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      PUBLIC MEETING AT CHELSEA . A putlic meeting "was held oa Friday last at , Scott's AsstmcyRooms , New Roal , Chelsaa , to er quire into the cat ; e or the distron ex - > t eg in the country , The loom tum densely crowded ; it i 3 confidently asserted that at least 1 , 000 persons weat away being unable to procure admission ; Mr . Ferd was called to the chair , and br efl / opened tte business of the meeting , and requested for each speater a fair and impartial hearirg . Buffet Ridley moved the first resolution . He said ,. Mr . Chairman and fallow-countrymen , never in the page of history , if we trace it from its earliest and remotest period , did a notion stand in a similar posit' . on to that -which we occupy at present We find the industrious classes , by aid of machinery , are yf-ariy creating wealth to the enormous Taluo of eight hundred millions of paunds , and yet our condition proclaims to the world the monstrous anomaly of the producers of more wealth than any nation of modern times can

      boast of , existing in the direst poverty , actually starving for want of the coinmsn necessaries of life , whilst a c 5 as 3 who produce nothing , and earn nothing , are wallowing in luxury anl ease , are the packers to every viee which liisgracts and degrades iunias nature . I ask of you , is this fair , or just , or hocest ? Can these two extremes much longer tsist ? [ Ft-org-ns O'Connor , Esq . here ' entered the room , and the very roof rung with the echo of rapturous applause- ] After the cheering had subsided * Mr . Ridley coum-. ued . I have double duty to ptrform this evening , hr . vicg also to attend a meeting in London ; as cur worthy champion has arrived , he wh « bus so berefitially employed his tilents in vvs behalf , I shall not longer de-am yon ; hut I again ask you , is it just that we , the producers of this wealth , should be turned adrift to -starve , in order thai tfaty who tyrannise s . nd . oppress us may riot in laxury ? They te ! l you tbr . i this is occasioned by our being ov : r-pepn ! ated ; that we cannot procure Euniclbni corn to feed our peculation . Never was a

      grosser ialsehoc-. l uttere » i under the canopy of high wivh th-jm . If you go to a tiwn am see tli-e cottages heaven . We have dared th ^ se men to prove tlieir empty you may decent upon it , that the i-L >;> ie . ptrs

      position . Wt tave-dared thtm to discuJS the subject ; and they have evtr shrank from the challenge , well tnswing that trulh vould prc'iH Our Eii ! l : > cra ; y and our fictory loras are cow cali-ng a ' . oiid for chesp bread . They have oppressed and ground iowi' their ¦ workpeople to the very verge of ctairati ^ n , and bow using the p ' . ea of humanity , they desire t : > give you a cheap loaf , that they may bring your wnsres to ice continental level , an 1 thereby cojipete with art ' z ins of foreign nations . "We desire the repeal of the U ^ rn laws , cnii ev . ry oth ; r law which pressi s a ; on the industry rf man ; but we are well aware this" can never be ifF . -evja until we are truly represented in the Briti = t Srriit-. AVe therefore pr : ciaim to the -whole "world , tiist we 'i : i rtver itst s : tti : iied urtU lifxnr is placed side bj side , with capita 1 , in the Brirsh Ilvust-s cf iegislaturr . I !> r-ir leave to inove the fi > liO ^ ing reiolutirn in wiJoJi 1 heartily concur : —

      " That in the rp : n ; on of this meet ng the s ^ eat and alsxm ing die tress Miiich now prevails throughiu : the country has been caused by the bad lawa and wretched mismanagement f f cur legislative bodies ; and that the only safe and tfikirLt remedy which can be adopted t j itstore trade tu a safe basis— to ensure prosperity to the producer , and K-frty and protection to the capitalist , is conia- ' ned in th = d--cu : atnt called the People ' s Charter , and this mettiug plrdgts _ iue f to agitate far tha : measure , and never to c ^ ase in its cx-. rtic-ns untrl the rights of Iibvur are fulr represented in the Commons ' House of Parliament- "" i GrCjt cheering . ¦ Feakgcs O'Connor , Esq ., on risinz to s : cr . nd the resoluiion , wasrtccivedwithgrc-. it anijiause . Tie said

      —ily friends , did y > u ever hear a : ? . ^ . n s ; -i .-ik in h : s sleep * I have had little for tbrie nichts , ami n"r , e > a ? night . Teitsrday I a : dressed two uittt : ngs in L-icrster , and travelled all nisiit to have an opp rcuni : y to address yen : being so txbau'ts-i , you must bc . ir with me if I am a little prosy this eveair . g . Oa riMTig 1 heard some one say a Sudallst" 1 don't knaw if he meant me ; if eo , I tell him he is in error . If firmly to helieve in the exutence if a G ;> d—if to-believe that the poor are the special charge i f ihe Almighty—if t j hope for future rewards for tee advocacy of their cause , is to be a Socialist , I am one . ( Great cheering i

      I have great pleasure in seeing this rcsoation : _ it exactly expresses my sentiments ; it informs you of the cause of your distress , and points you to the remedy . As my address nnisr necessarily te biitf , I hiill liol \ Fait 3 ens Word In declamation , bnt go at once to t !; c point . It is a sntj ^ st which claims an interes ; in eTerv breast . Ton art ? a ) l olil enough t 3 have ot-strved t ^ e onward march of science and of the arts—to huve rsnisrked theinsr . y scientific improvements which a ; e taid to have made Sritain the envy anti admL'atioa cf the world . You c ; n remember when there was no railroads—when t ~ e wcnderfnl power of sierra was almost unknown—when tnere was no Reform

      Billwhen a heavy c . nxj was paid on newspapers as 4 en letters . Ton ecu all remember when Britain was a ruder , rougher nation than at present ; but yen then enjoyed more of the comforts of civilisation tha-i at present , Y * . u have seen the various improvement * ¦ which have raise 1 ytn ? character for still and inger . nity so high ia the world—you have had all the beeSt of the RtfjrmBUl , which was to turn this mighty power of creating cjmfort and enjoyment to your advantage . Xow , then , turn round and ask where is ytu . Ehare of these gixLt improvements ? What have yon benefitted by them ? Where is the man cm Kiy that they have proved advantageous to him ? Has machinery , or steam , or gas ensured your comfort i r

      proipt-nty ? On coming to this meeting , when 1 turned from the aristocraic r-alaees splenJioly lighted trith gas to the wretched , dark hovf-ls of the artiziiis , I felt that yen had derived no benefit from thst . Y .. u 1-ave g- > t cheap p- vstsg ^ , the last great boun cf the WhiBS . Of ¦ w hat brnefit is this to yen ? Ydu never write tj i ^ y " your mother ' s out ; " you scarce write a letter in ths year , yon have no good news to send to your friends . But the Barings , the Ashworths , the great nn-rcbant princes , they save their thousands a year by it , wmch is wrung from your bones and sweat in the shaue of increased taxes . Of what bent fit is it to vou that

      improvement a : _ r irarrovement is treading on th 2 heels of its predecessor ? Yea have been deprived of t-very one of these scitistiSe inventions by the ii flu- - nee cf class legislation . What right , then , have you to be in love with this legislation ? Seven years ago , 1 predict that the day of auction wonld come . I } liey bid the Charter for us , ire will let ths lot be knocked duwn - if they bid less it shall be a reserved lot , &nd we- wiil buy it in ourselves , until it will bring the full pricp . Now yon bare got the rjr ]]' - > cracy , who ia ^ -.- rr . ids their thousands , not by your labour , bnt ty ninhiiiery , ' teJin ^ yon that the landed aristocracy are the varty -p . ho oppress yon , and that they alese are striving for y > . ur interest ; this is a strange picture . When the n . cu ± - piece of this party , the Whigs , were in office , thev

