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      The Address of the Delegates of SouCh Lancashire io ih . ei Ccmsliiuesis ai . d the Chariisis generally throu-jiuiid the Vniied Kingdom , I 5 B . 0 THEB CHARTISTS , —We , the delegates assembled , consider it to bs our dnty at this Vi-ry important period of our agitation , to give you our opinion and advice on the prond position ¦ which we hold in our gigantic straggle as a party for political freedom . Bnt a short time ago , the fictions -who "were striving for the contents of the mess-trcngh , -would r . ot all-w you , in their narrow , short-sighted , prejudiced , and contracted craniums , to hare the least power . They treated jxn "with scorn and contempt ; your measures TFere irild and visionary ; in fact , yon were considered unworthy of their notice , —except to receive their calnmny , abuse , and misrepresentation . Bnt by your perseverance , yonr determination , your firmness , year arguments , numbers , and adherence to principle , yon

      hare compelled them , though reluctantly , to change their tone and behaviour—they haying found that sii their schemes , talent and wealth , -were insufficient to draw you from the one great object to ¦ which yon sre attached , haTe at last—( hear it , ye Chartkta , and let it be proclaimed through the length and breadth of the land )—admitted that ws are a party , and a very potyerful one . They haTe , in conclave , made a declaration that they cannot accomplish their obj-ct without the assistance and co-operaVion of the industrious miliioc 3 , and more especially those -who are denominated Chartists . Had they been honest and sincere towards the Chartists —lad the Wfcigs performed , their -wort ¦ whilst in power , the Ettfferims , imprisonment , death , and transportation of the Chartists would hare been prevented . What amount of confidence can we place in them , after their being so long beating about the bushes , and , a 3 a last step , only coming forward to court our support through mere necessity , and not from principle ?

      Thfey -wished to attract our attention by forming an Association for Household Suffrage , when they had found that persecution nor imprisonment would neither lead or drive us from onr scent of the Chaiter . Our leaders met them honestly and fairly , and beat them st Leeds . An editor cf tftia town—namely , Mr . Prentice , of the Hazichetier Times , as a sort of feeler , put forth tn educatjenal standard fc-r the franchise , instead of that laid doTfn in the Charter . We exposed that , and cf cease it -would not take . The working millions concaved that they ought not to be deprived of their birthright , when the system of class legislation had pre-TEEied them from learning the mechanical arts of nmting sod reading—that is , the system was calculated , in the first place , to mite them ignorant ; and , according to the notions of this Solon—this wonld-be patriot and pnblic instructor , they must retrain ElaTss , in consequence of such ignorance , a more unjust End unreasonable project could not have emanated from a despot , much less a liberal man .

      They nest brought out a declaration for what was termed complete Suffrage ; but this , like the other two " Lids , " wererejeeted . The Chartists would not be again deceived . The consequence was , that it only tended to show theii -Rainess and shuffling . We met this at the ouUet , and txposed it , and very little ia said abcut it , except among a few high Whigs . Another gentlemen of the Midland Counties , ^ who thought he would prove himself more wily and cunning ia the system of political juggling—a skiifui general of the thimble-riggers—in order to prove that he was a masterpiece in the art of deception and coaxisg—brought out a new Charter , forsooth . ' which , for a few days , made a great noise in his own neighbourhood , and xftei wards died after hard kicks—unlnmeated , dishonoured , and almost forgotten—at least , "tfe have not heard a word either about him or his new bom skce its last dying groans .

      The whole of tfceir attempts having been frustrated , and peresiving that they were fast , snd in ft weak and a-wfnl position—the Tories beating them in the House , and the naughty Chartists cuffing them in trying to E&ie them honest out of the House—their positiGH as a party , was truly pitiable—to obviate which , an * ^ ise a Mnd of ferment , and to extricate themselves oct of their manifold blunders and difficulties , and to offer another bait , a few great and liberal souls , about fcalf-a- « czin in number , assembled on Friday , the 31 th lust , at a Temperance Hotel in M £ mchest « r , and drew up a declaration , demanding the Suffrage and the Ballot , setting forth that it was the production of a Ecmber of men who were merchants , tradesmen , manu-Jactnrtrs , inhabitants , and working classes of Manchester . They employed a cumber of men to stand at at the end of streets to obtain signatures , who said tbxi the working and middle elasses had joined fer a Repeal of the Corn Laws .

      The Chartists , who are ever on the alert , who have "Watched their trick * , saw through this puff , and set it down aj orly consistent with all their other moves . CcnEtquenUy , the obstinate , ignorant , and silly Chartists rejected it , denounced it as vague and unsatisfactory , and unworthy of their support . Their i ext step was to pass resolutions , calling upon her Majesty to dismiss her present advisers , and call to her council men who -would abolish the Corn Laws , and to give to every man of twenty-one years of sge , of sane mind , &c-, a vote for the election of Jlembtrs to Parliament , an < 2 likewise the Ballot

      When the memorial , which ought to have been famed according to these resolutions , came out , behold , to our astonishment and disgust , these parties , "who had so recently become so honest—these new converts to Eberal principles—these men who wish for the ccoperatka of the Chartists— had deceitfnlly burked , or rather endtted to mention a word about either the Suffrage cr the Ballot , the memorial only asked for Ministers "who would repeal the Corn Laws Now , feP . ovr-ccuntryraen , whether Chartists or not , « nit be expected tbat we can trust such men as these ?

