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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE PEOPLE . Brother Chartists , —The crisis which we hare long anticipated has at length Arrived , and it becomes ¦ as , as your representatives , to exchange opinions in regard to the course Which we ought to pursue , for or against the middle class , and the Cora Law Repealers . . . ;'_'¦ We conceive it win be admitted on all hands that pur principles cannot vary nor be affected by any change of GoYernment , ox revolution of opinion amongst the electoral eJass .

      Our relative position with the middle class has somewhat changed ; that is to say , a party of the middle class have approached nearer to the sentiments of the non-electors , and have professed similar opinions on the suffrage question . We most not conceal from ourselves that this change has been effected much more by a pressure of circumstances than force of argument , and may fee attributed to the necessity of the day rather than to the conviction of their minds . The grand "junction proclaimed between Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell , having cemented Whig and Tory interests on the question of the Corn Laws , and the obvious impossibility of any Parliament elected according to the principle of the Reform Bill legislating for tfcer working , middle , or manufacturing classes have had their effect upon the minds of hundreds who have hitherto stood aloof from our agitation , and derided and opposed our movement for the Charter .

      Under these circumstances our course may be soniewhat difficult , but it is so clear and just that no honest man can wander from it Our watchword should be to stand firm upon the Charter and refuse no adherents . The Charter should be like a fixed , inmioveable magnet , all attracting and never repelling in its influence . It should be the polarity of opinion around which all political matter should revolve , and upon whose stability ail should depend . Brethren , —The following are our general landmarks : — Firstly , tee six principles contained in the People ' s Charter , having been approved of anil adopted by ft vast majority , aw declared to bo innivisibln . Secondly , the ru ! e 3 and regulations of the National Charter Association drawn up by the people ' * delegates , duly elected , having been confirmed by the people , no other authority can alter its laws , or its government .

      Tnirdly , the National Petition haviog been drawn up by the Executive Council , likewise duly elected , and having been adopted by the majority of the people , we recognise it as the National Petition to be presented to the present House of Commons . We have given yon three testa to be applied to all future aspirants to Chwtism , whether working iuen , manufactures , or middle clasp . We do not recommend oaths , affirmations , or pledges , but the following simple plan to be adopted . When an applicant presents himself for admission to our Association let the « ffictjrs of the Association address him thus t—Here is our Charter , do you approve of it and prices its principles ? Here is the plan of our organised association , do you agree to it t And here is our petition , will you sign it ? If he refuses to subscribe to obt opinions , you cannot admit him ,, and if he approves of part oaty and not the whole , then your own judgment can guide you in trusting him .

      These are the private arrangements nteessary at this vital moment ; but there are also , in as far as the middle class are concerned ,

      PUBLIC ARRAKGEMEXT 5 . J . 'L Every Corn Law Repealer or middle-class professor of Chartism , should make a public and unreserved declaration of attachment to the whole principle of the Charter , before be can take part with ua in the agitation , or eo-operate with us . 2 nd . The Corn Law party or middle class agitators desiring to co-eperaie with ns . should be called upon to agree to the unqualified right of speech for all our leaders at oil political meetings , and the full privilege of moving amendments to all motions , whenever it may appear to the people or their advisers to be necessary . Without the first unreserved admission , we can have no security for the sincerity of their professions , and consistency of conduct ; Without the second all important provision , we can have no effective check upon the guidance of public opinioD .

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . The resolutions passed at public meetings , more especially those held to consider tha Repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws ., the causes of existing distress , and the remedies to be proposed , should be firm , without being factious , based on principle rather than poliey , and should admit the rights of all in opposition to the usurpation of the few . TIRST CHARTIST RESOLUTION . That class legislation is the original and existing cause of all grievances , political , social , moral , and physical , that its efftscts are self-evident in the discontent , poverty and bondage of all the useful classes in society ; that this meeting is firmly of opinion , that the first remedy should be as comprehensive as the first cause , and therefore adopt without alteration or deduction on the entire principles of the People ' s Charter .

      SECOND CHARTIST RESOLUTION . That this meeting unreservedly condemns all taxes levied upon bread and other necessa ies of life , that it is ef opinion that the monopoly in food depends upon the monopoly of the Suffrage , that it has no confidence in any Government appointed under the present system , and despairing of toe removal of existing mieery , is fully convinced that the total and entire repeal of the Corn and Prevision Laws , can only be the act of a Parliament representing the interests and opinions of the whole people of Great Britain and Ireland .

      These resolutions are , in our opinion , sufficiently comprehensive for all sincere Cbartists , and emphatic enough for every really hnniane and benevolent advccate o ? tha rights of the uetfal classes . The rejection of the first resolution by our professed a lies should at once decide our connection with them , and the adoption of the second by the Chartist body , onght to afford sufficient evide&ce of our desire to abide by principle , and to speak the truth , free of all factious motive and sinister intentions .

      d : ssolution of parliament . In tie event < f the Tories being driven from power by the universal exercise of public opinion , the grand test of sincerity cii : be applied to the middle class , and in the mean time can be held out as the ulterior resolution which we have adopted . Xo union can or ought to take place between the working men anii the middle class . unless a positive and binding resolution is agreed to , to return thirty members to Parliament of the people's choice . This is the sacred key-stace upon which tha arch of union depends , and without which co-op « ati « n cannot last for a single < 3 ay , nor security outlive the passiDg moment .

      Brethren , we have offered our sug £ esti < His , ponder well orer them , reason upuu them , calmly and dispassionately ; and if you utiopt them , print and distribute them widely . Let all minor differences cease ; act with ftern and resolut * honesty , and let fixedness of principle and unity of purpose be the energetic features of our association . - . Your faithful representatives , James Lbach . p . . m . m'dov all . R . K . Philp Morgan Williams . John Campbell , Secretary .

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      only means by which the rulers could be made to oon-Bult the interests of the rulea . During the wfcola of my speech , which lasted about two hoars , the people appeared to take the warmest interest in the matter , and although attending on theit feet ; did not betray the least symptoms of uneasiness . At the close of my addjeas . asbowof hands was taken for the Natfonal Petition , and immediately a forest of stalwart arms appeared , which was followed by a cheer , which showed at once the enthusiasm and ; detennindiiion of the men . An active committee was elected to get the petition numerously signed , » nd to organise ah aasofciatien en the principles of the People ' s Charter . Soon after the meeting dismissed , -. I set out per coach to Castle Douglas . On my way thtthet I passed through tiatehouse , a splendid little town which teetas with pure and ardent Chartism . Although it was one o ' clock in

      the meroing before tha coach arrived at Gatehouse ; yet so spirited and realous are the Chartists of this place , that nearly a down waited to see me and . hear the news from Creetown . They insured me of a large and enthusiastic meeting when I returned , and as the coach started , they made the silent streets . re-echo with three invigorating cheers for the Charter . I arrived in Castle Douglas about three o ' clock . The authorities of this town have done everything in their power to suppress Chartism . They have hunted the friends t > freedom out of one place of meeting to another , until they cannot find a roof to cover their heads . The Masons * Lwlge is freely granted to dancers , players , and Cora Law Repealers , but they would not give it for eur meeting either for love or money . Providence was kind , however , ' Wednesday evening was fair and clear , and we held our meeting at the Market Cross . The assemblage was large and enthusiastic .

      Mr . Martin , shoemaker , was called to the chair ; and , although I was not accustomed to speak in , ths open air , yet I got through my work pretty cleverly , and had the satisfaction of seeing the National PtUtijn adopted . The next day I went to Kirkudbright ,, a royal Burgh , in which the Charter , I suppose , had acarc&ly ever been named . So odious were our principles to the magis trates of this Burgh , ' that f remember , when my friend , Mr . Wardrop , of Dumfries , about two years ago , attempted to advocate them publicly to tha people , he was actually drivett out i » f the town . I fully expected to meet with something like the same treatment . Indeed , I waa told that if I got ont of it without being put in gaol , I might consider Hiyself very snug .