      ¦ would scarcely believe in the existence of distress in the tholand ; it was only the necessary consequence of the fluctuations in trade in a great commercial country . But . o sooner were they on the point of leaving office , than they made the important discsvt ry that the distress was genera ' , tiat it was great ai . d unparalleleii , and begged not to leave their office until they provided & Temv-dy . For ten long years they ¦ ould not admit its existence ; but to ensure a continuance cf ifiice , they "would even attempt a remedy . Peel em been row six months in considering the rings which he shi'l put in the bc-lns which is to cure you . AUnotuh he has tafcen up his diploma ^ t Tamworth , yet he seems ton modest t ' - > practice his profession . Uassell Wiis a much ? rf-tter Doctor ; he did administer his Reform t > crre . Never ¦

      wastcere sd much distress in England fia : e England was known , and never was there so much ir .:-ncy spent in « pf miatinn of every descriptior ; . If Amcra ¦ n-ants twent 7 millions of meney for gambling speculations , England can furnish it ! If twenty millioua is —anted at home for railroad speculations , tLe momy \ s bxiss * diatelyforthcoming ! IfthedespoticrnV-rof Frar . eeTriniii money to buiki a wall to enclose his ml jscts in P ^ ris t ! ut he may the easier tyrannize and subdue them , he has cn " y to come to England and there is the money ; all the ¦ wealth is in the pockets of the few—all tfee poverty on the aioe ol the many . The poverty is on the sidt of the men with no votes , wbils the wealth is accompanied with the vote . Is not thi 3 contrast enough to force us to nnke love to them by -wholesale—to induce us to pat our aims ro-. jul their necks and say we love you , aud ire will ics : a : iUy be married to you ? The votesh ^ ve done so mcch for you . surely they will benefit ns In

      America , the cass is different , there if the biiik falls who are the suffers ? not the people fcut their rcpresentatiTes , who are now begging in the streets of Washington for their salaries . If Petl ' s salary depended nponyonr havinga goodSatnrday nights , depend upon it that y * ur interest would be well attended to ; this is the meaning of the Charter . Do not be gammoned as yon xtvre at the time of tbe Reform BU 1-Thsy tell cs w « sxe de ! n Jers . Did th = y not delude us with , the bent flis we were to derive from that measure r We Were to have pigs ready roasted running about ¦ with knives ttusk in them , asking us to eat them ; s ! l was to be happiness and plenty . We ask for no more than they promise-. ' . U 3 , that taxation and representation should be co-extenrfve . At present there Lj no bid for ns In the auction mart ; Peel has got fcis majority of 123 , and ha cares more for them than fcr the whole people . The Whigs will not bid a fair price for ni Give us the Charter , and we will not have three words

      aoout the Corn Laws ; we will not have one vrord : if we have the Charter , on Saturday nigh £ , away goes the Corn Laws on Monday morning . Would a mason go to "wcrk without bis hammer , or a gardener without his spade ?—Yet the men want to repeal the Corn L * ws ¦ without having the necessary to Ja : want the end without havicg the means to accomplish it Give the vote to c-Terj- man aged twenty-one years , and instead of a minority-of 123 , weBhould have a unswimoutvote for free trade with the whole world . The Whigs know that nnless they have our aid they cannot driTe Peel from sffice , but we trill not be made t > ols of ; we will have

      our fingers in the pie , er we will not exert the pressure f *> uv w . ftont We know the treachery cf the Whigs—we law tried them—for eixten months did I endure their chain ; but I know that if a struggle did come , and the Tories had the power , they would dr aw the serew still tighter . They would raise me no in the air—they vrouH hang me out to dry for the benefit tf my he £ ltK If I hate the Whi * 81 hato tho Tories five times worse . If tfca Whigs are devils , the Tories are dev-Os in hell ; baits &x asyonr it . tsrest is concerned , there is no diSkrence between ti cm : a ] l of them lire open the profits of your labour , and they will

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      a j j . o » t an > tuvifmieus »^ bich v ? i : l a lv * " xueni a c" > i :-lianance of their reign of plunder . I have put tbt advocates of the Lrncue in the Hue an-l Cry . I havt continually endeavoured to find them out but they cor . tinue tD hide their heads , to flee before me . At Xottingham , I addressed a meeting of from forty to sixtj thousand people . At Derby , we also bad an immense meeting , not standing room in the Theatre . At Loughborough , last night , I addressed a meeting of 10 , 00 . 0 persons of all classes . At all these meetings , 1 explained my opinions on the Corn Laws , and drove the opinions of the League before me . If the Corn Laws were repealed to-morrow , you would not be able to perceive the difference between the repealed and the unrenealeti loaf ; the floar factor , the miller and tbe baktr , will monopolise all the benefit . When the duty was repealed on ieather , was the manufactured articl . s

      cheaper to the purchaser ? If the Corn Laws were repealed to morrow , and one hundred fold more of British goods were required in the fcreign market , in seven months time more machinery would be created than would manufacture mure than two hundred times the quantity of goods rr quired ; and again would the markets be glutted . Artificial labour would then even mure than displace bumun labr-ur . Are you not suffering siverely euongh from this cause , that you wish t- > suffer still more ? Are ni't the men from tbe ITorta coming np to compete with the men of L-jndon ? So lonr : as the rar . steis have a reserve to < all back npon , so loni will you be short of employment and ill remunerated . 1 hope if there are r . ny shopkeet- ^ rs here they ¦ Kill pay attention to the Ft :: tements of working men . they are wis-. r on this subject than I am . I \ r : in't iho Charter that tbe working cists may ej ; l : ghte : i the middle class . I want to know whose interest the

      shopkeeper should lo .-k to , the- r . r . stoircy or the v . -oTKin ^ men . I czn sh- » w to you that their interest is completely opposed to that of the- manufacturers , they have the whi'le of their raw materials from other Bourcc 3 ; they go not io the shopkeeper for a single article , while the working man lays out his who '* earnings

      are in distress , their cu > t ^ : nu-s ba ^ 2 c : mble to purchase their goods , yet thfse m . n cry out cheap breid ! chtap brer . ;! . ' The unc' -nncoii fco 2 s c .- > net know that chtap and dear are re l ative terms , thnt it is : is hara t-J buy a loaf at Id . if you have r . y-i sot tht pmny for i , as it is tcbay it ct GJ . If they pot thtir measure to-morrow thry "would ask . " wnat do those noity fellows want botheriug about tbe Charter , have they not got the Corn Laws repanled ? We want ' . he Charter not so much to repeal the Corn Lr . ^ s as when they are r ^ cafed : c direct fie a ~ ivj . u'a % ti gained ly thtir rtp « rr . l ivXo its y > rti ; er cha . uv . cl . U ^ Ktoiu ^ tli of tie i . i-oplv . Th ' -y . tiia O . ri : Law Rvpc . l . iyi are squabblnig at ^ ut nioonshiu ? , ire caviliiii ab-ut two

      million quarters tf c > rn , Wv .-: t . i zt > u \ . t £ 4 . 000 ^ 000 inozfy . Tkey say r . otl-. isig abuu : the i'ln ( hu . iuki swaliowt : i up by the church , abou . \ £ 15 Oru , ( (> 0 }> y tJ ;; - . -. nuv r . n ' . navy ; n ; i one word al * out tbe j-otw < f tho iin-.-dkc ! asses ; not a syllable iio they £ iy of the \ fj ; k : i ; uf machinery , or tbe txtravagance of our Gove .-Jinjeist ; r . n , thuy are too intcix-sted in thes ? monopolies , t ' -. ey unly want their younger sou ? and brothers' to fl l the places now filled by tbe other fiction . If jou t ; ot vhe npeal it would raise my Lord Din man ' s salary from £ S 0 ou to £ 12 , 000 ; it wou . 'd raise ttie salaries of ail sintcurlsts and placemen , and men oi fixed incomes one hulf . Let us see how it would LflVct us . If you earn twenty shillings a week now , and pay thirteen shillings out in taxrs , you will fctill hive SrVen shillings to live on , bnt

