and two of those from Hull . We understand the excuse made to ber that it was a matter of minor consequence ; and that the time of the Conference would have been saved by the hap-hazsrd mode . The constituents of these parties will , of course , give to this excuse what weight they please . Tous it is only , in the mildest view of it , an evidence of gullibility , that should make the people very careful how they again trust the judgment of parties who have shown that they can be so easily imposed on . Fortunately , however ,

      the majority of the Conference thought differently , and- & Committee was appointed in whom that majority had confidence that the matters to be brought before them would be honestly decided ; and judging the character of the Complete Suffrage men from the conduct of their body as a whole , we might probably conclude that that vote saved the Conference . This was evidently Mr . Bbewsteb's opinion , who in his ravings of disappointment at the rejection of his " Complete list , " warned his " Sucking Pig" friends most bitterly that they would find enough of room and place for repentance of the oourse they were pursuing ; and who , as the next best thing to his own " list , " supported the " hap-hsaard" motion of " his more subtle friends .

      We come now to the grand struggle of the Conference upon the resolutions of Mr . Beggs and upon Lir . Lovett ' b motion . Upon this we shall have so much to say illustrative of the real animus and character of the " Sucking 1 'i- " party ; eo much to say of the many ingenious pnfalls dur by

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      faction for the advocates of principle ; so much to say of the clear developements of middle olaas character ; and so much to Bay of the oily faces and yet treacherous hearts of some seeming and pretended Chartists , that we apprehend it might protract this article to a length greatly beyond what our readers would desire . We therefore , for the present , break off , and shall resume at this point , next week .

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      THE EXECUTIVE . —MR . COOPER'S PLA . N OF ORGANIZATION . Wb had purposed to have no more of the Executive matter ; save what might appertain to the fulfilment of their challenge , if they ever do fulfil it . But it seems that " there is no pleasing them . " Tbe opening of the Star to an exposure of their conduct was a mighty offence , of which they and their friends complained loudly ; the closing of its columns to the controversy seems to have suited them still worse ; and , as will be seen , they requiredthat the report of this , their own

      meeting , called by themselves , should be inserted . Now we have shut out very many columns of wholesome strictures on their conduct from nearly all parts of the kingdom , simply because of the cry of " unfairness" set up about the using of tho Star against them , notwithstanding that it was at the same time open to their replies . However , we will please them if we can . We have great pleasure , therefore , at the especial request of Mr . Jahes Leach and his colleagues , in again

      opening our columns for the insertion of this report . The report reached us only to-day ( Thursday ); we have , therefore , no opportunity to comment on it this week ; but reserve our right to do so , if necessary , at a future opportunity . We are given to understand that it is deficient in many statements of fact , and that some of its statements are inaccurate , at whiob we do not at all wonder , considering tbe character of the meeting , which the Secretary ( Mr . CoorER ) describes as a" Bear Garden " .

      The last Balance Sheet is also published elsewhere in our present paper . We have not yet read it . With respect to Mr . CooPER ' s Plan of Organization , wbiob our readers will perceive is recommended by some of the individuals who were present at tbe Conference , we can only at present refer to it , and request that its provisions may be carefully read . We can give no opinion on them now ; but may probably do so in our next . The matter is one in which the people should not act hastily . They should mind what they are about ; as a false step generally taken might entail fatal consequences .

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      7 " hB Secretaries of the Shoemakers' Societies held in Sunder land , Greenook , and Newcastle-on-Tyne , will oblige by immediately communicating with S . Clark , Pied Horse , Chiswell-street , Finsbury , and state their address . Mr . Peter Foden , of Sheffield , would be glad to know the address of Mr . Peter Shorrocks . Will Caroline Maria Williams send her address tB Susannah Inge , 23 , Great Warner-street , Clekenwell , London , as she wishes to communicate with her ? A Political Mahttr .- ' -Hw second communication has been received . John Moonev , Colne , —We have already stated that

      we cannot insert lists of Council received at this office after Wednesday mooting . He will find the list he sent on Thursday in the Star 0 / this week . With respect to his other report , we can only " cut our coat according to our cloth , " and curtail long reports u-hen we have not room for them , nor time to set them up . Correspondents ' ¦ must remember that We have only a given amount of space and time for everything . Falkirk CHABTiSTS . —Wiff do not preserve copies of oommunicatians when not inserted . We do not remember the one they allude to . B . ' Butterley , Halifax . — -H ' only received the report of the Halifax election after l / ie delegates had gone to Birmingham . It was then of no

      use . Thomas Stanford , Nottingham . —The heading was ours : it had reference to the money actually paid by the Chartists of Nottingham to the icump in question . D . M . MILLAR , Glasgow . —The letter of Daniel O'Conttett to which he refers was in our second Edition ; it was only omitted from the first by being accidentally left out of his parcel by our Reporter and consequently not recieved soon enough . R . and J . — We have no room .

