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      TJ 1 auoye nau nas oeen . Dy Metamorphestan Cbrysostom of the Great Primorclial , THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH , From the Strand Theatre , London , into » gorgeous Palace oi' Emertainiaeijt , reaiking hi the Ma ^ nficent Dtcovatious aad' ; dazzling ya ' iaxy _ of : unparallt-d Appai'atu ' s , all ihe r , l ^ iiea ami awe iuspiring splendour of Arabian roniavjet } . Here the nobler raetals , joined with tho sparkling treasures b £ the East , have exhausted their stores iu producing a coup d ' ceil hitherto uaapproachablo in value or effect . Tbia

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      General Council of the National Charter Association , to Miss Mary Ann Gregory ^ of Darley , "• Qn ' tbe 6 tn instant , as Sis . John ' s Chureh , Wakefield , by the Kev . l ^ li&mas Kilby , ! & Joseph Wfiggkiwortb , farmer , Hemsworth , to Mary , rfaughcer of Mr . " William II . Shaw , "VVcs ^ ate , Wakefield . . - , V ; , w On Wednesday last , at Salem Cnapd , by the Rev . James Pardons , Mr . VV . Chapman , bookseller , Coney-street , to Ann , third daughtex of Mr . Lotogrove , Minster Yard , all of York .

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      Ay Esskt to Middle-class Bcxbog and Deceit . — Too late for this iceek . Johjj Geokb . —iSTftrf taeele . Joes Habbisou , Nswcastlb-otdeb-Ltme . —Sis communication slating his intention to start a shoe club is an advertisement . Jakes Cahkboh , Auxahdbu .. —The 12 s . for the Convention never came to this office . He had better sak the person he sent it to for an explanation . HE 5 BT WOOD , SaBDXM . — The » was boI any money enclosed In the letter he Bent on the 3 rd . K 0 BT 05 , NOBWICH . —No .

      FOB HB . HASOIf . £ 8 . d . From Mr . Cleave , London , per Mr . Bidley . „• 0 5 4 _ the Ch&rfets of St . Pancras ... 0 11 0 - J . C 3 aikson , Bradford ... ... 0 5 0

      TOB . KBS . HOLBBBBT . PxomT . S- Brook , Dembury ... o 10 0 ^ . B . O . afriend 0 2 6 . » a few friends at Turner and Co- ' a engineering establishment , per Wm . Wade .. 0 12 „ theChastiats ol Holbecifc , per Wm . Wade ... " 0 7 4 _ ths Camberwell Burial Society 0 2 6 .. Ltath , per Joan Tankard ... 0 5 6 ^ Batti , per John Hopkins ... 0 10 . » Csniberwell—Mr . Jones , ilia . Lartin , and a friend ... ... 0 16

      FOB Mi . HIXDES , OF SHOBEHAM . From Mi . Charles Clark ... ... 020 POB JAMES DCTFT . FromBerry Brow Association . ~ 0 1 0 _ Heywood , per A . Smith ... 0 2 6 „ the Chartists of Holbeck , per Win . Wade ... ... ... 0 16 *

      FOB THB EXECUTIVE . From Chepstow friends ... ... 040 NATIONAL TBIBTJTE 10 IHE EXECUTIVE . Prom A . K . —a friend ... ... 0 3 0 ^ „ a few Chartists at Bramham ... 0 4 0 „ A . Heywood , Manchester ... 100 _ the ChartiBis of Ne-wport , Me of Wight 0 5 0 „ T . & Brook , Bewsbury ... 1 0 0 „ a Democrat , Chepstow ... 0 1 3 ^ . Hej"wood , Lancashire , per A . Smivti ... 1 1 0 _ tha Chartists meeting at the Ship and Blue Cost Boy , Wal-¦ srorth ., 6 10 0 ^ Mr . Themas Law , FoxholeB , near Todmorden OlO

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      HAUFAS .-On Monday last the Royal Charles , ~ So . 9 Lodge , of the Independent Order of the Golden Fleeee , held their sixth anniversary at the hon ~ e of Mr . Samuel Whitaker , the Craven Heifer Inn , Halifax , when upwards of sixty memoers sat down to an excellent ; dinner , to the honour of ihe host . After dinner the Lod ? e was opened fox business , and ihe reports of the past year were very satisfactory . On the following evening the wives and sn-ecibearts took tea in the Lodge , which was decorated with flowers and eTer ^ reens . The eTtnisg "W& 3 spsnt with music , singing , and dancing , to a late hour .

      EICHKOND . —At the petty Sessions held at Richmond on Saturday last , for the division of Gilling West , Thomas White , of Ree ; h , was brough ; before the sitting magistrates , charged with having on the 13 : h of Iky last , at Reethjviolently assaulted and beaten Jame ; and John BlenMnsorj . —Guilty . — Fined 10 =. for each offence , and os with costs , for being drunk . Assiyebsabt Sermons . —Two very impre £ siv 3 sermons were preached in the Wesleyan Chapel , Richmond , on Thursday , the SOih ult ., by the Rev . G . B . MacdonalJ , of Leeds ; and en Sunday last , by the Rev . J . Watson , of Stockton . Collections were made after each service , in aid of the TruEt Fond belonging to that chapel and school , which amounted to a very handsome sum .

      SEADFOBD-M 0 BE MlDDLS CLASS Sym-FATHT FOB THE FOOB . —DEATB TBOM SlXUVATlOX —Mr . Abraham HoilaweU , a . ^ ed . 4 O , died at Bradford , on Friday last , July 1 st , about noon , under the following circumstances . Maxy Hollavf ell , wife of George Hollawell , deeeased's Brother , states that her brother-in-law has been in York Castle , for the last line months , for the non-payment of poor rates , amounting to about £ 2 . os . and that he ha 3 had nothing to live on the while but bread ^ nd water , for ihe * first six months . T ~ e osher three months he had Ss . 6 d . per week allowed for doing some little 30 b cr ether about the wards . A subscription was raised , the poor rates were paid , and he was liberated from the Castle , and came to a sister

      of his residing in Leeds . TM 3 family was very poor , and of course tad very little for him . This sister declares she has frequently applied to " . he clerk of ihe Board of Guardians of the Bradford Union to get him relief , and also to get his liberation from the Castle , but of no avail . He tarried with this sister in Leeds about a month , and cams to his brother George ' s , -who "was almost as poor as MffiSfclf , and could giva him nothing either to eat cr drink , having himself had no work for the last five weeks , and has two children . Oa Wednesday , Jnne 29 > h , Abraham Hollaweil was taken ill , and the parish doctor , Mr . , was sens for about half-past eleven o ' clock at night . He did not come , bat sent sozne powders , and ordered his feet to be put in warm water . He did not come till the next

