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      WATKIKS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . __ IJSCTPBE V . Ob the necessity of union , and of Tigflaooo to presffWBnion . The subject of nnion naturally Mis under three heads —rarity of sentiment , unity of opinion , and . unity of action . I rfmi ; treat ef ail three in consecutiTe order , and * conclude with the subject of vigilance as a corollary to that union . I begin "with unity of sentiment , » M here we mnst first Inquire into the nature of sentiment . What is sentiment ? Sentiment , as I take it , is the sense of the heart—the expression »! our natural feelings when they are mored to utterance by sympathy . Unity of sentiment ia the most common of all it is

      indeed general—it is almost universal . Unity of opinion iff mncfl less so , ana less so stffl is uuity of action . Why is unity of sentiment the most commsn ? because aE-hnmaa beluga ax » gif ted with sensibility more or las , and sentiment jrprings from sensibility ag opinion from sense and action from spirit As human beings , we all experience in a greater or leaser degree , the common feelings of human nature— we all feel joy or sorrow , lor e , hate , pity , and so fartli . These are fellowfeelings that make us all akin to each other , aaShaispere bean tif ally expresses

      it—* ' One touch of nature makes the whole \ rorld JrinA Kd we H » in a state of nature we should rejoice ¦ with those that do rejoice , and weep with those that weep—for then our feelings -would be unadulterated , onsophistkated—we should be as little children : —but 3 tows under tbe present system—under our uasodftj Competition system there is atae friendship—little fellowship to be found betwixt man and man , aye even betwixt those whose near relationship whose propinquity of blood should heighten , should increase , ahould connect , should entwine , should identify the common feelings of jnan to man , as between brother lad brother —parent and child . Bnt thank God , there is still enough of fellow-feeling lift , atill enough of Batoe in OBJ he&rtfl to unite ns in sentiment , ' at least , $ Ca Which of us , what working man , what tradesman , what gentleman , nay I will go higher still—I will

      ascend the cold regions of aristocracy where ley : hearts axe embalmed with eternal snow , " oat of humanity ^ reach . " I will mount the Alpine heights of rack , and ask what Lord is there , what Bake , Who , on witnessing a case of inevitable distress or only on hearing of it , does not for a moment sympathise with the sufferer , and at least express pity , e x press a wish a t least for his relief ? I grant that the more rare , the more appalling the case , the more likely it would be to move sympathy , but at any rate this proves that such a feeling exist * . For we are men , we are not monsters , not even the Lords spiritual and temporal themselves . I forget ; there is ene , and for the honour of human nature , 1 trost tiere is Ttut him alone—the demon Dote ; he can mock suffering , he can blame the sufferer . " Go to , " says the bard-heart to the industrious mechanics starring for want , " ye are idle , ye are wicked 3 "

      Men generally agree in the expression of their feelings at some notorious wrong done to an individual , in the expression of their indignation at the wrong-doer , and of their pity for him to whom the wrong was dene ; and we all rejoice when right is done , when restitution is made , when retribution ensues . We have a common interest in this ; it is for the Bake of ourselves as well a * for the sufferer that we make common cause with him . Sympathy makes the case our own in idea . Interest says that if we let it pass with impunity , it may soon become out own in reality .

      Thus we have shown that a unity of sentiment not only casts , but is pretty general , it extends through all classes , it binds alL There is no mistake in sentiment Opinions may he false , actions maybe Wrong bat sentiment is native , is genuine . Like all the finer feelings it is fresher , stronger ia youth ; for time wears , weakens the better feelings of oui nature , and thickens , increases the worse . Sentiment itself has its degrees , "it is mightier hi the mightiest , " as Shakspeare says of mercy . Sentiment ia a kind of weaker passion . What we feel for another is sympathy ; what we feel for ourselves is passion ; and passion feeding upon iteeif growa to phrerzy . There is

      first emotion , then aSeetaon , then passion . We first fee ! sympathy for . a saSerer , we then express our sentiments on the subject ; rrpn brings persecution on us from the oppressor ; then we fed a " passionate affection for the cause . Jcnius has well depicted the progress of our feelings en sneb occasions , when speaking of " Wilkes he says , " Hardly serious at first , be is now an enthusiast The coldest bodies -warm with opposition —tbe hardest sparkle with collisifln . There is a holy xuMakeu zsal in politics as well as in religion . By persuading others we convince ourselves . The passions are engaged and create a n&ntral affection , in the mind which forces us to lore the cause for which we snffer . "

      We have seen what sentiment is ; let us Bee the difference between sentiment and opinion , for in that difference lies the reason why we are less unanimous in opinion frh * n in sentiment Sentiment arises from the feelings ; opinion 1 s born of the understanding , —and there lies the difference . The heart is an honest thing : it is warm , it ia- hot . What comes direct from the heart comes regardless of order and of consequences Oh that we ail spoke the language of our hearts—that ¦ we al'ways aid -wjaat our hearts prompt us to do ; but how seldom is this the caae : there are certain prudent , or ralher selfish e « nsi derations that interfta *—that

      interpose . The mind is mere cool and calculating—it Checks the thoughts that spring spontaneous from the heart—it directs them to the mirror of the understanding—it shewB them their nakedness , and asks them what they think of themselves—• vha . i others will think d thfem if they rush oat to -rieir in this condition : it bids them adjust themselves bo as to appear to the best advantage ; and it too often prevails upon them to suit themselves to the occasion—to consult , to consider not truth , bui Belf-interest only . We often hear it Baid , * ' Many men , many minds ; " but we never hear it said , many men many hearts , because cur hearts are more aEke than cur Tnindu are . We do not differ in sentiment , hut in opinion ; nor should we differ in opinion if we thought not of ourselves alone , bat of truth and

      justice only . But we think of ourselves , of our sitoafcions , of our circumstances ; and we suffer these things to bias our minds , though not hearts ; our opinions , though sot our sentiments ; our actions , though sot OUT thoughts . When we are agreed in sentiment , setfiaterert steps in , and makes us disagree in opinion : we diseent , we differ , division ensues , and heart is set against heart , tongues that spoke in praise vituperate , hands that were damped in union are lifted np to fight Let us bring this to an example . We will say two men meet together on a field of battle after the fight is done—they see a woanded man lying—he is helpless , and in great pain—our two men , though they are strangers to each other , though they had never seen each other before—s-wiil , if they are not state-priests .

      feel a mutual impulse to help the groaning man—to succour him , to save Mm—this impulse will arise from their union ef sentHnest—they consider nothing but the necessity of the case , the desire -which sympathy feels to relieve the Sufferer—they join their hands , they unite their strength , and bear him off to seme place where his TFonnds Triii be att ^ ded to , where his wa n ts Wul be supplied . After having dene this , 5 tt us suppose tbem seated , and talking otct the affair—they < li 8-COV 1 &U £ rzl on the condition of the wenaded man—one thicks he -will recover , tie other thinks it is impossible —they fcrgne , they discuss , they dispute , they quar . el , and j-r-. jbsbly reduce one another to as ill a condition as ihe ^ ensued man vos Ia , whom they onifad in sentiBJect to jnirccur , bnt about who ^ e condition they

      differed in opinion , till from words they rose to acticn 3 , arid < iiEa > :: ed one another T-j blows . That - would be a difference of C > mion arisiEg from self-love , self-coneeit , till mat ^ e to convince each ether niora'ly , they tried to do i : j'hyFlcaUy ,- " and what conviction can arise from that ?—a conviction cf superior skill or strength , but not of superior tense or reason . Eut , instead of debating on tie condition of the wounded soldier , we will suppose cur two men to discourse on the battle in which he felL Here there would be as much room for difference cf opinion from similar grounds , and with a siadlar result ; bet supposing that they fell into conversation on the cause of the battle—whether the WOULfied Irian had justice on the side in -which he fought Here a difference of opinion may arise on