      Fortuufctely the Mason ' s Lodge , a large and splendid room , was procured for the meeting ^ and , although the magistrate did « varytbing in their power to stop the meeting , the Master of the Lodge was brave and honourable enough to hold good bis bargain . Soon after I arrived in Kirkcudbright , I was joined by a deputation from Gatehouse , who were kind enough to lead me . their aid on the occasion . As Ave were proceeding to the Hall , a little before the hour of Meeting , we were met by several persons , who came to tell us that large crowds of people had gathered round the door , wishing to be admitted . We accordingly made all possible haste ; and , when wo reached' the Hall , we found the street completely blocked , up with paople . The doors were instantly opened ; and , so great was the excitement and anxiety to gain admittance , that in five minutes the Hall was crammed to the door . With a proud heart I mounted the platform , followed by the Gatehouse deputation , ilr . Wallace ,

      tinsmith , wa 3 called to the cliair . Mr . Donaldson , of Gatehouse , gave a short address , and I followed . Resolutions were passed amidsttho greatest enthusiasm , condemning class legislation , recommending Universal Suffrage , and the other points of the Charter , and adopting the National Petition ; a committee was also elected . During the whole of the proceedings cheer after cheer burst from the vast assembly , and as the meeting drew to a close , there was one universal cheering , accompanied with waving of hats , handkerchiefs , &c . I was perfectly astonished , and frequently asked myself the question , is this ^ Kirkcudbright— ; ind are these the men who are Tory-ridden ?; A more splendid meeting I never witnessed . Never will I forget the gallant men of Kirkcudbright , intelligence and freedom sparkled on their very facer . I entered this town with a doubtful and desponding heart , but I left it the following day filled with , joy , spd convinced that the majority of its inhabitants were prepared to act their part in the present struggle for popular liberty .

      I next arrived in Gatehouse ; here I found everything in readiness , and the people on the very tiptoe of excitement At the hour oi meeting , the Mason ' s Lodge , a large room , capable of holding five or six hundred people easily , was completely packed . The committee marchtd in procession to the hall with drum and fife . : As soon , however , as wo made our appearance in the Hall we were greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering , which told us that Chartism was here triumphant . Mr . Donaldson , a gentlviuan whose enthusiasm in the cause is unbounded , was called

      to the chair . Mr . Samuel Wallace ,-Mr . Snodgrass ; and others , addressed the meeting , and proposed resolutions expressing the unabated confidonce of the meeting in the principles of the Charter . I supported the National Petition , and advocated at great length the necessity for a radical reform of the House of Commons . Tho whole of the resolutions proposed were unanimously carried without nn amendment . After giving many a load arid 1 hearty cheer for the Charter . P «; arg ^ 8 O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , and other sentiments usual on such occasions , this large and memorable meeting was disraisssd .

      Aithongh I could have wished well to have remained a short time longer among the spirited men of Gatehouse , I was obliged to leave them immediately after the dismissal of the metting . A number of the brave fellows , however , escorted me to the coach , and as it started WB mutually cheered far the Charter . Two hours afterwards I was safely seated In my own housa . ' This finished my t-ur through the stewartry , and seeing that my letter has reached a considerable length , 1 will reserve an account of the Wigtonshire meeting to auotlier letter . I am , yours , &c , 1 KOBEHT SOMERS . Newton Stewatt , March 2 nd , 1842 .

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      will jbfl the rain , of the middle classes , * n 4 If not directed to universal , instead of class purposes , musi ultimately , and that speedily , throw all tbe producing power into the bands of a few of the most wealthy and successful gamblers . ; ' , " lam , myfriendsj ' ^ ; :-. ¦•« . Your feithfol iservant , ; V " " Feaequs O'Connob . ¦ : - " Hammeramith , March ^ 2 nd , 1842 . - : >^

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      ; TO THE BWT 0 B OF THE WOSHiEBN STAB * v SiB , ^—In leferenee ^^ to ^ the statements wWch appBared nnder the heading " Dumfries"in yonr last , paper , we have to mention that they are essentially , fala * . We have not left the Chartist body , far less fjnve we Ibeen seducedj w bought np , by the A jati-Com Law League . :-. ; '' . - ; :. ^ ' ; v :- ; - ¦ ¦; ¦ '¦ ' ; .. '¦ .. - -7 . 7 ^ - . ;' - . : ¦ .. ; ' ' . . .: " We are sorry that the gratification , of personal dislike , rather than the spirit of patriotijstn , pr tbe dictates of charity , should have prompted your correspondent when he : panned the paragraph ftfv < rred to . He has not given his name ! Have yoo . "been acting wisely in thus allowing three individuals to be assailed , in yonr pages , by a cowardly assassin , wh « dare not Bhow hia face ? 7 : : ¦¦ ' ' ¦¦ : ' " ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦"¦ ¦• ¦ ' " ' ¦ - ¦ 7 " We are , Sir , Your moat , obedi&nt Servants , Andrew Waudhop . John H . Bell . William M'Douall . , Dumfries , 2 nd March , 1842 .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIIi . L . VMBEXa TEETOTALLERS . Mr . Edward Blackmoor , baker , 185 , Blackfriaya'r road ; ' ' . . ¦ ¦' . ¦ . " :. ' . : . ¦ 7- . ¦ ' ¦ . .... ... Mf . Qjaxles Graham , smithj 24 , York-atreet | Yorkroad . -. ¦ : Mr . Stephen Mackey , shoomaker , 14 , Hevbert ' sbnildipgs . . 7 . ' ' Mn Richard HamblynjSlioemaker ^ , Cross-streot , Blackfriars ' -road , Mr . James Baker , stonemason , 7 , Church-street , Waterloo-road . Mr . Wra , Lyons , hatier , 53 , George-street , Blackfriars ' -road , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Mawman , tailor , 3 , Berry-streefc , sub-Secretary .

      SO UTHAJIPXON . Mr . G . Goodman , chairmaker , Back of the Walls Mr . J . Hill , cordwainer , 8 , Spa-road , Mr . Pra ^ nell , brushoiaker , Charlotte-street . Mr . Russellj cord wainor , Russell-courfc . Mr . Palmer , cordwainer , Mouat-street .

      HASLETf . Mr . Joseph Heath , china potter , Slack-lane , Hanley . Mr , John Harrison , china potter , Oxford-street , Shelton . Mr . John ; Y © unf , potter , ditto , ditto . Mr . John Slater , cordwainer , Chapel-field , Hanley . ' ...... 7 : . " . ¦ ¦ .... . ¦ " ¦ . ' . ¦ Mr . Hamlet Henshall , potter , Shelton . Mr . Jftmes Livesey , potter , Hill-street , Shelton , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Moses Simpson , cordwainer , Pall-mall , Shelton . sub-Secretary .

      SHEFFIELD POLITICAL INSTITUTE . Mr . James M'Ketterick , brash-maker , Piaston-8 treet . . ; . ¦ ' ' ' . - ' ¦ . '¦ : , . '¦ ¦ . .. ¦¦ " ¦'¦ ' ¦ / . " Mr . Joseph Marsh , fltonemiisonyMitton-street . Mr . Jos . Harrison , wood turner , Nursery-street . Mr . R . Otiey , tobacconist , Soath-screefc , Sheffield Moor . ' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; : • ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :, . ' • ' ¦ Mr . John TDfinkwater , pen-blade grinder , Upper Hbyle-street . Mr . William Frost , newsagent , Bridge-street . Mr . William Wells , clerk , Duke-street , Moot . Mr . Henry William Needham , cutler , Broomhallstreet . 7 . ' 7 : . ' ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦" .. ¦ '' .. 7- . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' •¦ ¦ ¦ 7 . :. Mr . James Dyson , mechanic , Little Pond-street . Mr . David Walker , labourer , Johnson-strect-, Mr . Charles WildenV steelburner , 55 , Thomasstreet . .. " 7 : . ¦ " . .. 7 . ¦¦¦ . "" ¦ ' - ' 7 ¦ ¦ - :. '¦ .-. ' ..

