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    • OUESira "BABBY" MSSTXXG YOL. IT, ffO. 161. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1840, >wc ^^^,^Sr r v or
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      AT HULL . On Thursday , the 3 rd instant , agreeably to » requisition numerously signed . a pablie meeting was beld in the Town Hall , the Mayor in the chair . At eleven o ' clock , the hoar for which the meeting was called ,, a small somber only were present . The object for which they hid met together was explained by the Mayor , and the requisition desiring aim to call such meeting was read after which , a Mr . F . EU . 5 CI 5 , a tutor at one of the colleges , rose to object to the manner of getting up the requisition :

      that a many who would gladly nave signed it had not had the opportunity ; that it had been carried about by ft party , for party purposes ; that the Conservatives , who would hare gladly availed themgelves on so joyous an occasion , had been entirely excluded ; and that the hoar for which the meeting was called was inconvenient for a many-who were confined by business ; and that , for these reasons , he would move for an adjournment to another day that greater publicity might be given to a subject of such rital importance as the one they were met to commemorate .

      Mr . Hbaxt , a working man , previously to Mr . Francis speaking , had protested against the unreasonable hour for which it was called , as it excluded almo 3 t all the working classes , who were as much interested in this question as any class of the immunity . Mr . Wills , a Whig barber , saw no reason why the meeting should not proceed to business , there being as m&ny present as was usual on any occasion , excepting the two l * st times , when the Hall was filled for the purpose of obstructing the arrangements of the meeting ; and the only design for an adjournmeat favourable to a meeting of the working cJ asses was to defeat the objects contemplated by the present meeting .

      Mr . Bxrsxs , a working man , said the arguments of the last speaker were of a strange character . A meeting was called for a specific purpose , by a numerously-signed requisition , yet he would make bold to assert that aa many of the requisitionists themsehtis were not even present , he thought then loyally was below par . How could the few now met congratulate her Majesty , as the inhabitants of Hull ? 'rial , according to the list speaker , the fewer met , the greater loyalty , and , on tne contrary , the i&rger the meeting the greater the disloyalty . If this were so , there was no occasion whatever to call this meeting , as the Town Council , or even one individual , might do the work this meeting was called on to perform . But whenever a meeting was called by requisition , all those haying signed it ought to answer to their names when read over by the chairman , and conclnded by suggesting an adjournment to Monday evening , at seven o ' clock .

      Mr . Kesjtkdt then moTed , ind Mr . Johk Peck seconded , that this meeting , at its rising , be adjourned till Monday evening , at halx-past six o ' clock . A committee of nine was then appointed to draw tip &n adaress and resolutions , to be submitted to the adjourned meeting—the W'higs , Tories , and Chartist 3 having each three on tne committee , the three for the Chartists being Messrs . Peck , Wild , and Healey . _ The committee met on Friday evening , but no B © oner did the Chartist party Bubmit their views tt > the notice of the meeting , than Mr . Francis ( a Torr ) refused to acknowledge any such party as Chartist , and that ihe exiled and suffering patriots were endonnjr a merited pnnishment .

      The Chartist 3 , being then in a minority , refused to connect themselves further with the proceedings , and the WM ^ s and Tories dove-tailed together their separate addresses , to meet the views of both parties . At ths adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Hull , held in the Town Hall , on the evening of Monday , 7 th December , l&iO , the Mayor m the chair , to pass congratulatory addresses to her Majesty , Prince Albert , and the Duchess of Kent , the following proceedings took place , ' and which we

      think ought to hare tde greatest publicity ; as , no doubt , other town 3 , or rather the Whig municipal authorities of some other towns , may in like manner deceive not only tho 3 e whom they meet to congratulate , but the country in general , aa to the state of feeling manifested on these occasions ; and as our paper is moot extensively circulated among a class of persons who know how to value . Wnig professions , and who are not to be deceived , by their proceedings , a report of this , while it may not surprise the Chartists , may , nevertheless , afford to them an additional proof of the value of Whig

      veracity . -Alter the adjournment on Thursday , all parties exerted themselves 10 demonstrate thtir iniiaence on . M . onday night . Whig agents were as basy as bees on a summer ' s day . The Tories , in addition to otfcar means—and treating was one—extensively cireuiated a printsd document , of which the following is a copy : — ** You are particularly requested to Attend a meeting to be held at the Town Hall this evening , at half-past six o'clock , for ihe purpose of To ; ing addresses to her Majesty the Qjeen Prince Albert , and the Duchess ot' Kent . . Monday , 7 th Dec , 1 & 40 . John Hutchinson , printer , 30 77

      Scaie-lane , Bull . Aa may be supposed , the exertions to procure a full meeting were not thrown away ; before six o'clock a considerable number of persons had taken their places , the Tory gallery was pretty fall , the opposite one the police asserted was reserved for females , notwithstanding , before the business of the meeting commenced , it was taken possession of by a posse of Waigs , whose conaact throughout was anything but creditable to the p * rty whose tooU they were , or to themselves as gentlemen ; suffice it to say , they were of the ahopocracy , which affords at once a gauge for the caiibre of their minds .

      A little before seven o ' clock , the Mayor , Sir Wm . Lowxhrop , Mr . Kennedy , Mr . Francis , and several ¦ osaer gentlemen maae iheir appearance on u : e pia . form , which was soon crowded iu every part by Whi fe S and Tories ; at this time the body of the Hall was crowded chiefly by working men , and the police imprudently closed the doors , which caused considerable coniosion , a = there were hundreds seeking admission , and one of the Cnartists had to be passed over the heads of the people , rhe length oi the room , to take his place on the platform as one of their advocates . We may as well notice the fact that , the night police were in attendance , leaving the town in an unprotected condition , as the services of ail were Wiiiggkhly required upon this momentous occasion . The meeting was opened by the Matob taking the chair , who claimed for every speaker a fair hearing . after which ,

      Mr . Kessedy , the editor of ihe Whig Advertiser newspaper , who obtained a place under Lord Durham in his Canadian mission , explained to the meeting the circumstances under which the committee appointed at the last meeting had acted , but only explained so much as suited the purpose of his party . Sir Wh . Lowthorp then rose to to move that an Address be presented to her Majesty , and that the following be the address . The Tows Clerk then read the following address : — " To Her Most Gracious Majesty ihe Queen .