      -day at noon . On Thursday morning the brother applied to Mr . FJgey , the assistant overseer of Bradford , Tot relief , and was iold he had nothing to do with it j and that lie must wait till Mr . Rennie , the relieving officer , came ; he went away and Eent his wife , who asked "RpTiT » fi for relief both for him and themselves , as they had not a mouthful of any thing to eat about the hcase as ihe time ; Le gave her a note for the doctor , and told her they must do za well as they could tail Saturday . Sirs . Hollaweil said something to him , when the brute told her to " go away and not stand muttering there . " He gave her no relief . The man died on Friday , as stated above . The docior came , when he was dead , and George HoUawell said to ths doctor ho should like an

      inquest held on the body , when the doctor told him if he persisted in having an inquest it would be worse both for him and the children . The deceased was interred on Sunday last , without any inquiry . The Ami Poor Law Committee of Bradford met on Tnesday night last , at ihe house of ilr . Wade , innkeeper Bradford , when the above facts were stated to them by G . Holla well and his wife . These facts need no comment . Let Sir James Graham srtd Sir Robert Peel with that little sneaking hypocritical fool , Roebuck , who declares that the '' destitute poor have no right to relief , " think of this , and of their transactions relative to the new law they are zboui to enact , and think how beautiful , end hoir charming it is to live under the abominable and accursed New Poor Law Amendment As :.

      ffiLOXTCESTEEU—Sessions . —The trial of Sir . G . J . Hoiycake , for blasphemy , which was to hare taken place at this sessions , has been deferred to the Assize , and also Mr . and Mrs . Adams , of Cheltenham , for s-i-lling the Oracle of Reason , which is edited by Mr . Holyoake . The justices did not forget their fees oh the occasion . ^ WOSCESTEB , —Sessions . —Dudley Riots . Mr . John Chance , of Siourbridge , an active and highly respected member of the National Charter

      Association , was dragged from his bed some time back , and taken to Dudley , charged with being concerned in the above named riots . Ho was held to tail to answer the charge at Worcester sesdons . When the case was brcash t before 1 he gran d jury , they found " Ino bill , " but when he came to reckon the Eum it coss him , bsi ! , bonds , witnesses , &c . he found it to be a bill that was " too true . " A number of the men have been ni ? cbarged , and four of them sentenced to periods of four and two months imprisonment .

      BXKMU 7 GHAIVZ , —Shopkeepebs' Meeting AT THE Public Orvics—A m « etin ^ was held at ; ths Public Ofnoe on Tuesday eveidng last , which 5 was called by circular ; two hundred copies of wtici had been served . It is supposed that the object was similar to that held at Manchester last j ireek ; but out of the t ? io hundred who were Etrvei '; only twenty stkoded , who were amused by a r . cn- " deseript ragman in Stafford-street , venting his spleen on . the Tory-Chartist k-ders . The *' misery most- ing rbus turned cat a babble . —On the same even-i ing , and in ihe Conn Room of the same place , a ! meeting of the Complete Suffrage Association was ' held , Mr . Joseph Sturge in the chair . There were J thirty persons present , five of whom were members j of the National Charter Association , eo that after several months' exertion , and a vast ontlay of ttoney , ii cannot be denied , that ** the Association ia a Tery promising condition . "

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      St . Hbleks . —Mr . Bell , the South Lancashire lecturer , delivered a most powerful and talented address here on . Monday evening , to a . respectable sndience . A few more names were enrolled . Mr . Forber has kindly promised his room for any future lecturer . The room is capable of holding five or six hundred comfortably . Oldham . —On Tuesday evening last , Dr . _ M"Douall delivered a most eneigetic and argumentative lecture in the Town Hall ; subject—Trades' Unions , their inelScacv in protecting labour , and the most effectual remedy ibr the Bame . The lecture was well attended and we have no doubt bnt great good will be the result . A vote of thanks was passed to the Lecturer and Chairman , and the meeting retired highly satisfied . .

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      Homjnwood . —A camp meeting was held on Sunday last , on the open ground in Dury-lane There were from two to three thousand persona present . Mr . John Bailey and Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , and Mr . A . F . Taylor , of Royton , addressed the meeting , and gave great satisfaction On Monday evening last , Mr , Wm . Booth , of Newton Heath , delivered an excellent lecture , in the CowhiU school-room , to a numerous and attentive audience . TREBEGAB . —A public meeting was held here on Monday evening last , called by requisition to the Chief

      Constable , for the purpose of adopting the remonstrance and the memorial to the Queen ; on the motion of Mr . MUes , Mr . Richard Benfleld was unanimously called to tha chair , "who afterreading the requisition , called upon Mr . David Eilis , -who then addressed the meeting at great length . The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . Miles , Davis , and other friends frein Merthyr-Tydvil , who made excellent speeches . The remonstrance and memorial being put by the Chairman , were carried nnanimonsly . After a vote of thanks being given to the Chairman , the meeting separated . At the conclusion , twenty members were enrolled .

      Obmskibk . —ThiB Tory-ridden town was visited on Monday last by Mr . Wm . Bell , the South Lancashire missionary , for the purposa of lecturing on the principles of the People ' s Charter . The friends here not being able to obtain a room , the meeting was held in the open air . Mr . Bell ably exposed the scheme of the Anti-Corn Law Leagne , and contended that the only object that the Corn Law Repealers have in view was to reduce the wages of the working classes , and concluded by showing the folly of the working men agitating for the repeal of the Corn Laws without first having deprived those who make Corn Laws of the unjust monopoly of power which enables them to make laws for their own special benefit Three cheers were given to Mr . BelL

