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      ^ ATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE -CHARTISTS . LECICBE IT . DEilTBBED TO THB MXS 05 S . MseoD-C&artists 1 Slaves seeking freedom J You tore requested me \ rho am not united "with you in trade , but allied to you in the common brotherhood of jjian to man—yon hare desired me to come and give von your first Chartist lecture . I feel prond to do so , kat sbunld have felt more pleasure in listening to one of yourselves . For I have more need to learn of you tkan you have o ! me to teach you , and there are men among you 4 aor& capable of instructing me than me them . Bred to aristocratic ignorance and prejudice—&nght to consider working men as my inferiors , with v&om it would be a disgrace in me to associate—haying hjd my heart tied up , as it were in its own strings , in class-fs dusiTeneBS and selfishness—there was much for -me to unlearn before I could begin properly to learn , » nd much to learn before I could begin properly to

      teach—in fact I have had to unaophisticate myself , to set a new heart and mind , and to gather from working men , who are men in the true sense of the word , what a man should think , and say , and do . I have sometimes sincerely wished that I had iearnt to labour with my ownliands—that I had your practice , your experience—but tfeen I should not have had bo much leisure to study those principles , a knowledge of which may enable me to advocate your interests . I trust , therefore , that though I am not a working man , a mason , like yourselves , yon "Will not regard me with less confidence on that account ; but that you will receive from me with respect those lessons which I have learnt from the practice and experience of others , and which I am in duty bound to return to teem again , evtn aa the stmosphen : returns in showers to the earth the moisture Vnich it Butted up . There is a hcadwori , or mtntal labour , as arduous , and perhaps as useful , as handwork , * > r Tr ^ TvnfL ! labour , especially when the work of the head is done for and on behalf of those who work with

      { -. ppir hands . To trace our evils to their source , we must go up to file origin of society ; not that society is in itself an evil , but that it las become one by the abuse of it It is ' Eaid that we should not argue against the use of a thing from the abuse of it ; no more we should , no mere we do : the great difference between us and our opponents is this , —they say that we wish to destroy the instimtioEs ef the country , but they know teat we wish to destroy the abuses only , and by so doing , to preserve the institutions , to restore them , to renovate them ; for we know that if those abuses are suffered to continue , if they are suffered to increase and multiply as they have done of late years , they will destroy the institutions , they will corrupt them wholly , and make each institution an abuse , so that the body corporate , instead of being a healthy body , will become a

      diseased bedy—s rotten body . We , therefore , would iesxzoj the abuses , and thereby repair and strengthen tie true -uses cf society or the state ; but our opponents » re endeavouring to conserve the abuses , because they live by than and on them , and their arguments are worth just so much as the arguments of so many black unites wuuld be , if when the owner of a cheese came with a knife to cut out the unscand parts , the mites or ma ^ eots were to lift up their puny voices and say , — " Ten will spoil the cheese—you will destroy the cheese 1 " " ** o , no , '" the owner of the cheese wonld exclaim , "it is you that I will destroy , or rather I ¦ will cut off the corruption you make and feed on—lest it should spread and infect the whole ; I will at least save the sound part of my cheese from yon . " So should the people rescue their country . But this is a digression ; let us revert to the origin of our evils .

      Man was born free , the Bexvant , the subject of his Maker alone—the master , the Sovereign of ail other eresurres on eazth . ah men -were born free and egos ! ; . freedom and equality is man ' s birthright—arightbrcsthed into as with the very breath of life itself—born witl \ m . liberty is God ' s blessing ; withont liberty life becomes a enrae , an evil thing—without lib « rty thtre can be no virtue , no happiness : liberty is , therefore , more precious than life itself . Man was not only born free , but be lived and died free . Of him it was said by the poet

      Dryden"I am as free as Nature first made man , Ere the base laws of servitude began , When wild in woods the noble savage ran . " Suck was man in Ms natural state ; but he now exists in an artificial stale . He is no longer free—he is born a slave , and lie lives and dies a slave . The very babe unborn is enslaved ; there are laws which reach to the infant in its mother ' s womb—in venire sa mere , as the lawyers express it . We are made slaves even before our birth ; " we slave through life , and after death our l » dies cannot be buried but as some slave law directs All this has arisen frem the degenerate state of the social system . When men lived in a natural way they lived a life of great hazard and precariousness . It was soon seen that for the sake of assisting each other in

      sport or war , man * B convenience and safety would be greatly promoted and secured bj herding with iis feDow ' -man , and first families , next tribes , afterwards ¦ whole nations formed a social compact or union of countrymen . Each gave up a portion of bis liberty for the saka of making his life more score ; individual * bowed to each other : for general protection , and support . Society was thus formed ; it was farmed upon a mutual and reciprocal basis . Though not quite s # free , yet men were still egmL , for none liad given up more than another . But as the devil would have it ( the notion could come from no good being ) , man must needs have a king and pries * . He had all along had something like a king and

      priest , that as , a chieftain and sage , one whs had made > irmarif conspicuous " fey the singular services , personal and mental , which he had performed . He was probably the best hunter or rhhter , and it was to the interest of the rest that such an cne should be chosen chiefindeed circumstances -would make him a leader . Unfortunately , however , the name , the power , the influence of a father slipped by an easy transition to Ms son , ¦ who wasinvested with the fathers honours , ont of a fond hope that he would prove llfce him . Tfcas hereditary power came into rogue , a curse greater than original sin . The son , without any of the merito of the father , became possessed of equal power , and not being able , Btai less willing , to play the patriot , he played the tyrant , and men became " hereditary bondsmen . "

      Proud of his power , the tyrant loved best to exercise it in opposition to the will of the people , for then he Beems greatest , then he appears most like a king . " 3 Iy father , " says , Rehoboain , " whipped you with snakes , but I will whip you with scorpions . " New a king who is no more than man , who is generally less than man , could not act contrary to the will of his people , if he were not allowed to d » so ; but the mischief is , kings have priests to blind the peeple , and soldiers to bind them ; they have two great armies , an army of black coats and an army of red coats—we have likewise an army of blue coats—¦ with , the aid of tbese armies our rulers can tyrannize \ Pili . impntiity over a people donYlji trebly enslaved . EIels ¦ JForud not be so bad , had they noi flatterers to make them worse—flatterers who teach them the arts of oppression that they may share in the

      plunderflatterers who get themselves invested with rank and power to tax industry for the support of their ialeness . The people are taught to regard these flatterers , not only as needful to the welfare of the state , but as their own best benefactors . These privileged classes who think themselves exempt from the general deom cf mankind—who lseonr net , but live on the labour cf others—these lords , dukes , and earls , or whatever they please tc call themselves , . have gone on increasing , and , consequently , the taxes for their support have gone on increasing—the people have to work hard for less wage , and their comforts are decreased in proportion to the increase of aristocratic luxuries ; for the more power increases in the bands cf the upper classes , the more oppression and injustice increase ; and the plunderers fcnow very well that the more the people are weakened by starvation , toe less danger there ia in a revolt or rebellion .

