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    • TO THE SHOPKEEPERS OF BURNLEY,
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      GEKiLEJCEf , —Never , in the whole course of my life did I jeceive a bit of polUioal intelligence with one feaJf that pleasure that I experienced upon reading yonr truly patriotic , -virtuous , and manly resolutions . 0 , how the heart of every honest man will leap for joy when reading the glad tidings that appear in this week ' s Star . Such" a union is what I have been long wishing for ; and its reception inH confirm my oft-repeated assertion—that the working classes were not aslj not averse to , but were sincerely anxious for ft union with the mid-£ gsg classes upon principle . i

      Gentlemen , had not our manly bearingj oar perseverance , indomitable courage , and strict adherence realized our real value in the political market , when would you have considered a union with us to be valuable ? Never I no , never ! J 1 Had we allowed ourselves to be made the Epori of every passing breeze , and a toy in the hand of eaohnew inventor of a political creed , you would , and properly , have left us to that fate which Booner or later is Eure to await the sliding-scale " patriot . But , alas ! Gentlemen , how the deserters of all complexions from our hardy ranks mast now

      blush , and especially the objectors to eur name ' when they find you magnanimously and bravely adopting our principles , and under the very name by wnich they "have gained strength , and been stamped on our hearts . "What force can now affright us ! What foe can now vanquish us 1 Just for one moment turn your attention to the sad havoc which the monopoly of avaricious masters has made of your order in the Potteries ; eight thob&akd men on strike , boldly resisting the tyrants ' stroke , is profit stolen from you on the full amount

      of the wages they should receive . Was it not time , then , that you should have east one glance ai the destitution which , machinery and class-legislation were creating around yon ! and now that you have taken a step in advance of your order , do you , in the satisfaction of thoss on whose labour you depend , recognise any thing like the swagger of the bully , OT the threat of the proud conqueror ! No ; yonr adhesion to the people ' s principle is received as it ought to be , as a proof Of jonr judgment , and &s a iest of your sincerity .

      Gentlemen , we may now look upon the Charter &s being on the high road to completion ; and then how gratifying to your minds to reflect , that Burnley was the first town in England where that aLiance ¦ which sealed it was contracted . Yes , in truth , and on my eouI , I thank you ; I thank you for myself , and still more do I shank you on behalf of thz millions for whose welfare I have incessantly toiled . And now hear me , and believe me . I am in their confidence , and I trnst I deserve it , as I never shall betray it ; and npon their part I pledge myself that your noble resolve will do more to

      preserve the peace of the country , than all the physical power at the command of our rulere . Yes ; the poor fellow 3 ( whose patience and endurance is subject of universal encomium , bnt which has nevertheless failed to procure for them any relief ) will bow fling with fond hope around the twig you have planted . Again and again I would impress upon you the fact , that the owners of machinery are the shop keepers ' greatest enemies , ¦ whilst those employed at manual labour are their only support . The brawlers for cheap bread have beggared both you and the people , and would stiil dnpe you into the

      belief that an increased trade for inanimate machinery would replenish jour empty coffers , and fill the people's empty stomachs ; but you , thank God , become wise in your generation . How my heart does rejoice aa I contemplate the result that your patriotism most produce throughout the land . In very truth , gentlemen , yon have in one hour done more than our common enemy , the Lea ^ uej with all their means , eould effect in an sge . The shopkeepers of Burnley will be a honsehold phrase in every honest month . The people -will thank you ior yonr resolution , and will back you ¦ with their

      power . You have but to go onward and the day of the triumph of principle is not far off , and then will you reap more than ample reward , from the consciousness that you were tb . 8 first to rescue yourcountry from the oppressors ' grasp , mnd to diffuse throughout the land that peace which we lore , through the blessings of abundance , which alone both you and the people require . Erery man < £ sipaii real capital has been banished from the field of honourable and legitimate speculation , by its gambling of an overgrown moneyocracy , until at length the- veritable middling classes had no

      alternative but to abandon the land o . their birth in qnest of a resting-place in foreign climes , or to restore their own country to a fit and proper situation for labour and honest industry to live and thrive in . You have prudently adopted the latter alternative . You know that your exertiens on behalf of justice can insure yon your proper position in your native land , while year manly English countenances blush at the idea of becoming voluntary exiles—rendered a portion of surplus popnlaiion by a crew of hard-hearted , grinding , Malthusian philosophers . Had you confiaed your

      exertions to a furtherance of what i 3 called Tree Trade , your townsmen would have looked suspiciously upon yeur motives , and contemptuously upon jour judgment- You are now much more powerful than the whole Corn Law League . You may challenge the whole fraternity to discussion , as to the relative value of your nostrums for general and permanent relief , and yon would find the people at your back , while they wonld find themselves vanquished , deserted , aad covered with disgrace , by those whose pockets they have emptied , while they profess an anxious desire for their welfare .

      Gentlemen , in conclusion , I have not words sufficiently expressive of my feelings to thank youindeed , I have not : I can only say that you have made me the proudest man in existence , because by yonr adoption of the principles for -which I have SO long contended , you establish the fact that I and my feUotv-sufferers have suffered unjustly . I advocated them when their adoption would have prevented the present distress ; you have adopted them , to stop it and prevent its recurrence . And now for yonr satisfaction allow me to assure you , that all the

      wealth of the world could not buy us or turn us from our righteous path ; neither can the power of the Government affright us from our agitation . Only one party will deeply feel the force of your censure , 1 mean those who , despairing of our success , have falsely abandoned us in the eleventh hour from a desire to acquire notoriety amongst the great and ihe powerful . You have my thanks , my warmest thanks , Gentlemen , and I feel assured that you will secure tho 3 e of the united Chartist body . I am , Gentlemen ,

      Your obliged and faithful servant , Fzaiigcs O'Coxxor Leeds , July 20 , 1842 .