      ' Mr . William Gill , scale cutter , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Robert King , engraver , 21 , Canning-Btreet , sub-Secretary .

      NEWPORT , M 0 N 1 HH 5 THSH 1 RE . Mr . John Ablart , carpenier , Commercial-street . Mr . John Brewer , labourer , Gold Topps . Mr . Robert Brown , labourer . Gold Toppa . Mr . Edward Davies , cprdwainer , Bane Well . Mr . John W . iltiam . 8 , 8 ailmaker , Commereial-8 treet Mr ; John Hitchens , cordwainer , Mellon ' a Bank . Mr . William Jones , tailor , Cardiff-road . Mr ; John HitchenB , cordwainer . Mr ; Richard Burns , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Samuel McFarlane , artist , sab-Secretary .

      KEWGASTLB- VV JN-TYNE . Mr . Douglas Bonner , Hill-street . Mr . Wimam Pardy , Side . Mr . Thomas Gray , Grey-streot . Mr . James White , Last ' s Buildings . Thomas Scott , Lax ' s Buildings , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . William Wallace , Forth Terraoe , and Mi George Cains . Buckingham street , sub-Secretaries .

      . LEES . Mr . Lewis Harrop , cotton spmner . Mr . Thomas Woodj engine-tenter . Mr ; Squire , Shelderlow , cottoa-spiaaer . Mr . Reuben Haigh , mechanic . Mr . John Brierly , Neather , warper . Mr ; John Beaumont , cotton-spincer . Mr . Enoch Syfees , Shelderlow , mechanic Mr . John Gartside , Hey , cotton-twister . Mr . George Savillo , ditto ^ itto . Mr . Joseph Greaves , tiuplaie-worker , sub-Trea surer . : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ 7 Mr . James Dawson , shoemaker , sub-Secretary .

      STALYBRIDGE . Mr . Thomas Cheetham , Bapk Grosvenor-Btreet . Mr . Thbmiis Cooper , Top Spring-street . Mr . James Greenwood , iVIount-pleaSiint . Mr . Wini Crabtrce , Mottram-road . Mr . John Hunt , Grosvenor-street . Mr . John Alavsland , Gas-street . Air . William Harmby , Back Spring-street , sub-Treasurer . ' ¦ ' : : ' ¦ ~' -. ' ' ¦ . ¦ : . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - : Mr . William ; HalI , Mount-pleasant , Nenton-street , sub-Secretary .

      STAFFORD . Mr . John Brooks , sen ., shoemaker , Sash-street . Mr . Alfred Humble , ditto , Mill-lane . Mr . Henry Meares , ditto , Fargate-street . Mr . John Peake , ditto , Friar-street . Mr . William Wood , ditto , Cottage-sfcreet . Mr . Henry Taylor , ditto , Friar ^ street . Mr . William llalden , ditto , Helley Vsquare , sub Treasurer . Mr . Samuel Ward , ditto , Friar-strsctj sub- Sucre tary . ¦; ¦ ¦• ¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ • ; - ' ¦ : . ¦ ¦ Mr . Wo . Peplovv , ditto , Friar-street , Correspond ing sub-Secretary .

      SUTXONIN-ASHFIBLD , FOREST-STREET . Mr . Richard Naylor , framework kuitter , Tingle Mr . Samuel Fox , ditto , Now-row . Mr . Peter Mee , ditto , Reform-street . Mr ; , John Walker , ditto , Foroat-atreet . Mr . John Elliott , ditto , Rbform-strect . Mr . John Shaw , Bub-Treasurer , Town-end . Mr . Thomas Lae , sub-Secretary .

      KINGSWOOD HILL . Mr . Charles Cowelljhatter , Oldland-commtin . Mr . Caleb Francombe , baker , Kingswood-hill . Mr . Joseph Inuia , enjiineer , ditto ; Mr . William Evans , rnachinest , ditto . 'Mr ; Thomas Harrs , ditto , ditto . Mr . Henry Bartle , engineer , ditto . Mr . William Stanley , hatter , Oldland-common , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Burchill , Kingswood-hill , carpenter arid joiner , sub-Secretary .

      BRISTOt . Mr . John Newman , baker , Gloucester-lane . Mr . Henry Firth , engineer , Barton-hill . ¦ j Si . r . John Copp , shbemakef , Church-laHe . Mr . Thomas Woodroofe , stoneaiasoUj Kiagsdown . Mr . Thomia Wjnn . j > orter ,-J 6 , ' Great Ann-3 treet . Mr . ITenry Onion , French-polisher , Leek- lane . Mr ; William Blower , tailor , Lower Casile-street . sab-Treasnrer . Mr . Felix William Simeon , letter-press- printer , 1 , Tomple-streetj sub-Secretary .

      NOTTIHGHAM . Mr . Jonathan Barber , Brougham-street , framework-knitter . _ . ¦ - . - ¦ ivir . dTohn Buckland , Colwick-street , Sneinton , fvaaaewoik-kiiilteT . Mr . John Hoslam , lace-maker , York-street . Mr . John Bnrbidge , needle-iaaker , Nelson-street . ' ¦ • ¦ Mr . John Spsneer , Sun Hill , frameHrdrkknitter . Mr . William Parker , Cricket Court , Barker Gate ,

      fraiaework-kmtter . Mr . Benjamin Humphries ,- Lees Yard , Narrow Mach , framework-knitter ; Mr William Dove » Poplar Place , lace-maker . Mr ; Thomas Giauever , South-street , framaworkknitter . 7 . . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ,. ' : ' , ' • ¦¦ -7 7 ¦ ¦'• . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - 7 ¦ Mr . William Ginnever , East-street , frameworkknitter . ¦¦ - - :- ¦ ¦ "'¦ ' •¦ . ¦ ' - .. "¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . 7 'V . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ '' - y . ¦ :. Mr . John Brooks , Tyler-street , frameworkkuitter . " -. - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . " .: '¦¦ ' 7 ' \

      Mr . Joseph Cook , Noah ' s Ark , Coalpit Lane . Mr . Robert Huist , Cherry . Place , frameworkknitter . 7 7 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦; 7- -7 . : 7 . ¦ . ;¦ : 7 , 7 .. ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' 77 V ' . ' : Mr . Thomas Elliot , Cherry Place , framaworkknittcrV : ^ " ' : " ¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦ - . . \ " - " ' Mr . John Gibson , King George on Horseback , aub-Tieasurer . Mr . Timothy Thatcher , Sheridan Street , cordwaiaer . sab-Secrctarr .