      5 IASCHESTEB . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting was held in the School Room under the Rev . J . ScholeSeld ' s Chapel , Eve 7 y-itreet , to take into consideration the « oiBpleting of the great National Testimonial , the Monument to the late Henry Hunt , ' Esq . Mr . Murray was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Bailey moved , and > Jr . Cooper seconded , the following resolution : — " That we , the people of Manchester and its vicinity , hail with inexpressible delight the erection of this memento of our departed friend , Henry Hunt , Esq ., as it will serve to hand down to posterity our respect for and admiration of the unflinching integrity and unswerving consistency which marked the whole course of Ms political career ; and "we again pledge ourselves to -render all the assistance in eur power to

      complete this great National Testimonial , so that it may be worthy of the illustrious patriot whom it is designed , to commemorate , and be a personification of the great principles of which he was the persecuted but ¦ unconquerable advocate . " Mr . B 3 irstow supported the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . Cartledge moved the next resolution— " That this meeting condemns tbe Tory magistracy for its uncalled-for interference , persecution , prosecution , and imprisonment of Mason and others in Staffordshire ; Bnd the Whig Government for its unconstitutional treatment of Frest , Wiiliatca , and Joues , of Clajton , Holbcrry , Peddie , acd upwards of 4 no hones > t men , for advocating ths natural rights of man . " The Rev . J . Scholefleld seconded the resolution , which was likewise carried

      nem . con . Mr . C . Djylo moved the next resolution' That in the opinion of this meeting the present awful state of the country lias been brought about by class legislation ,. and that it believes the most effectual plan to establish prosperity , and Bave the country from impending rain , 13 by m&kiDg the People ' s Charter into a legislative enactment . * ' Mr . William Dixon seconded the resolution in a short speech , and it was supported by Mr . Griffin . Onita being put by the Chairman , it was carried unanimously . The Chairman made a few remarks npon the necessity of all who were favourable to the erection of the Monument to come forward with thtir contributions , to enable the Committee to have it completed by the 16 th of August next ; and after thanks had been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated .

      MILES PLiTTiXG . —On Sunday evening last , Mr . William . D . xon , pieached the funeral sermon of the lamented Samuel Holberry , in tbe Association Room , Miles Platting . After the sermon , a collection was cade for Mrs . Holberry . Cae . pe > iebs' Hall . —Mr . William Dixon delivered a lecture in the above Hall , en Friday evening , to the Chartist joiners and carpenters . MOSSLET . —On Snnday evening last , Mr . James Cartledge , of Manchester , lectured in the Chartist Room , -on the awfol state to which the working classes are reduced in this Christian cone try . At the conclusion , he recommended that the Chartists should

      pledge themselves to pay three half-pence each , to be divided amongst the victims , Mason and others—these being the first fmits of Tory prosecution—which vras immediately responded to by the Chartists of this spirited villages commencing to pay the first instalment We are progressing steadily in the great work for political redemption . Bbadford . —Cbosslet Hall . —At a general meeting of the Chsrfcista of this . locality , held on Sunday last , July 3 rd , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to , —'' That we , the Chartists of Crossley Hall , pledge ourselves to support the Rev . VTm . Hill and the NorthernStar , go long as they advocate th * just rights of * lra people . "

      Mason's Abiis . —A lecture was delivered in the Association room , on Saturday night last , to a highly respectable and numerous audience . The Chartists of I this locality , and Manchester-road , are the only ones that have paid np their contributions , according ta the ' plan of organization ia this district All the members are desired to attend on n&zt Sunday evening , on important business . I Cot : « ciL Meeting . —This body met as usn-il in the 1 large iwm of Batterworth ' s Buildings , on Monday evening last Mr . Oddy in the chair . The following motion was made and carried unanimously , — " That a levy of thiee-baifpeiice per member should be collected for a victim fund . "

      Adwaltos Moob . —On Sunday afternoon last , a Chartist camp meeting was held at this place , at two o ' clock . Mr . Jennings gave out the hymn sung at poor Holberry ' s funeral , and afterwards Tead the oration delivered by Mr . Harney at the grave side of cur departed brother . Mr . J . also spoke at great length on the subject . " Mr . Henry Hodgson followed , and spoke for upwards of half an hour on the benefits that wtuld result to the people from the extension of the Sufirage , to every rnaleadolt of twenty-ons years of age . Mr . Smyth next addressed the numerous assembly , and contrasted the comforts enjoyed by our barbarous forefathers , with the misery and wretchedness of those who are said to be refined and civilized . He advised the working classes to unite and never to cease agitation till tba People ' s Charter was made tb . 9 law of the land . Tbe numerous meeting dispersed highly delighted with what th ^ y had hea rd .

      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting at No . 15 , North Ann-street , ou Sunday last ; Mr . Bryan Maguire in the chair . After spsecb . es from the Chairman , the President , and others , principally relating to local matters , Mr . Woodward took that opportunity of thanking Mr . Dove for the seventeen Stars which he had se 2 t to bin ( Mr . W . ) last ireek . They were all old ones , nevertheless the people were glad -to get them , because they cannot take up a Northern Star , old or new , without finding more in it in favour of the just rights of the people than all the orher papers pnt together— ( hear , hear . } Mr . II . Cl ^ rk said he saw in the correspondence column cf that excellent journal notices , stating that "

      Starlight" was wanted in this locality . _ Now , it so happened that when a notice of that kind appeared , the English Chartists , in their generosity , sent more Slars there than the person who received them knew how to dispose of—( hear , hear . ) He should , therefore , suggest the propriety of the secretary , Mr . Dyott , sending a short notice to the Star , which he had no doubt but the Editor would publish every Saturdsyt stating that all Stars sent tol ) ablinBhonid be regularly transmitted to those best entitled to them in the country parts , and who would make the best u ? e of them . iBy this means no one would get too many at a time . It was owing to the publication of the proceedings of this Association in the Northern Star , and the opportunity which he

      ( Mr . Clark ) had of sending the Star to good men ana true in bis native county , Sligo , that he had the honour of proposing 240 of his countrymen to their Association on that day fortnight . He hoped that the Chartists of England would read what he was then saying , and when they could that they would Bend their Stars here to us in hundreds , as they did lasty ^ r . Wha t is it bnt sending them to their own brethren ? They had but 100 brothers in Ireland this time last year , and they have 1 , 000 now—( hear , hear ) The S ' . ars enlighten and delight he . The day is not distant when we shall be all of one mind—Universal Suffrage and no surrender . —Mr . Houldsworth said that while he resided in Rochdale he always sent his Slars to Dublin ; and now , as he had had an opportunity of seeing more of the country , and knowing the great good that this Association can effect , he shonld on his return home not only continue to send his Slarst but influence his

      friends to do so likewise . He had thought it would be a very good plan for the several lectnrers throughout England to recommend their respective audiences to forward their Stars as soon as possible after reading them—( hear , hear . ) The Irish people would all join yon if they could bnt get to know what you were about ; all they want is the means of knowing it . All to whom he had spoken agreed to the principles of the Charter . —Messrs . Turner , Rogers , Rourke , Burke , Johnson , Duff , Q , uinn , and others also addressed the meeting ; after which Mr . DaS was called to the chair , and the thanks of the meetiDg were given to ilr . Maguire ; after which the meeting acjoumed till six o ' clock in the evening on Sunday next . Discussion . —The question for discussion next Sunday is— " Can the Union be repealed without Universal Suffrage ? and if it cannot , is not the agitation of that which cannot be accomplished prejudicial to the attainment of the means by which it can l > e achieved , and consequeatty mischieYOUS V

