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      TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL CHARIER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . Hull , July 13 . 1 S 42 . SIR , —Anxiously alive to the appreciation at its dus weight of every movement in "which the interest of \> ur Rational Charter Society may be concerned , and believing th&t it -will be do less your pleasure than your dirty to afford all necessary information to those who bate a right to ask it from you , » e , the General C ^ uaeiBors resident in Hull , make so apology for troubling you ^ ith this letter . You will probably agr&e with us , that ¦ Batting can be of more consequence to the

      prosperity tad usefulness of our Society , than that the General CoubcD and the members generally should have implicit confidence in the Executive Committee , and that nothing cm be more calculated to uphold that confidence than the existence of a perfect nnderitsuding by them of the money transactions of the Executive . Hence it is natural and right that £ & published Balance Sheets should be closely examined and distinctly understood ; and in order to this , it is necessary that they should be made as dear and unambiitou 3 in their details as possible .

      We hare had no opportunity of consulting our fellowcounclllors in other parts of the empire upon the subject , "but we see no reason to think that their opinion will differ , fram our own in this matter ; and we therefore feel more directly impelled , by a sense of duty , to inform you that , in our opinion , the Balance Sheet published in the Sorihem Star of Saturday last , needs much explanation to enable us rightly to comprehend it . We-ean hare no doubt that you are perfectly able to afford *>»»* information which is requisite to make all that may be cow dark and unintelligible to u penpi-C 3 . 9 U 3 and satisfactory ; and we hasten , therefore , at once to the laying before you of such hints for the improvement of your general system of keeping accompta . aad such requests for information , as to several of its items , as this Balance Sheet suggests to us .

      In the first place we think the Balance Sheet deficient In its general contents . Our idea of a Balance Sheet is that it should present an exact statement of the whole pecuniary aSkirs of the society ; that debts and liabilities should appear upen its surface as well as actual cash transactions . We think tfee country ought to be informed , not merely what money the Executive have retBived and expended , but what , if anything , is owing to them by each and every locality , for cards and for tticir share of members * contributions respectively ; and also what the Executive owe , if anything . We feel f aite sure that a general and full statement of this kind -would give much satisfaction and do much good .

      We think also that much dissatisfaction is likely to be engendered by theiact that no dates are affixed to ai . y of the items in the column of receipts by the Executive . T > " » seems to be a slovenly way of doing business . We thick every sum of cash received should have its appropriate date ; there is doubtless some good reason why this is not so , and we should feel better satisfied if we knew that reason . The lumping of the monies received from each locality , in one sum , seems also to be objectionable . It would be mote satisfactory if the precise sources of emolument

      were stated ; that is , if the statement from each locality lj > eci £ ed how touch was paid for cards , and when ; how much for members ' subscriptions , &c We think the receipts from the Star effice should be particularised , aid net riven in one gross lump . We think also that tfce column of cards shonld contain not on ! y the number of cards issued daring the quarter , bat also the total cumber issued to t&ch locality ; and we are further of opinion that the interest of the Association suffers much from the issuing of cards ¦ withtut cash . We recommend that in future this practice be entirely discontinued . in of

      Tins si »« i » -wo litTc Tcntar ^ vo iraj grn ^ r&l intimation as to what , in our opinion , would make the Bilatce Sheets of the Executive in future more perepicious and satisfactory to the cone try than this one . We sow draw your attention to some matters of expenditure , upon which we shall be happy to receive more information than the Balance Sheet affords . Wa find the sum of £ 9 4 s Id . put down for postage torn the SOth of April to the 25 » h of June inclusive , a period of no more than eight weeks and one day- If ow we take for granted } that al : letters received by the Executive wifl be pre-paid , and that this tarn of £ 9 4 a . Id . ii to be considered as expended in the pre-payment of letters sent . At one penny each , it will pre-pay 2 . letters , and whether this be considered as applying to the eight weeks -within the dates or to tne whole quarter , it appears to as to be aa amount of correspondence slmcst incredible .

