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      SO . III . Ge ^ tlsmex . —In addressing a series of letters to your order , I iad two principal objects in view firstly , so to clasiiy the middling classes as a bodv jjiaj none conld mistake his position in society ; and secondly , to illustrate for 50 a tie exact meaning o . ' throwing tfce -working classes w upon iheir own resources . " I shall then proceed , under my first head , to arrange the middling order into classes ; or rather to disabuse your minds of the misconception that all who have been hitherto set down as pan and parcel of that order , are not so in reality .

      Perliaps no . one circumstance has tended more to preset the promised benefits of beform than that egregious fallacy nxged by political economists , and accepted by you , that the master manufacturers and osier large employers expending capital in ths employment of labour , constitute a portion of the middling classes . Now , I am prepared to provs that that class be ! ong 3 essentially to the aristocracy of wealth ; and that to them , and to yon , ti . e -working people stand In a very diff ^ rem relation . To theiiijthey are Tamable o > lt as pbo-¦ dt ccts ! acd indeed this is tie slavish character

      in which they have been taught most to pr : z 2 themselves . To tou they are Taluable as co . nsojehs a character in which they have not been tav . ght to esiimate themselves . Ki < w , if I can prove that the dealers in consumable articles are brought to the brkk of Euis , by ihe EanLer In which iboss who deal in production have snpplsDicd manual by arli-£ cial iabonr , my firs : position is irrefutably established . I , i hen , proceed thus : at no pc-riod of our history were the successful manufacturers of this country making more profit of labour than at the present moment . Ii is true , and I announced

      it to you seven years sgo , that so gr » at would be the improvements of machinery , backed by the capricious 2 nd S . ckla support , of £ ctitious money , that in the end tba large and suecessfal speculators would monopolise to themselves the whole trade of this country - and li at poition I now eiii the succoful speculators , E £ s . ui 5 = whom persors ¦ R -ith small real capital , or limned or narrow creit , can make no head . I mention t ' uis faci lest the critic may tarn upon me and say , that amongst the mannfseiaring classes taeaselres there exists as much distress as ia any other order of society . I admit

      ii -. but what do ? s it proves 1 it proves that at the gaEiblin £ tibie they Lave lost iheir :-: akcs to those vrko held larger banks than themselves . They are the EEsnccessfu ! tail of the body ; and have been ce : oS bj their own order : and while this proves only th 2 distressed state of a few , the present general poverty of the whole order of sfiOpkeepcrs establishes the faci thst they have no iaierest in common iriib these living uncer a sysica "which , slilongh i ; paniaiiy affects soae 01 its own m-mbers is nevertheless sireng enough , eveu in the few hinds to wliich h is conSned , to ces ' . roy ihe whole order of these vr ' no can only thrive , pro ? ptr , cr indeed cxi-:. upon consumption . This is my position : that vosstiiade ' -s 7 io ! cva t ' nehaiius of the few sacce = ? fui

      speculators , tnan was ever btiore kEo . ro to exist , even wben the number of traders w ^ s ooiisiderabiy freater ; while upan the other hard , the order of shopkeepers , who lire npan consumption , can boast ; cf no successful competitors . Indeed how could it be otherwise ! For suppose a master to employ one thssssnd " hands , " whose wages axe redscsd to the starvation poini ; dees not every reduction in their wags mike a corresponding reduction in the profits of the shopkeepers ! Again I say , that those who produce by artLSeial labour aai thereby depose ttanual labour , and look to & foreign market for the disposal of their fabrics . havean kteress in reducing W 3 ge 3 ; while every shopkeeper in the land has a direct interest in the labourer receiving a fair remuneration for his work .

      I now proceed , ucder my second h ? ad , to illustrate for you the true aud only means of " throwing the people upon , their own resources . " Of this principle I am an aYowed friend and admirer ; and 1 shall endeavour to point out the only justifiable way by which this object can be achieved . What doss the term resource" msaa » As applied to labour , it mean 3 the unfettered and unshackled power of its owner to cultivate it to the very highest Talue to which it can be brought to bear . It does not mean the residue of wages after lust , oppression , aid caprice fchall have first lived upon it . Ii does n : z mean a nominally high amount of receipt , with a

      power vested in a G-ovsrament , cr in its employers , to reduce the surplus af : er payment of taxation , or deduction , to the starra-Aon point . Bu * . I will suppose a case for yon ; and wili see whether or no , by all the laws of justice , and even by these rules and regulations by which church property ( the most favoured cf all ) is measured out , we may not throw ihe labourer upon his " otth resources " wiiaoai injury to ihe state or to the capital si . and with a perfect certainty ef replenishirg theC ' - . fVrs of the real middling order of societyths shopkeepers .

      Gentlemen , the time is fast approaching when social happiness mnst be preferred to that " scieniiSc" policy by which an island of starving beggars is scnght to be made the mistress of the world" ! There is no higher order of property , in the eye of the law , than , that of which the Church is possessed . Its-litle precedes that of the landlord . It has assumed to itself a right to one-tenth of the produce of the h . ~ A , This disposition of property is said to be unequal , UDJust , destructive of industry , and iniisical to religion . However , I will place a master mar ^ facturer in the position of a Church pars on ,

      receiving the one-tenth of the proceeds of that description of property ia which he gambits—L =. bot 3- Kow , the object of the Poor Law Amendment Act was said to ba to mak ^ labour respectable ; to induce the labourer , . while employed ia youth and manhood , to lay np & resource from whence he might draw in the winter of life . " Resource" implies eoi only the means . of . scanty living while in full employment ; bnt it also implies the capability of lajin ^ up , "while in saeh employment , ibe iceaus of Comfortable life in eld sge , or of carrying the man

      through sickness << r unwilling idleness without being encer the necessity of subscribing to a sick c ! ub , cr filling back for preserra-tion upon a basiile established anil upheld in horror for ihe very express purpose of affrighting him from it . Let us suppose , then , a mrister in the position of a parson . For argument ' s sake , I admit his full right to- one-tenth of the produce of his whole flock . I puppose him to employ cue thousand '" 'hands . " During thirty years of speculation , I further suppose him to have

      amassed , by the labour of those "hands , " one million sterling . By the church standard he would beccms entitled to one hundred thousand pounds , or oaetcLts , asTih share ; therebynaking Mia equivalent , as an individual , to one hundred of his workmen . At ; he end of the thirty years , thes , his share of the proc ace would be £ IOO , QQQ or £ 5 . GGO a year for ever ; ivtiy eoiaferi&fcie " resonree ^ oraniudmdualjbrBictS tse whole capital which in the £ r : 4 instance he br-: r"ht into trade . The other nine-tenths equally

      cirv ed aiscDgst those who made c \ l , wi ; l amount to £ K ' J per man . That , geutk-n-en , is ihe rc ^ lmesBEi ? cf " ihe term " resource" ! Suppose each inivicud to have worked for thirty years , from the age cf ] . 5 to 45 . is he not ia the autumn of lire beuer eutitkd to a retiricg salary than the Judge after forrtesn years comparatrrely easy labour t than the sailor , the soldier , the exciseman , or the host of

      pensioners aid placemen , who , without labour , are o ^ ariered upon the " resources" of the workmen 1 ^ ow , gen-. ltmen , -whiter would your order derive the iaost benefit fr&ra the individual who retires ¦ Pi ' -h ii , 000 , 000 of money , leaving the pauperised s ^ es who made it as a charge npon the poor-rales P *' . d neic by yonj or from a community of one ttsasan d retired labourers , with £ 453 0 EX > per annum , tie iEierest of £ 900 , 000 , the accumulated " resource " * - tfr thirty years labour ?

