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      WATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . LECICHE IT . CONCLUDED . WeJiflTe seen thzt trades" unions , even if general , would afford bat an inefficient protection against the tyranny of capitalists , still less aeainrt the- capital tyranny of Government . For supposing that masters gave a feir daj ' s mge for « f * ir day ' * work , what would it araol while Government caa tax at will ? Working idsd have need to unite for mutual protection , for mutual support and Information—but they have greater need to unite not merely as fellow-working men , but as fellow men—not only ^ to protect their interest as labourers bat to gain their rights as freemen—they should join their fellow men of whatever trade or denomination ; yta » && trades should nnita in one gurnet national rauon —^ &ey should chip their trade-shells sndtaiea Sight for freedom , then would they gain power toprotect themselves , to defend themselves , and to io themselves good in spite of tbe etil which others would do them .

      Oh , but say some we hare nothing to do with polities , we hare a maxim not to meddle with politics _ yea and what has been the consequence , politics have meddled with you and middled with a vengeance , goch a msrim-was fit for slaves alone to adopt , and the worst kind of slaves too—willing slaves—it was a blindfolding of yourselves ana offering ycur necks to the yoke—a gagging of yourselves ; and was just Wnat y « ur oppressors wished . Government wouldlook with an eye of favour , the eye ef a hawk after a sparrowupon all trade * who bound themselves by such a resolutisn , for by it they gave up their rights , including the Biort important right ; tie right of free inquiry—they gave them up without a word , without being asked to doit—and submissively resigned themselves to whaterer wrongs Government had a mind to isfliet on them . It is a maxim in full accordance with the maxim of tyrants , namely , that the people have EOihing to do with the lswB but to obey thtto .

      Not discuss polities ! If we wont discuss politics ,-they will leave us nothing else to discuss—if we won't see them or hear them , they will make us feel them . We are bound by tyrants—let us not likewise be in bondage to carsdvea . Politics are now a question not merely of liberty , bat < jf life—they are the question vi f tll questions—they should be the Alpha and Omega , the first and tha fast . He who says we have nothing to do with polities xnigbt ss well ssy we have nothing to do with eating or drinking-, nor with wherewithal We shall be clothed—that we have nothing to do with Wort and with wages—for politics affect all these vital Interests—politics rule or ruin them , make ot max fiiem . Can truth be found if we refuse to search for it ? —evil be cared without irquirins into its cause T

      what ! were we made to be blindly led by the nose SB asses are—to work and be beaten for it ? Are we to go Tike horses in a mill , the same Cult TCUnd , and know no other—not allowed to see even that—but graded by the very engine welch we turn roundslaves to the very system which our labonr upholds , ?—for know that it is the "working men who keep Govern , ment agoing . Left to itself the mill would stand still ; but what comes of the com which they erind?—the arsts is aBoted to the higher classes , the seconds to the middle dsssss , and the coarsest of all , the mere refuse of the ot&era is considered good enough for those wbo do the work—nay , it is reckoned too good , for -we are told that the working classes should be taught to live on coarser diet—on mere bran . Alas . ' many of them sow would be glad to get even that

      Kot d * sc 3 is 3 politics l aad when the men are out of work they must tramp or beg from trade to trade , whereas , i : they had properly discussed politics , they would always have bad work zod good wage ; bat they forbid , themselves to discuss politics . "Who would have thought that they ccbM have been so simple?—for their jaasters , iniad ye , are always discussing politics j and Vbs masters live hixnriously on the profits of the men i Trait , and langh at the poor men , who never taring discussed politics , have to go a begging—have to wander about a burthen to eacfe other , weakening the strength of their unions . Yes . ' the masters have discussed politics , and they have wine to discuss—while the men have not so much as potatoes and salt

      The motive for not discussing politics might originally be a good one . I believe it was thought that politics would introduce difference of opinion , dissension , and division aaiongst them , and they wished to discuss their pints and pipes in peace . This might be the casa formerly , when polities were more a matter of speculative opinion ; but now they are becoming the bread cf life itself—they are making all working men of oae laind—they are consolidating unions , concentrating opinions , and ] 3 y : ng all on the trus scent "We are all ssemg the necessity—the absolute necessity there is far tiie Charter , acd ail are going full cry for tbe 'CfaSTtes . The Charier la a Tallying point for aU "Who differ on © Sier points ? all must meet in that centre : tte Charter is a grand national standard hoisted by Britezmia herself , and she stasds with her shield of defence , ber spear of attack to guard it—the British lion at her feet ready to arise and proclaim , with a voice of thnoder , tbe darter and no sorrtEdtr !

      Yes , we'll discuss politics—we will not forma ourselves , nor shall any » ne else forbid us . Polities aie becoming tbe "breath of car nostrils . 1 am glsd that the masons are resolvtd to discuss politics—that the masons have come oat—that yoo are the fLz&t o ! the trades in the Stld . Yes , masnr . i , you have led the way —you have won aa honour , of your brethren—yoa are the vanguard , tte foremost for freedom . Yours is the post of honour , though not ot danger : keep it , masons ; the otter trades must follow you , or lose the name of men . ilust . did T say ? They have followed . Have

      eo £ the coppersmiths followed ? they are no longer a * sounding brass , &c Have not the shoemakers followed ? —are net the tailors rising ?—the plpemakers awaking ? —the carpenters girding up their loins ? and all the ethers stirring ? all are on the move . If any one should remain behind—should refuse to « orae out—to go up to the struggle in this goodly canse , Itt that trade be closed as Mercz was by Diborah , who said— " Curse ye , Merrz , curse ye the men thereof ; for they came n&t np to the help of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against tbe mighty . "

      Now , 2 would ask , what avails a man s strengthwhat avails his skill—what avails it that he has served a seven years * apprenticeship to a trade and made him-S 2 lf a complete workman at it—what avails all this , if Government be suffered to paralyse * his strength—to render his skxO useless , by depriving Mm of work , and finding no otter work for Mm bet in a Basiile—at the treadmill ? How many carpenters are there , men capable of g i ving or building ships and houses , who nevertheless are compelled to make nothing but matches and go about tbi streets to sell ibem ?—bow many coppersmiths must Tn * . fc » toys far a living ?—how many Weavers sing hymns for I > r « ad ?—how mnnj tailors lire on soup?—how many working men of all trades are forced to take their famishing children in their arms , and with a pining wife and nak&d ofL-pring must traverse tils street in cold or wet , to more compassion Iqt their wants by exhibiting tbtir woes ?

      Bad government turned these men out of work , and if they beg the bread they are prevented from earning . a bad government claps them up in prison ; if they steal it , they are transported . TLey cannot buy it , they cannot borrow it—government says , starve . Shall they starve ? Hew can they help themselves ? When in work they thought not of ibsee things ; they cared not for them ; they would not discuss politics , and bo long a 3 they felt cot vant themselves , they felt not for tho ? e who did . AH , therefore , who ha-e foresight , irbo have feeling , will join the Xational Association of Chartists .