      " "We , your Majesty ' s loyal and duti : ul subjects , th » Mayor , Magistrates , Clergy , Merchants , Bankers , and other inhabitants of the Borough of KingBUm-upon-Huil , assembled in the Town Hall of the said Borough , beg leave to tender to your Majesty onrmosi sincere and heartfelt congratulations upon the auspicious birth of the Heiress-Presumptive to the Throne . " To that benign Providence , which has hitherto protected your ilajartv , we offer up oar fervent prayers for the continued health of your Majesty and the Princess fioyal ; and we trost tks : jour 3 Iajestj-s maternal solicitude will obtain its b ? st reward in the early deTelopement and timely maturity of Cnristiac graces and patriotic Tirtu . es in the mind of the infant Princess .

      " It is oni earnest hope that the Almighty giver of all good , through ¦ whom tings reign , may long preserve your Majesty , the Princess Royal , and your Royal Consort , in the enjoyment of every domestic blessing ; that your Majesty may reign over a loyal , free , and contented people , and that your Majesty ' s descendants may be established through ail generations on the Throne of these realms as the proteetors of our religion , and the guardians of our national liberties . " Sir William said that the principles of the British constitution he coonsidered most especially adapted for the happiness of the people , they being ba ? ed npon an equuabie distribution of power , whereby the different orders of the community were fairly represented , and operated as a check on each other .

      ( Much uproar . ) It was ihis which he considered made this country stand unrivalled in the history of the world . ( . Great disorder . ) Everything , therefore , which bore on the maintenance of this happy -equiiibrinm was of the greatest importance to the nation . Nothing , in his opinion , could be more important than the auspicious even ! which now called them together . He was a later of his country , because he could'flnd no better ; and he was a lover pf the Government , because it embodied essentially those principles which Eecured the best intejesis ol the working classes . ( Loud cries of " No , no . ) Gentlemen were not to try him by his words , bnt by his actions , which alone could prove the troth of his assertions . He would observe ,

      that in glancing at the history of the world , they could not fail to be struck bow much human blood has been spilt , at various times , in settling the disputes of riral claimants to the throne , assisted much by the confliction of aristocratic and democratic principles , wnich eren now more oi less agitated this country—n » t only this , but every country . Admit this , and still they had only adnitted that the difficulties which belonged to imperfect human nature were in- ths way of the advancement of liberty and happiness ; and in his ( Sir TV . L . ' s ) opinion , the only way by which this could be effectually removed , was by the more expansive , diffusion of Christianity . And it ought , therefore to ngoice every heart , that it had pleased God to make thiB country the depository of the sacred

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      truths of Christianity . { Much uproar , and cries of " Question . ") After a prayer for tha Success of Yictoria ' s reign , he concluded by reading the address .. Mr . Francis , of Kingston College , then addressed the meeting , and said he was convinced that the address which had been proposed would be acceptable to the great majority of the meeting , so far as it went . Having been one of a committea to prepare an address which should not be offensive to any , he need only submit to the meetiHg that suoh an address had been presented , and was now before them . If this was the case , no more need be said on the subject . The meeting had heard that this address had not been unanimously prepared by the committee appointed for that purpose ; the reason for this was , that certain members of the committee considered themselves as delegates of a party , for the

      purpose of preventing unanimity , and to effect that object had attempted to introduce matter into the addresses which they had been appointed to prepare , perfectly irrelevant to the Bubject npon which they were assembled to address her Majesty . He ( Mr . Francis ) had come there at some inconvenience to express his sentiments on the occasion ; he had told them , at the last meeting , that be was not a delegate of any party , and had merely acted from his own impulse of what he considered to be right . If ever there were an occasion when party differences oaght to be l&id aside , this was it . Without detaining the present meeting further , he would beg to second Sir William Lowthrop in the proposal that the loyal address , which had been distinctly read over by the Town Clerk , and in which no loyal or rational man could find anything objectionable , be adopted by this meeting , and forwarded to the foot of the throne .

      lAr . John Peck then rose , amid the repeated plaudits of the Chartists . He said he had the honour of appearing at that meeting as the representative of his fellow-townsmen of the working classes , to propose for the consideration of that meeting an address in the form of an amendment upon that which had just been proposed . He first wished te observe that a great mistake had pervaded the minds ef the gentlemen who had previously addressed the meeting ; for , if they consulted » he original requisition they would see it stated that the inhabitants were called upon to consider the propriety of an address to her Majesty . Gentlemen had presumed—and he hoped to prove wronglythat nothing extraneous—nothing but a simple congratulatory address ought to be presented . He denied such a position altogether ; and , had business been proceeded with at the last meeting , an amendment similar to the one he now held in his hand

      would have been presented . ( Applause . ) He had yet to learn when they were met on an occasion like the present that it was extraneons matter to ask for mercy . ( Great applause . ) He had yet to learn that it was extraneous matter to ask their Sovereign for relief on a joyful oacasion like the present , from burdens that pressed upon them . ( Much , applause . ) There was nothing more likely to make the present a joyful occasion than the exhibition of mercy on the pan of the Sovereign towards her people . ( Rapturous applause . ) It was not uncommon for persons to be liberated from gaol on joyful occasions like the present ; and only on Monday last , a gentleman had liberated all the debtors in Carlisle gaol , whose debts were under £ 20 , solely , as he stated , in consequence of this auspicious event . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He ( Mr . P . ) was there to bring forward an address expressing the principles of that party which was

      not recognised by the State , and , if he could , he would have those sentiments carried to the Throne . ( Much applause- ) He asked the Mayor if the working classes ever had had fair play since the Whigs came into office ; he esked if anything like justice had been done since they held the reins ; aid not the working classes present a requisition to the late iJayor asking for the use of the Town Hall to consid er ^ he propriety of addressing the Queen to dismiss her present Ministers , which petition was signed by 320 mhabiiams whose trades and residences were attached to the signatures , and they were refused ; while , within one short week of that time , a Whig requisition , with bnt sixty signatures , was graciously received , and the use of the Town Hall grajited them . Among us , justice is not only lame , but blind . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Peck concluded by proposing that the following address be substituted lor the one inst read : —