      Gentlemen , would the most depraved of that Ht coBimimity require a policfman to t ^ aca him ins obedience to ; the laws !—^ "oald a nation consisting of £ uch communities r «? sire " a large Elanding army i-o preserre the peace of the country ? or would net the cup of labour be sweetened for those -who through the thirty years piotaiioa raw at the end the prospect of an hpnosr-* b ! e retirement rather than ths degrading hxrw of a cold basiile ! There is no sectimtsi ; oi

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      whieh-you arc fonder than that " the people are the legitimate source cf all power ; and that " labour is the only source of iceallh . " Then why give to the streams that spring from it these privileges waich you deny to the source from whence all flow ? What is your ambition through life ! What is the ambition of the master manufacturer I What the ambition of the Barrister I What is the strongest ambition of aU -who malre profit of LABOUR ] Is it not the anticipation of one day leaving the Held of speculation with the assurance of a comfortable retirement in the winter of lifa ? Would not the fond hopa soften down all

      temporary suffering and irritation ? and would not the race , though uneven in the running , be reconciled to all by the tlakvs at : he end , presented as a reward for thirty years of toil ? Now , gentlemen , give me leave to a ? k you , how nsauy vf your orcer can hopa for such a release ? acd who deprives you of the boon ? Whether is it the one individual who ves ' -s his million of money made by the labour of 3 thousand other . " hands , " and Tested as Ms retiring

      salary in mortgage upon land , or the pnrebase of Isnd , or ja * lhe funds , or a railroad speculation , or a mining speculation , or a banking speculation ; none of which return to you one particle of profit ; or is it . the ene thousand " hands , " who should have received a fair share of the profits of their labour for thirty years of hard servitude ? Gentlemen , I have the honour to remain , Your obedient humble Servant , Feaegcs O'Con . nob .

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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mr Friends , —You who condescend to re . id the organs of the factions will have observed that the Lonion Times , the Majicficslcr Guardian , and the Manchester Advertiser , have resoried to the most despicable and dastardly means of creating dissention in our ranks , by ecg ^ nderii >^ suspicion and jealousy against your leader ? , and actually taunting Svine of them for cot ur ^ iug the oppressed and starving population of >" orth Lancashire iu-o a " physical" ombreak . Speeches never made , were reported to have been uttered bv -working men :

      derigiis rjevrr ] Ei 3 £ : i 3 ed , recTe said to have been enterra ! ned ;" and eren justification for a resort to violence appeared in the columns of these lery prints which have , from the commencement of our agkaiion , held up the threats of " physical force " as a jusiifiable reason , sot only for withholding your rights , but for refusing to hear your complaints . Add to this source of misrepresentation , one Dr . Taylor , a tourist , publishes language which he professes to have heard from the Iip 3 of -working men , not a-3 a warning ( as he Btate 3 ) to the Government , bet with a view of placing the working

      classes of North Lancashire under the superintendence of spies and informers . The Times assured its readers that F . O'Connor and Dr . ATDouail were afraid to meet the hurricane of paup ' riszn in Ivjrth Lancashire , W hat , however , is the fact ? I spent the whole of last week in the most impoverished towns ^) f that district ; and Dr . M'Douall , while I write , is now following me oxer the same gTonr ; d . Witbont fnrlher reference to those organs that write for the Jury , the advertising , and the oppressing classes , I shall proceed to lay before you a true narrative of my seven days' tour .

      I commenced at Manchester , on tbo evening of Sunday week , by addressing tho Carpenter's Hall full of the middle and working classes . I there met en the "Sibbath honest , moral , and religious Christians wkhont tbe r Sunday clothes . I S 3 W , for the first time in my life , the middling clashes eyeing that poverty in oihtrs ( which was the sure prelude to tlic-ir ewr . ) with an eye of cojEpassion and sorrow . I eiw them subscribing their half-sovereigns , their crowds , and their half-crowns , lor the uettnee of Mason , the Chartist , whom , together wuh his

      coadjutors they would , three yesrs a ? o , have pronounced '' £ u ; liy" witboui evidence . TijU 3 has " a cluage came o ' er the spirit of their dream ] " Bat , my friends , I also learned that wa had receivtrd an augmentation to our forces from a far more ireportant quarter , —from the aristocracy of Labove . Yes ! I had the heart- ! e"t gratification to learn that the gallant trades , having at length discovered the impossibility of protecting their order by " trades unions" so long as cla ^ legislation exists , had nearly to a man joined the associated body of Chartists . Is not this anew feature in the history of

      Chartism s On Monday morning I proceeded to Halifax , where I addressed a large body of the working classes on feklreoat Moor , as no ; iced in last week's Star . I then proceeded to Todmorden , where I addressed the people briefly . I then proceeded wich Beesky , of AccriDgton , and Holland , of Burnley , en route-to Burnley ; and when within two miles of that town , we met such a concourse of men , women , and -children ^ attended by snch a number o ; fl . ii ' a and bands as , considering the population

      of the locality , no human eye ever witnessed before . The oldest man had uever seen such a spectacle ; and great was the moral lesson which the starving thousand . ^ presented to their oppressors ' eyes 1 Poverty , ucdi-guised poverty , marching in peaceful tranquillity through the beautiful but uncultivated valley where many had drawn their first breath ; and which , if cultivated by their hofid 3 ' would he capable of supporting them in comfort and sffluecee . Their God ordained it so ; but man has otherwise decreed !

      The miserably joyous scene as the procession passed tmderthe f . quaduct . vas grand in the c-slreme . The rising ground from the foot to tho very summit was covered , principally with it males , v . hore varied attiie rendered the scene at once beautiful , melancholy and striking . But you have seen a n-port of our proceedings ; and therefore I shall pass from Burnley without further notice ihan ofLripg thanks to the ttarviDg thousands for haviug by their peaceful demeanour frustrated the machinations of onr

      enemies . At the conclusion of cut out-door proceedings I took a show of hands for ihe whole Charter , name and all ; and every hand in the meetirjg expressed the Eolemn vow that by the whole , ' they would stand , without abatement or subtraction . Ia the evening we had a glorious assemblage under a calico-roofed pa '< iii-ju ; the covering of which cost ihe poor fellows more than £ 15 . However -they assured me they would spsr . d the sum again , or double the amount , to ensure such auoth&r triumph for their principles .