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      BISHOP AUC&LATfD . —Oa Sunday , ilr . C . Connor addressed a meeting in Bishop Auckland on the distressed state of the country ; at the close of -which the Kim of five shillings was collected for Mrs . Holberry Ecddeksfield . —Agreeable to announcement , Mr . F . O Connor piid . the Chartists of this utigabOTsihood his long - promised visit ; and , notwithstanding the heavy fall of rain , ¦ which had descended Ior several homa , such was the interest excited by his presence , that the Circus , whieh was taken for the occasion , and "whichis capable *> f holdingfrom SOCOtolO ^ , was toe small for those applying for admission . Great numbers had to return home , unable to hear one word . Fonr lands of mesic ToJnnteered their services , and played merrily along the streets , accompanied "with banners Mr . O-Connor arrived s little before the time appointed for the procesdonr-a circumstance which preserved many coats dry . At the appointed time , Mr . O Connor made Mr appearance in the Circus , when

      * ° » h , loud and long , burst spontaneously from alL ¦ The ladies , -who formed a considerable number , -were fceara to join , in . the applause , -which appealed to act powerfully on the mind of the noble patrtefc . Mr . J » mes Simt ¦»« oiled to the chair , ana , in very few Words , introduced the people * champion , who immediately stepped forward , and delivered one of th « « csi definite , argumentative , and beautiful addresses that was era listened to . All appeared determined to eatch every -word—a more respectable meeting need not be -wished . At the oondusion of the address , be took the sense of the meeting npon the Charter , name and all , -when all held up both hands . He then Rqoested all -who bad not enrolled their names as mfmhpTH to do so without delay , as the book -was then *« dy . A TOl « Of ie&rtffclt gratitude was next given to Mr . OHDoEnor , for the honour lie had done them ; after vfcich a vote of thanks to the rfwrnum , and three times thrs ? cheers for Frost , Williams , and Joaes , and th « meeting returned peaceably to their kemta .

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      IMPORTANT MEETING OF SHOPKEEPERS

      AT BUKNLEY . THE CHARTER UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED . The most important meeting ever held in Englandimportant in its composition , and more important in its results—was held at the spirited town of Burnley on Monday evening last It was called by John Spencer , Esq , constable , on the following requisition being presented to him : — "To John Spencer E > q ,, Constable of Burnley . " Sia , — "We , the undersigned , do respectfully request that you will call a meeting of the Shopkeepers of Burnley and Baberghaai-Eaves , on an early day , to take into consideration the distress which prevails amongst that body generally , and to consider the

      propriety of uniting with the shopkeepers of Manchester and ether towns in sending a deputation to London to ¦ wa it upon the Members of the Government , to urge upon them the necessity of adopting means for affording immediate and permanent relief . " William Lomaa , grocer Win . Hughes , ironmonger Thos . Slater , pawnbroker R . Wood , clothier Thomas Hindle , draper Oates Sagar , draper W . Waddington , stationer J . W . Anningson , druggist Geo . WMtehead , grocer Robert Broxup , grocer John Dent , grocer William Gregory , tanner H . Pickering , brush maker George Sutdiffe , tinner H . Holland , coffee-house J . W . Scott , watchmaker keeper Jas . Eastbam , ironmonger

      Henry Hargreaves , grocer Samuel Smith , draper Peter Phillips , druggist William Heap , iienmonger Richard Sagar , draper Joseph Sutcliffe , co-opera-William Heaton , druggist tive store Hindle Kawcliffe , grocer David Homer , grocer John Pollard , grocer William Mnschamp , grocer Thomas Wilkinson , grocer William Wilson , grocer Joseph Fletcher , druggist B . & E . Manley , grocers E . Boolding , shoe maker . William Homer , tea dealer Gaorge Senior , tea dealer Richard Broxup , tailor John Sntclifie , grocer Thomas Broxup , saddler

      J . Sutherland , pawnbroker William Aetin , grocer John Clegg , stationer William Thompson , natter Robert Wilson , grocer Richard Howard , druggist George Brown , draper Lord & Whitworth , gracers T . S . Dewhirst , stationer Nathan Smallpage , draper John Clemesha , grocer Ralph lamas , grocer Joseph Core , grocer H . D . Fielding , grocer John Heap , shoemaker T . Rickard , bookseller James Richmond , grocer John Barker , tinner John Wood , shoemaker Henry Hale , grocer ' James Heys , corn dealer Francis Todd , de .

      At the time appointed in the requisition , the schoolroom , in which the meeting was held , was well attsnded by the shopkeepers , &c Mr . Wm . Loma » , wholesale grocer , was unanimously called to the chair . In opening the proceedings , he said that he did not expect to he . called into that situation , for the Constable , John Spencer , Esq , he had expected , would have occupied the chair ; but he had received a note from that gentleman , stating that he would have had great pleasure in presiding , only h « had another meeting cf a charitable nature to attend . After stating the object of the meeting , and describing who be considered shopkeepers , &c , he called upon Mr . Fletcher , druggist , to address the meeting .

      Mr . Fletcheb responded to the call in a brief , bnt energetic manner , depicting the distress that fcXM&d in ihe to-wn and neighbourhood , giving his opinion o ! what should be done to alleviate the distress , tc . and sat down amidst tke applause of the assembly . Mr . Wilson , grocer , next addressed the meeting , stating bis opinion of the Chartists ; he declared himself a Chartist to the back bone , and hoped the day was not far distant when those principles would be fairly appreciated and established . He sat down amid thunders of applause . Mr . AN > 'i >; gsos , drnggist , then moved the following resolution ,, which was seconded by Mr . Houlding , cordwainer : —

      " That this meeting -views with alarm the present unparalleled , distress and suffering experienced by the proauetive classes in the manufacturing and commercial population of the United Kingdom , mere especially those who reside in the town and neighbourhood of Burnley , many thousands of whom are entirely depending for their subsistence on parochial reliefer charitabie contributions-, without having the most remote prospect ¦ of again obtaining employment ; that vast numbers of

      sober , honest , and industrious artisans in this town have never been chargeable to the parish on any former occasion ; sjaSyerj many others are already reduced from compaiative comfort to the most abject poverty , who have not yet applied fer parochial aid , although their scanty income does not enable them to purchase a sufficiency ol the necessaries of life ; and it is an ascertained fact that in the Burnley Union there arenpwards of 13 , 000 pereons , being abont one-fourth of the population , in the condition of paupers . "

      The resolution was earned unanimously . Moved by Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , grocer , and seconded by Mr . Joseph Fletcher , druggist-. — " That in conse qaence of the extreme poretty of bo large a portion of the population , and the numerous failures of manufacturers and tradesmen in this district , many are deprived of a laree portion of their former trade , and have now to contend with powerful difficulties ; for the shopkeepers and innkeepers pay a larger amount of local rates and taxes , in proportion to their means , than any other claSB in the community , and they are aware tha - their local rates most be shortly augmented to a larger amount than has ever been known before , and that for a considerable time past their trade has been diminishing with reduced profits . " Carried unanimously .

      Moved by Mr . Hcghes , ironmonger , seconded by Mr . Wilsox , grocer : — " That this meeting solemnly believes that the safety and well-being of the community will be seriously affected by the much-longer continuance of this stale of distress . "—Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Southwohth , grocer , and seconded by Mr . Sbctt , tailor and draper : — " That it Is the opinion of this meeting that ela&s legislation is ihe primary cao 3 e of the distress that now exists , and that permanent relief to the shopkeepers and others cannot be afforded until laoour ia fairly represented in the Commons' House of Parliament ; we , therefore , pledge ourselves to assist ( by all legal and constitutional means } our unrepresented fellow-ronntrymen to briiig abont an organic change in the representative syitem . "—Carried unanimously .

