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      TO THE INHABITANTS OF MANCHESTER AND VICINITY . ENGLISH , IltTSH , AKD 5 COTCHMB >' , YfHATEVETl mat be to ' cs oriMoss i > - Politics , oe creed i * Religion , —We claim your sympathy on behalf of suffering humanity . Ycm . have heard of the brnta ! conduct manifested by a body of infuriated Irishmen , at the instigation ol the Corn Law repealers , towards your fellow-creatures at the meetings held ia StepbeBson ' 3 Square , June 2 nd , and the outrageous affair -which toot place on Saturday , June 5 th- Several of the unfortunate men are dreadfully "wounded , and deprived from following their employment , and others are very several ; iDicred ; many haTe lost their hats , it

      Cnder taese circumstances , it is our painful duty to appeal to ycu fox what support it is in your power to render them ; and likewise to assist in bricking to justioe , if st'CH can be Had , the base perpetrators of these diabolical proceedings—to unmask the cowardly instigators of this bloody attack , upon your peaceable fellow-creatures , and to make some arrangements for the tupport of the families who hare fallen victims to these humanity-mongers . With the above objects 1 b Tiew , we are assured that & generous public will not be appealed to in Tain . A public » eeeunt will be given of all monies received . The country districts are requested to forward their Bubscripticns to Mi . Gsbril Hargraves , 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester . Bt Order op the Committee . .

      Chartist Room , Brown-street , June 7 th , is 11 .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF PAISLEY , AND © F THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fellow-mes asd Brother Chartists , —By the time you will be perusing the following lines the undersigned will be on their way to the land of liberty and the place of hope—the United States of America . Sorry , sorry , are we to leave the place of o _ ur nativity , the soil of oui birthright—that soil which , nader a ¦ wise legislation , would have ensured to every honest and industrious man , a fair share of tie beneficence of the DiviEe Being which yearly oozes fn-m it in such

      abundance But we are ten thousand times more grieved to leave th < 5 great and glorious movement cf the £ © cpie for their Charter cf Liberty , and whose invulnerable front bss already brought the -pigwj Lord Fj-Mlity to concede a little . But , although we are removed from you by distance , believe us , fellow-men , our heart and soul are in the cause . Every Chartist spirit added to the republic of America will extecd and increase the power andir . fiaerce of that great nation , which is destined , at no distant period , to demolish all the Jespocic , ar is-ocratdc , clerical , ind monieJ . powers on the face of tfce earth .

      O . ' a thousand curses on msn who , by their domo&iac machicatiu-ns , are the cause of thus driving us from our native land , and forcing us to tear ihose ntar and dear affectionate ties asunder which bind can to man . The happiness of the faiuily circle of the trorjaug man is all but destroyed by heartless calculations and dreary forebodings . The utter hopelessness , despair , hunger , and nakedness of our condition has driven us to r . foreign land ; bat , tkank &A , it is a land where the pure air cf freedom is breathed into the bursting hearts of Europe ' s king-ridden , priest-ridden , tax-ridden , despised , and toil-worn sons .

      But before taking our leave of you , brother Chartists , in are anxious to impress upon you the necessity of yielding not one iota of the Charter to the comaiun ensmy , in whom is centred Tory , Whig , and-sham-BAdicai ; and last , thoogb cot least , tee Corn L 3 W learns . On iiis last we » odd like to be a little more particular , as being the rucst perSdious party of them alL Of what use , then , will the abolition of the Corn Laws be without the Chirttr becorairg the law cf this tax-devoured land ? In our opinion i : we til d be rone at all- The Corn Laws , ev ^ ry right-iiiiniirig mind must admit , are monstrous evils ; but to repeal them at present , without the Charter becoming the law of the land , would be oniv to make what is cow the

      landlords profit , pais from his pocket into the exporting preflt-incnjrer ' s poeket , and every Chartist knows full ¦ well what sort of fellows they are . They hesitate not to avow in their speeches , eo : on ; y in the House of Commons but in many places besides , that wages are too high ard must be reduced , to enable us to compete "with the Foreigner , but that wsge 3 will admit of no further reduction unless the loaf be rnade cheaper . There is an avowal , brother Chartists , that cheapening bread is the prelude to cheapening labour , or in other ¦ words , tint the abolition of the Corn Laws js sought after for no other purpose but a reduction of wages .

      These money-mongers weald convert thi 3 nation oj " mountain and of & sod" into a large factory ; they Woald confine us for sixteen cr eighteen hours per day to inhale a ¦ ooisonous atmosphere , -with a scanty me : ] , « ad clothed * in Tags , that they may walk about and T 6 v « l is tie abunaarce of wealth and grandeur , while we are regarded as tie mere beasts of bun . 'en , fit only to toil for their prc-iii and amusement . Believe us , fellow-men , to abolish the Corn Laws without the Ciarter of our liberty being grafted , will be only to take the power from tne despotism of land , and piace It in a more atrocious , heartless , grinding , and insatiable despotism—the derpotisin of

      Mammon-We now take our leave of you with stating that Bothing but dir * necessity has compelled us t « adopt this course . We would a thousand times have preferred remaining &i home , but the downward progress of our condition renders the step we have taken absolutely necessary . Farewell , then , Brother ChsrtistSj and we fondly hope that your efforts in the sacred cause of Universal Liberty , in a short time , Till bo crowned with success ; sad that you may live many years in the enjoyment of the same , accompanied with health and happiness , is de sincere prayer of JCHS ROBERTSON . GEORGE MlLLiR . Paisley , 23 rd June , 1 S-41 . A >~ ADDRESS TO THE > rEN" OF ASHTO >~ - rNDER-LYSE .

      Men OT Ashton , — It is a doctrine sanctioned by tie wisdom of ages , that the preservation of lile , liberty , and property , in peace and safety , is correlative of allegiance , and any government that attempts ¦ to destroy , enslave , or designedly to impoverish the subjects , by unconstitutional , wjast , and tyrannical f acts , forfeits all claim to the allegiance of its people . ; In doing so , Government puts itself in a state of war , against the very people is is bound to protect , and j consequently absolves them frGm all obedience . Tou j know thst this Government has impoverished and ; enslaved us , that it hss robbed us cf the fruits of our j labour , in order that placemen and pensioners , tax- . fathering locusts , and tithe eaters , may live in licentious Eplendour and extniva § ance . Knowing thiB , we ; are surprised you do not ccms forward , and unite with with us , and the rest cf our fellow countrymen , to gaia ; for ourselves and posterity , the imperishable Charter .