      Those that are now above the people rose out of the people , cr were lifted up by them—the workman who msits monsy may , by means ef money , become a roaster . "Monty is power , and is more than equivalent to rank . The middle classes being more avaricious , are more grinding tyrants than the aristocracy are , who love display more than money . The aristocracy would , I believe , feel a pride in seeing the people well-clothed and well-fed , provided at the same time tist tie people were perfectly submissive . Thus they keep their livery servants and horses in good condition for their o-svn credit's sake ; but thamiddle classes regard the people merely as beasts of burthen , as engines to work for them ; and they get as much out of them at as little cost , and with as little care for their comfort or safety as possible , and when the workruan grows old and unable to yield his employer so much profit as formerly , he is cashiered with as little feeling as a worn-out hackney that is sent to the knackers to be killed for doss" meat .

      The upper classes having combined together and con-Spired against the rights of rnnn himself , the middle Classa . combined to conspire against the rights of man ' s labour ; the former made the people slaves , the latter tritS to make as ranch profit cf their slavery as possible . For fh ™ purpose capitalists unite to keep down the wages of the people as low as zaro , or starvation point ; and if they can get a boy to do man ' s work—nay , if they can get a , woman or a girl to dp it , they employ them at once in place of men , though they knew that ¦ when tasks are disproportioned to the strength or skill of the labouring child or woman , they are tortures to them , crippling them and distorting them in mind and body tin great natare ' B course is xn&de-to ran contrary to itself in monsizouB confusion . Such are the demons Who make their mines or their milli a kind of hells for

      the torture of youth and innocence , till demoralised by pain they become fit for the place they work in . Tee , we have now in England what is sot to be found in hell—places of torture , not for the wicked , bnt for the good ; -we have mammonites worse than fiends , who reaHse the ogres of romacee , and Bake their bread of the bones of Englishmen , their wine of their blood , sad their casUaa are the bastiles where their victims are not wasted alive , but put to a more lingering death , gradual starvation—kept expiring for years . While the mill-lord is making mttlianM , sad looking to a fine estate with a country Beat , his workmen have nothing in prospect bnt the bastile , and the prospect grows more gloomy "with the progress of machinery , that should indeed be made to tighten his toil , but sot lessen bis eomforte . Za it not high time that the people

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      "were looking about them—that they were looking out for themselves ? for , mind you , the more the aristocracy give the people occasion to rise , the more they will dread them and screw them down . Witness the additions lately made to the ranks of the soldiers and police . Thus we have seen that society , though originally instituted for the benefit of all and each , has been divided into classes , and the upper classes have been armed against the lower , who are deprived of all power of resistance or defence . The useful and industrious have become the slaves and victims of the useless and idle , who first duped them . This was the origin of trade-unions , which are a kind of societies within society , -wheels within wheels , a union of fellow workmen

      to counteract the union of their employers . The workmen said to their masters , " You want onr work , and we want a fair wage for it ; your money is your own , and our strength and skill is our own . " If one man alone had said this , his master would have replied , " Go to , "you idle fellow , I will empley some one else in your stead , and I will take care that no one employs yon for your saucy answer . " But by a trades-nnion the men are as well combined as their masters are , one will not work without the right of all , and as work cannot be done without workmen , the masters are generally compelled to compromise matters , and something like mutual agreement takes place . But see the iniquity of Government ; see how it loves oppression , because oppression forms its ewn chief feature and support . - laws have been passed not to prevent masters but to prevent men from combining , and the

      Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow Cotton Spinners were sentenced to transportation like felons , because they bad acted like men . See too the strike of the masons , of yourselves , which would have been a knockdown blow to trade oppression if the men had all understood their own interests so well aa the masters understand- theirs . Government never seems to think that bread Is as necessary to the working man as superfluities to ihe master . Those who make all have the least profit fa alL A merchant or employer obtains more for merely selling or contracting a piece of work than the workman himself ; he who has all the toil and trouble ef it ia paid next to nothing , while he who has neither toil nor trouble , who springs up and lives and looks like a lily , he takes all that the workman sbould have , and can oppress and intuit him in the bargain .

      Trades unions have done much good ; I should rather say they have prevented much evil . Without them the labourer wonld have been entirely at the mercy of the capitalist , who would Boon have driven him to work like a negro . But trades union fall fax short of the union that is wanted . Trades unions cannot secure employment when trade itself fails ; without employment unions cannot be kept up , money nor meat cannot be fead . Trade onions cannot prevent foreigners from pntting Eaglishmea oat of -work . In a strike there are those ont of union and sometimes some of those in union Teady to take advantage of , or to betray the rest . And how are strikes supported ? By draining the union and drawing on othir unions , so that if the masters can but bold out till all the union funds are exhausted , they can starve the men into submission ;

      they can reduce them , not by fair fighting , but by famine . And when the men have gone to work again , how long may it be before another Btrike is rendered necessary ? Just , so long aa the masters please . So that you ste trade unions do some good , bnt not enough ; they are a shield , but not a sword . They stand on shifting ground ; for trade is always fluctuating ; they are . no defence against machinery . We must not build npon the sand , still less upon a quicksand ; we must build upon a rock . What is wanted is a union of all unions—aunionf or the Charter . We must get that power into'our own hands which is now in the hands of out oppressors : that will be the way to command employment and to Beenre the profits of it . We must choose a good foundation , a broad basis—we must have Universal Suffrage . ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO " THE 1 LLUMINATOR , " " CHARTIST RUSHLIGHT , " " EX ttN-. GUISHER , " " C 0 M 1 I 0 NWEALTHSMAN , " AND " CHARTIST PIONEER . " JIi Good Peiesds , —For more than twelvs months I have battled with difficulties almost indescribable , under the sanguine hope that I should be able to establish an unstamped ( and unfetterredj assistant to our glorious cause . My Illuminator was put an end to by Wiiig electioneering malice . The Rushlight and Extinguisher were mere half-penny substitutes for a little periodical , which was reaching a prosperouslsale , when the schemes

      of the hypocritical faction strangled it . The CommonxceaUhsman was started with a view to renewing the existence « f a paper as useful as the lilumwator had been : but the dreadful increase of poverty among our ranks compelled me to relinquish that enterprise also , at the twentieth nnmber . Since then I have again attempted to renew the existence of another halfpenny Chartist organ . The Chartist Pioneer , however , has met with impassible obstacles , in the second week of his march , ; in other words , the horrible poverty which stares npon us so gbastily on every hand , compels us to desist altogether from farther publication ,

      By the kind permission of my friend , Mr . " John Cleave , I shall , however , address you frequently , though briefly , through the pages of the Chartist Circular . Thank you—thank you , my friends , for your kind snpp ' ort cf my undertakings ; and now , let me entreat you to devote your efforts towards securing success for the Chartist Circular . Let us be resolved , one and all , that we will , in spite of our poverty , and in spite of the malice of the factions , keep alive one dteap t tinstamped , arid unfettered Chartist organ . Trusting that the Editor of the Star will also be kind enough to indulge me with a Bmall portion of his space weekly , I shall , frem time to time , through the pages of oar incorruptible leading ergan , beg to make known to you my views on the progress of our movement , and

      on the principles of democracy generally . I regard our position as being singularly critical at the present moment . The defection of a considerable number of of our leaders , once highly valued ; the subtle and serpentine plans , now in covert action , by our real enemies , to overthrew or ciicumvent car purposes , by affecting a one-ness of objects with us ; the distracting influence of poverty , which so often leads men to catch at any alluring deceit , as a temporary relief ; and , above all , the absence of concentrated and united efforts of an energetic character among ub , to diffuse Chartism through the length and breadth of the land ; such facts and their concomitants , press weightily on ray mind , and urge me to tell you that I think the time is fully

      come when we cmgst , one and all , to set about doing something which may give us a substantial earnest that we ahsJl really obtain the Charter we are contending for , and that our efforts shall not end in disappointment . Friends- and Brothers , —are we really nearer to the Charter than -ere were twelve months ago ? Judging by my own locality I might answer , without hesitation , " yes . '" for the Leicester Chartists were not more than three hundred enrolled mtmbtTB , at the beginning cf last July , —and new , my own darling ShakBperean brigade , alone , is two thousand and three hnndr ^ J . That seems something like an earnest of the Charter . But in what other localities are you progressing with the same speed ?