      "To ihe Queens Most Excellent Majesty . " Most Gmaovs Sovereign , —We , yoar Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects , the inhabitants of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Aull , in public meeting assembled , beg leave most respectfully to tender to your Majesty our sincere and heartfeit congratulations on the nappy and auspicious event which has conftrred upon your Majesty the endearing title ef parent , and enables us to hail the birth of a Princess Royal of these realms . " We hope your Majesty will be pleased to permit us to congratulate your Majesty on the new feeling of affectionate maternal kindness ¦ which must animate yonr Majesty towards your royal daughter , and allow us to * express the hope that you will take into your serious consideration the condition of those who are without not only the comforts but the necessaries of life—a state of things which ,- has been caused by ihe tolij and extra-ra ^ ance of our legislators , who are alike ignorant and corrupt

      " And that while we invoke the Divine blessing on your head , we hope that your Majesty will cause inquiry to be made into the grievances of the people , grievances which can only be removed by granting to the pfeop . e a fall , fair , and free representation in the Commons' House of Parliament , as contained in the People ' s Charter . "That we hope your Majesty on this joyful occasion will not deny to the exiled and incarcerated victims of political persecution , that sacrtd mercy which Heaven has constituted the only condition of extending to man ij forgiveness , but that yon Trill be pleased to issue an universal amnesty to all suffering patriots of the people ' s cause , and thus diffuse unnimgled joy throughout your Majesty ' s dominions , aa well as to the widowed mother and orphan child . "

      Mr . Thomas Wild seconded the address as amended and proposed by Mr . Peck , and said that it had his cordial approbation , for it exactly recorded his sentiments . ( Cheers . ) It would appear that the toiling millions may hope for no sympathy from the aristocracy and higher classes . Has not her Majesty the prerogative of shewing mercy , and is it not One of the nrst principles of Christianity , to love mercy and to do justice ? Why then should we be deprived of this opportunity of seeking for mercy for ad those who have been unjustly persecuted , and of expressing our opinions on an occasion &o favourable ? I woulvl aik the gentiemeu present if the working classes have any grievances ]—if there are not 20 ( 1 , 000 hand-loom weavers in a state of

      destituiion ? ( . Hear , hear . ) Have we not grievances to complain of in the State , in the Church , and in the Law ? Do we not see the prisons becommg too small to hold such as have beea sent there for being poor ; or forgiving expre ? s ; on to their political upimou ;! ( HLtar , hear . ) Do we not see Union hastiles erected all over the country , and have they not inflicted upon the country a Rural Police force to mirk the lootsteps of the working classes , and to transmit to the Secretary of State every circumstance connected with their movements ? All these evils have arisen in a brick and mortar legislation , and

      or' which I see a great deal here . ( Much applause . ) The Scriptures ted us that by the sweat of our brow we zh&ll obtain food . Hvvr then does it happen that 50 many of the industrious are starving ? { A cry , '" Mr . r ' rancis anu such like eat it all . ') 6 : r Wm . Lowthrop says he is a friend to the working classes . I believe him , and hope he will shew himself really so . ( Hear , hear . ) All that we want is to enjoy political rights as a means of bettering our condition , without in the least abridging the comforts of me higher classes . Let them keep all they have . 1 beg leave to second the amended addres ? . ( Applause . )

      Mr . Healt rose to support the amendment of Mr . Peck , and said that , notwithstanding what had been ezpresp ^ d in committee by a gentleman present that the Chai lists were not a recognised party , the Speaker of the House of Commons , when that Hou ? e ¦ was petitioned by upwards of a million a : < i a quarter , declared not only the petition bat the Charter to be perfectly legal . He ( Mr . Healy ) was sorry to find that one who called himself a dear Chartist brother at their last meeting , should be doing his utmost to disturb the present one . He hoped , however , to see the day when the working classes would possess the power of legislating for the interests of all , and occupy a seat on that bench at present filled by gentlemen acting as _ magistrates , and that justice would then be impartially administered , and not as by the present authorities . ( Here the confusion caused by the Wkigs became so great , that it was impossible for Mr . H . to be heard , aid after waiting a considerable timehe sat down . )

      , Mr . Btjb-ss rose to support . Mr . Pack ' s amended address , and could not but express his surprise at the manner in which this question had beeu argued by some of the preceding speakers . He could not but allude { he hoped not offensively ) to some remarks made by Mr . Kennedy in respect to the unanimity hoped for at thiB meeting , from the labours of the committee appointed at the last one . Now he thought the fact of three parties having been

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      appointed to prepare an address , was proof sufficient that each party had , or supposed it had , a motive or interest of its own to manage m preparing an address that should meet the views of all . Now , the party with whom he acted , were only influenced by human motives ; all they sought to obtain in that address , was a prayer that her Majesty would ba graciously pleased to exercise her prerogative of mercy towards the exiled and incarcerated for political offences . Surely thi 3 was not too much to ask on what all were considered to acknowledge as a very joyful occasion . Now , he ( Mr . B . ) thought that not one of the gentlemen on that platform would have compromised nis dignity , or sacrificed a principle , by including in their address , a prayer , which would have detracted nothing from its merits , and

      have had the cordial support of every individual in that crowded assembly . That the address prepared by the Whi ^ s and Tories would have their support , no one could for a moment doubt . They were paid to support such addresses , but the working classes , having set theirminds on one object , were determined to support nothing that did not embrace it ; and it were far better , when their object was humane , to unite with them for its attainment , than obstinately oppoEe their praiseworthy exertions . Mr . Kennedy might , he ( Mr . B . ) thought , be very easily mistaken for a lawyer , for he possessed that quality iu a high degree for which the most eminent among that tribe were distinguished , viz ., special pleading . Mr . K . had wished to make it appear , that every

      thing but unbounded congratulation , and the most unqualified expressions of loyalty , was foreign to the object of this meeting . Is royalty , then , a matter of privilege only , and not of duty f Not can its privileges be acknowledged , when its duties are not performed . I ask you , Sir ( addressing the Mayor ) , if you would continue a person in your employ who ceased to perform the duties for which you engaged him , ot continue his pay should he abscond his employment altogether ; 1 know you would not , Sir , and the cases are parallel . But , Sir , the mover of this address ( Sir Wm . Lowthrop ) has made some strange statements ; and which can only be accounted for by the education he has received . We cannot be ignorant , Sir , of the influence