      COLNE . Oa Tuesday morning I left Burnley in company with Beesley , to meet the Coins procession ; and notwithstanding that the rain fell in torrents , a glorious demon > tration it was ! I addressed the people in the I'iecs Hall , at noon , at considerable length . Mr . Moocey , a staunch Irish Chartist , was in the chair , and conducted the proceedings in a most becoming manner . Beesley and Tattersall also addressed the meeting in sound and eloquent speeches . At five o ' clock the working men bad got up s public dinner , which did them great credit .

      and to which I was invited as * guest . At six o ' clock we again repaired to tha Hall , where a Mr . Laycock , a person possessing great influence amongst the middling classes , had invited me to a discussion upon the questions of machines ? and fbbe THADB . He read a very lengthy address which he had prepared as a lecture tojiave bees delivered and published , I replied , examining every one of his positions , and with eo much effect , that he invited me to pass the night at his house , and confessed that his mind bad been wholly and entirely disabused of the prejudice wiich the press had created against me ; and

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      farther that he saw and believed m the reasoning and strength of my arguments . This more than repaid me for my journey to Colne . PADIHAM . Ou Wednesday morning I started for Ciifcheroe by way of Padiham , where it was arranged , with the consent of tha masters , that their " hands" should all be Bet flt liberty to hear me , and to remain for three houre ^ if necessary . This Padiham usad to be a favourite spot of Henby Hum ' s ; aad the seed which he sowed was made manifest in the enthusiasm , attention , and shrewdness which I observed

      CL 1 THEROE . From Padiham I proceeded to Clitheroe , which 13 perhaps as yet the kast pauperised of the North Lancashire dislricis . I am happy to be ablo to mention thi 3 circumstance in proof of the fact that pauperism alone is not the only propelling mofive to the adoption of Charfisi principles . We had the most numerous procession ever witnessed in that town , ei ; her upon Reform or eltcfcion occasion . The Chartists had engaged a beautiful walled-in bowling-green , where an excellent hustings was erected . Mr . Slater was called to the chair , and

      Mr . Beesley and myself addressed tho meeiing at considerable length . At six o ' clock , I cat down to a public dinner with the working men , where the very best order possible prevailed ; and at eight we proceeded to the aristocratic Assembly Rooai 3 attached to the Swaa Hotel , -which , notwithstanding thrtepenco admission was charged , was crowded to sufftfcatiou , while hundreds were obliged to go away disappointed . Mr . Pailard , a young and enthusiastic ChartLt , from Sagden , was called to

      tho chair , aud optutd tao proceedings in a brief but eloquent and manly address . Beesley followed ; and , without fhttj-ry , made one of the be :-. t Chartist speeches I ever heard . I spoke , for nearly two honr =, upon taxation , machiaery , tjie iasd , tho church , tha wrongs of Ireland , and the injustice dons to i-iBona . Wo liad a large number of the middJe classes present ; the majority of whom , upon that nij ; bt and the following morning , admitted to the Chartists that my positions and argumenia were unshakeable and unanswerable .

      ACCR 1 NGTON . On Thursday morning I left Ciitheroe , aceonv paukd by Beesley and Slater , for Accrington , where I had proa ' sed to address tho people on my way to Blackburn ; and in this village , to the honour of the majority of the masters , they set their " hands" at liberty . We met a procession ( estimated by the judges at more than 16 , 000 ) , with numerous bands and banners . We proceeded to a large square , well

      suited for the occasion , and where au excellent hustings was erected . Beesley aud myself addressed the meeting at considerable length . A resolution for the whole Chatter , nsme and all , was unanimously carried ; and thus terminated the largest and most splendid meeting ever held in AceriBgfcon . After the out door meeting we sat down to a public dinner ; and at five o'clock wo proceeded in procession from Acerington to meet the Blackburn procession .

      BLACKBURN . Within about twomiles of thetown JheAccringion and Blackburn processions met , when the road for more than a mile was densely filled . A great number of bands and banner 3 enlivened the scene ; aud thus we entered Blackburn , when , in an opea space , I addressed the vast assemblage . We subsequently adjourned to the Theatre which v ? a 3 filled in every part ; the middling classes occupying the boses ; while the labouring order filled the stage , the gallery , and th = pit . After my address several of tho middle class waited upon mo , aud in the presence of the Chartist body , apologised for the injustice they had done to me , and for the erroneous notions they had entertained of t }; 3 Charter aad the Chartists .

      PRESTON . On Friday evening , I started for Preston ; and though at the time of meeting the rain fell in torrents , yet one moment of reviving sunshine was sufficient to enssre not a muster of 7 or 800 Chartisi ? , as ths Preston Chronicle has it , but of three f . ni's as many thousinds . Here I found that spirit which was created by the immortal Hunt still vigorous and alive ; and notwithstanding some foul and disgraceful attempts to create division in . our ranks , Friday night proved to me that if feuds aud dissensions do exist , those who entertain them and would perpetuate them must keep them to themselves , as the Chartist body will in no wise suffer

      itself to be disunited by the sqaabbles of individuals . At nine o ' clock we again assembled in a large roem attached to the King ' s Head , -when that excellent Chartist , George Halton was called to the ohair . I addressed the assembly at considerable length ; and I was rejoiced to find that in comparatively small aa in large meetings of the working men all attempts to create dissension will fail . I never witnessed a more patient bearing , sounder discretion , on more generous conclusions than I saw evinced in the in-door assembly of Preston Chartists or Friday eight last . They have to go on ia the even tenor of their way , and they may bid dsfiance to all opposing parties .

      LANCASTER . On Saturday evening , at half-past seven , I arrived at the railway station , and was met by a large concourse of people , with a band . At half-past eight , accompanied by Btesley , I reached the large warehouse given for the occasion by some middle-class man . The chairmaD , whose name 1 regret to have forgotten , opened the proceedings in a speech of considerable length and power ; and called upon Mr . Lunn , a plasterer , to movo a resolution , which he d : d in good acd happy style ; and in passing I should be guilty of au act of great injustice was I to omit stating that to tho exertions of Lunn , the Chartists mainly owa the powerful and exalted position , which they occupy in this city ; and I

      rejoice to think that- tha Chartists themselves are fully aware of the fact . Beesley secondod the resolution , which was for the whole Charter , name and all , and was carried unanimously . An address was then presented to me from the Chartist body ; I responded at considerable length , and upon Sunday morning I had the pleasure and gratification to learn from my friends ¦ tfcat it was the unanimous opinion , that , however I may have failed to convert all t > f the middle class who attended our meeting , 1 bad succeeded ia destroying the deep and lon £ - rocted prejudice which existed against them aud asc ; and had prepared their minds for a fair and calm cor . siderction of the people's claims to what they sought .

      Aud thus , my frier . ds , terminated one of tie most Uieful , aud , I trust , profitable tours that I have ever made on your behalf , —proving to the factions' press that we cannot be disunited ; and proving to those slimy agitators who , the honest working classes themselves have assured me , never lost an opportunity f » r a sly and ungenerous thrust at me in my absence , that to deeds of man himself , and not to the foul suspicions of others , all must look for affection , popularity , and public confidence . I am , Your undeviating and unflinching friend , Feaegcs O'Conkob . Leeds , Tuesday , July 5 , 18 J 2 .