      Blame sot the Queen . " There is a power behind the tardne greater tlian the throne itself ; " nor are the masteis alone to blame ; in many cases they can do no other ; and ween they could do right , they are tempted , they are encouraged , they are supported in wrocg by tie powers above them . "Witness tke masons * strike . "Well , therefore , does it become the masons , acting from the wisdom gained by experience , to corns forward ia the cause of Chartism , which is the cause of good government . They wculd be told , and would , perhaps , believe that tte Chartists would only lead them into danger , would lead Kiein into trontle ; and some , perhaps , may have kept back from iear ; others

      from Uixnking it impossible to obtain the Charter . Banish ail roch unworthy thoughts ' . Let men think for themselves , and see \ ritat their fellow men do in the cause , and they will 2 nd no -causa for fear " nor for aught but satisfaction . A Chartist knows that when be is BeekiDg what is right , he is doing - « hat is right , and his conscicusness of this makes him that -was a eiavs feeZ lifca a msu . The masoc 3 are 'wiiming fo * themselves the title of freemasons ; not free in tbe slavish sense of the word , free in name only , but free in reality . They are -vindicating tteir right of thought , cf thinking for themselves . Ob I if we lose all else , let us keep that ; ioz bj that * we may gain back all

      Nothing is impossible to Go 3 , nor to the people . By union they can render what is possibleprobsble , and what is probable certain . Methinks I have now said sufficient to " . shew the insSeaey of a mere trade-union to do more than temporarily , or imperfectly , benefit the members . A . union of all unionists for the Charter would procure a lasting bentfit , and thiB is the assistance that each and all should seek and give to each other—tMs is truly to support and strengthen eseh other , not to weaken each other—this ireuld render trades-unions needless—all wonld be swallowed up , astceleeser serpents were by Aaros B- ^ all would marge is one with the power of all to protect each . Aya , get the Charter , and it will do more for -us than all besides . What makes trades unions inefiectual ? Because all in tbe trade do not join . Whstalons can make Chartism ineffectual ? All

      * orkmg Tn ? Ti not joining . But I would not wish it to be fcrferred . that "when you come cut of your trade union you « re to abandon it No , keep it up aa a harbour of refuse , should tha storm of persecution drive you back . Keep jfc Hp as a hiva or & nest to settle in , after your Sight ia the open ait Keep it up as a small benefit to kelp you to get B greater with . Come out , but come out as trades , with the signs of your own callings , in the « olonr of your dans . You have hitherto been sailing in a bounded river , now launch boldly forth into the limitless ocean—you hav 9 been wading , now strike Ottt and swim . A bold Chartist is the best Chartist Come out , but come cut as trades ; you will do more good to the cause ; you will ba more likely to bring the other trades cut . If one but trades can do it 3 > o not laingie-ariaJattnfBiBhjBa among the mass of Chariists Let it be said , " fhere go the Masons ! they were tiie fiat to jBOTs , the first to draw tha ethers cut '

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      The Masons have corns ont , and with their rule of risht , their plummet of justice , they will measure and m-ste , and fit and fashion the outwork of the great temple of liberty . The carpenters will do the woodwork , and the rest of the trades will all do according to their trade . Competition increases trade , and it will increase Chartism . Let ene trade vie with the other , and each strive which can bring most men into the field . Let each make & muster of their moral force , and'by that overcome physical force , as evil is overcome by good . Carry London , asd the country will be carried—tbe Charter will be carried . It is a shame to leave the work of the many to be done by a few ; what is hard work for a few , would be rendered easy by the many . ' We want more hands , but they must be

      hands -with feearte in them—hands directed by good heads . Come , then , ye who have not already come . "We-are working for you as well a 3 for OUr . B 8 . lVes . It is hard nob to have you witb us—to have JOU against us . We Eave worked the ship through storms and tempests , in spite of adverse winds and contrary currents ; we have steered clear of rocks , and shoala , and quicksands ; . we have beat back the pirates that would bare boarded as ; and refused to listen to the syrens that would have tempted us . We have now come in siiiht of port with our glorious freight of freedom ; but we a ; e few and almost exhausted . Let us not be driven back to sea acain ; let us not perish in Bight of land . Throw us a rope J tow us in ! One or two cant do it Let all lay hol 4—all lend us a hand , and see how easily they will walk the goo 4 ship up to the mooring post !

      " I n . ed not at thiB time enter into the principles of the Charter , nor describe the plan of organization . Those wbo wish to become acquainted with these things caa have them explained by the intelligent Secretary of this Association . But I would wish it to be known that those who do not join will be thought to have leas spirit or less intelligence tnan theil brethren . Intelligence gvveB a man spirit . Yet I would advise ne one to join hastily , lest be fall away aa hastily . Let every oue be foliy convinced in his own mind before he suffers hinuelf to be personated . Imbibe the great principles

      ef freedom , and they will make new and better men of as . It is grea % principles that make great men . They enlarge the miiid , thay expand ibe heart , they make giants " of us common men . How else Is it that working men can confront Lords or Bishops and dumbfound them . How elBe happens it that working-men without any education hut self-education—which to be sure is tbe best—thst unlearned mechanics , with no advantage on their Bide but every disadvantage , can rise and re ute the sophisms of college-taught masters of art ? Aye , they may be masters of art , but n » t of nature—the Dobies of nature are their masters there .

      Masons , let us lay hold of tiie Cbartist plough , and not look back—let us not stop , but go the whole length of tbe land . Follow not custoni i Which has lfid yon into a barren pasture , but follow those Wlio break through , the hedge of custom , and get into a field of plenty . Ye would be more silly than sheep if ye remained behind . He -who engages in this cause has more reason to be proud of himself than if he had fought at Waterloo—and the Chartist medal of victory ¦ will be far more honourable . This is a fight , not to put down , but to raise up freedom . Ah ! had our forefathers not aided the stream of corruption—had they resisted it before it grew to a flood—had they stemmed it at first , it might easily have been turned ; and now , instead of struggling for our Tights , we might have been enjoying them ; but we shall gain them for ourscives , or for our children . The stream cannot be

      tnrned except by the tide of the people—by the undercurrent of tte millions—individuals will strive in vain —the work must be done by the masses . For my part I feel more pleasure in struggling for my rights , than I should have done in eijjoying them—If won for me by others—for there is more zest in the enjoyment of what we gain for ourselves , and more honour too . Many old men wish themselves young again , that they might join in this glorious caose—many women wish tht-mseives men , tbat they might ttand forward to vindicate it—nay , many -women , and even children , have stood forward ; and shall we lack tbe spirit that is found in old men , and women , and children T No ; I answer for ye—no ! We will all be Chartists . As for myself , I wish no better name—no nobler title than that of Chartist—let me be known as a Chartist , or known not ^ t all—let my epitaph be— " Sacred to tke memory of a Chartist "

      Now masons , now for the Charter ! Lean on it , as Hope leaas on her anchor—hold it up as Faith holds up her cross—give of its benefits freely , as Charity gives to all her children . The wor ' d is deluged with crimes and miseries of every description , resulting from class legislation . The Charter is our ark—the dove ¦ witii the oii-ve branch—a life-boat to serve us when the ship is sinking-. The Charter is the angel that troubled the waters—that agitated them to give them a beaiinp property : H is the rainbow that bespeaks a calm after a storm : it is Gad ' s covenant with bis people . L 2 t it be written cm our hearts and hoand round our brows . The groasd has been cleared for you masons , tbe

      foundation dug ; be it yours to boild—to lay on the corner stone , and we ¦ will have n ches for the statues of the champions of Chartism all round the edifice . The Goddess of Liberty—the free Britannia shall be placed at the top : in the one hand the scales of true justice , in tbe other the Charter . Her spear shall be rendered pointless by the cap of liberty ; and a nation save .: —apeepie glorified will uplift the universal soog of praise and thanksgiving to the God ef freemen . Yea , Grtit Britidn wiil then sit enthroned on cer rock tbe Osean Qufcn , and a kneeling world shall beg of us to make all satiqng free . J . W . Battersea , Surrey .

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      TO SIR ROBERT PEEL . LETTER II . Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " If political society , in whatever form , has still made the many ths property of the few ; if it has introduced labours unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleafures incompatible with raturc ; if in all conntrit-s it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions more utterly abject aud miserable , shall we still worship so destructive an idol ?" Lord Bolisgbsoke o > " Societt .