      Moved by Mr . Holland , coffee-house keeper , and Beconded by Mr . Thomas Slater , pawn-broker : — " That a memorial be prepared in accordance with the foregoing resolutions , and presented to her Majesty , praying , her to dismiss from her Councils her present ministers , and call into rffice those who will pledge themselves -to make the People ' s Charter a Cabinet measure . " Carried unanimously . ' . ' . ' . ' It was then agreed that a Committee of five should be appointed to carry out the resolutions j and that the Chairman should Bign the memorial to the Queen on behalf of the assembled shopkeepers . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated , giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .

      This meeting has made a strong impression in favour of the Charter . The business was conducted in an agreeable and enthusiastic -manner . Every resolution was carried without a dissentient hand r > eing held up . The several speakers described in glowing terms the great distress that prevailed . The principles of the Charter , name and all , were fairly and boldly taken up and discussed . Class legislation was proved to be tbe bane of society ; the People ' s Charter the antidote . A number of the working classes wt-re allowed ( without ticket ) to enter tbe room by the courtesy of the Chairman , who gave every one a privilege to express

      his opinion ; but withholding the right of voting from any but shopkeepers . Tee workies behaved themselves admirably , and wonld not on any account give a single vote ; thus letting the Beveral resolutions be settled by the shopkeepers themselves . And to their credit be it said , they did their work nobly and patr iotically . They have now fairly taken up armB In favour of right against might ; this is as it ought to be . The last resolution moved by Mr . Holland was received by rounds of applause ; the Chairman declaring it to be a ' clinker ;* and carried by acclamation . The whole proceedings terminating with perfect good humour and good -will amongst all classes assembled .

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      OLDHAJtt . —On Sunday last , Mr . Rouake , of Mancheater , delivered a rery Instructing lecture , in which he showed the encrochmenU that the men in power ¦ were daily making on the rights and privileges of tbe labouring man , and the causes which bad brought on bo much misery , destitution and want . On Monday evening , acccording to previous notice , a public meeting was held In tbe CbartLA Boom , Greaves-street , when the remonstrance to the House of Commons ami a memorial to the Queen , as recommended by the late Convention , " were unanimously p& £ Btd ; also , thai the remonstrance be sent to John Fielden , Esq ., for f resentation , and that Gen . Johnson be requested to support the same .

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      SADD 1 EWORTH .-Mr . P . M . Brophy delivered a lecture in the Charter Association Room , Saddleworth , on Tuesday evening , July 19 th , to a ' -large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture , several members , both male and female , joined the Association . SAiPOR © . —The friends here complain bitterly , and with much reason , of the negligence of local lecturers to attend their appointments . They have been disappointed eight or nine timeB ; bnt are yet , thanks to their own spirit , progressing well . On Tuesdat evening , the members heJd a meeting in their room , to take into consideration the propriety of building a Chartist Hall , when a committee of eleven persons were chosen to take some effective measures for that purpose .

      The plan we have taken of dividing tbe town into districts , and appointing a collector to each district works well ; and we earnestly recommend it to all our Chartist brethren throughout the country . Ilkestonk . —Mr . West lectured here on'Thursday se ' anight , to an attentive and admiring audience . On Tuesday , at the weekly meeting , six new members were enrolled . ^*« o . Lambeth . —Mr . Sewell lectured here on Sunday , at No . 1 , China Walk . Old Basfohd . —Mr . T . Clark lectured here on Tuesday last . Fourteen new members were then enrolled . Northampton . —Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture at ibis place on Monday evening last .

      Burton-on-Trent . —Oa Monday and Tuesday evenings large meetiags were held here , in the Market Place , to hear two lectures from Mr . West . Considerable excitement exists in the town , owing to a " great" man having decamped with all the money that was in the Savings' Bank ; and a Mr . Tidd Pratt has come down from the Government , to make an effer of 18 s . in the pound , if the depositors will accept it . HA WICK . —On Monday last a public meeting was

      held in the Cnartist Hall , it being an adjourned meeting from the previous Monday , to take into consideration the case ef Mr . Mason and his companions , in whose persons the persecution of the principles of justice to ali has been again commenced . On both evenings several eloquent and feeling addresses were delivered , and it was resolved that tbe meetings should be held weekly , on the Monday evenings , for the purpose of noticing and commenting on any important occurrence connected with the movement . Three speakers are provided for Monday next .

      OXFORD . —Tbe first opportunity which has offered iteelf of publicly testing Caartist principles in this city , took place on Wednesday evening last , and the resul was triumphant . In pursuance of the plan of agitation agreed en by the Anti-Corn Law League , a gentleman of this city who attended their sittings , called , by bandbill , a public meeting of the electors of Oxfo d , for the purpose of memorialising our representatives to support any proposition whieh might be brought before the House of Cjinmons , for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . James Josiah Faulkner , ( chairman of the Board of Guaraiacs , and a thorough Chartist , ) was called to the chair . Mr . Towle , a member of our town ccuncil , and one of the Corn Law League , opened tbe proceedings , in a speech deprecating the

      com liwa aa the immediate cause of the distress now pervading tha country , and pointing to their repeal as a remedy for the evils under which the labouring classes and tradesmen are alike suffering . He designated them as a robbery on Industry , a check to commerce , and subversive of every principle of international and social intercourse , as carried at the point of the bayonet and the cannon ' s mouth , and in direct opposition to public opinion , he pointed to their Repeal as a key to the revival of national prosperity , and as a salve to every sore ; but admitted at the same time that be was a Chartist , and would rather drop Corn Law agitation than adopt any course which would retard the enfranchisement of the plundered millions . Mr . T . concluded by proposing a requisition , calling on our city