      J . G . Grady must stand over ( ill our neat . " A CHARTifaT" must consult an attorney . O . P . Q . — We have no recollection of the matter . H . B . Marlky . — We decline answering ; not conceiving the question to be a fair one . We have already ywen Mr . Farra's statement , and think that ought to satisfy Mr . Marley . A Subscriber , Ashlky Wolds . — Yes . Send cash for what you want to «/• Holison , Northern Star Office . Is "The Feast of Kings" original 1 We rather doubt .

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      J . Brewer . —Send the money to Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Londwn : be is treasurer . T . Mills . —Call again about the 10 th : they will be sent by first parcel . Thomas Holbrook . —Six weeks for each . To Agents . —Those Agents who have received their ( Accounts aro requested . to send the amounts due immediately . FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . a d . From Inverness , collected by a few friends during the Christmas Holidays ... 0 18 0 * .-. Sunderland , per G . Espliu 0 19 6 _ Quick Stavers in Sowerby ... - ~ 0 110 ^ tha Chartists of Hoibeck , by John Davies 0 5 0

      FOR MR . EILI'SS DEFENCE . From Henry Shann , Wortley 0 3 0 FOR . MRS . ELLIS . From an aged Female Teetotaller , Tavfstock 0 10 FOR THE CHARTIST DELEGATES TO THE blHHINGUAH . CONFERENCE . From C . T ., Britons uo your duty 0 1 6 „ Fiah , Witham 0 10

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      STOCKPOKT COURT OF BEQUESTS . —EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SUB-TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Ou Tu eday morning last , William Con way , shoemaker , Windmill-street , appeared to answer a summons to show cause why be did not pay the sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., due by him to the members of the National Charter Association resident in Stockpon . Mr . James Mitchell , a member of the Association , stated the case . The sum of £ 4 8 s . 2 d ., was made up from the pence of starving weavers . It was entrusted to his ( Con way V ) care as treasurer . He had already paid 2 s ., as part payment . The body had waited with great paiieuco , expecting Couway would

      see the propriety of refunding the money , but all to no purpose ; and , aa a last resource , they were compelled to bring him thus publicly , and try if he would brave the law , as he had done the Assooitien . By a Commissioner—Do you owe the money 1 Convruy—I do Hot owe Mitchell a farthing . Commissioner— Do you owe the money to the Association ? Con way—I never contracted a debt with Mr . Mitchell in my life . Mr . Mitchell—Did you not receive ihe money from the Association . Conway—I don ' t owe you anything .

      Commissioner—Answer the question—do you owe the money to the Association ? Conway . —I never did owe Mr . Mitchell anvthing . , Mr . Mitchell—Did you not pay Mr . Johnatone two shillings as part payment of the debt , at the same time promising to pay the rest weekly ? Conway . —^" 0 ! I never paid Johnston or any one elsa a single fflrthing . Here Mr . Copp .- ^ k interposed , a » id stated that Mr . Mitchell coula u ^» icoover the debt , as Conway was a partner ; but tiiu each individual member must summons him for their separate shares . Thus the matter ended . Aa Conway was a paying member at the time he committed the fraud , the debt could not be . rocovercd excepting by each member appearing against him for his share , whicn would cost more money and trouble than the wretch is worth .