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      ¦ 7 : ; 7 EBINBUB 0 & ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ; 7 ^ ¦ S 6 IB . EE IN HONOtS OF . JAMES BBONTERRB P'BftiEN . TEsq—A Soiree in honour of this gentk ^ an was purposed to hive been held here upon his first yisJC from the South i but , in eonsequenca of prior '•• e »« j ^ -. numts ^ it bad to be postponed till T hurs day last , ^ 3 rd unstantj when ; it came 1 6 fF in jg ^ nd style . , . . jn 8 company was numerous , and the arrangements all > & » could be wished . In addition to the sehoolmastet ^ himself , Mr . John Duncan , Urom Dnndee , aind ' Mii-Abram Duncan were present . Mtt Thomas Blacky bur excellent and active secretiary , occupied the ch'Jrr . Th » Cannon Mills band , wbo voluteered theh-services « ut of ; respect to the gaest of ib . 6 night , delighte ; j the company with severaV airs , executed in their n ^ dal brilliant style . Mr . Abram Dancan spoka to the first sentiment , " The

      people , theiegitimate BOurce of all power , " and elucidated its truth liihis usual masterly manner / Mr . Joho Duncan followed , and responded to " The Charter , and may it speedily become the law of tas land . " He urged , in a glowing and forcible style , the necessity for all true Reformers standing fast by the Charter to tbo very letter , as well as for their counteracting Oie desist of the many fanmbugs who , under one . name or another , are so anxious to destToy onr movement . He gava a graphic description of the discomfiture experiented by these parties in Dnndee , arid pointed out the groan hypocrisy and knavery by which all their late acts have been cbaracteriaedV Next came the toast of the evening , " Success tp and long life to Mr . O Britn . " Thi 2 w-a « received with the most enthusiastic applause , waving of handkerciiiefs , &c . Mr . ; Abram Dancan / pronounced a glowing eulogium npon Mr . O'Brien , who , he said , had ( apart ; from the good done more immediately by himself ) been the means of raising up a boay of

      political instructors who rank aniongfet the fii-at and most useful in the . movement Mr , O'Brien then addressed the audience in his u&ual impressive and eflfective manner , We canuot , of course , give even an outline of what he said , but it niay be noticed that he took : occasion to reply tp the -raaw move" of air . Sturge , and clearly iaid down the course which the Chartists' ought to' pursue . He would t . iive them On no account countenance the " conipleib suffrage" movers , until they went the whole length of 'the Charter ; nor even then , if they required as a condition that we were to mix it up with the question of X' jtu Law repeal , for , because , in thelatter case , they yvuld use the aid tiius borrowed from us , to forward vhafc part of the movemetnt in which alone they ttli interested , and throw onr share of it overboard wht : iWer they could conveniently do so . Bte conciuf ' ed a ; nii ! sti the most tremendous cheering . After some songs , &C ., the company dispersed , much gratified and instructed by tho proceedings of the evening .

      Discussion . —Owing to the late hour to vrbicli Mr . O'Brien ' s last lecture had been necessarily prol <; u _ : i ! d , when here be ' ore , it was resolved to have another night devoted to discussion , in order that the Soci . 'tlists and others who tsipressed a wish to discuss soma of his positions , had there be $ n time , ' might hive an opportunity : of doing so . Friday , the 41 b , waa announce ! for that purpose . The chapel was craaimed to the do-jis at an early hour , Mr . Ranken in the chair . It i 3 siu ^ ulat that although many individuals : waxed wonderfaliy valiant after Mr . O'Brien left to wn , arid spoke muuh of the great things , they viou'dhave done had there b ^ en time , no one appeared to discuss but Mr . Charles Doncan ( who addressed a letter to Mr . OB . in -the . Star , some weeks ago ) . Mr ; Dancan referred Jin O'Brisn to

      his letter , and wished his reply to it . After remHirking upon thevmfaiinesswithwhichMr . Duncan had chosen to send to a newspaper as bis ( Mr . O'B . ' s views , what really was not so , while any Mswer that he might give coald only come before those present iit that meeting he proceeded to expose Mr . Dunciin ' s fallaeies in Keying thiit an aristocracy andtndneyocracy were essential to a State , &c ., &c ., all of which he triumphantly refutftd to the satisfaction ef all present ( with the fxeeptten , as appeared by the show of hands , of Mr . Dancan l > iiaseif . ) At the same time , Mr . O'B- took occasit / n to enter at some lorigth upon his political view .=. I'hB Cliairmun then asked if any other person present w u < hed to be heard . Af ier a slight pause , a question or t wo of explanation on minor points were asked and satsafao

      torily answered . No one else appearing at the rfiiofaitibn of the Chairman , he took a shew of bands , wben , with the txcapUon already , noticed , every hard we could see was held up . Mr . Watson then moved a vote ; 0 f thanks to Nr . O'Brien , who , he said , bad . « iven him , that night ,: information ho would never forgfei . and which he would prize while he lived . The vowvwaa carried by exclamation . Mr . 0 B-, we may mwuion , referred , in the course of the evening , fco the Bturge move , the position of which he placed in the clearest light : indeed , there can be 7 Bo doubt that the eflcrt of all he said on the subject is either to throw these gev try into the arms of the Chartists , 61 confine them to niere committees of electors , in which latter capacity they may do good , and will * be ; at least , powerless for iuischief . : -: '"¦ . - ' ¦ ' ¦ . . :: '• '• '¦ ¦ ¦ . " . ' . .. ; ¦¦'

      aiEETijiG of the ; Association . —A meeting of this body was called by placard , to consider the *• corn plete snffrage" move . Itwaslhe inosfccurueroualyattended of tbe Association we have ever ' seen . Mr . RauKiu in the chair . After some routine business , the ' * tu ^ of war" commenced . ' the " movtra , " e « e { ng the appeararice of the meeting against them , tried an adjourn went . ' Dr . Glover ( who had joined the Association the night before !) thought we should pause and ccrisider , &a * c , but the adjouratrient was negatived . A Mr . Green then moved a reaolu . tion to the effect , ? ' that although , as a body , we could not , consistently With our principles , support the complete ^ uffrsge move , yet ihrt , " m inrtividnals , we should . " Another member moy ^ d the following amendment ¦ . £ - ! ' That this Association , eitner

      individuaiiy , or as a body , will not senotio-i nor support an agitation got up for a measure of rtform short of the People ' s Charter ; - arid that they will in future , as they hava in times pabt ; expref-3 this their opinion at public meetings . " He exposed the gross fallacy of making a distinction between the course to be pursued by the . Association and that by a * l its members . The Association was nothing but a fctxiy of m « ri . -. joined-, for a certain purpose ; and if it was" inconsistent with their demands' * to support the "New Move , " they would be actuig a part i . t once riuicuious and inconsistent to support that eame move as individuals . He denied that that the " declaration" necessarily meant Univeraal Suffrage , but tbat it admitted of other constructions more or ^^ leBsSonest in proportion , to the . '" length 7 of conscience posseEsed by the peraoa subcribing . ( If « iis be so , what inay u loi . g conscience , and truth-Joving Quaker not mean by it J ) Dr . Giover defended the " Dew move" men , who , he

      declared , were excellent fellows . 7 He had heard a working mau speak at one of thsir meetings ; aud it was perhaps pae of the best speeches he had ever heard , &c . < fec . He , of course , supported ? tue motion . Mr Blackie opposed the motion , and abJy supported the amendment . -. He infornied the meeting ; that the " working man , " with whese speech the worthy Doctox was so much in tove , waa no working man , but a parson ' s son ! ( Precious few of them make their sons working : men if they can help it , )—and quoted , as part of that gaid " excellent speech , " a passage to the tf £ : ct , that the ' new move" associations -would , lilie Piiuraoh ' s teati kino , " eat up the fatonea . " He put it to the Doctor whether this was not the casei and the Doctor couid not deny it . Mi-. Kanken then left the chair , and ably supported tbe amendment . When the vot « was feiken , fite hands were held up for -the motion all the remainder for the amendment ! The humbugs arocione for here . -

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      EALFORSS—Mr . K 6 berts lectured here on Wednesday week . . , -:, ¦' ¦ ROTKEBHAM .--Mr . Pai-kes lectured here on Wednesday . ABSNGDOT-T , Berks . —Mr . Stallwood lectured here on Tuussday week . 7 BltSYOtr . —The Chartists of this place finding our unpurchasable champion , Fearjgus O'Connor , Esq ., was in Birmingbairi , the council and committee mnstered to a man wiibiu an hour ' s notice and immediately deputed Mr . Styran in cor . juactipn with Mr . Mogg , tho Woiverhampton delegate , to wait on Mr , O'Connor , and endeavour to obtain the honour of a visit from hirii to cur locality . Tae application was successfal , and the result Was rectived with great appJause . At the lrieeting 2 dr . Styran wascalled to the chair ,-and iutroduced Mr . Bairstow to the meeting as Mr . O'Connor ' s precursor . Mr . Bairatow in a mosb impressive lUauner addressed the meeting at . ' gt . eat length , and -with excellent effect . . ¦ " .