      if tho Com Laws are repealed , at * i you h ; :-l cheap bread , and go : fiftt-en shillings pt-r week , and the txpcniiturv : of the Govtrnmtnt v .-as the same , rais-ely , thirtttn shiHiuss , you would only " rave two thil ir ; 4 s per we k . It dt . es not waat tl : c \ -rnivs cf an J » aj c Xewtcn tu uudcistar . d thi 3 suVject , y-u c : in ucdvrat ^ f . il it , you ^ re nut so t . V . ck-skuiied -s iho r . ri ~ . ULracy . I : tbe Chanceilor of the Exchequer couid raise mom y no way , and was forced to pat a Uix up-in brains , thry w ^ uldcjme round to the -ftorkingcla ^ s with their ' . rain gage , and would tell yoa -what beautiful htr . isyou have got , how largely you htve cot tin- bump of intelligence , ice , developed , and th < y woul-. i fo to ihe aristocracy and ttll them what rieat du . vderheads tLu 7 wer <» , tb ; : t

      they had no brains at alL I am proud to tell you oi > he great triumph we ha-J ever t 2 je L'sgus at S / ieffield I have hoard th . it y > u ha . l a siini ' iar triumph at ths Egyptian Hall , that you timed thtva into Eaypti ^ -.. n nsimies . I am more proud t >> h ? ar cf your triumph in my E . ^ -stnce , than -when 1 r . ivi pTt'St'Ti *; it sbowa to your opponents that you can dsptft'I up ^ n Juur CW 11 . rtjrouTces , that you rely oniy up- u the ju-sticc of your c : use , a :: rt not upon any Ic-ader . The Le ; n ; ue are now in the position t . f tbe t ^ ro gents wL . i went to fi ^ lit a dud , Ihe one aiktd his tejot : > t to persuade the other to y . yj ke an a \ roloiry , but w .-. s i-nl Lc would not . T-ie damnM obstinate rascal , try liim a ^ aip . St'll ; t Wis unsuccessful . We'l , then , if tha obt : ; n : ite frllow won't apologise I must . " This was our prt 3 : rnt

      P'jsitiyji . Wo h ^ d been raying too dear for our whistles We have to maintain too many kiDgs an ; l q-: « ns . By the bye , he bad tbe honour to announce tuat her Mijesty was a ^ ain in "a condition to pu-- * rnt ti > m with aiii . tb . rr ruya . 1 prince . You have ' wow tht pleasure of supporting three kings and three quu ns yoa hr . v = Ivin ^ Albert , King Cumberland , and K'rg Leopold , with their enormous pensions ; you hr . vt then Qi-. t . i Adelaide , with £ 100 , 000 a ye ; jr . Is it r ,. jt disgrace : ' u that this sbuultl be so when S 3 many thou-. «; mds are tt \ rx ng ; You have Queen Victoria an-. l tbe Quetn M « thfcr , \ h-: Duchtsi of Kent . Can you wonder that you .-.. ¦ ¦ = in destitution when you have a quintity of royal blood preying upon you ? If any one fro ; n the Hume Office is hue , as I have no duubt there are , IA th < -in r .: rry it to their master . * that I say , when the cottage totters the paT . iee will fall . It ia impossible that the inasDn cin be keut up when the cotlaire has fallen : it

      is impj = s : Me that a starving people can be loyal . L <; t the Queer . lv Iot nl to the pe-ple by prvpsriy cju ? ::: ^ the laws tj l > 2 ; : diiiinister > d , acrt tbe people wor . 1 , 1 l-e lnval lo her , not as a woman , but as the hta <\ of the Exi-.-u : ive . We wish io s > ee the Ir . ws like a lamb , an . l the Ex'cutive like a lion . If tbe laws are violated , t ! : os'j -. Tho violate them sbonM suffer ; but they sLuuld he tdiuiuistered equally . At pTeser . t there is more < ians > tr tj the peas-act who shoots ths squire ' s hare t ! an the squire who shcots the peasant ' s heaJ . We want a mure equitable administration uf our resources . We do not want , as our enemies assert , an iqual distribution , bat an equ : ab ; 3 one . e ? . ch to be rewarded—not equally , but according to their work . If a poor man is riii&i a day's wa . re 3 for beins drunk , an aristocrat

      should be lined a week ' s salary . He wanted laws to be tquaily administered . Not "when a L ^ rd committed murder to acquit him upon honour , and with less than this we will never th . sati .-fi . 2 d . We lock to the Charter as a means tj create a union among all classes . If tbe power was to be vested in cne particular class , it had ought to be in the industrious cla :-ics ; for it is their interest to advance the interests of eTeiy cliss of society . If they legislated for their own interest , they must also vote for the interests of the capitalist ? . But we wish all to have an equtl pswer to that which we claim for ourselves . Tiicre are only two classes of men I would deprive of a vote ; they are these men who , having the vote now , would deprive others of it , and thosu vho have not got it , and will not exert themselves to prceure it . Mr . O Connor then entered . into the question cf a Repeal of the Union , and commented hi sirone

      terms on the conduct of the Irish shoctirg Church If tho only want of the Irish is a Parliament , wo wiil give them our 65 S ai'eady cut and dried . I will ntver rest nntil the bargain for tho people ia struck one way or othtr . If ycu are sold , it shall be with your eyes open . I have spent many hundreds every year in this agitation , ami I have nevvr received one farthing from rither p-rty . I wiil stand fast by my principles . I will never abandon this agitation . Beware of promises from tha Anti-Corn I . iw factions . There will be no hope for the people unt : l they get the Charter . When that measure is attained , I "will abandon public life for ever . It shall nevtr be said that I gained anything by the movement . I would rather receive ^ 500 a-year asajii ' ge for administering tfcc people ' s laws than £ 20 t'UO a year from tLe Exchequer . Like Ciccinnatus , I wiil retire ti my plough and profession , and while life lasts , 1 will nsver be a trA in tie hands of either faction . : Tremendous cheerins . >

      Mr . H . Leigh then addressed the meeting in snppoit of the resolution ; and , in a . petch of upwards of an hour ' s duration , completely demolished evtry assertion ir . adc- by the League , and rive-. tsd the attention of the visile assembly by his thrilling eloquence , and was greitiy applauded . The rtsjiution was then put , and unanimously carried . Tbree cheers were then given for Fear ^ n * O'Connor , for the Charter , for the Star , and the victim ? .

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      purpose is a ^ ovennient to protect the people 7 Van Premie * bas declared that ho cannot find a remedy for the distiess of the nation , well then it was high time we adopted his previous advice , namely , take our own affairs into our own own hands—( load cheers )—the Chartists had been roundly abused by the press , this had Dct made them love the Charter Ie 83 r-thear )—on the contrary they were determined to adhere to it until it was enacted as law —[ loud cheers . ) Was it likely those who lived upon their industry could ever be their representatives ? We have now arrived at a criMa . the anti-Corn Law agitation bad proved a

      comp tte failure , because they had not the people at thrir back . ( A voice " Why don't the Chartists join them ? " ) Ye ? , but upon -what terms ? they had not kept faith with us , v ? e will have a fl : m guarantee firit . He for bis part would not go with thtin unites they would go for the whole Charter , and that first— ( rapturous applause . ) They professed to be friends t f the people , then let them coniO forward and help the people to obtain polit'cal power—( cheers . ) As to repeal , suppose it obtained tomorrow , what controul have you over the House to prevent its reenactment the next day—( cries of " none , i f'ne . " ) Then let . the people be determined not to be humbugged , and success is certa- ' n— - ( cheers . )