      We must know ourselves before we can gam our salvation , a pecple knowing its own strength has nothing to fear but itself . " Men of Ashton , —We now call upon you to enroll yourselves as members in the association , -which is Jjeld in the Co-operative Store Boom , Catherine-street Let no individual say he is too poor to support the association . Few people can be so poor as not to afford one penay per week towards purchasing their freedom . The cauBe of right agairst might never had a more prosperous appearance than at tbe present ; and a penny a week is a trifle a week indeedif by it you can secure peace and comfort to your families , and ir * ppiness to the nation at large .

      Men of Ashton , —We must be organised . Organise- i tion , when efficient , links men in the bends of a common sympathy , engenders a mutual confidence , i which , divided , you would net fee ., and bring to bear , i against our tyrants , a power ¦ which in their hands is so j fatally wielded for oppressing and debasing us ; at- ; tended , however , with thia differenee , that like all j powers to be used for good or evil , in our hands it ! will be a blessing , in theirs an engine of slavery . ] Never forpet that organisation is a means to an end . Hoping you will come forward and redeem ycurselves from slavery . We subscribe ourselves , Yours in the cause of liberty , The Corscii . of the Ashton Chartists . George Roberts , Sub-secretary .

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      TO THE POLITICAL SLATE CLASS ASD ELZCIORS OF CLACKMANNAN AND KIN-, ROSS-SHIRES , i Tte sLeriff of these counties having fixed the 6 th of \ July for the nomination at Dollar , for a representative i to serve in Parliament—important duties devolve upon ; the electoral and non-electoral bodies . \ To the electors of these counties my remarks will be j briel Yon have noir two candidates before you , one j belongs to the aristocracy , and the other to the work- ; ing cJasse * . As the electoral rights are placed in the ' banda of the middle class , you wil have opportunity J oiutn&t day to ahtrw -which of these has your sympathy , confidence , and support Torn decision will decide ; your character , cither for a lore of country , indepen- i deuce and pstoiotLnn , or carelessness to your country ' s J

      beet welfare , and and a mean nibseviency to an ans- i tocratic class who have ever grasped at political power far the double purpose of feeding their own arrogance" j and sensuality , and degrading , debasing , and de- reondisiBg tbe great body of the people . In i giving yonr Rrpport to the working man upon that day , J you will prove to your country that yon have burst the j trammels of prejudice and class distinction—that your j love of ceBntiy and its best interests reign paramount in your minds—thit the happiness , comfort and security of the people ought ever to be the great business of ( Government , » ud by bestowing your suffrage upon a j ¦ working maw , you will proclaim your convictions that j tbe right * of labow will never be represented in the ' House of Commons , until working men are seat there ; to expound and maintain them . j aAJJrw words te the slaves—I feel real sorrow in j immmzg yon by sueh an epithet . I am myself a * pdPtial slave . I h . ive searched into tbe constitution cf j Mtare&ad can cad no sufficient reason why I am bo .

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      I h-ve sei-cbed intoth- constitution cf society and find In the case of Mr . Bowman , one of the Magistrates no reason fo * this condition , tx ept that it is tbe will ! themselves bore testimony to having seen him in of a horde or tyrants who neither upon the ground of j Butchergate , at half-past nine o ' clock , and whore he mental moral , nor natural risrht can claim the superi- , joined Mr . Arthur and Mr . Hanson , who were several ority The brand of political slavery which these minutes in advance of hhn , and they remained together , tvT&ntB b-ve fixed upon me and the class to which I as could be proved by at least ten or twelve respectable belong I am resolved to wipeoff or perish in the struggle , persons , nntil after the time of the outrage . We now I relyupon your active and zealous co-operation upon the leave the public to judge how far the Magistrates have 6 ih cf July , » t the hustings of Dollar . I have calculated been justified in thus putting Sown public oplniOD , by ni > on your unanimous , hearty . and derided support- I ask preventing anymore public meetings . We have aeeo you not to do me honour , 1 claim it upon the distinct con- the windows of the Bash Coffee-house , and other Inns lideration that every » an who records there his voice in Carliale , smashed to pieces at Elections ^ w Tory in my favour is working out & portion of that struggle domination , but little aid "expert , that the libertywb ? ch we are all bound to enter upon if we expect a professing Whigs would have bad recourse to sucb S ^ ILl ^ flttmto teumph to tne Charte r . Upon ha rsh and t yran nical meuure ., merely because a few STo ^ ob , then , I expect the support ef every work- panes of glass taw . been broken by a few disorderiy

      « i «* or who is Tirfenared to do bia dnty to his oountry . by the police , had they been inclined to do ¥ h 1 » wL ob ainXatSctton ? will undoubtedly be so ; but we have b . * rd that some of these falsely called pS in a L don of trust and responsibility ; they preservers of the publici peace , boasteri at the time that wi llh * , the Elected of the people , sanctioned in this the Chartists should hold no more public meetings-we SSuSn £ «?* £ , of The S . It is necessary , have now laid before the public the whole fact * of the Star t they ™ men of tried integrity , not trading case , and would call to their recollection the time when politicians . There can be no doubt that the factions in some of those very men , at public meetings , daring a their future strugeteswill be anxious to secure the services time of great excitement , called upon the people to pay SSXmSSttaptapoie of tantalising and deceiv- no more taxes-and when the Tones were allowed to ing ^ e p ^ P r In my opinion , then , every Chartist be burnt in effigy , at the . Market ( Crow ., . midst tho disc ^ didateought to b . p ledged before going to , and ) charge of fire-arms , and insulted and annoyed in tbe upoD the hustings that he will countenance and sup- most outrageous manner , neither tbeir lives nor proport no other agVa ion wh 1 Ch may arise in the country , perty being secure-thes . scandalous proceedings were except the agitation for tbe Charter in all its integrity , not only countenanced but encouraged by some of our uS it KS the law of the land . Prwent Magistrates , who subscribed money for the pur-Another and immed . ats duty will devolveupon them , pose of currying on those nightly conflagrations . ¦

      Every Chartist candidate after his election will superintend the gutting ny and signing of another national petition , -ahiwh in tie present spirit of the country will be siened in three wteks by two millions and a half They will then forthwith repair to London and pout into that city during their fortnight ' s residence a torrent of the lava tire of the dissontent of tbe provinces—get a hoid of 36 of the fustian jackets to carry the people ' s petition and lay it upon the floor of the House of Commons , before tba factions -will have time to say who ¦ wiU rule the roast and divide the plunder , they will first have to an&wer the demand contained in that petition for justice and freedom . If the new Parliament treat this petition as tbry did tbe hut , it will piace the discontent ef tbe provixced on sach a footing which neither Melbourne , Wellington , Peel , nor Russell , will dare tamperize with , or insult , one houT longer .