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      Oaght we not to be sceptical ? Is it not sufficient io convince us that they only wished to n&ke tools of us to obtain repeal ? Would suoh men as those give us to political power if they coald ? What other motives can they have—what designs but those of deception and intrigue ? What is the reason of all this manseuveriiig ? Why have they been driven to this sort of conduct ? Why all this scheming , planning , and capering ? First , Household Suffice ; - Second , Education Suffrage ; Third . Complete Suffrage -, Fourth , Twenty-five years' Suffrage ; Fifth , the Charter Suffrage anrt Yote by Ballot Why simply and truly because you were determined not to buriee from the Charter—because you were

      wedded to these undying principles contained in that imperishable document called the People ' s Charter , and were resolved not to make any or the least compromise , or tu join any party who wou d not go at once for a full measure of justice ; then take credit for your firmness , integrity ,- and honesty ; you now ses thai every step yea have taken has been a judicious one , and that by a perseverance in the same line of procedure you will be respected by the parties who ; nee despised you , and as you have brought them from one paint to another , like squ « rr ? ls hopping from boueh to bough you will compel them to come out -whether honesUy or not for every thing you desire . Yon have obtained too great a triumph to give way ; your cause is just , and ought to be esponsed by every working man who loves himself .

      I his family , his country , and posterity . No man will I object to our priciples who is a lover of liberty . No 1 one will refrain joining us , but he who is content to i remain a mere servile slave . Indeed neither the advo-. cates of the Whigs nor the Tories have ever attempted \ to analize the points of the Charter ; neither the Whit ; i nor-the Tory prass have ever properly discussed the principle , but have invariably , in a cowardly and UDJu ^ t manner , pointed with scorn and ridicule to some re-| ported indiscreet act of an isolated Chartist , without : even inquiring whether the statement be true or false , < and h-M it up to their hearers and readers as a sptci-! men uf Chartism . Now were we to adopt this srandartl , ¦ and apply this test to any society , either political ,

      relij giouB , or benefit , i we wero to identify the actions of I men with principles , we might condemn by the same rule 1 erery good institution cr society in existence . These ! parties have . been in tl > e tabit of attending bar p r . r I lours , tempererance hotels , and other places of resort ; ; when the Charter W 23 mcoted they have turatd up ; thtir no * e 3 ar . d treats ! it as beneath their notice , only i to mute it frightful ami appear impracticable , and i when taken to task , when questioned £ 3 to whether . they had ever read that document , they have replied in ' the negative ; and the enly reason these burgotcd busy ; bodies ,, these fops of politicians , these great and wise ¦ -srcnU-he-statesraen and legislators couid assign for j their wiilful ignorance cf those painciples was . that they . sever considered it worth readtnz .

      I Jsnouid thtse remarks meet the eyes of some of this i discr ipuon of critics , these great Solomon's , or of any j of cur new-professeu converts , we will give them : i ; brief sketch of the Charter , accompanied with our j reasecs for agitating for it , : eaving ourselves open - to mist any man or body of men to defend ! it , either wivh pen or tongue ; not because \ we depend upon our abilities alone , bnt because ; the principles of the Caartsr are just and right , ; founaed on truth and require only a plain and : unvarnished tale to make them produce conviction in j their favour , in the minds ef every man who is not i blinded with prejudice and self-conceit .

      I- Aa the first grand point of the Charter , we advocate ; "Universal Suffrage , liable to the following conditions : I —That the vctrr be a male , twenty-one years of age , , of sane mind , unconvicted of crime , not guilty of per-; sonauon ., bribery , forgery of election certificates , an < l j able tu prove a three months residence as a householder i or lodge-. j The iibove is the Universal Suffrage of the Charter—1 a suffiage for the virtuous only , from which the perflj dious traitor to his country ' s rights would be excluded . —a suffrage discriminating , equitable , and jaut .

      What vre advocate 13 a right founded upon the princi i pies of nature . Politically sperJung , we see no dif-• ferance in man at birth , there is none at death , and j then surely if God and nature has made no difference in i their entrance into the world , and going out of the , worid , there oucht net to be any in their voyage through the world ; but the contrary has been the rule , , thousands , nay millions by oar unjust laws and class legislation have been born slaves , lived slaves , and lastly , b . 2 . ve d : . td slaves .

      It is that which has induced man to become a tyrant , and likewise made slaves . No man has ever attempted to sbeir why the industrious mechanic , or the labouring man should be deprived of his birthright . St . Paul said " those who did not work , neithershould they eat . " Common sense would suggest that if any portion ought to be txcluded , it must be those idlers and drones who fattt-n upon the blood and bones of the people . And thb = e initastricTis millions "who labour for their livingthat portson -jf the community -who are the real pri ' . le the real prop , the real strength , the real wealth , the real " power , the real protectors , defenders , and greatness of the nation ought to have a voice in tLe laws of their couBtry—so th-it tfceir labour , which ia the source of all wtaith , which products everything valuable in society , without -which the world would be au universal desert , might , be protected , equally with its child , ths caDitaL

      Yote by Ballot we advocate , deeming it t ! te only safeguard of the poor but conscientious voter—his only protection against bribery , corruption , and intimidatiOD ; but we r ^ ist tht Billot , -without the suffrage , as useless and inefficient , upon the same principle that wewouMs scabbard without a s * rord to shield . We advocate Annual Piiiliaments , because they would preserve more closely the connection between the elector and the representative , prevent bad Government arisipgfrom corrupt jliuist -rs and senators troubled with short memories and truckling principles . We agitate for equal representation , as by its introduction the constituencies , in some cases so disproportionately numerous , would be re ¦ need ; in others , so diminutive , would be multiplied , so that Harwich , ¦ R- . t ' iits 156 electors , should not send an equal number r-f Meir-V-ers to Parliament , with the thousands of West-Hiinsttr , ice

      We 3 d 7 r-cf . te the No Troptrtj Qualification for Members of Parliament , on ths principle that it is neither the extent of a man ' s acres , or the depth of his purse , that qualifies him tor & egislator ; bnt that political integrity , mental intelligence , moral superiority , and nnswerving consistency in patriotic devotion to our common country , farm infinitely more important—nay , indispensable qualifications for the senator and the statesman . Payiset-t of Members we think necessary under the operation of a No Property Qiiaiification Parliamect , as the most k fficient guarantee for the faithfulness and integrity of the representative .