      Members to support every attempt to repeal tbe cotq laWB which mfght be ma ^ e in the House of Commons . Mr . Joseph Faulkner seconded the proposition , Mr . Hurcomb , one of the Guardians of the poor of this city , said he felt it bis duty to rise and propose an amendment on the proposition of his friend Mr . Towle . Too long aad the working classes been deluded by the professions of those who now monopolised political poweT ; too often , he trusted , bad they been deceived e ^ er again to rely on oiher exertions than their own for the attainment of those rights which aristocratic misgovernment unjustly withheld from them . Whilst be denounced the Corn Laws as unrighteous , unjust , and tyrannical , he maintained that they were the offspring of class-icgialation—that if every man had possessed

      the vote to which , by nature and justice , he is entitled , those laws would never have been enacted—that the fact of their bei : ; g carried at the bayonet's point , and the cannon ' s mouth , fully demonstrated this position , and proved at once that Universal Suffrage would have prevented the infliction of that monstrous eviL He separately argued the necessity of each point of the Peoples Charter , to secure and carry out a full and fair representation of the peoplo in a House at present miscalled theirs ; but in reality representing every interest save the people's . Popular control , alone , he argued , could prevent the lavish expenditure which had reduced this country to the state of distress at present existing—popular control alone -would place in the people's House men who , like tbe patriots in tbe time

      of tbe Fust Charks , discussed grievances first , and granted supplies afterwards ; who levelled the Star Chamber , and all other monarchical impositions in the dust ; but whose firmness and determination , he feared , their degenerate successors had not the courage to imitate . He was rapturously cheered when he spoke of a tottering , bauble crown , supported by a wicked , overgorged , and worse than useless hierarchy , with its concomitant evils of deans , canons , prebends , and every species of ecclesiastical excuse tor plunder—men who , while they assumed to themselves the right to direct the minds of their fellow-creaturts , violated in practice every moral principle they professed to teach , and by their actions gave the living lie to their belief 3 n Christianity ; by an aristocracy , whose idtas of

      legialntion seemed to consist soleiy of keeping up army , navy , church , colonies , diplomacy , and other institutions , as receptacles for their own relations and dependents . For their benefit , he stated , unjust wars were undertaken , and immense establishments kept up at an expence through direct and indirect taxation of the enormous sum of two millions per week , ¦ while Government dared not even call out the real constitutional force of the country—the militia . He urged on ihe electors the necessity of looking for men of principle instead of men of pocket , of scorning the paltry bribe offered to them , and looking to their permanent interests by supporting those candidates only , whose public

      conduct entitled them to their suffrages . Mr . H . conceded by moving a resolution attributing tbe Corn Laws to class legislation , proposing the People ' s Charter as the only remedy , and pledging tha meeting lo use thair utmost exertions to secure its passing into law . Mr . Colten seconded the amendment in a short speech , and urged the injustice of a repeal of the Corn Laws unless accompanied by an equitable adjustment . The Chairman then put the amendment and tbe original resolution , when the Charter was carried by a majority of four or five to one . Tbauks were voted , to the Chairman , and the meeting adjourned . A subscription has been commenced in Oxford for Mrs . Holberry .

      D OH CASTER—^ ChaBTIsT MEETING . —On Monday last , one of the be * t attended , and we may add best regulated , meetings of Chartists that town has ever experienced , took place in the Town Hail of that borough , sanctioned by the Mayor , whose kindness on all such occasions ought to be recorded . The great attraction of the evening was the attendance ef Mr . Taylor , lecturer , from Nottingham , due notice of ¦ which had been given by the Caartist body of that t » wn , in widely circulated placards and handbills . The hall was crammed to excess , and the body of tbe Court was well filled , also the magisterial benches by th « leading members of the Chartist Association . —Mr . John Waller , being duly proposed , was unanimously called to tbe chair . He statod in plain but honest terms the object

      of tbe meeting , ishich was to hear from the lips of Mr . Taylor , from Nottingham , his opinion on the existing state of afiairs in this country . It would be a waste of time on his part to detain the audience further , but he was sure they would be instructed and gratified , when they heard tbe lecturer , to whom be requested due attention . —Mr . Taylor now came forward , and baring thanked the meeting for the full assemblage he saw before him , proceeded to explain the pointe of the People ' s Charter , and during his illustrations tbe greatest applause was elicited . His exposition of the Church and State robberies , perpetrated under , and auc tioned by , both Whigs and Tories , called forth the most

      marked indignation of the meeting . He ultimately besought % union of the middle and lower classes , by ¦ which means a most complete triumph would be obtained over their enemies . Things were now reaching such an approximation to complete starvation and misery as this country never before witnessed ; unless , therefore , some better and more prompt means were adopted than Sir Robert Peel or his predecessors had attempted , the worst constqaences would iollew to the aristocracy . Mr . Taylor made a most lamineua speech , which obtained several converts to the causa , and he was vehemently cheered - at the eonelusion . The mee > ing , after a vote cf tbauta to the . Chairman , eeparaAftd * .

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      NEWPASTW 5 . —The Chartists of Newcastle held their business meeting in their Hall , Goat Inn , CJoth Market , on Monday evening , July 19 . Mr . James Parvis having been unanimously called to the ; chair , the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting which were confirmed ; likewise , a letter from Mr . O'Connor , wherein he pledges himself to favour the Chartists of Newcastle district with the promiBed visit between the 16 th and termination of August ( being already engaged for every day until the 16 th . ) The secretary likewise read from the Slar the proceedings of the Manchester meeting of the New Executive on the 4 th instant , when Messrs . Pheaix and Sinclair were deputed to wait upon such of the middle classes as are favourable to our cause , and solicit contributions to the National Tribute Fund . Mr . Baes laid his

      balance sheet of the Convention Fund before the Council , which upon being compared with the secretary ' s account , was found correct , and received as such . Mr . Cockburn then delivered a very soul-stirring farewell address to the meeting , being necessitated to leave this district for the south in quest of employment , having lost his situation here because he opposed the Corn Law humbug , Mr . Falyey ; at the end of which he resigned his Beat as a member of the General Council , whereupon Mr . Stephen Binns moved , and Mr . Finlay seconded , ' * That the secretary be instructed to furnish Mr . Cockburn with credentials as a lecturer and an honest Chartist ; stating at the same time , that be was discharged from his employment here through the influence of the League , because Mr . 0 . opposed Mr Falvey ' s humbug when in this district" Carried unanimously . .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ . •' . ¦;¦ ¦ . ¦ " . ;' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ -, ¦ - " . ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ' , .. ¦ ¦ ¦ : - ¦ :.

      -BIRMtWGHAM . —Open Air Meetings . —These assemblages are adding greatly to the strength of Chartism in this town , and a plan is in contemplation by which they may be carried on more vigorously . The result of those open air addresses proves that it only requires exertion and perseverance to make our cause triumphant , as the working men gladly embrace our principles when they hear them explained . On Sunday morning last , Mr . George White addressed a numerous audience near the Vulcan Foundry , Summer-lane ; at the conclusion of bis address , he enrolled twenty-three persons , and on the proposition of Mr . S . Barratt , of WhiStall-8 treet , 5 s ' . was collected for Mrs . Holberry . On Monday evening , Mr . White addressed a large meeting at the Railway Station , Duddeston-row , in

      which he exposed the plottinga ;' of some boobies calling themselva Orangemen , who were endeavouring to spread a report through the town that there , was a conspiracy on foot for the purpose of setting fire to Birmingham . This was trumpeted forth by one of their squad , * called Allday , in a stupid pamphlet , which he publishes monthly ; and in which , after using the most scurrilous and blackguard language towards the Chartists , he proceeds to inform the public that he is in possession of facts to provo that the Atheists and JacobiiiB are forming a conspiracy to set fire to Brmingham . He had waited on the magistrates that day fur the purpose of compelling Allday to give information of the plot which be asserted was laid to destroy property , as he considered it the duty of every man to bring such projects to light Allday was present ; but declined giving the information which he had so solemnly