      Trusting than to see all in health , and upon every countenance the beaming resolution that aninuted your fathers upon the field of Binnockburn , where they trtsquiliy awaited their coontry ' s foes , resolvt-S to raake Scotland free or a place too hot for Whigs and Tories to dwell in , I remain , My fellow s ' aves , Tours , in the cause of democracy , ABRAM DU . NOi . N , Alva , 26 th June , 18-il-—^^^^ M— i , i i ii . j j- _ i Jr-n *_ r j

      ROBERT OWEN'S ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE , — The old Parliament has ceased to exist ; a new one is called ; and the election of its Members is in your bands , Never has a Parliament been called under circumstances of deeptr interest to the upper , middle , and operative classes . This Parliament will have to decide cpoa measures that will perpetuate your adversity , oi give you high general prosperity . All parties feel that some great change is at hand , and that it shoHld be directed by sound , thinking , practical men . The time is arrived for all party animosities to be abandoned , and fur general principles and practices to be adopted that will ke productive of progressive national advantages .

      It is for you , by the Members whom yoa elect , to convince the world that you have advanced beyond the narrow and most icjuriens views of mere party and personal considerations ; that you desire , as sptedily as possible , to terminate class legislation , and to obtain the rights of humanity for yourselves and your children , that you may no longer remain the slaves of an ignorant system which is most injurious to all

      Ciass ^ s . To secure these rights , and gradually to prepare society to abandon class legislation , or the oppression of wealth over poverty , the following measures are

      necessary : — I . A Graduated Property Tax , equal to the necessary exp- 'uditare of tfce nation . a . The Abolition of all other taxes . 3 . Free Trade with all the World . i . National Education for * il who deaira it . 5 . National Employment for all who require ii 6 . Liberty ef Speaking and Writing on all subjects , C : vi ) , Religious , and Political . 7 . Fall and complete Freedom of Religion for Christians , Jews , Mahoniedans , Hindoos , and every other form under every name by which men may call themselves .

      All thesa measures are necessary to relieve the nation freni the accumulated and accumulating difficulties in which an erroneous system has nearly overwhelmed it . Each of these measures is just individually , and what no good man , who desires to benefit his country , will refuse to advocate in his place in the ensuing Parliament . They will , therefore , be a correct test to put to candidates for election to the new Parliament ; and their rrjats to each will be a sure proof how far the applicants for your suffrages are qualified to become your regre 5 ent £ . tiVfe 3 . and to legislate well and wiBtly for tbe "nation , and to abandon all petty clasa interests . Any candiaate who shall refuse to advocate these measures , is unfit to become a Member of the British Legislature , under the new circumstances in which the progress of science and of practical knowledge among the woiking classes has placed the population of Great Britain and her Colonies .

      These are measures that will satisfy all intelligent well-intentioned persons , and none of this character will rest satisfivd with any measures less just and bentficial than are those now proposed for the whole of the population . It is , therefore , strongly recommended that the electors should question every candidate for a seat in the new Parliament on each of these measures , and thst they will give their voU-s to such only as will consent to bring forward or advocate these charges in the present system , that our country may be Eaved from poverty , immorality , and ruin . Tour Friend , Robert Owes . Home Colonization Office , 57 , Pill Mall , London , 26 th June , 1841 .

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      MORE LIBERALISM . SUPPRESSION" OF PUBLIC OPINION IN CARLISLE . The Borough Magistrates have deemed it expedient to issue the following Proclamation : — " BoROCGH of Carlisle . —In corscqaence of various acts of violence and outrage , both upon persons and property , having taknn place yesterday evening , 24 th June , by an assemblage of persons in the Marketplace : Notice is therefore hereby given , that no persons will be allowed to assemble together in the Marketplace or streets of tie Borough . And all persons persisting in so assembling and obstructing the free passage of the Market-place and public streets ¦ will be appTfebended by the Police . " And it is particularly recomaended to all persons to prevent their children and apprentices frcm being out at a late hour in the evening .

      " Dated this 25 th day of June , 1341 . —By order of tbe Mayor and Magistrates of the Borough , " Joseph Atkinson , Clerk . " Let us now see what grounds the Magistrates have had thus to put down public opinion , more especially at the time of an election . On Wednesday and Thursday evenings , June 23 rd and 24 th , tvfs public meetings were held at the Market Cross , when the people wero addressed by Mr . Joseph Hanson , a working man , who took occasion to strongly animadvert on the conduct of the late two representatives for Carlisle , llr . Marshall and Mr . Howard . The meetings were numerous and peaceable , and dispersed -without the slightest symptom of a breach of the peace having been manifested ; a considerable time , however , ( from thirty to forty minutes ) after the meeting was over , a number of

      boys assembled in front of the Town Hall aBd commenced kieking about an old tia , and slonchirjg <"> ne acotber ; this was continued for some time , -when several persona wio came amongst them met with the sane treatment aa the boys were kflictirg on each other ; finally , some more wicked and mischievous than the rest commenced throwing stones and breaking several panes of glass in the Town Hall windows , and some others . One thing is cltar , that these boys , for there were no grown-up persons among them , were encouraged and excited to commit this broach ot the peace by some designing knave or knaves , belonging to either the Whig or Tory faction ; or th « y committed the outrage through wanton mischief . We are inclined to believe the former , sad that it hes been done to give a plea to the Magistrates for putting down all public meetings .

      On Friday morning , Messrs . Arthur , Hanson , and Bowman proceeded to tbe Town Hall , understanding tkat their names had been given in to the magistrates , by the police , as tbe persons who took part in the publie meetings , and who were the cause of the mischief , and that warrants were about to be iaiaed against them ; after waiting for a considerable time , they were « ent for by the magistrates—who were clos « ted together , along with Mr . Nanson , the Town Clerk , and Mr . AtkinsoB , Clerk to the Magistratessome conversation then took place ua to the proceedings on the previous night ; when the Mayor stated that he considered it his duty , fr » m what had takes place , to put down all public meetings in the borough ! It was urged by Messrs . Arthur , Hanson , and Bowman , that their mte'ings were perfectly peaceable , and that they had retired for upwards of half an hour before the outrage hid taken place , and that they were not to be held responsible for what might take place after the meeting had broke » p .

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      By order of the Committee of the Carlisle Radical Association . June 26 , 1 S 41 . TO THE ELECTOR AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST-RIDING . " Our merchants are in the gulph of bankruptcy and our labourers have eaten their beds . " —Lord John Russell . fellow-countrymen , —I find , by a very slight experience , that , in bustling tiin ^ a Uks tbt > se , the weekly chronicler of events has no sligLi :: -: imposed upon him to keep pace with circuH > su :-, < .- ! J 3 , and to record , and direct the pnblic eye to , all winch he thinks of importance . This must be ni > t sense , at the present , for not pursuing the subject fnrther , " of what part of our institutions it was which tr . e honour , faith , and safety of the nation required that tho burdens should be increased of the wretch who had eaten

      his bed . " As the " -mess thickens , " and as , before long , you will be called upon , the one to exercise his franchise , and tbe other has influence upon that franchisa ; I will proceed to urge the great necessity of seeking among a different class of men for those who are to represent ywur interests in a forthcoming Parliament . What claim fiien , can those have , " who aTe Lords by the accident of birth , " to make laws which are to dispose of the products of your labour and even life itseif . One of them has candidly told you that he was

      a lord , not by his virtuous actions ; not because he had stood in the Thermopylae of his country ; not because he had performed " acts of prowess in council or field ; " he had not repelled the inva d er , nor framed laws by which its citizens had been raised in the scale of comforts and conveniences ; he had done none of this , but he was " & Lord by the accident ol his birth . " The followers of the Norman bastard had some claim to fiefs and honours ; they bad braved the " battle and fl . » d " for -what jtbey got ; but these " things" are perfectly innocent of all claim ; tbty are only lords by the accident cf thtir birth .