      On Sunday we hadanother feast of jnitliectual information from Mr . Bairstow , but time and circumstances renders it , inipossibie to givti aiiy thing like an outline of his addresses . At the clcse of each lecture , the speaker pyinted to our noble Charter as tho groundwork of our faith and actions , and energetically solicited every hearer present who was not enrolled , to coiie forward in the cause of freedom an « ofGri . trpwarda of fifty volunteers joined onrrani . s on Satqitlay , and several cards of riiembership were delivered . " DEtEGATEMEETiNq . —On Sunday delegates from the Councils of Wolverkanjpton , Walsall , Darlaston , Dudley , and surrbunding localities , pietat Bllatoh , to devise the best means arid route , tO 6 e tiken in the dtmoDstraiion to F . O-CoriBor , E'q . von Monday next . The delegates deterniined on tlie foiLowirig route , via .: The Dariaoson and Walsall Asaosiatipn to be at the top of Horsley Field , a quirter . before one o ' cicck , p . m . ^ arid wait there the arrival of Bilsfeon and Wolverhampten

      Associations , and then the whole body moved on to the Bailway Station , and arrive theW twenty minntea before two p 7 m ., and wait the arrival of our cbariipfoa . Upon his cmvali return by Canal-atrtet , Horse Fair , North-etreett Market-place , down 'Qtteen-Bfr . cfct . to St . James ' s fQuare , Wolverhampton , &c ., thence proceed up Piper ' s-row , down Bilaton-Etreet , direct fo * Bilatbn . up Wolverbanjpton-street , High-str « et . Chorch-street Old-road , down Temple-atreet , up New Town , &c ., to be hsaded by a herald on horseback , supported by two flags bearing the inscription '¦ " Ptace , law , and Order . '' and the procession t ^ follow as agreed upon . Friends of Hbertyl of justice and humanity , coma forth in your thousands , and hoEonr on that day the brave , the unpurchaecd and the uriporchaaable O'Coiinor , and let the monopolisiBgtjrarits of el factions see that viitue shall and will have its reward , and receive thegratefal adoration 0 ! the paople , through a bancvcitont and tried chsiripion , the poor man ' s friend ; the widow ' s solace . O'Connor .

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      % PETITION . g * Uowjrallc the Rqprrscnlaiiv . es of Property , Wtf J ' 7 a ! Zriiain and Ireland , in Farliament Wm ^ ZiL ' -d ,

      » i tHi-irirn , K ^ jour Petiiioaers , with extreme sorrow , see ¦ p of -hounds cf our feUew coui . iry-men ^» « : of trnplojincrit by their irork b ; i ^ gper-^ K - ' ) ' Eachinerj . aiid rrhica , of coarse , dtprives ^» E 3 ^ tf cur brethren cf their dsiir bread , ^¦ r-, oy . 2 g j { j national treasnrj of I : ? revecue , ^¦ aatiiincs k quire only coals and oil , vrbcieas zMpuEc your Li ^ hiy taxsa articlsg . ^ psy . uifcrefcre , ihzt man may be put upon an £ ¦ " ::: ; £ wiih the machines , and that a direct ^¦^ i- ' . ould be put upon the production of ¦^ 7 i" proportion as Indirect taxation bears ¦ ^ prcuccti- . n of siannal labour . 9 «¦ * ji-ar Petitioners shall ererr pray .

      Pm-MEES , SAWT £ BS ^ Jasoss , Tch ^ bbs , » S "Weat ^ bs , £ pi 5 . \ ers . ¦ ^ 2 ' 3 : a Febrnary , 1842 .

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      ^ fe ^ a I ) z ± te . —A lew days since a labourer i » t ^ ' ^ ii' « li : g at an ancient farmhouse , called -wTt " ^^¦ - ' ¦ Otadj Roiheifitld , partook of some » 5 f | auempting : e swallow a bone Tsith 2 -w ^ Ms 1 ' iDTmeT smck ia Ms threat , end M ^ -Susie * Exprets .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . f Concluded from our starth page . ) found that the same oppressive proceedings were in jnia j instances charge&hleL on the cultivators of the soil—ihear , hear . ) He "would read to tha House , a statement which appeared two er three weeks ago in tbe public newspapere . The proceeding , to which it referred took plac&ia a . county magistrates' office -on Monday , jek . li , "wfceritheTe'vrere present Messrs . H . S . OliTiei , jf . Hughes , and T . H . Grnbbe . The Hon . njember then jaid the foOowing paragaph from the Wtit&ire Indergsdad : — ''TTeffry Dowse , a labouring man , was charged Tfith damaging a ssaidtai osk tree , the property of the trustees of the late Mr . Watson Taylcr , at TIrchfout . A policensaB stated that he saw ihe dt fendant go from his house to a tree , into which he climbed and cut wood

      Trith a blllhoofc . He then went to him and stopped j ^ im , and took away die hook . This was beiore six o ' clock in the morning . It was bright moonlight Mr . yew said that the damage was la Dowse , in his defence , said , » Iwas driven to do tins by distress , to get something to im 3 m a fire to srash clothes for my family . I ' ve s -wife and five child ^ n ; and no week this winter have j eanied more than 7 s . Last wetk I only earned 6 s- 3 d . ; asd out of that I paid Is . 10 ^ 4 rent , and 9 tL for firing , jud what was left ( S * ?^ d . ) was all we had to keep seven persons- One of the Magistrates—You need not v jtc narrifid ; besides yonr distressed condition did

      not authorise you to steaJ- Dowse—Ho , Sir ; but distress 3 rives one to do what you would ast do at acotiier time If I go to priaon , I shall have scmeTictuals » o 64 i , Hat ' s ob& comfort A Magistrate—You iave an bosest fs . ee ; it is a pityyon should do such things . You lookhone 5 * - { A more respectable-looking labouiing niaa ¦ we have seldom seen . ) In answer to one of the lEsgJitrstes , Dowse said that be had been digging for Mr . J ^ -fe Snook , and before that tor Mr . Weeks . Fined 10 s . including costs- Dowse—I could not pay led ., much less 10 a . I must go to prison , I suppose . Be tras committed for fonrteen days . ' If the House Tfould set aboat dsvisine a remedv for such a state of

      things they must look to the poverty -which overspread the people both in the rural and manufacturing district * , j Whilst this poverty existed thty must expect to bave such coicplaiiits arged upon them again and again ; jEd , howfcf » discraditaile to the Boxtse and ihe coentry j the statements aight be which had been xn 3 . de hy tie \ Bon . Hemfeer for Knaresboronsi , he waa glad they bad : Ijeen brought forward , and be heped the Hon . ilcmber i TOtla insist on their being fnUy investigated . ; ilr . IailBTOS , as the representative of a Eerthera I eonstitueEcy in some degree afiWcted by the statements ; of the Hon . Member for Knsresborough , expressed a j hta > a that he would move for & -Coairaittee forti ^ vith . 1 I ; I j i | j )