      Sir Robert , —If the gaiety and sorrow , the grandeur and wretchfciinera , the pomp and penury ,. the -waste and want , tke pampered luxury and tiie squalid misery , tbe ill-paid toil and tie profusely gorged idleness , the lounging ennui , and the harrowing death-beds of slavery and starvation now so prevalent in our richly ruined cpuntry , testifiuth . to tne troth cf the above propositions of the honourable writer , how can yon as a prufeBeed Christian , as the Ptemier of a professed Christian Government , preside over inch an inhuman , unchristian state of things , withont applying those remedies which are abundantly in your possession , which the starving "have an undeniable right DDto , being the gifts of nature to all , even our common country and its increase . * The mines are the people ' s , the land is the people ' s .

      the cattle Is tbe peopii / s , the corn too and all vegetation is the people ' s . Natnre laid / orth all before thtm , and for them , publishing in its passive invitations , its subserritnes to their « rilL Who fcatb taken it from tbe people ? fer the psople tail and starve . Whoever they be , ltt them cc-oie forth and answer for their crinus . They have transgressed against the Goi of nature and his children , in that they have robbed their fellowmen of their inheritance in bis gifts . Whoever these impiens criminals are , I shall leave to you , Sir , and for the present , the-punishment of tbeir counties crimes Leaving for a while the qnestion of justice and restitution , let me proceed jo lay before you the means ¦ whereby arupjs provision may be made for our starving fellows , -without proceeding to a measure so wounding to the pride of the legal constitutional plunderers as justice demands .

      In my letter of last last week I drew your attention to the parks of the aristocracy whereon _ to employ the starving tiiousanda to obtain their daily bread , but fearing that you through the stunted feelings of corrupt education and training should have more consideration for the pride of tbe rich , than the lives of the wealth producers , and that you should fiave no excuse for your apathy , I here draw your attention to other land . Tie road sides throughout our country are edged with from three to nina feet of , at present , almost unprofitable waste ; in many places there are rquare and angle patches , of several Ings ; this land will pay trell fur cultivation . Let tbo poor and etarving operatives be set to work tbereon ; they will * rear their own food , and a surplus to pay for the outlay . Give them the means , " and they will rear their own dwellings , and titty other necessary ; they would keep the roatis well cleaned , as the dirt wcnld be good manure for their

      corn gardens ; they would save the counties the expense of a rural police ; for were the roatis thus lined with a co .-tented , becrnse a well-fsd peasantry ; there -would be no chance for robbers to carry on their depredations withont detection . I assert , without fear of proof to the contrary , that the land by the road Mdea throughout B . ritsin would , if cultivated by them , produce a sufficiency of food for the present starving operatives . Then there are tbe yd open commsns ; let these be added to the roadside farms ; the filth ef the towns near some of them would make them good com fields , if hauled on to them . Then there are the moors and fu-23 grounds' of tbe landed , game , and hnnting gentry , mere burrows for foxes , harbours for birds , of which the wretched unwilling idlers may say , in the wards of Jesus , " The foxes nave holes , and the birds of * the air have nesf b , bat the sona of men have not where to lay their heads . '

      Sir Robert , the country is filling with unwilling beggars . Your Government muBt do something for them , or they will become unwilling though desperate thieves : no , nrt thieves , for they have a right to food in the land of their birth ; and if the rich have taken from them their land , they are justified in taking back a portion of tbe produce to prevent themselves and their little ones dying of banger . But if yom , Sir , throDgh jcur criminal callousness , should leave tbam to this only alternative , then woe to the rich when the poor raaa ,. goaded to desperation by hunger and the cries of famishing children , becomes the rover for food , hazsrding Lis . lift siauat tte laws and the murderous

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      weapons of tbe rich , the contemplation of his hazards , and their power , will mate him much more desperate ; and in what scenes of horror the conflict between plundered poverty and hearded wealth will end is sickening to contemplate . But , in the hope that you will make , era ife is too late , proper provision for tbe wide-spread and spreading distress , seeing you possess abundant means in the plans I have directed your attention to , and thus prevent the day of horrors , I remain , In the cause of my suffering fellows , Your humble servant , HOMESPUN .

      P . S . Sir Robert , I have sent you the Northern Star of last week , per pest , to the Home Office , as I shall this , that you may be in possession of the humble , yet homely and honest plans of national economy for national distress , Of your humble servant ,

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEEN STAB . Glasgow , July 11 , 1842 . Fbiesd op my Suffiung Coratby , —Your inser tion of the following outrage on religion and the com mon rules of decency and decorum will oblige , . Your much Injured brother , CON MURBAY .

      TO THE IRISHMEN OF CAMPSIE . My Deab . Countbymen , —I wish , through the columns of the people's paper , to lay before an enlightened public , one of the grossest acts of tyranny that has tor many years found its way into a newspaper . In doing so I will content myself by a simple statement of the facts , leaving the toiling millions to Bupply the comment . You are aware thai I delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall of your village on the evening of the 2 nd lost . Subject—Chartism : its past history , present position , and future prospects . You are aware , also , that my r . marks on that occasion—as at all other times when I appear publicly—were pnrely political : not in tbe least possible degree mixing them up with any theological question , and not giving offence to any religious b * dy .

      So well were you convinced of this , of the truth ef » y statements , and my devotion to our unfortunate country , that many of your number there and then pledged yourselves to the principles contained in the People's Charter by joining the Canipsie Charter Association . I invited discussion . None appeared to dispute the correctness of my idea ? . In a meeting crowded almOBt to suffocation all -was harmony and . good will . We separated that night -with , tae firm determination never more to foiBter the accursed spirit of national and religious prejudices which so long separated the miserable slaves of Ireland and Scotland . One might think that this brotherly feeling would cheer the heart of every Christian man who longed for the regeneration of our fallen country ; but the sequel will prove that suoh was not the case .

      On the following day . Sabbath , I went with two of my brothers to our house of worship , the Catholic chcpel , under the guidance of the Rev . Charles Green . I had just knelt down to offer a short prayer previous to the commencement of divine E&rviee , when I was seized by the . collar from behind , and gruffly asked what brought ma there . Surprised and confounded at such an interruption and in such a place , I turned round , when who should present himself to my astonished eyes , bat the above Rev . Gentleman in the

      physical attitude of polling me to the door . It was in vain I asked him to allow me to remain nntll the conclusion of the service , as tbere was no other church in the town where I could conscientiously worship the God of my fathers : he told me I Bhould neither pray nor worship there , at the same time pulling me out as if I were a dog . It was In vain I asked bis reasons for this extraordinary conduct ; he would give no explanation further than that I had published lies , and that I went about the country telling lies and gaining a livelihood thereby .

      Now , my countrymen , with a ' pleasing - satisfaction I refer you to all my litters in the late Scottish Patriot , and to all my lectures ; if you find one single wilful or malicious lie , I will submit to be branded with the abeve charge ; and with rcgardto gaining a livelihood by my politics it is equally untrue ; if any person doubt me , let him ask Mr . Alexander Davie , treasurer to the Chartists of Campsie ; he can tell that I refused the money voted by the Committee t » defray my I'Xpences . Nay mere , be can testify that I furnished the bills , calling the meeting , from my own hard earnings . Ask the men of Gorbals , Rutherglen , Bridgeton , Baarhcad , Ayr , Kirkintillockj and numerous other districts ; they will also tell you that I have not been a political pedlarthat the little I could do in support of our bely cause has been done gratuitously . No , my countrymen , so far from gaining a livelihood by Chartism , ! hayo , like aU those who bzve taken a leading part , lujured myself to a considerable txtent in a pecuniary point of view .