      of education in the formation of character . ( Laughter . ) I am not a Socialist , Sir ; still I cannot be ignorant of the fact , that our character is often to be accounted for by impressions made on our minds in early life ; we take in a great measure the form of the mould in which we have been cast , and we find the greatest difficulty in after-life of accommodating that character so formed to a different class , feelings , and circumstances . Sir William has spoken as if no changes had taken place in this country within the last few years ; but if he had consulted documentary evidence , as laid before Parliament , he might have known that there are numbers of those hands whose wages only average seven shillings a week . Contrast this state

      of things with royalty , and we shall fiad that while thousands are thus starving , the expences of royalty are more than equal to the wages of 40 , 000 men at 12 s . a week . Sir William has told us that nothing is so important to the well-being of the State , as that a line of monarchs should govern by hereditary descent ; but 1 can inform Sir William , that no nation , for the purpose of aggrandisement , hare deposed monarchs and overturned thrones as our own have done . Witness our proceedings in India , where blood has been spilt tnat would fill the ocean , and life sacrified without mercy , and treasure expended iu the unhallowed conflict , in amount incalculable ; but Sir William would improve our condition by a wider diffusion of Christianity . Well , we have attempted this , and it was only the other day that we read of the Captain of a man-of-war and some of his officers and crew being slain in the

      attempt to impose our religion upon the inhabitants of one of the South Sea Islands . ( Cries of M no , no , and yes , yes . ") We have tried Christianity ( so called ) a long time , and before it can ever fulfil the design of its benevolent founder , those who assume the teaching of it , must do more work , and receive less pay . ( Much cheering . ) Mr . B . then referred to the illegal conviction of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and said that he heard Judge Tindal declare to the Counsel employed by Mr . Frost , that no damage should be sustained by him in an appeal to the fifteen Judges , on the objection raised by Counsel in his behalf ; but who does not know that although two of the Judges on the Commission decided in favour 0 ! the prisoners , they were , nevertheless , sent out of the country 1 On this ground alone , and wtre there no other , he should support the amended address .

      After a few words in reply by Mr . Kenjvbdt " , the Town Cierk read the two addresses , and the Mayor intimated that , as usual , the amendment would be put first to the meeting , and desired that one hand only should be held up by each person . On the amendment being put , a very large majority were in its favour—the loyal address having not more than one-third of the votes—when , to the astonishment of every one , the Mayor declared the original resolutien carried . ( Cries of " there is two to one , aye , five to one , " proceeded from all parts of the meeting . ) It was agaiu tried with the eame result . On the original motion for and against , still the Mayor persisted in his determination ( if not , his predetermination ) that the Chartists were defeaied , notwithstanding gentlemen of all parties agreed that they had carried their amendment by a large majority . Opening of Parliament . —At the Privy Council , held at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday , n was ordered that the present Parliament be prorogued from Thursday , the 10 th instant , until Tuesday , the 26 th of January , then to meet , it is said , for the despatch of business .

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      KINQHORN— Mr . John Duncan , from Edinburgh , delivered a lecture to the Chartists of this town , on Thursday last . The hall was crowded , and the audience paid the most profound attention , while the lecturer proceeded to discuss at great length the effects of class legislation . The thanks of the meeting was given to Mr , Duncan , for his address , in the most enthusiastic manner . BROM 6 GROVE . —On Sunday last , a sermon was preached by Mr . W . Clements , in the National Charter Association-room , for the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , when the sum yf 10 j . were collected . I'he speaker addressed in a powerful and animated manner the audience assembled , from the 1 st EpistJe of St . John , iii ch . and 17 thv . A lasting impression wssmsde on all present . The sum collected we shall transmit forthwith to the Secretary of the Victim Fund .

      Tea Party . —A tea party will beheld at the above place , on the ' 28 ih inst ., for the before-mentioned purpose , when lectures will be delivered by Mr . W . Chalton , of Kidderminster , and other friends from Redditch . STJTTON-XN-ASHFIEID . —On Wednesday night the 25 th ult ., Mr . Mason , from Newcastle , delivered a lecture on the principles of Chartism , in the Chartists ' Meeting-room , Water-laue ; on Sunday evening , Mr . Harrison , from Calverton . lectured to a crowded audience in the same room ; and on Sunday evening last , Mr . Gilbert Mee , of Sutton-in-Ashfield , gave a lecture on temperance . Mr . Mason will give another lecture on Saturday next , and Mr . John James , on Sunday .

      WOTTON-DNDER-EDGE-At a meeting of the Working Men ' s Association , on Monday last , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — "That the thauksof th'S Association be given to MessrB . Dover and Hewitt , for their honest , noble and patriotic conduct in so boldly unmabking and exposing the sophistry of the anti-slavery " humbugs , " at their late meeting held in Norwich . LONDON . —National Charter Association . — At the usual weekly meeting of the members , on Monday evening , December 7 th , Mr . Bertramd in the chair , the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , subscriptions received , and some new members were enrolled . It was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , thatthetreasurer do make

      the first payment of ten shillings from the fundB ot this locality ou Thursday next , to the committee in furtherance of the great demonstration in January next , in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all the other incarcerated victims ; after which , an able lecture was delivered by Mr . Parker , a member of this society , on the rise , progress , and principles of the People s Charter , in which he was frequently applauded ; he afterwards dilated upon and energetically recommended the people ' s paper , the Northern Star , which was responded to by every one present . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Parker for his able lecture this evening , and for his general advocacy of the people ' s rights ; a vote of thanks was also given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      Boeotjgh 0 ? Lambeth National Charter As-• ociatios . —At the weekly meeting of the above association , held at Westbrook ' s Tempeianee Cotfee House , near the Gate , Waterloo-road , it waa resolved to discountenance every agitation , unconnected with the National Charter Association , as calculated to weaken the force of public opinio * .