      We tike for granted that , in accordance with his duty , specified by the organization of the society , the General Secretary tzacsacti all the business-correspondence of the society ; and yet we find that on the 8 th of April , iu the present Balance Sheet , the country is charged , in addition to the expences of the Secretary , with £ 110 a . 2 d . for the postage * of three other members of the ExecutiTe , viz : —Mr . Pailp 10 a . 61 , Mr . Williams 9 s . 81 , and Dr . M'DaualllOs . "We wish to know how this is ? It appears to us

      that the country ought net to be called on to pay the postage of all the personal correspondence of every member of the Executive Committee . We wish also for an explanation of the fact that this charge occurs oi-lyoDCe . Did these gentlemen incur no expence of postage after the 8 th of April ? or are their postages , after that , thrown into one lump along with those of the General Secretary ? And if so , why are the people charged with any postages at all , but those of the General Secretary fairly incurred in attending to the bessess of the Association ?

      We observe that for the week between the 3 rd and the 10 th of Jute , the sum cf £ 1 13 * . Sd . is charged for postage . We remember that in that week resolutions of confidence in a late member of the Executive were passed at certain meetings in Manchester and the neighborhood , and that to serve the purposes of his election cc'Ltrst these resolutions were sent in packets through the post to the various sub-secretaries and a great number tf other individuals in all parts of the country . We Irish to be distinctly informed whether these packets of resolutions form part of this charge cf £ i 13 a . sd . for that week ' s postage >

      The plan of organization provides that a certain propcrticn of tke expences of the Executive shall be defrayed by the ecuntry when they are employed in fc'eaifsj ? vp netegs ound for the Association ; and we observe that various members of the Executive seem by the balance sheet to have been thus employed during the quarter to which it refers , as there are various charges for " agitating expeuees . ; bnt In no aue is it stated Where the labotir ¦ was performed Iot -which th . se " agitating expence * ' are charged . We trish to know the reason of this omission . We wish particularly to

      know where Dr . M'Douall was agitating during the two weeks from the 3 rd to the ISih of June . We with also to be informed how it is that M'Douall seems by the balance sheet to have bsen breaking up new greur . d Eerily the whole of the quarter , as his " sgitaucg expe . cts" are charged with as much regularity as his ¦ fragei , week by week . We would gladly iearn where hr his been employed , and where these expences have be-n incurred . We are further very anxious to iearn hrw it ii that his " agitating expences" stb charged the exact turn of 10 s . in addition to his SOs . every week .

      There are yet a few other itercs that we think need explaining . On the 9 th of 24 ay we find chaxgtd £ 2 for ' c « ch fare htm London . " We wish to know by " * hcm and en what business this expence was incurred ? TVe £ rd also on the 2 otb of June , 12 s . for " coach fare , " respecting which we have to Tt quest similar information . All these matter * and things we find to be rife subjects of painful comment among cur members here . They apply to us for information , and we are driven therefore to apply to yea , from whom we doubt not ikat » e stall have it satisfactory and in fulL Polly expecting that yon will enable us to meet fairly » t » d miijEfactorily the enquiries made of us , We are , Sir , Tour Brother Chartists , The Qekexal councillors hesjdbht is hull .

      Signed on behalf and by request of the whole , JaS . Gbassbt , Bub-Sec To Bo * letter an anrwer was received from Mr . CttiptaD , whkh wrfbrtanstely wm not twraeribed & > to the Minute Book , and was destroyed along with Mr . Qrw bj ' g other papers by bii irife , after he left the « " « triet , on her learning that be wa » included in the " Coujjneyn la ^ ta ^ ai . i ^ general purport , how-« T » . ttay be well gathered from the repJy annexed , in WQ 16 U ill it , pomtt gjg eonaidsred seriatim .

      COM op ihe SEC 0 M ) LETTER TO KS . CAMPBELt . Hull , July 17 , 1842 . i ^ fi , *'""* " of the l * th , in reply to ours of the i ' »« rsceWfcd ; and we wioke to » y ti » t , in some

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      respects , your answers to aome of oar questions may be deemed satisfactory ; but yoar letter , as a whole , is anything bat satisfactory , and anything but what , as we think , we had a right to expect from you . You commence with an expression of " mortification " on account of oar last , and conclude with what we think to be & very ill-judged apology for the contumelious tone of your letter , a tone which we cannot think to have been merited by anything contained in ours . -You write , in appareat high dudgeon , about ' ¦ suspicion" and " censure '' , which you seem wishful to

      represent as being unjustly entertained an . t exercised , and as being manifested in our letter . Sir , you mistake . When yen have learned better how to estimate y-mr own position and the people ' s rights , you will fee able to Bee clearly that that letter breathes not the slightest intimation of either busyicion or censure . Notbint cou ! d be further from our intention than to tikeany position at which honest men and true democrats could be offended ; and we have yet to learn , af cer reviewing our Itttcr to , yon , that it does exhibit m in any snch position , or that its contents are such ^ s at all t" ju-tify the high tone of mingled defiance aid contempt which characterises your present " long epistle " .