      These , then , are our political principles . They are abstraettdl y just ; they partake of the eternity of truth and th *> stitility of the immutable . No contrivar . ee , no shuffling , no threats will ever induce us to give them up : we presume to say they are just , and the oniy way for either enemies or professed frieBds to lead ns from them is , first of all , to shew that they are " contrary to truth , not our rights , and also impracticable . Till they have done so we shall remain firm , through evil and good report , sincere admirers and advocates of those principles . We believe that though the country , at the present time , is in an awful and truly alarming state , that those principles will saTe it from inevitable ruin if

      adopted-There are sufficient elements and materials in Great Britain to make the people happy , comfortable , prosperqus , and free . Under a wise Government every huiran being might be put in possession of a good education , good food , good clothing , and good shelter ; an 1 the Government knowing this , and having the opportunity to do so , not doing it , ought not to be tolerated . The money , the law , the land , the press , the machinery , have all been monopolised by the middle and higher clissfs . and made to work against the interest of the working classes . High rents , high taxes , large

      profits , and competition , will rnin any nation , however powerful and prosperous it ruight once have been . We want a power to regulate these affairs , that they may work for us , instead of , as row , against us ; and nntil we have obtained such power we shall remain , not as we tre , but , l-ad as our condition is , we s ; all go worse . There are the same circumstances at work no-. r which have brought us to our present condition , and will , if not checked , bring us still lower and lower ; hence the necessity for every right-minded and honest man to arouse and declare , and at once , that he -will do all he can to put a stop to the present corrupt system . -

      We are aware that hnndreds every menth are leaving the land of their birth to seek sustenance in a foreign country , _ not being able to obtain a living in their own . If it could be avoided we would , for our part , much rather they remained at home , and endeavour to reform their own country . He who stays , acts more thepart of a patriot , if trying to meed it , than he who runs

      away . It certainly is a cruel system which forceB industrious people to ltave the country , - because nativity , birthright , brothers , sisters , wives , children , relations , friends , and neighbours , all conspire to bind and endear us to our common country ; and we adept the language of a well known and real Stirling patriot , who said , " that althongh my country is cursed by tyranny , its natural beauties defaced by misrule and © ppression , its aspects of grandeur blurred by the withering grip of close legislation , its fair danghtera and free sons transformed into slaves , its once glorious institutions , subverted and substituted by coercion , through political inequality , social distress , domestic discord , universal wrttchednets and Iife-coBSuming drudgery ia . the lot of the many millioned helote , though all this is- the lot of my country . Yet , from the language of my heart , I exclaim , " My country , "with all thr faults 1 love thee still . "

      In conclusion , Brother Chart-sts , we emphatically call upon you to do your duty . At public meetings to be firm , resolute and determined , allow fair discussion , cct as becomes men seeking ycur liberty , TaiBe no clamour or confusion , let the middle class have this psrt of the business to themselves , and at all and every risk stand upon your Charter . At all meetings publicly convened , be at your post , and the best way to ktst the honesty of the middle class is to enforce your

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      amendments for toe Charter . Do not be joggled , allow no compromise , bnt by aound argument and reason defend at every hazard , the principles which it containa , . ' You are now a ~ rived at a period when a false step might injure the cause yon have so much at heart If the middle classes are coming out to join the Chartists see tbat there be no mistake about the matter , and if they object to the Charter , then yon will know what to think about them—the times are too serious to be trifled with—we must be sober , active , and perseverinp . Every man must workas though the-whole weight depended upon him .

      In order , theisfore , to guard against the mlrrepresentations of a factions press , you must not by any means , allow the Charter to be a secondary measure , nor must it be allowed to be appended to any other resolution—try your strength at the beginning of the meeting , while the first chairman sits . Never let it be said that you elected another chairman to carry the Chart r ; do every thing honestly , fairly , legally , and properly , and triumph , and complete victory is sure to be the result , and you will be held up as men deserving to be free . The middle classes have already show signs of retreat ; follow them up , then ; and , armed and stimulated as you are by justice , virtue , and truth , you wiJl oblige them to yield to a sensible and a determined people : and , above all , be sober Those who can adopt the total abstinence pledge , do ; and those who cannot , be as sober as you can ; but , at any rats , let it not be a test of Chartism—tvery man must please himself in that respact .

      We beg of you , in parting , to prove every man , before you condemn him or despise him . There are men v- 'ho are continually condemning and calumniating one of the best friends the working man ever bad—namely , Feargus O Cunuor . We have tried him , watched him ; and , hitherto ,. in every undertaking , found him to be a sterling patriot ; one who has made great sacrifices ; he has exerted himself past expectation ; and for tbat reason , if thousands of the middle classes were to join us to-morrow , we shall give him his deserve , and any sther man who merits it the same as he has done . But though we admire xim for his firmness and consistency , we do not worship either him or r . ny other man , but respect him in proportion to Mb patriotism . We

      respect all other leaders ; but as he has of late been made the butt—as the cry has beeen so oft repeated , " Throw Feargus overboard , " we therefore wish to inform the middle classes of the pledge of our firm resoive , namely , that we will not leave the men who have proved faithful ; and that we will immediately discard from our rank 3 ? jiy man who can be proved a traitor . If the middle classes wish the confidence of us and you , let them do what Feargus has done for the movement , and taey shall have tha sama respect . G » on , then , lads ; be united , and we conquer—divided , and -we fall . The Charter ! the whole Charter ! ! and ns surrender !!! We remain , yours in the cause of justice , pledged to the a ^ iLititn , determined , knowing our rights , to

      maintain them . We take our leave of yon , by declaring that we will have a long pull—a strong pull—and a pull altogetherand down comes the citadel of corruption . Signed o : ; behalf the delegates assembled , William Griffin , William Grocott , Jamjls Cahtledge .