      Note . —The two shillings were paid by Conway , , and entered in the books oi' the Association , but the system of proscription is so rigidly carried out agaiast all that aro known to be Chartists , that the individual who became trcausurer subsequent to the robbery being committed , durst not appear in court againai Cauway , fearing that immediate dijcaissal ( torn hie laipjovnuut would be the Jesuit .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . i Friends and Fellow-labourers in the cause of injured humanity , —In taking the liberty of addressing you on a subject in which I feel as much interested as . though I Was one of your members , and with which men [ are connected , on both sides , for whom I entertain the highest respect ; my object is not to take any . particular side in the matter , but to point out to you what 1 told many of your friends at Birmingham , What I consider your duty to be , not only to yourselves , but to all concerned , and the only means by which the matter can be set at rest . i

      While at Birmingham last week , attending the Conference , I observed with painful feelings the spirit oreated by the disputes between tbe Executive and other parties ^ This spirit , lam sorry to find , is not confined to ihe Executive on the one hand , and an individual for two on the other ; but on the one hand are found large numbers complaining against tne Executive , and , on the other , as may naturally be supposed , others complaining of what they consider unjiist attacks on the Executive . While there , 1 attended two meetings of delegates , ( 'hat is delegates who are members of the National Charter Association ) mat to consider the dispute between Mr . Hill and the Executive , and , after what appeared to me to be irrelevant discussion for two nights , th ! e matter was left no better than they found it , but rather worse .

      Tho Executive and their friends complained of Mr . Hill's conduct ; others justified his position ; while a third party preferred grave and serious charges a ^ aiust certain members of the Executive . As to the disputes said 10 exist between Mr . Hill and the Executive , that is aj matter between those parties , in their individual ^ capacity . The Executive insinuate , or threaten , serious charges against Mr . Hill , With these things ,- as an Association , it appears \ o me you have nothing to do . Regarding the charges againjt the Executive , it is not only your right , bai it is your imperative jduty to make the most searching inquiry ; therefore ] I would earnestly impress up » n you the necessity , of appointing a committee to audit the books , with positive instructions tc , require the Secretary to j show vouchers for

      a' . l monies paid on account of the Executive , such vouchers ta show in detail , to the last shilling , as w « . - ! , l as entries in the books , in derail , of all monies received by the Executive . By these means alone , can you see whether your funds have been properly expended and give each locality an opportunity of knowing whether their payments aro duly accounted Vor and , above all , by' these means alone can y Ju do ' justice to the character of the Executive The Executive , in order to have ' themselves 6 ' , t right with the country , iwere in duty bound to have demanded this ordeal . I pressed it on sor of tnem with whom I met | at Birmingham . I r is 0 urgeti j t on a number of the delegates . T told both that

      without this the country wonld never . , be satisfiedthat no resolutions , however favou / ably expressed , or wherever pa 83 ed , would , in the absence of the most searching inqairy into the Executive ' s books , satisfy the country . . ; I was told that ] John Campbell hadeald that the Association owe Wim a balp . nceof wages , atd 4 bat he will not give iip the books till that balance is paid him . 1 hop 6 this is not true . Mr . Campbell would , in adopting this course , injure his own caso , and shew himself j > rievou ? ly ignorant of his position . He cannot hold ihu books . Without this enquiry who can tell whether wages are due to him or not ? The cause in wbioh we are engaged demands this , the charatHtv 0 / year acfrauta demands it . When

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      this is done , then , and not till then , does it become the Executive to put Mr . Hill on his trial . If it can be shewn that Mr . Hill is guilty of what is insinuated against him , let it be done in due course ; but do not mix up that with the charges against your servants . Let Mr . Hill be as base as he is represented , that ia so reason why you , as an Association , should not look strictly alter your own servants . Mr . Hill is not the only one who charges them with not having done their duty ; the matter is not between them and Mr . Hill , it is between you and them . You have erred in leaving the matter to be discussed between your servants and any other party ; but though you may have done wrong in not putting the matter to right earlier , that is no reason yon

      should continue in the wrong now . I tender yon the same advice I did to them . I told Leach he was ibjuring himself ; that he ought to demand a committee to audit their books . I hope James Leach is possessed of too much good sense to overlook this . Let that committee be now appointed . Let it be a committee of clearheaded , business men ; men who will place the matter in a clear and indisputable light before the country . Let the Secretary Bupply that committee with a journal of the Executive ' s tonrs during the last season , shewing the name of every locality visited ; where their expense was paid , either in part or in whole ; also the amount of cash paid them over and above their expenses . Let every locality be corresponded

      with by some responsible party , requringa statement of all transactions with the Executive . Let these be compared , and see whether they will correspond with the statement produced by the Executive ; and let the result be published . Any attempt short of this to establish the innocence of the Executive , must and will prove abortive . Let the conduct of Mr . Hill be subjected to an equally searching inquiry ; and should the offences with which some charge him be established , the country will judge him accordingly . A public meeting may bo a fitting tribunal in Mr . Hill ' s case , but the man who would attempt to bring the case of the Executive before a public meeting , or as some spoke of , a meeting of delegates , betrays

