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      WATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . XZCTUSB IV . —COSd . ITD . ED . We have Been that trades' unions , even if general , would afford but an inefficient protection against the tyisjmy of capitalists , still less against tho capital tyjsnny of Government . For supposing that masters gave a fair day ' s wage for a fair days "work , what would it avsa -while Government can tsx at -will ? Working men have n&ed to . unite for mutual protection , for nratual support and information—but they have greater need to -unite not merely aB fellow-working men , but as fellow men—sot only to protect their interests as labourers bnt ^ to gain their rights aa freemen—they should join their fellow men of whatever trade or dejjomin ^ ion ; yea . all trades should unite in onegrwid jjaSonsl union—they should chip their trade-shells and take a flight for freedom , then would they gain power to protect themselves , te defend themselves , and to do themselves good in spite of the evil which others would do them .

      Oh , but say some we have nothing to do with politics , we have a maxim not to meddle with politics —yea and what has been the consequence , politics have meddled with you and meddled with a vengeance , gaea aTnaTim was fit for ala-reaalone to adopt , and the worst tind of sla 7 tB too—willing slaves—it was a blindfolding of yourselves and offering ycur necks to ihe yoke—a gagging of yourselves ; and was just what y » ni oppressors wished . Government wouldjook with an eye of favour , the eye ef a hawk after a sparrownpon all trades who bound themselves by such axesolutien , foT by it they gave np their rights / including the Hjosfcimportant ri * ht ; ' the Tight of free inquiry—they gave them up withott a word , witbout being asked to do it—and submissively resigned themselves to whatever wrongs Government had a mind to icflict on them . It is a maxim in full accordance with the maxim of tyrants , namely , that the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them .

      Kot discuss politics ! If we won't discuss politics ; they will leave us nothing else to discuss—if we won't see tkem « bear them , they will make us feel them . We are bound by tyrants—let us not likewise be in bondage to ourselves . Politics are now a question not merely © f liberty , but of life—they are the question of all questions—they Bbonld be the Alpha and Omega , tiie first and the last . Ee who says we have nothing to do with politics might as well say we have nothing to do with eating or drinking , nor with wherewithal ve kball be elothed- —that we have nothing to do with work and with wages—for politics affect all these vital interests—politics xnle or ruin them , make or mar them . Can truth be found if we refuse to search for it ? —evil be enred without icquiring into its cause ?

      What . ' were we made to be blindly led by the nose as asses are—to work and be beaten for it ? Are we to go like horses in a mill , the same dull round , and know no other—not allowed to see even that—but guided by the very engine which we turn roundslaves to the very system which our labour npbolds . ?—for know that it is the working men who keep Government agoing . Left to itself the mill would stand still ; but what comes of tha corn which they grind ?—the firsts is alloted to the higher classes , the seconds to the middle classes , and the coarsest of all , the mere refuse of file others is considered good enough for those weo tio the work—cay , it is reckoned too good , for we are told that the working classes should be taught to live oa coar&er diet—on mere bran . Alas ! many of them bow wcuid be glad to get even that

      Not discass politics ! and when the men are out of work they must tramp or beg from trade to trade , whereas , Ii they had properly discussed politics , they would always have had work and good wage ,- bat they forbid themselves to discuss politics . Who would have thought that they could have been so simple?—for their masters , mind ye , are always discussing politics ; and ibe masters live luxuriously on the profits of the men ' s work , and laugh at tie poor men , who never having discussed polities , have to go a begging—have to wander about a burthen to eaek other , weakening the strength of their unions . Yes ! the masters have discussed politics , and they have wine to discuss—while tiifi men . have sot so much aa potatoes and salt .

      The motive for not diecuBsiiuf politics might originally be a § ood one . I beKeve ft was thought that politics would introdece difference of opinion , dissension , and division amongst them , and they wished to discuss their pints and pipes in peace . This might be the case formerly , when politics were more a matter of speculative opinion ; but now they are becoming the bread cf life itself—they are making all working men of one mind—they are consolidating unions , concentraticg opinions , and laying all on the trns scent We are all aaeing the necessity—the absolute necessity - there is for the Charter , and all are going-foil cry for the Charter . The Charter is a rallying point for all who differ on other points ; all must meet in that centre : the Charter is a grand national standard hoisted by Britannia herself , and Bhe stands with her shield of defence , her spear of attack to guard it—the British lion at her feet ready to arise and proclaim , with a voice of thunder , the Charter and no surrfeEdtr 1

      Yes , we ' ll discuss politics—we wm not forbid" ourselves , nor shall any ene else forbid us . Politics aie becoming the breath of onr nostrils . I am glad that the masons are resolved to discuss politics—that the masons have come out—that ycu are the first of the trades in tee fieM . Yes , masons , you have led the way —you have won an honour of your brethren—you are the vangnaid , Xb& foremost for freedom . Yours is the post of honour , though Dot of danger : leep it , masons ; tie other trades must follow 50 U , 01 lose the nasnfe of men ,., ilusfc , itwi I say ? They have followed . Have

      rot the coppersmiths followed ? they are no longer as sounding brass , &c . Have not the shoemakers followed ? —are net the tailors rising ?—the pipemaken awaking ? —the carpenters girding np their loins ? and all the ethers stirring ? all are on the move . If any one should remain behind—should refuse to come out—to go np to the struggle in this goodly cause , let that trade be careed as Merc z was by Deborah , who said—" Curse ye , Merr-Z , corse je the men thereof ; for they caxne net Dp to the help cf the Lord * to the help of the Lord against the mighty . "

      Kow , I would ask , what avails a man's strengthwhat avails his skill—what avails it that he has served a seven years * apprenticeship to a trade and made himsjlf a complete workman at it—what avails all tbis , if Government be suffered to paralyse hia strength—to render his skill useless , by depriving him of work , and finding no other work for Km but in a Bastile—at the treadmill ? How many carpenters are there , men capable of making or building * bips and houses , who nevertheless are compelled to make nothing but matches and go abvot the streets to sell * bem ?—how many coppersmiths oxc 3 t nnke toys f « r a living ?—how many weavers sing hfmns for bread ?—how many tailors live on soup ?—how many working men of all trades are forted to take ftteir famishing ebUdren in their arms , and with a pining wife and naked offspring must traverse the Btrtets in cold or wet , to move compassion for their wants by prMhffing their wees ?

