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      bSB WBO IS XOT WITH US IS AGAINST US , " pxbi n . jv ^ jdi oTiiaBofc care- » bo-were ag ^ nst iiB , if those aJtaWfor « swere vnih us indeed—if they weie all rrLj bni those whssre against ns , have great mean H ^ agaiDsi -ns— they have power , tbiy have wealth , ««* can persecute , they can tribe—and caBtom is on rX ^ e—TFe a xe poor an § have nothing to offer but wStnfle . Those T » ho are not latisfied with thejust-S | bf the cause and tbe approval of their own consri-?»» are led by other inanoeniEnts , by considerations S ? jtoake ns , to bfctoy -as . ; "We Me God ' s counsellors *" , plad the canse bf the poor—they have the rich for ^ SB aca they advocate-sroriaiy interests , f jtis in " rain for us to to appeal to the understandings rf onr enemies—they are already con-raced that ire are jL rt—** is equally Tain to appeal to their fuelingio ^^^

      Syiave nont—tfcey tryaeprecare onr fer jeeaiing . sympathy ; to delay the time by devidng 5 « n . itfjiins—they try every art to blind us , to seduce * 7 ^ jepel ns—snd nothing -will they yield to but to ^_ bo nofctr niottre "will ever mike them give np ^ r Ul-gotten prey , ana if ever they are compelled j Tjgjtare to us car rights , it will cot be without a ^ mn mCcn to deprive ns of them soon again if pos-£ tZe ~ i& ih 2 iit is no iesa necessary to be energetic to f eaja cur rights , than it will necessary to be "watchful t ^ eesre than wcec sained . ¦{ Fe have been accustomed to look to Parliament for wares , to petition Parliament—but as "WcU Eiight the

      Ijsbloofc to the waif for pity , toe dove implore the vector release , as the people look to the Parliament Qaj preys Epon them . The people must agree , must ^ jjgjjue , n . u ^ t cre&nto to gain their Charter and jet a yjj-jsiuent of their ewn before ever they can hope , or a jjam of redress . I do not know -whether any of yon wjgETsbeentosee thehighcoart of Parliament , where jteBoDectiTe Trisdo » of the naticn sits—I never haTe __ j «« i 3 d not see withont disgust nor listen but -with inpatfeBW to the proceedings there j for what Bhonld 1 see »> d hear?—scented dandies " perfumed likemil-Lgn , " decked with trinkets like stage-pl » yers , things ^ jjjunthead or heart , that call themselTts members , — -jgjjo ^ ijo be aseinbfcrs of a cJnb of horse-jockeys , OJB jl j £ a > ijrcoct 5 ghters ; bnt not the representatrres -J jpKijise vhose anseries are bnt mirth to them . ¦ BapeqpiB do not . know their own strength , do not

      fc ^ gsEtr own importance , or Ihf y wonld never let such gzgmera these Bbd and lansh at them . Then there jre osiers Trho lore to show their wit at the expence of ihe country , or thear folly at then- own expence—{ bJI fed spurts "who go to take a nap after dinner , nothing beiiig bo somnolent as the speeches jj ^ e—siahiticfissad woridly wise m&n , fonder of thsmjgj ^ a ihfin of thar ccnntry—lawyers , usurers , sycophants , who . TrLeneTET an honest man lisea like sjspirit iJ ^ tsiidsiB tfceJQidst of them , set up suchhowlings zni seresehirgs to scare Km back , that one would be-EereiJaB—' had broken Joese , and all the , mad folia 23 d corns there . 2 fow what can the people expect fjom sach a motley assembly , but further is jury and jusaltj ? Would that another Cromwell would arise and go Huong them to tell them what they an , and . to make tiffin tire place to lioiiesta men .

      It is in Tain expecting our rights , or eyen a cessation d * Kmg from the Court , the Ministry , or the Pariiajaait : —from whom , then , mast "we expect it J—why frcsn none but suraelTes . We must ¦ unite and ^ wjth os Tries—a Toice ake the sound of many waters—we Ecst say , these thisgs shall no lenger be ! When the SamsiH ranted to make known their minds , their Teices Tsre K ) loud that the noise struck the birds of the air 13-rlth s shot , ana made thtm fall dead to the ground Uft& people « f England , Scotland , and Ireland were fca to raise ose uniTdsal shcut for freedom—the jotos that be , the despots on high , the tarrinn , thsfeds that horer OTer ns for prey , "Would immefihiBljiallirGni their high estate and strew the ground &e wilhaed les-res pTinJren from Pxeedom'a tree by { J » Bsnas-blast of liberty .

      But to fefisct this our Toiees must be united not only ia rcmbei , bat in sound ; wemuEt not haTe scattered csdamtnrjcries , but one only accordant cry " The Ca ^ err WeweresUEhGuting forthe Charter . butsoHie smsmjBs , some "who had taught "as that shout , turned joebS wpan us snd said , ?• Oh , you -wast the Charter last job ihsnt haTe it nnHlyou can speH it , " * nd read it , md' » riteit , andtellu 3 what iB Latin for the Charter f is that , ve must buy the Tiooka they -write , distribute Sa tracts they prInt , and read their papers , pamphlets , ttd periodicals . Ten must appoint them as mission iria , only mmdy on pay them well ! You must haTe

      a erenlatog library , and not only see that the books tctshte , but also that the library itself -waOt round bam toTU to town and Tillage to Tillage . You must hnld schools for ycureelTeB to go to school in ; yon mc « t haTe pleasure-grocnds and play-grounds , baths , sm&e , and dar ^ ring , a laboratory for you to find the philosopher ' s stone is ; and schools to teach school-Bitters in as well as scholars ; in short , yon must all become complete gentlemen and mm of science , and icTer mind though all the ¦ whBe you haTe no brtad to eat . 1 . 0 clothes to TTtai , no house to put your heads in , nothing to do , sad nothiegto liTe on .

      AH thiswss Tery grand , Ttry gioiiona , enough toimmortalijs the corcoctorsof the scheme— the Chartist schoolmaster would haTe gone abroad I But , -unfortunately , - » hile they were bBilding these castles in the air—while they were conntiHg their chickens , the eggs "were yet to be hitched ; they had the foundation to lay ; they had jsot « ranted on the means—and the Tision Tanisted . . ( Ti > le etmiimied . )

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      HiX-WORSHIP—Pasi 3 . 31 a true patriot erer looks at the eanse , nerer jj Mmselfi nor does he erer interpose himself bstna the cause and the people , like the fly in the teiaeepe , to intercept their -new . The cause is not teJHTe him , but he is to Berre the cause , and he is Hair to acriflce all -for it . By constantly fixing his pas on it , he grows like it—he imbifees its influence *—1 » becomes great and good . Are there any who join Es ? Be rejoices st Hfor the caxkeesakel Do they laiefere Mm ? he rejoices still more i Pall they into fie tBflBij * hands ? He laxBtcis as Waahingtpn did * bai Ids brother Gaieral * ad compatriot Iiee fell into fiabaads of the English ; he is willing to second oi

      to lad , as circumstances may require . Has fortune fsToned him , he wiil nse his fortune to faTour tbe less fotaate . He will check * Ttry disposition cf the 1 « 08 ^) God him , and wDl seek lather to inspire fiaa tilh confidence in themselTes typai in him , as Tell fii , Trho , whsn the men of S-jFitzerland wonfiaeds his boldness , told them that not ene of them ktniihtdoashe had dore , for he was bnt a man like nnsTiftheinsaTfcs . He will neTerjaiHsfalBe expectations cjiecaaang more than he can perform , and will put mj from himself fcTery suspicion of seeking personal 25 racdismsijt or profit , as Csesar put away his sus-J * S 4 Tiie ; for , said Cjesar , the wife cf Csesar shall iabenaptcted . He will not seek , neither will he shun