      Now , my friends and brothers , do not be offended at my asking this question . I have put it with no invidious thought or intent My sole , my ardent wiEh , is to see us all engaged in an untiring and unceasing effort to obtain the Charter . I know not why any man should not do at much as I am doing , —if he have got bnt a common share of talent , and any strength of will within him . As for bodily strength , I possess but a feeble share of it Of one thing I am certain ; if in fevery Cbartist locality the same unremitting exertions were employed aB in Leicester , with the electric influence of onr indefatigable O'Connor pervading , and animating , and binding together all the localities , the Charter would be had in a few months , in spite of all the craft , and intrigue , and malice , of the monied classes .

      Chartists , we ought , each and all , to be on fire with the spirit of proselytism . Organise , organise !—that is the word . Of what nse are the nominal Chartists ? How nearer do they bring the Charter ? Let ub , unceasingly , assure them that they can only be of real service by " falling in ; " by taking rank in some one of our regiments . Talk of fighting ! pshaw . ' who ever heard of an araay marching till it was formed into rank and file ? Chartiits , we want numbers—organised numbers ! And then we shall not have to beg for the Charter : we shall be able to take it By arms ? No ; bnt by demanding it as the nation ' s right , as the object of its imperial will . Let a tenth of the whole population of each considerable town , ( 5 , 000 for

      Leicester , the same for Nottingham , 10 , 000 for Sheffieldt 28 , 000 for Manchester , &c ., &a , < fcc , and 200 , 000 for London , ) vralk through the open street , at the same hour of the same day , and cry , "We'll have tbe JPeople ' s Charter !"—and -what can prevent their obtaining it ? " The soldiers will be sent for , from one town to another , to put them down' 'do you say ? Pooh ! they will all be wanted at home . And the same with the police force . Let that day and hour be the one at which the Houses are assembled to consider of an answer to the Queen ' s , gracious speech on the opening of a Session ; and what can prevent the People ' s Charter from being the primary Act of Parliament of that very Session ?

      Chartists , think of this , and strain every nerve to swell yeur ranks—from the working men I mean . We want real democracy , remember . Let the middle men come if they like ; but do not court them . The People's Charter' is intended t « be pre-eminently the working man ' s boon ; and let us be resolved to make it so . - . I am , Friends and Brothers , Yeurs , faithfully , THOMAS COOPER . 11 , Cburck-g ^ ite , Leicester , July 4 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDIIOE OF THE NOBTHEBN STAR . Sib , —In the case of John Hindes , of Shoreham , hiB letter dated May the 29 fch , of undergoing hardships since 1838 in a Tory-ridden place of a population of 1 , 942 , and wants the turn of fifteen or sixteen pounds . I myself stood the contest in 1819 , was sent to prison , wife and child ; put in the poorhouse , because I took in the Observer paper , in a population of 2 . 800 Toryridden gentry and working people , and etUl take in the Star paper ever since it began , and shall continue

      so , with the help of God ; but I never got & farthing from any one , and all my goods and stack of perfumery was sold , or tatter given away , for they did what they liked with them . The Rev . V . Jaskson knows me well . All that I wish is to be doing all I can for the cause . I should like to be selling the Chartist Breakfast Beverage , but I am short of money to send for an order at present I sold a great deal of Hunt ' s Boasted Com when it was in vogue , Bince then Coffee Aroma , but cannot get it now .

      I remain yours in the bond of Chartism , John Buttkbworth , Hairdresser , && Knutfiford , 15 th June , 1842 . [ We do not know the writer of the above letter , but but give it just as we received it]—Ed . N . S .

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      TO THE CHARTIST BRETHREN WHO VOTED < FOR MY SECOND ELECTION TO THE EXECUTIVE . Brethren , —Permit me to thank you sincerely for the approval which yon have signified of my services during the last year , as a member of the Executive , by electing me a member of it for the euBuiug one . Having never visited Yorkshire and Lancashire , and but few of the English counties where Chartism is in a flourishing condition , I consequently am unknown , except by report , to the great body of my Chartist brethren , and , far this reason , I am doubly sensible of the confidence which you have placed in me , and which I trust you shall have no reasons to . repent of during my term of office .

      Holding firmly to the principle of the Executive being , in every respect , the servants of the people , I trust our conduct will be , at all times , in accordance with their views and wishes , and that we shall adopt such measures as will promote the advancement of the great Chartist cause . Strongly advocating the democratic principle of rotation in office , I should have much preferred if the plan of organization had limited the term of office , of the Executive , to one year , so that a proper limit might be placed upon the wishes and designs of ambitious and office seeking men . I trust this radical defect will be remedied before another election takes place , and with these sentiments , I remain , Yours in the great caase of the Charter , Morgan Williams .

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      ¦•» TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . AN APPEAL FROM THE CIIARTiSTS OF OLDHAM OH BEHALF OF MR . JAMES DUFFY . Dear Brethren , —^ Nothing gives us greater pleasure than to appeal to a sympathising Chartist public on behalf of an individual whose consistency , as a political leader of the people , is well known , and we cannot for a moment suppose that this our appeal will be in vain , when we remember that the individual , on whose behalf we are asking your united assistance , ever since his imprisonment in Northallertou Gaol for having defended , fearless of all consequences , tho people ' s cause , has been but very ill fit to exercise himself in your behalf ; but having no other course left him , he has , to his own injury , continued to advocate the Chartist cause boldly , fearlessly , faithfully , and honestly .

      In consequence of tho torture he endured whilst undergoing his severe senUuce in Northallerton Gtvol , his constitution is broken , and unless timely assistance be rendered , he muBt shortly follow our martyred brethren Clayton and Holberry , which would be a lasting disgrace to the Chartist body ; and as he , James Duffy , has come to the resolution of settling himself at Derby , to pursue his former calling , if the friends of our and his causa will only respond to this appeal , and each association and locality send their mite towards establishing him , in a small way , as a commence , merit We are aware of tho distress that exists in the country ; but do consider it the duty of the Chartist bedy to rally round those that have been suffering imprisonment , and thereby show our oppressors that the more they persecute the more determined we are to support the persecuted .