      Bad government turned these men out of worfe , and ; if they beg the bread they are prevented from earning . a fcad government daps them np m prison ; if they steal it , they are transported . They cannot buy it , they cannot borrow it—government says , starve . Shall they starve ? Haw can they he ' p themselves ? "When in work they thought not of these thlsgs ; they cared not \ for them ; they would not discuss politics , and so long j as they feit not want themselves , trsey felt notfor those who did . All , therefore , who have foresight , who have feeling , will join the National Association of Ccartists . 5

      Blame sot the Qaeen . " There is a power behind the tbiene greater than the throne itself ; " nor are the masters alone to bkins ; in uiosj case 3 they can do no other ; and when they could do right , they aie tempted , ihej Ere encouraged , they sre supported in wrong bj tie powers aboxe them . Witn ^ s the mzsons" strike "Wen , therefore , does it become tile masons , acting ir-Ms the -wisdom gained by txperiencs , to corns furward in tiie eanse of Chartism , which is the cause of good government They would be told , and would , perhapa , believe " that the Chartist 3 would only lead them into danger , would lead them into trouble ; and scute , perhaps , nuy hare kect bsck frosi fear ; others

      from tliinkiBg it impcsiible to obtain tbe Charter Banish all sadh unworthy thoughts ! Let men think for themselves , and Bee "tViat their fellow men do in the-cEuse , and they will find no causa for fear nor for aught but satisfaction , A Chartist knows that when be is seeking what is right , he is doing what ia right , and his to-sri&usEejs of this m ^ kes him that was a slave-feel like a man . The masons sre winning for themselves the title of freenr-sons ; not free in the Elaviih Etnse of the word , free in name only , but free in reality . They are vindidtinz taeir risht of thought , of thinking for themselves . Oh ! if we lose all else , let us keep that ; for by tbxt we may gain back all else .

      " ^ Nothing impossible Gtja , nor to the people . ~ Bj union they can render what is pcssibleprobable , and "what is probable certain . Hethinks I have now said scfBcieut to shew tae inefUcaey of a mere trade-union to do more than temporarily , Gr imperfectly , benefit the members . A union of ail unionists fcr the Charter would procure a lasting benefit , and this is the assistance- that each and all shonld seek and giro to each other—this is truly to support ana strengthen esch other , not to weaken each other—this weuld render trades-nnions needless—all would be swallowed up , as the lesser serpents were by Aaron ' s—all wobM merge in ona with the power of all to protect each . Aye , get the Charter , and it will do niore for us than all besides . What makes trades onions ineffectual ? Because nil in the trade do not yfa- Whstalons ean make Chartism ineffectual f All

      ywking men . not joining . Bail wonldaot wisbittobe inferred th » t when job come cut of jour tadB onion yon are to abandon it No , keep it np as a harbour of * e £ tti-e , should the storm of persecution drive you back . Keep it up m a hive or a nest to settle in , after your Sight in the open air . Keep it up as a small benefit to ^ P yon to get a greater with . Come out , but come oat as trades , with the signs of your own callings , in the colour of your elans . Yon have hitherto been iailiag in a bounded river , now launch boldly forth into fee limif ^ fffi ocean—you have feeen . wading , now strike oat and swim . A bold Chartist is the best Chartist . Ccme cut , but come out as trades ; you will do more food to the eause ; you will be more likely to bring the other trades cut . None but trades can do it . Do not taingle ^ na ^ p g" ^^ among the mass of Chartists . Let it be said , " fhae go the Masons ! they were toe set to move , tbe first to draw the others out . "

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

      hands with hearts in them—hands directed by good heads . Come , then , ye who have not already come . We are working for you as well as for ourselves . It is hard not to have you with us—to have yon against us . We have worked the ship through storms and tempests , in spite of adverse winds and contrary currents ; we have steered = clear of rocks , and shoals , and quicksands ; we have beat back the pirates that would have boarded us ; and refused to listen to the syrens that ^ onid have tempted us . We have npw come in sijjht 0 ! port with our glorious freifht of freedom ; but we are few and almost exhausted . Let us net be driven back to sea again ; let us not perish in sight of tond . Throw us arose ! tow ns in ! Ono or two can't do it Let all lay hol 4—all lend us a hand , and see how easily they will walk the gooi ship up to tha mooring post !

      I need not at this time enter into the principles of the Charter , nor describe the plan of organizition . Those who wish tobecome acquainted with these things can have them explained by the intelligent Secretary of this Association . But I would wish , it to be known that thosa-who do not join will be thought to have leBS spirit or less intelligence than their brethren . Intelligence gives a man spirit . Yet I wonld advise ne one to join hastily , lest he fall away as hastily . Let every one be idly convinced in bis own mind before he suffers himself to be personated . Imbiba the great principles

      ef freedom , and they will make new and better men of us . It is grea = principles that make great men . Th ? y enlaree the mind , they expand tha heart , they make giants of us common men . How else is it that working men C 3 n confront Lords or Bishops and dumbfound them . Mow else happens it that working-men without 3 ny education bat self-education—which to be snre is the best—that -unlearned mechanics , with no advantage on tfeeir side but every disadvantage , can rise and refute tfce sophisms of college-taught masters of art ? Aye , they may be masters of art , but net of nature—the nobles cf nature are their masters there .

      Masons , let us lay hold of the Chartist plough , and not look back—let us not stop , but go the whole length of the land . Follow not custom , which has led yon into a barren pasture , bttt follow tb . 026 Who break VL ? tiU 2 h- the hedge of custom , and get into & field of plenty . Ye would be more silly than Bheep if ye remained behind . He who engsges in this cause has more reason to be prond of himself than if ha had fought at Watsrloo—and the Chartist medal of victory will be far more honourable . This is a figbfc , not to put down , but to raise up freedom . Ah ! had our . forefathers not aided the stream of corruption—had they resisted it before it grew to a flood—had they stemmed it at first , It might easily have been turned ; and now , instead of straggling for our rights , we might have been enjoying them ; but we shall gain them for oarstives , or fur our children . The stream cannot be turned except by the tide of the people—by the undercurrent of ' the millions—individuals will strive in vain

      —the work must be done by the masses . For my part I feel mere pleasure in struggling for my rights , than I should have done in enjoying them—if won for me by others—tor there is more zsab in the enjoyment of what we gain for ourselves , and more hononr too . Many old men wish themselves young again , that they might join in this glorious cause—many women wish themselves " men , that they might fctand forward to vindicate it—nay , many women , and even children , have stood forward ; and shall we lack the spirit that is found in old men , and women , and children ? Hoi I answer for ye—no ! We will all be CbartiBts . As for myself , I wish no better name—no nobler title than that of Chartist—let me be known as a Chartist , or known not at all—let my epitaph be— " Sacred to tke memory of a Chartist "

      Aaw masons , now for the Charter . ' Lean on it , as Hope leans on her anchor—hold it up as Faith holds ixp her cross—give of its benefits freely , as Charity gives to all her children . The world is deluged with crimes and miseries of every description , resulting from class legislation . The Charter is our ark—the dove with the olive branch—a life-boat to serve us when the ship is slaking . The Charter is the angel that troubled the waters—that agitated them to give them a healing property : it 'is the rainbow that bespeaks a calm after a storm : it is God ' s covenant with his people . L ? t it be written on our hearts and bonnd round onr brows . The ercund has been cleared for you masons , the

      foundation dag ; be it yours to build , —to lay on the corner stone , ana we win have n . chfcs for the statues of the champions of Chartism all round the edifice . The Goddesa of Liberty—the free Britannia shall be placed at the top : in the one hacd the scales of true justice , in the other the Charter . Her spear shall be rendered pointless by the cap of liberty ; and a nation savel—apeeple glorified will uplift the universal song of praise and thanksgiving to tha God ef freemen . Yes , GrK-t Britain , will then sit enthroned on her rock the Ocean Queen , and a kneeling world shall beg ol us to make all nations free . J . W . Baitersea , Surrey .