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      Westminsteb Nationai , Charter Association . — Meetings were held on Wednesday , the 2 nd , and Monday , the 7 th inst ., at the Red Lion , Poland , Soho . New members were enrolled on each occasion ; and the association meets again on Friday , at the same place . FROST COMMITTEE . —The London Frost Committee met last night , for the dispatch of business , in connection with the intended new year ' s demonstration in favour of Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . Bell having been called to the chair , Mr . Chapman addressed the Committee , stating himself to be one of a deputation from the Frost Demonstration Committee , and asking for co-operation in ttwir exertions to make the demonstration effective . After certain questions

      had been asked , and explanations given , Mr . Dyson moved that a deputation be appointed for the purpose of arointing in the object proposed ; but it was afterwards agreed , in consequence of many members of the Committee being also members of other bodies , " that it would be inexpedient to appoint a deputation , but the persons present pledge themselves , individually and collectively , to give all assistance in their power to the exertions « f their brethren of the Frost Demonstration Committee . " Mr . Hoppy strongly impressed on the attention of the members the necessity for punctual attendance , and a zealous discharge of the duties they had undertaken to perform ; and concluded by submitting the following resolution , which was seeonOsd by Mr . Thome : — " That the members of the Frost

      Committee now present do pledge themselves to take active qgejastafea for the reorganisation of the Committee />» nd that they do in future meet on every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at Lunt ' s Coffee House . " Some conversation then ensued relative to the financial condition of the committee , in the course of which Mr . Dyson strongly urged on his friends the propriety of their making a strenuous effort to pay the debtsfof the committee . They should recollect that they were indebted to a man who was about to endure the full measure of persecution which it Jay in the power of the enemies of the people to inflict , and had that day va * t his foes face to face , and bearded them in their stronghold—he meant Mr . Hetherington , who , though he might ba ever so much in want of it , would not , he

      verily believed , aak them for it , if they » wed it a doten ytars . He was anxious to see it paid . It was but just that they should seek to be out of debt before they incurred new espences , and be thought it would add energy to the exertions of the committee to find itself entirely unshackled by debt Mr . James Lawrence was fully convinced of the necessity of being free from incurubranoe in their future progress , and he begged to move— " That a deputation , composed of three persons , do wait on the more opulent members of the committee , to ask their assistance in meeting the committee ' s expencej . " —Seconded by Mr . Godwin , and carried unanimously . The Secretary was then directed to furnish reports of the night ' s proceedings to the Northern and Western Star $ , and the committee adjourned to next Tuesday , the 18 th inst

      WIGAN . —The cause is progressing here ; the Commercial Hotel has been secured for the approaching demonstration ; speakers are promised from Bolton and other places , and it is expected that Wigan will turn out well . STOCKPORT . —At the usual meeting , held on Sunday evening , several able speeches having been made , Mr . James Leech was elected to represent the Chartiste in the Executive Council . An interesting discussion afterwards took place , as to the best method of upsetting a Whig meeting that is to take place on the 10 th , to request from the ratepayers a grant of £ 10 , 000 , for the purpose of filling the pockets of the followers of the man with the fiendish smile , when it waa determined that the Chartists should move an adjournment to that day twelvemonths .

      The Frost , Williams , and Jones' Restoration Committee met on Monday night , when they received monies , transacted a deal of business , and passed the following resolutions .- —First , " That Joseph Costa , Joseph Melbit , James Forkington , John Wright , and Thomas Clark be recommended to the Birmingham Restoration Committee , as proper persons to become honorary members of that Committee . " Second , " That a vote of thanks be given to the Birmingham Committee , for the promptness with which they have answered our correspondence , and also for the copy ot the rules they have forwarded us .

      BIRMINGHAM—National Charter Association . —At an extraordinary meeting of the council , specially summoned , by circular , for Sunday evening last , held at Bill ' s Coffee House , Moor-street , Mr . Councillor Barrett in the chair , a letter baring been read from Studley , requesting the attendance of one or more of the council to attend at the dinner of the Studley and Redd itch Working Men ' s Association , on Monday next , December 7 th , It -was moved by Mr . Herbert , seconded by Mr . Cotton , " That Messrs . Pare , Penn , and Barrett , be elected to attend the said dinner , and that Mr . T . P . Green be requested to attend the same . " Passed unanimously . Moved by Mr . Pare , seconded by Mr . Penn ,

      " That the deputation be empowered to take fifty copies of the Chartist tract , callvd ' What is a Chartist , ' for the purpose ot distributing them among the people of Kedditch and Studley . " The council then adjourned till the following eveniDg , when they met at the same place , Mr . Councillor Herbert in the chair . It was moved by Mr . Councillor Cotton , seconded by Mr . Bough , " That Mr . Robert Kemp Philp , of Bath , is a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a member of the Executive Council . " Passed unanimously .

      Notice having been given by the landlord that the place would not be hod again to meet in , we beg to inform the Chartists of Birmingham , that placards trill be issued , stating where we shall meet in future . The cards of membership have arrived , and all persona friendly to the cause of Chartism , are particularly requested to attend and receive their cards of membership , as vre are anxious to have a good muster of the good and true to attend the demonstration on New Year ' s Day . Universal Suffrage and no Surrender is nailed to our mast , and . rather than strike colours , we are determined to go down to the bottom , and die a glorious death . " A day , an hour , of virtuous liberty , la worth a whole eternity of bondage . " By order of the council , W . H . Cottom , S . S . J ) ec . 8 . IS 40 .

      AT a NUMEROUS and- highly respectable meeting of the Chartists of Birmingham , held on Monday evening last , at Bill's Coffee House , Moor-atrtet , Mr . H . Green in the chair . Moved by Mr . Cotton , seconded by Mr . Bough , and passed unanimously , " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the brave and noble-minded nit-n of Norwich and Brighton , for their manly conduct in defending the principles of Chartism , in opposition to the lawn sleeves and M . P . ' s of the towns of Brighton and Norwich , and exposing the cant and hypocrisy of the villanous factions that oppress us . " MBS . Bkown ' s SVFPOM FtWD . —Mr . Daviea has received the sum of 11 s . 6 d . from Mr . Guest , Birmingham , being a collection made by the Radical friends of Lancashire .

      DIERE , ( Wilts ) . — -A Charter Association has been formed here , and they hold their weekly meeting every Monday evening , at the house of Mr . Stephen Mills . We met on Monday evening , when the cards of membership wore administered to the members . CARLISLE . —A new Council of nine members has been formed here , of whom the office-bearers are —Mr . Knott , Chairman ; Mr . J . M . Cubby , Secretary ; Mr . Sinclair , Treasurer . We hope that all bickerings will now cease , and that the united energies of the people will now be directed to the attainment of their proper end .