      A subsenption has been entered into in this town which will be forthcoming next week , and we kope that every locality will respond to this appeal as early as possible , and transmit the same to the Star Ofiice . Wm . Hamer , sub-Secretary .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF GLASGOW AND SUBURBS . Fellow Working Men , —After ten long years of the working of the Reform Bill , I find that our condition is nothing improved ; and that ii place of receiving any benefit frwn that measure , our misery is getting more appalling , and our condition in this life more miserable and destitute . Thousands upon thousands of our industrious artisans and tradesmen are walking our streets in a state of starvation and misery , unparalleled in the . annals of this or any other country ; our wives and children famishing from the callings of hunger , and we have nothing to give them .

      Think , my friends , on the little innocent of&pring crying aloud to you for bread , and you have none to give it—think what would fee the feelings of a father in such a case . Cold and callous must that heart be that would not move heaven and eartb to procure food for his innocent little babe . Picture to yourselves , my friends , theBe Bcenes of woe and misery , which daily and hdurly feappen in our unhappy land ; and ask yourselves , calmly and deliberately , what is the cause of this , or whence doss it arise ?

      The question will naturally answer itself—clasB legislation . And also , the cool , calculating , and avaricious monopolist , who lives and fattens on your labour—yoa , the producers of all , the providers for all his wants , who build his palaces and houses , buy his chariots and horses , and give him all the luxuries in life to pamper his prond and ambitious spirit in a life ef indolence and debauchery , while you and your families are pining in want and miBery , with hardly a rag to cover them , which is the case of thousands in Glasgow and the surrounding districts .

      Oh , my friends , what care these grasping tyrants for the wants or interests of the poor ? Their whole cry , night and day , ia more money ; that ia their God . Gold is their idol ; and when the working man spends all his Btrength and physical energy in his employ , when he turns old , and not fit to accomplish a certain quantity of work , he ia turned off about his business to perish of cold and hunger , in an unfeeling and uncharitable world . My friends , we have tried many plans to better our condition , ? . nd to get a fair nnmneration for our labour ; we have formed trades unions , and have found some small ber . eSt from them ; but the purse-proud monopolists combined ami destroyed our fond hope , and blasted our future prospects in respect to trades unions , aud ultimately made us worse than we were .

      My friends , we may go on trying to protect our trade and oppose a reduction in our wages , but it is impossible for us to protect ourselves or our labour from the avaricions and grasping monopolists , until we have first destroyed tue nydra-headed monster , class legislation , and established instead the just and inalienable rights of eveiy man of maturity to have a voice in the making of the laws which he is called upon to obey ; for it is impossible wo can better our condition in this life until we get labour represented in the Commons' House , of Parliament , as every other interest is—that of the aristocrat , the miUicrat , and the shopocrat , all are represented except what should be represented , namely , industry . Then , how are we . to remedy this evil ., aud procure the mighty , mass their rights ? By immediately passing into a law the People ' s Charter . Then the next question is , how is this Charte to be

      made the law of the land ? Simply , by a union of all the people , of all sects and creeds ; and let the name of our country be forgotten in the immortal name of Freeican . Therefore , I call upon tbe operatives of GlaBgow , as they valne liberty , as they value their country , and as they value the trade by which they live , to come forward , and join the Glasgow Cbarter Assecietien , and exert all the influence in their power to procure members to come forward , and let every one wait as if the -whole cause depended on himself . list a few men in the different shops and factories , get as many names as possible on a sheet of paper , and let them receive as much as they can , for one , two , or three weeks , until they get the price of their several cards of membership , and then get their names enrolled on the books . If this plan was wrought out , I think in a short time ne would have twenty for one that we have now .

      My mends , this is the advice of one who has long watched the working of the system , and consequent degradation and misery of the working classes for the last sixteen years , and who is firmly convinced that nothing short of the political rights of the people will ever make the people virtuous , contented , and happy , and make us hold that place in society , which the Almighty , in his wisdom , intended we should heldthis is the opinion of one who is intending to live on , and nobly die in defence of our lovely Charter ; but we must bide our time . .

      In conclusion , I -wculd address a few words te my fellow countrymen , on the question of the Repeal of the Union . Men are very often led away by prejudice , and an improper knowledge of the question at issue . Now as D . CConnell has told them that it ie illegal to join the Charter Association , I think no wonder that my countrymen have been backward in joining us . Look to ourselves ; if Feargns O'Connor would pledge his honour that a certain line of conduct was illegal , wonld we not pause before we would have anything to do with it Well , it is the same with them ; but , thank God , theSto ; - has done its dnty in Ireland , under the pen of Mr . Hill , and . U . ban called th * people to a eense

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      of their doty , as well as the old Northern Star under thejpen of Samuel Neilson did in his day . And when we hear Mat our cause is progressing in Ireland under the bright . and luminous raysi of the Northern Star , well may we rejoice at j the prospect that Is before ns . No less than 240 men giving in their names to be enrolled on the books . I hope before longto see Ireland in the foreground of Chartism , and the ^ triumph of . - trafh over the Com Exchange jugglery and Humbug ; then , my friends , and not till then , wU ] you-Repeal the Union . You must get the power into your own hands before yon can do any good for our once happy country . Any little good that , Has been dam for Ireland by D . O'Connell has been done for the rich , and not fo * yda . Of what use would a parliament be sitting in Dublin , under the present franchise ? None whatever . No , no ; yon mustget the power into your own hands , and then will they work for the whole people / and not for the rich alone . . - ; ¦ ¦ . ~ - ; .: y . ; / . ¦ : ¦ - ¦; : . : - - . ¦ . '¦ .: I remain , v A Catholic and Chartist , ¦¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦• . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; ¦ , " - - ;" - . ' ¦ ' ¦¦"¦ . D . M'MILLAN . ¦ Glasgow , June 30 th . 1842 .

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      HAWICK .-A public meeting or the inhabitants of Hawick was held in the Chartist Hall , on Monday last , ( the meeting was advertised to be held in the Marketplaee , but from the wetness of the evening was held in the hall ) , Mr C . Hunter in the chairi Mr , J , Cairns , in an animated address , moved the following reselutlon : — " That this meeting having directed attention to the recent tragical occurrence at Ennis , in Ireland , while it expresses unfeigned sympathy yrith the uiifortUDate victims , as also for the ^ starving condition of the labourers in that unhappy country , cannot but regard the ferocious attack of a police force , so constituted and organized , as subversive of

      British liberty , and as affording conclusive evidence , if that Were necessary , that modern legislatorB , alienated from the people , are utterly incapable for just and equitable Government , and exclude all hope of redress for the accumulated wrongs , or amelioration of the present unparalleled distress of the industrious '' . ' classes , unless by the salutary provisions of the People's Charter . Mr . T . Davies in a speech of great power and convincing argument seconded the resolution , which wag adopted unanimously . The thanks of the meeting was then voted to Messrs . O'Connor , Hill , Hobson and ArdiU , for the promptitude and alacrity which they displayed in securing bail for poor martyred Hdlberryi After making arrangements to raise a trifle for the widow of the victim , aud thanking the Chairman , &c , the meeting dispersed .