      In csncmsion , my friends , I cannot look on Mr . Green ' s conduct in any other light than a following up of the Corn Exchange calumnies for the anti-Christian purpose of injuring tbe poor Chartists . It is to me a painful task to be thus compelled to bring any dispute before the puW 5 c where a Catholic priest forms a party , I have bean driven to it in self-defence , for this case is only one of the many attempts made by the blind followers of the apostata Dam to stop me in my humble advocacy of the rights of labour , bat my persecutors little know with whom they are contending , for never until that feonr when my Creator shall call me from

      the cares and troubles of this life , will I cease to demand toi my native Erin , the restoration of her rights and privileges as a nation , by the enactment of the People ' s Charter , ar . d a Rspeal of the act of Union as the basis of all her laws ; and standing as I do , on the firm rock of democracy , I burl defiance at the enemies of my order , and tell them to their very teeth , that the day is not far distant when the moleskin jackets shall teach the drones that God made of one flesh all the nations of the earth , that he in hia wiedom , made man after his own image and likeness , and gave him the earth for his inheritance .

      Ia your hands , then , I lf-ave the treatment I have received from Mr . Green , relying on that sense of justice which natnre haa planted ia your hearts ; and in the meantime I vi ill tubscribe mysaif what my respected father has made me , A Una and real son of ould Ireland , A Catholic—a Chartfct , And a real democratic Repealer of the Union , Con MuaiiAY .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE N 0 R 3 UERN STAR . Sear Sib , —In tbe columns of yonr journal cf yesterday ' s date appear statements relative to myself in conjunction with a ball and concert held in the Temperance Kali , Lower Geoh ? e-iitrefcfc , Sloane Square , Cnels ' ea , on the 3 rd of January last . There ia also another statement , a sort of prelude to the foregoing , in which I am charged with asserting that a stroke from my pen would hinder the insertion of anything detrimental fce myseli in the Star . I beg leave to asBure you I never ma-Ie use of any such assei-tion . All tbat I have ever said in \ h \ s matter , upon the maDy threats cf publishing in the Slur , was that I should reply to it But to the statements .

      No . 1 . That Mr . Stall wood did appropriate the whole profits to his own use until the 28 th of April . Not true , inasmuch , as the monies were not paid that constituted the profits until a long time after the ball . One of the witnesses , Mr . S . Ford , corroborated tMs by admitting he paid one shilling , the balance of his account-, duriug the bitting of the Convention . Statement No . 2 . Balance-sheet . A tissue of fabrications ; not true , inasmuch , aa it never was put forth as a correct and true account of the affur of the 3 rd of January , such a correct and true account being rendered a matter of utter impossibility—impossible , because the Committee neglected their duty .

      Tbus , on the evening of the ball , Mr . Ford * nd myself went to the hall , carrying between us a portable stove , to warm the arena ; by the bye , one we had borrowed for the occasion . When we arrived at the door ( four miles distant from my house ) we found tbe door locked , no one there , and the time for opening tbe doors just at hand . Then I bad a walk of about a mile in quest of the key : one of the members had by this time arrived . When spoken to on the matter , "Ob ! he thought It w « all a hoax ; he did , indeed J" The doors being opened , the Hall was found in a duty state ; tbe avenue leading thereto contained great heaps ef filth ; what w » s to be done J Why , Mr . Stallwood became scavenger—procured shovels , brooms , ts-, cleared it away ; while Mr . Ford lit the fite , decorated the hall , &c Well , persons began to arrive . Who is to Bell tickets ? Oh , Mr . Stallwood ; but ; who is to take cheques ? oh , Nr . StaUwood : who is to be door-

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      kMp « r oh , Mr . StaHwoed , Time arrives to commence the merry dance ; no au » ter of ceremonies arrived what is to be done ? oh , Mr . Stallwood you most see tO It . . ¦ - ¦¦ . -. - ¦'¦ .. ¦'¦ . -V-.. ¦ .. V ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ''" . - ¦ -Now , Sir , this is no random statement of my own ; tbe witnesses , one after the other ; called by the accusing party , affirmed this . Admitting , ja addition to ail the SSS ^ S * * " ^ kry . treasurer , printer , and bill distributor ; then , Sir , I ask any rational man , &ow-te It-possible that I Bhould or could give a correct balance sheet after all this ? Nay , what rational being would expect it ? Besides aU , the accusing party

      were fully aware that , up to the sitting of the Convention , nothing of the sort had any existence -that the statement drawn up was from recollection , after a period of something like thirteen or fourteen weeks ; after a tour through the counties of Berks , Okoh , Warwick , Stafford / Worcester , Gloucester , &c . by me . They also knewthat I offered in a ^ letter toexplain anything they might wish explaiued , if they . ' would commit it to writing ; but instead of committing anything to writing , and forwarding it to me for my explanation , the following morceau was transmitted to Mr . John Cleave , who most honourably transmitted it to me forthwith- — v

      " St 3 ll wood charged fo ur shillings more than he paW th » musicians tbat played at a ball for the benefit of the political TietlmaaV the the Teetotal Hall , Georgestreet , Chelsea . ° - ¦ . - ¦ / '¦ - ' : -. -- .. . ( Signed ) ; - . / . ' ¦ . ' . ' ; '¦ ¦' ; . . ' . . '¦ ¦"' . . ' ¦ " WiLtiAM Matthews . ! 1 " 88 , Wesfcbourne ^ treet , Chelsea" ¦¦ •; . ' Brit lam charged with robbing the VicWm ' s Fund of four shillings . Mr . Ford engaged the musicians at 16 a . ; how--was it they received but 12 a . ? because the . hall was but ttdnly attended r that was tha cause of the redaction . The balance aheet , aa it is called , contained the 10 s . simply because 1 asked the question whaV ft wtsthey were engaged at , arid was told 16 & > and did not know until afterwards , or , in other words , did not recollect ,-until ' reminded , ' that I had beat theni down to twelve . So much for the eo-called balancesheet .- ' V .- - "¦'¦¦ ¦ . "¦¦' ' : ; : - " : : ' .. ¦ ¦ ' -: ' ¦ " ¦¦¦¦ - ' ¦ . - ¦ . ¦ ¦

      Statement , No . 3—refused to attend meetings of the Brompton ~ lpcality . Yes ; ample reasons for so doing . : First ,- they did none of the labour In getting up the ball and concert , and . conseqaentlyj I could not con * ceive they had any business to call ine to account respecting it . :- " "¦ - . - ..:. : ; : - - -.. '' "¦ ' . " V Secondly , I was most grossly insttited in the Convention Hall , by one of their deputies . Thirdly , in the letter Bant to Mr . Cleave , after the courtesy I hid displayed , I felt myself groSBlj illtreated . - . -.. - . .- .: ' ¦/ . ''' :: . ¦ ;¦ ¦' . - . . -XV /; . ¦ ¦ ;/ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦/ .. Fourthly , I thought It my dnty to give my services , in aid of the cause , to large bodies , instead of goingf to meet a few individuals in personal squabbles . Statement No 4 , —That after a patient Investigation , and every privilege of defence , I was found guilty . - . - .: ' . ••¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . ' - ¦ . ¦ ; : '¦' ¦ - ; . : , ¦ . - ¦ ~ : : ' .: ' ¦¦ :, , ¦ ¦ , - ¦ : ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦

      Not true . I bad no such privilege . I had not the privileges allowed at the Old Bailey , or at Sessions ai Oyer and Terminer 4 i ¦ First , I had ho lisfrof the Jury supplied me . Secondly , I had no charge or charges put before me , until the moment of the investigation . Thirdly , I cad no list of the witnesses supplied me , nay , it was the result ; of accident ; the whote affair , so far as the London Delegate Council are cone erned , was exparte—a portion actually ; having transpired in my ' . absence , iviz . that ' portion transacted at the Three Doves , Berwick-street , having taken place during my visit to" Herts , Bedfordshire , . -Bucfes , and Northamptonshire , without the possibility ot my knowing anything about It . J . M . Wheeler , in his

      letter , states , ' It is reported you are gone Into the country , but I am requested , to Bend ; it . No doubt Mrs . S . will send it you immediately , " Mr . W . wrote on the Monday ; it arrived at Hammersmith too late to be transmitted by that evening ' s pqsfc . It was posted on Tuesday , arrived at Bedford on Wednesday morning . I was then at Northampton , and consequently did not receive the letter until my arrival in town , a fortnight from tbe time it was written . Ha 3 I the privilege allowed to a prisoner at the Old Bailey , thejnry Would not have been constituted as it was . One of the accusers would not have bean in the box—neither would oneof the persons , whoarfraitted be took a ticket , and owed for it at that time ; neither would those who had previously made up their minds on the matter ; and ,