      Mr . Febkasb said he had brought forward these charges in reply to Hon . Gtentlemen opposite . Th = Hon- AIember for Wolverhamgron told >> ttti a few nichrs J 20 tha . t the darter should not be allowed to rest Tfcere it was , and he thought the Hon . Member would fcstantly havs moved far & Select Committee to enable Jam to prove the charges he had made . He was vrepred tbat instant to prodece bLs authorities to ' the loass , or before a Select Committee , whenever it gonid be appointed ; and be had made up Ms mind liEseif to move before Easter for a Committee to investigate the whole matter , unless some ether Hon . Vesiber sh&n 3 d do bo before J'ridsT next . ¦

      jlr . TiLLisas said he cad not allowed the matter to sit , having prcnincsd to tha Hause the names of up-Tirds cf 100 manufacturers who broadly snd most unepiY&cilly aenibd the charge ilier some senUasces from Captain PeeheJl , Mr- O'Con 2 i £ i . L , ia moving fer a retsrn of the ¦ B 3 S 0 ES who had regittersd arms in the county of Bjwne , imputed a recent murder in that eoanty to the Eirit of Orangeism . Lord Eliot gave some explanations , and expressed &s regret of the Government . He believed , however , gai ths offence had begun upon the Roman Catholic cde' Tee production of the return was agreed to . The Speaker having left the chair , 5 ir H . ILJ . KDI 56 E brought forward the Army Ettijae » , proposing an aadition . of 1 , 447 men to the force ¦ niei in the last essamate . making a total of S 5 . 121 , exclusively of the troops employed in India . He nplaiaed the necessity of reliefs for sojdb regiments liich had for many consecutive years been kept ibrosd ; and observed tfr * t efficiency was the truest KSioniy . Lori HowicK . was understood to express his approteon of Sir H . Hardinge ' s Etatement Loid ABTHra 1 ex > " 03 thought that ia the present EKe of our re&tfens with America and Fiance , a Jeer fores should hire been proposed . He wished , so , that more of encouragement should ba bestowed con the service , in order to indnce good mtn to ) jnit . Jlr . MiCirLAT said a few words . ¦

      Sir H . Ha&DJXGE , in making some additional obstr-« tioEi , dtriared that her Majesty kad now six battains in tbe completest order , ready at as ; moment to it sect to asy quarter of the globe , SiJEe ecnversafion about the depot system took place fereen Sir H . Habdisge and Lord JORS Bcssell , iths coarse cf which Lord John expressed his . general sscurrenes in the vote . Mr . Wiia-UKS tbooght that the statement of the ijyj and Mesus ought to have preceded the discussion iths Estimate * . The revenue fell short of the esr >

      encare a tie last year ; snS the expenditura in this ^» r - » 23 ^ rs «« r tiian ra the last The dtnciaicy was iEiliiccsinlasiyear , and in this year it would be are . He 3 sw no occasion for bo Urge a force , and Kid move a reduction . He objected also to the Bant cf tbe half-pay and retired allowances ; to the ksbricTet , which he said that the ermy had not me-&d by zzj . recent services : ana to the pensions £ nred to 'sridos-s . He proceeded in 3 similar vein of TOrirai tlircBgh Tarious other items of military ex .-jeEtnre .

      si Hoaxed DorGLAS was net surprised that the ^ 2 Ministers did sol reaist the now proposed provi-O ; it tos only w 2 iat they themselves oughs to have SEmaided . Tfee reliefs of the army had hi the : to te very insufficient , as was also the force now em-S 7 ed in Icdia . He insisted on tbe importance to tLe sc ?* rf religjona instruction , of libraries , and of ETJSs ' -Sssts . C ^ tsin Litasd wished tkat the soldiers ' pensions cxld bs increased , and that , after ten years , a soldier £ 3 dd be eEtiilsd to a free discbarge .

      ^ H . Bir . Di > GE icclined to concur in the op inion ^ ie period of Etrriee entitling a soldier to his dis-^^ le in-g ht be useful ! j shortened . As to the increase fpipiciii * , the eiSculty was chiefly a financial one . pfiraspMt to 1-lr . wmisms ' s observauons , he stated , ^ SfcTfcn battEljocs of the proposed force , were ^ & £ d far ihe -rar in Ciina ; and tbat the half-pay Eslid besD n . uzh . diminished , but could not ba Jur-2 ® Jsdcctd , txorpt by death , the offiiers being now , ^ tb ; ino ; -t ¦ pslij fcQ pjjj t 0 -fa recalled into active * fia . As the nusaber of ometrs ditniniahed by ^ i the mrmbCT of puisioiis to thtir widows had Stk ^ sKj- aagmertec . Ihe service abroad was to ^ titt tie reliefs must absolutely be increased ; ^ tbis rtquL ^ ed an increase in the total force . **• Willuxs = ajd , that af ler the erplanatioa giren 1 ^ tfce tsigincies cf the Chinese war , he would for-•¦* iK ni diTioini the Hoes ? . «• OCojtxell said s Us words , and the - ? ote was

      . fcthe EtKii vote , for the sum required to rosin' f- '&zse fcrcts , Mr . Williams proposed to cut Gff the ^ f - psy recci-ed by the Household troops be" ?*^ - * " «¦ " rrccired > y other regiments . 23 Hasl > :: ; gs defended this extra pay , on tbe ^ of iLe petuliar character of these troops , * we greater fxptcco of living in the metropolis . totce- Ra ^ dox coiifirm&d this view . t-1 Will : aj I 5 ) persevered in dividing the House , ¦ yns ctfiatrd by a n . a ' yjiixy of 144 against 12 . j * - WiiLur ^ s ^ Ectiing daunted , took another " -G 3 spon the T&fe for iie -iolunteers , and was again ^ 5 Committee then p ^ ssrd the remainder of the S'rj E - ^^ a ' . is , and ' proceeded to those of the 7 >**• CrsiEis raised aaotLcr discussion upon the

      p w -tiwn , ( ic-ftuciing some parts of his conduct . tjff ^ n BpK 2 LEY gave a sketch of Mr . Eton ' s P- iiie iaipricijng hi ^ n of fcabiinal ir ^ snbordin-^ taai Hors Tisiicatcd the court-martial , ani dispcYfcQ the tltmeEcy of tbe Admiralty in remitting gfo ths satence . ^ = ccsven-t ; on fuliowed about the effects to be F- ^ frc : a tie Merchan : Sesman ' a Registry Act . JrfcQ Gin "JTiUiim iy c 19 , i ^ hich Sir C . pa coa £ ( ifc .-fcd a measure of great becefit to the § F C-r-csitlee then proceeded wifli the otaer votes , fp Hoiis * acjcajjjcd .

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      . IMPORTANT CONFEKENCE AT BATH . CHARTISTS , READ AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES ! On Monday afternoon , a Conference took place at the room cf the anti-Corn law party , alias Liberal Association , between certain individuals calling themselves Chartists , and a majority of ¦• all shades of Reformers . " The circular , requesting the attendance of the parties alluded to , was " worded thus : — ' ¦ " Si . Jacaes's Liberal Association Room , 2 , Cfcarcb-stiefct . " SIR , —At a meetingheld in this roMn it was resolved , That a further preliminary meeting of the Reformers of Bath be held in this room on Monday next , March 7 tfi , at one o ' clock , to tako into consideration the best means of effecting a powerful nnion of the several parties desiriDg a better representation of the people . '"

      Copies of the circular were sent to some of the Chartists , and to many ot the Liberals . Among the former were Reberts , Yineent , Philp , Twite , Clarte , Bolwell , Bartlett , and others : among tie Liberals were the Rev . Mr . Sptncer , Admiral Gordon , Alderman CtiBp , Juhn Edrige , Esq ., and some other leading charactera The numbers at this meeting were about one hundredno more . Admiral <} OEDON was called to the chair , and after reading the circular calling the meeting , called upon The Rev . ! dr . Spescer to address theparseuB pre sent as to the object for which th ^ y had met He said M .-. Sturge , who was a Quaker , and a corn-factor , bad issued a declaration in favonr of complete

      sufi- age ; and had tut mitted to the country a memorial to the Qaetn for a fair , full , and eutire representation of the people , and called upon the people to sign it , ( Hear , hear . ) He had sent to him ( Mr . Spencer ) requesting to be informed whether the Chartists of Bath would sign thit memorial , as they and the Chartists of Bristol had been lukewarm and inactive ; ana he could not tell what were their opinions on the subject of complete suffrage . The deda-aticn of Mr . Sturge was for every man of full age , untaiiite 4 by crime , acd of a fixed six months " residence , < so -we miderstood ) to bare a Vote ; iiud that 51 conftrcBce should b ^ held in ir ^ cdon or Binnvngnain ,

      to decide upon the details necessary to secure an henest representation of the people . Mr . Spencer said he was for the Charter / but ss we could not get that all at oace , -we should go with Mr , Sturge for complete soffrsge , as he was a man of wealth , and had been instrumental in abolishing slavery in the Indies . Mr . Edrige said the meeting was called for the -pxurpoise of hearing the opinions at different parties ; I and that any man present , if he could not agree with i Mr . -Spurge , could originate anything © f bis o \ ra . He . spok- _ - in favour of justice to all ; said the country was ¦ gcia . g to rain in conseo . aeoce of cla 3 * legislation ; and j be c * u = d upon all Reformers to unite with a view of \ altering the representative system .