      declared he was in possession of . He therefore thought there ) was a plot in existence , which was manufactured by the two or three boobies called Orangemen , meeting at a pothouse , in J ^ adley-street . But if anything calculated to injure the persons or property of the . peaceable inhabitants was In existence , ha had pledged himself to the niagistratea on behalf of the Chartista . of Birmingham , that they would assist In bringing the offenders to justice . He warned hie bearers to have nothing to do with secret plots or conspiracies . It was the interest of the Chartista to keep strictly within the pale of the law , aa nothing would gratify the base Tories more than an opportunity of destroying their organisation . He dwelt on various other topics , and retired to Ashton-street , at the conclusion , accompanied by a large number . Upwards of twenty members were enrolled . : : ¦'• • ... : ¦ ¦ ¦'• ¦ ¦ . ¦

      AsHXON-SiREET Meetimgs . —A meeting was held at this place , at the usual time on Sunday evening , Mr . Charles Ashton in the chair , when an address was delivered by Mr . White , after which the meeting separated . Monday evening . —The usual weekly meeting of the Chartists was held at the above toom on Monday evening last , Mr ; Walter Thome iri the chair . Toree members were elected to fill up the vacancies in the General Council , after which Mr . Charles Asbton was elected to represent this locality at the delegate

      meeting , to be held at Dudley on Sunday next . Mr . Saunders brought forward a proposition ; setting forth what might be expected from tbe lories , after the manner in which they have treated Mr . Ma ? on > and recommending that all Chartist lecturers should procure licenses as . preachers . Mr . Williams supported Mr . Saunders's views in an able and enthusiastic address and was loudly cheered . Mr . Peiter Henley opposed it , and moved an amendment , which was carried by a majority of one . Thus ended a spirited and business like meeting . -

      C&vaciL Meeting . —A meeting of members of the General Council belonging ts the various localities , was htlti at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-Iane * en Sunday last , at three o ' clock . Mr . Peter Henley -was appointed chairman , and Mr . George White , secretary . The business for which the meetiDg had bean called was then read over by the Secretary , namely , V To take into consideration the best mode of organising the town and consolidating the power of each locality—to amend the mode of collecting—to consider the propriety of calling a conference of all the members to elect delegates to a general delegate meeting of the counties of

      Warwick , Worcester , Gloucester , and Stafford , and adopt such other measures as might bo deemed advisable for the creation of a cordial feeling of co-operation in the town . " A resolution moved by Mr . White , seconded by Mr . Fussell , we ' s unanimously agreed to , affirming , the necessity of . securing the above desirable objects ; but it was thought that it would produce a better effect by giving a week ' s further notice . Mr . FusseU therefore moved , " That the nieetipg be adjourned to Sunday ntxt , at three o ' clock . " Mr . F . Corbett seconded the motion , which was ( sarried unanimously . Each member of the General Council will be expected to attend on Sunday next .

      Mrs . Holberry . — : Mr . ~ J . Barratt collected the Bum of five shillings last Sunday morning at a Chartist meeting , near the Asylum , for Mrs . Holberry , and paid it orer to Mr . Gk-orge White . The frienda intend collecting down there for three following Sundays . Public Office . —Tory Conspiracy Manvfactubers . —On Monday last , as soon as the drunken and other cases were disposed ofj Mr . George White rose to address the magistrates . He said he considered it the duty of every man to inform the magistrates of any plot or conspiracy against the life or property of any person or persons ; and as he understood tbat an individual then present was aware of a plot being in existence among some men who were termed Atheists and Jacobins , for the purpose of destroying the town , he would call on Mr . AUday to lay his information before the Bench , as if such conspiracy did exist the public ought to be made acquainted with it Ho then read the following extract from a pamphlet published by Mr . Allday : — '¦ . ¦ ' . - . . ' . ' . , ' " ¦ '• ¦ . ¦ . / - ' ; : ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : " ;

      "I calmly , soberly , seriously , and solemnly assure you , that 1 am fully acquainted with the ramifications Of the diabolical plots against thei peace and the security of this kingdom ; I know' that Foreign Agency ia at work to produce in this country anarchy and confusion ; I know that Ireland is on the brink of open rebellion , and . that thousands of . * sympathisers' in the United States , France , and Belgium , are panting for the opportunity of helping her . I know that secret ribbon lodges , and secret Jacobin and atheist clubs , are established here . I foiow that Bixmingbam—the town of my nativity- ^ -the towu I love , is to be 'the centre' of the incendiary and sanguinary movements ; and knowing all this , and animated by ail the einceritj' which a pure devotion to the institutions of my country , and that strong conviction of public duty , which have ever upheld me through all my arduous public exertions , I have resolved , come what mah , to mm you against the dangers

      which surround you . Mr . White said that if each was the case , it was high time it should ba made known ; for as Mr . Allday professed to be such a loyal Orangeman , he thought be could not show it better than by immediately bringing the parties to justice . : v The magistrates—7 What la your object , Mr . White ? Do you wish to prefer a charge against Mr . AUday ? Mr . White—I am now prefemDgwhafl consider to beavery serious charge . I have read an extract from a book written by Mr . Alldaly , who is now present , ftom which it appeara that he W aware of a conspiracy of a most infamous nature being in existence , and if he refuses to reveal the matter he ipost be looked upon as a conspirator himself . ; \ , . Magistrate—Your object , I ahoald suppose , is to challenge him to bring forward bis proefs ? Magtatrate ' BOlerk-rPejhaps «» cap ¦¦ tor : , '

      Mr . White—it fits you quite as much » s me , for ! ¦ hould not like to have my goods ^ buraed by Mr . Alldays oonsplraoy . ner would yo \ l * e « either . My motive for ttendtog here was , in the first place , to test Mr . Allday on the troth of bis assertiona , and secondly to vindicate the character of the CharUflts , with which body I am connected , from the foul aspersions endeavoured to be east on them by another part of the artide ftom which I hav& read the extract , and to assure the Magistrates on behalf of the CbartieS l > ody , that they wiU asakt them In ^ brinnlnig any , jarty to justice who attempts a breach of the g «? tce . "She Maaistinteatteu retired *