      Psaecnh&n , far less fl&e from it ; and ha will edcre - » hattTH EEnVring the GoTernment may impose * 3 « a him with mauly foriitnde ha-ring always the icaoBi ^ the cause hi Tiew and being wishful to set an ^ asss tg ecauple . Such an one wiU sore the ^* £ tvth Euccess—such an one will attain trne glory . ¦ oh Effij ! how few such there are—Washington is * a « t the oaly one . How jseldom is it but that the SStt ejb faUa ^ loTe ^^ t t nlBelf i ^^ ^ q mei e he KTahcBKJf tbB Jess he will Iotb the cause . He wffl csas to Satieraa and grow Jealous of friends—ie w 2 i ^ toels—the needy asd nnscrupulous will form his f « t lite Jupiter , the light and heat which he •^ s * tram the « un he will communicate to these •^• SSes "Kho in Jiie aianner reTolTe round him . The

      ?** _^ Si icse its own name and be named after ^ --ft'sQ bfccojBe his cause , instead of the eanse of "* fcdte people-and ire shall become his part zin . Ao * ,- » bs : i 3 Chartism ? Chartism , as I said at the afaacBg is purt principle , It Bet oat with an inten"™» tto bBfeca ^ to haTenouBht to do-withfaeUon , a ^ f " a t 0 D&tice it . ChartiEmtookitsitand ^ f « aa groTmi , and soaring in the dignity or its r ^ J ^ al gniLjknr , Mgb aboTe all party or personal s ^» . n toras in the HeaTens like the eagle of the l * s > vk ^ ixnmce -npon faction or partJsnship-and 5 ^» ra ^ I 0 ^ - U tbere be any class pre-• j ^ TJrJ J ^ spirit in Cbarasm , they will render it -oeKar xtsa WhiggiEm or Toryism ; Chartism ttih f CeGh : dy Jose all power to expel those ti ^ "im GoTEnauent at bom aotssij—the j J * ir t 2 l 2 « i £ nx idll go ont of it , all its moral tTT ™ ' * 21 EtDira . fThRrKETn -will lr ««» 5 t *

      * « fe minds cf men , it will cease to attract their at 0 ^ ^^^ acpes—it wiD no longer be regarded ^ ** toi to heal the wounds of the wretched , as a j ^ a to ear s tie erils of the -wronged . Only "by "n ' tbbr 21 ° * tio 6 e " rices ^ hieh we denounce , can « ir ^ * to e" * ttem ont , or escape the charge l-B ^ g *** - ^ e trua Chartist is entitled to regard srw ^^ 5 sDpoior to auy man who is factious or » feri ^ ^^ ^ ^ yled a 3 ) nkei * ^^ ¦ Tja , ^ - * ' laTe Cbara * ts to do with either ^ Tc&tf ? ' to ^ OEaee both . Expediency is fethTr ^ t ? ' beaaty . 2 ftTer let ourpahns itch ^ T ^ ° o l ths sjBtem ; er bt : scored or branded ' Tray D ^ m rfist " ^ o Totes for either Whig

      gjj ^ - ^ s os&ita himseU to the name of Whigk&ita «« l ! ffl ^ pHMc opacity acts nnjustly , and ^ g ^ e honofEr cf a Chartist . -te pettTfet ? , ^ P 3101 to Chriatianity itself in this GaisSa ^ Y ; tstes its '"^ i ™ ^ o man ; whereas io asfisTtf TT * 8 itB Iiame ftom Jesns Christ the a Qsas » -vl Elia there *» niany modifications j = ^* *^^^ each taking its name from its ^^ Ca-feT ^ ^ ^ oC ' ^* of CalTinism C :: 3 ia * a rlL v eyMdsm * ° m Wesley , ic . Now Cbits ^^^ Saer ; it takes its name from the ^ "fi& Lo ^ E 0 Bl of J usti <» , of which the Char t ^ agjjg ¦ £ - $ ¦ ^ There should be no sectarianism in it ^ stJiTj , Onr mTeQfion of ons man any more than Cs 8 * IF *^/ 51186 ha no father but the Piret Great f ^ ^ Tat-Sf U ~ lra afifocate it ; we do not set a Qst&tr 6 ^ 61 ^^ sbt can a man haTe than to t : Si S ffice in V ? S 163 ** " approTal than his own 5 ^ . ^ . _ ,. ^^ S one ? Be wili TirA «* t _> , « . -win

      ^ PtS S e 6 to Him he ' ¦ M » J » thtm up ; ^^ J ^ ^ Cause . Aye , it isallowabk 5 * ^ rattfo ^ i- ^* " ^ ^ Hn ^ al abstracaon ?^^ . ^ r * v ^ P ^ d . All other ^ 'tetSL * ? 1 Thieli ^^^^ ^^ iTesand

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      There is a degree < rf esteem—a degree of deference due to adTecates fox the cause sake ; and so long as they remain true to the cause they deserve to be es teemed next to ; it : but nerer as it—neTer before it No good man but will refuse-worship when offered to him . If o great people will refnae to offer ik Whence , then , does the man-god rise 1 ( To'he continued . J

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      THE ADDBESS OF THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DEI ^ GATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS , AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL

      CHARTER ASSOCIATION GENERALLY . Bbxthken , —There uerer was a time in the history of this country that the working classes had more to contend with than they haTe at the present period , nor -was there eTer a lime when apathy was more pre-Talent . We had hoped that the persecution which power anil capital has raised in tbe country , snd more especially in-Lancashire , would haTe long since aroused you to a sense of your dnty ; and we can only attribute it to your unparelleled suffering , and the tyranny of your mercDe ^ s employers , who will , we are Bure , exercise the tame power over you that they haTe hitherto done , unless you seek to establish your own rightthe right of labour in opposition to the right claimed by capital .

      We are on the eTe of the day when many of our best men are to be condemned by class-made laws ( tried and sentenced they h 3 Te been already ); they are to be separated from their bomes , their kindred , and their friends . F « r what J For adTocating the right of a class ? No ; bnt for asserthig the right of all men , without reference to class or creed . This , in the eyes of nnjnst law makers , is a crime not to be forgiTen . Why do they persecute ? Why do they imprison ? Why do they expatriate our brethren ? Because "we want that unity of interest and fellow feeling which they haTe for themselves and them oi ly . Let ub in this instance shew them that we do not want sympathy for those who haTe stood forward as advocates for the rights and pri-rileges of ns and our children ; nor that we do not wsat moral courage to come forward and take our stand as they haTe done . Do this and the work of persecution is at an end .