      Mr . Ruffy Ridley seconded th 9 resolution . It gratified Mm to see his fellow-men so anxiously and persereringiy seeking their just right ? . Tney were determined to be gulled no more . He was the advocate of the liberties of all , without distinction of sect , creed , cast , or colour—( cheers ) He was for fair discussion ; hear all men , and judge for themselves There are now at this time thr ^ e meetings being held in this metropolis for tho same purpos ? . He had been to ono , and left their champion , Fearsus O'Connor—isjroat cheering!—addres-ing them . Ttiis was a sign thit the working classes were bent upon obtaining : their jiist rights—( bear , hear . ) I ask you , one r . nd all , be you what you may , have I not a right , to havo & voice in the miking of the laws by which I am governed ?—( bear , htar . ) AVe . had tho Whigs—they gave us a Poor Law : we had the Tories—they give us the police ; The

      i unlock doctor bad his trial , and put six of his family in fut births Let him go -on longer , and you will have j jjngging biKs ; but if you allow the present state of i t . Mijgs to be combined you ' . Till deserve the name uf ' slnves . He wns rnre they agreed that a . l men had ! vqual lights . If the Corn Lvw repealtis wov . M jvit the | Charter on their lurmera along side repeal be would go ; with tliem—( loud cheers )—but we have been deceived by their class . W « will not be deceived again —doud cheers * Tho Charter gave tho right to all — ( hi . ar , ! h ' .-ar)—and they -Vivrs rtetLTmir . rd to accept nothing Itas !—( crc ^ t cheers . ) The or . ' er of iudusfry had heon I isj-vi- t ^ , grossly ivbused acd ca ' uvwr . vattd ; . but , they Krvre not toba dettired . Portugal bad proclaimed t ' ife : Charter without suiHiug a s " : ngU' drup of b ' oort . T ) j > .-n 1 hu you firm—act as iiitn—ltt E ::: ! ish , Irish , Scotch . : and Welsh firmly urite , ami success is certain—( loud cheering . )

      : T ?; e rr'Siilation was put a : i ; l cr . rrit- 'l un . ini : ii rs—tchttrs . ) The . l-. ' . tt ixpeusive ruyal : chris ' . tnini ; was one if its re-siilr . *; let us o ' -t ; nn thy ' 0 'iarttr , t ien we shall have justico fur all—( clitserinkt . j He moved tUe second resolution , v / kkh was as follows :

      " That this meeting liec ' . nres its cJcterimnation not to I a-rslst or coui : tuiaiiC 3 any agitation t- ; . it l » as nut fur its ' oljrct the enactment <> f the six points of the Charter , ' as from past ixperierce we ft-el confident there is no ¦ h ^ pe cf justice for lha pai-ple from any other c ; ass or . party in t-j : istcnce , they thenf , ro resolve to depend on j liii / iusJves alone . " j . Mr . STAti ^ voOD supported the resolution in a long : spetch , curing which be vra' loudly cheered . Dr . M'DuLall suid Mr . Chairman , I will ' uot detain you long having been quite hoarse from iid . irt > = sini { the lar _ -. j nit ein ^ in Bermondsey , where I re ^ rtt to s . i y a puition of the place fell uown from the imnienss

      pres-, sore of people —( sensation)—but 1 am liv . ppy to say that no one waa much hurt . ( L : ud clicur ^ . ) At no time was the spirit of the j j coplo more tried , their advocates have been immured in gloomy ctlls , nnd borne i it without shrinking . The people li : ive been frowned on , calumniated , abused , and threatened with loss of ; employment , still they ara firm , — uouii chters )—; iad when splendid allurements are-hriiled iu \ it is the cuty of tvery xdvucati to caution the peoplo against the false delusive baits , and call on them to stand Erin to our sacred principles now made glorious by y < uc s : jj'pori—( cheers . )—He made a long speed ) , aiiiJ concluded by seconding the resolution , which was put : ; nd cxrriee unanimously . ;

      Mr . Jokdan rose to move tbat a commititt < I fc ? e , dr . iw up an address to her rilajesty , founded o : i tbe furogci :. g resolutions , also including a prayer for the immediate restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and that it be forwarded to Feargus O'Connor , E qr ., for presentation , seconded by Mr . Spokes , und earned unanimously . A v ;> te \> i thanks was given to the Chairman , and tho intet : n £ : quitt : y dispersed .

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      " receipts for the executive from ; the first of january until the FIRST UF MAltGH , 1842 . £ . s . d . ! Londou . per Whcclcr ..... ... 2 0 0 i iS ' ottin ^ ham ... ... ... 1 4 2 f Rydc , Isle of Wi ^ ht 0 2 0 I Per Doyle ... ... 0 9 0 i Salisbury ... — ••• 0 11 0 ! Piymouth ... ... ... ¦ 0 5 0 i Chowbeiit ... ... ... -0 8 t ^ ! Todmorden ... •¦• — 1 IB 10 ! Oxford ... ... ... 0 7 b " I Sutton-in-Ashfley ... - (> !« ' <> . Hunslct ' 0 10 0 ! Ovt-ndeu ... ••• " . 4 2

      Sowerby .... 0 9-0 Bradford ... ••• 2 17 0 Rochdale , per Leach ... 1 4 0 D : > . per Featherst'One ••• 0 3 0 Oldham Ft males ... ... 0 3 0 Huadfr . sfie . ld ' ... .... 15 0 r ioutharuptou ... ¦•• 0 4 0 Ctielmstord ... ... ... 0 2 6 Ku'Uo ' riuK- ••• • " ^ < r > ° Lcices ' . er ... ... 4 0 I ) Miles Flatten — 0 ' 2 0 Stafford .. ••• ll ll fi Aciiugton ... - ¦•• 0 3 . 4 Star Ofiice ... ... — ' * 4 . 6 i Rilston ... ... ¦ - 0 ! G H

      IJanbury- ... - 10 0 Lcc .-... ... •¦• ••• 0 o 0 Herthyr Tydvil — ¦•• . 2 0 0 Sulford ... ... .... <» !<• <' Staleybridge ... ... 0 10 Jiirmin ^ ham , SceoJhouse-lane ... 0 10 0 Loiviou , Salmow ... 0 2 0 London , Lefevro ... 0 5 0 iJacup ... ... ... 0 G 8 Delph ... ... 0 9 0 irtockp'ivt Youths ... .... 168 liukciificld -, ¦ - « 8 2 Ab ' &r ' dare ... ... 0 ] 5 0 Openshaw ... ¦•• 0 2 0 TaviKtook ... ... 0 10 0

      Halifax ... ... 0 14 11 Wadsworth-row ... — 0 6 3 Wttiley 0 3 8 Ivlytholcaroyd ... •¦• 1 2 10 Mixenden ... ¦ ¦ ... 0- 2 0 Aruald ... ... 0 ( i 0 Lynn « 6 ; 6 Canterbury ... 0 7 6 Loutlon , Marylebone ... 0 1 G ( 5 Preston Youths ... ... 0 8 4 For Lowe ... ... 0 1 2 Greenwich ... ... 0 5 0 Si ' tt in ^ bourne ... ... 0 l 3 Thoriuon ... ... — 0 17 0 'Hri (*! -. t . fsii * . » ' - > . 0 I O 0 Brighton ... ... ' 0 lo U

      Daventry ... ... ... 0 5 0 Manchester Youths ,.. ... 0 2 G Wolverhamptcjn ,-per Mo ' gg ... 0 16 0 A Shotauiker , ditto ... « v 0 3 0 Wullintfborough ... ... 0 4 2 Long iiuckby ... ... ... 0 3 0 Bristol Youths 0 10 0 Sttfke-npon-Trent ... ... 0 15 0 Per Griffin ... ... ... 0 0 6 RipponCen ... ... 1 14 G Liverpool ... ... . » .- 1 13 6 Cliofley " ... ... 0 12 0 Pro = ton ... ... ... . 0 9 0 Nottingham , per Thatcher ... 0 10 0

      Hanley , per Richards ... ... 1 3 4 Bath ... 10 0 Durham ... ... ... 0 12 0 London Tailors , per Mr . Cameron 0 15 6 Bmgley ... ... — 0 8 4 Colne ... ... ... 1 0 0 Bristol , per Simeon ... ... 1 10 2 Holmfirth ... ... ... 0 10 0 London , St . Panaras , per Felling 1 10 0 Kendal ... ... ... 050 Hanley Females ... ... 0 6 0 Boston ... ... ... 10 0 A . L . ... ... ... 0 5 0 Loughborough ... ... 0 18 0 Femalea ... ... ... 0 2 0 Walworth ... ... ... 0 5 0