      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . —The canny lads and lasses of this truly democratic town are again bestirring themselves , and seem resolved to follow the example so nobly set by their Scottish brethren . A meeting was held at the New Lecture Room , on Thursday evening , for the purpose of electing a candidate to the National Executive Council . After an appropriate address , Mr . Byrne proposed Mr . George White , of Leeds , as a proper person to be nominated « n behalf of Newcastle and district . The proposition wasreteived with loud cheers , and after being seconded by a member of the Council , was passed unanimously . Mr . White then addressed the meeting at great length , and entered fully into the principles of the Charter , and explained

      his views on the various questions that now occupy the people ' s attention . He was repeatedly cheered throughout Another meeting was held in the Music Mall , on Saturday evening , which was well attended , at which Mr . White delivered an address on the duties « f the people , the necessity of union , organisation , and perseverance , in order to secure to the people their just rights . After an address from Mr . Byrna , resolmtions were passed , approving the ManchesteE plan of organisation , and pledging the meeting to increased exertions in the people ' s cause . Three cbtjers -were given for the Charter , the Norther * £ t * r , Feargua O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , * c » , and the meeting separated .

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      BTROUDWATER . —The Chartists of Stroudwater have deemed it prudent t # send circulars to the different Associations in the-Cointy of Gloucester , to hold a delegate meeting , on Sanday , Dec . 13 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to take into consideration the propriety of eleoti > # a person for a county counsel to the National Charter Association . Mr , Sidaway , of Gloucester has kindly offered to deliver a lecture in their Association Rooms , Tower Hill , on Sanday ( to-morrow ) evening , at halfpast eir o ' clock . Bristol . —Council Mbetikq . op the National Chahteb Association , Mr . D * niels , president , in the chair . After the enrolment of new members , the receipt of th « monies from the Ward collectors , and Tarioua class leaders , the minutes of last meeting being disposedofand confirmed . itwasreaolyed ^ That the thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to the Chartists of Norwiob , particularly their

      champions , Messrs . Dover and Hewitt , for their manly and honourable conduct in opposing the white slavery perpetuators of the vaunting locust establishment , and asserting the right of all persons to be truly free . " 2 nd— " That the thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to Felix William Simeon , for his strenuous opposition to the Tories at their hole and corner meeting in the Diocesan School Room , and proposing an amendment requesting her Majesty to deliver Frost , Williams , and Jones from their illegal banishment and confinement . '' 3 rd"That the Secretary do advertise in the Northern 8 tar % calling a meeting of the County Council for Gloucestershire , to be held at Mr , Sidaway ' s , Magnet Inn , Gloucester , on , Monday ,, the 21 ac of December . " 4 th—** That one hundred of the addresses , now laiU upon the table , be posted , and a copy thereof 6 ent to the Northern Star office , requesting the same to be inserted in that invaluable journal . —Correspondent .

      MIXNROW . —Mr . William Thomason , late-of Newcastle , delivered a lecture in the National Charter Association Room , to a crowded audience , on Sunday evening , December the 6 th . ROCHDALE . —On Sunday , December 6 th , a lecture was delivered in the Association Room , at two o'clock ; the attendance was numerous , and all present appeared to be interested in the truths taught . The lecturer , Mr , William Thomason , of Newcastle , dwelt upon the liberty-destroying and death-producing institutions of this country ; police , standing army , church , law , the monarchy . Corn Laws , rag money , pension list , and national debt , were exhibited before the audience with thrilling effect ; and each appeared to vow , as deeply as

      Hannibal , when in the midst of the tombs of his ancestors , to alter and reform the entire body politic . He exhibited the points of the Charter in detail , and in order to advance the cause of universal liberty , advised them to form themselves into debating societies , reading associations , and take the education of the rising generation into their own hands . After detailing the progress making in the cause of human advancement , the speaker sat down , and a vote of thanks being tendered , the assemblage separated , highly pleased . Mr . Thomason then , accompanied by about twenty of the Rochdale Radicals , went to Milnrow , two miles distant . This place , notorious for its Tory and : church predilection ? , was soon in motion , and the whole

      place , from its centre to its circumference , appeared to have turned out its inmates . The speaker was taken to the room where they meet , which is right over the House of Correction , so that if the speaker had paid anything calculated to irritate , the minions of despotism would hava had their instruments of torture close at hand . Every alley leading to the p lace of meeting was completely jammed . Mr . T ., in a simple and homely way , pointed out their grievances—the cheat practised upon them by indirect taxation—the atrocities of the cotton-mill system—and , after giving a pungent appeal to their of

      hearts on the necessity union , and the advantages arising from a combination of mental power , concluded amidst the applause of the assembly . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer , who replied by proposing a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who is the owner of the building . An excellent spirit was manifested ; and , by constant agitation , the place may be made too warm for High Church Toryism , or that burlesque upon everything virtuous and good , known by the cognomen of Whiggery . — Mr . C . Connor will lecture next Sunday afternoon at Rochdale , and in the evening at Spotland , to commence at six o'clock .

      MOTJNTSORREL . —Mr . Mason , of "Newcastle , lectured at this place on Thursday evening , Dec . 3 d ., in the Chartist meeting room , to a gratified audience . He commenced by urging the people to union , wi hout which they were powerless , but with which they were omnipotent ; he then in an able manner exposed the Corn Law humbug , and severely commented upon the New Poor Law . After touching upon a variety of other topics , he stated to the meeting the interview he had had with Mr . O'Connor ; he described that gentleman as being in good health and excellent spirits , and concluded a powerful address , which occupied two hours in delivery , amidst the plaudits 0 / the meeting . We have much pleasure in stating that Chartism is progressing at Mountsorrel .