      . Brethren , consider for a moment what must be the feelings of those who are to be depriTed of the society and support of these men ; the poet sayB" There are hopea from tbe prison , But none fr « m the tomb . " But what hope can they hare from an apathetic people ? what consolation can U bfc to thtm to know that their children are dependent on yon fer rapport ? Away then with iUtlessness ; rally &U your energies ; depriTe yosrselTes of all that is unnecessary ; abandon the puUic-housa , for it gives strength to our enemies ; deal only with our friends , -with those who will giTe towards the support of the -rictims of class legislation .

      Brethren , we haTe beheld with extreme regret , the defalcation in the attendance of delegates to the Sauth Lancashire Council . It therefore became our duty to remind the Chartists of this district , that we consider it of the utmost importance that the Tariwua localities should haTe their representatrres present at suchconncil meetings , in erder to create a feeling of brotherly affection in the Chartist ranks in the division of Lancashire We also know that the Chartists of Great Britain hare been in the habit of looking up to this meeting as the meat important meeting in the country . In the hope , therefore , that the past wiil more than suffice , we haTe to announce that a delegate meeting will take place on

      the 22 ad , when suVjscts of the most Tital importance wiU be brought forward for the consideration of the delegates , one of which will be the propriety of employinga lecturer in thisdiTision of the couaty ; also the new plan of organization . Another equally important subject will b « the most efficient means of procuring funds to defend the Tictims at the forthcoming trials , and render support to the wiTes and families of those who may be incarcerated . There is also another snbject which will demand the careful deliberation of the delegates , which is the emendation of the constitution of ther county council , and placing it npon more thoroughly democratic principles .

      " We call upon the members of trades radons to come forward at this important crisis , and assist their countrymen in obtaining a thorough reform in the Commons Hoase , of Parliament , —a reform which will giTe to € Tery man an equal share in the legislation of the country ; and th' . s can only be obtained by the enactment of that document called the People ' s Charier . Trades unions haTe not answered the purpose for which they were originally intended , namely , keeping up the price of Hbour ; and whilst we are willing to admit that they haTe stood as bulwarks between the oppressor and the-oppressed , yet they haTe not , nor cannot , successfully combat against the grasping and insatiable avarice of the grinding capitalist ; and why ? Because the law protects his property ; in fact he is one of : he

      law-makers , while the honest and industrious ¦ working man has no law to protect Ids labour . On the contrary , every lav made is more or less opposed to his real interest ; and no "wonder , because he is not allowed to have a hand in making it Then seeing such to be the case , wd call upon yon , the intelligent mechanics and axtiZuiiis— -we urgently call upon you , the Tery life's blood of this nation—you who are the sinews , the prop aiid support of the Government and its abettors , to rally round the standard of true democracy , and £ hew by your honest and firm adherence to it that yoH are determined to be politically free , and implacable enemies to that Leviathan , Class Legislation , which has , like a devastating tornado , blasted and destroyed the Titsl interests of the great body of the working community .

      To you of the Trades who have already joined our ranks , we are compelled to say , but we do it with all dne respect , that you haTe been wanting in your duty ; you haTe been apathetic . In truth your conduct lately evincts a- complete indifference to the glorious cause which you professed sincerely to espouse . To you we say , shake of your lethergy , rouse from your sluth asd exert your best energies to promote the onward progress of our holy principles . Ton have no excuse ; you are convinced of the truth of the political tenets which we hare preached ; tWeiefore we say once more , put on your-armour and be ready to fight the moral ikbt cf right against cruel aad oppressive might . Let your and our enemies see by your Tirtuous attachment to the banner of freedom , that you are worthy of those rights which God and nature intended yon should possess . .

      Brethren , we need not remind you of the necessity of giving your hddivided support to that portion of the press advocating purely democratic principles . We are of opinion there are none so deserricg . attention as tbe northern and Evening Stars . These bright luminaries , under all circumstances , have nobly defended the rights of the toiling millions , and , regardless alike of calumny and persecution , have fearlessly denounced injustice and oppression , no matter whether emanating from Government officials or local tyrants . And it would manifest the basest ingratitude on your part , if

      you do not strive by all possible means to promote the circulation of both papers first , by taking them yonrseVvcs iar preference to ottiers , and then by introducing them into your Temperance Hotels and other places of public resort where you haTe any influence . By thus performing what jb no more than your duty yoa are removing the prejudices of those who are not acquainted with your principles , and , at the same time , carrying terror into tbe camp of your enemies , and silently , yet effectually , promulgating those glorious truths on which alone can be based the happiness of yourselves and the salT&tioc of your conntry .

      In conclusion , brethren , we call upon yon to shake off the apathy whieh you have so long manifested . Exercise all the energies you possess in the prosecution of yosr noble enterprise . Ba determined that your principles shall' be known , being fully assured they haTe vzly to be known to be appreciated by all who are not inaccessible to conviction . Let no danger induce yon to relinquish the contest , and soon , Tery soon , will Tictory crown your united efforts . Then will liberty be prodaimsd npon the mountain tops , and the Talleys

      echo back the sound , while the glad news of your country ' s freedom will reTerberate from shore to shore , till distant nations catch the delightful theme , and with one spontaneous burst of enthusiastic rapture proclaim , " Tyranny is fallen , is fallen J snd freedom , happiness , aad peace is permanently established . '" We remain , yours , In behalf of the Delegates assembled , Thos . Baii . ton , Chairman . Wat . Dixos , Secretary . Manchester , January 8 th , 1843 .

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      THE TICTIilS . TO TBB SDITOS OT THE JiOBTHEES STAfi . Sis , —In the Xorihern Star of December tbe 17 th , appeared a report of a meeting of the Someretown Yictim Committee , at which meeting five shilliBgs was Toted to Mr . Peter Foden , and a like sum to Sirs . Clayton , both of this town . Allow me , through you , Sir , to inform our London friends that I last week paid OTer the above sums to Mr . Foden and Mrs . Clayton . Mr . ArdiD has their receipts for the money . Mr . Foden and Mra . Clayton leturn their grateful thanks to their kind friends , the Someistown Committee .

      With respect to Mr . Foden , allow me to state that after suffering two yeara imprisonment in the cause of Cnartism , hehas returned to Sheffield to find bis home broken up and himseJ' thrown npon the wide world without employment and without resources , to maintain himself and family . He is by trade a baker and confectioner , but owing to the depressed state of trade cannot obtain employment in Sheffield . His present object is therefore to start in business in the » bor ? e linp for himself ; he of course needs the pecuniary means . The -ShtfS ; ld Chartists haTe rendered him all the assistance in their power at the present time , and could any of eur Chartist friends , out of Sheffield , add to thejlittle store Sir . Foden has at present in hand , it would be the means of rtnderinghimindependents ! she employocracy , and hi furnishing him -with tbe means of honourable snbsistenra would render his services of greater utility to the goodtause .