      ; Mr . P hilp here rose and said he ha 4 heard different ; &titemen ! 8 with much pleasure . ; and while he would I not cease to go on till every principle of the Charter ! wils obtained , he would most cordially sign the memoi rial c-f-Air . Storge for complete suSra&e . He waa for : going with asy party for justica—for a fall a » d eiitire I eystem of representation ; and he thought as tliat meet-1 ing was called for a Bptcific purpose , it would be wrong . in any person to force bis opinions upon thosa present j by moTing any resoiatwn contrary to the objecta of the j meeting , which , was called for the purpose of agreeing \ to ilr . SvaTge- " 8 declarator . j ill . fiABrLEix rose and said be had beard with , niucli pleasure the conciliating tone of Mr . Spencer , and j tie bv > ld speech of Mr . Edrige . On many points he ; coBld not agree with either of these gentlemen ; nor j could he agree with Mr . Phi p that tie Chartists sh&nld j Eign the memorial of Mr . Storge . No man could be I more desiroaa than he was at seeing a coalition take j place between the working and middle classes ; he had \ endeavoured , by every means in his power , to bring I about that union . But be must say that he would not : advocate any union of the two classes upen any but ; honourable ternis . He was sorry to say that the middle \ cJass had stood aloof from the people . After the passing i of the Reform Bill , they forgot the promise they ms . Se the working mta . It was diftgraceful that ten years after that evuit , the Tories should be in : effiee . It was because the middle men bad ' not been true to their promise , because they forsook i the cause of the people . He said that more in sorrow ! than in anger . ( Hear , bear . ) But the Chartists were ; willing to forgive the middle classes for any misconi duct ; and he ' trusted that they would forgive the

      J Chartists if they had been guilty of any impropriety 1 ( Cheers . ) We had arrived at an important crisis , calling for active exertion , and bidding us to be true to ¦ our principles . It had been Baid that if the two classes . were to unite they could accomplish everything i Why not tfcen unite for the attainment of the People ' s J Charter - ' Mr . Spencer had spoken ef " complete ' suffrage , " which in his ( ilr . B . 8 ) opinion deflrwd j noihing—it was vague ; if it meant that every man , . twenty-one years old , untainted with crime , and of six j month's residence , should have a vote , why then it meant the " Charter Saffirage , "—( hear , hear , )—and he could not see why , as that suffrage had met with tbe » pprovaL of the . great majority of the people , tbat it should net -be recognised in mame &s well as the other .

      For his part he would rot quarrel about a name ; t > nt be wauled a fair nBderstr . nnmg ,- he wanted the right of suffrage to be recognised , and for tbs people to struggle for its attainment , not forgetting the nectssary adjuncts mentioned in the Charter , which were necessary to give fu '; l effect to any system of representation . ZUr . Spencer had said that Judjje Biaekttone stated that representation ought to be co-exiensiva with taxation . He / Mr . B . ) differed with that commentator , who , he thou 5 ht , was very vague , very indefinite es to what ought to constitute a just principle of representitivn . All mtn paid taxes , felons and minors , but no one -srill say , they ought to vote . But it appeared that there whs no very great diffu-er . ee in the opinion of those present , in regard to the justice of tbe Chartists

      principles . Why , then , should they not make theii uaion cue likely to be productive of some good . If we were h ' - 'Hest to our principtes ; if we on all occasions supported them by fair and honourable diEccesion , we sh . - -. uld . nuike nnmerous converts to them ; but if we buritd Jfaem in a cloud of names , we shall only bs-wi : < k-r , instead of making converts of men . If there Rasai-y man present who had not nia : ! e up his mind . as to the justice of the principles of the Charter , be adrised him to think deeply upon thrfn ; to ponder we-l—ao aid . uat ~ wish any to act contrary to their cor . - ¦ yicuo-s . Any union to be p ' irmanent muj&t be compos&ti of sincere men , ecnvlneed of tha justice of their prindvl ' re —; h « sr , hear . ) If the meeting agree with the

      principles of the Charter , and that was what he called upon tiiviu to do—they would agree to appoint any cuiiilcr cf EJtn to mettle Convention for the pnrpo ? o cf devising means of carrying these principle * into effect . Uu : iet it be understood that be was for the people i 2 iet . iug in publiG , for the purpose of agresing to trhat deiaiis they think necessary to effect that snd . He " ^^ j for the peopl e meeting to form a constitution , as did the people of America and of Switzerland . He went on for same time longer , shewing that we had no constitution in England , and that had we such , tbe Tories would not occupy their present position , nor ¦ k-obM the country ^ bs in such gentral uistrers . He con - cluded by njovicg the . followiiig resolatien : —

      " That the late decision in the House of Commons in regard to the Corn Laws , affjrds a strong proof nm ' jng rsauy others afforded by the nature and dispc * iticn 01 that House , of the necessity there exists for a thorough organic change in the representative system . That in order to effeci this change , with a yi-jw of repealing the Corn Li-vrs , aEd every other bad law , a coalition between ihe miudie and working classes is necessary . Bui it is the opiuion of this meeting tliat this coalition should ba upon cone but honourable terms , that is to &ay , nol for party purposes or class interest , but f r the j . nr ^ K 5 se of sirug £ llng for the whol e of the principles of the Peopl& ' s CnavttT , according to the sense of tbe majority £ urJy taken in public meeting assembled " Zur . H . B-UiTLSTi seconded tbc- motioD . ilr . Crisp said that reioluiion wouid entirely upEct the objects of that nisetinf , which was to agree to the declaration of 3 Jr . Sturge .

      Mr . BaR . ti . ett said it ha < l been Hated thit they ¦ were mtt to give tieir opiEic-ua as to ¦ wait should be Joue to bitter tbe condition of the country , and therefore , he had sta ' ed hU , views . He was no ; against apy body who choose to go with ilr . Siurgs ; but iis would call cpoa the Ciiartists to bu true to their principle ? . He sa sorry that men generally were nut ; they regarded mure their own seifuh interests . If uiera were men ojpesed frcin prrju- ^ ics to Ciiaitism , th 3 t , was no reason why we cicala iezre onr old course ot rightful BCtiun . Mr . Clabks garein Ma most cordial assent to Mr . Storgc ' s position ; and thought if "we could get the suffrage , we thou ' . d afterwards git the ether points of tae Caarttr ; aad he hoped ilr . Bartlett would withdraw his " motion . ilr . BiRTLETT said he would do no such thing .