      P . S . —Mr . O'Connor left Halifax for Keighley on Wednesday last , and met a splendid procession near Bingley , accompanied by four bands , some of them dressed in complete military uniform , wearing their Chartist cards as breast plates , with military caps and feathers . At Bingley about ten thousand people assembled ; and Mr . O'Connor stat ted for Keighley , where upwards of twenty thousand had gathered together . He spoke there for nearly two hour 3 , in the open air , and then adjourned to a chapel , where a soiree had been ' provided , -when he again

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      spoke for three quarters of au hour ; and started at seven o'clock precisely , to meet Aclaud at Halifax a distance of tvyelve miles over a mountain road ; he arrived at Halifax at five minutes past eight and instandy proceeded to tke Odd Fellowe Hall , to support tho Chartists against the League , A good day ' s work ; but we must be cautious , lest like BairstOW , W 0 inour Censure for saying so . 51 r . O ' Connor has Tequestcxl U 3 to state that the in-door meeting at Todiriorden , must commenco at SEVEN ; ,-and not at EIGHT o ' clock , as stated in the bill .

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      WoLVERHAMPTON . —On Thursday Mr . Catdy delivered a lecmre on tho principles of the People ' s Charter , i ; s oljorts , and its demands , ¦ " ¦ . to a numerous audience in Briekiin-lan'i . Seventeen fresh members wtro enrolled . Many of tho middle class wore present . —On Friday evenin /? Mr . Candy , in cotjj'inction with Mr . Liuney from-Bilston * delivered . ' . ' an address on class legislation , tp upwards of ono thousand persons , at Hell-lane . Tweniyrthree fresh members were -enrolled ,- —On Sunday morning Mr .

      Candy adVTressed a large meeting at ; WedEetvfiold . Ho was heard with attention . —On Sunday e . venin / j Mr . Candy preached a political sermon in the gardciH of Stafford , to a vast concourse « f peoplb . His coiig'xgation increases every Sunday night . Very many of tho middle class were present , an < i the inspector of police , with several Gf his men . There were from two to threo thousands present . Ic was au excellent discourse , and her fuily and ably proved that the demands of the Charier wer

      —On Moijtiay Mr . Candy lectured in Honley-fielcls to a large assemblage , on the science of government . At tho conclusion-twenty nine fresh members we > ro enrolled—On Thursday Mr . Candy lectured at Wedncafield ' " Heath , on labour ' s wrongs and labour's remedy , Soventeen fresh mombors were enrolled . Walsall— Ten shillings have been forwarded to the treasurer tor t-ho relief of Mr . Mason , and the other temporary Tory-made wi'dowa . and their families . Derby . —Mr . Thomason , from tho Vale of Leven , delivered two eloquent sermons in the Market-place , ou Sunday last .

      New Basford . —At ... the usual Chartist Weekly me , ting , held on t'to 28 : ti June , Mr . E . Wright iu tho chair , the following resolutions were agreed to : " Thar , the sum of ten sh . iUin <^ bo sent to the new Executive , to enable its mcrabevd to adopt docisi-vb measures to forward the causa of tho People ' s Charter . " " That fcur shillings be . given to the fund now raising in defence of Mason . " SflUEWSBtrRY . —Mr ; Mog ^ has been lecturing bore with great , success to numerous and ... attentive audiences , a » id augmented tho number of tho C ?; anists of this town .

      Oi-DHAii . — On Tueeday evening last , Dr . M"Douall delivered a most energetic and argumentative , lecture in the Town Hail ; subject—Trades' Unions , their ineffieacy in protecting labour , and the most tffoctual remedy ibr the Eamo . The leciuro was well attended and ne have no doubt but great --. good' will be the re .-uli . A voie . of-thauks-was passed to the Lecturer and Chairman , and the meeting retired , highly sath-ned . ' Selby . —At a meeting of Chartists of this town , in their room , the following resolutions wore unanimously carried r- - 'That the proprietor and editor

      of the people ' s paper , the Star , are fully entitled to the confidence and support of all real Chartists ; and as euch , we , the ' - . 'Chartists of Selby , will support them so long aa they act in the manner they have done heretofore . " u That the best thanks of this meeting are duo and hereby given to tho men of York and Sheffield for the horionrablp manner in which they aoied towards poor Holbeiry while living and when dead , "—N B , A pubiio meeting will be held next Wednesday , at eight o'clock , at Mr , Woodall ' s , when business of importance will ba brought forward . All Chartists are requested to attend . .

      Majjchuster . —On . Monday evoniug , last , a meeti < ig of iho ' Iadieb' boot anii shoemakers was held in the large-room , Pack-Ht-rse- Irin , in . Bridge-street , Dcan ? gate , to take into consideration the propriety of joining the National Charter Associationj when Mr . J . Campbell and Mr . Barrtt . jw , ' mein'be ' rs of the Executive , a > teuded nn behalf of t , he association . A revolution * that wo do join tho National Charter Association , was carrioa unanimously . Tho notico t ' uat appeared in the Star of Saturday-last , staring that all letters belonging to the South Lancashire County Council , were to be directed to Miv William Griffin , ' a not correct . Mr . Cartledge is the Secretary , to whom all correspondenco must be addressed , 34 , Lomas-streot , Bank-top , Manchester , as Mr ; Griffin was only nominated in oase Mr ; Cartledge leit Manchester .

      SA 1 PORD . —Meeting to adopt the Remonstrance , to the House of Commons , a ^ nd the Memorial to the Queen ;—On Tuesday evening , July 5 . h , a pubiio meeting of the inhabitants of Sal ford was held in the large square , at ihe back of the Town Hall , Salford , to adopt the remonstrance and the memorial . Tiie hour appointed was eight o ' clock , at which time the square , which is capable of holding eight or ten thousand persons , was filled in every part , and the windows of the houses crowded with parties anxious to hear tho speakers . Mr . Littler was called to the chair , who opened the meeting by reading the placard , arid said—Working Men of Salfordy 1 may as well remark , that it is by permission cf the Borou ^ hrceve that wo hold this

      meetiiig herd ; on account of the heavy rain ? , it would bo very uncomfortable on the Brow , and as you have elected me by your suffrages to preside over this meeting , I ho ^ e that you will bo as attentive and peaceable a . 3 you can , and thereby mako my business as light as possible . He then called upon Mr . John Campbell to move the remonstrance . At this part of the proceeding ^ the Salford baud , who had given their services upon this occasion , came up in to the meeting during its proceedings playing a very lively tune . The members of the band deserve the thanks of tlio ; Salford Chartists for their disinterested labour of love in the cause of dearocracy . Mr . Campbell then rose to move the remonstrancei and in doing so , said Mr . Chairman and working

      men of Salford , it is with pleasuro that I appear before you this eveningi and it is pleasitig to me to see tho thousands of the ha > dy bojis of toil t hat are here to-zii ^ ht , to tell < i 5 > e House of Coutmona that they usurp the power that belongs to the people . Mr . Campbell then read the remonstrance to the meeting , and entered into an analysis of the House of Lords , and likewise the House of Conimous , and demonstrated that the people had nothing to expect from such a corrupt source . Mr > Millington seconded'the remonatrance . Air . Bairstow supported the remonstrarice in an eloquent , energetic , and argumentative speech , which occupied upwards of an hour in the delivery , and sat down amidst the applaud of the ^? ek ! bl < d thousands . The chairman then asked if