      In tbe Star of Dec . 31 , appeared certain resolutions adopted Ijj the Sheffield Chartists respecting the fund lodged at the Star office , collected for the purpose of bringing the rsnains of ocr departed brother Clayton from Noithallerifia U > Sheffield , bnt which ., © tsiEg to

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      nnfaToursble cirenmstancea , was sot applied to that purpose ; it was recommended in the said resolutions that the f and in question should be given to Mrs . Clayton , No opinion has been expressed on the subject out of Sheffield , and if , after the appearance of this letter , the country should still be silent , it "will be inferred by Mrs . Clayton ' s friends that all who subscribed to the fund are -willing that it Bhonld be given to snS appropriated for the benefit of the widow . I beg leave to call the attention of my Sheffield

      friends to the case of Mra-EUis . Upon the * wful calamity that has overtaken that much injured woman I need not comment ; all are acquainted with the particulars of that cruel stroke of tyranny by which she has been deprived of her husband , her children of their father , and both of a home . Mr . Cooper is exerting himself -with praiseworthy zsal to secure the latter ( a home ) for this persecuted family , all that 1 b needed la & few pounds to Becnre " a consum mation deToutly to be wished" by all lovers of tbe Charter and sympathisers with their suffering fellowtLtnres

      cre . Sheffield has been appealed to , and I hope will not be backward in giving its support . I will keep a book open for the receipt of monies for Mrs . Ellis from the present date to the 21 at February , when all sums received shall be acknowledged in the Northern Star , and remitted to Mr . Cleave , treasurer for Mrs . Ellis . The case of Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham , —in whose behalf appeared an address in the Star of last Saturday . —is one also demanding the active sympathy of all having a heart that can fetl for another . In the case of Mrs . Roberts , only a very few pounds are required to afford her the means of procuring a decent livelihood for herself , and children . Was something like five SHILLINGS giTen by each tf the important Chartist localities the sum wanted would be more than realized . For this object I will keep open a book for the teceipt of monies until the 14 th of February , when all sums received shall be acknowledged in the Northern Star .

      Trusting yen will excuse the length of this , and give it insertion in your ' columns , I am . , faithfully yours , George Jciun Harne-x . Sheffield , January 17 , 1843 .

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      FJXITY OF TENURE . The following is the letter of Mr . O'Connell allnded to in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter of last week : —

      " TO THE-PEOPLE OF IRELAND . 11 Hereditary bondsmen 1 know ye not , Who would be free themselves must strike the blow ? ' " There are two propositions of perfect truth , which ought to be kept in the constant recollection , and engraved on the mind of every true Irishman . " The first is , that no political measure whatsoever can be of any efficacious or permanent Talue to Ireland , except the repeal of the nnion—the restoration of her natiTe parliament . ' The second 1 b , that at the present period the means of constitutionally and peaceably repealing the union are in the hands of the people of Ireland .

      " As to the first proposition , I need waBte no werds in proving its accuracy . No man can know anything of the real state of Ireland without being conscious that any other measure , saTe the repeal of the union , can , at be&t , be the palliativej or lenitive of some particular evil ; but that there can be no real remedy for . the immense and augmenting distress of the Irish people , save only the restoration of tbe Irish Parliament . Without that restoration the destitution of tbe people must go on augmenting ; and the connection of the two countries must terminate in a total separation . If driven to it , the Irish people are perfectly capable—of course they are—of managing and maintaining their independence as a separate nation . He is an idiot who cod Id doubt it ] But it would be a grievous calamity , under all the circumstances , to be driven to the necessity—a necessity which , whilst I IWe , can never arise . Whilst I live , there shall ever be , at least ho § e—of the repeal ; and repeal only begins when hope ends .

      " Aa to the power we have of attaining the repeal , that man Is a greater idiot still who could doubt that the people cf Ireland have sufficient power to obtain the repeal of the union statute . The overwhelming majority pf a nation , whoso peeplo amount to eight millions and a half , never yet combined to achieve any one political advantage wbicb it would be practicable to withhold from them . We have that majority unequivocally favuurable to the repeal . All we want is combination , because without combination millions are but chaff before the wind . With combination , they are as powerful ( without being destructive ; as the thunderbolt 1 ' ilen of Ireland ! simplify your political creed ; it consists but of two proposition * : — " The first—• That the repeal of the union is the only remedy for all the woes of Ire ' and . ' . :

      " Secondly—' That yoa have tbe repeal of the union in your own power , if you have the honesty to desire it , and the virtue to combine for its achievenaenV After soHio farther reference to the repeal of the union , Mr . O Conneli thus proceeds : — " This is my new year ' s gift to yon , people of Ireland , the knowledge that you can , if you will , be freel " It requires an Irish parliament , a domestic legislature , t « achieve the great measures essential to do justice to Ireland or to promote the prosperity of her people . " The measures essential for these purposes are" Firstly—The total extinction of the tithe rentcharge . " Secondly—The establishment of fixity of tenure for the occupying tenantry of Ireland .

      "Eveiy day more and more painfully demonstrates the necessity of an arrangement o ^ this description . It ia a pure question of blood , whether multiplied murders are to be continued and to fill us with horror and ap prehension ! Are these things to be continued ? Arc we to have the multiplied landlord murders of the clearance system 1 Are vre to have tbe diabolical assas sinations of the landlords and their agents . Ought any motive to be so strong as that which should impel ns to remove the causes of these horrible and degrading crimes ? I conjure every man who calls himself a Christian to join with me in extinguishing the causeB of those most unchristian crimes .

      " Let it be recollected that it is a fact unquestionable in political economy , that all over the world countries are prosperous and the people axe happy , in tbe ratio cf the cumbers of occupying proprietors . Countries are miserable as the Dumber of occupiers cease to be proprietor ? . Misery exists in the ratio in which tbe oecupiers bold lands by a shor t , an uncertain , or unstable tenure . It is true that the state of property in Ireland forbids the hope of multiplying for the present the number of occupying proprietors ; but a remedy would be found to mitigate tbe evil , and to increase the security , and thereby the prosperity of the occupying tenant , by giving him fixity of tenure—a fixity which would leave to the landlord an adequate rest ; bnt would allaw the tenant the continuance of his enjoyment of the land and the benefit of his improvements .