      otter siocndB . Say that he fought for liberty agsiast tyranny . Sentiment will at once decide tbzt the cause of liberty is mere just than that of tyranny ; they may agree in opinion on tfcat point abstractedly considered ; bat then , aye , When we come to ihe particular case in hand , a thousand raises may concur to bias our opinions—king and country , birtfe , education , pride , prejudice , glory , ambitioa , interest— all these may operate upon our minds —may change our very sentiments . The bias of Eelf makes us swerve fiojn the high road ol principle , and we tam into the bye-path of interest . Self is our fieffiire ; selfishness our centrifugal force . Could we fly off , we might advance the world , and not leave it aB we find it Had wa the natural instinct of the dove ,

      we should need but one wheel to show us our position ; ani then could dart straight home . Bnt like a hare , we come tack with a circumbendibus to the place whence We-started ; or like dogs ,-we turn round and lie down Tims live we—thus we die-But supposing that we were united , sot merely in sentiment but in opinion ; the next thing is unity of action . We must betp ^ upon one plan of action , and we . Biost act in ooopdK ; else oar opinions , our senti ments win go for nothing ; they will be but as the crackling of thorn * under the pot—keeping up a mere babbla babble of agitation without effect . We Chartists were united in sentiment , and out unity of sentiment united us in opinion ; but when it came to « Son —» ye , there wa « the rub—when the hour came , where wm the man ? There was difference * m

      sa . the time , as t » the place , as to the means , as tg . __ ihe jnethod . - Tea , here the greatest di-? emty ' would take place , because fchli is the most important step . Some wtnfld * e for taking : tmetotMe , WHtt jamthsr- Now , it would be of B 0-aa » -ihafc we wae all of one opinion unless we were all actuated by one will—by one voluntary and simultaneous Impulse . Many a popular battle has been lost by the free-will , or ntbez the self-will of some thwarting , or at least refusing to co-operate with , the will of others . Asualon is most ease&tial to oui success—as it iB indispensibly necessary—we * should , above all things , study to promote unkm snd to preserve it What Is the readiest way to effect union ? The minority ahould bow tothemajo-¦ ty—should abide' by its decision—do ai it directs

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      Bnt the will of the majority is not always just Should it then be obeyed ? Not by those who think it unjust . Let them endeavour to set it right ; and if they fail of that , 1 st them withdraw until it oomes right of itsell a * ahv-For though it be said—" the multitude are always in the wrong , " they do sot always continue so . No , the people are always just in the end . Never let any one think of setting up a counter or separate Asso ciation—that is not the way to right what is wrongthat is the way te rivet what is wrong—for opposition creates antagonism—and we may spend our

      lives"In wretched interchange of wrong for wrong , Striving ' midst a contentious world , where none ate strong . " The battle of parties will then commenoe and principle will be forgotten—the cause will be lost If there be any factious individuals among us who will not bow to a jast decision , for God " s sake , for the sake of the cause let them depart—they will weaken UB more by remaining with us than by separating from us oi even turning against us . Let ua say to all such as King Henry V aid to his soldiers before the battle of Agincourt , "He who hath no stomach for thiB fight , &c "

      . We wish to demonstrate more clearly , more fully the necessity of union . Opinions can be carried out only by union . " What signifies it that we are of this or that opinion unless we unite to make our opinions known and felt The opinions of one man or of one set of men are deemed singular , are deemed ridiculous however good they may be , if they are entertained by him or them aJone—bnt when proselytes are made * -when converts are gained , when the number of those who entertain these opinions , who adtocate them , who are ready to enforce them , are great and increasing , then are they respected , they are feared , they are submitted to , they become even fashionable ; for the men of the world are more influenced by example , by interest and by fear , . than by truth , justice , and humanity . Success is very successful .

      When a company of men are engaged in & task that is too hard for one man to accomplish , or for any number of men less than the united whole , as for instance , trheu men are engaged in driving a pile , they pull in concert , or else each man or divided set of men would pull , would exhaust their strength in vain . Their time is set by song , which not only directs their efforts but animates them . Soldiers march to music , sailors hoist to a tune , and Chartists should exert themselves one and all with a xnH and cheerily , to the tune of liberty—not long measure as if singing a psalm—not slow measure as at a funeral , but ahort measure , double-quick time . We ' shonW wait till all are Teady , and then begin our work like men , resolved to make an 6 nd .

      Again , only by union can we preserve our tasks unbroken—only by union can we break the ranks of the enemy . A rock resists the battery cf a whole ocean of waves and mokes them recoil is scattered foam ; they break themselves in the vain attempt to break it Those who attack us will strive to split us , to divide us ; for vrhen separated into detatched parties it will be easy to cut ns up , to destroy us , but while we stand united , we are impenetrable , invincible . Union is absolutely necessary not merely to break the union of othew , but to preserve our own . Without union we are without virtue , without safety ; but our union must consist not only of a union of sentiment but of opinion and action too . ( To be concluded in our next . J ^

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE KOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —1 have the honour of requesting your attention to the following observations . -Whenever I have ventured to advance any aignmesta in favour of universal suffeiage , I have been mtt by the reply , that the labouring classes are not in a condition to be entrusted with the privilege of voting , and that such a Parliament as they would return would be onfitted to legislate for the country . This may or may net be so . The contrary cannot be proved , but by entrusting the people with the power they say abuse to their ruin . The objection , therefore , naturally deters others from advocating their cause too strenuons ) y . But with regard to our present Whig and Tory Parliament , are they any more fitted to legislate for the country ? Are they worthy to be entrusted exclusively with the power they have ? What wonld be their loss ? Thia may be pioved ; tbsy are in being .

      Now I will call the attention of your readers to their course of proceeding upon a subject in which no party interests , no class interests , and no polities &ie concerned ; but only the great and common interests of liberty , of humanity , and of justice . I allnde to the dealing of the law , and of the authorities , with persons charged falsely , or not , with being of unsound mind . I will pass over the tyranny , the cruelties , the unheard-of oppression exercised upon persons under this law , the parallel of which can only be found in the histories we have of the Inquisitior . These are its consequences : — I will come to the law itself

      It is Tiotoricss that under that law nothing is required for the incarceration of a British subject , not being a pauper , as a person of unsound mind—but a written assertion or certificate to that effect by his or her nearest relation , or legal guardian—coupled with the certificate of two medical men ; one of which need not be procured until after the act of confinement : which certificates merely state that the medical men consider the person whom they have visited of unsound mind , and a proper person to be confined . 1 c is notorious that these certificates need not contain any description cf the nature of the insanity , or of the grounds or reasons upon "which the two medical men sign away the liberty and reputation of a fellow subject , sad . that they need not be shewn to the wretched person accused and confined .

      It is notorious that a British snbject so confined , may remain three months before be receives any visit from any person entrusted by our paternal Gevernment to receive their appeals . It is confessed that actually certain asylums are not visited by the magistrate once in the year . Such have been the fruits of aristocratical legislation for centuries . And now , what ia going on ? What are the proceedings of the present guardians of our public liberties ; of the representatives of the wealth and of the intelligence of the country ? ? A law is brousht in by Lord G . Somerset , by ¦ which the above KoroBiors defects in legislation are left untouched , except that an endeavour is being made , that asylums shall be visited about once in six weeks or two months-r-a result which is very problematical ; but by which two travelling commissioners are to be appointed to procure informa ' . ion ! ! .