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      TO SIR ROBERT PEEL . LETTER II . Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision against the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . ' If political society , in whatever form , has still made the many tha property of the few ; if it has introduced iz boars unnecessary , vices and diseases unknown , and pleasures incompatible with catcre ; . if in all countries it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions mere utterly abject and miserable , shall we still worship so destructive an idol V

      - Lord Bolingbboke on Society . Sib . Robert , — -If the gaiety and sorrow , the grandeur and wretehfevlness , the pomp and penury , the waste and want , tfee pampered luxury and the squalid misery , the iU-paid , toil and the profusely gorged idleness , the lounging ennui , and the harrowing death-beds of slavery and starvation now so prevalent in onr richly ruined country , testi&uth to the truth tf the above propositions of the hononmLie writer , how can yon as a professed Christian , as the Pitmier of a professed Christian e ^ ercment , preside over inch an inhnman , nachristian stale ; of things , without applying those remedies which are abundantly in your possession , which the starving have an undeniable right unto , being tbe gifts of nature to all , even our common country and its increase .

      The mines are the people ' s , the land 13 the people ' s , the csttly is the people's , the corn too and all vegetation is the people ' s . Nature laid forth all before them , and for them , publishing in its passive invitations , its sabsfxvit-Bce to- their will . Who hath taken it Irom the peoplt ; ? far the people toil and starve . Whoever tasy be ,-let them come forth arid answer for their crimes . They have transgressed against the God of nature and his children , in that they have robbed their fellowmen of their inhfcritacce in his gifts . Whoever these impicus criminals are , I stall leave to JOU , Sir , find for the present , the punishment of tatir counties crimes . Leaving fur a while the question of justice and restitution , let me proceed to Liy before you the means whereby ancle provision may be made for our starving fellows , without proceeding to a measure bo wounding to the pride of the legal constitutional plunderers as justice demands .

      In my letter of l&sl last week I drew your attention to the parks of the aristocracy whereon to employ the starving thousands to obtain their daily bread , but fearing that you through the stunted feeiings of corrupt education and training should Lave more consideration for the pride of "the rich , than the lives of the wealth procvueers , and that you should have no excuse for ycur apsthy , 1 here draw your attention to other laud . The road sides throughout our country are edged with from three to nine feet of , at present , almost unprofitable waste ; in many places there are square and angle patches , of several Ings ; this land will pay velir for cultivation . Let tha pool 8 Q « i etarviPg operatives be Bet to work thereon j they will rear their own food , and a surplus to pay for the ouaav . Give them the means , and they will rear their own dwellings , and every other necessary ; they would keep the roads well

      cleaned , a 3 the dirt would be good manure for their com garde . TS ; they wcnld save the counties the expense of a rural yolica ; for were the roads thus lined with a cox . tented , because a well-fed peasantry ; there would be no chance for robbers to carry on their depredations without detection . I assert , without fear of proof to the contrary , - that the land by tbe road sides throughout Britain would , if cultivated by them , produce a sufficiency of food for the present starving operatives . Then there are the yd . open commons ; let these be added to the roadside farms ; the filth ef the towns near some of-them would make them good com fleldB , if hauled on to them . Then there are the moors and ftuzj grounds of tbe landed , game , and bunting gentry , juere borrows for fcxes , harbours for birds , Of Which the Wretched untpilling idlera may say , in the werdB Of Jesus , " Tl » e foxes have holes , and the birds of the air have nests , but the kmob of men have not where to lay

      their heads . " Sir Robert , the country is filling with onwffiing beggars . Your Government must do-something for thera , or they will become unwilling though desperate thieves : no , not " thieves , for they have a right to food in theJand of their birth ; and if the rich have taken from them tb . eii land , they are justified in taking back a portion of the produce to prevent themselves and their little ones dyiDg of hunger . But if you , Bit , through your criminal callousness , should leave them to this only alternative , then woe to the rich when the poor iaz , n , gcadeJ to desperation by hunger and the cries of tuniabixig children , becomes the rover for food , hazarding tia iif * 6- { , aait the lawa and lie murderous

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

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

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Glasgow / July 11 , 1842 . Friend of my Suffring Countrt , —Your inset tion of the following outrage on religion and the com mon rules of decenoy and decorum will oblige , Your much injured brother , Con Murray .

      TO TEE IRISHMEN OF CAMPS 1 E . My Dear Countrymen , —I wish , through the columns of the . people ' s paper , to lay " before an enlightened public , one of the grossest acts of tyranny that has for many years found its way into a newspaper . In doing so I will content myself by a simple statement of the facts , leaving the toiling millions to supply the comment . You are aware that I delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall of your village on the evening of the 2 nd inst . Subject—Chartism : its past history , present position , and future prospects . You are aware , also , that my r . marks on that occasion—as at all ether times when I appear publicly—were purely political : not In the leaat possible degree mixing them up with any theological question , and not giving offence to any religious b » dy

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

      Oa the following day , Sabbath , I went with two of my brothers to our house of worship , the Catholic chapel , under the guidance of th « Rev . Charles Green . I ha-I just knelt down to offer a short prayer previous to the commencement of divine service , when I was se : zad by the collar from behind , and , gruffly asked what brought me there . Surprised and * confounded at such an interruption and in such a place , I turned round , when who should present himself to ray astonished eyes , bat the above Rev . Gentleman in the

      physical attitude of putting me to the door . It was in vain I asked him to allow me to remain until the conclusion of the service , as tbere was no other church in the town where I could conscientiously worship the God of my fathers : he told me I should neither pray ner worship there , at the same time pulling me out aa if I were a dog . It was in vain I asked his reasons for this extraordinary conduct ; he would givenO explanation farther than that I bad published lies , and that I went about the country telling lies and gaining a livelihood thereby .

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

      In cenclnsion , my friends , I cannot look on Mr . Green's conduct in any other light than a following up of the Corn Eschar . ge calumnies for the anti-Christian purpose of injuring the poor Chartists . It is to me a painful task to be thus compelled to bring any dispute before tha public where a Catholic priest forms a party . I have been driven to it in self-dfefenee , for this case is only one of tha many attempts made by the blind followers of the apostato Pan to stop me in my homble advocacy of the rights of labour , but my persecutors little know with whom they are contending , for never until that k-one when my Creator shall call me from

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

      In your hands , then , I leave the treatment I have received from Mr . Gre < -n , relying on that sense of justice which nature has phcted in your hearts ; and in the meantime I will subscribe myssif what my respected father has made me , A Uue and real son of onld Ireland , A Cathalic—a Chartist , And a real democratic R ; pealer of the Union , Con Murray .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The insertion of the following In this week ' s Star , will oblige tho roerafrers of the National Cbuitar Association of Sloke-upoB-Trent To those who are inclined to observe the golden maxim , "By doing' unto others as they would that men should do unto them : "This is to certify that a brother Chartist of the Stoke Association , in consequence of over exertion in tbe cause of Chartism , has been ordered by his mc-cical attendant to the Isle of Man for recovery of health , and as he is but a working man , and has a ¦ wife and four children depending on donations from those who may feel inclined to tssist him- in liis present extremity .