      " Some symptoms have latterly appeared in England of the disposition on the part of Borne of the tenantry to join in any application to the Legislature to pass a law , tending to secure fixity of tenure . If this disposition were extended , as in truth it ought , we , perbnps , might get EDglish assistance sufficiently to enable ua to procure relief for tbe Irish tenants . An identity of int erests may produce a co-operation equally advantageous to both parties . " It has , indeed , been said that to legislate against the landlord -would be to deprive him of hia properly , or to depreciate it -, and that , therefore , no law ought

      to be enacted to benefit the tenant at the expence of the landlord . Those wbe reason thus , totally forget that several acts oi Parliament have been passed in favour of the landlord , and against the tenant- Let there be no act of Parliament at either side , and the condition of the tenant will be greatly benefited by depriving the landlord of much of the legal machinery by . which he . is enabled to extort exorbitant rents from the occupying tenants . All that would be necessary would be to repeal a few acts ef Parliament , and to restore the ancient common law of England with resptct to the relation of landlord and tenant . "

      Mr . O'Connell proceeds to review the state of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , and thus concludes : — " By reason of the acts of Parliament I have mentioned , the landlord cares nothing for the character of his Unant , nor much for his 8 » lvency , provided that he can stock the lands at all . If the seasons be abnndant , and prices high , the landlord gets an enormous rent If the seasons are bad , or if prices fall , the landlord pounces upon the tenant—sells all his moveable property and crops—totally ruinB him—and then , by civil bill ejectment , at the eost of a few shillings , evicts him from the possession , turns him and hia family adiii ' t upon the wcrld . and makes them

      " Tbe enormity of this landlord-power in such a country as Ireland , is full of the most disastrous snd sanguinary tffecta . And , alas } the avarice of tbe Irish landlords is but very frequently aggravated by the very bitter antipathy which too many of them bear to the people and-to the religion of the people . " Surely nobody can say that-It consists with hnmanity , aye , or with public safety , to leave this tremendous power in the hands of the landlords . " If the machinery of oppression , which the statute law givtB to the landlords , were taken away from them , the difficulties in the way of an arrangement for fixity of tenure -would be easily obviated , " But after all , it is oniy in a . domestic legislature that this subject can he calmly and deliberately taken up and handled , and legislative security given , to the industrious tenant for the permanency of his tenure .

      " Thirdly , Tbe third measure necessary for justice to Ire and is , the legislative encouragement and protection to our native manufactures . " Fourthly—The fourth great measure essential for justice to Ireland , is the extension of the franchise and vote by ballot . " The fifth measttre essential to the pros-FERirx of Ireland is—the abolition of the PRESEST SYSTEM OF POOR LAWS , AJiD THE SUBSTITCT 10 K OF A . GREAT IKCREaSE OF MEDICAL

      AND OTHER WELL-ARRANGED PUBLIC CHARITIES ' There is nothing bo satisfactory in the arrangement of public charities , nor any plan that could be

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      made to work bo well , as the principle of the Irish medical dtepensarfes—that is to say , that ittnmnmr private sBbscriptlona ! were collected , there thduld be given out of public imoneya a sum eqoal in amoaut to such subscriptions . > * " ^ P ttblio rauneys , however , should have nothing to do with grand jury presentments , but should either come oat of the consolidated fond , or be produced by an income tar npoa »]] psraons having a certain income —say . for example , to begin with £ 500 a year . " Fellow-countrymen—I put forward these five great measnres as the basis upon which I seek to combine all Irishmen in the struggle for the Repeal-of the Union . They constitute the great national compact upon which I call upon Irishmen of every persuasion to rally together in order to obtain national independence and prosperity for their native land .

      " They are these : — ' Firstly—The total abolition of the tithe rent-charge . " Secondly—Fixity of tenure fer the occupying tenants . r " Thirdly— The encouragement and perfecting of Irish manufactures . Fourthly—Comple ' te suffrage and vote by ballot " Fifth y—Abolition of the present poor-law , and augmentation of well-regulated charitable institutions " Such , fellow-countrymen , ia the basis of our repeal agitation for the year 1843 . 11 I have the honour to be , fellow-countrymen , " Your ever faithful and devoted servant , " Daniel O'Connell . " Derrynane Abbey , January 1 , 1843 . "

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      BIRMINGHAM . CHARTIST CONFERENCE . For the last few months , and in fact , since the memorable " strike" of the colliers and others , Chartism in this town was In a disorganized state j for although the localities existed in name they fell sadly short of tfflsiently performing those duties which fall to the lot of all well-organized bodies . A number of active and Intelligent members of the National Charter Association , deeply depIoriDg this state of things , and knowing well that Chartism was numerically strong in BirmiBgham , resolved to issue printed circulars calling on each member and friend of the National Charter Association to attend a general meeting or Conference of the whole . Tbe subject was brought before the members of the General Council for Asbton-etreet Locality , and it was agreed that printed circulars should be issued , of which tho following is a copy : —

      " Birmingham , January llth , 1843 . Sm , — You are requested to attend a meeting of tbe members and friends of the National Charter Association , resident in Birmingham , on Monday , January 16 th , at the Royal Oak Inn , Little CkatleB-ati-eet , at seven o ' clock in tbe evening , for the purpose of considering the bEst mode of extending and strengthening the cau ^ a in this town , and adopting a good mode of operation fur tbe future , in order that full confidence may be established amongst all the members . We remain , Sir , yours respectfully , George Richardson , chairman ; William Talbert , secretary ; Messrs . Reece , Parkes , Bates , Cowan , Sauuders , G . -Whit 3 , Murless , councillors . "

      At the time appointed , a large number of persons were in attendance in the large and commodious room of the Royal Oak Inn , Little Charles-street , amongst whom were tbe most active and intelligent Chartists of the town . A kind and brotherly fettling pervaded the whole ; and , from the general tenor of the proceedings , it will ba seen that each man was animated with a desire to make Birmingham what she ought to be . On the motion of Mr . Q . White , Mr . John Mason was unanimously called to the chair .

      Mr . Mason then took tbe chair , and said .- —As they had done him the honour of electing him , to preside on that occasion , he hoped that every one present would make it his study to preserve a good feeling whilst they freely expressed their opinions on the various questions which mi % hi be submitted to their consideration . A more important object than that for which they had now assembled could not engage the attention of tbe sincere and devoted patriot iu his struggle for liberty ; he congratulated them that they had been breught together for the immediate purpose of creating a good understanding amongst the honest and sincere Chartists who desired the freedom of their country , and he had no doabt they would ultimately succeed . There was a power then present competent

      to accomplish an organizition of great magnitude , which , if conducted with energy and prudence , under the guidance of aa efficient directing body , invested with the entire confidence of all the Association , would call forth the activity of the surrounding districts and set an ex imple to the country at large . He did not anticipate any frivolous objections would be urged , or that any person would complain of a want of proper respect in tbe distribution of the circulars , as he felt confident that everything had been done for the best , considering the short time in which they had to distribute such a large number . He hoped that they were all animated by noble sentiments , wbicb he had no doubt would characterizs their deliberations that evening—( hear , bear ) . The general good was their paramount O'ject ; and he was certain that unanimity

      and decision would be the surest guarantee for their future success . Mr . White would now read over to them a series of propositions to be submitted to their consideration . They had been drawn up with a tenacious regard of tbe existing organ ' s ition . But ; it was obvious that , from tbe vastness of the population of Birmingham , and the disgraceful manner in which the Whig leaders bad abused their confidence , it was necessary to adopt a more comprehensive mode of action than bad been previously in operation , in order to arouse the immense energies of the working classes ; and he hoped that tbeir proceedings that evening would be conducted in such a dignified tone of feeling as to give life and vigour to the cause in Birmingham , and prove to England that that power Which displayed itself in 1830 would now be used for a nobler purpose . ( Cbeera . >

      Mr . George White having been unanimously appointed to act as Secretary , explained the reasons for calling the meeting , and pointed out the mode by which Birmingham might be made the grand centre and bulwark of sound Chartism . He referred to tfee immense numbers who , at all times , came forward at public meetings to support their principles , as a justification of the steps they were about to take , to bring about a good understanding and healthy organization of the whole . He then read over a number of propositions which had been drawn up at a preliminary meeting , and concluded by expressing a hope that they would that evening make such regulations as would place the cause in Birmingham on a sure and irremoveable foundation . After a few remarks from the Chairman , and Messrs . Carter and Williamson .