      Glossop ... ... ... 0 -8 4 Lambly ... ... ... 0 3 4 Londoii Hatters , per Kelsey ... 0 10 0 Spilsby ... ... ... 0 2 6 Longton ... ... ... 0 15 10 Honley ... 0 1 0 Miln-row ... ... ... 0 5 0 S&lford Youths' ... ... 0 20 Walsall ... ... ... 0 10 6 Warminster ... ... ' .... ' 1 0 0 HysoaGreea ... ... ... 0 26 Leicester , per Markam ... ... 0 8 4 London , Chelsea ... ... 0 10 0 London , Bermondsey ... ... 0 10 0 London , Cleave ... ... 2 2 8 Bristol Trades ... ... 0 16 8 Skegby ... ... fc ... 0 4 0

      KingBWOod Hill ...... ... 0 6 0 London Females , Tower Hamlets 0 15 0 Marple ... ... ... 0 6 0 - — ... ... ... 0 9 0 ... ... 0 8 4 * I cannot call to nilnd by whom tte 9 b . above has been sent ; the 8 * . 4 d . has been paid to Mr . Leach , and he cannot recollect by whom . Mr . Smith , of Plymouth , will see that the 5 s . omitted in the last account , is inserted io this . Mr . PelllDg , of St . Pancras , willBee that tbe 10 s . is acknovirledged .

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      The following are the < lchls of the Association , as neeir as I possibly could make them . out . The-Sub-Secretaries ought monthly to forward to the the number of paying members in their lo ~ ' ¦ -- . calities : ' . ¦¦ ¦ . ' - . ; ' ¦¦ • '" ' ' ¦ ¦ . ¦''¦ ' .. ¦ r " . Mem- > ion' bers . ' tha . '''¦ ¦ . . : - , ' ¦ ;¦" ' . " ' ¦'¦ ' " ¦ - . ¦ 120 2 Manchester , Redfern-street •?• 10 . 0 60 2 Manchester Gsneral Council 20 0 60 2 Contribntions , Ashton ... 0 10 0 60 3 . ' Contributions , 37 cards , Stock-¦¦ ¦• : . - '•; port > . / , * ...-. ' . - ... 112 60 2 ContributidnsjWingate Grange

      Colliery . ; . ... 0 10 0 40 2 ditto , and 40 cards , Chprlton 0 13 4 Sut' . on-in-Asnfield .,. ... 0 5 0 90 4 ditto , Ecclen ... ... 1 10 0 30 2 ditto , and 24 cardsv Middleton 0 9 0 120 2 ditto , and 100 cards , Boltoa 1 16 8 40 2 ditto , Warwick ... ... 0 G 8 300 1 ditto , and 180 cards , Bradford 2 15 0 40 2 dittos Northampton ... ... 0 6 8 20 2 ditto , Brampton ... ... 0 3 4 90 2 ditto , Rochdale ... ... 0 15 0 90 7 h months'ditto , 148 cards , Oldham ... ... ... 3 17 5 200 1 Cont , ributip . is , district of Hudfield ... ... ... 0 16 8 24 2 ditto , Southampton ... . ... ' 0 4 0 20 3- ditto , and 12 cards , Roodea

      Lane ... ... ... 0 5 4 30 2 ditie , Market Weighton .... 0 5 0 50 2 ditto , Barnslsy ... ... 0 8 4 60 2 ditto , and 90 cards , Bishopwearmouih ... ... 1 5 0 40 2 ditto , Warrintftqn ... ... 0 6 8 30 2 ditto , Stockton ... ... 0 5 0 lo 2 ditto , and 19 cards , Penyame 0 6 2 30 2 . dittov and 52 cards , Newport , Monmputh ... ... 0 13 8 150 2 ditto , and £ 2 balance due to the Slst December ... 3 5 0 30 2 ditto , Astlcy ... ... () 5 0 120 2 ditto ,. Leeds .... ... 10 0 40 2 ditto , and 12 caius , Jliles

      Plattin ... ... ... 0 8 8 60 2 ditto , and GO card . * , Mossley ... 1 00 40 7 h ditto , Mottram ... ... 1 5 0 30 ¦ 2 . 'ditto , Holbrooke . ... ¦ ... 0 5 0 J ] 0 2 ditto , Bishop Auckland ... 0 5 ' 0 24 4 citto , and 24 cards , Worcester 0 12 0 100 1 aud . 10 . 0 cards , Sheffield Polilitical Institute ... ... 15 0 100 Ik and 80 card ? , Sheffield , Figtreelaiie ... ... ... 3 \ b 10 GO G York ... ; .. ... i U ) 0 30 G and 50 cards , Searboro' ... 1 3 4 72 2 With l' 2 i . Id ., balance due 31 st i ) eb ,. Pollor ^ -Simpson ... 141 120 2 Richards ... ... ... 100

      72 7 % Derby ... ... ... 2 50 30 g' Bromagrove ... ... 0 15 0 30 G Darlastoa ... ... ... 0 15 0 50 1 Biiigley ... ... ... 0 4 2 100 4 Colno ... 1 13 4 30 G Ycovil ... ... ... 0 15 0 30 6 Cardiff ... ... ... 0 15 0 GO 6 Macclesfield ... ... 1 10 Q 90 4 Cheltenham ... ... 1 10 0 30 4 Holmfirth ... ... ... 0 iu 0 90 4 Sunderland ... ... ... 1 10 0 30 6 Carlisle ...... ... ... 0 15 0 30 1 and 20 cards , Kendal ... 0 5 10 72 7 . V Devvtibury ... ... ... 2 5 0 40 7 l Helper ... 1 5 0

      30 2 Truro ... 0 5 0 30 2 Chester ... ... .... 0 5 0 30 6 Kidderminster ... ... 0 ] 5 0 30 2 Wisbeach ... ... ... 050 GO 3 Abergavenny ... ... 0 15 0 24 2 Newport , Isle of Wight ... 0 4 0 30 7 i Pontypool ... ... ... 0 18 9 30 3 'Skipton ... ... ... 0 7 G 40 1 Glossop ... ... ... 0 3 . 4 30 6 and 50 cards , Wigaa ... 1 3 4 20 120 cards , Longton ... ... 10 0 20 2 Northwich ... ... ... 0 3 4 20 2 New Mills ... ... ... 0 3 4 72 1 and 72 cards , Holbeck ... 0 li ' - 'O 60 1 Milnrow ... ... ... 0 50 3 D 4 Millbottom ... 0 10 0 24 3 Katcliffi ) ... 0 6 0

      50 2 Sabden ... ... ... 0 12 6 30 3 and 25 cards , Hey wood ... 0 II 8 60 2 Narwich ... 0 10 0 90 3 and GO cards , Clithero ... 1 12 6 12 7 . i Accrin ^ ton ... ... 0 7 G 400 3 and 300 cards , Biiston ... 7 10 . 0 40 3 Bar-bury ... ... ... 0 10 0 30 2 aud 50 cards , Faihworth ... 0 13 . 4 30 6 and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 1 10 30 3 Lees ... ... ... 0 7 6 30 4 and GO cards , Howden .. ; 1 0 0 100 7 i and 100 cards , Hull ... 3 19 2 GO 2 llebden Bridge 0 10 0 30 4 and 50 cards , Congleton ... 0 18 4 120 3 and 60 cards , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ... ... ... 2 0 0 50 . 2 Balance due to 31 st Dec , 1841 ,