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      NEWCASTLE . Mr . Liddle had placarded Seghill , announcing bis intention of giving a lecture on the Corn Laws , in the Wesloy . -in Chapel there , on Saturday evening , the 19 th instant Soon after seven o ' clock the chapel was lighted up , and Mr . Liddle , in the presence of about a dozen , commenced his lecture in the usual hackneyed strain of the League . llcssrs . Cockburn and Sinclair , from Newcastle , having heard of the intention of Mr . Liddle to attempt tc impose upon the credulity of the good men aud true of Seghill , had just arrived abont seven o'clock , and no sooner had they entered the village than it spread like wildfire that the Chartists had coma to oppose Mr . Liddle ' s humbug , and to that event Mr . Liddle owed having anything like a meeting .

      Mr . Liddle pretended to lecture for upwards of an hour . When he finished , Mr . Cockburn rose and asked the ltctarer if he might be allowed to make a few remarks upon what he had said , and was answered yes , providing he would confine himself closely to the subject . Mr . Cockburn then commenced by exposing tbe fallacy of Mr . Liddle ' s statement , in which he said the greater the amount the export trade of the nation the greater the comfort of the working classes , and laying before the meeting certain statistics , shewing how the cotton manufacture , in all its departments , bad increased in quantity exported for the lost forty years , and y tt the wages of the operative manufacturer had decreased ; for

      instance , in the year 1797 , there had been manufactured 23 , 000 , 000 lbs . of cotton , at which period the hand-loom weaver earned £ l 6 s . 8 d . per week , but in 18 iO there were manufactured 460 , 000 , 000 lbs ., being twenty times the quantity manufactured forty-three years previous , and yet the hand-loom weaver ' s wages was only 5 s . 6 & ., _ little more than one-fifth of what he earned in 1797 . He then enumerated various other facts tending to prove the same position , and continued It was true that tho Sake at Northumberland , the Marquis of Westminster , the Duke of Bnccleucb , and many

      other landed aristocrats , wallowed in wealth and luxury , on the misery of the toil-worn slaves of Britain ; bnt how did the Cobdens , the Potters , the Marshulls , and a host of manufacturing leeches , who suck ihe very vitals of the working classes , without being satisfied ? and yet their cry is ¦* ' Give , give , give . " This is their object ; give us more profits , and let us give the labouring classes less -wages . But the time was when labour was protected—when the working men had the power of electing their own law-makerswhen they could keep within due bounds he

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      exactions of the taskmaster and tbe usurer , and after having laid before the meeting Beveral tablea contrasting the rate of wages and price of provisions at that time , with the rate ef wages and price of previsions now , he proved to the satisfaction of nine-tenths of his hearers that the people were four times more comfortable then than now . These were the atate of things he wished to gee restored—a change which ' . ' a repeal of the Corn Lawa ' aever cenld effect , and which the people never need expect , until the people were fully and fairly represented in the legislature , and cqnr eluded by asking Mr . VLiddle thefollowing . questions , to none of which he deigned to ' reply , Tia-K 1 . Would Mr . L ., by any legislative enactment , enable the labourers to proscribe the increasing power of machinery ? 2 . Would he- . place onr . - labourers- in competition , as regards wages , with the labourers on the Continent ?

      3 . Would ha assist to give the labourers tiie power of protecting themselves ? Having thanked tho meeting for the courtesy they had shown him whilst making his few remarks , he sat down amidst universal applause . Mr . Liddle rose and stated that labour could not be protected , because if men we . e plentiful they would sooner give a bonus to the j master than be without employment Mr . Cockburn rose to reply to Mr . L "s fallacious

      assertion , but the trustees or the chapel , through sympathy to Mr . L ., would not allow tUe subject to be discussed , as the conditions on which they hsld the place wa » , that they should never allow anything inimical to the interest of the masters to be said there ; upon which Mr . Cockburn said , tfcat he would discuss with Mr . L . or any other person friendly to the immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , with accompanying measures , tho effect which tljeir success would have upon the labouring classes at any time or place within ten miles tf Newcastle .

      Mr . Sinclair then moved the following ' resolution , which was carried unanimously , not eveD one of thb Plague dating to hold up his hand against it , namely .: —• " That the thanks' of . this meeting be given to Mr . Liddle for having successfully proved all cur evils to be the result of class legislation , which can never be removed until the people are fully and fairly represented in Parliament " The Plague wishing to try their hand in Gateshead , called a public meeting to be held on Monday , at twelve o'clock at noon ; they met at , the appointed time , and so did the Chartists . .

      A 3 soon as the Mayor ; as if by natural instinct , took the chair and had opened the proceedings , by the Town Clerk reading the placard , Mr . Sinclair asked the Mayor , if , in the event of an adjournment bting carried until eight o ' clock this evening , would have tbe goodness to preside on the occasion , to which his Worship replied he would not , for he was frightened to come out at nights . Mr . Sinclair then s * id , that as a working man he felt it incumbent upon him to move an ' 'adjournment- The Mayor stated that the meeting was got up for the benefit of the working cahj 3 es , and yet he was the first of all the mayors of Gtateshead who denied the people the opportunity of attending without making a sacrifice , which they wire ill able to afford . He would then

      move " That this meeting adjourn until eight o ' clock this evcniDg , so as to give a majority of the industrious closai's an opportunity of attending and hearing discassed those subjects to which the league attached so much consequence . " It was met by an amendment , " Tbat seven resolutions and a petition be proceeded with in lieu . " Mr . Sinclair protested against such a course .

      Upon its being put from the chair , upwards of twothirds of the meeting held up their hands for the adjournment , but the worthy Mayor declared otherwise , upon which Mr . Sinclair protested against his decision , and told his worship he would lend him his spectacles if be was deficient in tho organ of vision , but he ' would neither , allow him or any one else to cheat him out of his rights , upon which the Mayor resigned bis seat , Mr . Brocket moving a vote of thanks for his conduct in the cbair .

      Mr . Sinclair moved , aa an amendment , that the conduct of the Mayor does not deserve any thanks , and that the vote of thanks be postponed until he returns to his senses , and learns to give equal justice to honest working men as he would wish others to do to himself . ( Mr . Sinclair ' s amendment was carried .