      But , however , not to cavil about the accident of their birth , let us examine into their fitness for legislators by taking a cursory glance at tie effects of that legislation . There need no pToof here that the state of a country is the best comment upon the fitness and wisdom of its law makers . "We will not travel far back on the record , for fear it should be said that we are going " into the dark ages ; " nor to the tiroes of tho war , because that wonld be pleaded as tha excuse . We will K- # in , then , when those who " are lords by tbe accident of their birth , " were in tho full zenith of tbeir power ; when they were completely uncontrouled by any thing like democracy in " either of their houses ; "' and when they were resolved , too , to pnrsue the " stern path of duty ; " and w / : en there / ore their wisdom and fitness for legislators had full play without either let or hindance .

      Well then , Lord Liverpool , as prime minister , stated in the Hoaso of Lords , in the session of 1 S 22 , that the cause of the distress was over production ; the high prices during the war had forced a great portion of poor lands into cultivation , and hence the * ' produce became too grest for the demand ; " aDd during the same speech fa « said , tkat , " the cause of distress among the manufacturers was a surplus population . " Here , then , we have it , the agricultural labourers starving , because there was too much food ; and the manufacturers starving , because there were too many nioutbs ! Is not this a prime specimen of the legislation of those who are Lords by tbe accident of their birth ? But to other specimors in corroboration of the above . At a meeting of the Southampton magistrates , the following were tin * prices fix ^ d as tho wages in the shape cf relief for the labourer of the district : —

      " When a family shall consist of a man and his wife , and one child , to offer to such man four shillings per week from Michaelmas to Lady V > . \ y , and five shillings per week from Lady Bay to Micliae ' mas , bo that he might be engaged to serve the whole yr-nr ; and any man refusing that offWr shall not be entitled to relief ! To every unmarried mas the JusHcss recommend the officers of every parish to offer 3 s . per week from Michaelmas to La ^ y Day ; a :, d 4 s . per week from Lady D . iy to Slichaelmas , so that he may be engaged to serve the whole year . To a woman with one child , 3 * . 6 d . per wsek , and no more . A single woman , 2 b . 6 d .

      per week , and no more . And the Justices do declare that paupers rtHfcved by their parishes , and able to work , shall , for the allowance so made them , be compelltd to do such work as the p . irish officers shall direct or require of them . " This was the -wnges of the agricultural districts , when tbe country was in great distress through the curse of " over-production , " and under the absolute controul of those who are " Lords by the accident of their birth . " It may be as well to state that one of the magistrates issuing this order was "Sir Thomas Baring , and , I believe , brother to the present Chancellor of tbe Exchequer !

      In aid of the above eniightened andmosthumana order . Lord John RufecII says , in his " Essay on the English Constitution , " speaking of the distress of the labourers , and what he calls the evils of over-population : — " With respect t « a legislative remedy , there is but one which can be effectual . It is that of Mr . Maithus , v z : that , after a certain period , labourers who marry should rot be entitled to support from the poor rates . " One naturally stands in amazs at statements like these ; and ask how is restraining population to remedy the distress which was so pathetically lamented by Lord Liverpool ; and which was escribed by him as arieisg from too much food I But whether the distress arose from too r . iHeh food , or too many mouths , according to Lctd John Russell ; or whether it arose from there being too much food and too many moutfcs both at one time as stated by Lord Liverpool , it is sufficiently characteristic of the capabilities for legislation of those who are " Lor «? a by the accident of their birth' "

      Then we have them passing Peel's Bill enacting that we shall return to gold in 1823 ; then in 1822 , we have them extending the time for eleven years -, tben -we bave the prosperity of 1 S 24 ; then we have the "latu panic" which reduced the country , as either Canning , or Huskinson , I really forget which sai'l so , withiu forty-eight hours of barter . And , then we had all the choppings and changes which that measnre , ( which endesvoured and is still endeavouring to make us pay high taxes , in low prices , ) and all its concomitants , has brought npon us . A glorious bill this , though of Peel's , it has riiiden the system like the night haj , and is yet destined to give the people of this country their juot share in the representation , if that people be but true to themselves . But no thanks for thia , to thosa who are " lords by the accident of birth ; " what they did , was in utter ignorance as to the effect of the measure , and completely proves , if proof were wanting , their utter incapacity to manage the complicated interests of a great country .

      And more proof I will give of the utter incapacity of those who are " Lords by the accident of their birth to legislate for tbe welfare of the country , and then I will leave them at this time . It is the report of a committee in Dublin to manage subscriptions for the starving people . The report says : —" The members ef the deputation further offer themselves for examination before the council . The grtatest distress prevails in forty-two parishes ; and that in these there are 148 , 641 persons now suffering the pangs of hunger Those on the sea coast are endeavouring to preserve existence on Bea-weed and shell-fish found along the shores . A clergyman who doubted the accuracy of the reports which were brought to him , visited families at

      unexpected times , and thus became a witness of tbe melancholy meal , where a mother , surrounded by her children , picked out the fish from the shells with a pis , apportioning the scanty morsels to each in its turn , but too slowly to satisfy the crsvings of hunger . In other parts of the country , tho poor are living on nettles and weeds , from which experience has taught them to extract some nourishment I can state that a miserable mother , with an infant in her arms , was found attempting to prolong the existence of her family by sharing with each child the nourishment which her breasts afforded !! " These things cannot be true . ' I do bat dream . " When will this fearful sluruker have an end ?"