      The commissioners so appointed are to act in communication with the secret ; tribunal of the Metropolitan Commissioners in London . Before whicb tribunal inquiries are entered into upon charges against any individual confined—without any notice being given to him , and without his being allowed to b 8 present in person or by attorney . Ibis law is passing almost silently through the House of Commons . The only persons who b 3 ve offered any opposition are the much abused supporters of radical reform , Mr . Wakley , Mr . Havres , or Mr . Hume .

      Xow , Sir , I "sronld safe , is this a House in "which it can ( with any niodftsty ) be stated , tiat if the labouring ckises were entrusted "with the suffrage they would nut elect persons fit to legislate for the country ? Do cot the above Iacts speak volumes ? Indeed they do . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient humble servant , Johx Perceval . Kensington , Jnly 19 , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE KOB . THERK STAB . Honoured Sia , —I perceive in this week ' s Star that I am to appear next week . Now I don't know whether in poetry er in prose , I hope in prose . When I wrote the few words to my Chartist sisters , I considered that as driving in a nail . If that is deemed worthy to appear , I hope this will also , as I consider this to be the clinching of it Yonw , very respectfully , CAROLINE MAKIA WILLIAMS . 45 , College-row , Cambourn , July 12 , 1812 . A FEW W 0 RD 3 TO MY CHARTIST SISTERS

      EVERYWHERE . - Mt Fbiexds , — In my last address , if you remember , I spoke cf what we onght to do , lut I am afraid I was not explicit enough . Permit me now , in a few words , to particulariza . - I then said that we ought to famish ourselves with collecting books and boxes . Suffer me to tall : those ' you who are anxious to help forward our glorious cause , but are fearful if you had a box of getting but little , how to proceed . When I collected for the Weslayan Missions , I made up my mind that , at all events , I would get a pound in the twelve . months . I got it , and one and ninepence more . I will tell you how , in . hopes that many of you will act on the same plan . It was as follows : —Before I took eut my box , I persevered

      uiitn I prevailed with more than twenty persons to let me write dowa their names as subscribers of one farthing & week . One person gave me a penny per week , so that before I took oufc my box I made pretty sure of the money . Well , I osed to call oa my subscribers , once a month ; bnt I would advise you to call once a fortnight So you perceive I bad not so much trouble as it might be thought I had . Now I cannot but think the poorest of you might do much in this way . I ahould not like any of us to have no better dependence than casual subscriptions . I am cure'if we would bat strive for it , we might getsareral wfce would cheerfully give as their farthings . By all means , then , let us have them , remembering that the ocean is made

      up cf drops , and that " many a little makes a mnckle , - as the Scotchman sayz . I told others of my plan at . ¦ Bine . 1 think nine « ten took out boxes . ' T never heard € xseily what they got , but supposing we only got fifty shOJingi in all , dont you think that waa-worth looking after ? Had I ^ waited until I got penny or halfpenny subscribers , I dost think I should have got eight shillings during the year , as 1 obtained all ay farthings ham the poo » , as 1 weU knew all my Tespertable friends were collectors , ox already subscribed to the eause . As to those young people that took out boxes , I really dont think they would qrtould , ha 4 they trusted to respectables , hive - collected a exowa piece among the whole of then ? ,

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      Now ; I hope , my slaters , many of you will act upon this plan , or a better if you know a better . xh « ro is another thing I would suggest In many places rafBes are very frequent I believe much might be obtained for our cause in this way . I feel certain , my sisters , that many , yea , very many of yon , will act as well as talk , and that your hands , even now , in many places , are fashioning articles for the captives , the exiles , the widows , for the white slaves . Now , a raffle you would often find just the thing for you ; for , supposing you had several

      things made up , why . many might admire them , and say how beuutiful they were , how cheap and all that ; but still might not be able , cheap as they were , to purchase them ; whereas , were they refflad for , you would stand the chance of getting them off hand quickly , as many would risk a trifle who could not , or would not , purchase them at the full , price . Do not you see this , my sisters ? There are a cumber o £ fhonghts that have just occurred to my mind , but I suppose I must leave them until Borne other time , as I am afraid , if I write too much at a time , you will have none of it Believe me , my Chartist friends . Yours sincerely , In the cause of freedom , Ca . boi . ine Mabia Williams .

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      SAMUEL HOLBERRY . Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons , dated July 6 th , 1842 , for a copy of all communications that have passed between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the authorities of York Castle , from the beginning of September , 1841 , to the present time , relative te the state of health a&d the death of Samuel Holberry .

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      w ADDRESS OF T H E MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION BE ' SIDENI IN BIRMINGHAM , TO THE IRISH

      TjNIYERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . Irishmen , and Brothebs in the good Cause , —Always animated with the love and glory of our great principles , vce proudly acknowledge with what an unbounded pleasure your eloquent , faithful , and devotional address was read by the good Chartists of this town , of which cheerfully we take advantage , it being pleasing to us at all times to interchange the sentiments ef freedom with the true patriot of Erin : more especially when we consider the extraordinary advances you have made towards establishing a force of public mind to break the links cf early artificial education , and chase that spirit of prejudice which bo long hung about us liko an incubus , and spell-bound the three countries to the mere adoration of men ,

      instead of regarding with a fervid heart and a watchful eye , the God-commanded principles of the natural rights of mankind . The one , indeed , proud to behold you as Chartist guides leading the frank , free , and fervid Irish people away from the roan-traps and pitfalls which intersect oil the paths and subtle windings of the Whig auxiliaries , or according to your own more just and hateful designation—the mock patriots of the present day . Buoyant with new hopes , then , for the aehievement of the enobling and adorning principles of the Charter , to lay the foundation of the true and lasting friendship of freed men ; we send you a hearty and honest cheer for your exertions , and bid

      every Irishman welcome , with sorow , indeed , that he should be forced by a dire necessity to leave his native isle where plenty grows , but tyrants grasp all the bountiful gifts , and fetter , as it were , the munificent hand of God . These are the Bad and awfully truthful reflections which will bind the English and Irish suffering heart * together , despite the malice and calumny of the Whig Charlatans , who , having had their day of political deceit , employ Ireland ' s mock patriot aa toe mouthpiece wfaerefrom to vomit forth the revengeful imprecations of a dying , yet struggling party against those discerning friends of the ^ sople who have detected and exposed all their abracadabra , their legerdemain , their Whig shufflings , and chicanery . .

      We can afford te laugh at the vindictive / spleen of a mock-patriot who seems constantly te be- studying in some political looking-glass what opposing passions he cannot express upon the same subject—what ugly faces he can pull at the man who inflexibly enlisted te the cause of right , is too stern to follow all bit ephemeral

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      May-fly wWawaM Caprices . We e » n aft > rd to laugaat £ LS 5 ^ W W wvilU ^ i ^ palavered , and honoured all In one moon-who told us in out own * !^ Jty ; faaWmwttnybtiWli * n would be fools to strngglft fct anything short of their attainment ^ whodamnMiM In another place u ^ ^ dagger and torch-men , firebrands , patriota , and traitors , hot and cold all ina breath . We can smile at these thiflga , ani feelpity tshat the great man who in the pride and v / goor oThu . youth , dealt such heavy and staggering blows at the oppressor , should in his declining years be making nich little , spiteful , staunpet scratches at the oppressed . v .-. - , . . , ¦ ¦ : -... ¦ . - . > ... ; . . . ¦ - ¦; ;• ¦ ¦; . ; -vv . ..:. "¦