      On Sunday last MV . Davies preached a funeral sermon for 8 . Holberry , in the Chartist Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . ARBROATH . —On Saturday evening Mr . Robert Lowery lectured in the Chartist Pavilion to ah audience of between 700 and 800 , on the present distressed state of the country . He also preached three sermons in the same place on Sunday , to equally numerous audiences , the evening service being a funeral BermonfOT Samuel Holberry ; ' the .: afternoon sermon was upon the necessity of country men and country women abstaining from all intoxicating drinks ; he also lectured on Monday evening to a crowded house . The audience listened with the greatest attention .

      TULIBODY . —Mr . Abrani Duncan addressed a large out-door meeting in this place , on Wednesday , the 29 th June , at which the Remonstrance was adopted , and he was ' elected to meet the Englisli Executive . Alva . —Mr . Duncan addressed a large public meetiD # , -which was convened npon the Qieeu , on the evening of Thursday , the 30 th June . Mr . David Harrower read the Remonstrance , which being adopted , Mr . Duncan was then elected aa a fit and proper person to meet the English Executive . Dollar —Mr . Duncan addressed a numerous and enthusiastic meeting in this place , ori Friday , the 1 st of July , at which the Remenstrance was adopted , and Mr . D . elected to meet the English Executive .

      Blairingone . —Mr . Duncan addressed a crowded meeting in the School room on the evening of Saturday last in tbiB place , at which the remonstrance was adopted , and he elected to meet tno English Executive . ' . .. ' . ¦ .. ' ¦ ¦ . ;¦¦ : '" ¦ ; ¦ ¦ Alloa . —Mr . Abram Duncan addressed a large and respectable audience on the evening of Monday last , in the Universal Suffrage Hall , when the following resolutiona were unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting viewing the pastBervices of the Northern Star : in the cause of the principles of the People's Charter , —its uncompromising devotion to the integrity of the movement , we regard all those covert and open attacks against it from professed friends , as indications on ther

      part of hostility to the principles of the Charter , and we shall do everything in our power to destroy that influence by a atrenuous support ofthe Star . " " That we profess our entire confidence in Mr . Hill , and trust that he will exercise his vigilance over the publication of any matter which would compromise the Bafety of ; , the Northem Star , or the personal liberty or property ofits proprietor . This meeting taking into consideration the beneficial effects likely to follow the appointment of a Scottish Executive , call upon their secretary , David Thompson , to draw up an address to the eix centreB in Scotland ,

      urging to the performance of this duty , and that our secretary be instructed to correspond with Mr . Campbell secretary of the English Executive , according to the form which the statute law prescribes . The remonstrance being also unanimously adopted t > y the niesting , Mr . Duncan was then elected as a fit and proper person to meet the ^ English Executive ! The meeting then dispersed , testifying their attachment to Mr . Duncan , fur the valuable services fie has rendered to the country in the cause of Chartism . Also a voto of thanks was given to our worthy chairman , Mr . John Stewart .

      WAHRINGTON . —This town was visited on Sunday last by Mr . W . D . Taylor who lectured in the afternoon , and in the evening preached the funeral sermon of Holberry the martyr , in which he propounded from the Scriptures the principles of the People ' s Charter , in a style altogether new to us . BOtTON . —This town of toil and misery was vise ted on Monday last by Rlr . W . D . Taylor , who delivered a lecture upon the Charter ^ and the benefits to be derived from its establishment as law ; Several new members were enrolled at the contusion . SUNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams lectured on , the Town Moor , but in consequence of Its beginning to rain heavily , he was obliged abruptly to conclude . He announced ^ his intention of speaking again at the same place on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . . •'¦ ;

      BARNSLETT . —The Chartists of Barosley met on Monday evening last , in the School Room- under the Odd Fellows' Hal ! , where , after the receipt of contributions and the enrolment of now members , Mr . Frank M irfield reported the proceedings of the School Council . The business first alluded to was the raising- of funds for the Executive ; the means of doing so suggested by the Council were well received ly the members , and a determination evinced of orrying them out , The next business brought on was the neceesity of doing something for Mrs . Holberry , when a subscriptien was entered into . "" ' ¦'¦ '•¦ ¦" ' ' ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ : '¦ '"

      EONBQN . —St . PANCRASi—We commenced our Monday evening lectures on Monday last , ut the Feathers , Warren-street , when Mr . JoneB , from Liverpool , delivered an eloquent lecture ; and out of a comparatively few strangers se ren new members , were enrolled . A lecture will be delivered every Monday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock , at the above place . Cambeuavelx and Walwortii . —The Chartists o ( CamDerwell and WTalworttX t > eg to express to Mr . Hill their confidence in his exertions as Editor of the Northern Star , the organ of the people . To FearRus O'Connor , Esq ., they wisli to renew their pledge of united support . The faithful advocate of the people they deem him , and may he live to see political equality . The resolution was moved by Mr ; J . Ariderfioii , seconded by Mr . Simpson , and carried unanimously . ;

      MiTCiiAM , Suriiev , —About thirty good and true men Lave been enrolled in this new locality already , with every prospect of its speedily becoming extensive and prosperous . ; DEVONPORT . —Resolved , " That we , the readers of the . SYar in Devonport , having strictly watched the conduct of the Rsv . William Hill , for upwards of four years , do hereby express our firm : conviction that he has acted in a manner worthy his high calling ; and we do hereby assure him that as long as he pursues the same line of conduct as heretofore , he shall receive , as be has deserved , our warmest thanks and support . At the same time , we cannot forbear from expressing oat opinion of the individuals who have called forth this

      resolution ; and we cannot but think that their conduct baa been such as to merit the disapprobation of all corsistent ChartistB ; for to what other conclusion can we come to , when we remember the many times theso gentlemen have . i echoed forth the cry that the middle classes wished to betray us ,, and how find these same men leaving the substance of Chartism and following the airy notions of those they have bo often denounced , than that they are no longer to be trusted , and we feel sorry to be forced to acknowledge the justice of the resolution of the Leicester friends , that the once notte Bronterro O'Brien Is no longer worthy of confidence . " Signed on behalf of upwarda of sixty readers , Joim , Gi ? V Mdunt-Btreet , Devonport ¦ ¦' .. - ' ¦ : ¦' : ' . ' ' . " . ''' . v > - r ..: '¦ '¦¦ ';" V ¦' ; . ¦ ¦

      TODIYIOR DEW . —This place now occupies a prond position on the moral map of Chartism ; as may be evidenced by the following brief letter , from the General Secretory to the resident Bub-Secretaty : --- « - ' Dear Brooks ,- ^ - ! received feonL Mr . Heywood £ 1 Sa . 4 i , and from Mr . teach 6 s . —making a total for this quarter of £ 5 is . 3 id . —placing Todmorden in advance of every other place enrolled in the Association . If every place acted like Todm » rden , the Executive might employ twenty lecturers next week . " Your ' Bj in the cause , ; " JOHN Oapmbell . ? Lower SowErby ( HisLM ) . r-6 n Taesdfty evening last , the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , paid US a tisiti and delivered tv lecture .