      t ' nere was any person that had any thing to say in opposition to the remonstrance , and no one appearing , it was put to the meeting ^ and , carried unanimously . Mr . Raukiu moved the memorial in a nea < * and appropriate speech , which was seconded by Mr . Thos . Kichards , and . supported by Mr . Wm . Dxon , and , whesn put , carried withoat a dissentient . Mi-. M'Farlanc , iii a speech replete with sound senro and convincing arnunieut , moved the following resolution : * ' - 'iVi ; : t this meeting vievva will } abhorrence aud indication , and condemns in the strongest trrrsns possible , ihe atrociously brutal and cruel conduct of the uiu-ousiitationai police force 1 ac finnis , in the county of Clare , Ireland , for wantonly aud murderously attackir , '' an unarmed and starving . multitude . We

      thtrefuro call upon the right thinking and patriotic men of Sa ford to join with us in protesdng against and reprobating such cowardly and diabolical proceedings on the-rights and nbertiea of an industrioiis people . " Tho resolution was seconded by Mr . Edwards , and supported by Mr . James Leach iu an excellent speech , in which he gave an account of several cates ot' extreme diBtreaS that had ' come under his own notice , and showed up tho cruel conduct of those who are in authnrity . One poor Irishman who had applied for relief , that had his wife in the Lunatio Asylum , they gave him a pass to Ireland , and because he would not go and leave his wife be-¦

      hind him , they Bent him a month % 6 the treadmill—( shame , shame ) : Another poor man who had been in this country seventeeii years , who has a wife and three children , went for relief , and they gave him , a passport to £ 0 where the people are starving , and a mnideting rpolic © shooting them for asking for bread ; but not oae farthing to relieve his present wants— ( shame , shame ) . Mr . Leach retired , and was followed with rapturous applause . The meeting was large and orderly , and the speaking good , and after cheers for tho Chatter , O'Connor , Frost , Williams , JorieSj and a vote ol thanks to the Chairman , the vast assemblage dispersed in a peaceable and orderly manner , with the band playing and baimers flying . j

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      _ Mb ? SLEY . —Mr . Da ^ id Ross of 'M anchester ,, delivered a very soul-stirring lecture here on Tuesday evening la ? t , and in tho course ofthe . - ' evonirig lie gave the Plague and their hired tools a severo cascigatiou . Heywood . —Mr . James Cariled ^ o of Manchester , lectured on clas 3 legislation on Wednesday , in the Charti it ro « ia » Thi 3 spif . 'ted vtlla ' ga is makiu «; rapid progress in the cause of democracy . LiVERPOOi .. —On Friday eveuitig last , Mr . W . Dean Taylor , delivered a powerful and truly elo ^ quens lecture in the Chartist room , on the pi-iiiciples of tho ' i ' eopio ' ii Charter , " Tho lecture oceupiuQ upwards of two hours , and Mr . Taylor was warrniy

      appkuGied throughout its delivery . He rtcornmendtd them to stand by tho Charter , name arm ail , au / i shewed ample and sufficient reasojiS why wo ..-oughi to contend for the catno as yrcll as the .. s ' u . bfijance of the Charter ; and ccnoiu / ied by inviting any Whig , Tory , or mook-Rcfcrincrtf , to di ^ pi-ove any of the statements iio had made tiurir / g his lecture . . .-. None offjrinir , a vute oi ' ihaijks } V 0 moved . Mr . Taylor , and carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks to the cnairnian , ( Mr . IvrC : irtne >) and three cheers fol * tho Charter , name and aii , the meeting dispersed , 6 ac ' n tntl all highly pleased with Mr . Taylor ^ s peculiarly happy mode of deiendisig our princiDlcs .

      LojiD ; N . —Chahtisx Hatters . —Mr . Jas . Morgan Iei-turcd here On Wednevday last , at tho iirown Bear , Southwaik Bridge-roau . Keywood . —rLectuvts V 7 t > re delivered ou Sunday , by Air . Ltach , of Hydp ; and oa Wecineiiday , by ilr . C ^ l ¦ tiedge . ' . ' . . . Brock moor . —Mr . Linriey lectured in the Cross Keys Cfuo Room , on Wednesday evening . At the close or' the lecture twenty persons enrolled their names . NEW PFXtON . —On Tuesday , June 28 th , Mr .

      W ' ost delivered a lectur « at New Pel : pn <> u tlie iujuties th :-. t class legislation inflicts upon th » people . In the evening o £ the § atne day , a public tea was h « : d in ti : o Glvirtist Sshool Room , when a numbbr cf the frinnus of democracy sat down to an excellent tec . and provisions , which wero served up in good order . After tea , a Chatter Association was formed , of which tha toliowipg are the Council : —Mf-ssrB . V / illiam Wi . 'kfiis / jn , Jasncs Tully , Josepb Cartfir , John Boys , au ' O-Trcaaurei' ; John Gockcroft , sn ' b-Secretary . Tho remaintter of fee evening waa spent iu an r . ninsmg and iactructhig manner .

      Glasgow . —Bridgston . —A pubhc meetii'c ; -was held here oa Wedaesiiay evening , in tbe Chartist Hall , Dale-street , Mr . -W .. Shauks in the ciiair . Messrs . Moir , Hoss , &o ., from the city , wera nnnouuged to aiMres 3 the meeting . Tae hall waa crowded to stiffac ; ition , aud jnatiy h ; Ui to go atv ; iy wiio could not caia admittancf ) . Mr , Moir , apoko at scrna length -on the necessity of an active union ivni-m ^ . st the worbirsg dilates , and urged on the mett , ' . ; ig thy necassity of joining the Glasgow Cli : irt < : r Association . Mr . M . charged those who stood neutral more -with dishonesty than carelessness , and should any of tlieni coins to want , they deserved to feel the fruits of tb-ir criminal apathy . ; so far as fif » ( Mr . Moir ) was concerned , he would feel no sympathy for them . Let ths Chartists make common

      cause with each ether , and no powdr en emta could prevent theta being succa' ^ ful ; if they did not , the cause would fall , and he v / oairt tell . them what would be the result—the middle and upper classes would take it up and pay the expense , and they would mak « the people pay for it in the Jokjj run . Tnls vrmi hot to bathe case ; let every man act aa if success tlepenilert upon himself . He , t-Mr . M . ) had done more to put down those devils Gf Whiga in Glasgow than any other fifty ; and why ? just that he had done every thing he could have dune as one man . So much was this felt by the factions , that they were found to decl&re " they could not get their opinions expressed for that fellow ftloir . " Had all acted aa ho bad doue , tho Ghart « r -would have be ^ n the law of the land ere now . Mr . Moit , at the

      cloae of his addreua , ? aid he -wouki call upon any man in the raueting , who considered it to -iw hia duty to join the 1 Glasgow Chartsr Association , at . the earliest possible canveiiience , t ¦» hold up their right hand ; but before dning so , iio would appeal to them not to hold up their hands , if they w > . re not fcily dfetermihed to fulfil their promiae . Mr . Koss a-iid all political Comnitntatois had declared that union was strength ; h « hoped they would rally louud the stindard ot top Qlatjgow Charter Association . The counsel for ) Frost , duriiig Wsclefenee i in referring to the Charter , sairt that when the " -majority of the nation ( leclaved for it , it would be univailicg for wealth sad property to resist it He ( Mr . Koss ) had been connected with politics far the last twsuty-fivo years , and had always baeii a loser , but yet he hopad to livti to eat of tree of liberty . He ha J full hopts of their t fTjrts beiDg successfal . Mr . Moir U'ok a show of hands in , favour cf