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      SALISBURY . —Ai a meeting of the Chartists of this place on Wednesday week , a resolution was passed unauimeusly , that tho Chartista of Salisbury ' are determined not to countenance any agitation that has ior its tendency anything short of the People ' s Charter . A Charter evening school was opened here on Monday last , when twenty-five boys were admitted . COJuNE . —The cause of Chartism goes bravely on . We have of late had several able and talented lecturers amongst us , who have given a great stimulus to the glorious principles of justice and equality . The cordwainer 8 of this town had a meeting of their trade , at which they decided , as a body , to become members of the National Charter Association ;; and we trust that the example set by that body wiJl soon be imitated by the whole of the united trades of this town .

      NEWARK . —Mr , J . Lioney , from Manchester , delivered a very able and soul-stirriug lecture here on Wednesday evening , Feb . the ) 6 ih . The room was crowded to excess , he very ably weat through the principles of ttie Charter and at the close five new members were enrolled . BARNARD CAST 2 » E . — Oa Friday night last , a public meeting was held in Mr . Look ' ey ' s school room , which is capable of holding nearly 300 persons , and which was well filled ; Mr . Maycroft , of West Auckland , addves-sad the msetitrg . in a brief

      but argumentative speech ; ho was followed by Mr . Biuns , from Sunderland , who in ; a very able and impressive manner traced all the miseries of the working classes to the great monopoly of class legislation . He then showed that nothing short of tho People ' s Charter would remove and prevent a recurrence of those evils which at this time press so heavily on the working portion of- . society . A yote of thauks was given to the speakers and to the Chairman , three cheers were given for the Charter , three for F . O'Connor , and three for the Welsh martyrs , when the meeting dispersed .

      CIRENCBSTER . —Mr . Knowles , the county lecturer , delivered an ( address here on Friday evening , on the first principles of government , to a very good audience . On Saturday morning he delivered a splendid lecture of two hours duration , on the present distress of the country , its cause and remedy , in , the large room . at the George Inn , Fairford , which was very much crowded . On Sunday evenining Mr . Knowles lectured in the Market-place , Cireacester , to a very good and attentive audience .

      SOUTBAMPTOSft ^ -The moral force Whigs of this place are outrageously angry because the violent Chartists declined to have any participation in their recent exhibition , and attempted burniug of Sir R . Peel in effigy . The people are not to be Bristolized again , ' ^ 'hcy have their eyes open . They know the iuutility of alldisplays of brute violence for any but factious purposes ; and they feel that they have supported the factions too liMi ' g j they are now busy with their own work ; aud their work is of a differeat kind , /

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      KE 1 CBSTER . —After the savage treatment shewn to Mr . Cooper by the Corn-Law repealers in the Guildhall , considerable anxiety was felt among the Chartists , as to the likely issue of the meeting called by the repealers , which took plane in the market-place ia the oa Thursday before last . Application was first made to the mayor , and to the secretary of the Anti-Corn Law Association , that a number of tickets might be granted for our admission to the hustings . This was for some time refused , —but at length granted . A few minutes after one at noon , from five to seven thousand people ware assembled , and the mayor ( Thos , Stokes , Esq . ) camo on the hustings , and took the chair . Ho was surrounded by Mes 3 ra . Paget , J . Biggs , Harris

      Chapman ,. I . Hodgson , Fielding , Rawson , and other principal manufacturers , wi'A Dr . Noble , Rev . Mr . Murseii , &c . &o . Messrs . Cooper and Ba _ irstow , together with nine Chartist friends , occupied the front of the hustings , to the left of the mayor . The repealers put two resolutions to tho meeting , and no opposition being offerod | passed them quietly , — about two thousand hands being held up for each proposition . Mr . Cooper then proposed the following resolution :- ^ " That this meeting is of opinion , that the Corn Laws , and all other monopolies which oppress the people , have their source in clas 3 legislation ; and this meeting further expresses its firm and full convictioii , that ? the People's Charter'ia the grand remedy for class legislation , and oa ^ ht to bo made the law of tho laud . " This proposition was received with immense cheering by the assem-|

      bly . Mr . Bairstow , in a speech filled with niauly reasoning , as well as elegance of figure and expression , seconded the resolution ; and on i £ s being put from tho chair , an immeuae forest of hands was held up in its favour , —at least three-f ' ourihs of the Corn Law repealers on the platform also holding up their hands by way of approval . Wheu the negativewa 3 put , only about five black-gloved hands ou the hustings were shevrn , —and the mayor instantly ueolarfid the resolution carried . Intense enthusiasm wasma « ifcstodbytheass 6 nibly , ahd three cheers were then given for the Charter , three for the . mayor , and three for O'Connor . This is the first open evidence of a disposition for conciliation among the middle classes of Leidestp . r . An earnest wish to sea thu

      Charter passed into a law , has loiigboeu known to exist in . the minds of a few ; but these very individuals have hitherto complained thai wo prevented thorn from shewing it , by proposing ' -amendments . ax Corn Laivmeetings , and thereby ore ^ Viug"disorder . " On this occasion , a substantive resolution was determined en instead . Tha vast majority of hands raised for the Chartist resolution , as compared with the bhew for Corn Law repeal , ought to eouvinco the Leicetter "Liberals" thai nothing less than an

      agitationfor the whole Charter will now avail with the people . If they fail to evince such a conviction , we shall revert to our old policy of proposing amendments , —from which policy wo have thus , for th

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . 18 . BANKRUPTS . Henry Rogers and Frederick Rogers , Finch-lane , Cornhill , wine-merchants , to turrender March 1 , at half-past ten , April 1 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Soicitor , Mr . Ruck , Mincing-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Baainghsllstreet Samuel Lane , Hoxton Old Town , victualJer , March 5 , at hiilf-past one , April 1 , at . eleven , at the Cuurfc of Bankruptcy , Basinghull-Btrefct . Solicitor , Mr . Shoubridge , Bedford-row ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Fredericks-phce , Old Jury . William Smith , Rotherbithe , miller , March 1 , at twelve ,. April I , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street , Solicitors , Messrs . Druce and Sons , Biliiter-square .