      Sir , I humbly submit that when-a person is charged with robbery , if another nets with him , he does not generally appear as evidence , but ii placed at the bar as an accomplice , wbich would have been the cite had the investigation taken place at the large building opposite 55 , Old Bailey ; : neither , Sir , under such circumstances would one of the jury have been allowod to get up , and make a virulent speecn ajalnat the accused , after having admitted , as a witnens , that hV refused to act on the committee for getting up the ball and concert , because he believed it would be a failure . Further , Sir , when I called . two witnesses , one of the most disgraceful scenes , I think , ever witnessed occurred . One of the witnesses being a member of ; the Council

      for the accusing locality , said , if Mr . Stallwood persisted in calling hibi , he would complythen abusing tbo Council for hot throwing their shield ot protection aiound him , by refusing to allow him to give tbe evidence , During this time several witnesses and others were declaiming against ; his being allowed to give evidence ; then a member of the council told defendent he ought to be aBfeatnad ' of himself—the ooc fusion wsjj all his faott , by « ali { hg the witnesses . To Conclude the scene a member of the council , at the end of the defenct ) , made a most virolont speech , mixing up the DfFair that took place on the Src of January last , with the death of Hoi berry , that bad just taken place , and his wife and the victim ' s wives starving in their huts . ' '

      Now , Sir . 'if I , by my exertions and labours , gained an overplus of five shillings an * , ninepence , was the cause of starving them to death ; wbat must those be doing who professed so rimou kindness and syrapathy for Ihem up to tkat time , and havei not rafsad tkooi a single farthing . ' . " . ' ; -. .. /; ¦¦' - .. '' ¦'" ' - ., ¦ ¦ . "" ' ' ¦ ' ¦'¦' - ¦ - . ,: " . Sir , I cannot , under such proceedings as these , allow it to go forth to the public , that I have robbed the political Victim Fund , when at iho same time I conceive I am their benefactor . If it shall be thought fit I am ready to let the matter go to a fair and impartial jury—six appointed by my accufers , and six by niyself . If they conclude that I am guilty , then , and not till then , ahall I acknowledge or bow \ 0 the decision , or believe that the matter has buen before an impartial tribunal .

      Sir , you in a note state that if Mr . Stallwood confine himself strictly and solely to tha matters in this statement , be will be at liberty to reply . I have done so , and therefore claim " and txpect the proffered liberty . " . ¦¦'¦' , ' - : . ¦ . •; . " ' . ¦¦ : - ' . ¦ Sincerely and faithfully , Yours , in the cause of democracy , EBMUKU STAXLW 00 D . Sunday , July 17 th , 18 J 2 .

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      DEAD COWS , DEAD HORSES , AND THE PLAGUE ! Wo know we shull distress the philanthrepic sympathies of the Holy Xeaguo (?) by -recounting a little nscdlote which occurred in this neJgfcbiMir ' nopd last ¦ w eek , and -wUlcb we are sure will cause bursts of indignation from Brown ' s Hotel , PaiacQ-yard , the Elysium or Pandemonium of the Cdnferfcnce , and suffuse with tears the cheeks of tonderhearhed Cobden , and deepen into a more fearful blue the noso or proboscis of Billy . In the North , the merits and exertions of Billy rnay be unknown . In the South , be is the right-hand ma ; i and chief star of the Corn Law Leaguers . He collects information from the agricultural districts , and jays before his masters in the Hotel the various devices and means

      by which the peop le are deprived of bread , and dying in heaps for want of it He was & ci devant butcher in this city , but as a " knight of the cleaver" failed in gaining more celebrity than attached to him by appearing in the Gazelle . But he had a soul beyond hiarrowb'sh ' e ' s , and for sev ^ ial years since has entered tho arena of politics under the denomination of :- . a liberal . He now receives thirty shillings a week . with some few snapsand scrapingsfrdiii the worthies 9 fB ? bwn ! s Hotel . He taa been cent down here for irtore information ( they are not glutted yet ) , and it : will be . copked , up to nanBeate 1 thei ; - ' 8 . t 6 . niach -or . -S !« . ' ; . ; Rolpeiii . ; - ;] PselV frighten him into concessions , give us " free ttadej " fxteision of couinieace , " " a total repeal of the , ^ Gorn : Laws . " G . yc their advocates more money and power ,

      and " stove" off the Charter . " Thank you kindly * Mr ; Acland—you are a Chartist and meant v ? ell— -did ' nt you ? Bat we grieve to say Biiiy is only . a libbra ! , Bat as he is occupied In the Palace yard , we have taken the liberty cf sending to the Star this little account of agriculturardifltress . His , perhaps , might ; not meet the North , so ' we give it in . few words , —^ " At Ciockie Hill , the residence of the brother of a worthy ^ riagistaate of this city , by tbe name of Freeland , a cow chanced to die . This was , a chance not to fee met « ith every day , to obtain , among the labourere , a taste of batober's meat The { . lid-tiding were heard with jay amongst tbo homesteads of tho cottagers , whose casks , or tnts , were in want of jork , | and whose chimneynooks were devoid of ^ pacori ; flitches . They had a conference ( lite the league ) and the result was an application to Mr . Freeland to allew them to have the dead cow and partake of its spoils . They were permitted to dp what they pleased with it , ; : Gratefully and

      thankfully they acknowledged such ail unlooked-for boon , and proceeded to skin and dissect secuRdemartem , the horned animal , in a manner that would not have disgraced Billy himself . One man congratulated himself on having obtained fourteen pounds weight of the meat , and-said it would last his famUy a fortnight , and glad enough they were of it Fortunii also shed ber beams in this fortunate neighbourhood , and a dead borae had yielded up his breath somewhere near . : But the owner was a man of scruples , a hard-hearted Christian , and not like the trne-beaited corn-repealing Mr .: Cobden . ' He refused tbe carrion to fill the bellies of Engltfihrnen , and on the prateiioQ of ita being ou the Sabbath-day , ha put It away aud fifiut it ' tesome hotuidB iit th « vicinity j There / gentlwnen of the ; N » rth , what think yeu of the condition of the agrictiUurists of the Seuth r within a f ew miles of the Lords of Goodwood and Tetworth , the Lennoxes and Wyndhams ? In this city we are so completely prieBt-ridden , ianaiord-ridden . and miMle clags-ridden ^ ; tlwt ffie

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      working classes dare not have a room to hold their meetings In , or form any complete association for the Chatter , but ^ we ^ are bold to say that better or more determined Chartists , ( and in no very small number ) axe not to be found throughout the length of the kingdom . They want a tittle fire to keep op the blsza , and they would rally around O'Connor in thousands A lecturer is much wanted , and would b « hailed moat heartily . L eaving dead cows , dead horses the Plague ; Billy , and other carrion , for the present , we must look about for other information , and it shall be forwarded in due time ; and wishing every cuckoo bawler about a big loaf may be choaked by a dumpling , or fed upon doughboys for the remainder of Mb life , washing down the Game -with a draught of acqua pura , we take present leave of the Northern Star , its worthy Proprietor , and indefatigable Editer . ¦'¦'¦¦"¦ .-a WopLwicri Cadet . Chlchesterj July 18 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE BD 1 T 9 R OP THB KOBTHEBN STAR . Honoured Sir , if tha following address is worth printing , its insertion will oblige ,