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      BXDEPORD . — -North Devon—Mr . Powell lectured here with great success , on Wednesday and Thursday evenings . APPLEDORE . —Mr . Powell lectured here on Friday evening . . . ¦¦¦ ' • . : ';•_ '" . ; : : BARNSTAPLE . —Mr . Powell lectured here on Saturday evening . ' . '¦; . WEDNESBUaY . —A funeral sermon for Holberry was preached here ou Sunday , and lla . 4 d . collected for the Widow . ¦;; ¦ : ' - ' . C ¦ '¦ .-. . ¦ : ¦ : ,:-. ' ¦< : '' ¦ ' ¦ . '" ; '¦ ¦ : ' STAIilErjr BRIDGE . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . Daniel Danavon , from Manchester , delivered a most energetic and argumentative lecture in our Room , to a large audience , and when the lector * was concluded a number of men came forward and enrolled their names . A Tote of thanks was passed to the lecturer and the chairman , and the meeting retired very highly satisfied . ' ? : ¦»

      LANCASTER . —Mr . Mitchell delivered an able and instructive lecture here on . Friday last , July the 15 th , to a large and attentive audience , and gave general satisfaction to all that heard him . DEWSBURY . —A District Connctl Meeting was held at Littletowrk . bu Sunday last , ¦ when delegates were present from the following places : —Dewsbury Batley Carr , Ossett , Batley , Birstal ^ Wakefleld , Cleckheaton , and Littletown . Afterthe flnancial business of the meeting was transacted , the following resolutions were agreed tov—* ' That © very association in the district is particularly requested to send a delegate to the next Council Meeting , as arrangaments will be made for the engagement of a lecturer for the district . " " That every association in the district Is requested to send their quota for tfie Executive . " "That the next Council Meetiog be held at Dawsbury , on Sunday , July 3 l 8 t , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , ia the large room over the Co-operative Stores .

      ABERDEEN . —The usual weekly meeting of the Northern District Charter Union was held in their Hail , 38 , George ' B-Etreet , on Monday evening last ; July 18 th , Mr . A . M'Donald in the chair , who opened the business with an intrpductory address , in which he reviewed at some length the great progress of the movement in Aberdeen and other places throughout the country , and concluded by calling On the working classes to come forward boldly and rally round the standard of freedom , and the day would soon arrive that would brown the Charter with Success . Mr . M'Pherson and Mr . Henry followed iu the same strain at great length , and waa loudly cheered by th < j aBsembly . The minutes of the previous meetings were then read and Genflrmed-after which a list containing fifty-nine names was handed in

      from the Aberdeen combmakers , who had unanimously come forward as a body to enroll tliemselvea members of the union . , We hppe many more will follow , their noble example , and we will soon have a union here that all the powers of corruption will never be able tp overthrow . Mr . Waadle then stated that the sum of £ I 15 s . 2 d . had been sent to the ; Gfaneral Treasurer of Scotland , for the expehcea of the Central Committee , and the same amount to assist in paying up the debt of the Glasgow < Chartist Circular , It was then agreed to hold a public meeting in . Castle-street ,. on Thursday , the 21 st inst ., being the day appointed by the general asflerably of the Church of Scotland as a fast day for

      the distress of the country and the statei of the church ; tha Chattiets , therefore , have resolved net to lose an opportunity of telling theso black-coated gentry that tho working men of Scotland have bad too many fast days of late ; in fact , eyery day has been a fast to too taany Of them , and we are of opinion , that if they had made it a feast-day , they would have been nearer the point of Christianity . A hearty vote of thanks was tendered to the : combmakers for their noble conduct in corning forward and registering their names amongst those men determined to be free . After some business of less importance , the meeting broke up , highly delighted with tho evening's proceedings . .-

      Tub Female Chartjer Association met on Wednesday last , when Mr . Henry delivered his second lecture en thp land , and gave great satisfaction . After a Vote of thanks to Mr . Henry for his excellent lecture , and tho usual business bad been transacted , the meeting separated / : ; On Friday evening last , a district meeting was held at the top of Jack ' s Brae , when upwards of 2 , 000 persons were present , and excellent addresses were delivered by Mr . A . M'Douald , and Mr . A . Henry on the present distress of the countryjita cause , and remedy , and the urgent necessity for all good citizens to unite for the salvation of our beloved country . — Correspondent .

      MANCHESTER . —At a public meeting held in the Chartist Room , Brown-street , July 18 th , 1842 , Mr . Thomas Kailton in the chair , the following memo ial was moved by Mr . John Baker , seconded by Mr . Wm . Dixpn , and supported by Mr . Gabriel Hargreaves , and carried unanimously , and ordered to be forthwith sent to Sir Robert Peel : —

      Tothe Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel , The memorial of the above meeting—r SHE \ yEiH , —Your memorialists have proved themselves , by their peaceable conduct , friendly to peace , law , ; and order , and who are , for tha sake ot themselves and their country ,- willing to do all they can to prevent any outbreak , or violence , on the peaceable subjects of this realm . - . ; . Your memoiiallsts , have just grounds to fear that the public peace is in danger ^ as parties calling themselves members of the Anti-Corn Liw league , who are manufacturers , shop-keepers , and publlckns whb . find , they cannot now obtain such large profits from a starving people , have declared against paying th 8 incoma and other assessed taxes ; an . l the manufacturers are threatening to stop their mills .

      Your memorlaliats , therefore , have now found out who are the real disturbers of the public tranquillity , and as they , the widdle classes , manufacturers , shopkeepers , publicans , and other Whig members of the Anti-Corn Law League , were called upon by Lord John Kussell , in the year 1839 , "to form themselves into associations , : and Government would furnish them with arms for the protection of life and property , " we , your memorialists , therefore , request you to follow the aforesaid precedent , aad send to us immediately 10 , 000 stand of arms , ia order taat we may protect the Hyes , property , peace , and liberty , of ourselvea and fellow countrymen , from the threatened violence of the before-mentioned parties . : And your memorialists , as in . duty baundj hereby pledge themselves to attend to their dutie 3 . Signed on behalf of the meeting , Thomas Railton , Chairman .