      We believe that by none of our brother Chartists have the labours and deserts of the Executive been more fully valued , and more highly appreciated , than by ourselves and our brother membra resident in this locality . We desire to give the Execntive , individually and collectively , all due credit ; and we admit t ! , a : much credit is due to them for their activity , and zeal , and perseverance in our common cause ; b * t white we do this , we cannot for a moment adroit the doctrine which the complaining tone of your letter covertly but clearly asserts—that any men , however excellent and patriotic , placed by the people ' s suffrages in a position so onerous , important , and respocsiblo , as that of the Executive ,- can consistently consider their conduct above the question and investigation , and even , should it fee so directed , the " suspicion" and " censure" cf

      the people with w hoae affairs tht-y are entrusted . There was nothing in our letter displacent or uiicourteous We wrote « imply to request from you an explanation of st / me matters in the balancesbtet , of which , aa we did not understand them , we had a perfect right to require an explanation ; not to say that it was necessary to enable us to satisfy onr brethren , the members . We gave you at the same time- —we hope most respectfuiiy —some general intimations which we thought calculated to . promote the advantage of our cause . As councillors it waa aot merely onr right , but our duty , to do that ; and when you , Sir , hava learned to know that the Executive Committee are what their office specifies , an Executive and not a regaoad body , you will have discovered that it was neither your right , nor your duty , to receive that intimation otherwise than respectfully .

      So much , Sir , for the tone of your letter ; which it is our duty to apprise yon does not comport with our ideas of what might be expected from a responsible functionary under democratic regulations . We turn now to -the consideration of your answers to , and explanation of , the several matters embodied in the queries and observations of enr last . . In accounting for the magnitude of the sum set £ own for postage , yon Bay that " the cards have to be posted and prepaid " , and "that every five cards cost twopence . " We only know respecting this , that no cards have been prepaid to us : all the cards we have received

      we . have paid the carriage for . We can perceive no reason why this locality should be an exception to the general . Tule ; nor have you condescended to point us to any . If the cards generally have fceen posted and prepaid , we admit that this must have been expensive ; and it it our duty to give a strong opinion that thai txpence ought not to have been incurred ; but that every locality should be made to do as we have donepay for the carriage of ita own cards out of its own funds . We can see no reason why we shonld pay for the transmission of our cards , and also for the transmission of cards to other localities .

      You state that you receive many letters unpaid . This certainly ought not to be ; and might very easily be put a stop to . A single notice , reasonably worded , in any of the public documents of the Executive , painting cut the folly and injustice of the practice , and declaring their resolution to receive no more unpaid letters , would at onoe end the practice of sending unpaid letters and give no offence to any body whose temper and disposition are worthy of being consulted . In reference to the postage of the other members of the Ex ^ cntive , we admit that the pre-paymeut of redies to applications for lecturing attendance ought not to fall oa tnem ; neither do we think it ought to fall on the general funds of the Executive , Every such application ought to be accompanied with & postage stamp for tb 6 payment of the answer ; each locality would * ten be r fairly its own burden ; and if that practice be not generally attended to , it is tke duty of the Executive to rtquirs that it should

      be-Ton have not informed us how it happens that Messrs . Philp , M'Douall , and Williams seem , from the Balance Sheet , to have paid respectively the large suras of 10 s ., las 61 , and 9 a . 81 for postage during the first week of the quarter arid nothing a / lencards . You do not tell us . though we a&ked , whether these gentlemen afterwardB paid their own postage , or whether it was afterwards thrown together with tbat of the General Secretary , into one lump ; and , in either case , why an uniform system was not observed . Your answer respecting the Philp resolutions is satisfactory . The question was very generally , aud , we think , very naturally , asked by our members ; and wu shall have great pleasure in apprising them , on your authority , tbat the transmission of those resolutions was the act of Mr . Philp , at hiB own txpence , and not of the Executive , at the expenca of the country . In the former case it was perfectly justifiable ; in the latter it would have been perfectly unjustifiable .