      Mr . T . Saundees said , that from what be bad beard read by the Secretary , it appeared to him that there was an intention of breaking up the localities , and establishing them into one body . If 8 uou was the case , they bad better submit a resolution to the effect at the outset He therefore moved , " That tbe whole of the existing localities be merged into one body . " Mr . Joseph 'Washboubkb objected to the resolution , as a member of- the shoemakers' locality . He felt convinced that they would not agree to it . Messrs . Chilton , Thorne , and Williamson , also spoke on the subject , whsa Mr . Saunders withdrew his motion .

      Mr . Geoiige White then addressed the meeting . It appeared to him that at a time like this , the advocates of liberty should not cavil about trifles . There were numbers of our best friends at that moment with a prospect of imprisonment before their eyes ; and it would add to their punishment if , after they were incarcerated , they should find that their labours were in vain . If they would net act energetically to support those who had been placed in that position , what could be thought of them ? Tens of thousands of honest men were then suffering all the horrors of starvation , and there was not a man theii present but was liable to share the same fate . They well knew that there was no protection for working men under the present system , and , in order to come to an unanimous decision , he would move the following resolution :-g&

      " That as it is necessary to improve the position , and ixtend the principles of Chartism in this great and important town , in order to- concentrate our power , we hereby resolve to unite our energies without interfering with the business of the various localities as at present conducted . " Mr . Edward Murless seconded the motion , which was put from tbe chair , ' and unanimously agreed to . The Secretary then read the following portion of the propositions : — " That members of the General Council for the town of Birmingham be now elected , composed of twenty or more , if necessary ; that their duties shall be to divide the town into districts , appoint collectors , and to take all necessary means of extending and consolidating the organization ; that they shall have the power of electing a directing body from their members , who shall be authorised to convene the eouncil as often as they shall deem it necessary . "

      Mr . W . chilton moves that tbe resolution just read , be adopted by this meeting . Mr . John Newhouse seconded it Mr . James Saunders moved an amendment , " That the words ' directing committee' be substituted for ' general council . ' He thought that it would be less objectionable and would be more legal . Mr . Smith Lindex supported tbe original motion . He could not see any reasonable objection that could be raised against it . Mr . John Williamson could not see any difference in tbe terms . It was quite clear that the Council proposed to be appointed were intended to be superior to

      the local councils now existing . They were to do that which the others had not done . They wore to extend the Organization of Birmingham , a town containing a population of nearly 200 , 000 . They had now only three localities , when they ought to have more than forty ; and no doufet they would have if they had a good working committee , aye ! that was the word—that was tbe real name they should call it , as it was exactly what was required—( hear , hear ) . The Anti-Corn-Law League were moving heaven and earth to gain one prostlyte , and why should they not do the same ? It was necessary for them to take more energetic steps , and he had no doubt that they would present as Btrong a bc ^ y ere

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      long , aathey did previous to the j passing of ths infamous Reform BilL He should aipport the original motion . j , Mr . Joseph Reece supported tike original motion . He would suggest the propriety ofj adding the word Birmingham , to those of General Council , in order that it might be fairly understood , j Mr . Sad . nders again repeated his former statement . He considered the substitution of his amendment would not alter the spiritof the resolution , whilst it would legalise the whole . j The Chairman explained . They were acting perfectly right in pressing the resolution as it stood , as they were not met there solely aa members of the National Charter Association . That ] melting was open and legal , and any council they appointed would be legal also . ; Mr . Wm . Smith Lindon , took the same view as the Chairman . i

      Several persons here called for the resolutions to be put , as Mr . Saunders' amendment had not been seconded . Mr . JOHN MaGEE thought it a perfect waste of time to indulge in the present discussion . They had not come there to talk about legality . He was perfectly tired of such nonsense . It was a shame for men to talk about It who knew that there was nothing which a working man did that conid not be turned into illegality by the present irresponsible Government . Was it not notorious that they had no Jaw to protect them ? Was not the very name " Chartist , V scouted by the wealthier classes ? He should ( support tbe motion . The Chairman then put the motion , which was carried with one dissentient . ¦ The Secretary then read the next proposition , " Tkat the Council aha . l meet once per week , and oftener , if required . " i

      Mr . Smith Lindon moved its adoption . Mr . Walter Thorne seconded it , and it was carried unanimously . The Secretary read the proposition under the head " Contributions , ' " That each member he required to contribute one penny per week or more , if their circumstances will permit , aad that no member shall ba excluded through inability to contribute . " ! Mr . Edward Murless moved its adoption . Mr . Edward Taylor seconded it . Mr . J . Saunders could not Bee any utility in it The localities ought to have power to dispose of their own funds . Mr . Williamson thought it would be useless to elect a Council unless they were invested with the necessary amount of power for carrying out the obj ct for which they had been chosen . j

      Mr . White said that the local Councils would have tbe same power then as they now possess , with thia difference , that they would be expected to act in conjunction with the others who might be selected that evening . r The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . John Newhovse moved the following resolution . — | " That a monthly Conference he held , at which a full aud correct account of all the transactions of tbe Council stull be submitted to tbe mernberB . That cacti member be supplied with a printed copy of the Balance Sheet , containing a complete detail of the income and expenditure , ami that the Council fea empowered to receive all contributions and disburse the same for the benefit of the united Chartist body . " Mr . Joseph Reece seconded the adoption of the resolution .

      Mr . J . Williamson objected to | providing printed monthly balance Bhtets for the use of the members . He thought a quarterly Balance Sheet sufficient ; other societies only published them half-yearly . He t > everthe ! ess should not move an amendment Mr . Walter Thorne moved , " That the Balance Sheet be published once a quarter . " Mr . J . MaGEE seconded tbe motion . Mr . Smith Lindon supported the original motion . He had a vast deal ef experience as a collector , and bad often been asked by those who I could not attend every meeting , when ( io you produce your Balance Sheet ? What do you do with the money ? The publication of a monthly sheet was objected to on account of the expence . He just beard Mr . White remark , that a halfpenny each might be charged for them , and as they would cost only about a farthii £ each , those which were left could be given to tbe poor members that could not pay .

      Mr Saunders supported the amendment , and suggested the propriety of each collector taking a written Balance Sheet for the saaidfaction of the members . Mr Wm . Chilton supported ! the motion . The balance sheet could be produced ^ at very little cost ; being a printer he could form a pretty correct estimate of it , and he knew there was not j one present who would refuse to pay one halfpenny forja copy . Mr . Thorne again spoke in favour of his amendment , and after the necessity of supplying a printed monthly balance sheet had been spo&en to by Messrs . White , Lindon , and others , Mr . Williamson declared himself satisfied with its utility , and Messrs . Thorne and Maee 6 confinntad to withdraw thoir amendment * TbeCHAiRiiAN put the resolution , which was carried unanimously .