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      Cambebwell , —The Chattista of this locality met aa usual on Monday evening , at the Rose and Crown , Mr . B . Sewell in the chair . Mr . Simpson gave a satisfactory report from the London Delegate Council , viz , that it is likely tbe Iong-talked-of union ( so much desired at tbe present time , ) with the Surrey Council will now be accomplished . Auditors 'were appointed to examine the books of the society . Members , who have the principles of truth and liberty at heart , attend on Monday next . SOGi . a Loaf , Chobch street , Mile End , New Town . —Anaudienca assembled on Sunday evening at the large room of the above place , to hear a lecture from Mr . Anderson . Mr . Shaw having previously

      requested the attendance of Mr . Ruffy Ridley to make an appeal on behalf of Mr . Mason and his brother victims ; the result was , that although 10 s . id . was raised for tbe widow of the martyr Holberry on that day week previous , the meeting responded to the call with the noble subscription of 8 s . 6 d . This was only the second meeting at the Sugar Loaf . The police , who are ever present at oar locality meetings in London , either in their private # r public dress , worked upon tie landlord ' s timidity to cause him to give our friends notice that they could not meet in his place again . Thus are we hunted like beasts of prey by this unconstitutional force , kept up by aa oligarchy whose main object is to oppress the people and tyrannise orer their liberties .

      Pbovisional Committee , Ckaven Head , Drury Lane . —The Committee give this their third and last notice to the localities and their deligates , that they meet for the last time previous to appointing auditors , on next Tuesday week , July 19 th , at eight o ' clock in the evening , when a final account with them will be received of monies ana tickets . Stag Tavern , Fulham Road—In consequence of the illness of Mr . Martyn , Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Monday evening to a numerous audience ; the chair was ^ ably filled by Mr . Curbett . A deputation was received from a neighbouring floor-cloth manufactory , respecting the men joining the Association , and two

      foremen took up their cards of membership , and engaged to wait ou another firm in the same trade ; and they had no doubt bnt the men of both the factories would unanimously come out for the Charter . A vote of thanks was giren to Mr . Wheeler for his able address . Auditors were appointed to inspect the quarterly accounts . A Committee of seven persons was appointed to act with the committee of the Brompton locality in getting up a ball , concert , and raffle for the benefit of the political victims , Mr . Claxton , the landlord of the tavern , having kindly granted bis Assembly Rooms , free of expense , for the above purpose . The meeting adjourned after a vote of thauks to the

      Chairman . MR . Farreh lectured on Sunday evening , at the Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick-lane , Spitalfields . Kixgsto ' . upon Thames , Surry—A public meetiDg was held on Tuesday evening , at the Old Crown , Market-place . Mr . Pavey was unanimously called to the chair . The club room was densely crowded . In a few br ief remarks , tbe Chairman introduced Mr . John Fusst 11 , from Birmingham , who , in a speech ef considerable ability , expatiated oa the right of the people to tbe land , and showed the only key was tbe elective franchise . He concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . E . Stall wood , from London , also most ably supported the views of Mr . Fussell . and in a speech of considerable leng th elicited the repeated cheers of the audience .

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      MR . O'CONNOR'S TISIT TO LANCASTER . On Saturday last , Mr . O'Connor arrived in this town by the evening train from Manchester . A band was engaged for the occasion , and the members of the Association , together with many hundreds of the working men , assembled at the Railway Station , to welcome him on his arrival . The moment he made his appearance ho was greeted with the hearty cheers of the multitude , and during his progress through the town thousands

      joined in the procession , and continued to manifest their joy by repeated bursts of applause . The feeling that prevailed throughout was altogether enthusiastic and unexpected . The united body of the working men were delighted in having the opportunity of shewing their love of liberty and democracy by honouring the defender of those principles . This has been the first visit of Mr . O'Connor to Lancaster , and the universal feeling of joy was Shewn in cheers that reverberated from one end of the town to the other .

      After an hour's" stay at the King's Arms , Mr , O'Connor proceeded to the place of meeting , accompanied by an immense procession , the band of music playing * ' See the conqnering hero comes I" About nine o ' clock the proceedings commenced . Mr . Fothergill was called to the chair . Mr . T . Lvsd mored the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the principles of the People ' s Charter are founded in justice , and we are determined never to cease in our exertions until it becomes the law of the land . " Mr . Bkesley seconded the resolution . Mr . Harrison said that he had been deputed by the Chartist Association of Lancaster to present Mr . O'Connor with an address expressive of the opinion they entertained of his untiring exertions in the people ' s behalf . He then read the address .

      Mr . O'Connor rose amidst deafening applause . He observed that this was the fifteenth meeting in Korth Lancashire at which he had been present and spoken since last Monday , but the address with which he had just been honoured more than repaid him for all the trouble and fatigue he bad undergone . He regretted thai after a week of toil Ins hearera -were compelled to spend their Saturday evening in such a manner , but if justice had been done them they would not be driven to this—( hear , hear . ) For many years he bad paid considerable attention to the progress of political events , of which he had not been an unconcerned spectator ; : and one or two of the most prominent his friend Bees . ay had placed before-them . He had told them that the middle classes , who had hunted riojrn that immortal

      patriot , Henry Hunt , and sought to crush his glorious efforts on the people ' s behalf , were now compelled to have recourse to his writings in support of their present vieWB . This should teach a great moral leason—that man looks for no more than that to which he is entitled ; and had this been granted in due season the present extensive change would never have bten thought of . At the commencement of reform , Gitton and Old Sarum were the objects of popular denunciation-, but the Tories of that day refused to make any change whatever in their representation , or to confer the franchise on such towns as Leeds , Birmingham , or Manchester . And mark the result * Tha people , roused from their apathy , forget Old Sarum , and the whole of the rotten bor&ughs fell with a sirjgle

      crash —( cheers } This also taught a great moral truth—that Governments invariabiy granted from fear what they withheld from justice ( renewed cheers . ) Such had been the case with regard to Catholic Emancipation , the modification of the tithe system , and other remedial intasuris . He ( Bsesley ) had further told them that at a meeting of the middle classes , beldin Leeds twelve months ago , they had offered what they thun thought good terms , but even moderate Whiga would laugh at them now . Ths present distress of the country -was daily adding to the strength of Chartism , for misery was driving the midcle ciusees into thc-ir ranks . ( Hear , bear . ) Every man knew the object at which they aimed . The did not seek to obtain from A . in order to transfer to B ., but that B should bave equal