      The folio wing persons are appointed to receive sub . senptions for bini : —William G . ; rratt , Eerry-btreot , Styke-upon-Trent ; Thomas Vernon , Booth&ri-road , ditto ; George E-ans , Honey Wall , ditto ; John Johns ton . North-street , ditto ; Thomas Starkty , Liverpool-road , ditto , Treasurer . : If . B . Tfce person who is the subjcat . of this call is tbe m&n , Samuel Robinson , who was mentioned by Mr . O'Connor after bis visit to tbe Potteries . All donations will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged . By order of the Association , j . O'Connor , sub-SicreUry . Stoke-npon , Trent , Jaly 12 th , 1 S 42 .

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      mm * TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —In the columns of ycur journal of yesterday ' s date appear statements relative to myself in conjunction with a ball and concert held ! n the Temperance Hall , Lower George-street , S / osne Square , CheJsea , on the 3 rd of January last There is also another statement , a sort of prtlnde to the foregoiDg , in which I am charged with asserting that a stroke from my pen wou ! d hinder the insertion of anything detrimental to myself in the . Star . I beg leave to assurs SOU I never made use of any such assertion . All that I have ever said in this matter , upon the many threats of publishing in the Star , was that I should reply to it . Bat to tho statements . . ¦

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

      Thn ? , on the erreaing ol the ball , Mr . Ford and myself went to the hall , carrying between us a portable stove , to warm the arena ; by the bye , one we had borrowed for the occasion . When we arrived at the door ( four miles distant from my boose ) we found the door locked , no one there , and the time for opening the doors just at hand . Then I had a walk of about a mile in quest of tho key ; one of tae members had by tbia time arrived . When spoken to on tbe matter , " Ohl he thought it ' was all a hoax ; he did , 5 nde « d ! " The doors being opened , the Hall was found in a duty state ; the avenue leading thereto contained great heaps ef filth ; what w * s to bo done * Why , Mr . Stallwood became scavenger—procured shovels , brooms , && , a * d cleared it away ; while Mr . Ford lit the fire , decorated the hall , < fec Well , persons began to arrive . Who is to sell tickets ? Oh , Mr . Stillwood ; but who is to take cheques ? ob , Mr . Stallwood ; who-is to be door-

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      keeper ? oh . Mr . Stallwoed . Time arrives to commence ^ . Mf ? ^* ' , . 1 " 11 * 61 0 ' ceremonies arrived 1 wnatia to be done ? oh , Mr . StaUwood yoa must nee . Now , Sir , this J « no random statement of my own j the witnesses , ^ one after the other , called by tber&ccuBfng ^« ^^^ ^ -- ^ AdBltflngi-te-iidtfluUvto . idt ' U | l K . ™ I was secretary , UeasuK * , printer , and bill distnbntor ; then . Sir , I ask any Mtidnal man , how is it possible that I should or could gi « a correct balance Bheet after aU this ? Nay , wbat rational beingr would expect It ? Besides all , the accusing party full

      were y aware that , up to the sitting of the Conventlon , nothing of the sort had any existence j that the statement drawn np was from reeoUectlon , after a period . of , something like thirteen or fourteen weeks ; after a tour through the counties of Berks , Oxon , Watwick , Stafford , Worcester , Gloucester , ic . by me . They also knew thafc I offered in a letter to explain anything they mi ght wish explained , if they wonld commit it to writing ; but instead of committing anything to writing , and forwarding it to me for my explanation , . the following moreeau was tranaraitted to Mr . John Cleave , who moat henpurably transmitted It tome forthwith —•

      " Stillwood charged four shillings more than he pall th « musicians that played at a ball for the benefit of the pohtical victims at thethe Teetotal Holl , Georgestreet , Chelsea . . ; ¦ . ' " ¦¦ ::, ( Signed ) , ¦ ¦/ - .. ¦ ¦ ' ^ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ;¦; . .. V . ¦ "WlLEIAM ItfATTHEWS . " " 88 , ¦ W estbonrae-street , Chelsea . " But I am charged with robbing the Victim ' s Fund of four shillipga Mr . Ford eneaged the musicians at 16 s ., how was it they received bat 128 . ? because the hall was but thinly attended ; that was the cause of the reduotioD . The balance sheet , as it is called , contained the 16 s . simply because I asked the question what It was they were engage * at ; and was told 16 s ., and did not know until afterwards , or , in other words , did not recollect , until remfnded , that I had beat them down to twelve . So much for the so-called balancesheet' - . r ¦ - : ¦ ¦ . . ¦¦¦ . ; ¦' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' - ' ¦ ¦• ¦ '¦ .: ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' .

      Statement , No . 3- ^ refnsed attend meetings of the Brompton locality . v Yes ; ample reasons for so doing . First , they did none of the labour in getting up the ball and concert , and , consequently , I could not conceive they had any business to call me to account respecting it . - ¦ . . .. .- ; ¦ ¦ -. ¦ ' ' \ ' ^ v : ; ' ¦ .: ' - ¦'¦ : ' - . ¦ ¦ : ' . _ '¦' . Secondly ,-1 was most grossly irisnlted In the ConventionHall , by one of thair deputies . Thirdly , in tie letter twit to Mi . Cleave , after the courtesy I had displayed , I felt myself grossly 111 treated . : ¦¦ - _ ¦ \ ¦(' ... . ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ - . ' . - ¦/ . ¦ . '' ;] . - .. ' [¦ . : ' .: ''''¦ ¦¦ " : " : Fourthly , I thought it my duty to give my services , In aid of the cause , to large bodies , instead of going to meet a few indiviilnals in personal squabbles . Statement No 4—That after a patient investigation , and every privilega of defence , I was found guilty .:. ¦ ,: - : - ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ - ; ' ,. : v ¦¦¦ : / : ¦•; . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ , ; . ¦

      Not true . I had no such privilege . I bad not the privileges allowed at the Old Bailey , ot at SBSBioni of . Over and Terniiner . First , I had no list of the Jury supplied mft Secondly , I had no charge or charges put before me , until the moment of .-the investigation . Thirdly , I had no list of the witnesses supplied me , nay , it was the result of accident ; the whole affair , so far as the London Delegate Council are concerned , was etrparie— a portion actnaily having transpired in my . absonce , viz . that portion transacted at the Three Doves , Berwick-street , having taken place during my yisit to Herts , Bedfordshire , Bucks , and Northamptonshire , without the possibility of my knowing anything about it . J . M . Wheeler , in hla

      letter , states , * ' U is reported you are gone into the country , but I am requested to send it No doubt Mrs * S . will send it you immediately , * ' Mr . W . wrote ori the Monday ; it arrived at Hammersmith too late to be transmitted by that evening ' s post . It was posted on Tuesday , arrived at Bedford / on Wednesday morning . I waa then at Northampton , and consequently did not receive the letter until my arrival in town , a fortnight from the timo it was written . Had I the privilege allowed to a prisoner at the Old Bailey , the jury would not have been constituted as it was ; One ol the accusers would not have been in the box—neither would one of the persons , who admitted he took a ticket , and owed for it at that time ; neither would thqse who had previously made up . their minds on the matter ; and ;