      Salford ... ... .... 1 11 4 30 4 and 60 cards , Wigton ... 1 0 0 30 2 and 50 cards | Stalybrid ^( i ... 0 13 4 30 4 and 50 cards , Bury ... 0 18 4 100 7 k Birmingham , Freeman-street 3 5 10 30 2 . Bacup- ... ... ... 0 h 0 120 2 and 100 cards , Aberdare ... 1 16-8 30 2 and 20 cards , Optnshaw ... 0 84 30 2 StourbriUtfe ... ... 0 5 0 20 2 Batley ... ... ... 0 3 4 50 2 and 20 cards , Ipswich ... 0 11 8 100 2 Tower Hamlets ... ... 0 16 8 100 2 MaryleboLe ... ... 0 16 8 100 4 Burnley ... ... ... 1 IS < 4

      24 7 i and 36 cards , Gloucester ... 110 30 2 and 30 cards , Barnstaplo ... 0 10 0 50 2 and 120 cards , Wolverhampton 1 8 4 24 2 Welienborough ... ... 0 4 0 30 2 and 32 cards * Long Buckley ... 0 10 4 30 2 and it ) cards , West Auckland 0 G 8 50 card .- ' , Stoke upoli-Trent 0 8 4 120 2 Liverpool ... ... 1 0 0 50 71 Lancaster ... ... Ill 3 75 7 A Blackburn .... ... 2 6 10 72 1 " Chorley .. ... ... 0 6 0 90 1 Preston ... ... ... 0 7 0 50 7 | Newton Heath ... .. . . 1 11 3 50 I and 50 cards , Leicester , All

      Saints Open ... ... 0 12 G 70 3 Barrioldswick ... ... 0 17 6 GO cards , Cockermouth ... 0 10 0 24 cards , Carnborhe ... 0 4 0 30 4 and 24 cards , Scroudwater ... 0 14 0 £ —0 0 Outstanding debts ... £ 135 lo 0 Brother Chartists . — T have charged the aaiount as near tbe mark iis I , coul ' . l . I hardly tnew how to act . I cannot get the Sub-Secretaries ' . generally to inform me of tae actual number of paying nieuibers monthly . Were I to charge according to the number of members who have voted , the Association vpouid be much more in debt than it is . I hope that immediate steps will be taken to pay oflf the debt , aud enable the Executive to go to work in earnest . In the column to the left I have inserted the probable number of paying membersi in the next --cuiu ' mu . the number of months , that the contributions tihoutd be paid for , with the number of cards unpaid for . If I Lave over charged , or under charged the Association , the fault is not mine . ' '' On the 1 st Saturday in March , a balance sbeet of the income and expenses will appear . It iatoo often the case , that the Society sells ; the cards , and devotes tbe money to its own - . purposes , leaving the Executive to pay for their printing -iskst they can . The thanks of the whole Chartist body is due to tbe Halifax district , to Todmorden , London , the Potterted , Nottinghamshire , and other places , who have done thoir duty so well . Had it not been for them , the Executive would have been placed in very awkward ciicamstances ; indeed , the Bristol friends also have done their duty nobly . Hoping that the good cause will prosper even more rapidly than it does at present Yours in the cause , John Campbell , Secretary .

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      Aw Cld Prisoner . —There ia now residing in the Fleet Prison a man named Jeremiah Board , -who has been a prisoner ever ' .. since . 1815—np less than M twenty-seven years . " Board was committed by the Court oF Chancery for contempt , and no proceedings underthe Insolvent Debtors' Act could be prosecuted until the present act came into operation , when a provision was made , enabling creditors to adopt compulsory proceedings against debtors . A vesting Order was " obtained -against Board , and a seizure inade of property , by which money and

      secunties vverefound on his person , some of which was secreted in his shoes , 'ihe matter remained some time , aha a recent application was made respecting about £ 1 , 600 which was in the hands ot * tne assignee who had obtained the vesting order , and which Bum it was thought had better bo paid into court . The commissioner ordered , from the extraordinary nature of the casej that creditors should be sought after ; and advertisemeius have appeared in the newspapers , calling on persons who have any claim to come forward , before further orders woro given respecting the money .

      A Lamb , Bdbiexj i . v the Snow Nineteen Dats . —A one year old lamb belonging to Mes-srs . Suit on and Go ., of the Trubshaw Farm , was misBed on the 13 sh of Janoary , during a heavy tall of snow , and was not found again until the first of the present month , when it was discovered in a ditch , standin g in an upright position , having been nineteen days enveloped in a snow " -dnf ti by which it had been reduced tb a mere skeleton . - . When brought into the fresh air , it could neither stand nor walk ; but by the judicious care and tr « iatraent of Messrs . Sutton ' s old shepherd , Joseph JeukinEoh , it has now quite recovered the effects of so long a deprivation ot ' nutriment . —SicffordAdvertiser . -t ¦ ¦

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      THE OPERATiyE STONE MASONS LATEtY KVIPLOYED AT THE NEW" SOUSES OP PARLIAMENT / NELSON'S MONUMENT , AND WOOLVSTICH DOCEyABD ^ TO THE TRADES AND THE PUBLIC OF GREA 1 ? . ' BRITAIN . - . - . " . . :. . ¦¦/; . ' ; - : ! - / . -.::- ' ; " . v . ' - ' ;'' Brother Operatives , —Gratefully acknowledging the handsome and noble manner in which you have already contributed to our aid , circumstances of an urgent nature compel us to solicit your further and

      immediate assistance . Grissell and Peto , Johnsoa and the ' . flay tor Granite Company , the Government , and a host of other capitalists , have manifestly leagued themselves together , not only with a view to defeat the objact of ¦ ¦ ' * the Masons ' in resisting the cruelty of Allen , but as it has been openly stated by the Tory . Mayor of Norwich , " To defeat the combined efforts of the trades of the British empire ia their , " as he was pleased to term it , " attackupon the rights of capital . " .

      To neutralize the evil maohinations of this arrogant , rapacious , and ' " ¦ unholy alliaiice , " which , iasensible to all . ' generous . -, feelings , level in affluence at the cost of suffering humanity , a coalition of the energies , and concentrafciou of the means of th ' ef trades and working community of the " British , empire" -is ; essential ..- To ciiforce for the working man a right beyond that of t oiling a given number of hours . for a certain rate of wages—to enforce for him the ' . privilegeheld sacred to all other classes of the community , tha ; of attendiug the dying moments of " the wifo of his bosom "^ -a nd the last obligation , of a son to a revered but deceased mother , thaD of being present at her committal to thatplace , . : . '

      " From whose bourn no traveller returns , " without , on returning heartrstricken to his employment , experiencing such acts of consuromatjcruelt ' y as those unto which we have been subjected by the fiond-like Allen . These , friehis , are the Christian privileges for which , in a Christian country , wohnvo been so long contending , and in support of which we a ^ ain solicit with hope and confidence your immediate . 'and liberal support . .,- '•'• . ¦ ' - . ¦ The result of our previous , and the nature of our present movements , will be found in our : donation

      sheets . Oar operations aro necessarily extensive , which , as a natural consequence ; make our expendi ' . ure heavy . We have delegates in yariou 3 localities , combatting , with singular succes 3 , the agents , " the gold" and the innuenca of tlie enemy . To prosecute with firmness and decision these operations , an income of two hundred pounds per week is necessary ; and as the inhuman abettors of the a-rocities of "Allen are now nearly iaie for want of stoiie ,. without any probability of an early supply , we trust we shall not be compelled to forego the advanced position we hare attained from . tho want of means to hold it . ¦' . "' . ¦ " ..- . ¦'

      In conclusion , we boa most respectfully to remind you , that if we . are defeated from the want of support after the publicly asserted determination of the trades ,. &C ; & « ., in our favour , it will clench another rivet in thai chain of slavery with which we are already toq tightly bound . Tho reproach of such a catastrophe would not fall exclusively on the Masons--othcrs than "" thoy ; woal . d feel its consequences . The common foe would < Xnhingly . declare-itself . triumphant-, despite theimitcd efforts of the traces of Britain * and yereak their vengeance indiscriminately on all . ¦ . ' - ';';' ..-:- ' But , ' . afford us the " united means and energies of the trades of Britain , " and defeat cannot—shall not—occur .