      ignorance of law . Money ma : ters are to be settled—it is not the mere politician that is to be consulted ia these matters , it is the dry-matter-of-fact-businessman that must be brought to play . Speeches will not make up figures , nor will opinion , however high it may run , supply or prevent the means of striking a balance ; facts alone can be found to suit the pains-taking book-keeper , while party spint . and prejudice may supply the necesssay means to suit the purposes of the wily politician . Trusting these facts will be taken as they are given , in friendship , I subscribe myself , Your brother labourer , In the cause of suffering humanity John Colquhoun . Glasgow , Jan . 2 , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —On Sunday last , one of those autheritea denominated a coustabie , made Ms appearance in . ooar Association Room , for the fourth time , he being , aa is always the case , drurk , which to ua is a source of great annoyance ; immediately he began with his usual blackguard language , and threatening what he would do . He brought four other constables with him , bnt they were sober and gave no annoyance whatever . The drunken constable demanded oar books , which are out individual property , we having formed a library for oar mutual instruction . He alae demanded our license , which wo on a former occasion produced , when he demanded to see it . He has also intimated a threat of setting fire to our meetiDg place , it being in a lonely situation . We desire that you would point out the line of conduct we should pursue , and give it in the forthcoming Star . By so doing you will oblige the members of the Association of Siddall . Joseph Denton . Bub-Secretary .

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      ^ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Seeing iu your Star a letter signed Thomas Railton , imputing to me something of a very serious nature , my character being at stake , necessarily compels me to this explanation , and I do it with uo unfriendly feeling 3 to the writer , or anyone else . The writer ' s first charge is , that the Star of the 10 th of December , stated that I received my credentials from the delegate meeting , and the certificate , &o . My reply is , that my certificate and credentials were given me by " order" of the aforesaid meeting , and if I have stated that I got them from the delegate meeting and the Council , I am not far wrong—the act of the one was by the order of the other .

      The writer says , I " pleaded guilty" to some charges brought against me . and by using the words " pleaded guilty , " he would have your readers to inter that I had done something of such a dark dye , that it came under the denomination of guilt , and therefore 1 " pleaded" poverty . Now , Sir , allow me to Bay , I did not plead , I merely made a plain statement of my inability to pay debts that I had brought on myself through my voluntary and disinterested exertion , in . the sacred cause in which I have been engaged . No one at that meeting charged me with any guilt but this , and I

      think no one doubted the purity of my motives and the goodness of my intentions , but the person that was destitute both , of " honesty or courage ; " aye that person who was not summoned , I could prove that that person is the cause of my having to come sixty miles to answer to that which I should not have had to answer , but for the foolish report he had set abroad to damn me , at my first coming out ; and under his calumnies I have Buffered this seven months , and which is an old grudge of these thirteen years- * standing , 1829 or 30 , and through the same persons' influence the infamous Grifiia wrote to Halifax condemning me as a spy .

      Now 1 gave notice through the Star 01 my intention to be at the delegate meeting a month previous . Why did not that person meet me ? I oame from Yorkshire , and he had not to come ten yaids , as he lives close at band . Now although that person did not appear at the meetings of the delegates or the council , both the delegates and the council were made acquainted with what that gentleman bad to bring forward , and the council at last heard my

      answer . Sir , the only charge that can be made agains't me is , that in my ' zeal to serve the cause , I have got into some small difficulties that I cannot meet ; I believe altogether they will not amount to forty shillings , and at the time this matter first began were nob twenty . There lies my guilt , and I have had it hanging on my mind until it has made my life miserable . It shall spread no further . I return my credentials ; and although I have done that against the Repealers and Manufacturers that has shut me out from getting employment , I cannot bear the anxiety of mind that I have suffered any longer . I Bhall fulfil my present engagements and retire from political agitation , and likewise « ive notice that I shall appear before the council of Manchester next week , and am willing to explain and answer any thing required .