      Sir , I humbly submit that when a person is charged with robbery , if another aets with him , he does not generally appear as evidence , but h placed at the bar as an accomplice , which would have been the case had the investigation taken place at the large building opposite 55 , Old Bailey ; neither , Sir , under such circumstances would one of the jury have been allowed to get up , and make a virulent speech a ^ ainat the accused , after baring admitted , 08 a witnefls , that ne refused to acton the committee for getting up the ball and concert , because he believed it would be a failure . Further , Sir , when I Called two witnesses , oiae : of themost disgraceful scenes , I think , ever witnessed occurred . One of the witnesses being a member of the Council for the accusing locality , said , if Mr . Stallwood persisted in calling him , he would ^ Jomplythen abusing ; tho Council for not throwing

      their shield ot protection around him , by refusing to ailow him to give the evideiice . During this time several -witueaaeB and others Were declaiming against bis being allowed to give evidence ; tueii a member of the council told defendenfc be ought to be ashamed of himself—the confnsion waa all hia fault , by calling the witnesses . To conclude the scene a member of tha council , at the end of the defencu , made & most virulent speech , mixing up the nffair that took place on the 3 rd of January last , with thd death of Holberry , that hafl just taken place , and bis wife and the victim ' s wives starving : in their huts . < Nowj Sir , if I , by myexertioiis and labours , gained an ovrplua of fi ? e shillings and cinepence , waa the caug ^ of starving tbem to d eath > what must those ba doing who professed so much kindness and sympathy for them up to that time , and have not raised them a single farthing . -: ;¦ . V .. . ' ¦ ¦'¦• ''"' ¦ . - ¦ ¦• " "¦ ' ¦ ' '

      Sir , I cannot , under such proceedings as these , allow it to go forth to the public , that I have robbed the political Victim Fund , whon at the same time I conceive I am their benefactor , if it shall be thought &t I am ready to let the matter go to a fair and impartial jury—8 ix appointed by my accusers , and six by myself If they conclude that I am guilty , then , and not till then , Ehall I acknowledge or bow to tae decision , Of believe that the matter has been before an impartial tribunal . Sir , you in a note Btate that if Mr . StaHwood confine himself strictly and solely to the matters in this statement , he will be at liberty to reply . I have done so , and therefore claim and expect the proffered liberty .

      Sincerely and faithfully , Yoiirs , in the cause of democracy , Edmund Stallwood Sunday , July 17 th , 18-22 .

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      DEAD COWS , DEAD H 0 KSE 8 , AND THE PLAGUE ! We know we shall distress tho philanthrapic sympathies of the Holy League (?) by recounting a little antdlote which occurred in this neighbourhood last week , and wLich we are sure will cause burBts of indignfction from Brown ' s Hotel , Pulaco-yard ^ the E ' ysium or Pandemonium of the Gonferen < wf and suffuse with tears the cheeks of tender-hearted Cobden , and deepen into a more fearful bluothe noaa or probbsiis ofe Billy . In the North , tho merits ind exertions of Billy may be unknown . In the South , ha is tho rignt-hand ma *) and chief fctar of the Corn law Leaguers . He collects information from tha agricultural districts , and lays before his masters in the Hotel the various devices and means

      by which the people are deprived of bread , aiid dying in heaps for want of it He was a ct devant butcheir in this city , but as a " knightof the ciaaver" failed in gaining more celebrity than attached to him by appearing in the Gazelle . Bat he had a sonl beyond marrow . banes , and for several years since has entered the arena of politics tinder the denomination of a liberal . He now rectives thirty shiliinga a week .. with some few snaps and BcrapingB frain th ( j worthies of Brown ' s Hotel . He has been sent down hero for more information ( they are not glutted yet ) , and it will be cooked up to nauseate the stomach of Sir Robert Peel , frighten him into concessions , ; give ua ' ( free trade , " . " ixte > sion of commeace , " " a total repeal of the Corn Laws . " Give their advocates more money arid power ,

      and *• Etove off the Charter . " Thank you feindly , Mr . Acland—you are a Chartist and meant well—dld ' at yoti ? Ba 6 wa grieve to 8 iy Billy is only a libera ! . But as he is occupied in the Palace yard , we have taken the liberty cf sending to the Star ihialittle ttcconnt of agricultural distress . Hfs , perhaps ^ might act meet the North , so we give it in few words , — " At Crockie HiU , tho residence of the brother of a worthy Uiagia trste of this city , by the name of Freeland , a cow chaneed to die . Tbis was a chance not to be met with every < iay , to obtain , among the labourers , a tiwte , of bu'c her ' B meat The £ lid-tiding were ^^ heard with j ' ey amongst the homesteads of the cottagera , whose casks , or tnt » , were in want of pork , and whose chimneynooks were' devoid ' of bacon flitches . They had a conference ( like the League ) and the result was an application to Mr . FreelaBd to allew them to have the dead cow and partake of its spoils . They were permitted to do what they pleased with it . Grafefully and unlrtolcedfof

      thaukfally they acknowledged jBuch am - boon , and proceeded to skin and dissect secimd ^ iarUm , the horned animal , in 3 manner that would not have disgraced Billy himself . One man congratulated himself on having obtained fourteen pounds weight of the meat , and said it would laBt his family a fortnight , and glad enough they were of it . ; Fortune also . ahedyher beams in this fbrt ' unate ne £ ? hboarh 6 cd , and a , dead horse had yielded up bis breath somewhere near . Bnt the owaerwas aman of scrnples , a bard-hearted Christian , and not like the true-hearted corn-repealing Mr . Cobden . Ho refused the carrion to fill the bellies of Englishmen , and on the pretence of its being on the Sabbath-day , he put it away and sent it to some bounds in the vicinity J There , gentlsmen of the , Neirtfi , what think yeu of the condition of : ' -the ' agriculturista of the Sauth , within a few miles of thec Lords of Goodwood and Tetworth , the Lenhoxeg and Wynd-: bams l In this city we ara so completely priest-ridden , landlord-ridden , and mi-Jflio class-iidden / U » t toe

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      working clawea dare not have » room to hold their meetingi In , or form any complete association for tbe Charter , but we are bold to naif that better or more determined ChartfiU , ( and in no very nnall number ) are not to be found throughout the ( length of the kingdom . They want a little fire to keep up the blr-83 , and they would rally around O'Connor in thousands . A lecturer la much wanted , and would be halted moat heartily , L eavlog dead com , dead horses the PJague , Billy , and other carrion , for the present , we mnst look about for other information , and It shall be forwarded in due time ; and wishing every cuckoo bawler about a big loaf may be choaked by a dDmpUng , or fed upon doughboys for the remainder of his life , washing down the same with a draught of acqoa pur » , we take present leave ol the Northern Star , iu worthy P / oprietor , and Indefatigable Editor . : ¦ ¦ '¦¦' - ¦ . " . ¦ A , Woolwich Cajdet . Chlchester , July 18 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE BDIT 0 B OF THK WORtHEEN STAR . Honoured Sir , if the following address Is worth priuting , its insertion will oblige , Yours , respeotfaUy , Caroline Maria Williams .