      John Thompson , Sunderland , chain manufacturer , March A , ' April 1 , at eleven , at the Thompson Arms [ nn , Sunderland . Solicitors , Messrs . Swain , Stevens , and Co ., FrederickB-place , Old Jewry ; and Messrs . Wright , Sunderland . William Stiles Qoodeve , brick maker , March 1 , April 1 , atone , at the Dolphin Inn , Chichester . Solicitors , Messrs- Bluckmore and Senior , Ifew Inn , Strand ; uud Messrs . Raper , Johnson , and Freeland , Chichester . James Andrew Butlor , Iipddington , Northamptonshire , machine-maker , Feb . 25 , April 1 , at one , at the Cross Keys Inn , Northampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Wing and Twiuing , Gray's Inn-square ' ; and Mr . Hewitt , Northampton . William Cuit ' ts , King ' s Lynn , Norfolk , commonbrewer , March 2 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Duke ' s Head Inn , Kings Lyun . Solicitors , Mr . Pitchtr , King ' s Lynn ; and Me 3 £ rs . Clowes and Wedlake , King ' s Bench-walk , Temple .

      James Coles , Bedwelty , Monmouthshire , apothecary , Fob . 24 , at three , April 1 , at eleven , at the King ' s Head Inn , Newport , Solicitors , Mr . Allen , Lincoln ' s Inaflelds ; and , Mr . Matthews , Pontypool . William Fisher , Lincoln , wharfinger , March 4 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Castle and Falcon , Newark-upon-Trenfc Solicitors , Mr . L * e , Newark-npou-Trent ; and Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Harcoartbuilciii » g 8 . Temple . William Burgoyne , Plymouth , builder , Feb . 28 , April 1 , at eleven , afc the Royal Hetel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Mr . Manfcle , Blackfriars-road ; and Mr . Edmonds , Plymouth . William ScUofield , Oldhara , machine-maker , March 7 , at eleven ,: at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , anil Morris , Toinple ; and Messrs . Whitehoad , Barlow , and liadclifte , Oldham .

      Guorge Brown , Carlisle , draper , March 17 , April 1 , at eleven , at the Caffse-bouse , Carlisle . Solicitors , Messrs . Walaisley , iicightley , and Parkin , Ctsancerylane ; Messrs . Humphreys , Cunlifi ' es , Charge wood , and Bury , Manchester ; and Messrs . ' Law and Bendle , Carlisle . Edward Haworth , Manchester , merchant , March 7 , April 1 , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedford-sauare ; and Messrs . Baunttt . Manchester .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED .. G . H . Hope and J . Mr . rkham , Liveapool , brimstonerefiners—R . Gardner ami W . Atkinson , Manchester , merchants—G- Brook and W . H . Kiye , Huildersflelii , woollen-cloth merchants—J . Clarke , U . Laug , A . Aspden , and J . Lord , Colt Mill , Lancashire , vroolienprJnters—M . Bridge , H . Bridge , and J . Bridge , Bury , Lancashire , com dealers . —J . G . Copley , G . Barrow , and W . M'Kinley , Manchester , engravers to calicoprinters— E . Wainhousa and J . Wood , Newlay , Yorkshire , stuif-dyer 3—S . Fibod and M . Jackson , Lueils , surgeons—H . Hitchen and P . Hitchen , Ghorley , Lancaahire , joiners—H . Clayton and T . Clayton , Hebdenbridgo , Yorkshire , confectioners—T . Renny and W . Browu , jun ., Liverpool , oil-cloth manufacturers— -J . Broadbent , J . Broodbent , and J . Brcadbsnt , Longwroodedge , Yorkshire , merchants ^—T . Hinton and T . White , Narthowram , 'Yorkshire , stone-niercbant ? .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb . 22 . BANKRUPTS . Joshua Darwin Gandar , victualler , Brydges-street Covent-gardcn , to surrender Maich . 3 , at two , Aprii 5 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Solicitors * Messrs Heathcote and Holmes , Coleman-etxeet ; official assignee ; Mr . Pennell . Charles Vandergucht , siik-inercer . Quadrant , Regentstreet , March 8 , at half-past one , April 5 , nt eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Selicitor , Mr . Hogard , Paternoster-row ; offioiiil-assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurohlane . ' George Donaldson / watch-maker , Pall-mall , Westminster , March 9 , at two , April 6 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Drake , Bouverie-street , Fieet-stKet ; offioial assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghallstreet . :

      John Pilling , innkeeper , Lancaster , March 0 , April 5 , at one , at , tho Royal Oak Inn , Lancaster . Solicitors , Messrs . Mayhew , Johnson , and Mayhew , Caroy-street , Lincoln's Inn , London ; Blacttturit and Son , Preston . Edward Harper , grocer , Steeplo Claydon , Buckinshamshire , March 8 , April 5 , at ten , at the Georgo Inn , Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire . Solicitor , Mr . Aplin , Banbury , Oxfordshire . Setti Flitcroft , ironmonger , Liverpool , March 4 , April 5 , at one , at the Clarehdon-roouiB , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Tattershall , Great Jatnes-street , Beiford-row , London : Messrs / Hoole and Marples , Shi fflslcl . John Paries Hope , builder , Atherstone , Warwickshire , March 4 , at the Bulls Inn , Nuneaton , Warwickshire , April 5 , lit the Three Tuns Inn , Atherstong , at twelve . Solicitors , Mr ; Baxter , Luicohi ' s Inn-fields , London ; Mr . Baxter , Atherstone .