      These are some of the effects resulting from the legislation of those who are Lords by the accident of their birth ! And that , too , it must be born in mind , when they had full and complete controul of both tbe Houses of Lords and Commons ; without any of the leaven ol democracy , except such as they dxooae to admit amongst them to keep up the appearance of respectability of talent Such be i ng the case , and their having had such power for centuries , the inference is Irrefragable that t&ose effects are the natural and inevitable result of such legislation . Such a state of things it was impossible to beai ; the jpint of the nation was roused from one end to the

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      other ; and the " iron Duke " -having declared that he would not submit to anychange ef system , he was driven from power ; and the Wb-ig 3 catae into office , pledged to produce a system of legislation which should put a "fowl in every man's pot , and a guinea in his pocket" What that system is , is too well known to need any description from me ; I will , therefore , proceed to take a rapid glance at some of the effects of that system , after it has had a " fair trial" of ten fears . Argument I will offer none , but will content myself with statements made by themselves in different important situations . made ord

      First , then , I will take the statement by I . Join Russell himself , when he said , in his speech on the revision of the Com Bill , " Our merchants are in the gulph of bankruptcy ; our men of property unable to obtain any rent ; our shopkeepers rained s our labourers living seventeen in five yards square ; our pawnbrokers' shops filled with the furnitura aud clothes of our artisans ; and our manufacturing labourers bare eaten their beds . " Vaet improvement this ! In corrofeoration of Lord John , Mr . Scholefleld , Member for Birmingham , on making & motion on the national distress , said , among other things— " The digtress presses as severely np » n the shopkeeper and manufacturer as the workman ; cruel mortgagees are disposing of property for less than one-third of its value ; the number of insolvents is greater , though the number of bankrupts be less ; the poor debtors are calling out make room for us , the prison is too small ; ' tradesmen

      are In jeopardy every hour ; the pawnbrokers have granted loans until they have no money to lend ; workmen , with large families , are obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit for hogs . I know places , called chambers , wherein different families , of both sexes , and of ^ all ages , are compelled to pass the night at the same time . Last week , a young wife died in child-birth : she was not able to bring forth ; a physician said he had no doubt she had died for want of nourishment . A Committee , constituted to inquire into the condition of the population , wrote to me ( Mr . Scholefleld ) as tollovra : — ' They had foiind forty thousand ao miserable as to be grateful—yes , humbly grateful , for a donation of less than one penny farthing per week ; " same victims of our neglect have found refuge in the jrave ; no ministration of earthly comfort soothed their last mortal agony ; the aid which affection yearned to give , poverty denied . Good God ! and in a land of bibles toe !

      Mr . Labcuchere , a minister of the crown too , said he fully agreed with the terms of the motion ; and the facts then stated formed the justifi « ation of the Whig measures proposed by government . Mi . Baines , latd M . P . for Leeds , said " it appeared from the investigation which had recently taken place , that there were not less than 10 , 000 persons in Leeds wholly unemployed . Tfce chairman of the operatives ' committets had stated , that if he could not get bread for his wife and children by his industry , he would take it wherever lie couid find it" These are alarn > ing statements ; and if the Hon . M . P . is not endeavouring to preserve the cognomen so long applied to him , gives a fearful proof of the state which his legislation lias reduced tlie country to .

      But , as the climax of the whole , and as a complete proof , not only of their uiter want of capacity for legislators ; but also as a proof of utter vrant of sensibility , aad also of want of sympathy with the misery and degradation which their legislation has produced ; as a proof of all these , as the discussion was proceeding , Mr . S . Canning proposed the House to be counted , when it was found that only 24 members , out of 658 , could be found even to take into consideration the distress their legislation had produced ! Sterne prayed that heaven would be pleased to grant him decent torms to exclaim in , and I must confess that I have much need « t the same assistance here , I dare not trust myself to txclaim , but must leave it to the feelings of every husband and father to clothe those feelings in ench language as his indignation suggests . " Down , busy devil !"

      Ivow then , electors and non-electors , could men elected from your own order do worse than both thtir Houses have done ? Look at the contrabt exhibited in the Cloth Hall yard on Tuesday last . See the innocenco of all capacity which was exhibited by those who are lords by the accident of their birth ; see thu scion of the noble house of Wentwcrth , unable to string together half a doaan sentences if it would have saved his soul from perdition . And thea see a working man , " ati ignorant Chartist , " entering into all the great questions of our national and international policy , and dissecting them with a master ' s hand ; hear him exhibiting all the folly and blunders of those who have

      been " trained to legislation ; " hear the whistling of his lash as he flourishes it in drum-major-lik © style over the writhing shoulders of Lord Morpeth ; see and hear these things , and then ask yourselves seriously which is the mo . st proper person fur a legislator ? For tbe comfort of the electors , a gentleman , who -was near me in tbo crowd , and with a largo favour in his bosom , observed , " How nicely Lord Milton ' s whiskers are pointed ; " but , gentlemen , are nicely pointed whiskers a sufficient qualification for a man who is to grapple with the difficulties of a nation whose merchants are in the gulph of bankruptcy , and whose labourers have 11 eaten their beda . "

      Ponder theso things well before you vote for men of this kind . Yours , &c , A Fkeeboldeu .

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      A VOICE FliOM THE HELL HOLE . TO Mil . \ VM . MARTIN . Northallerton , June 17 lh . 1841 . Dear Martin , — I am extremely sorry tint I have not been aWe ti > receive your letters in consequence of tba severe restrictions we are under . It is natural that I should choose such letters as contained a communication from my wife ; but , my friends informed me of your persevering conduct in our behalf , I do not know of anything that has given me so much pleasure since I have been in prison , as your manly conduct in confronting the big Beggarman , at the Crown and Anchor , and charging hiiu with hia gross inconsistency to his face . I am sure you are deserving of tlie thanks of all the Chartists in the kingdom , for that one act aione ; but , I have been further informed that it was you v ? ho first brought forward the utility oi Petitioning and a Prisoners' Convection ; and as an individual deeply concerned in it , I feel it it my duty to return you my sincere and hearty thanks .

      And if it has not accomplished all we could wish , it has been the means of sending the Chartists' musterroll within the walls of St . Stephen ' s , and proved to demonstration that Chartism is on the increase , in spite of the unparalleled persecution by the Government , and threat and intimidation of masters , ai . il such as think it tbeir interest to keep the industrious millions in a state of political bondage . Sir , I siscerely hope that the Chartists will split their votes with the Tories , and where there is no Chartist candidate , they will vote for them solely ; not that I think there is a pin to choose butween them ; but to convince the Whig Government that the prayer of two millions of men , who are the ainows of the country , is not to ba treated with contempt , on so slight a matter as the releasement of a few political prisoners , who have been so severely treated . I shall rejoice if you can get them out of office ; all they think of is place , pension , and patronage ; the starving poor are only

      mentioned to serve party purpose . Sir , when the election squabble is over . I hope you will endeavour to get us removed from here . You can scarcely conceive the p . iia that my legs are to me with being so much confined , ' and th 3 quantity of medicine I am obliged to take to keep the swelling down ; but yourself has experienced something of close confinement and will , I have no doubt , feel for others . Remember , my friend , that I have two years and nine months yet to Berve , being nine months longer than the worst felon in tho jail . Poor old Booker kept with us till he could hardly crawl , and the surgeon ordered him to be in the yard instead of being at work , and gave him extra die * . ; but I am sorry to inform you that after aH , be could stand no longer and has gone to take up Duffy ' s quarters . No wonder on tfce inactivity of tbe muscles that we are obliged to put up with , is sufficient to break the strongest constitution , if subjected to it for any length of time .