      Yours , respectfully , Caroline Maria ; Wiixiams ; i few words to my chartist sisters ; evert' - ' .. . - ., ;¦ ' ; ' . ' : ' ¦ where . ¦ " , ' - . . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦'' ' Sisters , —A few thoughts have just occurred t « my mind which I am anxious to communicate ; there are a few things I would suggest , and press upon your most aerious oonsideratton , which , if ousted upon , and fully carried out , would , I am fullyvjwn ^ ced . in every way , aid on our glorious movement , and would more BpeedUyYput vis in possession 61 our birthright , the ¦ Charter . " ' ' ' ; ' - ; : ' ¦ ' ¦ : ' - ' ' : ¦ ' - ' : ¦ "¦• .- ¦ - ¦ ¦ \ " 'r \ . ¦¦¦ " ¦ -

      listers , I will reveal to you a Eecret , but let It be such no longer i spread it through tfee length and breadth of the land , that echo may vibiate and revibrate the sound ; for time will subatantiate the fact / that it depends upon us ; women whether the Charter ia to be had or not I repeat it , the Charter will never become the law of the land until we woiheo are fully resolved that it shall be so . But in order to bring this about , we must be ^ up : arid doing : ; we must not merely ' talk great things , but do them . '' : Sisters , dp not let those who ignorantly deem themaelves our betters have any . just cause to accuse us of inconsistency ; de not let them point at ub the fluger of scorn and say , " Look at these pcor wretches ; , what a fuss they make : they talk , talk , talk , and that is all

      they can do ; they say but do not" No , my In « uu 8 , but let us by Ood's help resolTe that from this moment our apathy shall cease ; that from this moment we will arouse eurselves from our lethargy , and with untiring isal begin not only to talk , but to work but our political salvation . Be it understood I am taking it for granted that you are allout and out Chartists , whom I am now addressing . I would not give a straw for five thousand half and half , lnke-warm-dead-all-bnt-name-Chartists . Believe me , Chartism is all , or nothing . Take it for better or worse , or have nothing to do with it , I say . Weil , then , to you , my unflincaing Sisters , I Would say let ua prove that we are what we call ' ourselves—uaflinching—let us not swerve from our duty . Permit

      me to BUggest a few ways and means . Which I believe would assist us greatly in the attainment of our rights . I will just draw yon out a line ; which I doubt not your zealous philanthropic minds will fill up , and act upon quickly . It is tbis- ^ let ¦ as eacb resolve that we will do Wfeat we can ; and let aU strive to find out what that l » . Perhaps some of you are saying , " Oh , I am sure , any thing I can do fon the furtherance of the cause I will most gladly . I have long thought I should like to do eomething , ; but I did not kaow what Perhaps you will point out in what way I might be useful ?' r Csrta ' . nly I will , with the greatest pleasure . Permit me , then , to ask you a few plain questions . Do not all of you know how to use your needle ? Cannot many of you make iBincy articles ? Cannot seme of you draw and paint ? If bo , I have only to say that we ought not to ask what we can do until we have tried every means by , some or all of these acquirements , to get something for . the Charter . Can't my sister there

      who says she knows nothing of ornamental work—can't she make ah iron-holder ? Can t my . sister that says she knows nothing of making fire-screens , w&tch-guards , watch-papers , chimney ornaments , and such like—can't she make a few dbUV bonnets , and sell them to aid the cause ? Oh , you may find a tuouaand ways to help on the cause , if you really ¦ wiah to do bo . And some of us can make pin-cushions , needle-cases , and drawings . If we can , let us do it—do it cheerfully and promptly , and do it how . Dspend upon it , the very poorest of us can do something ; ia this way . Should we be so poor aa not to be able to cast even a mite into the treasury , we may , if we will but be in earnest about the matter , be the means of sending many a shilling there . Cannot we urge others to buy ? I repeat it , only let us ba resolved that wo will eacb . do our best , and We shall find the work half d one . Oh 7 yes , in spite of all the demons in hell , and in defiance of all the incarnate ones on earth , we must , we shall

      conquer . Sisters , it is of no use to mince the matter . It is folly in the extreme for any of us to flatter purselvea that we are free-born Englishmen's daughters ; we ate not t and you are slaves , white slaves , iuou ; father-land . Oh jit is very pretty reading" slavesi cannot breathein England , " and the Queen and / all the Court , may sing it ; but to tell ub ot ito bains a land of freedom , is to insult pur misery . A land of libertyj indeed ! Wbat stuff— what nonsense / Talk of freedom , whiist the land is recking with oppression , might wake a devil blush ; but it Would take much more to make our tyrants do so . : ' - ' •¦ ., . ¦ ,: ' / ' ¦;' <^ ' .: . "' ;¦ ¦ . ; : . . ; . : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '¦ . ' ¦; '

      Poor slaves ! the fottera cf taxation were put upon our tiny limbs the hour we were born ; they have been increasing ever since . Are we not bound , hand and foot , With these cursed taxation chains ;? Are not Government tools perpetually forging new onea for us , whilst they plainly perceive thosd we already wear are unl > earablb ? So oppressive ate they , that thousands , unable to live undoi- the weight , aro continually trying to throw off the infernal fettera , by seeking in foreign climes the liberty denied them in their own . Are these things so ? Who dare iaay they are not ? .

      Sisters , it isfor us to say whtther or no tbis state of things is to remain . I tell you , and I laugh to scorn all who wickedly would frighten us into the belief that our efforts are : vain , that if wedo but unitedly , zsalously , perseveringly , one ; and all , resolve to break r .-onr chains , the thing is done . R-ituembjar this , and in heaven'a name let us do bur duty ; any thing and every thing tbat we can do to hasten the day of freedom , let us uDflincbingly do it ; by any and by all the ways and means that we can get an honest penny to break off our fetters , let us be instant in season and out of season , in looking after it Remember that we are slaves , and that tiie Charter is the only way to freedom . Let us vow , by ail th&t is good , never to restiill we have it Let ub bring our talente , our all , to tfee attalnmcntof bur rights .

      Sisters , let us provoke each other to love and good worke . Let us each act so tbat it may be said of all" she bath done wbat she conld . " TTbilst Well-f 8 d , well-clothed hypocrites , are trying by their cant of "heathen darkness abroad' ? to drag thelCttle money , or whatwillfeteh money * from you , to send to thoao whom they affect to pity , whilst they will see you perish at their doors without offering to relieve you , do you look at hGme I let us look to ourselves , and resolve that , from henceforth , not one farthing of our hardearned money shall be given to foreign charities , whilst the white slaves at home , unheeded , are starving , whilst our best friends , in prison , are left to perish , and others of them to languiaii in exile ? No , no ; we ¦ will , now look at home ; and help ourselves ; and let us see

      what We can . collect from this saintly beard , who would have ua believe their hearts o " trfi 6 w with the milk of huttianifcy . Let as have missionary boxes , aad collecting books , and let us visit : those pious souls , and ask them to perform their duty at home . I am fully convinced that if w © did but patiently , and in a straighfcferWard manner , seek-to get money to aid ourselves , half as zealously as others strive for one charity and another , we should get hundreds , if not thousands of popndsinayear ^ tohelp on our Cause ! pniy'be' resolved , that you wili give nota farthing to anytfilng else whilati , in a state of ¦ slavery , and only , let us in right : down oarnetst 86 t « , boufe doing and getting >« tt ife can for eurselves , and we shall be truly surprised to see in a very short time what we shall be able to accomplish .