      John Parsons , maltftar , Mansfield , Nottinghamshire , March 2 , April 5 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Pardons and Benn , Mansfield ; Mr . Deane , Lincoln ' s Inn-fielas , London John M'Lean , merchant , Liverpool , March 12 , April 5 , at two , at the Gommissioncrs' -rodma , MancU < 8 ter . Solicitors , Messrs . Holden and Clarke , Liverpool ; Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chiiweiy lane , London . John Davies , oil merchant , Liverpool , March 15 , April 5 , at the Clarendon Rsoms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Holden and Clarke , Liverpool ; - Messrs . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancery-lane , London ; Joseph Banks and Joseph Burgess , drapers , Manchester , March 10 , April 5 , at twelve , at the Commisaioners" Rooina , Manchester . Solicitors , M «! 8 sr 3 . Willis , Bower , and Willis , Tokenhouse-yard , London ; Messrs . Barratt , Ridgway , and Ford , Manchester .

      James Cockburn , merchant , Neve Brqad-jtreet , March 4 , April 5 , at eleven , at Jhe Court of Bahkiuptcy . Solicitors , Messrs , Wy . de , Rees , Humphry , and Wylde , College-hill , Queen-street , Cheapaide ; official assignee , iir ; Turquand , CopthaH-court . ' : John Smithj milliner , Bond-street , March 3 , April 5 , ai twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr Stephen , Sizs-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher .

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      ^ _ THE NORTHERN STAR . ' ' . ¦ :- ' ... .. .. T / - \

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      SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATE 24 EETING . This important meeting , which was adjourned & ftjrtnJ ^ it ago , was held on Sunday last , ia the Chartist Boom , Brown-street , East Manchester . The delegates , who had sia&y of them to come a long distance , assembled at eleven o ' clock . Delegates present : —Mr . William Gresty , Tork-sfreet , StaaefceBter ; air . Wm . Grocott , Brown-street , Mandiesier ; Mr . Reuben Hague , Lees ; Mr . Taomas Lawless , Oldham ; Mr . John Masvn , Mossley ; Mr . Sogei

      Gregory , Middleton ; Mr . Win . Gathrie , Ecdes ; Mr . Henry Waters , Miles Platting ; Mr . John Harris , Asbton ; Mr . Thomas Cuee&am , St-alybridge ; Mr . Davies , Leigh ; 3 Ir . Henry JTattall , Redfern-street , Jiancbester ; Mr . James Cartledre , WamHgton ; ilr . Wm- Beard , Bolton ; Mr . John Bntterworth , Milnrow ; Mr . Chirles Bowman , Openshaw and Droylsden ; Mr . Themas Rankin , Salford ; Mr Nicholas Channbig , Wieanand Chowbent ; and Mr . David O ^ den , Fails--worth-Mr . Wh . Gkestt was called to the Chair .

      The Secretary read over the minutes of last meeting , ¦ which were confirmed , and also a enmber of letters bearing npon tae business of the meeting . Each delegate then piid his qu- ^ ti of money towards the Convention fnnd . The money affairs being satisfactorily settled , a long discussion ei-aued , -srh-ch terxnisited by the passing of tie following resolution : — Moved bj Mi . Cartledge , and seconded by Mr . Bard" Ttst . in order to corae to a clear and brotherly nuderstandiDg with tLe Chartists of this c&unty , it is the opinion cf the dtLr £ att 3 representing South Lmjcs-Ehire , tiat it is requisite and desirable the whole of Lancashire sfconld join in engaging lecturers , and to tcrsaci all other business connected -with the Charti 5 t movement in the county ; and that the Secretary do fortieth ccrrtsvoiii with the snb-Secretaries of the Korth on the subject , and the same tc be laid before the next delegate raeeticg . "

      Mr . Cartledge then moved the folio-King resolution , ¦ which "was sesiniied by Mr . Ncttali , &nd carried nnanimenfiy : — " We the Belegste 3 of Sofctb Lancashire pledge oarselves not to be parties to any comproroise -with tbe Corn Law Ltagne or any other body of m ? n , but that -sre "will stand by lie Caarter , tha whole Charter , and to agitate for nothing less , and that a Committee be chosen to draw up an address to the conaty to tbat effect , giving instructions how the Chartists of Lancashire should in our opinion act at all the forthcoming meetings , and at any deputations which they may for the furore have with the League , or any other patty who might -srish an interview with them . " Messrs . Griffin , Cirtledre , and &rocot £ , were then e'ecttd to draw tm the aforesaid ad dress .

      After a long discussion on the propriety of having a regular correspondence with tha Members cf the Cun--rention -vs-hile sitting :, for which , purpose a Central Committee should be formed to sit in Manchest&r . The follomns resolution was carried ¦ unanimously . That a Committee of persons be appointed trhese business it shall be to keep up a continual correspondecce with the Members for Lancashire while situng to rive them such information and instruction as they in their judgment may deem best calculated to for-svard the good cause in -which we are engaged ; and should anything of importiace transpire they shall immediately comsiunicate the same to the Secretary's of Lancashire , accompanied with such information and advice as they msy think necessary . And we nnji :: ly call upon every member in the county to held themselves prepared to second the exertions of their C juncil in every legal way , and so te act as tha case may require . "

      The folio-wing persons -were elected as the Committee , Messrs . GHffiu , Carticdge , Grocott , Divie 3 , Knight , Shearer , Waters , and RaEkin-The Sectttary was then ordered to write to Liverpool and a few other places -who are in airears , requesting them to come forward as early as possible . A Deputation w& 3 next introduced from Delpb , Saddle-worth , who Etited that they were situated betwixt tbe twe counties , and wished to know whether they should join Lancashire or Yorkshire , The former beiEg more likely to render them assistance by sending them lectures , 4 c . It was moved by Mr . Rankin , seconded by Mr . Grocotl and carried , " That they join Lancashire . " After a vote ef thanks to the Chairman and Secretary for their disinterested and velnntary services , the Delegates dispersed . Tbe next Delegate meeting will be held on the last Sunday of next month .

      Nominations To The General Council.

      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL .