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      NOTTXNGHAttl . —A spirited andinteresting meeting Was holden on Saturday evening , in the Chartist Room , Noah ' s Ai k . The axempry ot Saninel Holberry , and all other martyrs of : freedom was / drunk in solemu silence , and responded to with great pathos and eloquenc by Mr * E . P . Mead . Ssveral other excellent speeches were made . On Sunday morning , the IJnited Council met in the Chapel , Rice Place , it was . agreed to recommend that one halfpenny per month , be paid by each member for the expences of local agitation ^ - In the evening , Mr . j . White , from the Potteries , preached a Very eloquent and impressive sermon to tne largest congregation ever assembled for a long time upon the Forest . At tha conclusion , twelve new members enrolled tuemseiyes . Mr . White is likely to be located here for some time , and he will be a great auxiliary in the cause of Chartism .

      LANCASTER . —At a meeting of the Council the following resolution was unanimously adopted , " That we have full confidence in the zeal , integrity , and discretion of Mr W . Eeesley , district secretary for North Lancashire , and are datermined to abide by the rules of the association . " KIDDERMINSTER . —The Chartists of Kidderminster beg to ' record their xnte of confidence in the Editor of the Northern Star , hoping : that he will go forward , neither to the right nor to the left , heedltsa of this move or that move , but onward , and no surrender .

      ASaTON-TJJSfPEtt-LYNE . —PUBLIC MEETING . — On Friday evening , the 1 st of July , a public meeting , convened by placard , was held on a large plot of ground near Mr . Thatker ' s Foundry , to take into consideration the necessity of remonstrating with the House of Commons on thoirlete rejection of the People ' s Petition , and aiao to memorialise her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers , and call to her council men who will make the Charter a Cabinet measure . Me . WUcox was unanimously called to the chair . After briefly opening the business , Mr . Aitken , schoolmaster , . ' Was called upon to move the remonstrance . In the course of his speech he alluded to the convulsion existing , and that had existed throughout the whole of aristocratic Europe , showing that bo long as the supreme control

      over the laws was invested in the . hands of a few , ana that few the most worthless in . society , ' the condition of the industrious classes can never be any better than it ia . Mr . Aitken also alluded to the affected sympathy pf pur soidisanl : phUosoghers who qrciain' ministers to be sent across the Atlantic , to the interior of Asia and Africa ,, but will do nothing , to mend the state of the sons of toil at home . Ho concluded a lengthy speech by reading and inoving the remonstrance to the Hoiisa of Commons , Mr ; James Taylor seconded it . The memorial to her Majesty was then read and prcposed by Mr . Alexander Challenger , who said he should content himself by moving the memorial , and make way for their excellent friend , Mr . Lsacn of Manchester . Mr , W . Pilling seconded the iuemortal in a humourous and energetic speech , which elicited the applause of assembled thousands . Mr . Leach from Manchester ,

      was then introduced amidst clapping of hands and other marks . of approbation . He addressed the meeting for about an hour , during which time the evils of machinery , aa at present used , were pourtrayt ; il in a graphic style . The lamentable condition of the people was displayed in language which at every sentence told well npon theaudie : ; ce . He appealed to the men of Ashton , as did the other speakers to join the National Charter Association , and assist in the great work of national regeneration . Mr . Leach was listened to with the greatest attention , and concluded amidst loud applause . Mr . Geprge | John 30 n then briefly iaddresstd the meeting ; after which it was announced that Dr ; M'Douall would address the people or Ashton on the Saturday ;' . . ' evening ; which announceiuent was received with loud cheers . On the motion of Mr , Aitken , the meeting waB adjourned till the following evening at seven o ' clock . There could not be leas than from four

      to five thousand people present , principally of the male adult population . Trie adjourned meeting took place on a space of ground near the Market .-, Place . Mr . W . Pilling being called to the chair , Mr . W . Aitken and the Doctor both addressed the meeting , aud it was pleasing to th 9 friends of freedom to . see that , in aplte of the Hiachinacions of a few sycophants in Ashton , the Doctor was received ¦ with all tha . t enthusiasm which his honesty , zeal , and integrity deserve . After the meeting was over ,

      the speakers and their friends retired to tlie Association Room to enrol members , ¦ when nearly fifty took out cards of membership . Our cause now stands better in Aahton than ever it did . The working classes being long Bince convinced , and the majority of the miiidle classes being now tho same , that nothing less than the whole Charter can ever establish a system , of Government that will permanently benefit society , and make Britain what she ought to be , first amongst the nations of the earth , by the universal happiness and freedom of her industrious sons . '

      BI . AIRGOV 7 KIE ( Perthshire ) . —A public meeting was held in thia village on the evening of Monday , the 27 th ult ., for the purpose of hearing Mr . Jehn Duncan , of Dundee , deliver a lecture ; upon the people's Charter . The object of the meeting being stated by the Chairman , the lecturer , after a few introductory remarks , alluded to the distress which exists at present in many of the commercial towns of Great Britain , in which so many are geing idle and enduring no small amount of suffering , arising from the miseries of want . In speaking of the causes which had produced this great and long-continued depression of trade , he said , it could not have arisen from a scarcity of food in tbe country , for tha ground for a number of years back has produced an ¦ abundant supply ; but the distress has

      arisen partly from bad legislation : however , our merchant ? themselvta , by sending an inferior article abroad , have hurt tke demand from tb ( s country . It is well known that hemp , an Indian weed * fit only for making pack-clotb , has been largely imported , spun into yarn , and used for mixing with other yarn . Large quantities ot cloth , partly composed of flax or tow , anil partly o £ . Indian jute , have been exported to America , and sold there as cloth , entirely made of flix or tow . As the cloth does not stand' wet , the fraud was not long in being discovered , and has greatly teuded to hurt the sale of our cloth . Mi . Duncan spoke also ' of the practice of imitating Russian linen , an article which sells readily in America on account of its excellent quality but our manufacturers , more

      eager to produce an article to resemble it externally , than to make one of equal fineness , have got into the way of putting cloth through hot rollers , whereby it is singed and acquires a gloss more to be admired for ita appearance than for its durability . The cloth then receives a stamp , to which is sometimes added the initials of a Russian merchant , copied from the stamps the Russian linen bears . It > is then exported and sold for Russian linezi ; such practicea as taose could not fail to hurt our trade . The speaker , in alluding to the means which bave been used to aid the unemployed , BpoUe of the grant of a uiilliom of money which was asked from Parliament . The request was refused although asked for as a loan to bo paid back so soon as trade revived . When we think of the money which

      has been given for other purposes , by ^ Parliament ; and when we think of the purpose to which the money was to be applied , we may wonder how the request was refused . Twenty millions of money was granted for the emancipation of the slaves . That sum Went for a good cause ; but fiurely a single million wight have been given aa a loan to a starving people . Mr . Duncan thought emigration not calculated to benefit the people , although America contains a very great quantity of land jet uncultivated . It would be a number of years before it could be brought to produce food . Emigrants going thither only tend to reduce the price of labour in America ; Indeed , when a man is compelled to leave liis country , frp ? a whatever cause , it is not emigration , but transportation . The people do not desire to go abroad : for land , if their exertioiia could fee brought to bear on the waste land at koine . % a recent statement of a gentleman who has studied the subject ,

      it appears that there is plenty of land not yet broken up , which ia a short time could bo rendered fit for agriculture . But to strike at the root of the evil , Mr Duncan urged his hearers to continue to agitate for an alteration of the laws of our country—to agitate for a repeal of . these laws : which tend so much to hurt our trade , aud which now threaten to ruin our ' . country . Agitation , and a thorough union with the middle classes , are the only means whereby they may expect to gain their object : that union may be effected ; it was such a union that carried the Reform Bill , and such a union must be effected ere the working men of this country obtain those rights for which they are now struggling . Mr . Duncan was listened to throughout with the deepest ; attention , and on concluding received three hearty cheers from tbe assembly ; about five hundred iii number ; after which the meeting quietly dispersed .