      Your answer respecting " Dr . M'Douall ' s extra ten shillings a-week " , is no answer at sll . If Dr . M'Douall has made such sacrifices for the people ' s cause as entitle him to claim special compensation , let his claim be put forward on its own merits . The coa . try has never been backward in remunerating deserving public servants . But whatever msy have been his sacrifices , they form no justification of the manner in which this tea shillings a week has been paid and received ont of pubhc money , without any public vote aud under diei ^ uiseU pretensions . When Dr . M-Donall became a candiJattfur the Executive , he knew the amount of salary be would have to receive ; and he knew , or ought to have xuown , the law of the society , which allows no " agitating expences" to members of the Executive , save when breaking up J . eu- groiuid . The Doctor ' s reaidenee in London , and employment during the whole qoarter , as your letter intimates , in the Metropolitan districts , precludes any right on- his part to charge to the

      Association one farthiDg for " agJtattng expences . " The regular weekly receipt , therefore , of l » s . under this bead , in addition to his salary , is ( gloss it how you iL 2 y ,-an unauthorised and perfectly unwarrantable appropriation of public funds . A :: d we should ill discharge our duty as councillors of the Association , to permit so flagrant a violation of its constitution to pass , without the strongest txpression of censure to which we are capable oi giving utterance- We are aw ore that " what is done cannot bfe undone . " ; but we do hope that time past may suffice for the exhibition , in the Chartist Executive , of bo Yery c ' ose an approximation , to the ^ fortt features of Tory corruption , and trickery . We trtruble for the consequences to the Association and the cause , eboe'd this piece of wanton jobbery be laid hoid of and pub'ic ' y exposed , by any members of the Association , in this or any other locality , more warm and lfcss prudent in their indignation than we are disposed to be .

      You are pleased strangely to misconstrue the tendeDcy of our simp ' e inquiry , as to the two items of railway and coach fare . We never dreamed of its being reasonable for the Executive to travel in the third class , " all weathers " . The information we ¦ wished for simply was : whether these items of expenc were so incurred as ths . t the organisition would warrant their being charged to the public , or whether they ought not to have been defrayed by some particular locality ? This information you have not com-Biunicated .

      Your ' hit' at the Hull Chartists , in the matter of Mr . Leach ' s lecture , is a little beside the mark ! Mr . Leach did not come to lecture mi Hull . Be was passing tkrough on his way to London , and merely gave us a lecture by way of filling up an evening tba . t would have otherwise been unemployed . We have never yet had a lecturer comii-g here on our own invitation , the whole of whose expenses we have not cheerfully defrayed . We think your explanation respecting dates satisfactory . To conclude , we cannot reciprocate your opinion that , " if there has been a fault at all , it is being remarkably niggardly in the expenses . " We do not think

      that the expenies of the millionairtt who compose the antS-Com Law League are any criterion at ail by which to estimate the using of the hard-earned pence of Chartist We think it is the daty of the Bxecutive , as far aa in them lies , to enforce the obaerranoe of the rule * of the organisation upon the whole society ; and at all events to take care that all their own transactions be in strict accordance with theae rmles . We thick tbat yoar letter eonUini abundant evidfcnee and phin acknowledgment that they hare not done « o ; and , therefore , though in our last Jetterwe hinted neither " suspicion" nor " censure " , we cannot close this without telling yon that your answer to it leaves ne room for " suspicion" , and enforces on ns the painful duty ol reiterating "

      consure" in the » trong « st term * . Truiting that we may not again find it necessary thui freely sod honestly to express onr opinion *; the « x »

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      pression of which gives ns not more pain than their entertainment , We are . Sir , Your unflinching Brother Chartists , The General Councillors , Resident in Hull . Signed at tha request and by command of the whole , James Gbassbt , sub-Secretary . To this . letter no reply was sent

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      LKAWINeTON—At the usual weekly Chartist meeting , sixteen shillings was banded in for the Defence Fund Raffle tickets . A committee was formed to arrange for holding a public meeting to elect delegates to the Conference , and the secretary waainatructed to call on our absent friends , as their attendance is particularly required next meeting nifht on partieolat business WATFORD . —Mr . Brown , of the City of London locality , delivered two lecture * here on Monday and Tueidny evening last These wtre the first lecture * since the visit of the London Chartists in Angaat . on which occasion Mr . Brown was first heard by the Watford public We are glad to bear that his present addresses have been productive of immense V <> od , asd that a General Counc 1 has been appointed to « r » nduct tke people ' s affairs . Th ? DsrEUCE Fpnd . —The Liverpool Council h » vre received the tarn of £ 1 18 a . for this fond . i