      A PEW WQBDS TO MY CHAHTISr SISTBBS EVBUY-; ¦ : ¦ : ¦ •¦ ¦ . ' . . \ . WHBBE . ;¦ .. ' ¦'"¦ : "¦ , . : ¦"' : : . :. ¦ ¦ SrsTERS , —A few thoughts have just occurred : to my mind which I am anxious to communicate ; thare are a few tMngs I woud suggest , and press up ^ nyonr most serious consideration , which , if acted upon , and fully carried but , would ^ I am fully convinced , in every way ^ aid on our glerious movement , and would more Bpeedily put us in possession of our birthright , the Charter . . ¦ . ' ' i '¦' . ' ' ' ' . ' ¦ ¦¦¦ . - . '" . ' - . . " ... - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' .. '•'' . Sistera , I . will reveal to you a fiecret , but let it be such no longer ; spread ; it through the length and breadth of the land , that echo may vibrate and revibrate the sound ; for time will substantiate the fact , that it depends upon us women whether the Charter is to be bad or not I repeat it , the Charter will never become the law of the land until we women are fully reaoivad that it shall be bo . Bat in order to bring this about , we must be up and doing ; we must not merely " talk great things , but do them . " > :

      Sisters , do not let those who Jgnorantly deem themselves bur betters have any just cause to accuse us of inconsistency ; de not let them point at us the finger of scorn and say , ; V Look at thesei ' . ' pcbr wretches ; what * fuss they make ; they talk , talk , talk , and that is all they can do ; they say but do not . " No , my friends , but let us by God's nelp reaolTe thati from thia moment onr apathy 8 ballceas «; that ! from this moment we will arouse eurselyes from our lethargy , and with untiring aseal begin not only to talk , bat to work out our political salvation . Be it understood I am taking it for granted thai you are all out and out Chartists , whom I am now address-Ing . I would not give a straw for five thousand half and half , lnke-waTm-dead-all-but-name-Caattiats . Be *

      liave ihe , Chartism la all , or nothing . Take it for better or werse , or have nothing to do with it , I say . Well , then , to you , my unflinching Sisters , I would say let us prove that we are what we call ourselves—unflinching—let us not swerve from our duty . Permit me to suggest a few -ways and meana , which I believe would assist Jis greatly in the attainment of our rights . I will just draw yen oat ft line , which I doubt not your zealous philanthropic minds will fill up , and act upon quickly . It is thlB—let us each resolve that we will do what we con 5 and let all strive to find out what that Is . Perhaps some of yon are saying , V Oh , I am sure , any thing I can do for the furtherance of the cause I will most gladly . I have long thought I should like to do something , but I did not kuow what .

      Perhaps yon will point out in what way I might be useful ?'" Cartainly I will , with ^ the greatest pleasure . Permit me , then , to ask you a few plain questions ' . _• Do not all of yon know fcow to nse your needle ? Cannot many of you make fancy articles ? Cannot some of you draw and paint ? If so , I have enly to say that we ought not to ask what we can do until we have tried every means : by , some or all of these acquiremeuta , to get something for the Charter . Can't iny sister there who says she knows nothing of ornamental work—can't she make an iron-holder ? Cant my sister that aaya she knows nothing of making fire-screens , watch-guards , watchpapera , chimney ornaments , and such like—can't she make a few doli ' d bonnets , and sell them to aid the

      cauao ? Oh , you may find a thousand ways to help on the cause , if you really wish ; to do so . And some of us can make pin-oushions , needle-cases , and drawings . If we can , let us do It—do : it cheerfully and promptly , and do it now . D « pend upon it , the very poorest of us can do something in this way , Should we be so poor as not to l » e able to east even a mite into the treasury , we may , if We will but be in earnest about toe matter , be tiie means of sending toany a shUliug there . C' awiot we urge others to buy ' ., ? . I repeat it , only let us ba resolved that wo will # ach . do our best , and we shall find the work half done . Oh ! yes , in spite of all the demons in hell , and in defiance of all the incarnate ones on earth , we muat , we shall

      conquer . Sisters , it Is of no roe te mince the matter . It is folly in the extreme for any of as to flitter oursalvea that we are free-born Englishmen ' s daoghtars ; we are npt I and yon are slaveB , white slaves , in our father-land . Oh ! it is very pretty reading " a ' . avea cannot breathe in England , " and the Queen aud all tho Conrt may sing it ; but to tell ns of its being a land of freedom , is to insult bur misery . A land of liberty , indeed 1 What staff—wZxat nonsense ' Talk ot freedom , whilst the land is reeking with oppression , might make a devil blush ; but it wonld take much more to make our tyrants dp so . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ";' . ; v ;

      Poor slaves I . the fettera cf taxation wet © pat upon one tiny limbs the hour -we were born ; they have been increasing ever since . Are we not bound , hand and foot , with these cursed taxation chains ? Are not Government tools perpetually forging new ones for us , whilst they plainly perceive those we already wear are unbearable ? So oppressive are they , that thousands , unable to live under the weight , are continuaHy trying to throw off the infernal fetters , by seeking in foreign climes the liberty denied them in their own . Are these things so ? WLo daresay they are not ?

      Sisters , It is for us to say whether or no this state of things Is to remain . I tell you , and I laugh to scorn all who wickedly would frighten us into the belibf that our efforts are vain , that if we do but unitedly , cealOUfily , perseveringly , one , and all , Tfcsolve . to . Tweak onr chains / the thing is done . Remember this , and in heaven ' s name let us do our duty ; any thing and every thing that we can do to hasten the day of freedom , let us niflincbiDgly do it ; by any and by all the ways and means that we can get an honest psnny to break off pur fetters , let uabe Instant in season and out of season , in looking after it . Remember that we are elaves , and that the Charter is the only way to freedom . Let us VowY by all that is good , never to rest till we have H . Let us bring oue talents , our all , to tfea attainment of our rights .

      Sisters , let us provoke each other to love and good works . Lot ua each act so that it may be said of all" she hath done what she coulrt . " Whilst well-fed , weli-clothed hypQcrites , are trying by their cant of " heathen darkness . abroad" to drsg tho Httle money , or what will fetab . mon ^ y , f " > m you , to Bend to those wh < ani they affect to pity , whilst : they will see you perish at their doors without offering to relieve you , do you look at henie ' ¦ ;'; let us look to ourselves , and . ' -resolye that , from henceforth , not one farthing of bur hardearned money shall be given to foreign eharities , whilst tlie White slaves at home , nnheeded , are starving , whilst bur beatfrienas , in prison , ate left to perish , and others of them to languish in txiie ? No , no ; we will now look afchome , and help ourselves ; and let us see

      what we can collect from this saintly board , -who would have ub believe their hetirta o ' crflow v 4 th the milk of huiuauity . Let us have misaionary boxes , and collecting boots , and let us visit , those pious souls , and ask thorn to perfotra their duty at home . I am fully coiivinced that if we did but patieotly , and In a straightferward manner , seek to get vaoneyto aid oar ' solves ^ half aa jsinlonsly as others strive for one chstrity and another , we should get hundreds > if not thousands of pounds in a year , to . help on our cause ; only be . ; Tie- ablved . that yon '' will give not a fartMng to anytain geise whilst In a state of slavery , and only let us in right down earnest eet about doing and getting all . we can for ourselves , and we shall be truly surprised to . see in a very short time what we shall be able to accomplish .:

      Let us'begin now , begin well , and never grow weary in well doing . Let us get all we can to help on our glorious eanse- ^ from our" parents ; our brothers , out ; sistera , our husbandi , our sweethcartfl , our kindred , our fiienais , yea , and from our enemies , for let them give what they will , it is only onr due . Don't let us feel ^ ashamedof our cause , or care what we may be called upon to suffer for ih Think of what good the money you get will do the familea of Goveinment yietims . Think of those who counted not their IiveB dear unto them , so that they might emancipate us from our shackles . Think cf a Hunt , a Cobbetfc , a Clayton , a Holberry , snd , alas , too many others . Think of those who now pfae away in prisons , for merely striving to break asunder our fetters . Think of Frost , Williams , and Jonesi irfto langaiah in exile for nobly standing mp fo » onr righta .