      I beg leave to thank tne various localities that I have served , for tneix kindness to me , and I wish them success ia tho glorious cause they are struggling for . Any one wishing to correspond with me , may direct to Mr . Jjrown ' s Coffee House , New-cross , Manchester . Yours till death , Thomas Dickinson , The Manchester Packer

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      Turkis . h Fashion on Making Coffee . —People of all c msscs in Constantinople use these drinks . A good cup of strong coffee may be had for a farthing , and a y , lass of sherbet for a little more . Their coffee is ma ie in a simple , easy manner , and most expeditio'ialy . When a single cup i 3 called for , the attendant in the coffee-house puts hot water into a HtMe copper pan , or rather pot ; puts it over a charcr / al fire for an instant to make it boil , then adds a T / roportion of well-ground or pounded coffee , either alone or mixed whh sugar , returns it again to the fire to boil far an instant , and the coffee is made . It is poured , boiling hot , into a small porcelain , cup , and handod to the customer ; the coarser grounds quickly subside in a few seoonda , whilst cooling down to the driuking point . Disagreeable at first » a taste tot this strong unclarifi 8 d ooffee is sooa acquired . It is an excellent and safe substitute for a dram . —Dr . Davy's Notes and Observations .

      Thb Hanwell Pauper Lunatic Astlom . —Five years ^ 3 , 0 , that benevolence which prompts to holy deeds induced the present matron of the Middlesex P . ' auper Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell ( Mrs . Bowdea ) to make an attempt to infuse some of the joyousness of the great Christian festival amongst a selection of the demented inmates of that institution . Front thirty to forty of the female patients were then enter * taind for the fir 3 t time in the bazaar ward , which was decked with evergreens for the occasion , with music , tea , and other suitable refreshments . The party separated at an early hour , and was closed by the sinking of tho Evening Hymn . Nearly three hundred of the female patients , for the most part the incurably insace , were assembled together on

      the eve of the present New Year , ( Saturday last ) . A small room adjoining the gallery was decorated and fitted up as a refreshment-room for the Visiting Magistrates and other visitors . After the patients had partaken of tea and cake , they mingled in tho dance with tho attendants , to the music of a pianoforte . There were present to witness this interestins ; spectacle , besides the superintending physician . Dr . Conolly , the officers and their families , two of the Visiting Justices—Messrs . H . Pownall , and J . Bailay . Among the visitors was the celebrated Mainzer . who also kindly lent his aid for th . a gratification of the party , and san $ two or threfi pleasing melodies on the occasion . The 3 e entertain meats M > the insane , simple aa they are in tb . ftmaeiT . es , are found to have permanently beneficial effdots .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, January 7, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1843 .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXECUTIVE COl >' . NCII . OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , ENDING DEC . Slsr , 1842 . I ; RECEIPTS . { Cards . £ s d Almondbury ••• ••• — 0 19 Birmingham , Ashton-. street — 0 10 4 Steelhouh'e-lane — 110 Barnstaple .. J ... — SO 0 0 0 Bristol , Youths ; ... »• — 0 6 Broomegrove i ... oQ 0 0 0 Bristol , J . N . and J . Georgt ^ — 0 2 0 Belper ^ .. j ... - W 0 0 0

      Barnoldswick I 70 0 d 0 Bilston , Mr . Linney 200 G 00 Bmgley ... *¦ — » » 4 Bath ... — 0 4 6 Burnley ... ? 50 0 8 4 Brkhton , Mr . Morling ... -50 1 2 10 Mr . Flowers ... 50 0 8 4 Basford . J 50 0 14 6 Clithero ... 50 0 0 0 Cheltenham ... ... — 0 13 . 4 Cockermouth ... ... 60 0 0 0 Coalbrook Dale 700 0 111 Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage ... — 3 0 0 Crockford ' s ditto ... ... — 0 5 0 Carlisle ... 200 100

      Chelmsford ... — 0 2 6 Carrington ... ... ... — 0 4 0 Cullingworth — 0 . 8 0 Chatteris ... ... ... C 0 2 0 Dalton ... — 0 13 Donholme ... ... ... — 0 . 2 0 Deptford ... — 0 12 C Exeter ... 25 0 0 0 Friend , Sussex ... ... — 0 2 6 Mole ... — 0 , 0 8 Hanley and S ' uelton , Mr . Simpson 50 0 0 0 Upper Hanley , ( Mr . Riobards 300 0 0 0 Honley ... — 0 2 6 Haaliagden ..., ... ... 50 0 0 0 Haworth ... ... ... — 0 10 Idle ... ... ... — 0 18