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      HAWJRTJS—On Saturday evening last , at the house of NI » . Liighton , Temperance Hstol , Haworth , Mr . Dormand , of Nottingham , delivered ft lecture on Total Abstinenee ; The attendance w ; ts very thin , i We < io not so much ^ wonder at this , because the majority of the people herd are so far from indulging in intemperate . irinking , that $ h . ey are—through circumstances—conipelled-to abstain by far too much from eating . There is , therefore , . ^| tle cause for preaching tip abstinence either in eating ' or drinking ; for , in faot , abstinence 1 b carried on to an intemperate degree . WIGAN . —The Chartists of Wigan have taken the roam adjuining ^ he Waggon and Horses publio house , bottom of MLIgate , wht-re they w , ill meet next Sunday eveuing , for thir purpose of electing a Coutcil .

      SHi . Fru . La . —Chartism—Mr . Edwin Gill addressed a respectable audience on Sunday evening in the Big Tree-Jane Rjoru . Mr . Q . dwelt chiefly upon the fast increasing distress of the countiy , and the duty of the people , Mr . Evinson followed , delivering some appropriate and stirring remarks . Mr . West . —This sterliug champion of democracy and honest advocate of the peoptu ' a rightsj lectured in the above roum on Monday evening . The reom was well filled , and at eight o clunk . Mi Dyson was called to the chair . The Chartist National anthem was then sung , after which the chairman delivered some excellent remarks , and conc l uded by introducing Mr . West , who was received with loud demonstrations of applause Mr . W . mainly occupied the attention of his henrera by

      detailing his " prison txporieucea" —dwelling long on the iuipotency of prosecution ; ami concluding 'witUeoiue masttvly argaA ^ nta " ' in refutation : of ttie' sophisms aud « Tamlerg :. brought to bear against Chartism . Mr . Wtat'a description of the hellish treatment he was anVj ^ cUd to in the D ~ rby torture-bouse was painfully sickening , aud exctteil the strongest feelings of indignation in the breasts t > f bia hearers ; one delightful portion of Mr . Weet's address was the reading of twu letters from the Rsv . Humphrey Price , received by Mr .-West wfaUe in jjaol . We wish Mr . West would publish tho 6 e letters that the working classes may know , and knowing

      appreciate , the virtues of this " honest priest , " who ia indeed an honour to the laud that gave him birth , one of the very few who dare to preach the truth and have the honesty to practice what they preach . At the conclusion of Mr . West ' s lecture , Mr . Harney moved a vottJ of thanks to the R ^ -v . Mr . Ptioe , and in th « course of a few rtinarhft , warmly eulogised the rev . gentleman . Mr . Gill seconded the motion . Mr . George Wright , a native of Burton-uponiTrtnt , spoke in support of the motion , and drtw a glowing picture of the cl aracter of this excellent man . The motion was carried unanimously . Thanks having been voted to the lecturer , the meeting broke up .

      BRADFORD . —On Sunday , Mr . Clissett , of Millbridge , preached two surmons iu the Caajtist room , Butterworth ' s-buildings . Collections were made for the Defence Fund , which , amounted to sixteen shillings and three-halfpenoe . THE Chartists uf Daisy-bill met as usual at their room to consider of a proper person to recommend to the Council as candidate for the office of delegate to the Birmingham Conference . Tub chartists , of Bowling Back-lane , met on Sunday , and after some discussion , recomu . ended the election of delegates to the C inference . They Hi 6 et every Sunday mo / ninc at ten o ' clock . THE CllAKTlSTS of Mancbester-road , met on Sunday morning , when , after arrangements being itiado for the election of delegates , tney adjourned to Sunday ntxt at nine o'clock . '

      THE Chartists resident in the contral part of Bradford , met on Sunday morning at the Council room , when several members were enrolled . They adjourned to Sunday morning next at ten o ' clock . TBE MEMBEES OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL met on Monday , in their room , Butt-jrworth ' s-Buildings ; after arrangements were made for the election of delegates to the forthcoming Conference , Eraanuel Hutton pail Is . 8 d . for the Defence Fund . Tho meeting adjourned to Monday evening , when the whole of the members of the Council are required to attend , and tbose persons having searfs are itqaoated to produce them at the council meeting .