      I shall be g \ ud to hear of you bringing the matter before the public . My wife will be in Sheffield at the latter end of this month , and will be sending roe a parcel , if you have got a few Temperance tracts I should be obliged to you if you would let faerhave them to send to me . If you favour me with an answer , you must send it to Branipton , to be there on or before the first Sunday in July , to be put in their letter—I cannot receive it any other way . I have not room to say more , so I conclude with my best wishes for your health , that you may beabletoadvocate the glorious causa of the unenfranchised millions ; my prayer is , that the Chartists will be true to themselves , that unity will prevail amongst them , and denounce any man who brings forward any half measures—the Charter , the whole Charter is the only thing that can bring any lasting benefit to the working classes . Yoars truly ,

      S HOLBERY . P . S . —Let me know if you have heard any thing of Mr . Peddie—he is an honest man , and when you write to him , give my respects .

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      THE PETITION CARRIERS . London , June 28 . The address of the eighteen stone masons , who carried the petition to the House of Commons has already had its effect ; an Association of tbeir fellow workmen , the operative stone masons , was formed on the 19 th ; they met again on the 26 th , when upwards of fifty enrolled themselves as members . An excellent spirit w&s manifested , and they seem determined to go forward in the good cause ; there is a growing conviction that nothing but a government based upon the wishes of the whole people , asset forth in the Charter , can give real protection to labour , prosperity to the nation , and happiness to tbe people , and they sincerely trust that tbe various trades throughout the country will immediately form associations of their respective bodies , and assist them in working out tbeir political regeneration . DISGBACBFUL CONDUCT OF THE CONDUCTORS OF

      THE WEEKLY DISPATCH . A . deputation from the eighteen stone masoni attended at tlie Weekly Dispuhh Office on June 18 , for tie

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      purpose of obtaining the insertion of their address to the various trades in its columns , when they were informed that its insertion would cost six guineas , when , after some further conversation , they replied , that tkat charge was tantamount to a denial , and immediately left the office . The report of the deputation was laid before the Association , at its formation on the 19 th , when it was agreed that a deputation should be sent from the body to the Editor , wben they accordingly waited upon him on tbe 22 nd , when he pledged himself that their address would be inserted in that week ' s Dispatch . , at the same time expressing his regret that it had not

      been inserted the week previous ; be also informed them that it would have to go before a committee , which he had no doubt wonld be quite willing and ready to insert it- We , however , found , to our ultei astonishment , thai not one single woid of it appeared in that paper ; whether it was tbe fault of the Editor , or the committee , we are at a loss to know ; bnt this we know , that the Weekly Dispatch is no real friend of the people , and cares as much about the extension of the franchise in England as O'Connell does about Repeal in Ireland . In short , the Dispatch , although a would-be Kupublican journal , is always finding fault with those who take the lead , at the same time taking good care to keep in the back ground itself .

      The 8 ubject was brought before the Association on Saturday last , when it was unanimously resolved : — " That the unprincipled behaviour of the conductors of that paper should be made known to their fellow workmen throughout the country , and the trades generally , through the medium of tbe Northern Star . " Several members , who bad hitherto been subscribers to the Dispatch , expressed their determination to discontinue it and take the Northern Star . Armstrong Walton . P . S . I was instructed to write to the Editor of the S / ar and request the insertion of the above in its columns , with a short comment upon it , if time and space would admit . A . W .

      PUBLIC MEETING IN BRIGHTON TO EECEIVE CHARLES BROOKER . Seldom has it fallen to our lot to witness guch a meeting as waa held yesterday evening week , at the Globe Inn , Edward-btreet , Brighton , for the purpose of adopting such resolutions as should secure the return of Mr . Brooker to the House of Commons . The room in which the meeting was held was not largo enough to contain half tbe number who applied for admission . The entrance to tbe room and the stairs were completely blocked up , and whenever a cheer waa given in the room it waa heartily responded to by those at tbe entrance , and from them to tboBe on the stairs , and from thence into the street , when the very heavens echoed with cheers for " Brooker and the Charter . "

      To commence business , it was resolved unanimoasJj ' that the veteran , Mr . William Flowers , do take the chair . After the applause had subsided , The Chairman related to the meeting the kind exertions of Mr . Brooker on the part of the woiking man . Mr . Brooker was ready to servo them in anstber way ; he came forward to seek the suffrages of the independent electors of Brighton . Mr . Brooker was their Chartist candidate , and it was for them to use every endeavour to secure his return to tbe people ' s House . They knew that , as at present constituted , that which was nicknamed the Housa of Commons , waa not so ; it was R House of robbers , swindlers , moner-inosgcrg , Jew jobbew , lawyers , and such like craft , not a real House of the people ' s representatives , but if the electors choosed they might make that in reality , which was now

      but a name and a bye-word—the House of Commons . The Almighty God , tbe giver of all good , sends every thing that man can desire ; and yet , in a laad of plenty —in a land of profusion , did they not see starvation and misery every day , at every turn they made ? And why Was all thia ? what caused it ? and who was to blame ? Tbe cause was class legislation ; the blame laid in the supinencss of the people , whereby their oppressors had gradually forged the chains which bound them . Let us tndoavotir ( said the venerable speaker ) to remove the evils under which we labour ; let us shake off the shackles that bind ua , and shew that we are not , as our opponents say , too ignorant to wield the suffrage for the universal happiness of mankind . The Chairman concluded amidst tremendous cheers , by introducing to the Bimtisg Charles Brooker , Esq . as their Radical candidate .

      Air . Brooker rose and was greeted with rounds of applause . He commenced by saying—Worthy and independent electors of Brighton , and worthy and inde * pendent non-electora of Brighton , Englishmen , lovers of your country , this is indeed a gratif jing sight to me ; it pleasss me much , and urges me forward for tbe jjraat work of redeeming my native country . I thank you for your kind receptiou , and as we are here associated this evening to carry out the moat glor . ous privilege that is cnjojvd by Englishmen , the cLoice of their representatives , I will trace my way back to the time of our Saxon forefathers , and endeavour to stew to you the Constitution of Great Britain . Ia tbe year 47 » the Saxons came into this country in seven tribes , and formed themselves into an heptarchy , or small

      kingdoms . They had certain rules , by which they were directed : those rules were liberal . ( Hear . ) This was the mode of governing the kingdom . They formed tithings , and from the formation of tithings , came that of pariah constable—they had a view of every thing transacted in their district—there was again the shire-mote , or meeting of visa men in the shire ; they had tlie conducting the vihole business of the Bliire , tbe summoning the militia for the protection cf the country ; every shire kept its owu militia ; lauda were provided for the military , bo that they might not be a burden to the shire . One kingdom ¦ waa formed of seven or eight shires . Thus was the business of the nation conducted previousto the reign of the immortal Alfred ; every thing v / as content and