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      HONLEY . Mr . John Shaw , clothdresser . Mr . Matthew Buck ' ey , clothier . Mr . John Woodhouse , do . Mr . Charles Boothroyd , do . Mr . John Roberts , slubber . Mr . Brarawell Dyson , clothier , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . Christopher Wood , woolstapler , sub-Se cretary . SHEFFIELD . — TOUTHS' ASSOCIATION , FIG TREE-LANE . Mr . John Speed , stag-cutter , Mill-lane . Mr . William Dyson , pen-blade-grinder , Russell r . krPAr ..

      Mr . John Arnold , hook-maker , Chester-street . Mr . John Gill , silversmith , Lambert-street . Mr . Thomas Annitage , cabinet case-maker , Rock ingham-ssreet . Mr . Joseph Nadin , stag-cutter , Barker pool , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Woodcock , cutler , Braad-lane , sub Secretary .

      BARLIXGTON . Mr . Thomas Elliot , bookbinder . Mr . Andrew White , do . Mr . Wm . Mather , woolcomber . Mr . Thomas Wau « h , labourer . Mr . Joseph Oxley , tailor . Mr . Wm . Bainbridge , labourer . Mr . Wm . Whither , woolcomber . Mr . Charles , woolcomber , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Nicholas Bragg , givcer , Priestgate , sub-Se cretary .

      LEES . Mr . Lewis Harp , cotton-spinner . Mr . Thomas Wood , engine tenter . Mr . Squire Lees , Siielderslaw , cotton-spinner Mr . Rubin Haigh , mechanic . Mr . Juhn Beaumont , cotton-spinner . Mr . Joseph Greaves , tin plate worker . Mr . Enoch Sykes , Shelderslaw , mechanic . Mr . James Dawson , sub-Secretary . KNARESBRO ' .

      Mr . Was . Johnson , tailor , Beech Hill . Mr . John Booker , weaver , Fisher Garden , Mr . Thomas Sewell , weaver , Parsonage Yard . Mr . John Mothersdill , jun ., weaver , Tinkle street-Mr . Thomas Johnson , weaver . Savage Yard . Mr . George Williamson , weaver , Savage Yard sub-Tzc-aiurer . Mr . Samuel Buck , weaver , High-street , sub-Se creiary .

      GLOSSOP . Mr . Abraham Wood , weaver , Green Vale . Mr . Wm . Batty , spinner , Little Muor . Mr . John Sinuister , shoemaker , oitto . Mr . James Owen , weaver , Green Vale . Mr . Ephraim Bcaly , weaver , Howerd Town . Mr . Chiries Wood , co-operative store keeper Howerd Town , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Hall , tailor , Glossop , sub-Secretary .

      LEEDS . Mr . Wm . Pybus , Jan ., Brougham-street . Mr . Thomas Fraiser , Cumberland Buildings Mr . John Sanderson , Chatham-street . Mr . William Brook , Kirkgate . Mr . George Walker , Richmond Koad . Mr . Wm . Butler , Giles-street . Mr . V . it . Westlake , 57 , Chatham-street . Mr . George Hobson , Mulberry-street . Mr . Thomas Wihon , Georgo ' s Court . Mr . Thomas Shores , . East-street . Mr . Thomas Dixon , Sweet-street .

      Mr . B . Knowles , Bowiing Green Court . Mr . Matthew Garbut , Windsor-street . Mr . Neil Graham , Sweet-street . Mr . Michael Lonjjstaff , High-street . Mr . John Smith , Recent-street . Mr . Andiew Dick , Sf . Peter ' s HjU Mr . Thoma 3 Greig , Tempi ar ' s-street . Mr . James Haigh , School-street . Mr . Samuel Swain , Brougham-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Henry Stonehouse , N 6 w Paradise , Jack-lane , sub-Secretary .

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      The working classes of Gitcshead met opposite the Town Hall , at eight o ' clock ( tho hour to which the mid-day meeting had bseu adjoutne < l ) , but were denied admission . The Superintendantess of Police informed Messrs . Cross aud Sinclair that she was

      isformed by the authorities that there was'no meeting to be held there that ni « ht , but declined to state the name of that authority—upon which the assembled multitude hsld a public moeting in the street , appointed Mr . Cross as Chaitmnn , and a solemn protest was unanimously agreed to : —1 st . Against the false decision of the M ayor ; 2 nd . against any petition purporting to emanate from the public meeting , being in Gateshead , ami that the secretary be iustructed to transmit a copy of the protest to Mr . Ferrand ( whose speech appeared in last week's Star ) to he by him presented to the Hoase of Commons . Carried unanimous !? .

      Mr . Sinclair moved the following resolution , which was seconded by . Mr . Kitker , and carried unanimously : " That / in the opinion of this meeting , all the misery which infests the industrious classes \ as wa have seen to-day , ) owes ita waoJo exittsnoe to class-legislation and that nothing short of a full and free representation in Parliament can remove that misery . " Carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned to the Chartists'Hall , Cloth-uiarket , whare the Chartists held their meeting ; Mr . Dies in the chair . The Secretary then read the minutes of the previous meet'ng . Mr . Johnstone brought forward his vote of censure on the conduct-of Mr . Painongh , and bis expulsion from the Charter Association , until he learns to behave himself . Carried . Four shillings and threepence was handed from the " good men and true" of Benton-lane End , for the Convention fund .

      L . L . H . G S . paid in six shillings and eightpence to the Convention fund . North Shields—A public meeting was held here on Tuesday latt , at Mr . Thomas Gray's , the Future Admiral , Wellington-street . Mr . Morris having been calleA upon to preside , bmfly opened the meeting by introducing to them Mr . Williams , of Sunderland , who gave a first-rate lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter , calling upon all who heard him to come and sign the National Petition . The place was crowded to suffocation . Mr , Williams was well received , and a number of persons joined the Association after the proceedings of the meeting . ' All persons haying cards of membership not accounted for , are respectfully requested to do so immediately . AH petition-sheet * are expected to be transmitted to the Secretary , Mr . James Sincla ' tr , 3 , Pipewell Gate , without delay .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct743/page/7/