      protection yriia A . ( Loua cheers . ) They asked , not to destroy property , not to take life , but to obtain fer themselves and families a reasonable pGrtion of what had been created by a bouDteous Providence for the benefit of all ( hear , hear . ) There might be some presont who , misled by calumny , were apt to consider him as the advocate of violence , the man of dagger and t 6 rch—l" No , 110 ! " )—whilst the middle classes might dtem his plans Utopian , and say to the others , " Heed not that man ; his views are impracticable . " But let them see whether any other principles were equal to those of the Chaster . Let them glance at the greut cr-mmon family , and what did they behold ?—tfce spectacle of the many coerced and dragooned by the few . iet them examine the amount of ' property and

      the amount cf poverty around them ; and they would find U ± at in this sea-girt isle never w » 3 thore so much money or so much destitution , so much wealth or so much misery . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) If it vere asked , to whom does this enormous wealth belocg ? ecae answers—to the repreBtnted in the House of Commons , the niercarjtil 8 , and favoured clashes . Persons had recently been , appointeel to inqinia into the condition of various parts of the country , and it had beeu said that they had failed to show the existence of distress , but he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would do it for them . ( Applause . ) They had shown what number of houses were uninhabited , but they had j ) i > t had the honesty to say in Trhat condition they had fennd the poor people by whom these had been foimtrJy tenfiuttd ; but he

      would tell them that hundreds -were perishing for want of food . ( Hear , hear , and " BhurmVi It would be Xolly in him to talk to them of gaology or any other science in which they were not interested , but he would talk to them of labour , which did interest them . They had heard a great deal of the yearly increase of population , and the impossibility of supplying its wants in a like ratio , but he contended that there was more than enough for all , if equally distributed . ( Cheers . ) Suppose 5 manufacturer employed a thousand hands weekly , and at the expiration of thirty yeara retired with a fortune of a million , and this was by no means improbable , when they looked at the Barings with their seven millions , the Arkwrights with their three

      millions , and others in proportion . Now it was dear that co man , by labour alone , could amass a million of money ; he derived it from the . exertions of others . But at the expiration of thirty years what was , tbe condition of the workman ; He found himself beggared in health and strength , was barely able to earn Ett&ciect to prolong existence , and closed his career of toil in abject penury . But supposing , for the sake of argument , they adopted the principle of the law church in respect of tithes ( which , with the immortal Doyle , he would combat against to the last hour of his existence , ) the manufacturer would have £ 100 , 000 at the end of thirty years , and every workman in his employ £ 900 ; a sum snffisient to prevent bia being obliged , in the winter of life , to throw himself oa the tender ,

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      mercies , of the - / Poor / "Law Commissioners , and behold his wife and children toni from his embraces : —( loud cheers . ) At forty-five years of age ; every man ; ought t ? be able to retire on a sufficiency for the remainder of his days . A tradesman considered it hard if he were not enabled to do so , and why might , not '¦* working man retire wi ] th , £ 900 ? But there was a greater question he would advert to , theextension of machinery , ¦ which had given rise , in a great measure , to the difi ' tressof the country—{ hear , hear . / Suppose it required a thousand persons in Lancaster to do a stated quantity of work , whether would it be to theii advantage to introduce fl thousand additional men to divide their earnings , or to allow othera to compete with them . ¦?¦ There could be no doubt that both would be injurious ,

      and machinery had been productive of such results . The mill-owners had aaid "OhI there ia nothing like machinery ! " and this was natural , seeing that it was the ground-work of their colossal fortunes j but if they consulted the shoemaker , he would tell them there waB nothing like leather— - ( chosrs arid laughter . ) H ? would further illustrate his meaning by narrating an incident which occurred at fl meeting in Manchester a short time ago , and at which Mr . Gobden was present . A hand-loom weaver of the name of Butterworth had bean loud in his invectives . against the introduction of steam-looms , which had thrown so many of his brethren out of employ . •« What !' ¦ said M : \ Cobden , " would you destroy riiachinery ? " " No , " replied Butterworth , " you iiiay eat by machinery , you

      may drink by machinery , you may go to \ bed by machinery , you may dress by machinery , provided your machinery does not take the '¦ obat off my back . " ( L-ughter and applause , ) He did not wish to be understood as opposed to maebiaery id the aggregate , but to its enormous abuse . Distress had not prevailed to so great an extent in Lancaster as in other placeB : there was yet one fair spot amid the barren waste j but they might rest assure 1 that if it continued in Manchester , Colne , and the immediate neighbourhood , there would be no cordon samtaire placed arouhd Lancaster . Tney could not prevent the starving thousands from quitting their homes , in the expectation , ' however forlorn , of alleviating their condition j or say to them , "Thus far shalt thou go , and no further . " York had been

      considered an exception ; but the tide of distress from the surrounding manufacturing districts had poured into that ancient , capital , arid reduced it to a level with the rest , and ouch would ever be the casa until they bad equal representation and paid Members—( bear , hear . ) In reference to the objects for which they were contending many persons had said V Why not take -what you can get ? " but they would risk the forfeiture of the whole it they abandoned their high ^ vantage ¦ $ rountf . Nothing would be aained by adopting the half rueaaures of Mr . p'Cpnnell and Mr . Bigg . The mountain would not go to Mahomet , but Mahomet must come to . the mountain— - ( applause ) . The Tory press of London had said that he ( O'Connor ) would be afraid to show iimself amongst

      the people as formerly ; but he thought it had boen the reverse . He had espoused their cause frorii an innate conviction of its rectitude , and come weal * come woo , be would never shrink from any danger on their behalf —( loud and continued cheering ) . No man felt more deeply than hiiuself the wants cf the people , or had laboured moTe earnestly for their welfare . When danger presented itself he had ever been found foremost . He had pleaded their cause before the Judges of the land ; and in so doingjlie did not think of himself as a barrister , or as the representative of an ancient family , but exerted his utmost energies to obtain what he could for the people —( cheers ) . The good cause was rapidly progressing , and nothing could etayita onward TO 5 . TCI 1 , but some misgiving on . their part , or some fooliah and

      violent outbreak . Events had shown that Sir Robert Peel ' s precious tariff would not bo productive of the anticipated benefits . No sooner had it been adopted than up rose tho King of the French oil the one band with increased prohibitory duties , and the King of Prussia on the other ; and their example would ba followed by ether states— ( hear , hear , hear ) . A fertile grievance was to be found in the keeping-rip of a standing army , which he would disband , aye , even to the last diummer . If it were asked , would he leave the country without protection , . ? he would answer , certainly not . He ¦ would leave it to the protection of three millions of operatives , the maintenance of whoso rights ond liberties would be a guarantee for their fidelity , and who would riee as one man at the cry