      peace . Alfred having ascended the throne , formed th « whole kingdoms into oue , anil never was a monarch so beloved by hia people ; he was tho noblest monarch that ever sat upon tbe British throne . He divided the day as follows : —eight hours forsltep , eight for conducting the business of the nation , and eight be spent in meditation and prayer . Alfred had two councils which met twice a year , and ' oftener if need be ; he formed the Witenagtmote , whereby the people chose tbeir representatives , but alas ! tho Norman came , and from then may be dated the loss of their liberties . Tbe conduct of the Norman brigand and his followers was such , that aftor 130 years of oppression and misrule , ibe Barons wrurg from King John the Charter , called Magna-Chavta ! proving that there was

      a limit to despotism , and patience -will burst into fury . He might be told it waa antiquated , if so , the people were free and happy . A moral government certainly was intended by Ma ; na Ciiarta ! ( At this stage of the proceedings a drunken tool of the Whig party endeavoured to create a disturbance by interrupting the speaker , but it being hinted to him that unless he preserved a little ordtr , the chairman would insist of bis being put out of tlie room , be was quieted , and afterwards shrunk like a thief from the meeting . ) Mr . Brooker proceeded ;—he was very sorry that there were parties there wishing for a distuTbar . ee , but ho could assure them that he would meet them or any of their frieiids in open discussion , and he feared not tbe resnlt , for

      truth and justice would prevail . The constitution t-, f this country was based on Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments , for where Annual Parliaments end , Blavery begins—( loud applause)—don't you lie satisfied with a three or a seven year ' s Parliament , but insist on a oue year's Parliament , for short reckonings make long friends . In his opinion all tbe miseries of this country have come from seven years' Parliaments , and were the author of an essay he bad in his possession living , he wbo says " where annual Parliaments end slavery begins ; " and contemplating the property qualification as to Members of Paxlianstnt , connected with a sevtm years act for the duration thereof , I am persuaded he would denominate , and emphatically so , tbe present as a

      " Pensioned Parliament , " and probably would aver , that as to Septennial Parliaments , tbe people have lost tbe distinguishing character between freemen and slaves ! They have lost what the most tyrannical Kings of England could never force from them ! They havo lost all what their forefathers have been spending tbeir blood and treasure to defend for these thousand years ! They have lost tbe greatest jewel that ever any people possessed ! They have lost their constitutional liberty ; tbeir birthright and inheritance derived from God ami nature ! They have lost their constitutional means of redress for all their grievances ! They have lost their all , their everything , by that ¦ ' ¦¦ septennial law . which bas fettered down the elective power of the people like a dog to a manger ,

      which is only suffered to go abroad once in seven years for an airing ! ( Tremendous cheers . ) In bis opinion , a seven years' Parliament is the greatest injury that could be to a nation ; and as to Payment cf Members , he was convinced they ought to be paid as well as any mechanic or tradesman if elected by Universal Suffrage . The Charter specifies that members shall be paid , and he could Bee no objection whatever to it . With regard to tbe qualification , it was a usurpation to say that a man if he happen to be poor , be be ever so talented , ever so clever , or ever so worthy a seat in tbe Senate , because he is poor , bis services are useless , and be shall , though elected by ninetentb . 8 of tbe people , bo excluded from tbe Senate House : it gives power to tbe rich to rauke laws for the government of tbe poor . IS is unjust and erne ' . And now to the grand point of their

      Charter—Universal Suffrage , Every man of twenty-one yean of age , of sound mind , and untainted by crime , is completely qualified for tbe suffrage , — ( tremendous applause);—and be who says differently or denies this right , is an enemy to bis country ' s weal , and & libeller of his countrymen's character . Let them stand firm to their demand for Universal Suffrage , and it must ultimately be granted . With reference to tbe electoral districts , he would be short Ha considered three hundred quite enough for the present constituted House , fox six hundred got in each other ' s way The Ba'lot—As an Englishman , he must say , that , although in bis individual opinion he did not exactly agree with the Ballot , still , when he saw intoxication , gluttony , and every description of corruption , raging in every borough in England , It compelled him to advocate tbe vote by ballot , to protect the honest man

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      in a free and nncorrnpted expression of his opinion ; and with reference to bribery , he considered that the man who gave a bribe , and be who received It > were villains in grain !—( lond applanse );—he who took a bribe sold bis country , like Judas who sold hia mute * for thirty pieces of silver . ( Load and renewed cheers . ) Mr . Brooker then gave a description of the principles he would advocate , if returned to Parliameat aa a member for Brighton . The first thing he would ( mos t strenuously advocate was , the People ' s Charter . Tb « next was the Liberty of the Press . ( Loud applause . ) In fact , ho would go aa an independent man ; he would stand' as no partisan , but as an Englishman . Mr Brooker most feelinglyand patriotically inveighed against the brutal Peor Law . Mr . B . bad seen the werkings of the horrid monster , aad well knows its cruel effects . After a long address , which lasted two hours and tba half , Mr . Brooker sat down amidst tremendous aad lopg-continuedcheering .

      It was then proposed by Mr . Woodward , and seconded by Mr . Allen , " That this meeting pledges itself to use every constitutional means to retnrn Mr . Charles Brooker to the House of Commons . " The resolution was put and carried with ronnds of applause . Mr . John G » oo proposed , and Mr . Woodward seconded , " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Flowers , for hi * impartial and manly conduct in the chair . " Like the ofcb 6 r resolution , it was carried by loud cheering .

      Worcester Election

      WORCESTER ELECTION

      DISGRACEFUL , COWARDLT , AND BLOODTHIRSTY CONDUCT OF HER MAGKSTT ' S ATTORNEYGENERAL AND HIS WHIG COMMITTEE . In compliance with the pressing invitation of the Chartists of Worcester , Mr . George White , of Binningbam , attended that town on Wednesday evening , and addressed a large meeting near the Greyhound Inn , New-street , in which be showed up the united villan of Whigs and Tories ; and especially showed up the barefaced presumption of the Whigs , in their present endeavour to persuade tbe people of their good intentions . Ho v / as very much interrupted by a knot of Whiglings who were present , and who brought a band of musicians , for the purpose of drowning hia voice . He was , nevertheless , beard , aad loudly cheered by-the assembly .