      Ah , friends , ten horrible corroding years of hungergnawed and stomach taught political experience have drilled the people into reflections ^ too profound ever agaiivto be made the instruments of one man ' s ambition that he alone may fatten on . the hatred instilled against creed and oouatry whea all alike M suffering from tha same fell destroyers of human happiness , irresponsible government , andclaes-ty ranny . Tis too late in the day to stir np sueh discordant passions to play tbe devil ' s- game against Christianity with a Comedian ' s smirk , is iU-suited to the feelings ef a suffering people , just awoke by tho primitive , healthy , and vigorous principles of the Charter , with a firm determination to obtain them as the true and inalwnaWe rights of roan . S tarying men don't care about the jokes that would amuse r drunkard or a gourmand . We have too long been amused with the ? orrid sayings which pleased our ears , stole bur judgment , and left our pocket * like the cuckoo ' s u ^ t ^ to be

      replenished by anotherfeat ' s straggle , the savings of another year ' s labour , to be exchanged for another hour s speech on the Corn Exchange , to be fooled by an overgrown Cupid putting his tongue in his cheek for another charge of" Blarney , " for another year ' s lint , for some new legerdemain , for another farce for another season , for some new means to some new ends , to sell again an honest , injured , . ami confiding client , to make another bargain of the gonerouB disposition of a grateful people , to tura the pen into a poignard their

      against liberttss , and . to cell a fine intellect , the noblest gift of the immortal Q » d at the mart of the British senate , and the bidding of the tyrants of mankind . To be the servant of the Wbig-Toriea from the top of their power through co-erclon downwards to their fall every step of their inarch , leaving the traoes of national debasement , misery , and uhame . To be the puff-showman of the eleventh-hour . ofierings of the Whigs , to forward the design of a money despotism , which , under the guise of Free Traders ,. would make a further , and worse than Druid sacrifice of the

      working people to tae English god of gold . ; Indeed , good friends , these villainous derelictions have wrought too deep an impression on our memory to be effucsd by time , or that any fine sayings can gloss over , until we gain the " real free trade "—the free trade in labour . And until the real-property of a nation , the work of the labourers' hands , be protected from the grasp of the more wary , indolent , and ni gga r d classes in society , we shall pursue our course , regardless of the wiles of the mock-patriots , knowing that adversity must make us close brothers—Englishman , Irishman , and Scotchman , standing in the Charter line " fighting the good fight , " side by side , emulating each other as combatants for the attainment of the same good cause of freedom , the government of all by all . ; . " ' - .. ; ' . ¦; ' : ' ' ' , '¦ . . y : ¦ ' : ; .: / .-: ; ¦ . .- ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ :

      These are the widespread principles of the day which will bury fer ever the folly and bigotry of national enmity—and the man who thinks longer to foster such a spirit , thereby to make market , will soon find himself on the discount side of the list , as the pointed object of acorn and pity , to an enlightened and insulted people . And now , dear friends , we bid such of your countrymen as fate forces from the land of her birth an honest welcome , hoping that during their toilsome wanderings here , many , many be induced to mix with the Chartist

      body—knowing well that amongst that party they will meet with that generous treatment which the sufferings and wrongs of Ireland ' s sons command . And that they will carry back to their homes a love and respect for the brightest and best of the English people , and with that grateful spirit so consonant to the Irish character , will endeavour to turn those manly passions which oppression has created into the proper channel against tho oppressor , and no longer permit them to W directed by base and canning knaves against the name , fame , and intent of the British Chartist .

      We pleasorably and proadly excla ' m , that the prejudices Said to be borne against Ireland and Irishmen can nownero ba found to exist within the trumpet call of Chartism 1 But we are not to be held responsible for prejudices which may exist against Irishmen , amongst some of the more ignorant , bigotted , and silly seedlings of a afcate Church . It could hot ba expected that an Establishment gorged with public plunder would suddenly relax its hold on the public mind , or that the poor , ignorant labourer , immediately under its eye ; whose thoughts had been modelled from Wly life to hate the

      Irishman because of his religion , should not , from the Bame reason , suppose it right to hate him becouse of his poor garb and the cheapness of his labour . But ¦ wherever the simple , clear , and well-defiued principles of the Charter have been established , tb « ae prejudices have retired , and the society of working men has been harmonized , so as to contrast strongly with past times , when the people , oonfused and confounded with the complex cavelling verbiage of the theorists of the Whig school , were betrayed intp discord and wrangling with their neighbours upon matters incomprehensible to the writers themselves as to their silly dupes and dia > putanta . : ¦ ¦ . - ... : . ;' - .: ' :: . ¦ ' ¦ " r . ' ; : " : ¦ : . :. - - ;' ¦'• .

      < ; Happil y , however , these days of the delusion , cajolery , and derangement of the public mfnd , have gone with the Whigs out of ofiice ; and . now that a new fltjld of action has been opened to os by the brazen faced Tory denial of justice te the people , the same unswerving promptitude of : action which defeated the one must now be employed with a triple and more strongly prudent conduct to make our principles predominant and controlling over both ; It shall be our pleasure and duty to follow yonr philanthropic advice , which we think happily adapted to form the complete union of Irish and British energy . . . ;/ .. ¦ /\ -- ' W . : ~ :. / . .: ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ • : ¦; .

      And , proud to meet any of your countrymen , x » c shall ever strive to Temove prejudices wherever found to exist , by the soft and supple authority of reason , presenting to them the right hand of fellowship , which , although it be but the horny hand of a working man , shall yet be found to have nerves which can carry a friendly feeling to a patriot ' s Leart . We remain , Your brothers In bondage , THE CUARTiSTS OF BlBMIffOHAM .

      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . MANCHESTER ( PAINTERS . ) Mr . John Carlisle 9 , Cupid ' s alloy . Mr . Johu Slack , LanKWorth-street . Mr . William M'Gee , 55 , Silvc ^ street . Mr . John Skene , Back Quoen-streefc . Mr . James Honeyman , IT , Whitworth-buil jiegs . Mr . William GrifB » , Robert-street , Bauk Top . Mr . Peter Cameron , 44 , ItByton-Btreet . Mr . Allen Grant , Brown's-yard , Bootlo-street . Mr . Thos . Doyle , 9 , Strand-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Edward Hall , 21 , Hart-street . sub-Secretary

      TAVlSTOCKi Mr . Charles Ano , tailor , Exeter-street . Mr . Mosea Summons , plasterer , St . Matthew ' street . . ¦ ' . : ' . . ¦/ ; v . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . William Glubb , cordwainor , Barley-Market street . ¦ ' " ¦ " ;• • -. . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ :. : ' Mr . John Niohols , hatter , Exeter-street . Mr . John Reed , joiner , Banawell-street , Mr . Henry Horswell , tiein ; , tailor , Barley-Market ' street . ; " . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ ' ¦;¦ ' " : - ' " .. -. '¦ ¦ : ' . ' ¦ ' - . ' ¦' - " - ¦ . ¦ Mr . William WiUoaks , Elbotv-lano ^ sub-Treasurer Mr . Richard Webb , ditto , Brook-street , sub Secretary . BRAMLEY .

      Mr . John Asquitb , weaver . Mr . Stephpn Stead , do . Mr . William Smithy do . Mr . Josiali Mortimer ^ Bacsk-Iane . Mr . James Fawcit , weaver . Mr . Joseph Stead , do . Mr . James Robinson , do . Mr . Joshua Broadhead , do . Mr . Joseph RobiflBOD , weayer , sub * Treasrirer-. Mr . John Booth s weaver , Granhamthorpe , sub Secretary . ; .- 1 ; " - '• ¦ ; ¦ ' . ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ' ' : / ¦ . .