      Let us begin now , begin well , and never grow weary in welldoing . Let us get all we can to help on oar glorious cause— -from eur parents , bur brothers , our sisters ; , our husbands , our sweethearts , our kindred , our friends , yea , and fxom our enemies , for let them give wbat they WiU > it ia only our due . Dant let us feel ashamed of our cause , or care what we may be called upon to suffer for it . Think of what good tbe money you get will do the faniiles of Government victims . Thick of those who counted not their lives dear unto them , bo that they might emancipate us from our shackleE . Think of a Hunt , a Cobbett , a Clayton , a Holberry , and , Bias , too many others . / Think of those > hoj now ^ pine aWay in ^ prisons , fo * merely strivirig ;* b break asunder our fetters . Think of Frosty Williams , and Jonea , who languish in exile for nobly standing up for oiur . sigbta .

      Think of the very many others who are suffering for as . Oh ; think of those brave ; those truly [ ' noble , those light down honourables , and then say if we ought ever to grow weary in well doing . Remember the eyes of the men are fixed on us , and if they can bat see we are in real earnest about tbe matter , there Is not a man of them who would not rather die to attain with ua our freedom , than turn aside ingloriously . Bememhcr , ¦ ** they conquer who beUere they earr . " Let us each " come up to thfthelp of the Lord , to the help of the Lord against the mighty j ' and depend upon it , women , our influence and exertions' will soon poll oppression dowa . Unity is strength . Our aid added to tne reen ' s , will soon make our tyraata yield to us our rights , or perisn . Oh 1 yes ; if we wlU , we murt and Bhall prevalL . ¦ . ?¦ . ¦ . ' ..: - ; . ; -r-T ; " . , . ' •;¦; : ' ;; : ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ; ' . ; : ;• ' ; '• > . ; \ ¦ - . ' ; ¦ ¦•• - " r : " v

      My sisters , let neither of us rest until it can be said With truth of n « , each and » U , " Many daughtew have done virtuously , > ut thou excellest tbem all . " ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . : ' . ' - '' ¦ ' '¦'• - Yours-sincerely , . ' ¦ : ¦; ¦; . - ¦ ¦'¦ ' . '• ¦ ¦ ¦••'¦ ¦ -.: '¦ ... . ' ¦'¦ ¦ . - . ' " . ^ the great cauee , Caroline Iflaria Wiiliams . ; 46 , College Row , Camborise , ' . . :. " Jmy ; 8 th ; i 8 i 2 r ,- \ ; , ¦ ... . . .. .. .- ; . - . - ,:

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      itOVntOH . —Globe Frai . i > s . ^ -: Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening ; four members were enrolled . Mr . Maunder of Kingston , addressed the meeting at the close of the lecture . The chair was occupied by Mr . Wilson . Mr . Cooper reported from the Co-ope rative Storei stating that they were willing to devote lls . of their funds towards getting np a public meeting on Stepney Green , on Monday , August 1 st Mr . O'Connor bad pledged himself to attend . Mr . Picker * gill reported from the delegate meeting . Other business was then transacted , and Mr . E . Pickersgffl was ueanlmouisly elected to aerVe oil the new delegate meeUiig .

      EiK 63 TpN-UP 0 N-THAMES . ——Oa Tuesday evening , Mr . Maunder from London , read portions of tha Northern Star to the company , and ^ eloquently addressed them on behalf of the Staffordshire victims , and excited much compassion for them amongst his ; audience . He then urgently entreated them to join the Nattonal Charter Association , aa the " only remedy to remove tha many evils Which afflict society . Mr . Pavey moved , and Mr . Wyetb seconded , in an able manner ^ '' that a subscription of one penny por month from each Member of tho locality should be raised to assist in mainteining their wives and children , and shield them from the hqrrorsof wanii . " An amendment-was mpyed that it be a penny per week ; but after some conversation , the original motion was unanimously carried , and the suni of 2 s . 8 d . was immediately collected . The meeting then adjourned , with a vote of thanks to Mr . Maunder .

      LONDON Delegate Coon cil . —— This body met to -wind up itB accounts , &c , previous to its digsolation , on Sanday afternoon , Mr . Salmon in the chair ; the committee appointed to audit tho account money , received for the Convention , reported its corectness . r Mr , Wheeler laid before the Council th « balance sheet for the portion of the quarter ; auditors were appointed who reported ! its correctness . A deputation was appointed to wait on the Three Crowns locality regarding fifty-one cards : due by that body . ¦ The Finance Committee was . authorised to receive all monies duo to the Council , and discharge the debts connected with the satne . The balance sheets were © rdered-to be inaerted inihe Northern Star , . A ceitiflcate of Bbilty and integrity

      was given to Ruffy Ridley as a lecturer . Mr . Wheeler maved and Mr . Cuffey seconded the following resolution : — - " That previon * to the . ^^ dissolving of this council ( In ordier to form a central united councit for the metropolitan counties ) we cannot . | avoid expressinpf oux gratitude to the editor and proprietor bf the Eiiglitb Chartist Circular tor the assistance they bave fnrnishea them by inserting their addfeases , &c , in that talentea little periodical ; and they ; earnestly recommend to their brethren throughout the kingdom the propriety of ensuring by their patronage the triompfeant success of this cheap , yet able and tfflcieat adyocate of the demo * cratio cause . ' * Carried unanimouBly . A vote of thinks was given to the Chairman , and the Council dissplfed 1 .

      HAMMEHSMfTH . r A ' numerously attehded . public meeting was held on Monday evening , ati the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith-rpad ; at Which the following resolution was ^ passed : " That this meeting view with alarm ; the ' awful , distress now ¦ prevailingtbronghbutthe length and breadth of the land , and are fully convinced that it wiJl never be , permanently removed until such time as the people shall be fully represented In Parliament , and therefore renew their pledge never to cease agitation until tbe People ' s Charter shall become the law oftheland . * ' ' - [' . - ¦ : : - : ^ : _ : ^ . .- ¦'¦¦' . '' ¦ - : ' _ :- \ ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ ' ¦ : Mr . JONESof Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lee * tute upon the eyila of the present [ system , on Sunday evening , at the Wsirklng Man ' s Hall , Circus-Btreet , Marylebone . . ¦ - ¦;' , - - ¦ - ¦ .. ¦ - ; V ' -: " : ., ' ; - . . v :- ' ¦ ; :. '¦ : ' . ¦¦ . . ' ; ' ¦

      An OPEN-xiBMEETlKa was held on Monday evening at the terminus of the Greafc Western Railway , Paddington , to petition Pariiament and memorialise the Queen in fayouir of the liberation of Brooks , Peddle , and the othiw political prisbnere . The meeting waa very numerous , and a petition and memorial were unanimously adopted . ; HEYWOOD—Mr ; James Cartledge , of Manchester , delivered a lecture upon the land , to a large and respectable audience , in the Charter Association Room . The lecture gave great satisfaction . ¦ -

      ARBROATH . —There was a large public meeting held on Monday night , in the Chartist Paviiionj when Mr . Abram Duncan gave a lecture upon the ' Factiona . " In a clear and masterly manner he showed up Uieir unholy workings in both Church and State . The lecturer was listened to / With tbe greatest enthusiasm for about an hour and a half . At the close of the lecture the following resolutions were proposed by Mr . William Luridie ; : and Seconded by Mr . Alexander Cri ' ghton : " Thai this meeting having taken into : consideration tha many incitements addressed to the people by the Whig press , for the purpose of creating an outbreiik among those people'for the purpose ef restoring this faction to

      power , declare ; , thai they will stand by their present o > ganizati « ri , founded upon the prihciples of peace , law , and order , for tfee entire Charter name and fall" "That we , the Chartists of Afbroatti ; will give no countenance to any or ^' tfioHe deceivers who talk of going ; . to . the death far tie Charter ^ but who at the same time do not balongj > to- any Char ^ Assodation / ' " That we , the Chartists pf Arbroatb , place ; pur . entire conadeaca ia th 6 Northern Siai ^ zk thei only ' paperiatpr ^ nt standing flriiily by the principles of the Charter , aiid the people ' s organization , arid Will do eTerythlng in our power to increase Its cUcaiatton In this place and elsewliere , aa weshall hateftpporinnity . " ? ¦ '¦;•; .