      LEICESTER . —The week has been one of vaned excitement in the Shakesperean camp . Messrs . Itigby and Summer , two plain , hearty , hand-loom weavers front Choriey , in Lancashire , addressed an open-air meeting iu Eaton-street , on Friday se ' unight , much to the delight and edification of our people . Knowing that they would do good , they were directed to step on into South Leicestershire the next day ; accordingly they reached Earl Shiltou , and held forth there , and also at Hincfcley , where Mr . Cooper had beea battling With the anti-Corn Law jugglers , the preceding week ; and at Barbage on the Sunday . Mr . Beedham delivered an address in Infirmary-square on the Sunday morning , and at Wigstpn at : night . Mr . Robert * Jackson ad . dressed an audienco ; in Russell-square in the afternoon . Mr . Cooper preached at Counteathorpe ob Sunday morning , and took down twenty names towards forming an association ; at Oadby in the afternoon , and did

      likewise ; and in the evening , occupied hiB eld favourite position , Leicester Market-place , where an attentltd audience of 2000 received the broad troths of Christianity and Chartism once more , and a dozen najnea Were enrolled . On ftloriday , Mr , Beedham delivered addresses at Shslton a » d Burble , and on Tuesday at Desford and Markflild . Oa Monday and Tuesday nights , Mr . Cooper was at his post in the Amphitheatre , to meet the Social advocate on the question , " Whether is home colonfeition on co-operative principles , or the enactment of the People ' s Charter into law , the beBt calculated to remove national distress , and secure the permanent ! happlnesa of the peoplev Mr Aiexander Campbell was the opponent the first night , as Mr . Buchanan was unavoidably delayed arriving from London till neatly ten o ' clock . The discussion on the first night was conducted with the most delightful friendliness ,

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      WINOKCOMBE . —Our monthly meeting took place on Monday night , when a vote of thanks and confidence wasgiven to Peargus O'Connor , the proprietor , and the Rev . Wro . Hill , the Editor ; of the Northern Siar . Mr . Mill 8 om attended , but did not lecture , as the authoritiea have stopped the crier , and it was agresd to have-placards printed to announce a fsiture meeting . ^ ¦'"¦' . ; :.. " ; . '¦ .. > " - . ' : ¦ . . ' - " : '' ' - \ :: ;' \ ¦;¦ . ¦' ¦¦' ^ OLLXNGWORTH— k Chartist tea party took place on Saturday evening , which was very numerously attended . The test being over tho company adjourned

      into / Mr . Hampeon ' s largest room , when Mr . K . Wild was called on to preside . The ChaSrnian opened . the evening ' s entertainment with a very suitable , address , and hoped that each and all would avail themselves of the arrangements of the Council . The company amused themselves by stogirig add dancing , recitations , &c , IVuring the evenine tho Chairman and . other : gentlemen aeUvered vevy eloquent speeches , which were well Teceived . ' , The enteitainraents were kept up with great spirit till a late : hour , when the company parted highly delighted with the evening ' s amusements . .

      MANCHESTER . —CaRPENTEIKS'Hall ;—On Sunday afternoon the u . 'ual m-efcly meeting was hold in the above hall , when a- working man wa- ) called to tho chair , who opened the business in a few brief remarks arid introduced Mr . Jeremiah Lineito address the meeting . At the close of hia leDg and excellent address , which lasted nearly-two hours ; Mr . Win . Dixcn moved , and Mr . Nalley seconded the following resolution :--r '' That it is the ppitiion of this meeting that each member of the National Charter Association do , in tbe course of the next eight weeks ; subscribe threehalfpence ; each , for the protection of Mr . Mason an < 1 his fvi ] ' ) W- ? 0 fferer 8 , who have been commuted to prison for a crime committed by a constable at a public hieetiDg . " Carried unanimously . . Mri Bropby lectured in the evening to a large and intelligent audience , when the motion in favour of Mason aud his companions in bondage , was put to the meeting / and was carried : by acclamation ; and likewise a motion-that Mr . James Leach of llanchester , be the treasurer to the above fund . ' ¦

      SHEFPIEIjD—State of the Tow . v . —Phogress OF CiiARXiSM , ^—The number ' of inmates- " cf ..-the Sheffield poor house , on June 25 th , was 465 . The amount paid in money , bread , &c ., to . the recular ticket poor for the week ending Juno 25 th , was £ 92 3 a . "; - -The amount paid to the casual poor in money , hr ^ ad , & e . ^ for the same week , was £ 3 U 8 ltis ., . being a total of £ 490 10 s . for that wetk only ! CbartiBm is progressing , we are " gbingahearl , " as the Yankees Kiy . bince cur last report in last week's Star , we , " ( Fig" Tree Lane , ) have enrolled nearly eichty new . members . On Wednesday evening , June £ 9 th , Mr .: Clark , of Stockport , addressed ahother excellent meeting in Paradisc-tquare , at the closo . of which twenty-eight new members were enrolled . On Sunday last , Mr . Harney , jiciiorapanied by

      a . goodly number of the hiembers , paid a visit to Pitsraoor . and atddressed a very good lueetiBg . In tho evening Mr . Harney addressed a large meeting of the Shiffi « ld Chartists in Roscoe-aelds , the weather being unfavourable an : adjournment took plsce before the close of the proceedings , to Fig Tree Lane . Sixteen new members were ; enrolled . On Monday' evening , a : public meeting was held in Roscoe flelcJs by adjpurnmerit from Paradise Squara Mr . HErney read a letter received froai Van Diemen ' a Land , givingan account of the suff ^ riDga of the exiled Frost . Mr . H . commented at considerable length upon the wrongs of , tho banished patriot , ' and hia persecuted compatnota , and concluded by moving the adoption of th 8 following resolution : — " That thw meeting

      conaider the conduct of the Gay eminent ^ arbitrary and tyrannical as . regards the treatment .. $ which the exiled Frost and his compatriots are subjected ; and pledga tlieraselves to agitate for the Charter , and nothing less , as the only means of ensuring the safe atid speedy return of the banished patriota to . their native land ; and this meeting also pledge themselves collectively and individually to enroll themselves asmembers of tha National Charter Association , feeing convinced that peace , happineBa , and prosperity can never ba permanently established , until the Chivter , whole and entire , shall become tbe lav / of tho land . " Mr . Edwin Gill , in a brief speech , seconded the resoluti ' sii'i" which Was adopted unaniiircusly . The weather beings unfavourable , an aOjournment to Fig Tiee-lane was propoHed and agreed to ; the MieetiDg