      of " My cottage is in danger ! " ( Cheers . ) Theywera supposed to be bound by an oath of allegiance to the State , but had they not a right to expect something in return ? and yet , the House of Coicmona hact rafused them the pitiful request to be heard in thsir own defence—( Shamo I ) Every other country had striven to render itself independent , but Great Britain had adopted a contrary course . She had sent 3 , 000 niiles for raw cotton ,-manufactured , and sent it bnclt again ; but were there no raw materials at home ? were there no mines or fisheries ? Why seek the mafketB of the Continent to the prejudice of the home-consumer , who needed but the means to become the most safe and profitable one ? ( hear , hear . ) He had no doubt his sentiments would be misrepresented by the Lancaster press

      as they havt been by that of Bolt on and other places ; but tho great majority of newspaper conductors were such intolerable blockheads as not to know whether potatoes grew on trees , turnipB on qukkset hedges , or wheat on currant bushes . ( Loud laughter . ) And yet these were the men who vaunted themselves as influencing and leading public opinion . Much had been said respecting the fluctuations in tho price of corn , and they had heard of Orders in Cputicil , nud so forth ; but he would ask theiadiesprorent ( turning towards some fomales oh the platform ) whether they had Boton many occasions giv ^ n 2 s . to ths baker for a stone of flour , but if ft Bhower or two fell in the evening of the same day they were told of the possibility of mildew '; and on the day following , without any Order in

      Council , or other governmental interference , they h&'l to pay 2 s . 6 d . for tho Bams quantity . And if they risked the bilker tbe cause of this suddeii rise , "Ahi' ^ aays he , with a knowing 6 hako sf the head , " its owing to the heavy rain last night . ' * ( Laughter . ) But it was at the will . of the baker that euah advances took place , and bis thermometer was nia oven . And if , in tho assurance of a plenteous- hawest , a reduction in price waa called for , it took three months to reduce the Stone of flour a psnny , whereas i , t took but a faw hours to raise it sixpence . ( Hear , and laughter . ) He would , however , teach them how to bo independent both of the tariff and the baker , and his plans were riot thoao of an unknown or obwure individual -for in addition to having represented the eighih part of Jruland in three successive

      Parliaments , and possessing the first provincial newspaper in England , be had ample opportunities of testing their practibUity , They had been told that the country was suffering from x > ver population , but three millions might be considered an . excess of population under a bad Government , whilst twenty millions would not be so under a Rood one . ( Applause . ) He would take a million heada of families , of those who weve starving ; and he would teach them , instead of being dependent on public compassieu or Queen ' s begging letters , to acquire a sufficiency by their own effort ? . Suppose , ton million acres of land Wqre lat- to one million heads of families , that ¦ wo uld be providing for rivore than Beven millions of peuplo ; aud after living upon the produce , it would leave a surplus to be ^ brought into the market

      of more then the whole foreign trade of the country had hitherto produced— ( hear , hear . ) A man , with u wife and ten ciiiidrtn , renting tail acres of land at full value , woul . 1 , by 280 days of labour , be able to provide amply for bis fa : nily , a . nd have , at the close of the year , twenty pounds of wool shorn from his own sheep —not btasta , as had been stated by the Bolto : i foolto manufacture into clothing for his household ; twenty yards of linen from , hia own ttax , and £ 40 in his poefcet . Xnat would make him independent of the baker ; the- rain vould not matter so much then—( cheers ami l ; iu , ; bti . r . ) This waa no fanciful theory , but a fact which he had proved . Last year tlie . exports of this country amounted to £ 53 , 000 . on ) y , but if the working men were allowed to

      develop its resources , there would bo £ 100 , 000 , 000 or £ 150 , 000 , 000 , to >' ¦ spend annually in home manufactures—( bear , hear . ) Every map could not bo a capitalist , but God had Riven the raw material of land , which , by proper cultivation and distribution , would suffice for alL Thes 6 observations on limd . anrt its capabilities he had penned duting hia imprisonment in York Castle , so that out of evil good .-has arisen . It was now time to examine the' Charter , and two great objects of it were—first , to destroy the monopoly of lacd ; and , secondly , in place of farms ef fl'tstsn hundred or two thousand acres , to have it fairly portioned , so tha , t every man might have sufficient for the wants of himself and . family—( hear , hear . ) This would in truth render England a glorious land—a land worth

      living for , and worth dying for- —( loud cheera . ) C iuld he place before them a more fascinating point of the Charter than thia , which contended Tor the restoration of mans inherent right ? He felt convinced that the Charter would , if adopted , tend ¦ almost immeasurably to increase the resources of tha country ; whilst it at the same time caused a more equal distribution of its wealth ; and if he ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not livu ia the hope of seeing the dny whaa this blessed state of things would come to pass , he would for ever cease to agitato —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The shopkeepers generally throughout the manufacturing districte were approaching a state of destitution ; and Lancaster bad hitherto fared better than most other : places ; but its turn would shortly arrive , for poverty ever feuud its level . The working classes hadbeenspokenof as wealth-producers , but he hated to apply that term alone to therii , for they were equally valuable as consumers-Tlhear , hearv . They had had arrayed agMnst them the threerocracies ^ - j

      the aristocracy , the Bmokoocracy , and the shopporacy but he would back his own ocxacy , democracy , against the other three —( laughter and cheers ) . The whols labour of the country last year bad ' . Bold for £ 50 , 000 , 000 , whilst the taxea were £ 70 , 000 , 000 v bo much for the boasted advantages of machinery , which tended ( ft tee main to the enrichment ^ of a fow ^ diyidnsJa at ; the expen . ee of ibi many— ( hear , tear . ) Arid how ; did these persons expend thwr wealth ? NotamoOgsf the shopkeepers , bat in the pnrcbase of estates , in oider to effect which object wages were reduced , arid as anatpral cen- ; sequence the poor operatives were the sufferers . There could be no two interests so diametrically opposed aa manual and artificial labour ; or Ui » n the man who produced , by artificial labour , and looied to the foreigu market for consumption , and the shopkeeper wb : o looked foe biB support to the labourer at home j ¦ and those who demaodedfor the former an undue preference , ^ ete , s \ ulty >? «« asit » jv « ttce , XnstaiM » i-W «« fcequent