      The Secretary then addressed the meeting on the necessity of having the most energetic and business men of the town elected to carry out the resolutions already agreed to . He often remarked that in ' . urge meetings like that there was often a difficulty in selecting proper persons , through their not knowing each ether properly—with this view , the preliminary meeting bad selected the names of the most active and useful Chiirtista in the town , not by way of dictation but i ) assist them in the selection of proper persons ; they could reject any that did not snit them , and put as manyasthby liked on the list , when ! a vote would be taken for and against each . They had been selected from each locality , bo that full * iti ' sfactlon might be given to ail . He then read over the names of twentyseven persons . Several names were [ added to the list at the suggestion of various persons present .

      Mr . J . Saukders moved " That the meeting should not proceed to the election of ; Councillors , but refer tbeir previous resolutions to the ; judgment of the localities . " ! Mr . J . Magee seconded tbe motion . Mr . E . Taylor said the meeting ; would stultify itself by complying with Mr . Saunders 'resolution , as they had already agreed to elect twenty or more . Mr . G , White spoke in favour of proceeding at once to the election . j Several addresses were delivered on the subject . A resolution moved by Mr . White , shewing the necessity of a union of nction , and allowing each locality to add any active person they thought proper , was agreed to almost unanimously . The names were then proposed and seconded separately , and pub to the meeting . Oat pt the original list some declined to act , and otbers were rejected . The following persons were eleeted : —

      David Potts George White John Follows Willinm Smith Lindon Alfred FubbcI John Williamson John Mason Richard Thompson William Hopkins Walter Thorne Joseph Reeco Joseph Waahbourne Edward Murlesa Mr . Watson John Newhouse Edward Junes Thomas Welsford Thomas Laughton James Mavitty William Bradley William Chilton Mr . Gibbona Mr . Cowan Peter Biggins John Magee Charles Steward William Knight Mr . Barry ] Tbomes Blake Edward Taylor George Richardson Mr . Wright

      The Secretary then gave notice that otb . 6 r important business was intended to have been brought furward that evening , but as it was then too late to go into it , he would advise that the meeting , at its rising , do adjourn to Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock , to be aolden at the Ro $ a \ Oak Inn , Little Charles-street —This was unanimously agreed to . ¦ It was also resolved that the Secretary should convene the Council for Sunday next , for the transaction of business . Their first meeting will therefore be held at the Ship Inn , Steeihouae-lane , on Sunday , at three o ' clock ia the afternoon . j The Chairman then read the following address , which was unanimously agreed to . and ordered' to be published with the report in the Northern Star . —;

      " Fellow Patriots—Lovers of Liberty , —It is under no ordinary feelings that we have undertaken to address you on tbe present occasion , and we cannot but suppose that you , although net moving so ardently in the cause as we would desire to s « e every devoted lover of their country , that you , nevertheless , are animated to a high degree with similar sentiments to ourselves . The perils , difficulties , and persecutions to which all great political movements expose the most zsaloua of their promoters , arc such as ever to be regarded concurrent in struggle against constituted powers ; but when theso efforts originate in the desire to establish real and substantial justice , and contemplate the ] sublime object of exalting degraded humanity , we cannot but regard apathy at this period , with tbe fearful persecution now threatening some of our most vlrtuousj men , as most disreputable to the character of the working classes . Did the present struggle merely comprehend the

      elevation of a class of society , as in the case ] of the Reform Bill , and all tbe other measures proposed by the middle orders of tbe community , we should have found an adequate explanation in your silence ; but , as this struggle for the entire political freedom of the enslaved , is the only grand attempt having for ita object substantial justice , we fee ! unable to account for ycur present quietude , under such unparalleled Bufferings . Let us crave , for thfa character of our order , you p . ill rally to the cause of liberty . To adduce facts jof your sufferings would oniy be an insult to your intelligence as men , and as but weak in the force of description , compared to tne daily and hourly miseries you are boomed to undergo , and fuel mere keenly than language can express Be it then your duty to spurn stick a condition . It is unworthy the spirit of men to submit to such a fate , and still more unworthy , with the j power in our own hands to put an end to it wben ever we have virtue to will it . What motives which could emulate oppressed humanity in this the most latioiul . and

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      glorious of causes , do not inspire us to accomplish th « freedom of our families and country ? The trcntest bravery and perseverance have been and are notr devoted in the cause of the worst of human tyrants , fop personal ambition , imperial aggrandisement , or the subjection of every efivrt made by the patriots of nations to fxee enslaved humanity ; and , tu . ely , we do not over calculate the dignity of seytSment and feeling which animate tbe working class , in supposing thai they wili prove themseiwa too proud to renmin much longer the aKject slayes-of ¦ -& beartlws race of noa and

      tyrant -. Come forwaxjLihen , men of BirmiiiglL * m , organize your moratfSwerj concentrate your ir . eana and energies in such »» aiaaner and numbers as wiU set an example of political power to the people of JKasiand . Ltthoaest ? . p / iidence . and bravery be the qu ; Uifji ! s . iioiiB of your officers , and , supported by your confldencc and power , you will attain a position of 'moral grsatuesa , which the haughty aristocrat will fear to despise , aud the usurping shopocrat dread to resist We demand justice and equality , and he who would refuse oi- trample upon tho eternal principles of huauiu right is a tyrant , and deserves a tyrant ' s fata "

      A vote of thanks was then given to the CfiairaaaB , to vrhfch he brkfl / replied ; # " A coileetion wan mads for a poor member of the National Chartvr Association , from Stockport , aud the meeting adjourned to Monday evening ntxt . Although much discussion took place on the various propositions , yet the whole waa conducted and eoncluctad in the most satisfactory niaaiitr ; an *' . ct « bast results are anticipated from the highly important meeting of Monday evening . We shall no ^ h ^ ve a good acting and guiding body f jr this town , the want of which has cramped our eneraws to a treat ¦ - . v . eot . It

      is intended to divide the towa into uustnete .. i .-. commence an active canvas , as all that is necessary is to bring tho great aiuofait of Chartist feeling in ; hi- , town iuto active operation

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      RAOF 0 BD . —At a general meeting of tb- rhartiata of Radford , Mr , John Watkins , Mr . John Gsorg j Dron , Mr . T . iomas M . Wheeier , Mr . Ruffy Ridity , and Mr . Wiiliam Bolwell , were . nominated as fit persons to examine the accounts of urn Executive . . LEICESTER . —The Shakspereans were e < ' dressed by Mr . Cooper , last Sunday night , in the Sh . ksperean Room , on SUakspere , and dramatic literature and dramatic representations , —the usual form of sermonizing being Isid aside for this occasion ;— and on

      Monday night , Shokapere ' s great play &f Hamlet w&s performed to a densely crowded audience , in the Amphitheatre , Mr . Cooper taking the chief character . The afluir waa received with great favour , acd the \< l . iy is to be repeated next Monday evening : Ado'ison ' s Cat" is to follow . On Tntaday evening the naif-yearly meeting for settlement of accounts , election of committee , &c ^ which had been unavoidably postponed t ; om the close of the year , owing to the Birmingham Conference . Ace , was held . The elect ! n of officers for the ensuing year was postponed till next Tuesday evening .