      On the following day , he addressed a meeting at the Weighing Machine , where an official endeavoured to intimidate him by ordering him ofi " , and taking hia name down , but got laughed at for bis pains . The people heard him attentively , and the women cheered loudly at the conclusion . On the following day , ( Friday , ) Mr . White repaired to the same place , for tuo -pnrpose of addressing the people , and was informed that Wiide , her Majesty ' s Solicitor General , was canvassing in an adjoining street , fie immediately proceeded to meet him , and found him , with three or four of bis committee coming out of tbe Lord Nelson public-house . The following conversation then took place : — Mr . White— " Mr . Wilde , I want to have a few words with you . " Mr . Wilde , ( taking his hat off and making a very low bow , )—What do you please to ¦ want ?

      Mr . white—I want to know from you , as one 01 her Majesty ' s Ministers , why your tyrannical Governnient persists in detaining the Chartist prisoners in custody , after the late division In the House of Commons ? Mr . WjIDE—Her Majesty ought to be allowed to use her prerogative . Mr . White—You know very well that her Majesty ' s prerogative is a complete farce ; that the Home Secretary could issue an order for their liberation if he thought proper , and that even a hint from you would procure their release . Mr . Wilde—Well , supposing that to be the case , I do not think it would be prudent to release them , except it could be shown that there are individuals amongst them who had not endeavoured to incite the people to acts of violenc ? .

      Mr . White—1 ou are well aware that the men have not done any such thing . Your abominable Government is one of tho most cruel and tyrannical that ever existed in any country . You have murdered one man and been compelled to discbarge several others , who were in a dying state . You have treated political prisoners in such a cruel and inhuman manner as was never before practised , or ever heard of . Mr . Wilde—I deny it ; I deny that any of them have been treated with undue severity ; bo man can prove It . ¦ ' Mr . White—I can prove It ; for I am one of the men that has been tortured , and all but murdered , in one of y , our accursed bell holes . Mr . Wilde—You are one of them , are you ? When were you tried ? It seems they havo not murdered you , at any rate .

      Mr . White—No , thanks to you for that ; yon tried your best to do it . I am one of the men that was tried at York at the same assizes with Feargus O'Connor , and I have come here for the purpose of settling accounts with you . I will show to the people of Worcester that you are one of the greatest scoundrels in the country , and that your Government is ouo of the most tyrannical and blood-thirsty that ever existed in this or any other country . I am determined to meet you on the hustings on the very first opportunity .

      Immediately after this , a deputation , consisting of tbe Chartist Association , and a member of the Conncil , waited on tho Solicitor-Genera ' , and asked him whether he would anrange it so as to procure a place for Mr . White on tbe hustings , at the time that he addressed the people that evening , and also whether he wag prepars . ed to answer any questions that might be put to him by Mr . White . After some consideration , Mr Wilde reluctantly consented to procure a place for Mr . White on tbe bu * tiDgs that evening , in the Cora Market

      At seven o ' clock , tbe time appointed , Mr . White , accompanied by a few friends , proceeded to the Cora Market , where hustings had been erected by Mr Wilde ' s friends . He was proceeding to mount the platform , when he was informed that four policemen , who stood near tbe steps , had orders not to allow him on the hustings . Mr . White then proceeeed to policeman No . 9 , and asked him if be bad received such orders , and was informed that they had been placed there for tbe purpose of hindering White of Birmingham from getting on tha hustings .

      Mr . White then proceeded to Wilde's committeeroom , where there were about thirty gentlemen assembled , and asked them whether Mr . Wilde was prepared to keep hia promise ? Tiie committee , on hearing his name , ordered him out of the room . In about ten minutes after , Mr . Wilde took his station on the hostings , and was asked by Mr . White , whether he meant to fulfil his promise . Mr . Wilde told him that he promised him nothing . The deputation stood forward , and told him that he had pledged himself to them to procure Mr . White a place on tbe hustings , and also to answer his questions . «« I admit that , " replied this specimen of Whi f'gery , ' but then the committee won't allow it" Mr . White denounced him as a liar and a coward , and was immediately surrounded by the four who

      policemen , received orders to watch him during the whole proceedings . He then went to the front of the hustings , and was followed by the pdlice who stood by him the whole time that Wilde was speaking . As noon as Mr . Wilde bad concluded he left the hustings as sudden as his powers of locomotion would admit of , although Mr . White shouted to him to remain and answer his questions . Mr . White then attempted to climb the hustings for the purpose of addressing the meeting , but waa dragged off by the police , who commenced shouting , " Clear the read ; " and soon raised a crowd of drunken vagabonds , who had no doubt received their instructions from Wil 4 ' s committee ; they rushed at Mr White like so many timers , but committed no violence at the time . One of the Chartists , seeing the danger that existed , demanded that the police should preserve the peace , when three of them immediately walked off laughing . The hired drunken Whig tools then commenced a rush , and knocked down

      several men that stood between them and Mr . White , and set up the most discordant yelling and hoBting , some of them shouting " Damn him kill him . " In this predicament Mr . White endeavoured to walk off , and was followed by at least 300 drunken fellows , who were encouraged by some respectables . Several of . Mr . White ' s friends were struck andknocted dowu While endeavouring to protect him . He then thought to get up a meeting on the Pitch Croft and was proceeding thither , thinking that the drunken gang would remain behind ; but it proved otherwise as they augmented in numbers , and commenced an attuck en Mr . White and his friends , who , being but few , were unable to resist them , in this extremity , Mr . White , who was the only party on whom Whig vengeance was to be wracked , had to get into a house for protection , and ultimately escaped ^ y climbing a wall . Such is a spechnen of Whig love of free disenssion . The public wilt now see what Whiggery meana , and form a proper estimate of thair cowardice and brutality .

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      Scotland . —Tbe election movements are going bravely on in Scotland ; all i » life and vigour In the Chartist ranks . Candidates are already in the field for the following horoughs , namely-Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dundee , Perth , Aberdeen , St Andrew ' s , Greenock , Ayr , Kilmarnock , Stirling ; and we haye just received word that our brethren in Dumfries and Sanqubar » w about to start one . Counties : —Lanark , Kinross , Clackmannan , Fife , » nd Stirling ; and we are doing all w « can to bring one out for this county ( Edinburgh ) to oppose the horse-racing Tory , Ramsay . Gibson Craig retires from the

      county , but it is said will stand for the city . Lowrey stands for Edinburgh , along with ( It fa expected ) Dr . Glover : he would address the people of Lass wade on Tuesday , and Dalkeith on Wednesday . The Whigs will lose two counties thia election , and that to a dead certainty , namely , SHrlin * and Edinburgh , Mr . Forbes ( Tory ) wiU be elected for Stirling county . He is opposed by Sir M . Bruce ( Whig ) . For Ednburgh county there 1 b as yet no opposition to Ramsay ( Tory ); indeed , it is confidently said the Whijr , s will attempt none , there not being the leas * chance of ^ mcczea . —Correspondent .

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      fi THE NORTHERN STAR . ° __

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct713/page/6/