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      of manufactarers , In consequence of competition or the slackness of demand , having reduced the wages of their workmen t vrenty-fiye per cant ., and many bad been base enough to make a reduction of fifteen or twentyfive pet cent in wages , even whilst their goods were obtaining highe * prices— - ( Hear , hear , and " Shwnej " The editor of the Sun newspaper , a fellow out at elbows , and living In a garret , had said , ' * We cannot agree with Mr . O'Connor ' s vletrs' in regard to machinery , and the apportionment of land s but the blockhead did : cot understand them . "— - ( laughter ) . They might be told of the wonderful powers of machinery , but his answer was this—machinery made rid hat ? , machinery made no shoes . The hatters had begun to think that they were living In a land of magic , where

      the people were bom without heada ; the shoemakers , that they were born , without feet ; and' the cheesemongers , that they were bom without bellies— ( laughter arid applause )—and this , too , in the tenth year of reform . Thai evils of the preeent system had been forcibly exposed by that friend of the people , the late Henry Hunt ; who , during hia life ; had been ' subject , undeserved odium by the wealth-monapolisera ; but his principles were now in the ascendant , and this was a far more gratifying tribute than the possession of ephemeral fame . A doubt had been expressed as to the possibility of effecting such extensive changes , and the Corn Laws had been citod as an instance , but the same power that could carry the Corn Laws could carry their repeal termorrow , and so it ; would be with other

      abuses . But there never yet had been , in the history of any natien , a riieasure for the benefit of the poople emanating from a Government , which invariably refused to grand the just demands of the multitude , until i ^ beheld them knit together in order te obtain their rights , ami then it might give way . Lot them look at the Charter ; it and its supporters had formerly been termed law , and ; had been despised and contemned by the shopkeepers and the aristocracy of fchopboys ; for there was an aristocracy of shop-feoys as well ua an aristocracy of land , or an aristocracy of ' . tha Church ; aud the less removed a person was from the station of those beneath him , ip general the more insolent and overbearing he became—( hear , hear . ) Why had they knit themselves together ? It was in order to cast a blight

      upon and destroy that infernal system whicn was daily becoming more intolerable and difficult of endurance . They were now in the tenth year of reform , and what did they behold ? a deficient revenue , a war in China , and a war in Afghanistan . The Diik ' ebf Hamiltori had , in the House of Peers , termed him ( Mr . O'Connor ) the Prince of Chartiam ; but he would willingly resign that title in favour of Sir Robert Peel , who , by his conduct since his accession to power , had done move for Chartism than any other man living—( hear , hear , hear . ) As a convincing proof of the ignorance of many persona of the existence of enormous public abuses , he would mention that a Barnley shopkeeper , in the plenitude of his wisdom , was unable to discover any imperfections in the present system , but pricked

      up his ears like a full-bred donkey , when he ( Mr O'Connor ) told him : that the Queen Dowager was receiving £ 2 , 000 per week ; that the King of B 3 lgium was receiving £ 50 , 000 a year ; that the King of Hanover was also in the receipt of a large sum yearly ; and that the whole of this money came from the pockets of English subjects . But , after hearing these facts , he very innocently and justly inquired what the Belgians arid Hanoverians wanted with Kings , jf they were not able to support them-Hhear , hear , hear . ) Again obssive , how beautifully royalty teaches morality .. Whea the Malthusian doctrine was in . full vogue , and it was proposed to carry it into practical effect , -Ohl" said Harry Brougham , " throw the people on their own resaurcea "—and this / too , at a

      time when he was augmenting his own retiring pension . ( Hear , hear , arid " shame ! " ) They were told thai the Poor La , w Aineiidment Bill was to makathtim virtuous and happy ; and that ch'Wren , who were able , should maintain their aged parents , to prevent their becoming a public burthen ; but it was far different with royalty . Hail the Queen no corner in the Palace for her husband but he must have £ 30 , 000 a-year , wrung from a starvipg population ? Had she no spare knife and fork at her table for her aged uiother , instead of further flriinirig an impoverished nation for her support ? ( Hear , hear . ) He himself would advocate the principle of thTowing the people 6 n tbeir own resources , Tbiit flrafc clear the State of idlera . His political creed was , ' Do unto others as ye would that they should do unt >

      you "—( cheers)—and his maxim as to labour " A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " ( Renewed cheers ) It had long been the custom of the ck-rgy to p ' TCaeh eonientnient to tho suffering poor , who were romuHied that this was a state of probatioii , and that th .

      his absence—why did they not make their appe . irance to confute him ? ( hear , bear . ) He had exprounded principles which , no bayonet could piotco or bail could penetrate ( cheers . ) They were principles founded in truth and justice , and courted tho light of day ; but treason was ever found to brood in darknesa . He sought for his feilow-nlen these rights and that station which had been designed for them by . Almighty ( Jod , that they might no longer be driven to . ' the necessity of nieanly crouching before opposing faetiOBs ( cheers > Though coming from the first ranks of the aristocracy himself , lie did not cliailain to clasp the blist-Jicd , * toilworn bands Of thoaa around him , auJ synipatLise with their wrongs ; and why should the middle classes ? But an account of these things would be rcciu ' : rccl in that

      horeafter which they were now striving to accomplish . In Niarichtster , as they hail doubtless heard , a meeting of the British Associatioa had taken placa , which ha 4 been attended by a great number of-what were terifled learned men ; but ha would engage to sylect from the group bsfore him , six operatives , who , for plain , practical , good sense , would beat the whole Association hollow . ( Cheers and laughter . ) They had been told that the people were ign 6 ra . ut . ' -b ' ut the fault lay in those who had given £ 120 , 000 for building the Queen ' s stables , and oiiiy . £ S 0 000 for tho education of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) On this subject of alleged popular ignorance , he would fur :. ish them with an anecdote of an honest Yorksaireman called John of Crreeiifield . He had been expressing hia opinion of the

      tax on . leather and other imposts to a shoemaker , who replied , " Why , John , you know nothing about . shoes /' " , " ' John , " I dunna ; but I know A——d weel wherot shoe pinches ! " ( Much laughter . ) And there lay tho secret ; they all knew where the shwe pinched . The shoemaker , unwilling to ba vanquished , attacked John ou the . diftcibution of property , which the latter had stoutly maintained ought to be mose equally distributed ; but this sentiment not suiting his antagonist , he told Jahn tSat be did not underst . ind the subject . " Likely enough , " said John , " but I knaw that all't stuff i't world wor made for ali't folks i't vyorld ! " ( Laughter . ) Now here was a man absolutely speaking in apothegms ; a ! id yet , whe : i it was sought to establish some sound political truth , recourse was had

      to the "writings of fres-trade Huskisson , of Biily Pitt , or Charley Fox ; but he would pit John of Greenfield ngain 3 t them all . But with all their fGndnes 3 for quotation , they never rsvr . rted to one man— " Oh ! 110 , they never mentioned him 1 '—the bloodthirsty and infamous Castlsrengh . There T ? ou ! d be tho man for them to appeal to . Ireland owed him f \ nd his clas 3 a debt of hatr « tj , and Ireland waa about to have hor rsyen ^ G as well » 3 England ; but Eagiancl should uot have hers one hour sooner thaii Ireland . Ill-treated as he had been by his own country , ho would never disgrace his ancestry by ceasing to labour for its regeneration ; and ho hrsd pleasure in iiiformirg the meeting that the Chartist Association lately formed in Dublin already numbered 938 members , Catholics and