      TDKST A LL , Mr , James Lea , cordwainer . Mr . John Steele , potter . Mr . John Locker , ditto . Mr . Thomas Clowes , cordwainer . Mr . William Howard , butcher . Mr . George Brpwnswdrd , potter . Mr . Thomas Huxley , draper . Mr . Thomas Heatb , ppiter . Mr . Joseph Copper , blackemithi Mr . Elijah Wagg , potter , Mr . James Nixon , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Morris , Bub-Secretary

      .:... BR 0 M 8 OBOVB .. " . - - Mr . Edwin Cooper , button-maker , Worcesifrstreet . "¦ .. ¦ : ¦¦¦¦ : - ' ' - / ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦• . ' ' "¦ •¦¦" . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' .. ; --:- ' .: " ¦ ¦ ¦ - Mr . John Chandler , provision dealer , Sidemore . Mr . John Pinfield , button-maker , Holy-lane . Mr . Henry Oxford , butWn-iriakerj Hanover-Btree ' ., Mr . Oliver Heeds , button-maker , St . John ' s Btareet . y . > : - ¦'>* - <^^ : / 'i : ' * : ';;¦ :. ¦'¦¦"¦ : ¦ : /¦ ' :- ' ; r-:- y Mr . Edwin Jones , tailor , Strand . Mr . Edwin J » neB , flhoeinaker , worcester-BiifrJet . : Mr ^ John Pinfield , ^ i jifutt ^ -makeTi ^ V'lane fiub-Treasareri : ' - ^ ¦^ y ^'' ' : : \ ^ ' . "' /^ -- - ' - ' ¦ :: : M * . Henry Prosser , ehocmaber , WorceiBtrer-street enb-Seeretary ; -.. f- ^ -.- ' yv'H '^ HV v ' ¦ ¦' . / . : .:..:- ' y- . . v Mr . Samuel WBliam Copper , tailor ; "Worcester Btafeek , ComepondingSeowtary .

      ¦; ;; ¦¦¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦¦; - : . .. ' ' WBLDON . ;; - ; ' - , ^ : : ' : . . ¦ : .. ; " , ' .. - Mr . John Blyton , carpenter , Stanton . : Mr . v vWiUuun Cooper , broker , WeWon , sub- ^ rea purer . ' - ¦ ¦ v : . v .,. ' . .. : ,: ' . ' : ¦ ¦ : . : ^' - - } - : " : ' \ . ¦' - ¦ ; - ^ '; : . - Mr . Edward Harri 8 on cordwainer , Stanion , sub Secretary , - ¦ » . •¦¦¦¦; ¦ - ¦ ¦' :- ^\ - - . ;¦ - " ¦' - . ' ; V ' ' .. ¦ ¦;; ; .- - ; . ' --.

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      LAMBBTH CHARTIST T 01 JTH 8 . Mr . Henry IJrduidy « r 25 ; Oakly-8 treet . Mr . Benjamin Rogers , fishmonger , 1 , China- Walk Mr . Job Rogers , ditto , ditto . ' Mr . Henry Davy ^ newsvendor , 20 , Weymouth storeet , New Kent-road , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Springmore , painter , 15 , Baker street , Weymouth-street , New Kent-road , eub-Se cretary . ¦ : ' . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . ¦ : . . ¦•¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ¦' - . ;• • . ¦ . ; ' ;¦ ¦¦ :. ¦>¦• ¦¦;

      , . BiDFORD . Mr . Robert Saunds , lace-manufacturer , Derby place . ¦' ¦'' . ¦ : ¦ ' . , ' . . ' . ' . ' ¦ . ' ¦' : ' . . ' ; .. ; : ;;; ' : ; ; ' , ; : ' .- ¦• ' :. ; : -: ) . ' Mr . William Norman , dyer , Bottpm-buildinfr . Mr . William West , framework-knitter , Farefield street . \ ' ¦ : / .. , ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ' : ¦ . ¦ ' [¦ : ' ¦¦ : ;• ¦ ¦'' -. : ; - ¦ . : /¦ . . ' ¦¦; - ' . . ' ; ' . ' Mr ; . John ,: Bell , publican , Alfreton-xoad , sub Treasurer . ' - : . ' - '' - .- ; : . '¦ . ¦' " . ¦ ¦ : ' . "'¦ ¦' ¦' .. ' - . ¦ ¦'" " ' -. ¦¦?' Mr . William Shepherd , macbine-maker , Blooms grovo , flub-Secretary .

      DONCASTER . Mr . B . Armfield , cordwainer . Mr . E . Robinson , weaver . Mr . - ' -Hi- Spouse , ditto . Mr . J . Henry , gardener . Mr , John Wallen , hatter . Mr . John Bradley , Common-lane , snb-Treasurer . Mr . Joha M'Doual , St . Sepulchre-gate , sub Secretary . , . ''¦ : ¦ - '¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦' : ~ ¦' . ' . - - ' .. •¦ ¦ . . ¦¦

      • . V . BOMON . Mr . Kern , joiner , Chapel-street . Mjr . ; Samuel firomeley , wea v er , Green-street .. Mft James Twates , fitter , Howeil-croft . Mr . James Pendlebury , spinner , Cross-strecfc . Mr . John GillisDey , weaver , Joiner-square . Mr * Joha SulHvauj oordwairier , Great Moonstreeti \ ' f ' ¦ ¦'¦ •/> . ' ;¦¦;• . . ' ' ¦ . ; " - ¦' : "; :- . . . -. - . . - . Mr . Thomas Highson , ppinner . Cross-street . Mr . George Towers , engineer , K 3 , y-street .. Ml ; William Porritt , moulder , Hoveell-croft , sub-Treasurer . "¦ ..: ¦ ; ' ¦ - ¦ '¦ -, : ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ' . : ¦' ' . :. . -. . Mr . Samuel , Bromley , weaver , Green-street , sub-Secretary . : '¦ ' . ' .. - ' .. ¦ - .: ' ' -. '¦ •;¦ ¦' , " ' ¦ . .. . .... . DRORY HILt , UNION HOTEI / . Mr . John Blatherwipk , framework-knitter , Bellar Gate * ¦ - ¦ : . y ¦ . ' : ¦¦ .: ¦ '¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ' : - :, ; . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - . .. .. .. ' ' ¦' .. " . ¦¦¦ . . Mr . Silvester Troeman , bobbin-maker , Vat Yard , Narrow Marsh . . - ¦ : ' ; ¦ -

      Mr . William Pinder , framework-knitter , New Radfbrdw ' :. . , ¦ '• ¦¦ ¦ ,. . ¦ ., ' . . ¦ : ¦ ; ¦ ' ¦ ' /; . ;¦ . . / Mr . William Swao , cabinet-maker , Drury Hill Coffee House , Bub-Treaaurer . , Mr . Charles Perkins , cordwainer , Island-street , sub-Secretary .

      BANBURY , OXFORDSHIRE . Mr . John Beasley , weaver , N ^ iihrop . Mr . John Boucher , tailor , Market-row . Mr . James Bolton . cordwamer , Back-Jane . Mr . John Bpiall , baker , North Bar-street . Mr . William ¦ Carpenter , Watch-maker , Bridge-st . Mr . William Heritage , labourer , Neithrop . "' . Mr ' * Edward Hughes , locksmith , BrbM-street . Mr . William Prichard , coal dealer , North Bar-st . Mr . George Watson , junior , cordwainer . North Bar-street . -. ' . : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ - ' ¦ ¦} . ' . ' ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . " . ¦ ¦ •• ' . ¦ Mr . Alfred White , tailor , Crouch-street . Mr . John Galsworthy , weaver , Monument-street . Mr , Robt . Cockerill , blacking manufacturer , Parson ' s-street , subrTreasurer . Mr . John Buswell , Crouoh-street . 6 ub-S : cretary .