      ACCRlNGrTON . —Mr . Dlxon , the anti-Corn Law deputy , from Accrington , gave a public accoant of his misBion . in the baptist School Room , on Friday evening , the Rev . Mr . Harbbttle in the chair . : The speaker entertained his audience for about an hour and a half with a recital of his journey to London . The number of delegates and the laborious work they went through , the interviews they had with different members pf Parliament , stating they had one with the Duke of Sussex , and one with Sir kobcrt Peel , the manner in which Sir Robert came in arid stood and looked round , and . then sat doWa . How tbe deputation began to inform him of people cafcing dead calves and nettles , what a softening tffect it had upon Sir Robert—how it made him totter and f am We with his fingers like a young

      woman that is In study—how Sir Robert wont off as firm as a rock , by telling them he would see that their reports ahou'd be brought before the Heuse ; after which he concluded witaeut giving the people : any definite advice . He sat down , and in a little time rose again , and saying he thought the deputation deseived a vote of thanks be retired , no < me offering to mpve the vote . Mr . W . Beesley rose , when several parties objected to Mr . Bsesley being ailowiBd to speak . A considerable amount of uproar and confusion followed : and seeing no chance of being fairly heard , Mr . B said , "I shall delivpr a lecture on Wednesday night ; in Cbapel-atreet ; iind come to the door , we'll have oue now ; " when the people began to rush outof the door to a place opposite the school in a : stone yard , ; where Mr . Beesley addressed the meeting for the space of half an hour , and concluded by raovipfi the following resolution :

      - ^ - " Tbat -we , the inhabitants of Accrington aiid its neighbourhood are npfc the constituents of Mr . Dlxon , for we never electad him ; and that we will advocate nothing less than the Sixjoints of ^^ the People ' s . Charter , name and all . " H person of the name of H . T . seconded the resolution ; upon which one of the Com Law Repealers rose and said ,, " I beg leave toinbye an amendment ; " and it was seconded . Mir . Beesley said , "I will not bo like you in tha roomi 'I"will put it fairly . All you who are in favour of the amendment put up your light hands . " Wbencouhting round Uiere were about ten hands held up . " All yon who are of a contrary opinion put up your right hand ; " when a foreat of haadB were held np . Hr . Beesley said * " AU you who elected Mr . Dixoni put up your hands ; " when hot one band was to be seen . Three cheers were then givenfor Feargos P'Coanpr , and three for the Charter name and alL : ;

      EBBATUM .-- 'In the report of the public meeting of Chartists at Eye , published in last week ' s "Star ' , will be found the following error in the announcement of subscriptions : —It Is stated that elghlt shilHnga was collected at the conclusion of the meetingi which sam was ' transmitted ' . toi ' ^ received by , Mr . J . M'Farlan , County Secretary , Northampton , along . wit ^^ arihil * lings previously collected , making a total cf ; twelve shillings ; It should have been five shillings previously collected , making i total of teirtEEN BhUUngs .

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      * i . ^ S ??^™ S in Dwwen oa the 14 th mat ., toestabUsh a ^ qhartlsV Association , whett nearly twenty enrolled themselves as members . We expect in the course of a week or two that our membe ;» will increase three or fourfold . All present onanimbusly declared their determination to stand by and support thei principles of the Charter . . ¦ ¦* ; , RUTHERGI . EN . —Mr . Kid , from Glasgaw , le » tnraa hero a tow days sigo , to the great satisfaction of hl « audieflca . " - " :: ¦ ¦ y . :-: ' ; . " "¦•¦ ¦ ¦¦> ¦ > .- :.. v

      X . OUOHBOHOTJGB . —On Sanday a del egate meeting was held here , when it was agreed to continue Mr Duffy ' s serrices for another fortnight ; also to hold a camp meeting neair Blacbfrook , on Sinday , July 2 ist , at two o ' clock la the afternoon . . On MoNDaT Evening , Mr- SJrevington delivered an address to the middle class . Twelve new members wereenrpllexl . / ' :: ; " -: . ¦ '¦¦ ¦ : " ¦ ¦" . ' . ' ¦' " . ¦ :: VWiiwick . —Mr . Duffy visited this place on . ' Tn ' esdajV Jttly 12 , and addressed d namerora assembly . At th © close of which thirty-flve members were enrolled . During the week he visited Belton , Castle Donington ,, Kegswdrth ; East Leake ; and Longhbcrongh , enrolling in all about eighty members . East LeaiCe . —A camp meeting was held at this place , on Sunday last . Messrs . Duffy , Fepper , and Jarratt attended . ¦ '

      Shekpshead .-air . Duffy lectured here on Monday Sevontyisix members were enrolled . ZVOTTiJTOHAM AND ITS ; TfciKITr . — CHAKtrST DoiNps . —Mr . Mead , of Birmingham , preached to man / 'thousands upon the forest , on the present distress and destitution of the working classes . Many new members , amongst ; whom are some , of the middle men , joined the asssciation . In : the evening Mr . George Harrison preached a funeral setmon to ten or twelve thousand upon the forest . On Sunday evening Mr . T . Clark , efStockport , lectured at Hucknal Torkard , to * very large meeting . Commodore Mead preached the same evening at Arnold Democratic Chapel , to a crbwded congregation , a funeral aennbn for Samuel Holbftrry ; some of the poor Irish reapers were amongst the congregation ; three lads frem Concaught ( Catholics ^ said big Dan-was a big pascal , and he would never have another penny of their money at all at all

      Gbeaj Meeting of the Starving MitLioNs . —On Monday , at half-past one , a numerous meeting com prising many thousands , was beld in the Marketplace , for * he purpose of adopting tbe remonatrance to the ne ' er-dbTweer 8 o' the muckle house . Mr . Carrington , a working man , no , a man wiiling to work , hufc not able to , get it , waB TQiiianimousyy elected chairman , add opened the business of the meeting in a neat speech , and then called upon Mr . Barker to move the first resolution , namely : — " That this meeting views with deep disgust and indignation the conduct of tho classelected House of Commons in their rejection cf ! th « People ' s Petition , and thei > subsequent conduct In refusing , all enquiry into the distress and destitution now

      so fearfully prevalent in tbe nation , ' and that W 9 hereby do adopt the reraonstrance agreed upon by tha National Convention of the Working classes . " Mr . Barker after a few very excellent r « mwks then read the remonstrance from the Star , and Mr . Souter seconded the resolution . The Chairman then called upon Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , to sapvoit it . Mr . Mead delivered a long and humourous speech in his best style ; . Mr . Sweet rose to propose the second resbVutibn , and after going on . a few minutes a shopocrat was heard to say , * Oh ! oh ! Jemraie S weet , the barber ! " with , an air of derision ; but the little-fellow gave ; him a sha ' vingf with a farworserazor ' than / thatwith which he shaves his Chartist customers ; Neptune's razor , used when .

      lubbers pass the equinoxial liney is a fopr of a thing to that with which Jemmie shaved his broi her shopocrat . Ourfriend Sivesfc is a little ' . 'man > but Mr . Yardwmd soon found oat his mistake . B'gas he thoueht himself , our little Chartist . barber fairly took him by the nose and lathered him like winking , then after three or fonr strokes of his democratic gapped iron-hbop-rf . zar , sent his customer in to soothe his agonies with the pity and kiS 3 es of his / wife anil a pipe of Virginia . Mr ^ Sweet then read , the memorial arid ihe resolution , which was as follows ' . —¦ '' . Resolved , that as the sovereign is the fount iin-head of British justice , or supposed to be so , and that we have no hope whatever from the selfelected House of Commons , as a last resource we are

      determined to ; m » kean , appeal to the Queen , and do adopt the memorial agreed to by the National Convention of the wprbijig classes , aad that our Chairman be authprlzud to sign the same on behalf . of this meetirig . ** Mr . George Harrison , late member of th 9 National Convention , a grey-heailed veteran democrat , rose to second , the resolution : / He Baid it' -Was the ( forlorn hope of the people—the Jast time of asking . He supposed the biinna would be forbidden . Well , what then ? After the people had tried all constitutional and legal , moral and peaceable means , without avail , then they must fight , if they could do no ether ; but the appeal to the Crown was not : the last tUiBg .- ^ -C 6 uld ; not a passive re ^ istahce to taxation , and many other things be devised ?