      Protestants , who were united as one man— ( loud applause . ) The work ia Scotland was like wisegoing on bravely ; and the rose , the shamrock , and tho thktle , thus sweetly twined together , formed a bond that tyranny could uot break or oppression seyer—( loud cheers . ) They had long suffered , but tho day of retritution would come ; aad when it did arrive they -would take ample vengeance on their oppfeasora , noS by violence , but by heaping coals of fire npon their heads—by returning good for evil ; and this was genuine Christianity —( hear , hear . ) They were told-of loyalty an < l patrioiism , but he hoped to see the day when they ¦ wo uld have something to be loyal and- patriotic f ® r—( hear , hear . ) There was loyalty in severing the laad that had been tilled by their fathers—thero was loyalty

      iu revering the church of their ancestors ; but there -was no loyalty in reveling laws that , oppressed them—( loud cheers . ) Ho trusted to behold that happy period when the snug cots aud rural homes of the labourers . would be' scattered like so mauy sencry boxes over the face of the emgire-T-when the women 6 f Ireland Wiuld be enabled t » wear shoes , and the women of England to cast asi ^ e their waoden jorieswhen peace and plenty would . preTall througUbut the laad .- and when this glorioaa coEsumaiation had arrived , then might be , witsont TcHiity , exclaim with the youthfal companion of that bravo Peruvian who died battling for bia couafcyy ' s freedom—' . ' This is in part my -work ! ' ( Entbasias ^ ic cheering which continued for some minutea , )

      After the applause bad y abided , three cheers were given for . the Chaxter i thrr , cheers for Frost , Williaras , and Jones ; three cljssra for Mr . Beesley ; three cheers ror Mr . Lund ; and : thre e cheers and " one cheer more " t&t sit . O'Connor .. Mr . O'CONNOR ty&n moved that the thanks of the meeting ba giveu to the working man who had preslded on the < j « c » sion . . This was B » p ' ondedto with right good wUl , and after the Chauruaa '^ ad returned thanks ;

      , Mr . O'CO ^ Noa said , that from the commencement of Tiia interco- arBe-with the workingclasses he had alwajs endeavooved to induce them to cherish feelings of Belf-reg ^ ett . He bad spent ten thousand pounds in their causa > but he had never eaten one meal , or travelled one mile , at their expense—( hear , hear . ) It was neceKaary , as he bad already observed , that they abould , to a proper degree , cultivate self-respect . He would therefore propose that three cheers be given for themselves— ( greati laughter ^—and that , they would allow , was equal representation—( renewed laughter . ) This concluded the proceedings , and the matting— - wbipb was cpnd »« ted with greet propriety—sw > % rated

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      , — T- » ' ' ' " * ABDRES 8 FRO > I THE WATKINS' 3 TESTIMONIAL COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTIST 3 IK TOWN AND COUNTRY . Brethbbn , —Having heard that our friend and advocate , John Watkins , is about to leave the metiopolia , Vfaate anxious to raiee subscriptions , in order to present him with a , token t > t our gratitude tor ' his services , aad of our sympathy for his suffarings through Ws" advocacy in the cause of the people . The readers of the Northern Star have bad frequent opportunities

      of judging of the merits of his writings for nearly four years , and previous to that he . bad served the cause of humanity in other papers gratuitoualy , arid at conaiderable sacrifice . His incarceration in Durham gaol , for the publishing of his tracfc on the Five Points made him first generally known : to the Chartist public . Having incurred the displeasure of his parents through his principles , he was obliged to- leave the comforts of a luxurious borne , and has since been obliged to buffet the waves of adversity amid severe illness and many extraordinary difficulties .

      Mr . Watkins is tho author of several tracts in the cause , and of the plays of John Fiost , VVnfc Tyler , &c . Our brothers , ' the masons , while on strike , always recaived the benefit of his pon , and be has ever beea ready to advauca our principles in the metropolie .: We hava seen him , though , nursed in i . nluence , patiently bearing privation , such as frequently fail to the lot of the most unfortunate of our fellow wosking men . We trust that any further appeal is unnecessary , we therefore , brethren , hope you will transmit your mites to the Northern Star Office , Leeds , ^ r to the residences of the Sub-committee . V Signed on behalf of tho committees , > ¦ . ¦ Willum Balls , 13 , Back Hill , Hatton Garden , Chairman ; A ^¦ DB . E ^ y Hogg , 5 , Little Well Alley , London Wall , Trtasurer .

      . Thos . Wai ; S 4 MION . Juri . i IS , Harp Alley , Furringdoii-Btreet , Secretary Committee Room , 55 , Old Bailey .

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      On the 19 th nit ., at Leeds Parish Church , was registered William Feargtss O'Connor Chatterton , sou of •¦ William and Harriet Chattertdn , of the above p lac 3 . ' ;' Rogist ^ rf d , Feargus O'Connor Boncer , the sou of Alfred and Catherine Bonctr , of East-LeaUe . ^ Fearjius O'Corinor Robinson , son of Thomas and Nancy Itobins 6 u | of Earisheaton , was bapiised oa the tenth of May , at l ) uwabury Church , by the Rev . Mr . MiUo 5 i . . - . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . " ¦ .- ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ' . ' v ' . '" . :. - Mary Ann . 'Frost Berry , daughter of James and Charlotte Berry , was baptised at SL Marv ' s Churoh , Monmouth , on May 15 th . Registered , Thomas Watkina Rouse , b . o : i of Thoinas and Mary Rouse of Thornton Hall .

      On . 'Sunday , ' , the infant dau ^ httfr of Thomas and Ann Hoostos , vfas baptised ia St . Paul ' s Chui-eh , StalybvWge , by the name of Ann O ' Cpniior Hooston . ¦'" . ¦ ¦ •¦ .: Baptised by the Rev . Hugh Hart , miniater of Zion Chapel , Aberdeen , the son of William and Hamsab FaHsae , by the name of Feargu 3 O'Connor Fausse . BaptisadatHallon - Monday , by the Rev . William Hill , ' minister of Bethel . Chip ' , Foar ^ us O'Cosnor , infant sou of . Robert and Mary Jackson , of that place .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct896/page/5/