      Kirkheaton ... ... ... — 0 4 Kettering ... ... ... — 10 0 Keighley ... ) — 0 4 2 Kingston , ... ... .. — 0 2 6 London , Wheeler , 110 0 18 i Simpfon 84 0 14 6 Islington , ... ... — 0 2 0 Tower Hamlets , Females , — 0 5 0 Westminster , Southie , — 0 2 9 Clerken well 36 0 6 0 Marylebone , 100 0 8 4 Bermondsey ,... ... 25 0 5 0

      Cleave , ! ... ... 100 0 0 0 Bootmakers , Brittain niaCoffeehouso , ... ... — 0 2 0 Stuff Hatters ... ... 6 0 11 0 Brompton < &Knigbtsbridge , 0 19 9 . Rock Locality , Carpenters , 0 2 1 Shorediteh , ... ... — 0 3 0 Milendj Shaw , ed . cds . 4 0 2 0 Lambeth , Youths ... 12 0 2 0 Gold Beater ' s Arms ... — 0 2 0 Camber . iwell ... ... — 0 2 6 Tower Hamlets ... — 0 2 6 Star Coifoe-house ,

      Goldenlane i ... ... — 0 1 . 7 5 Blooinsbury ... ... 12 0 7 0 Three Doves , Tailors ... — 0 ' 2 0 Marylebone ... ... — 0 30 King and Queen , Foley-st . — 0 8 0 St . Pancras ... ... 25 0 4 2 Hammersmith ... — 0 9 0 Finsbury ... ... — 0 4 . 0 Carversjand Gilders ... 18 0 50 Clockhojise ... ... 36 0 6 0 Leicester , Cooper ... 540 0 0 0 Leeds ( ... ... 200 2 0 0 Liverpool , 12 ed . cds . and ... 80 0 0 0 Loughboro ... < ... ... 300 0 0 0 Longton ... ... ... 120 0 0 0

      Lewes ... , ... ... — 0 3 0 Llanledoes ... ; ... ... 20 0 0 0 Manchester Youths , ed . cds . ... 6 0 0 0 Manchester Fustian Cutters ... 80 0 0 0 Manchester Mechanics ... 52 0 0 0 Manchester Smiths ... ... 50 0 0 0 Manchester Painters ... ... — Oil 0 Manchester Shoemakers ... — 0 8 0 Nottingham Democratic Chapel — 0 10 0 Nag's Head ... — 0 10 0 Ranoliffe Arms ... — 0 10 0 Robin Hood ... — 13 0 Norwich ... ... ... — 0 10 0 Preston ... ... ... 35 0 0 0

      Rotherham ... ... ... 100 0 0 0 Ross ... ... 100 0 , 00 Richmond ... ... ... — 0 5 0 Salisbury ... ... ... — - 0 4 2 Sowerby ... ... ... — 0 5 . 5 Stafford ... ... ... — - 0 5 0 Star Coffee-house ... — 2 12 0 Sheffield ... ' ed . cds . 12 448 0 0 0 Political Institute ( Harney ) 300 0 0 0 Sunny side ... ¦ ... ... 90 0 0 0 oheerness ... ... ... — 0 2 0 St . Albans ... ... 16 3 0 0 0 Shipley ... ... ... — 0 0 8 Todmorden ... ... ... — 10 0

      Tanstock ... ... ... 18 0 10 2 Worcester ... ... ... 64 0 0 0 Wilton ... ... ... — 0 3 0 Wilsden ... ; ... ... — . 0 13 Yew Green ... ... ... — 0 3 2 Yeovil ... ... ... — 0 6 0 T ^ tal Income ... £ 34 16 0 , EXPfiNCKS . To 5 , 000 Cards panting 5 10 0 To 13 weeks' wages for Leach ... 0 . 0 0 Ditto , ditto M'Douall ... 6 0 0 Ditto , ditto Bairstow ... 7 12 0 To Postage for 12 weeks ... ... 2 17 2 To Stationer , diito ... ... ... 0 17 2 To Newspapers [ ... ... ... 0 8 6 Secretary travelling from Liverpool to London ! ... ... ... 2 2 0 Error in Tavistock account ... ... 0 11 0 Duo to Treasurer last Balance-sheet ... 113 3 £ Secretary ' 8 wages for 15 weeks ... 7 4 24 Total Expences £ 34 16 0

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      4 THE NORT HERN S TAR . .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct632/page/4/