      Mr . £ p £ > "C £ R spoke in esrlanauon , and said no was for tbe whole Cfcarur ; bet he would not rtfraiu from signing Mr Sturge ' s memorial . Mr . Phillips said be would hr . Te the Chartists to be on their janrd—they could trust no one . The middle men had deceived us before . Several others spoke in the same ttrairt , as did ilr . Spencer . ' Mr . TI ^ CE ^ T said lie tfcongit it nnfal ' r for any indivicluai to force iia opiEiocs tipc . 21 that meeting . He would e 5 eb Mr . Shine ' s lnt-moiial , for it went a gnat \ ray for the Ch : Jt « r . We should not quarrel about tilings ; we thongbt all Chartists would si ^ n the memorial ; and he hoped 3 Ir ; Birtlctt wouid cot piess bis motion . Mr . Aechb . vld spoke in favour of uiion ; but saiii nought as to \ rLai ihoulii be the terms of that

      . 2 dr . Bartlett ssld , he diu not wish to prevent any persons signing 3 Ir . Sturge ' s memorial , he wanted them to express their assent cr dissent to the resolution . Mr . Yi : sc £ ?; t moved & 3 amendment , " That we asree witiJ , and are detenniaed to sign Mr . Sturge ' s motion . . . Tbe amendHient was put and earned-A mo ^ un was then made tbat a public meeting should be ho ! d to consult the public on tbe subject &f the memorial ,- but-Mr . SrESCER asd iiis party objected to aiy such tiling .

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      CHARTIST MISSiOXAHY TOUii THROUGH GALLOWAY .

      Within the last fortnight I have attended a series ot me-itings i : i that province of SejLiasJ tuuimoaly cAlitd Gallo-iTsy , which for numbers , eiituusia&m , and . determination , have not been burpassed , 1 am sure , in any part of the Tniteil Kin ^ uom ; and wL . it rfciiders this the more remarkabie in , that iu this quarter of the country , Chartism has never before bst-u ygiiated , at least to any extent , many of the people being perfectly knorant of what Chartiem id , wbiie those who did know anything about it rcctiTtd ( heir informatioa through the corrupted cbsunel uf a iying press , und , of course , were led to louk upou it as a monstrous LusbeaJ . Giliowny , includip . g tlie C ^ urity i » f Wigtown , and Sle-wartrj ' of Kvrkujubright , i 3 ; > rict 3 > a « agricuitural district , atd a ; tbouga the pe » iple gtucraiiy are iatemgeut , and inspired with an insur-div ^ iovo of m . ecUi : u , stiii it has too much of that }> uii . kal inactivity and serfdoia Trhich cha actfrr ; sa similar pctious of the

      country . A f ' - -w scattertd villages are to be foumi h ^ re and there , among the bills , iu ¦ wLich the prineiplfca of liberty have been kindly nouri&htd , but no efiu-t has been spared by the lordly owners of the soil to crush the first breathings cf indepenueriCa , acil to k ^ ep the peapie in a state of political and mental slavtry . Associations of Tvcrkicg men , howtVcr , on tLe principks of tbe Pi . ople ' 8 Chapter , wtre formed sjiiie tiaie a ^ o in C _ iUu D > -Jg " . as , GaW ' uouss , nui \ ^ eW toll Slaw art . With the n ; ensbers of these associations first owijicattd tbe uasign ef holding meetings througocut the wljo-e of G-slloway , in promotion of lue cause , aud jour Lumbie seivrxt % tus selected , by mutual cousent , to perform the arduou 3 yet coble task .

      CoEtcious of the difficulties which lay in my way , but strong in tbe integrity and goodu ^ s ^ cf niy caus e , I set out upon my tuitsion on Tuesday , the 15 th ult . That evening I held my fiist meeting in Creetowc . Much opposition had been previous '!} ' m < inife £ teU to our principlts in this village ; but suddenly the public mind had become changed . The evening was fineauti clear ; the people came flecking in from the country , and aV the hrur cf meeting , the corn mill , wLIca was kindly grant ' .-d for the purpose , was fl . led to tha floor , bo much so , that ms . iiy had to staiid on tbe oL'tside ;~ I would fsy that there were at least f ^ ur hundred piesent Sir . Qcsorge Kish , tailor , was called to tiie ciair . I' then commenced my address , exposing the iajustiee of the arutjerixy ; traced it all to tie irresponsible power vrhkh the people had permt '^ d tbem ' to txeruse . and defended tae six measures of the Charter as tbs

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      THE ENGLISH tHARTIST CIRCULAR . We know not a more thoroughly deserving work than this little inexpensive and unpretending periodical . And few thirigs have ] ately £ iven us more sincere pleasure than to learn that O'Connor-has determined to write in it a series of letters to j < he working people . We hope that no working man or woman will omit to buy arid read those letters . It will of coarse be neither possible nor neces .-ary for us to transfer these letters to the Star— but the first , which appears this week , i ? short , and go fully expreysive of opinions in reference to the Circular and its excellent publisher , in , which we perfectly coincide that we cannot resist the impulse to give and recommend ifc to our readers .

      " TO THE WOIiKING PEOPLE . " My Dear Friends , " I have undertaken to write a series of letters to yeu through the little Haifpenny Circular . I must write in short and complete sentences , as the space is very limited . I have often thought that our opponents ( who rely so much upon the power of their press , ) measure oar weakness by popular indifference so frequently manifested in neglect of cheap Chartist periodicals . In this , my introductory letter , I must observe that the litlle publication in behalf of which I now appeal , had st one period a very large circulation ; and tbat one of the causes cf its decline was unprincipled ,

      thoughtless , and unjust in the extreme ; it arose from a supposition that certain parties not in good repute , eit : credited it or contributed to if . This notion was erroneous ; but supposing such to have been the case , denunciation in conBLquence was highly reprehensible , and especially upon me part of Chartists , whose principle is " measures , NOT JIEN . " The matter , therefore , and not tho writer , should have been subject for comment . I have ever looked upon a cheap press as the skiimishing force of its political party , and I have wondered , over ami over again , tliit a sufficient number of such a paper as the Enff'isb Chartist Circular-could be published in this country in ita present position .

      " Let me , in tbis my first letter , recommend a plan for increasing the circulation of the Chartist Circular . Suppose , then , each subscriber should canvass for one purchaser ; and where is the man so destitute of influence , who has not one halfpenny friend in the wsrla ? By thi 3 mode the ciicuiation would be doubled iu one week . *• Ti ; e subjects upon which I mfan to address y

      it are threefold . Firstly , an anxious desire to find political food at a cheap rate , for all whom poverty has deprived of the means of purchasing a higher priced paper ; and , after all , the poorest has a pride ip having entire possession of whatever he buys . Secondly , a wish to prtssrve se valuable an aoxiliary to our cause from perishing ; with a view to iiwluca the circulation ofencu a paper in every to'ffn throiiihout the land : and thirdly , becauee the KortlieniSlar cannot , at all times , aftbrd space for as much as I would wish tp say to you ; and , moreover , I shall Lavs opportunities of addressing the men of London up to the last of the week , while Wednesday is the last day upon which I can write from London to tha No-themStar .

      " This hxi been a busy aud anxious week with me ; it has , in truth , been ii great wetk for Chartism in the Metropolis , and therefore more than this , myiritroductory epistle , cannot bo expected in the present number of the Cireular . Jn my nexi I shall draw the attention cf the trades to the absolute necessity of aohieving their rederoptiou from the influence : of capital , ere it be too late and I shall show that through the Charter alone can tb&y hope for that redemption . I shall also prove that no two interests are more inseparably bound up together than those of the shopkeeping and working class « 3 ; while . no two classas of the Middle order , under existing circumstances , are more opposed to each other than tbe steam-producing class and the shopkeer .-ing class ! In fine , I shall show thtt unrestricted machinery liaa been tlse ruin of the workinjg classes—

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      : / ¦ the NbATffKiiS ^ s ^ ¦^ ¦ J- ' y-- : \ : }^ - ^ r ^! i- -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct881/page/7/