      LCUGHTON . James Freeman Mayor , potter , Furnace-road . David Brpmley , engineer , Longton-road . Jamea Cotton , potter , New-et ; Jabez Cartwrignt , potter , Green-dock . John Humber , dogger , Chdrch-st . William Wilson , pofter j Green-dock . Joseph Ray , potter ^ Daisy-bank . Wm . Gratton , minor , Stone-road . George Cartwright , packer , Fenton . John Nay lor , tailor , Church-pt ., sub-Troamirer . Ephraim Baxter , potter , Trentham-road , sub Secretary ; ¦' -.. ¦' : ' ¦' . ¦'¦ ' ¦' . ~ .:- : ¦ '¦ ' . ' : ¦;¦• ,- '''¦ . ,

      . . ¦ ¦ : WALWORTH . William Slade , hatteri 5 , Belgrave-placej Trafalgar-st . v- ¦ . : .: ¦ ' ' v . " .. " ' : ¦ . - - ; : - ' ' ¦' ¦¦ ' . — - Nodder , shoemaker , North-Etv , Ea 3 t-lane . Charlse Keen , painter , to be sub-Secretary in the room of Mr . Pedley , who resigned .

      TRADES ' HALL , IN LONDON . A festival , ball , and concert was held at Highbury Barn on Wednesday evening week , in aid of the funds of the Loneion Journeymen Trades' HalL Upwards of two hundred sat down to an excellent tea , at the conclusion of which Mr . Elt was called to the chair , and commenced the proceedings by stating that it was with heartfelt gratitude that be saw himself surrounded by so many happy faces . Though dirBdent in taking upon himself the post of honqur , yet that dlflijience was banished by the appearance of their sniiling cpuntenances , yyhich aaauted him that every allowaTice woald * be made for him . He need say but little to them of the importance of the underlakipg in which they were

      engaged ; tneir presence there that evening assuredihim they felt the eubjecti to be one of great interest . He was only sorry that there was not ten times as numerpuB an attendnnce , if tho rooni would hold them , all equally alive to the urgency and importance of the undertakinp ; . Was there not a rieceHsity' for the erection of a Trades * Ball on social grounds , that the artiiins of the Metropolis , after their hours of toil , mi ghtenjoy themselves in a rational manner . ; that they might have their club-houses , their museums , t&eir lecturerooma and schools ? for - the establishment of these was contemplated in the erection of a Trades ' Hall , and many other equally necessary benefits would accrue frem its establishment It would raise their position in the scale of social society ; and never would

      the great body of tho art ' . zana be raiaed in the estiiuat ' . on of "the other classes by wtiqin they were snrfbunded and whom they were accustomed to call above them , until they raised themselves in their own estimation , until they felt their true position in the great community in which it was their lot to bo cast The success which had attende d tho efforts of working ' '" - in times past , gave him great hopes for the future . If he looked , fifty years back , ho found the woiking classes were looked upon as the scum ]' 6 t eociety ; they v / ere called the swinish hiultitude , the unreflecting labblfl , they were not considered capable of judging on the consequences of ¦; their own actions ; but now they no longer heard these terms of reproach and contumely heaped upon

      themnew their conduct and their patience under distress was held up to the admiration and example of the world , even the iPiime Minister gave them his meed of approbation ; for when the question of throwing epen the Mnsernn and public buildings on Sundays was discussed in the Houso of Gammons ,-Sir Robert affirmed that the iDJury icflictcd on the monuments , works of art , < fec , was hot done by the intelligent mechanics , but by the vulgar rich .. Every means should be taken to promote the spread of knowledge among our artisans , tind thereby raise 8 tSll higher their position arid irfluence in society , aud onoareat mean ? of accomplishing this waa by building a ball , where they conld give free vent to their feelings and . opinions . ' : Other e ! as es had felt the necessity of doing this . they saw around them the

      goldsmiths ' , the fishmongers ' , the vintners'i and other halls ; and though they were erected for a different purpose to which theirs would be put , yet it still showed the stronger necessity of having a journeymen tradea ' hall , If they looked at the state of tho political World , they would discover thai working men iwere determined no lop g e ' r to be treated as tha scam of the earth . In such critical times , WaB it not necessary to have a building like the one conteraplattd ? Were there not fiumeroua occasions in which it was necessary to hold monthly , . ypeekly . siye , and hourly meetings ? There Was a feeling abroad amongst » hem that the times must be made better for them than at present ; and 8 uch a tuil ^ injj would accelerate . that event . To aa individual , at first thought , £ 15 , 000 seemed so large , that it put

      the undei-taking beyond the bounds of probability ; but when' they reflected on the number of artisans ¦ who ovghi to be banded fpr this great object , bat whose energies were unfortunately expended on minor objects . But if those only who were banded togothes in unions could see the importance of thia subject , not only could they have a grand central ball , ^ nt a smaller oho in each ; of the six metropolitan borpughs .. J » etany of them contemplate for & . nipment the great pyramiiJs of Egypt , and their fiist " feeling would be one of awe at the immensa fabrics . They would wonder how such thousands cf atones upc , n stones , and pillars upon pillars could ever have been raised , and whea they reflected upon the purpose foe which they were erected , namely , that the name of S ^ soatris might be handed down to

      posterity ; itwas ep . ough to make them weep with shame that men should be thus : trampled upon , that they should be sueh w titiag slaves to one man who bad done nought to desfffve their respect or gratitude , while their own nan > es were kfc a blank in the page ; of history . They did not ^ i 8 h to build a pyramid or temple , ornamented with a spear , or the helmet , the musket , or the cannon . . Wtey did hot wish it to be blazoned with the trophies of . Mars or Bellona , but with the appropriate emblema of industry , the loom and the anvil , the saw and the troweL Be believed there waa yet suimbient energy left to accomplish this object . That the

      working ra en of this generation would leave to posterity a lastUtg memorial of their regard to their own welfare , and shew that they had also looked into the womb of fHfr urity , and provided a means of improvement for the gf nerationa who are to come after . ( Cheers . ) ; He trusted that on their next festival they should be enabled to announce that their sniBbers were doubled , and that they should also be enabled to hold two festivals in the year , and that after elx festivals they should be able on the seventh to declare to the artiztna arid shareholders that the great work Was completed . That such might be the case was his fervent and heartfelt wish . ¦;( OhiB «« , i-:- - .::- ; -v- ' - ' -- ' - - - . - '; :- - •• : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦'¦¦'¦ . " '¦ ¦/ -y . . - - - ' 1 - ' ¦ ¦'' : ' ¦ . ' - ¦ '' : -

      Mr . BlXlg stated it was always wtthfeelusgs of pleasure that he met with so large an assembly of the female sex , but that pleasure was heightened by the knowledge that they were met to improve the moral , 'sod « i « . rad . ' p 6 litic > lw « l ^ 6 irthat : e ^' ' yhO' ; la ! d ;^ e foundation of all the grandeur , greatness , and wealth of the country , and yet they were treated as , mere maohines by a ninster class , for whom they ralsea untbid ^ riches , » nd who took every epportunfty to reduce their wages and deprive thtm of theii poUtlcal rights ; and this was is a great measure caused by the working men not ; bavrng a Hall in which to assemble and carry on the agitation . Great combinatiODB were