      Jdimng the ftlas ^ pw Charter Association . Nearly the whofe meeting held up their hands . A Committee was then appointed for the selling of tickjta in Biid ^ ston . Upwards of fifty gayein . their nameu to the Secretary , Air . Broiivn , before leaving thfe hall , and Mr ; Ross 6 \ sposed of a number of t'ekets ,-amon ^ others , one to Mr . Wm , Johnson , of the ; " Coi-ripklo Su& ' rase" Conimitteei I 4 r . Johnson urgGd ^ on tt : 3 people present to give earnest proof of their attachment to tho Charter by coarng forward and joining the Association . H-d was' connected with another Association , s tit ! he -was rcwiy to support the Charter Assocfatton . Ho was rearly to canvass fur either ; let the people declare which off them to join , and he \ iiir . J . ) would act with them . After a hearty vete of thanks to Messrs . Koss and Motr , and those friends ' -who accompanied them from the town , and their excellent Chairman ; Th > 3 highly interesting meeting broke up in the best possible harmony .

      Gorbals . —The adjourned discussion on Mr . Murray ' s lecture came oii ' pa Friday evening , Mr . Graham iti the chair . The discussion was continued to ekv « n o ' clock , when it was rtaolyed ttiafc Coa should reply on some future night > to be fixed by Mr . J . Caaieron and the committv-e . The followiajj resclutioa wus moved by Mr . J 9 mes Dowcs : —' 'That it is the opinion of this meeting that the New Move' i 3 unnecessery , and if supported , cjilcuiateu to injnre the best interests of tha working classes , inasmuch as its tendency is ta divide and uot to traits . ' the people . We thfcrefors pledge ourselves to join aud euDport the Glasgow Charter

      Assocation . " An arfleadment -was moved by Joseph KeiT , in support of Complete Suffrage , with a string of other irrelevant matter . Afc the sac'geation of Mr . J Colquhoun , the amenrfmeat was contined to Complete Suffrage , in order that the two questions might be fairly ttsted . On iho rote beiug taken , tan hands wtre held np fo \ the amendment ; fyr ths Hiotioa , the rest of ihb meeting . We have refrained from giving any of the discuE ^ wn for cejtain xeivsons , but vt& ttnst tho manly and straight forward casttgation administered by J » J r ^ James Downs to some of the parties will have its due effect .

      A General meeting of tbe comb and horn spoon mukars vras beld en Monday evening last , Mir .. Pettigrew in the chair . The following resolution was moved by Mr , Henry Worling , seconded by Mr .- Dagald and carried unRiiimousiy : —' , ' That this meeting is of epinion that our trade has suffered mueh from , and owfe 3 its present distressed cenditiou in a great degree to the ^ baneful influence of machinery , ; its imachinery ) operations being , through class-made IaW 3 , roudered a Cursa instead of a blessing , inasmuch as cur hands

      are tfc . eieby being daily thrown tut pf employ , while no other provision ia made for ihein ; and being coavinced thst those pressing evils can alone ba rtniedied oj making that ;' document commonly called the People's Charter , the law of the land , -we agree to join * the Glasgow Charter Association , and pledge oiirselyes to uss every conatitiitional mssins iu our jiower to : promote the objeet 3 of taa same . " Tha meeting than agreed to meet every Monday evening till the trade is fully organised , and an intevim coawiittse was appointed to cawy out the above object .

      HUDDEaSFXEIiB . —Agreeable to announcement M r . Russ attended what is called a camp meeting- . , bit Sunday last * on tho summit cf our famed Castle Hill . Tiie labour and toil required to attain so great an altitude is amply rewasuud by the rich aad varied scanery that piese&fc 3 itsiilf to the eye ,- which extends for miles in every direction ; tfrera ham : m beings can inhale nature ' 3 parest br&eze . Swarms tf persons were seen wending their way to th 8 . place of meeting from all the adjoining diatxicts , aud it was thought at one time there could i : ot bs Jess than fifteen thousand present . Mr . liosa deiiy « red a iuo 3 t eloquent and impressive lecture in favour of ths People ' s Charter . —O ? i WLondiy night Mr . Rosa gave a lecture to a crowded audience , ia the Guild Hail , in tibia town , in defence o ( thei righta of labour aud the justneis of the People ' s Charter , to-which he did ample justice .

      BPRTi—A publfc meeting of theiphabitanta ofBdry , convened by - . KqiiisitioBj " ' was held * in the Working Man ' s Hall , Cbrden-street , on Satrirday evening , to adopt this remonfiteanco aad the memorial to the Queen . Mr . J . LoHjax , a -worfciDg coal mmer , waa nnaDimoasly called to preside , -who opened the business of the meeting with a few appropriftte remarks , and then called upon Mr . H . Harawick ; to move the 1 memorial , -which was secsnd ' jd by Mr . M . Ireland , aud supported by Mr . WilliaHi Dixon , in a apecch of some length , and when put yrka carried nem . con . Mr . M . Roberta , in a speech ¦ which occupied haif an hour , inoved : tha ? emen £ trar . ce to the House of Commons , -which -was seconded by Mr . James Yates , a coal miner . ' Mr . D . Boss , of Manchester , supported the remonstrance , in a bold argumentative speech , which oeenpied near two Jbpnrs ia the delivery The Chairman put it and it was carrivd unaaimous ? j After chotrB for tba Cuaitar , tlxe meeting dissolved .