      Run the banks , empiy the churches , stop the tithes , and put an end to the spinning jennies . Mr . Harrison then went into the machinery question at some length , and concluded by sayira he cordially seconded the reselution . Mr . Clark , of Stockpoit , supported the resolution , In an / eloquent and impassioned speech of considerable length , and sat dewn amid the reiterattd plaudits of the assembled thousands ; A vote of conadence was proposed in Mr . F . O'Connor and in the Rev Wm . Hill , by Mr . Caistcr ; and seconded by Mr . longmire , who passed very high encomiums upon both those

      gentlemen . Mr . Keiry moved a vote of thanks to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P >; seconded by Mr . Charle 3 Oats Three cheers were given , / with a vote of sympathy in he sufferings of Frost , Williama , and Jones , Hovrel Jones , and Roberts , and all o « her Whig victims . Kir . Mead read a letter from Mrs . Frost , received by him that day , which stated she had that no . letter of the kind stated in the papers , but all those she ha 3 received invariably praised his jailors . The meeting , which waa a very enthuaiastic one , then concluded . Hurra for the Charter ! We go on rapidly . ;

      LEICESTER , —6 L 0 B . I 0 VS Victory oyfiii the Combined Pqi ^ ces oe the AiiTi-ConN Law Lea : gue and ShaM-ChAnTiST . S !!—On Thursday sennight , Mr , Muriay , the anti-Corn Law lecturerj from Manchester , made his appearance in the Towii Hail , to deliver a lecture on the corn and-provision ! laws . He was making a commencenient , but was met by cries fromi all sides cf the Hall of ¦ ¦" . We'll have a chairman I ' - ' Mr . Murray declared that he came to lecture on hie own bead ; that tho Mayor had granted the use of the Hall ; and on that account he would not submit to the dictation cf any body of men , whether they were a majority or a minority ; and if that meeting attempted to force a chairman upon him , he would not

      lecture at all ! Upon thts announcement , the brave " Shaksperean : ' * brigade salHed forth in gallant style , stating they were not going to bei humbugged bj him in that way ; but they would have a chairman . It was put to the meeting whether the lecture should be given with a chairman or without , when they were unanimous , with the exception of seven hands , that a chairman Bhpuld be appointed . It was then moved that Mr . Wm . Smith , tbe Cbartlsfc hatter , take the chair , Which Was seconded frem oil parts of the Hall ; and , ¦ . wheii' put to the meeting , hei was unanimoasly elected , with the exception also of seven ; Mr . Smitli theii delivered- a short address to the wPrkies , and called upon the lecturer to proceed ; but he still

      remained stupid , arid would not speak a word : Mr . Beedham then rose , and asked him whether he intended to lecture ? He said "Noi ! ¦ ' " Then , " said Mr . B . " You had fcetter go home ! " Still he waa stationary . Mf . Hull , the anti-Corn Law Secretary , also advised him to retire , when Murray came forward , and declared that be would still stay there , until the time was up that would have been consumed in hia lecture ; and , as to a chairman , he would have none , let Vhe people Bay W : bat they would . A scene of confusion and uproar then occurred , which was . upholden

      untU the time had expired that the lecturer would hava occupied in the delivery of his address , when Mr . Beedham proposed , and Mrv Gunn seconded , " Tbatr this meeting pledges itself to agitiale for nothing short of the People ' s . Chatter , and to oppose any agitation that falls short df the same . "— Carried unanimously Mr . Murray now made his exit , amid the groans of the assembled hundreds ( the hall was full : ) Mr . Beedham proposed three cheers for the Chatter , ;; ' three fot O'Connor , three for Frost . Williams , and Jones , three for Cooper ( the General of the Sbakspereans , } in bis absence , and three groans for the League , which were

      all heartily given . : . "' . '"' .. 1 Anotber defeat of the League . —List Monday night , Mr . Balrstow , with the iSbakspearians , attended aV the New Hall ; purposing to hear Mr . / Marray ' s lecture on -Corn Law ' Repeal . " The Kepealers having taken this room for Mr . M ., in consequence of bis defeat on the preceding Thursday night There might be i ; 20 Q in the ^ ropm wheni the lecturer entered it As soon as he came forward , Mr . Bairstow asked him if he would allow discussion at the close of tae ' lecture , to which , after a great deal of circumlocutiori and evasion , he gave a decided negative ; wherenpn Mr . Bairshow stood forth , M » d stated to the WorbiDg men that he had pressed Mr . Murray to allow debate at his lectore ' a finish , that Mr . M . had flatty refused * and that he . ( Mr . B ) would advise the working nieri

      to retire from the Hall immediately , to the Marketplace , -where he would deliver a lecture on the Repeal of the Corn Laws , arid txpose the humbugglDg of the League . No sooner said than done . Instantly the working men rose in one dense body , arid , amid most terrific yelling , groaning ,: and booting , It ft . thirty repealers all alone in their ^ lory > whilst ; Mr . Mwraj starecl the most gnastly afltbnishment . ; He neve ? tad atariy time in the Hall , as many as 150 , after tte Sh ^ spearian brigade left , We bad fuiuoeo va ine Market-place , and Mr . Bairstow gave it the Repealew for full two hours ; arid then adyertised an address for the following night the same subject , challenging whole of the Bmaller « uns of had got 3 . 0 DO at out meeting those of our lads who went back

      toe Charter againflt Corn law Repe ^ ffg ^ c ^^^ v Mr . Miurray ' s spouting , so that thcpq « R »* rapBveW | seventy Repealers present ! atthe jSoaj ^^^^ JUjWfeV / > keeping up the steam while fflpgefier tl & < # MW * f& ) f 3 away , " The Corn Law gents g&Jtf&S *^ W * rw £ * £ ra-orgariiaing their Anti-Assoa ^ J ^> n . * , 5 w «^^ beietain ^ d for a length Qf time W ^ m ^ m ^ h- ^/^ sF ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' t ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - ' V- . ¦ ¦ :- 3 & ^? ffi * £ tt :- , j ^^ i ^^ mjm ^ J * ¦ '; mM&fy ^ W&J : ^^ 0 m

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct763/page/1/