      CHESTERFIELD AND BRAlttPTON . —National Charter Association . — At theii- weekly meeting , held on Monday evening last , after the ubual business was transacted , and a few new members enrolled , it wasresoivea , first , "That we nominate a fit and proper person as a member to serve on the Executive Council . " Carried unanimously . Second , " That Mr . George White , one of the victims of Whig despotism * is a fit and proper person . " Carried unanimously . It is particularly requested that the members of this Association will bear in mind and be at their posts on Monday evening next , when business of importance will be transacted . Brethren , be at your posts . Agitate ! agitate agitate . '

      hAWTHERN . —Mr . Mason , the talented lecturer for the Midland Counties , delivered an able discourse at the Cross here on Sunday last , which was listened to throughout with great attention . The movement here is progressing rapidly . LOTJGHBOROUGH—Mr . Mason , the Midland Counties' lecturer , preached an able sermon in the Market Plaoe , on Sunday last , at half-past two in the afternoon , to a very large assemblage of all classes . He also delivered an address the same evening , at the house of Mr . Skevington , Charter Hotel ; and on the Monday evening , at the same

      place , he delivered a powerful lectnre , elucidating the operation of the existing institutions on the labouring interests of society . At the conclusion ot the lecture , Mr . Skevingtou , in a brief and eloquent address , appealed to the m .-eting in a mo . st impressive manner , to do their duty in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . A vote of thanks and three cheers were then given to the lecturer , and three times three for the suffering Chartist .- " . A vote of thanks being given to ihe worthy Chairman , Mr . Baker , of Hawthorn , who replied in a . neat speech , the meeting broke up .

      B'SI . TON-Ii'S-wX ' .-ORS . —At a Council Meeting of the National Charter Association of Bolton-le-Moors , it was resolved , " That a grand demonstration do take place in or near Bottou-le-Moore , on New Year ' s Day , to memorialise the Queen for the liberation of Mosws . Frost , Williams , and Jone « , and that the following towns and villages be requested to send delegates to the Temperance Hotel , Newport-street , Great Bolton , in Bolton-le-Moors , on purpose to form plans to carry out the above demonstrations , and to carry the People ' s Charter . On Sunday , the 20 th instant , at ten o ' clock in the morning , Wigan , Standish , Asluon-in-Willows , Hindley , Westhoujjhtou , Leigh , Chowbent . Tydsley ' s Banks , Halahaw Moor , ilitigley . Ratcliffe , Cockey Moor , Hawootl , Lee , Turtou , Egerton , Belmout , Horvidge , Blackrod , Adlinijtou , Chorley .

      MAWCHSSTER . —On Sunday evening , agreeably to previous announcement , Mr . Leech delivered a lecture in the Association-room , Tibstreet , to a crowded audionce . He said it was gratifying 10 see the people maintain their position at this juncture , and that it was more than ever necessary that the Chartists should be firmly united , as schemes were now being tried by other parties to get up a counter movement . He saw by the Star that thev were likewise aware of it , and had given directions accordingly . He then proceeded to show the deceitfulness which had been practised by the middle classes at various periods towards the working classes by solicitations for assistance , until they had obtained their own ends , and then left them , perhaps , in a great deal worse

      condition than they were before . He had been reading a paragraph from one of the London papers which went to prove that the labouring people of England are a grumbling and dissatisfied set ; and setting forth that they were better off now than ever they were , and that they enjoyed more real liberty than the people of any other nation on the face of the earth . This assertion Mr . L- called a brazen-faced , insulting , and impudent falsehood , and proved it by reading the following account of what a labourer could get in sixteen weeks in 1314 , and contrasted it with what he could earn at the present day : —A fat sheep at that time would eost Is . 3 d :, a fat ox 16 s ., a fat goose 2 Ad ., a doien of tugs ljd ., a cow wasi 2 * ., a fat hog 3 s . 4 d ., a pair of shoes 4 d ., a pair of chickens Id ., a fat ben 1 Jd-, a qwarter of wheat Si . 4 d . The whole of those articles

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      : / fk ™~< . tj ^ -j ^ u amounts to £ 116 * . ? Jd . The wages of the ! ataDrer secured by Act of Parliament , were 4 d . p * r day , and would purchase the above articles in sixteen weeks . Taking the wages of a day laboarer in 1840 . at IO 3 . perweek , it would take sixty-nine weekr wages to purchase the same ( articles . He had been in a district , where they are weaving a sort of coarse dirty bine stuff they call chambray . After carrying 361 b » . of it from the warehouse , which wag a distance of eight miles , windiag it , and wearing it , which would occupy two persons four day 8 ra « d then carrying it back eigki miles to the * rs » eho * ae again , they would receire the small sum of 3 a . 6 d , A labourer in 1314 , earsine fourpence per day .

      would , in ten days , be able to purchase a quarter of wheat and a fat goose ; but be could not , at the rate of 5 s . per week at the present ti » e , obtain the same under twelve weeks and three days . As is , per week is about the average ot thffhand-loom weaver ' * income , it clearly proved the diabolical robbery practised on the working classes . The speaker then animadverted opoH the repeated strides Which bare been made npon the industrious classes' interests by way of abatements . And now ( said he ? let me ass what security or protection is there for the working classes ? At a certain mill in Manchester , a reduction of 5 g . in the pound was offered by the masters . The hands , knowing that their wages were so low at present as would only enable them to keep body and

      soul together , resolved upon resisting aaj further encroachment upon their bare means of existence Then what was the conduot of this inhuman white slave driver towards the industrious men who had the misfortune to be imprisoned under his Draco-like laws ? In order to carry his designs into effect , and compel the bands to submit , he applied to a' parish offieer , who resides at a considerable distaaee from Manchester , fora number of paupers to come and supplant those men who bad turned out . The number was immediately made up , the overseer threatening them with instant starvation , by stopping their relief , telling'them , at the same time , © Hth& authority of the white slave drivers of Manchester , that their earnings would amount to twenty-six

      shillings per Week , while , at the name time , thisdeceitful wretch knew that the old hands , who Had been accastomed to the work , bad not averaged more than 17 s . before the redaction took plaoe . After alluding to the enormous burdens saddled os the working classes in the shape of National Debt , army , navy , &c . &c , the lecturer said , that one of our Queens , not the one who is adding new burthens * to the peeple'n ,-Btoek of grievances , but one laidby aa useless lumber , received £ 100 , 000 per year ,, which amounted to £ 273 lfla . 5 ^ 1 . every day . A * 2 s . per day , this would maintain 2 , 730 working men ? in addition to which she had two parka and three royal palaces . The American President bad but £ 5 , 000 per annum ; consequently , the Queen of '

      England had as much at her command as would pay him his wages for two hundred years to come . The Whigs had calculated that Is . 3 ^ d . was sufficient to support an able bodied labourer in their new hells called Workhouses , and by this standard of measurement , they paid over to one woman as much as is sufficient to support 350 , 000 able bodied men . Let us take a review ( continued tho lecturer ) of another titled pauper > a man whose life haa been spent in directing the spilling of human blood , and causing the tears of suffering humanity te flow in torrents . He is receiving , as a pensioner , £ 4 , 000 per year ; and nlso by the 53 rd of George III ., chap . 4 , £ 100 , 000 ; amended by the 53 rd and 54 th of George III ., £ 400 , 000 ; and again increased