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      EXar 5 S « JlSE . Ar « 2 . -. l ) U » DEST 0 Jf HOW , OPEN' AlB Mketixq . —TJ : e i : sual m .-fifng xtos hfe « i : ai thi > % mt celebrated place , en Monday evening ia ? . t / at havr-p-sf ; saven o ' clock ; st which : tlnie Mr . QriOTtfWhito procesded to ? address thfe kisowWy-.: ' -. He salti-.- '' that h ; s If hief o > j-jct wai to " . instil into iheMuds o ! hU ¦ felloV- ¦ . '¦ working mfa - the pos \ t ? an ¦ B'iii'jh ' tiioy ; mlgbV " occupy . ' \ ' in society , and the coni / ort and happiness which might bo enjoyed by ench n : cmber of the human fj v . Uy , it they had the power of ( JeyelopiJur .-the resources - . ^ vhich nature Eiipplied . in . atfil'jsent at . uiidence : to -s-ttirfy .- ' thu - ' watits of all ; and , a 3 tlia obytinacy and ignori ^ ae of the ruiiDC powers , was an ' - ' obstacle -which must bs

      sormoKnte . d-.-.. bsfore . . . th ? y . couhl hops to enjoy thosa beaefita , it vr .-is , therefore , ' . the duty . .. of -flJi inon t <» cxprt thesriselves . in ord-.-r thai the Government of the country slicaJd act aa tba uroiectoia and friends of the working -classes , instead of bbing . as at present , their greatest curse . U'iJerth ?! present state of sociely a man jnight have tha b ? s \ of niDtiVes , and the purest and 6 est feelihga . yet , if he cbald aot c « nfor » n to tl » rascally modes by which " wealth is ; .-. attained at ths > P . r ' saent ¦ flay .- and was thsrehy retiix- ^ d to a Ktata of penury , he was r . sfciied by every littl « profit-hu : < ting bnare , as Isz / as aiahttnf st ; and maDy a noblB-ttafted « iuJ eeaerous man ha < V been r . ll but fcUStetl to ( VcatQ , 07 having tho triiaforttine of --living in what was pompously ttraied " a atate of civiizition . " Ho

      understood by the word eivi !" z . i * ion" a i > olishc i iiui renned state of . existence . cr » mp , ir 8 d or coiiinstod with a former period '( f Rian ' s histcry ; but he auiintaiDeti that the woriini ? . ' clftss-ss wero never jriore hruta'ised than they wore at present ., rv . 'J tb-ii tho whoiu ; cf their misery emanated from tha * ra < . ; iug and . proBt-Jsuntin ^ system , called ' -c vi . l zitioM . " By . some Sort of-lfgerdt « main or thimbler : ^ &j > t . ! ui , th , { whole of tna cri-. ^ tii . 'n was claimed a ^ tha propurty of thiisa who never worked , whilst those trho f ! - < xiuc vas this bviisi-id -wealth atd ci-viiiziti « n * 6 t . h « ou-toist wprkii ;^ c !; is 3 f 3 , = vhep thry fount ! tha ^ every fWsh adiiition which thc . ir iidiistry and ingenaity uiacSo to the w . ai'h of the rich , was made us-- ) of by tljsBi io 6 ppr . ;< -s the protius : ; ? : So Ir-n ™ as / the wovklns ciassos werd kept in blia ^ igiwrancs of their rights be could not blkhij them . : Bai now that they hail so many oppprtunities of knowing tbe real causa of

      their miseries , th «; y- would ba tUair own : oppressors it they neglectid the means which vjeya now at thtir disposal to procuro their feniaT-. cipatioa .. He . tb ^ n pr oceer ' td to txplnin the blessings vrhieb wouid fl > w ftotn . a Gbvernmtnt emanating fron- tbe : rrhoie people , and caliedqn all present t o ' -jfitii tho ^ fationa ^ Charter Association . He aisu showed up tha viilatious tveatrsient which Mr . ? . hison TT 3 ci tfce Sedsiifty ratn h&d * xp « ienc « d from t . ho Stafford -aut . ' toricica ,. aud gave nwtica that ho should c * nt > nae ! to ad-Jresd : t mealing , on teat ; spot every Mo . niJay evtning , and titeo hi tbo lar ^ e &e ]< 3 11 sir the AsjIdhi , bottom ' ofSammprr ' any . w-v ^ ry'S . ii . 'K'iay iriij ' rnmg ' , at ha ' if-past ten , and Vtery Tu . 3 fil . iy evening , zz . Ksvea o ' clock . Hii . tJ'cn dt'pr-rtf . d for Mia £ ii ' . > ei a ' . i ' .. 'n . -Room , Aston street , ¦ accoiHpi . 'uied by a large nuipsr cf j ; tu-ona Up B-a ' f . sS . ' of-forty persona li :: V 8 ei ; ro !! iii tbtir ' navies at Duddeston-rov / , and it is dttrruiii : cd to have ih's books and cardsnt ta « s meetinss in futuro . fv- ? the cunveiiience of th ' R '< S ¦ who cannot . ott ^ nd the-mrtii ...

      st ' uMEB liSE vjEEtr ^' o . —Mr . Wcita a . > arc . sscd a mttting in tha iar £ e ilsi'i « r . nr ths Vuk ^ n Foandiy , oa Sanriay morning lasjf , at / ia : f-p ; : st tisn o'clock ; aad an . Mtber . at the same plnco on Tiistday ' tst- ' tiLii ^ . Atite ' conciusion of . hia adfiri .-s / C nina peisona . ierirolSad tiitir name * -iii the Natiouiil ' ' . har t r Associa'i ' -n . ASTON-STREETilEETiVj — Ti > e vsiihl mecV . r . % "vra ? h ' old at this p ! ac ci- ' 3 oa the rtatn of Sunuol Hoibci-ry . of ^!> fae ! "l ,. snrt . iG traduced Par . Vi'hita . who n sd the 1 vsport of Hulyfcrvy ' a funeral f . oir . tl : e' Northern Ska : The Biesti-nsj . iistcnsjd to th < i report vn- ' a fj ^ n * , ct-Vntion , arid -warm ' y npplaudt'd thu-speeuh of Mr , G . J . Earney ou the above melancholy occasion .

      Monday Evening Meeting . —Tha raeiubfrs o £ the associutinn mu . tfred slivi ^ ty on Jrlo . . iiy tvcijing , when tha minu ' riS oi tho c ;> W ! , i'il -wera rc <» d over by-Mr . GNorge White , ami cir . iii ' unsd by tha inofeoiag . The cbviirfiian ,. Mr . V / nlter 'i'norne , then adi ' rC 3 i : ^< i the members on . behalf of Mrs ' Rlasiin , and recommended a coliection to be ina : ' o on hcr ' -r * -half . > after whicfi Mr . White went , ' at si > : uu len ^ tli , i .-iti > the pJars which ivere intended to be adopted t > 7 tha coutiail for the better guidance of the association , ai .-d repovtevl on tbe rteps which had been taken to p-rocnte r . cnnimoOiohs place of meeting . Mr . 3 ' . Wiliiivmscn afterwards deiivared an ent-ryetic address as to the best means of securing a proper place , nfrer which the . niActing separated .

      Mil MASON AND TH-K . ' OTHEA PKISpi « EE 3 AT Staki ^ ord . —At the Council meeting , held at AstOiistreet , Birmingbam , oa Sunday last , it Wits resbivsd to cdl a conference , bf thtsBirruinghara Chartisfa , to assemble at Astou ^ streut , on Tuesday evehiug next , the 12 th Cay of July , when it is proposed to chouse four person ? to act on b ( hale oi Birmingham at a geuaral delegate , meeting . "of' the ; comities of G ! oactster , Worcester , Warwick , and Stafford , the localities to add one each from thsir body ., wtwri : t'ae- necer . Mty of . providing a pbrmanent fund ^ for the Euppovt of the wiyea and families ' , of Jilr . Jlaaort and tha others , the : means of huppoi ting one ivcturer or more for the . tisa of these cpuritiesi and otherwise consolidating our strtn ^ tb , ¦ will bo taken irito conoidcration . The attentioa of the vario-oa snb-Si .-cr ' etaTits ia those counties sro earni'Stly . requested , to tii ! 3 iinport ; int subject , and any comiiiurjicaUons thoy have to send a ? e req'ijsted to ha forwarded to the Corresponding snb Secret ivy , -Mr * - George White , 38 , Bromsgrove-sireet lJirminaham .