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      neaessary to carry on with vigour an effort to rcecoo themselves from the grasping and grinding propensities of their . employer 8 , " aind of the Governtrieht ; " snd these could not be carried on without a suitable place of meeting :. Whea the Government proposed , a , short period back ; to reduce the'protection afibrded toshoemakers , corkcotters , and other trades , each endeavoured to raise ah opposition to the plan—how ineffeetnal they all well knew—but if they bad been in poaeestion ef a Trades' Halliin which they might have met unitedly at a small cost , night after night , and declared their opinions , how jpowerftil would have been tho effect upon their . ' -legislative oppressors . He tnlBted the Trades * of the Metropolis would speedily erect a Hallj not built ¦ with the money of either Whig , Tory ; or Radical

      M . Ps ., bnt . bullfc with their own money ; they eonia then meet " under their own .. vine and their own Sg tree , nonedarlDR . to make them afraid , " Let the wprltr ing classes get Halls of their own , they would then get cheap knowledge , and knowledge was pswer , and would enable them to protect labour aud reward indti 8 try . The object they had met to promote waa one in which the advocated of democracy and sobriety conld matnaUy combine At present ; working , men Were" compelled to meat at public-houses , by which they ruined themselves and brought : destitutioa upon their wives and families s -reiuoVd' them to a Trades Sail and they wonld speedily have a libraryi lectures would be given for their instruction , social festivals . coaia . tie held and . ratjohal timriscnjcnts

      provided for themselves , their -wiTea and families . He looked arotind the room and saw rriatiy members of the National Charter Association , he tiusttd the members of tbafc body would raJly round them on that great and important pecaston . if the working classes of tha metropolis and of the kingdom bad been in possession of their own , the cause of democratic liberty would have been in a far more prosperous condition than eveJi at pTPSent No plan Of OrsaniBStlon -was perfect unless it took tt ^ ps to erect buildingB la ¦ vtWch to inest and riehiand those rights , to wh ' fch as men th

      and concluded by expressing his opicion , that if t h ey properly exerted their energ i es , at their next festival , they : wpuldbe-able to congratulate tbetnseives on tba speedy erection of a joutneman ' s T ? ad «; s HaU —\ cheer 8 . ) Mr . J . RoTBiNSO ^ bad great pleasure in addressing them on that interesting occasion ; The . other speakers bad so fully pointed put the advantai es of a Trades ' Hall / in a moral / political , ond ecoia ! point ef view , tbat he Bhonld only make a few remarks upon its adyantages in a scientific point of Vie > 7 l Many Of . 'the working classes were engaged in trepioyfiunts in which the application of scientific imprdvemaiitB would greatly facilitate their labours , end thereby increase their comforts . This was particularly the case in the employment of dysing , bleachlnrr , printing , and many other

      branches to which their labour was directed . A knowledge of these , subjects had faitfctrto been corflned to a few bosoms chit fly through a want of meanB to communicate it to the many , and not front any desire of preserving , to themselves the benefits ocsriiinsj from its possession It was ai principle of human mature , that if the acquisition of knowJedge was delightful , the imr parting it to others was still more delightful , and many Who wereiri possession cf thisr in for mntionwero anxious to Jspread it among the whole bnman family , more especially amoDg the artizansi to whom its knowleoga was bo essential . To his certain knowledge many eminent -prefessora were ahxioua to give t 9 them the ; result of their investiiiatton . of the application of chemistry to the arta ; of cheniistry arid

      botany to agriculture ; of navigation to those whose business it . was to go down to the deep waters , md various other scientific suVjects ; the amount of iaformation on these BUbjects possessiid by tbe working men themselves was very considerable , and they also -were anxious , if suitable halls were erected * to spread it among their brother artizans ; this wonld elevatethem in a moral , poli'ical , and social paint of view ; ife would give lotbcm information of an higher orrfcr than they now possessed , and enable them to perform operations , nnd entertain projects , far above the capabliiti ' s of their forefathers ; would greatly improve'thrir condition , and give them more leisure than they now possessed . One portion of the hall would , bo appropriated for schools for their children , who would thus derive an education

      far i superior to that now possessed by the working classes of the present day , an education so superior that we should feel our littleness and iuBiunifi . Va ca in an intellectual point of view , as contr 3 st « d with them . Political knowledge was to be regarded as tho raost important . ( Hear . ) Social knowltdge was the ntxt important , and it was only by geUii'p ; posEvrssiou of general informatiou that they shoulii ever attain those ends so desirable and so necessary for tbe'r political freedom ; but erect these future colleges for th 6 dissemination of sound principles among the children of the working classes ' , and -. they would open a fctream from the fouut of knowledg * so mighty , that in its onward course it . wculd remove every vestige of tyranny and . snperstition . / cheering . ) /

      Mr . FaRRER said that aftersan illness of four months , brought on , he would say without ecctism , by his devotion to this subject in lecturing and speaking , it gave him great / pleasure once more to be rxinong so goodly a company of tfe oho sex whom be moat admsred , and the other whom he raost reppacted . Asthe other speakers bad AyyeltJooore on the details , he shbijid speak mbre ontfae general subject , and trusted that he should not trespass on tho fairer portion of thoaudienca , for , so neldom was the opportunity '• of tbeir presence enjoyed , that they were , " like atJgei ' a visits , few and far between "—they themeelves beiDg the angels . The last speaker bad said that they were anxious to escape for a short period to the purer air of the cRTdfinp . He believed they had d higher ; oMect in view—that cf

      escape to the purer air of a Trades' Hall . This was a suj-jecfc worthy of all their energ ies , sndoao in which he must claim this . hearty co-operation : of the ladies and then success would be certain— icheersl-T-jn a social point « f view , it would be a mighty instrument to trample under foot the mpet baneful enemy of the human race ^ -intemperance ! He had no wish " , ur . justly to censHre the slave of intemperance ; bat he mush censure tbe system , which had beenft-h © jneanB of enthralling them , which surrounded tbsm with circumstances which dragged them to the public house , aud made them a demoralised class of beings , which made them forget their political rights , abd totally negloct their moral cbaraoter , and tha domestic comforts of their cMWren , and their fietttr Bp , 1 v 8 . In

      themetropolia they had upwards 100 , 000 tradesmen , ra 3 ny of them banded together in unjpn > but they were dr iven to public houses for scanty and dear accommodation . : Night after night ; 'had he visite ' . l their Meeting hours for the last three yeaxs , and ofttn , ha was Sorry to say , conld not gain an interview uutil th » dial pointed to . ' th 8 hour of twelve , and theheadai and tho vision cf the inmates were mantled and o 5 ) scnre 4 by clouds of spirit and of . smokq . Mr . Farrea then in rfoquent UnRuage dilated on the advai : toges of a Trades' Hali , in a soeral , moral , and domestic point of view , and referred them to -ths stata of < 3 * nca , as ? n example of the great i ; flaecce the industrial trades of-this oouatry nwRiit hnva upph the Legiiii 3 ture . ; When he looked "bask ; at the many

      obstaclesthey had to csntend with during i he past four ?> ars , . fee was . 'atisfied with the present position of 1 300 shareholders—they had attained a priiuder pasifeion than had ever yet been achieved . It was a crying shame that their ^ uertfes had not been backed by the press of the country , tt h ? d utterly neglected thsm , with the exception of two or three solitary rasss . They ha , 4 been befriended by . the Bfilish Sidesman , nn ¦'' a «;* nt' vrom which paner wag present They had not bat ' ri . ueglected by ; the Northern Star— - / considerabl . ? ' cheerhj *)—which was still shiniiig as briilianUy as over on hia ieft They hai received some support from other minor publications ; but with regard to the other journals , the Sun ¦ hjid become dim , the JJispaich had forgotfen ita ictelllgence , the \ Times had become leaden , the Chr o ni c le had