      KZDDERlttlNSTER . —A meeting of the unemployed of thia town was held on Button Common , on Monday last ; Mr . Clisset being on a visit at Kidderminster , gave a short address . Mr . Crouch followed , and announced that Mr . Clissit would d « livor a lecture at the Free Mason ' s Arms the same evening { but the landlord refused the use of the room , assigning as a reason that it was wet and that it would c ; wt him three shillings to ciean the room . Notwithstanding this disappointment , we sent the cryer round the town , announcing the meeting to take place at ih « White Horse Inn . Mr . Crouch was unanimously called to the chair , who , in a brief spaech , introduced Mr . Clissit to the meeting , who delivered a plain but instructive lecture , during which he frequently elicite . l the plandUs of his hearers . The Chairman then delivered a rather lenathy discourse , and at the close announced his intention of delivering a lecture in the same room on Monday next .

      CAfcUUSGTON , NEAR NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists in this locality met at their room , ftiansaeldroad , on Sunday evening last , and after the pecuniary business was gone through , it was agreed to have a tea party and ball oa Shrove Tuesday , for the . benefit of the wives and children of the victims of magisterial oppression , who are now suffering various terms of impriaonaient ia Southwell house of correction . QTJKI ^ FxEliO . —Mr : Bigby lectured in this town on Sunday nigbt . He showed the moral impossibility of Class Legislation , no matter how propped up by political quackery , ever effecting any genuni ! good to soaiety . Th . e audience was small in consequence of the 8 huitne 89 of the notice .

      I . EAMIMGTON—At our nsual weekly meeting at tbe Prince of Wales Inn , Mr . Henry Sansford in the chair , Mr . James Green delivered a very able lecture on the present distress of the country and its remedies ; aiter which' a long discussion followed on Cooper ' a proposed plan of Organization , by Messrs . Simford , Shepherd , Hobson , and Aiien . The debate was ultimately adjourned till next Sunday evening . Several n « w members were enrolled , and m » ny nl < i »»» «»»> and paid their subscriptions . nUTHERGLEV—On Monday the ninth instant , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held in Mr . Fulton ' s Hali , to hear the report of the Delegates ( Mr . Charles M'E wan arid Mr . W B . VaiuauB , ) of the proceedings at the Conference .

      STCCKPORT . —On Friday evening last , Mr . E . Mantz , of London , visited thia town ) and lectured in ' . he Association Room , on the present aspect of society ; but owing to the brevity of tbe notice , together with the inclemency of the weather , the attendance was not so ? reat , nevertheless the talented lecturer went through much interesting matter , and tbrou ^ buut ( lisp ) ay ad a thorough knowledge of bis subject At the conclusion he received a unanimous vote of tbanks , and the meeting broke' up quite satisfied with th ^ proceedings of the evening . On Sunday night , Mr . Ma : << z prenched to a numerous . and respectable audience . His discourse was listened to throughout with marked a ^ teation , and gave universal satisfaction . Fifteen shillings and ninepence was collected at the door ; also four shillings aud three-pence for a member who was then on his

      death-LONGTON , ( Staffordshire Potteries . )—A few men of the right sort having determined oa opening the Association Room as soon as they could procure some talented lecturer ; they engaged air . E . Mints and Mr . Brown , of London , who were passing through that part of the country . Mr . Man . s lectured on . Monday , the 9 th , to a glorious meeting . Mr . Browu lectured on tbe 10 th , to a very good audience , an 1 gave general satisfaction . On Thursday , the 12 ih , Mr . M . Simpson , of Hanley , lectured to a very good audionce , and was cheered throughout his lecture , which lasted about one hour and a half . The Association Roam will be opened on every Tuesday night , at seveu o ' clock , when lectures will be delivered . The council hope to open the room as a general news ro % m , in & short time , when the Northern aud Evening Stars will b < i puhUcls read .

      SOUTH SHIELES . —A placard having appeared from the Committee of the Anti-Corn Law Association of this town stating that a Mr . Liddeli woul l deliver a lecture on the repeal of the Corn Laws , on Thursday , the X 2 th inst ., the Chartists considered it desirable , as it was the first time they had dared to attempt io palm their free-trade nostrums upon the working men here publicly , to nip their proceedings in the bud , and if possible , to strangle their darling bantling at its birth . Consequently , long before the time appointed for holding the meeting , the room waa crowded to suffocation , and hundreds went away unable to get admittance . Business was commenced by appointing Mr . Brigga , a member of the Society of Frienda , as cbairisaa , to which no opposition was offered . The lecturer was also

      allowed to proceed without the least interruption throughout the whole of his addresss , and after he bad finished , Mr . Wm . Cart , chairman of tbe Complete Suffrage Union , proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer , when Mr . Hamlet Booth , a working man , said he could not let thia meeting separate without giving his opinions frankly aad disinterestedly upon some of the statements of tbe lecturer . This was tbe signal for the freebooters to commence their usual interruption by groans and yells of the most » discordant sound , not forgetting to use physical force by puiling the coat of our friend , and other ungentiwmanly means ; but Mr . Booth was not to be put down , and proceaded to shew forth the fallacies that bad been adduced ,, in a bold and straightforward manner , proving to tbe satisfaction of

      all unprejudiced minds that it was useless for the work * ing classes to attempt a repeal of the Corn Laws or any other bad law until they bad first gained the Suf . frage , and after a very able address proposed the following resolution amidst the cheers of the Chartists aad wry faces of the humbugs : — " that this ineeiing ia fully alive to the wicked aud mischievous tflvcts of the Com Laws , and also monopolies of every kind ; we , therefore , resolve to use all lawful means in our power to remove tbe parent of all monopoly—class legislation ; and as t ie only honest and effectual way of attaining this desirable ebject , we pledge ourselves to agikwforthe document called the People ' s Charter , being satisfied that all attempts to waste the peoples time und money on anything Bhortof thia can only call forth oar pity for their ignorance , or contempt and derision at their futile aud wicked designs , " Mr Mitchell seconded the resolution in a very able manner , and sat down amidst

      uemendous oheering . Mr . Carr again roae , and in a plausible and deceitful speech , in which h 6 attempted to gull the working men into a belief that tba repealers were honest in their intentions when they stated that the repaul of Com Laws would , give food snd employment to ail classes of the community , sat do ?; n by proposing the following amendment : — " Ttat the repeal of the Corn Laws would be of great utut&t to tfca v . orking classes . " Mr . Cook seconded the amend msnt . The Chairman pat the amendment ' first , whtn vary faw hand * v . ere held up . He then put the inotiua , when a forest of bauds were raised ; Mr . Bicadbriui i tfuaud to give his decision , slating that the Chxzthiu had held up Bjth fc-auU instead of one . Mr . MHen-jU then proposed that each party hold up both han . ' s . w lie a the humbugs confessed that they were beat Three cheers were giveu for F . O'Cjonor , three for Fr- * t , Wraame , Jones , an . ' . E > lis , aiid three for the Chaitsx , wfc « nhe meeting separated , -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct787/page/7/