      CAi . v £ nT 6 v— The Chartists : met ss usual , and prpcL'tued to tho . fcasia . fiss . of tba ass-.-joiatioa . Ifc was agreed to engage tho , t ? utton aii ; i Naiticgham baadd that had cffrfivd their fcrvici ; 3 for thy oesasion , t >> perform at tho O'Connov demonstration '; A soireo or tva par : y will be heW , whicn is to Ult 8 piace on tbe last Monday in the montb . E 7 ory Eectstary preparation is being vnnile fjr tho occasion . Tickfct 3 at . one shiiUngeach , iii ^ y be bad of Messrs Ga ' . idir . e , Huckiiall Torkarrt ; Morris , Bulweil , n »> ar New Ma : feet-Street ; Watts-. Oxton ; Epperstone , Woodborough , Low (»? iaTn ; Blidworth , Catv « rt ( jn ; Street , Lsrabley , und Swe » t Njttin ^ &am : ; Emerson , Arnold ; Alisvright , Old Bisford FJatt ; Mitchell , schoolmaster , Chapel ; Paicer , Cricketcourt , Nottingham ; Mri . Smith , uevvs-agent ,

      Warsergate ; Hankin , Cvmngtoii ; Ellis , Arnold ; ReWlJ , Day brook ; llBeve , Hyson Green Nailer , Jfew Bj * f > rd ; korley , Sherwood ; Sandetson ; Old Badfurd ; Cooper , Watson ' s Building ; and Harrison , Calverton . AU t : ckets must be sold a clear -week before the tta taksa place , and every ticket yonder will forward bis money to Mr . Sweet , Gcotegate , on Monday , July the 18 th , by twelve ^ 'clock . . The lbaaa of fligs and banners from the surrounding associations will be duly spprer ciated , a d it is to be hoped the -whole county of NottingKam will'do its ciuty on that day , aud rirmly establish the tree , of freedorninthisagricultiual disivlG 1 :. CHALFOKD . —Trade is in ' ' a-most aianning itite ia this pJaca , we have but three miils at work , wh ^ rc we formerly hid . twenty ; those three- are not half employedi and : truck shops attached to tbcae . Their operaUves are so" reduced , that they dare r . ot compJaia

      or they are su' joct to a mouths' drilling , that is , sent hoHio to live upon th-ir means for a month . Wages nro reduced to a very low fcbb ; there , have been three reductions since Cfcristir . ss , throughout the wholb of the uade .. What-Wixs foiinetly given t ? ro po \' . oU 5 f- > r 13 now only nineteen sbilhngs ; the cloths aro now tnacte three el ' s '" longfr . for . the uinwfeau s-ii ' . ltsigs tbaa they were formerly for tno tv / o paunda . Cur poor ratt-a are . ' tripled ; we havo 580 ciaraaifcd in cur ' baf > tile-, and . poreriy is got to a deplorable condition ; this ,, ia tUo u : i : ist of sammri-how we " shall contend with the winter , Gfod only knows . This priest-ridden a :--d povcrty-srnitteD spot will bo vriited by Mr . Miilsoh , of Cheltenham , iv . it Saridriy , Jrfy the 10 th , wien we sliall hold a camp ¦' meetirij oh . BVsley Couiiuon . sit halfpast two o'clock in the iifioriioon . Chalfurd ia situate twtlve miles from Gloucester , twelve frow Cheltenham * fciahtf .-oni Cirencesteri and four fvoin Ktroutl .

      Ji 2 ACC £ , SFj : E 2 . P . —0 . % Kpiuhy ovening ; Mr . John West delivered a lecture in the . 'il arkst-place , to nearly 3 , 000 people . Ho entered largely iuVo tbe wo-icing of t ^ e system on the difil-rent classes and intweats of society , and clearly proveti to the middle classes ( large numbers of whom were present ; that white class iegialatiou - ' existsd there could ba no prosperity for them , nor safety - for . ^ heir properly . A vote of thanks waa enrried to Mr . Weet ; a vote of cojifiiienco ia Feargua 0 Connor and the Northern Star ; and ! three treiaefcdoua cliters were given for the Cbaiter aad the people ; and tbe vast multitude , sepnrat ; d . .. "Such a meetinij has cofc been held in : Macclesfleld for a length of time .

      DunHAM . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Cbarlea Conuor dalivertd ; i , kctute © a the Sands , to a good uudience , wholistcned to tha lecturer with prof . mid atlentioa ; and at the close a univunsul tlemonstiationxif approbation -sras ( iispiay . 'id by a shew of bactfs , and other signs cf gfitjrkatiwi . The Ltctitrer shewtd . in his usual tlea ' r niaun .-r , tLa . ; all ' property had its tuisin in iabefur , ' and-tliat all property was protected but labour , and also that all property was reprtrseiityd but , labour . He richly commented on tliiag 3 as ' they aro , and as they Bhould be , and cocciuded by stic-KgJy rccornniending tho worlciijg men to a closer union , for the tit . iblishing of their claim to IJDiversal SuSiage , and tho other points of the uloricus Chaiter .

      NEWCASXLE . ^ -Tbe Chartists held their usual weekly bu 8 inefS meeting in their Hall * GoaS Inn , Ciotli market , on \ Monday evening- - Mr . Dees having been unanimously called to the chair , the secretary read the minuiea of this preyibuiB meetihg , when Messfa . Suiitb , Phenix and Hay , toot their seats as inembers of the general council . ' , ' Mr . Fraakland moved the foilowing rtsolution , whiclj 'was seconded by Mr . Hay , and carried unanimously , —•• That in tha opinion of thia Association , nothing can be more injurious to the Chartist cause than , bickerings between pur friends , . and we would advise that any differencea that may in future arise amongst our leaders bo loft to arbitration , or

      decided by private letter , as wears firmly resolved sot to support any leader -who rsay fli ° gnst onr esn or injure ' .. km cause by any party cayilJipg . " Moved by Mr . Fiaukland , and seconded by Mr . Finlay , -- That a Tote of the eoafldence of this Association be tendered to each of the present National Executive Committee , respectively , and that the earae be inBeited in the Northern Star . " Carried unanimously . Several suma were paid in for the lecturer ' s fond . Volunteers were appointed- to- become collectors for Holbsn-y ' s widow fund , viatH&essru . Fleming , WilfeinEon , Paryuy and Finlay , and sfter a lengthy discasaion npoa local business the meeting adjourned ,:

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      YOL . Y . ^ 0 . 243 . SATURDAY , JTOY 9 , 1842 . pK ' ^ 15 S ^^ Sr

      To The Middling Classes

      TO THE MIDDLING CLASSES

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct761/page/1/