      £ 200 , 000 ; as Constable of the Tower , £ 950 per year ; as Colonel of the Rifle Brigade , £ 238 per year ; as Colonel of the First Regiment of Guards , £ 2 , 095 pf * year ; as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports , £ 474 l ' 0 s . But , Gentlemen , it is useless to continue multiplying examples of the wickedness and extravagance of the aristocracy towards you . I might briu ? before your notice such sickening details as would keep us till morning , but I will just call their attention to an event that has just happened , which you will feel as an incumbrance . This event has been blazoned through the Whig and Tory press , as if it was one of the gr&atest blessings which could come to the starving millions of this country , and in this way you have been mocked ,

      while you can scarcely keep body and soul together . Then , again , look at tho other side of the qiiear . inn Compare the fuss which has been made with this poor little innocent child , and the thousands of pounds which wiil be squandered on this affair throughout , -with the circumstance of the poor woman who , after making application to no less than six different places , was refused at all of them in the midst of the most excruciating pains of childbearing , and was actually delivered in the cab ! (" Shame , shame , " from all parts of the room . ) Yes , if justice were done to those cruel Guardians of the Poor , who so neglected their duty , they would have been brought up , and charged with wilfu { murder . Truth is at this time a dangerous com '

      modity ; but the time is coming when men , in spite of the consequences , will speak out ; and , indeed , those who can see the wide chasms which have been made betwixt . the rich and the poor , without uniting with their fellow-men to change a system so fraught with injustice , ought to be branded as the enemies of their species . Well , it is no use further laying before you the wretchedness of a system of which you have had so much practical and painful experience ; and , therefore , let us come to the question— " How are we to get rid of these evils ? " Tha » is the question after all . It is quite evident that the property of the labouring man has been shamefully depreciated , while all other descriptions of property have been enhanced in value . And how has

      that been done ? It is not only that the property of the rich , drawn together from the labour of the people , has given them the power ( as our friend O'Brien would say ) of the eucking-pump , but it has given them , also , a monopoly of political power , which is never tailingly used to turn the wealth produced by the people to the selfish interest and aggrandisement of the rich . Among the many schemes set forth , by way of sops , to engage tho attention of the people from their true interest * , under pretence of reforming abuses , we find one in the Manchester Times of last week ; which , after ridiculiug Universal and Household Suffrage , and likewise endeavouring to throw their puny napkin over the shining qualities of men who , compared with

      themselves , -are as the sun to a farthing rushlight , goes on to tell us that an educational qualification is the only one that can give justice to the people ; whilst in the same article this sapient instructor of the people tells us that nine-tenths of the people in the agricultural districts can neither read nor write . Where is the justice of a scheme which , according to their own shewing , would disfranchise nine-tenths of the most usefei and valuable people in the world ! But , then , these gentlemen are Cora Law repealers , and they know that the greater part of the profit-mongers ( in this list we include shopkeepers , merchants , manufacturers , all the Royal Family , land aristocracy and gentry , spir itual Peers and established clergy , the military ,

      legal , and distributive portions oi the community , including commissioners , judges , barristers , councillors , attornies , hangmen , gaolers , turnkeys , police spies , informers , smugglers , swindlers , pedlars , duffers , hawkers , contraband traffickers , professional actors , singers , pawnbrokers , publicans , ¦ vagrants , gipsie ? , coiners of base money , common prostitutes , paupers , bfiggars , inmates of asylums , madhouses , dispensaries , and infirmaries , pickpockets , gamblers , confirmed drunkards , felons , burglars , and others ; in short , all those who fatten on the people ' s industry , and those who are brought down to wretchedness , iufamy , and misery , by the debauchery aaci profl ^ ate extravagance of the rich ) , would be fit subjects if they could read and write , whilst the real , useful

      and industrious man , whose labour furnishes bread and bee' to the sapient editor himself , must , fbrsooib » bs deprived of a vnte , because he does not Come up to the standard of Whig scholastic perfection . If it were not for the intelligence and industry of these men , the whole nest of hornets who prate about the ignorance of the people would have to pass through the streets in a state of nakedness j and by a , law which , in their wisdom they have made , they would , every mother's soul of them , be removed to a treadmill as a common nuisance . So much , then , for the nostrum of theeditor of the Manchester Times ! It is for us , fellow working men , to adhere with firmness and unflinching integrity to the People's Charter , as th »

      only sheet anchor of our hope—as the only means of rescuing our common country from that disgraceful state of colonial vassalage to which the ignorance , the wickedness , and imbecility of the rich aud educated classes are bringing us with such fearful strides . Be not ied aatray by either this man or the other , unless he will give justice to every man who labours honestly for the maintenance of himself and family . The Whigs are at this time shuffling , and trying all manners of scheme * to Wean the minds of the people from the Charter , and would do anything sooner than concede that measure to the -working classes . But give ua the Suffrageand we will save the ship from sinking ;

      , but without it , it does not require the foresight of a prophet to predict that this country will sink down to the miserable condition of our much-lamented sister , Ireland . The lecturer sat down amid the acclammations of the assembly . The following resolution was then read and submitted to the meeting . Resolved , — "Thatthis meeting do , individually and collectively , demand-the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; also , that this meeting do hereby give them their hearty co-operation to the general committee of Birmingham for that desirable object . " Moved by Mr . Leech , and seconded by Mr . Murphy . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer . The voluntary subscription amounted to £ 2 9 s . 2 d .

      Liberation of Messes . Bottebwobth , Richart > - son , Dotlb , Smith , and Scott . —The Committee of the Female Political Union , No . 1 District will hold » Tea Party and Ball , on Saturday evening , Deo . 26 th , in the National Charter Association Room , Brown-street , near St . Andrew ' s Church , for the purpose of honour ing . those -brave patriots , on their liberation form prison , to whieh they hare been doomed for manfully defending the right ! of the people .

      And Leeds Geneeal Adyeetiseil

      AND LEEDS GENEEAL ADYEETISEIL

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1840, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct691/page/1/