      become agrunticle of faction . All werelooking to their own Intereste , bat were neglectful of theirs . T 6 ia should teach them to look only to th&rnselves . Some years ago , the leading organ of the publicans broached the subject of a Trades' Hail , wishicg to have one erected on a grand and maenificent plan , such a one as he himself had pictured in his imagination ; but asking tha advice of a Iea 4 ing M . P . he vas entirely opposed : to it , stating that if such a buMta ? was erected , it would dictate to the Hou 3 c of Commons . They coulcl not be Burpslaed after this that the surjactof a Traias * Hall was no- mt «« mentioned in that journal . The plan wasfor anaddress jtp be . sent ; to the Queen , to grant from Parliament a sum of money for that purpose . He hoped : ha JBuouId nevsr sea Hall wis erected with

      the day whea a Trades * Government ^ mohey , rather would he see the working men continue for ever to meet in public houses . * ( Load cheers ) if ever there was a way to fetter Each an H * Btitution it would bs by allowing the Government poasessipn of the door by supplying the fnnda , whilst they oniy hold the padlock . They , had eufficfent funds of t heir own , if prootrlyV united , to accompli s h thia object The late strike of the maspns had cost tbem many times'that sura . He was proud to acknowledge himself a Caartfst ; TJrit he ooold aesaro tbe ladies , many of whom looked suspiciqusly oa . i f > oUtical question , that this was no party question . They had men of all parties supporting them . But looking to the agitation for the franchise ; which is now only in its embryo , he considered It wonld be a great asa ! Stanc 9 to that movement , and would make them more able to defend

      it when obtained . It would greatly enhance the comforts of the females . He was an advocate of oceaslooally bringing them from their firesides . He did not always like to see them making puddings o ? darning stockinpi ; he liked them to participate in all the enjoyments , political , Intellectual , and social , which the Other eex enjoyed . He wished their wives and children to psrttcipati © in th « advantages to * e deriveo 1 / om a trades' hall , ' - Mr . Farrer then dwelt urgently upon it » advantages in a teetotal point of \ iew ; and cunduded by stating , that it they were In possession of such na establkhment they might dictate to the House of Commons : ; . they would only have to demand , asd ttey would attain their rights . His unfortunate Illness Would deprive him for the fature in flastotlac them , fflva by his pen ; but that , and hia beaatt aind \> k , V tufiuence mouid ever be at their aervice . < Qreat ehseriog . fa - . *

      Mr . BXU . S moved , and Mrv Tuqk ^ BDsecOndea ^ a vote of thanks to the Chairman , an 4 the ruestlng eeparated , te . . enjoy ttie social and domestic " pleasures which , were en that evening abumjantly provided for them .

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      Whitehall , 16 th September , I 8 il . GENTLEMEN , —Secretary Sir James Graham having

      deemed it expedient to give directions for the removal of Samuel Holberry from Nwrthallerton Gaol te the York Castle , there to undergo the remaining term of his imprisonment , I am directed to request you to call upon the surgeon of the latter prison to pay constant and particular attention to the prisoner ' s health , and to report thereon to Sir James Graham from time to time . lam , ic , ( signed ) S . M . Phillipps . The Yisiting Magistrates of Yoik Castle .

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      York Castle , 28 September , 1841 . Samuel Holberry , a prisoner , brought to York Castle on the 22 d instant , is suffering from th » effects of a bilious attack . He is weak ; his skin and eyeB are still suffused with bile ; his pulse is quick , aud his appetite bad . I offered to place him in the hospital , which he declined , stating , he was very comfortable , and could more easily take exercise where he was . His diet is altered to suit his appetite ; and I have erery reason to hope his health will gradually improve . iSigned ) George Champnet , Surgeon to the York Castle .

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      York Castle , 11 th June , 1842 . Sib , —The Visiting Magistrates desire me to enclose you the certificate of the Burgeon of the York County Gaol , respecting the state of health of Samuel Holberry , a Chartist prisoner in York Castle .

      The Visiting magistrates can bear testimony to Holberry ' a good conduct during his confinement in this prison ; and in his present state of health recommend his release from gaol , considering it the only means of affording a hope of his ultimate recovery . I have , tie . ( Signed ) Barnard Hague , Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates of York Castle .

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      The health of Samuel Holberry , a Chartist prisoner in York Castle , has net been so good as usual during the last two months . His appetite is , at present , bad , and the functions of the stomach and liver are disordered , and I have thought it right to place him , for a time , in the hospital . ( Signed ) George Champnrt , Surgeon to tha York Castle . York Castle , 22 d April , 1842 .

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      Samuel Holberry , the Chartist prisoner in York Castle , is suffering from Beverepain in the leftside , the effect of chronic inflammation ef the left lobe of

      the liver , extending to to the stomach , and , perhaps , the colon , which , from his having had former attacks , I believe to ba organic disease . His digestion is very bad , and he is very weak ; and I consider him to be in great danger . I am of opinion that his symptoms have increased , and his health has been impaired , of late , by the length of confinement , and the great anxiety of mind he appears to have suffered since his imprisonment . . ( Signed ) Geoege Champnet , Surgeon to the York Castle , rth Jane . 1842 .

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      Whitehall , 17 June , 18 * 2 . Sir . —I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11 th instant , with its enclosed medical certificate , respecting Sa mu el Solberry , a prisoner ia York Castle ; and to acquaint you that , under the circumstances therein stated , Sir James Graham has felt warranted in advising Her Majesty to grant tbe prisoner a pardon , on condition of his entering into a recogoizAnce , himself

      in £ 200 , with two sureties , to be approved ef by the Visiting Justices of York Castle , in £ 100 each , for his good behaviour for five years from this date . I am , therefore , to request that such recognizance , w hen entered into , may be transmitted to me , an d upon receipt thereof , Her Majesty ' s warrant will be forwarded for the prisoner ' s liberation . I am , Sea ., ( signed ) S . M . Phillipps . Barnard Hague , Esq .

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      York Castle , 21 st June , 1842 . Sir , —As the gaoler of this prison is unavoidably absent at the Insolvent Sessions at Wakefield , I have to report the death of Samuel Holberry , the Cbaitist , who died this morning rather suddenly . On receipt of your instructions , received last Saturday , I saw Holberry , in the presence of the gaoler , and read to him the letter , and gave him a copy of the amount of bail required . I immediately , on Holberry's request , sent the schoolmaster to write a letter t ? such person or persons as he wished , telling him , at the came time , to desire bis bail to bring a note from a magistrate at Shtffield that they were responsible persons , as far as the amount of

      bail required ( £ 100 ) , and that he should retnrn with them , which was done ; and i also requested thai they would be here to-day , as I was obliged to leave for London in the morning , on particular i : usiues 3 ; and 1 will call at the Home Office , if you require fur ; her information . The i&qufcst will bs held as soon as the coroner can come . I have , ( See , ( Signed ) BAKJiARI > HAGUE , Chairman of the ViBitf ng Magi 6 tVttte 3 Of York Castle . P . S . No reply to Holberry ' a letter of Saturday ' s date has been received .

      B . H . To the Right Hon . Sir James Griham , Bart .

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      Tork Castle , 21 st June , 1842 . Samuel Holberry died this morning , at half-past four , of chronic inflammation of the liver , which : mplicated some of the other abdominal viscera . ( Signed ) William Anderson * Deputy Surgeon to York Castle .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 30, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct899/page/7/