      Sanguine thataa early response vrili be given lo this appeal , : / . - /¦; We remain , respectfully your ' s , The Masons ' Society , London , March , 1842 . Thomas Shoeit , Sec .

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      LO&PON . tt-Sii . k Wkavbrs . —An adjourned public meeting of the Spitaliieids silk weavers was held to hear the report of the relief committee , who , av their last meetiug , had passed resolutions , stating that the meeting which ilr . O'Connor addressed at the Crown and Anchor , Bethnal-green , was not composed of broad silk weavers , but of shoemakers , navigator ? . &c , and that even tho chairman was not a wvaver . At about nine o ' clock , the place wa 3 eroivded , arid Mr . J . Pickersgill was called to the [• - hair , but no committee made their appearance , for which conduct much disapprobation was expressed * Mr . Thompson mcved the following resolution : — ' That this meeting -hereby , call upon the relief

      commitfae to . resign ,- , and chat they appoint a committed oJ six unemployed operative weavers to superintend their interests . " The word " unemployed" was afterwards withdrawn . Mr . Carey seconded the resolution , which was supported by Messrs . Bodwell , Wright , Slater , Franks , and others . Mr . Wilson moved as an amendment , "That a public meeting of the trade be called on that dayvveek , ( Saturday ^ March 5 th ) , and that the commiitae be called upon to attend . " He wa 3 not ssfeisfied that they should merely be called upon to resign , but that they should be severally censured ior the conduct , and for the bass . manucr in which they had misrepresented the late public meeting , addressed by Mr . O'Connor . "

      Mr . Finnett seconded the amendment , and many other ? , all weavers , addressed the meeting , condemnit ; g the . conduce of the committee . During this interval , . Vlr . / . Claisse , the secretary of the trade , and of the-. committed , tj . tared the room , and replied to questions , which were put to him , in a candid manner . Mr . Claisse then pledged his word to the meeting , that , as '¦ ¦ secretary to the trade , he wohW call a meeting on Saturday next , by handbills , of the whole trade , aud that he would attend aad request the'attendance of the committee , who , he telievedj would resign . The motion and amendment were 1 hen withdriwn , and after Ruffy Ridley bad briefly addressed tho meeting ., ' stating his intention to meet the committeo ; the business was adjourned ;

      ASHBURTON ( Devon . )—The woollen trade here is in a dissial state . Hundreds are outof \ rork : and in a state of starvation , with no sign , of any improvement . Many clever artizans are driven to emigrate to America -through the want ef employment . If a change does not take place soon , we f ' eur the result . ¦ - ' - ' . ¦' :

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      VoLUNTAtiy Attempt av Starvation . — -A girl named Saville , living at Felsted , Essex , had been missing for twelve days prior to the Sihinst . On ¦ tha t ' day some men found her nearly in a dying .-tat . She . ' gives- no satisfactory account of why she voluntarily attempted- starvation , but she says she was in the wood ten days ' -and nights , with no other covoring than tho clothes . she bad on , nor any protection from the inclemency of the season than : a few leaves she had collected together to lie on . She had seen no one during ihe time , nor had she eaten anything whatever or took any sustenance further than sucking some water from the brook - 'throvigh a reed . She is still in a very precarious-state . — Bury Post .

      liOBBERY OF £ 2000 FROM THE MaNGHESTEII AND Blackbuhn CoACHi— On Friday evening week , a kather trunk or box containing JoOO sovereigns and £ 50 . 0 , iri £ 5 notes , was forwarded by Messrs . Cun-11 ff-s » ,. Brooks , and Co ., bankers , Manchester , to their house in Biackburn , by the Perseverance coach . Two suspicious persons were outside passengers , and who , after-going ' as ' far a 3 Bury , or a little beyond that place , got off , and with them took tho trunk and its contents . £ 100 reward is offered for such

      information &s-wilt , lead ii the cieteciioa of the thieves . On Wednesday morning . Mr . Boswick , the active police officer , succeeded in pbtaininga clue , by which he apprehended a person who there ia little doubt was owe of the party , namely , a person named Thelwall ( not the AlivK . Thelwall , whose premises were robbed of jewellery . 'to a large amount some twa or three montlis a , ? o , ( , ut his brother *) on whose person it issaid 200 sovereigns were found . He was brougiit before the magistrates at Manchester , on Wednesday , and remanded for a week .

      The--Hoy . N-si . 6 w Powder Mills . —More Explosio . vs . —VVe uHclerstaud tliat Peter Thomas and William Colvins , the two survivors of the late dreadful explosion of a corning-mill on the premises of Messrs . C . B . and T . Cortis and Harvey , gunpowder . manufacturers , which occurred pa the morning . of Satu rday , tho 12 " a . u ! t ., are still going on wtll , atii fast ..-advancing .-.-. towards , convalescence . Scarcely , however , has the excitement occasioned throughout the neighbourhood of-Hpunslow- by the melancholy occurrence beghn to subside , before we / have "to annVunce two other explosions on tho works of tte ' same firm , which have , however , been unattended bj fatal bonseq . uence ? . The first took place on the afternoon of Saturday last , about twentv minutes to

      three o ' clock , ia a powder room near to the scene 0 * the previous explosion . Two men , named John Irish , about twenty-two years of age , and W-m . FdXj nbout the same age , both in the Bervice of Messrs Curtis and Co ., were sent in to sweep it np . and while so engaged , from some cause at piese ^ unexplained , except that they neglected ; &si : 19 damp the floor , the loose powder exploded , by th 9 force of which the windows of the building wer broken and the men injured , Irish being dreadfnity burnt about the head and face , 60 as tobe tem porarily deprived of sight ; and Fox , who jumped through one of .- .-the windows into the mill streaffli was burned abont the hands and arms&o . Boto

      , sufferers were promptly conveyed to their residences at Hocnslow , and were immediately attended » J Mr . Froglty , surgeon , of that town . Both are ^ we understand , doing well , and ' likely to recover . Tie second explosion took place 011 Monday morning * about halt-past eight o ^ lock , when the inhabitants of the country around , for a radiaa of four ornvfl miles , were > alarmed by a loud report , - which on inquiry was found to have occiirred at other worKa belonging to the same firm , situate at Hatton , ne « Bsdfont , about four miles from Hounslow , by ¦ ¦ ythw * the roof of a green charged mill was , it is - *^ -rf ~ j blown off , but withouc any person baingeither kiuea or injured . ';' . " ¦ .. .

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      B ' ,. . rWE NORTfiEM : 'STAl / , ; -. ; -. " v " . - : \ ' : - - " ¦ ¦ ';¦ ¦ .- - -- -.. - . /; , .. - ¦' ,: / - ' ^¦'¦ ¦^ ^ i & ^^

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      GREAT MEETING IN ST . PANCRAS TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . Oa Thursday evening , Feb . 24 ! h , the Training Insutu -. , Iati Royal Clarence Theatre , Liverpool-street , Kind ' s Cross , containing a spacious Hall , two spacious g-I ! eries , and two side slips , and large platform—all of ¦ wLidi -vr-ore crowded to suffocation—vraa tho place of meeting . Mr . Poi-ser , a "working man , was called to the clirur , and expressed his regret that a more efficient person "was rot called on to preside over so-large a meeting . He congratulated them on the symptoms of

      union , exhibited at tha many meetings that had rectnllj taken place . He trnsttd they would hear everybody that presented themselves patiently—tcheers . ) He wouM ca'l on ilr . Ferkis to read end move the adoption of the National Petition . The Petition having been read , Air . F . said it speaks fur itstlf . It was drawn np by a Council of working men , and Las already received an immense amount of signatures . Although this is the first public meeting convened in this paiiBh for its adoption . He wonld U . trefore move it —( lond cheers . ) Mr . Seal seconded it- It was then put and carried unanniously , sjsid lond cheering .