      Think of the very many others who are Mflfering for us . Oh ! think of those brave , those trnfy noble , those right down honour ablea , and theo ( Say if we ought ever to grow weary in well doing . Remember the eyes of tfae men are fixed on us , and it they can : but see we are In real earnest about the matter , there is not a man Of them who would not rather die to attain with us our freedom , than turn aside ingloriously . Bememhcr , " they conquer who believe they can . " Lefc us each Vcomeap to the help of thei / otd ,.- ¦ - 'to ' the lw > lp ofthe JLord against the inigbtyV' and depend npon it , women / our icfluenoe and exertions will soon poll pppressibn down . VUnity is strength . Our aid added to the men ' s , will soon make our tyrants yiald to us out rights , or perish , Ob ! yes , if we will , we must and riiall prevafl .-.: v ;\ : : . ^ <^ \ : ' : / ¦' . - '' -. X ¦^' ¦ ¦< ' . \ . ' - ' \ ' . ' . [¦ '' ¦ : ' ::

      My sisters , lei neither of ns rest until it can be said with truth of u » , each and all , u Many daughters haya done virtuously , but thouexcellest them ^ 11 . " : : Yourssiacerelyf ¦ ...-. ' . . . ' - : . | n the great cause , Caboline Mabia Williams . 46 , College Row , Camboroe , : Jc ' y . , 8 ' tbj U p .

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      tONDOM . —Globe Piexd 9 . —Mr Wheeler lecturedhore ' on Sunday evening ; four members wfieearoiled . Mr . Maunder of Kingston , addressed the meeting at the close of the lecture . The chair was occupied by Mr . Wilson . Mr ^ Cooper reported from the Co-operatlTo Store , stating that they were willing to devote 11 s . of their funds towards getting np a public meetng on Stepney Green , on Monday , AviguBt 1 st Mr . O Connor bad pledged himself to attend , i ' r . Pickersgill reported from tke delegate meeting . Other business was then transacted , and Mr . E . Picker » giH was luumi- . mously elected to serve on the new delegate meeting .

      KiNdSTON-UPONTHAMES . ——On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mannder from Iiondon , read portions of the Northern Star to the company , and eloquently addressed them on behalf of the SUffordahire victims , and excite * much compassion foi them amongst his audicBc © . He then urgently entreated them to join tbe National Charter Association , as the only remedy to remove the many evils which afflict society . Mr . Pavey moved , and Mr . Wyeth sccooded , In an able marner , ¦ * ¦ ' that a subscription of one penny per month fiom eaob member of the locality should be raised to assist in maintaining their wives and children , and shield them from the horrors of want . " An amendment was moved that it be a penny per week ; but after some conversation ; the original motion was unanimously carried , and the sum of 2 s . 8 d . was immediately collected . The meeting then adjourned , with a vote of thanks to Mr . Maunder .

      London Delegate Council . This body met to wind up its accounts , &c , previous to its dissolutionr en Sunday afternoon , Mr . Salmon in thB chair j the committee appointed to audit the account money , received for the Convention , reported its corectness . r Mr . Wheeler laid before the Council the balance sheet for the portion of the quarter j auditors were appointed who reported its correctness . A deputation w « s appointed to wait on the Three Crowns locality ^ ega / ding fifty-one cards due by that body . The Finance Committee was authorised to receive all monies duo to the Council , and discharge the debts connected . -with , the Bame . The balance sheets weie ordered to be inserfeed in the Northern Star . A certificate of sbilty and integrity

      was given to Ruffy Ridley as a lecturer . Mr . Wheeler maved and Mr . Cuffoy aecphded the ) foUpwing-jesblution : —V That previous toi ' . the dissolving of ^ ^ ^ thia council ( in order to form a central united council lorthe . metropolitan counties ) we cannot avoid expresaint ; our eratitudo to the editor and proprietor of the English Chartist Circular for the assistance they have furnished them by insetting their addressee , &c . ., in tb * t Wilented little periodical ; and they earnestly recommeod to their brethren throughout the kingdoni ; the propriety of ensuring by their patronage the triumphant success of this cheap , yetable and t fflcieBtadyocate of the democratic cause . " , Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the Council disaolTea ,

      Habimersmith . —A numerously attended public meeting was neld on Monday evening , at tbo Black Bull Iiin , HammersHjitli-ro » a , at whlcn the foUowing resolution was passed : — " That this meeting view with alarm , the awful distress now preyaiUnfrthrcnghout the length and breadth of the land , and are fully convinced that it will never be permanently removed until such time as . the piBople shall be fully represented in Parliament , and therefore renew their pledge never to cease agitation until the People ' s Charter Bhall become the law . oftheland . " . ; : ; - ¦ .. . ' ; ' ¦> . ¦ . ¦ - ;¦ :. ¦ . - 'V : ¦ : "¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' - ^ ,: ' . - ' . :. ¦ ' ' ¦ " ' Mr . JONES of Liverpoftl , delivered \ an eloquent lecture upon th © evils of the present { system , 6 n Sunday evening , at ttie Werklng Man ' s Hall , Circtts-atreet , Marylebbne . : : - '" : '" " '¦ ' . r ' . ¦ ¦ - ' - .. ¦ ' ' ¦ :. ' •'•

      An Opej [ -Air Meexino was held on Monday evening at the terminus' of the Great Western Railway , Paddington , to petition PaiiiamiBnt and toemorialise the Queen in favour of the liberation of Brooka , P ^ adie , and the other politjcal prisoners . The meeting V ^ aa very numerous , ' and a petition and memorial were unanimously adopted . "; HEYWOOD . —Mr . James Cartledge , of Mar-chester / delivered a lecture upon the land , to a large and respectable audience , in the Charter Association Room . The lecture gave great satisfaction ;

      ABBROA . TH . —There was a large public meeting held on Monday-night , in the Chartist Pavilion , when Mr . Abram Duncan gave a lecture upon the " Factions . " In a clear and masterly manner he showed up their . un * holy workings in both Church and State . Tbe lecture * was listened to with the greatest enthusiasm for about an houc and a half . At the close of the lecture the following resolutions were proposed by Mr . William LundleV and seconded by Mr . Alexander Cri ^ htbn : " That this meeting haying taken into consideration the many incitenieats addressed to the people by the Whig press , for the puipesa or creating an outbreak amon ^ those people ; for the purpose , « f ^ ^ restoring this faction to

      power , deolare that they will stand by their present brgahizati » n / founded uppnthe principles of peace , law > and order , for tke entiraCharter name and all" . " That we , the Chartists of ^ Arbroath , will give no ^ ^ countenance to any . of those deceiyera who talk of going to the death for the i Charter , but who at tbe same time do not belong to any Chartist Aasbclation . " >« That we , the Chartists efArbroatb . ; place : our entire conadence iti the NorthernStar , as the only pape * atpreseat staading firmly by the principles of the Charter , and the fBople ' fl organization , and will do everything in our power to increase its circulation In this place and elsewhere , as we shall have opportunity . ' * ... ¦' .