      fprnitdthreecleepi and marched in procession to the room ; many hundreds of pwTaons wero congTesated in tha streets independent of those who had taknn part in the meeting . The room was densely crowded . Mr . Harney again addressed the meeting , and detailed ' : the particulars cf the persecution of Edward Joynes , a member of the Absooiation , who has been , disebarged frem his employment for attending poor Holberry ' s funeral ; he comniented in severe terms upon 'tbe transaction . A collection hr the benefit of Mr . Joynes was made , when ten saillings and sixpence was obtained a : id presented to him . Mr . Joynes , returned thanks ., Teo Chattist JVationr . l Anthem was then sutp . and with three . cheers for the Charter , and three for Ed ward Joynes and all honest men ; who like him dare to stand by their prihciplesi the meeting dissolved . Twenty new

      members were enrolled' ; WoopiiotJSE . —Mr . Samuel Parkes preached twice at Woodhou 3 e , on Sunclay last ; the subject of the afternoon ' s discpurse was Jehovah ' s controversy with the nation . The subject of the evening ' s sermon was , —the 6 rigin ; and eonsequenceg . of- monarchy . Very large audiences were present upon each occasion , and rarely has so large a idunibai" of persons- beta congregated tpgetheri in Woodhonse , as at the evening sermon . All listened --With deep attention , and hot a few . seemedI to be'irapressedwita the truths proclaimed by the ' speaker . " . ' :. Oa Monday eyening , Mr . Parkea delivered a .. lecture on tbe distress of the country ; eloquently and forcibly picturing the horrible results of claas-iejjislatibn . The sermons and speeches of Mr . P . have effectually roused the good people of AV ' oodhouse . A few months ' ago the Chartists were looked upon with corj-or by its . inhabitants , now ( thinksto Mr . Parkes ) the prineiplea of our cause , form the subject of daily anduniversal inquiry . ' . ~ '¦ :. '

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      Upwards . of 15 , 000 persons landed , on Sunc ? ay at Gravesend by the steamers , and more than 50 , 000 persons were conveyed to and from various places between the Adelphi pier and Woolsvich . Suspected attack , upon the . Q , ueen .- ^ -About a quarter to twelve o ' clock on Sunday ; iyreuooh , Her Majesty , accompanJed by Prince ^ . . bert and the ; King of the Belgians , quitted BuckiiiKhatnPafa . ee , with their suite , the Royal cortege being forrafed of three of the Royal carriages , for the Cbapel Royal , St . James ' s Pa . iace . While proceeding a , long the Mall , in St . James ' s-park , and about half-way between the Palace and the btableyard-gato , a youth of Reformed appearance was ob ? erv--d to present a pistol at the last carriage of the corttge , which

      contained Her Majesty , Prince Albert , and tho King of the Belgians , ' the person Ui . quesuon being ul . the moment slightly in advance of tho hind-wheel on tha off-side of the cari-iagCi . 1 'he fact of such an dttenipt' being made , must , it would appear , have been ; unobserved by Her Majesty or any of her attendants ' ,, the Koyal cortige proceeding uninterruptedly on its course ; and tha mutter would most probably have , passed off unnoticed , had not the act been witnessed by a young niau , about eighteen vears pf age . who observbd the person pull the trigger' of the pistol and . distinctly heard the snap , although he saw no flash , i . le i ! is : autly seized him , as well as the insttument he had in bis ; hand , and seeing iio . poyiceman near , drairged hiai iu the

      direction the Royal carnages had gpno , untli ho met Police-constable Hearn , A 56 , who had bten doing duty at th 6 garden « atc leading to the Chapel Royal , through which her Majei-ty bad just entu-red , to Whom he saidi" I have taken this young man and brought him to you , because - -I eaw him present a pistol at tier Majesfy ; '' and at tho 6 ame time he shewed the ppliceman tho pistol he had . in hia hand . The constable ( who , it must be observed , has been bat three months in tbe force ) , however , instead of inim . ediatel . y ta ^ in ^ tbe accused into custody , laughed , believing the charge to be a hoax , and walked on . < Uloso behind him vvas another policeman , named Gia , xton , A 131 i to whom tha younV min also spoks , but he treated him in ; the

      same raatiner , arid saying , " Pooh , pooh , iis all nonsense , ' ? likewise waiAed -on . The youri ^ man , thereibre , finding that theofiieers of the JaWj ; whose duty it , was to take immediate cognizance of his statement ; , had . rcfused totako charge of the accused , allowed him to dr . part , retaining ^ however , possuEsien of the pistol . The pr . oceedingrf of the young man fiad _ by that time attracted a crowd of perooiis arouud him ^ which kept , momentarily . increasing as . lie _ related to them what he had seen ; aud at that juncture another police constable , Partridge , A 130 , ari _ experienced officer came up , and seeing the pistol in his hand , said tohim , " What are you doing with that pistol I " : The youcg man told mia that ho had taken it from a youth who had

      attempted to shooi the Queen , and whom he had just let go , the two policemen fo whom he had taken him hi . ving refused to take him into custody . Partridge immediately tola hi 3 inforciant that he must accompany him , in order that a proper inquiry might bo made into tho matter , to the Station-. house , in ^ Tdiner ' s-lane ,- Westminster ,, whither they iastaatiy proceeded , followed by a crowd of nearly 3 . U 00 persahi ! . Qa arriving at the .. ' . Station ' -house the young man was questioned by Inspector H ickman , < rf the A division , who was on duty there , when ha stated his name to be Dussett , residing at Wo . « , New Church-street , Portman-marKot , Marylebone . Information of the discovery was immediately

      lorwarded to the chief office in Great Scotland-yard , and from thence by Colonel Rowau , the police commissioner , personally to Sir James Graham , the Home Seoretary t at the Home Omce , « Vmt 6 haU ; and by direction of Colonel Rowan , a deaenpfaon of the supposed traitor wasforwarded to all the stationhouses of the Metropolitan and City poUce ^ in . order that an active sp . arch might be made after luna . Messengers were also imtantly sftM « fc' * 9 ^ S ^ idehces of Her Majesty ' s Ministet& «^ aseo | p ^ of the Crpwri , &c ; , with informajfflfc |^ te !^^ V rence . _ T he youth , was taken iot ^ nm ^ th ^ atjter V night , and after a long examiW # ^^ W ' l »« oft 1 W ; Office , was remanded till W ^ fiSS fe :: ^^ * m&& ^\ J £

      John WilUam Beaii . The » M \ Em tomi ^ m . % John WilUam Bean . Tho ^^ l *^ fcuAdst ^| a ^< J charged w ^^ \ ¦ * . ' ¦ , " ^^ V ^ £ ^\ . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ^^ D- - "¦¦

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      Thb Yicab of Pobtska has an income of £ 600 a year ; -yet he has the impudence to cali apon Dissenters tr , contribute towards the washing of hiB hutpliee / j . HiB church-warden , one Barrill , ib so great a blor ^ he&d , that at a recent meeting he told tbe people tb / jy had no right to be in the chnrch unless the r . inister consented ! I

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 9, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct896/page/7/