      Jlr . Fakkeb moved the first resolution as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting [ the declaration of tbe Prime Minister with regard to the distress of the ccuLtry , renders him tctally unfit for tte office , and Bhovrs to tbe people if another argument was ¦ wanting , the necessity of the document called tbe People ' s Charter being passed into a law -without deduction or alteration . " Mr . Chairman and fellow tube , I think there is no one here L-ut-will agree -with tha resolution . For what

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      RETURNS OF THE VOTES FOR THE CA > L'IDATES FOR THE CONVENTION . LANCASHIRE . D - 1 ¦ n c / i '

      0 " f , * S 3 n « Manchester , Brown-street 67 71 5 : i Burnley ... ... 22 iJ 67 3 Winchester , Miles Piattin 22 2 !) 1 ( i Ciithero ... ... 0 0 lfiG 0 llarwood ... ... 0 0 11 H ) 0 Colnc ... ... 0 U l » 0 0 Lancaster ... ... U 0 75 « Sabden ... ... 0 0 50 0 Accrington ... ... 1 0 0 ' 3 0 Blackburne ... ... 38 53 < i 9 0 Preston ... ... 75 Gl )' 6 2

      Hacup ... ... 0 0 15 D 0 BarnoMswick ... ... 0 0 7 " 0 Chorley ... ... 21 20 33 67 Abhton ... ... b'O 5 . ) 2 2 Oldham ... ... 52 5 (» ' 2 2 Hollingwood ... ... 17 17 ^ 2 Lowi-rAloor ... ... ly 19 0 0 Rochdale ... ... 1 1 <> 0 Waierhead Mill ... 38 40 2 0 Le . s ... ... ... 38 38 0 0 Warrington ... ... 30 32 9 7 Milnrow ... ... 27 21 2 4 Bury ... ... ... 0 60 0 CO Delph ... ... 20 21 0 1

      5-48 606 1066 165 YORKSHIRE . * . £ i O Z . S K ¦ I £ h « - ¦ « « § 5 ^ I 0 a o . d ^ ( 5 P 5 £ Yew Green ... 12 14 4 6 0 0 Lepton 30 30 0 0 30 0 Selby 37 0 1 ( 3 28 29 33 Scarborough ... 29 0 1 28 17 27 PockHn ^ t on ... 23 9 6 17 20 15 Knaresborough ... 13 2 8 13 0 13 Malton 26 0 18 23 0 22

      Doncaster 40 0 26 2 ( 1 45 38 Beverley 16 0 0 0 16 16 Leeds 67 14 28 62 37 40 Home , Spalding Moor 18 0 1 18 18 37 Hull 85 5 60 63 82 3 U Ripponden 29 1 25 22 0 6 Ovenden 17 2 9 7 0 0 Hnnslet 23 0 10 18 20 16 Idle , Little Horton 63 0 18 28 3 ^ 41 Upper Wortley ... 15 3 11 14 1 13 Midj ; ley 19 4 7 19 0 14 York 29 0 1 51 29 30 Bradford 431 7 210 380 101 320 t ^; i Mi fl O 1 (? *> IS 18 0 2 16 3 15

      Bingley Huddersfield ... 158 " 121 69 115 0 37 Hebden Bridge ... 45 0 33 24 18 39 WadsworthRow ... 35 . 2 12 29 4 23 Barnsley ... ... 35 0 18 19 13 3 U Thornton ... ... 0 0 30 49 51 ) 61 Sheffield 82 1 57 29 53 26 Rotherham ... 37 2 12 27 28 10 Sowerby 113 66 102 13 108 45 Halifax 92 2 92 97 0 0 Warley 17 3 13 12 0 0 Mixenden ... ... 10 3 6 4 0 8 Political Institute , Sheffield ... 27 1 22 12 27 2

      17-41 295 957 1252 877 9 < 6 STAFFORDSHIRE . ¦ s « X < O u to u < —I ' s P 3 Bilsfon ... 360 4 WaUall ... 50 0 Darleston ... ... ... 68 . 0 Sheltcn ... ... ... 96 5 Longton ... ... ... i 133 Hanley ... 2 216 Stoke-upon- Trent ... ... 82 1 Stafford ... ... ... 8 11 Wolverhampton . » ... ... 35 64 302 434

      GLOUCESTER , SOMERSET , AND WILTS . . * S-. ' a g . ¦ 3- " . g , g .-o : ¦ . . 'H . - A' p .-. ' H CL . ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ . . a , pi « w a Bristol Trades ... ... 52 52 00 0 Bath ... ... ... ... 95 51 45 11 5 Cheltenham ... ... ... 107 123 38 0 0

      Bristol ... ... ... 29 34 0 53 29 TheDeverills 45 45 0 0 0 Trowbrid ? e ... ... 47 49 12 3 1 Stroudwater ... ... 27 36 0 9 0 Frome ... ... ... ¦ 3 » 39 0 0 0 Bradford 17 17 0 0 . 0 Yeovil ... ... ... 35 35 0 0 0 Salisbury ... 7 8 1 0 0 Wotton-under-Edga ... 15 17 7 7 0 Melksbam' ... ... ... 25 25 0 0 0 Kinaswoo'd' ... ... ... 33 25 3 0 18

      593 578 10 G 83 53 CORNWALL , DEVON , AND DORSET . ¦ i' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . > j M j -. . S - ' H ¦ s 1 Plymouth ... 24 0 Truro , ... ... ... ... 1 24 Camborne ... ... ... 0 4 (> 25 70 MIDDLESEX , ESSEX , SURREY , AND

      KENT . Chatham Votes . Dr . P . M . M'Douall ... ... 497 20 Ridley ... ... ... 233 26 Parker I <> 8 0 Scallwood ... ... ... 156 25 FiiPFeli . l ! -53 8 " . M'Grath ... ... ... U 5 2 Watkins ... 87 1 Kv . teht ... ... ... M 0 Henbow ... ... ... 59 0 Harmby ... ... ... 45 0 Roberts ... ... ... 40 0 Halls ... 32 0 Fox ... ... 6 0 Rainsley ... 2 0 llobson ... ... ... 1 0

      It will bo seen , according to tbis , that Dr . M'Dou . i ! l , RufFoy Ridley , and E . " Stallwood are . at the head of tho poll , of course Mr . Fassell can correct me if 1 am wrong tho Chatham correspondent slates ho r ? id not know where to send the polling to , and he sent it tome . According to tho returns the follawing persons ire to be brought forward to' public meetings , and elected to servo in tho forthcoming Convention : — Northumberland and Durham—James Bronterre O'Brien . ,

      Yorkshire ^ -F . O'Connor , L . Pitkcthly , and Geo . Bin ; 2 's . Lancashire—J . Loach and W . Baesley . Cheshire—Christopher Doyle . Norfolk . Suffolk , and Cambridge—J , Campbell . Derby , Leicester , and Nottingham—No return as yet . ;¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦¦' Staffordshire—J . Mason . Warwick and Worcestershire—G . White . Monruouth , Herefordshire , and Wales—Mr . Williams . •' .. . .,. ¦ . ¦¦ . Devon , Cornwall , and Dorset—Mr . Powell .

      Ginuoester , Somerset , and Wilts—It , K . Philpand W . P . Roberts . Hants , iiiifisex , and the Isle of Wight— -N . Morl'fng and VV . Woodward . E * sex , Middles . ex , Surrey , & Kent—Dr . M'Dauallj R . Kidley . and E . Stalhvobd . Cumberland arid Westmoreland—None . Northampton and Oxfordshire—None . John Campbell , Secretary .

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      The Time ok Youth . —Idleness is tho . most . per * nickius habit that youth can acquire ; the early years oi' lii ' o are the parts of a volume top valuable for . ' even a sinxls clay to appear a- useless blank ; and each page should present to recollection some commendable action , or 'knowledge , attained . —Parley's Penny Library .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct744/page/6/