      CARErlSLB . —A meefcingpf the Council of the Carlisle Chartist . Association , was held at 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , on Saturday evening last ; Mr" John Armstrong in the chair . Collections were ^ paid in to the treasurer , Mr . James Arthur s ' ¦ " . after which some other routine business was transacted . ¦ "'' : j ROCBDAIiE . —On Sanday last , according to preyions annouueement , a large meeting was foeld on Blackstone Edge ; Mr . Magson opened the proceedings by giving out a hymn from the Chctftist Circular , which was enthusiastically sung by the assembled thousands . Mr . Sutcliffe , from Halifax , then deliyeTed an rxcellent discourse , addressed chiefly to professors of Christianity . Mr . John Leach was next introduced , who spoke at considerable length , shewing the existing abuses in Church arid S ' . ate , the causes of their jthe people ' s ) distress , by being excluded from political power , and

      the total inefflcacy of a repeal of the Corn Laws to permanently benefit the people ; and concluded by enet » . . . " geticaily appealing to tho mseting to Btand by the Char-r ter , which would give a fall meaisnre of justice to the whole people . Mr . Helliwell , of Todmorden , spoke on the points of the Charter . Mr . Wheelwright , of Myth » lmrpyd , then - addressed the " nieet 2 ngf in a speech , of some lengto , replete with sound reasoning and con « yincing argument , which , was welLreceivea . Mr . Ashley ¦ followed in & shoit speech , twging the people to increased union and perseverance . A letter Was then read from Mr , Bairstow , stating the rioaaou of hisnonatten ^ Hnca at the . meeting . Mr . Ponttfract , from Saddleworth , then wound tip the proceedings in a brief bat e ^ ceilehfc speech . There were a large number of females ; present , and not a drunken or disorderly peraon to be seen during the day ; the numbers were computed from 15 ; 000 to 20 , 000 .

      BROCKMOOB . —Mr . Linney lectured in a large room belonging to the Rock Inn , on Wednesday evening , to . a crowded audience . The lecture g 5 vo general satisfectioa . ' ¦; . " . _ ¦'¦ '¦ " : : ;¦ ¦ ¦ "¦ ' ¦ '¦ " ¦ ' ABERSJARE . —A public meeting . was held bsre on Monday eveniug last , the 11 th day of July , on Hirwala Common , opposite the Meunt Pleasant , called by requisition to the bh ' ifef ConBtable / for the purpose of adopt- * ing the remonstrance , to the Hoose of Commons , and \ . the memorial to the . Qneea . About six o ' cloek , Mr . Jenkin Rses was called unanimously : to . the chair , ¦

      who , aftet taading the tequmtionj called upon Mr . Wm . MileSj who then addressed the meeting at great length . The meeting was further addressed by Messrs . Pugh , Tiioinas , John , jun ,, Gold , and Williams , from . , Merthyr Tydvil , " who made excellent speech . }* The remonstrance and memorial being put by Mr . Morgan Williams , were carried unanimously .. ; Aitar a vote of [¦ ¦¦ thants being -giveir to the chairman , arid cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for FeaTgus 0 Conner , and the Charter , ' the meeting poujeablyseparated about nine ' o ' clock . ' ' ' "' "f :- - - ¦ " . '' . ¦ : ¦; . ' . •¦ . 'Vv ' - ' - - \~ -. : ¦;'¦ ¦ ,- ¦¦ '¦"' : ' . -. ¦ > ' . ¦¦' • :

      BRSSTO& . —At . a sermon preached by MhBiirstow ' in Bear-lane Chapel , Bristol , on Saaday , July 3 edi on / the death of Samuel Holberry , the suui of fifteeh'shili ! liiigs , ^ ^ cleai of expences , was collected in behalf of the widow . / ' ¦ : . ; ,: ; ' : ' ' - : ' ; ' : ' - -: \ . ¦'¦' . ' ¦¦ 'V- ' ; ' : . , \ : } ' ' .. : '' . ' .. ' ' . - , ; ' brASFOJiP . —rPNEBAL SEHMoN -r-Oa Sunday last , an inipressivB ; flermon was preached by Mr . B . ¦ Ruabtonbf Halifax , on the death of Samuel Holbeiry , whodi 6 dtvmartyr to liberty in York Castlo . He spoke " for upwards of an hour with tttrilling effect on the Charter of our liberties , and advised them to unite fo « ' the accompliehment of their object , anit never rest satisfied , but be determined at all bazwds to nw * e it the law of the land . The hymn , composed by Mr . Cooper of Leicester , and inserted in the ChdHi&tCircu- f larf and the one sung at the grave side of our . departed biother , were used on the occasion . A collection of upirards of £ 2 wsta made' at the close of the service for the bareaved widow . The congregation was very large

      . and attentive . ; . - ¦' . ' ; - . . ' ' , ' ; , - ¦ .: , -. ' . . ; ¦ ¦'¦";¦; ¦ " ¦;^ : ' . .. : ¦'¦ : ¦ ¦'' ¦ ¦ . . - Councix Meeting . —Oa Monday evening , tMsbody met as usual in the Council rooa , Butterworth ' a-bttildings . The meeting was a numerous one ; Mr . Hurlef was called t <» the chair . After receiving tho contribtttibns of seycifll localifles , ^^^ snangcnients were made for Mr / O'Connor ' s lecture on Thursday , evening , after which was brought before the in ^ ting by Mr . WWtahcad , the notice he had given the preylous week . " That a delegate should be sent to ^ aneheater to jrepresent the Chartists ; of tbis locality < ra the 16 th of August , ' which was confirmed , and Mr , H . vHodg ^ bn w « « e » lect ^ d . ; .:- ; . - '¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : . : •' ' X' ¦; ' ' - . - '• :. ' . ' / ¦ - ; :- ' - ' - - . ¦¦"" . ' ; ' : " •' ' ¦ . " ' . ' : ' . - '" :.- " .:. ' BcTTEfiWOBTH'S ^ ciiipp . GS .- Mr . Busbton preached in the 6 vening at fiix o ' clock , in the Assodatio ^ rconj , which was filled to : overflowing . ; Mr . R ba « dled hla ; > subject in a niasterl ' y manner , and conciuaiaa bis aadresa with an enetgetic appeal to the meeting to bacoxae nnitedand demand their rights ina voicetbatcotttdnot

      be miaunderatood . . ; " . . v- "¦ ¦'¦ , . .: ' :: '¦ ¦• ¦¦ ¦;¦ ' . .: .: ¦ : ; . ; '• . ' ¦ - . ) . : '¦ . : The " National" Ramonstrance of the * f National " Association--Ho * tbe Natiotal Charter association , " lisa been withdrawn by iU cpniaUttee untal the next Session tf P&iKUSai . : : / :: ¦ ¦¦ ' : ' :: ¦ ¦ ' : ;¦ -. ¦ -- ' . ;;; : ¦ :. " :. "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 23, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct898/page/7/