      CARLISLE . —A meeting of the Council of the Carlisle Chartist Association , was '; held at 6 , Jobfrstreeli , Caldewgate , on Saturday evening las ^ jj ' 'M ?; JnbnArmstrong in the chair . -Collections were paid in to the treasurer , Mr . James Arthuri after which some other routine business was transacted . "' ; BCCHDAIiE . —On Sonday last , according to previous announcement , a large meeting was held on Blackstone Edge . Mr . Magson opened the proceedings byjgiving out a ^ hyinn from the Chaiiist Circular , which was enthusiastically sung by the assembled thousands . Mr . Sutcliffe , "from Halifax , then delivered an excellent discourse , addressed chiefly to professors of Christianity . Mr , John Leach was next introduced , who spoke at considerable length , shewing the existing abuses in Church and Slate / the causes of their ( the people's ) distress , by being . excluded from . ' -political power , and

      the total iheflTcacy of a repeal of the : Cora Laws to permanenUy benefit the people ; and concluded by energetically appealing to tho meeting to stand by the Charter , whlcb , would give a fall measure of justice : to the wholiR peoplt > . Sir . Helliwell , of Todmorden , spoke on the ppints of the Charter . Mr . Wheelwright , of Mythelmroyd ; then addressed the meetinsr in a speech of some length , replete with sound reasoning and convincing argument , Which was well received . Mr . Ashley followed in a short speech , urging the people to increased unioo and perseverance . A letter was then read from Mr . Bairstow , stating tho : reason of his nonattendance at the meeting . Mr . Ponttfract , from Saddle worth i .. then wouud '¦¦ : up the ptoceedings in , a brief but excelienfc speech . There were a large Eumber of females present , and not a drunken or disorderly person to be seen during the day ; the numbera wore Computed from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 .

      -BROCKIttOOE .- ^ Mr . Linney lectured a . large topm belonging to the Kock Inn , on Wednesday evening , to a crowded audience . The lecture gave general jatisfaction . ¦' . '' ' ¦ . ;¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ -. ¦ -. ¦ . . ' ; . -. ¦ .: : . ; ABERPAHS . —A public meeting was held here oa Monday eveniug" last , the 11 th day of Jdly , on Hirwaia CoHvmpn , opposite the Mount Pleasani , called by requisition to the ; Chief Conatable , for the purpose of adopting the remonstrance to the House of Commons , and the memorial to . the QueeB . About six o ' clock , Mr , Jenkin Sees Was called unanimously to tha chair .

      / who , after reading the requiaitionV called upon Mr . ¦ Win . 'Miles ' , who then addressed the meeting at great length . ; The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . Pugh , Thomas * John , jun ., Gold , and Williams , from Merthyr Tydvil , who made excellent speeches . The remonstrance and memorial bsirig put by Mr . Morgan Williams , were carried nnanlmouslj' . After a vote af thanks being giveii to the chairman , and cheers for Frost , WilHams , and Jones , and for Feargus'O Conner , and the Charter , the meeting : peacsably separa t ed about nine o clock . " - "¦ ¦ : " - ' ¦/ - ' . "¦ ¦ ¦•¦• ' ¦¦'¦'¦ . : ^ V' : - - V-A v " ' ^ " /¦ ' 'S . \

      BBJSTpiiJ--r At a sermon , preached by . Mr , Balratow in Bear-lane ChapBi , Bristol , on Sundayj July 3 rd ,: pn the death of Samuel Holberry , the sum of fifteen shillrnga , cleiir of exgehces , was coUsated ^^ ia behalf ot the WidOWi- ; - ' v ; ' : ' . ¦ ¦ , ' ' ; : ^ ¦'¦ ; ¦ ; ' ' . V ' " ^' - " . -: : ' ¦ ''' ' ¦; - ¦ / .- . ¦ - : ' ¦ ¦ BBA 3 F 6 eP , ^ -Fcneeal Sermon— -Oa Sanday last , an impregsive' sermon was preached by Mr . B . Rushtonof Halifax , on the death of Samuel Holberry , who died a martyr to liberty in York Castle . H 9 spoke for upwards of an hour with thrilling effact on th © Charter ; of our liberties , and advised them to unite for the accompli * hment of their objecfc and never rest Batisfled , but be determined at all ; hazwda to make it the law of the- land . Tho hymn , composed by Mr . Cooper of Leicester , and inserted In the Chartist Circular , un& tbe one sung at the grave side of ourdeparted brother ^ ; were used on the occasion . y-A c oll ection of upwards of , £ 2 was ina'da at the close of the eervlce for the bereaved widow . The congregation was verylarge and attentive . '¦¦ ¦ . - ¦ :: : ' ¦ -: ' : ¦ - '• .- " - ; . -.- '

      CouKcrr Meeting . —On Monday evening , thisbodjf m 6 t as usual in the Council room , ButterwortL ' s-buUdings . The meeting was a numerous one ; Mr . Hurlej was called to the chair . After recelying the contributions of Beyeral localities , arrangements were made for Mr . O'Connor ' s , lecture on Thursday eveuing , after which was brought before the meeting by Mr . WWtehead , thenoticehe tad given .-tie pr ^ yloiw wqefc , "That a driegate aiiould ba sent to Manchester to "present the Chartists of this locality en the 16 ib . of A « g ^[« t , * Which . wa » ; conarmed , andr $ fa . H . Hodg . on was « e > lected . y ' :, ; : ¦ ' . ;;' , ; . ' ' ¦ : ' ¦ . ; - /; : -. -, V " ..-.: . ¦ ¦ ; - ' ' - ^ V- ' :- '¦'' . "¦ ¦ ' . " .. ' . ' - ' : ; . , _ ButteuwobtH's BuiLDTNGS . Mr . RasLton preached in the eveningnVsix o ' clock , in tU 9 Association rcom , which was filled to overflowliig . Mr . B » haadled hw subject in a masterly manner , and cbnciudeil hii address with an energetic appeal tpa » emeetJBgtob 8 COia © united and demand their rights in a voice thai , con'd nofc be misundeitstood' .

      : The " NiTioNAt" Remonstranca of the " National " Association—no < tbe-NatioEal Charter association , " baa been withdrawn by ita committee until the next Sesalca tf-Pailiaieaf •"¦ . ;¦ " ' •¦; V . \' ' - / ' - -: " ^ -: ' -.-.,. s ¦ " '¦'¦¦

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      TO THE BDITOR OP THE KOETHKKN STAR ; Sir , —The insertion of the following in this week ' s Star , will oblige the members of the National Chmter Association of Stoke-upon-Trent . To those who are inclined to observe the golden maxim , "By doing unto others as they would that men should do unto them : "This Is to certify tbat a brother Cbartist of the Stoke Association , in cor . stquence of over exertion in the cause cf Chartism , has been ordered by his medical attendant to the Isle of Man for recovery of health , and as he is but a working man , and has a ¦ wife and fonr children depending on donations from those wbo may feel inclined to tssist Mm in bis present extremity .

      Tte following persons are appointed to receive subscriptions for him : —William . Girratt , Bcrry-fetrtet , Stoke-upon-Trent ; Thop . ias Vernon , Boothen-roid , ditto ; George Evans , Honey Wall , ditto ; John Johnston , North-street , ditto ; Thomas Suxxkcy , Liverpool-read , ditto , Treasurer . KB . Tbe person who is the Bubjtct of this call is the man , Samuel RobinBon , who v ? as mentioned by Mr . O ' Connor aftsr his visit to tbe Potteries . All doBrvtions will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged . By order of tte Association , J . O'COXXOR , sub-Secretary . Stoke-npon , Trent , July 12 th , 1842 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct763/page/7/