      AT the Meetijvg of Chartists of Great Horton , Eurarroutily ftUuniied , the following resolution was unanimously carried : — " That wo the Chartists of Great-Horton , express our unabattd confidence inDr . M D > u \\\ for his pant cervices iu the people ' s cause , and we aio likewise tf opinion that the weekly sum allowed by the plan of organisation , to tho members of the Executive while sitting , should be paid to his bereaved wife , to enable her , in somo measure , to bear up under her present trying and painful situation . " NEWCASTXiB . —Mr . Rlgby . of Chorley , delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall , Goat Ion , Cloth Market , on Suuday evening , on the principles of the People ' s Charier and the benefits that the working classes would derive by tbat document becoming the law of the land . Mr , R . told many truths respecting the Whigs and the Tories , and the Tyrannical system they have used every effort to maintain , and concluded by challenging

      any one to come forward and defend the present diabolical state of things , or show cause why industry should not have its reward , while the drones of society live upon the fat of the land . He was prepared to prove that if tbe principles of the Charter were carried out , the people would thereby be enabled to ameliorate their own condition , and that no other system of reform now extant can remove the present unparalleled distress until the whole people are fully and fairly represented in the legislature of this country . The spacious hall wasdenswly crowded , but no person appeared disposed to dispute Mr . Rigby ' s position . Mr . Kigby was applauded throughout his whole discourse . A vote of thanks having been unanimously agreed to to Mr . Rigby for the able manner in which he defended the cause of the people , the meeting dispersed . Several names were enrolled after the lecture . Mr . William Kiuipster RobBon will lecture in the same hall on next Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o'clock .

      The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly bubiness meeting on Monday evening aa usual . Mr . W . K . Robuon in tbe chair . The minutes of tho previous meeting having buen confirmed , the Secretary read a letter from Mr . O Connor in reply to the latter which he was instiucted en last meeting night to Bend to that gentleman . Mr Hebden appeared as one of a deputation appointed by the Chartists of Ouseburn to enter into arrangement *) for tLe election of delegates to the forthcoming Conference in Birmingham . After sorns discussion on the . subject a deputation of four were

      elected to meet the deputation frem Ouseburn , and niaku the proiimi ary arrangements for the cours 9 to be pursued by tbe non'electors at the public meeting . After disposing of some local business the meeting adjourned . There was two shillings received from Caartersbaugh for the Ddfence Fund , per ffn , Wilson , ami two shillings from Uadcliffe Terrace , per Mr , D : ingiey , for the same . The adjourned meeting of dble >< ates from tho counties of Northumberland and Durham wil be resumed in the Chartists Hull , Newcastle , on Sunday Deceffiber 4 th , at one o'clock in the afternoon .

      GrI . OSSOI » . —DKFEAT OF THE LEAGUE . This pl ; i < : t > and the aura-uniing -villages were placurifed , nullifying that Mr . Acland , the tool of the Corn Law League , would lecture at the Universal School , on Monday last , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Here I would remark , although this place was built by publio subscription—the poor as well as the rich subscribed—yet it is denied the former for holding any meetings iu it that might tend to rouse them from their present degraded stato . On this eccasion seme of the manufacturers stopped their mills at six o'clock , in order to have an opportunity of attending the lecture . The room was pretty well filled , and here and there lickspittles were stationed , in order to watch who might be favourable to their views , or

      who might not , as most cf them thought they had put Chartism down , when men ' s blood had been spilt , only for asking for a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work ; and by that party , too , who say they are seeking for advancement of their wages . Oh , but the people know too well this is all humbug . But to the question . Mr . Aciand rose to address the meeting ; and , as it is a well known fact , at the League meetings the lecturer acts as chairman and speaker , he waa very kindly asked whether he would , at the close of his lecture , allew discussion , or answer any questions that might be put to him . After some of his usual impertinence , ha gave the meeting to understand tbat he would . With this understanding , the meeting allowed him to proceed , and paid great attention , expecting to hear something advanced that might make them become Repealers ; but they were woefully mistaken .

      Many of bis own party went away disgusted with hia arguments long before he came to a close ; and , when he saw the meeting would no longer be gulled by him , be coolly bid them a good night . At this moment , Mr . Clark , of Stockport , mounted one of the forms to address the meeting In reply , in order to show the fallacy of the League ; but Acland durst not stand the test , alleging that he had an engagement in Manchester . Tea , # o doubt be had , as I daresay the League had to eonsfflte together to know how they mutt raise the . £ 50 , C 00 . However , they did not escape without a severe casttgation from Mr . Clark , who was loudly applauded throughout hia address . Mr . Clark challenged Mr . Acland to meet him anywhere , or at any time he thought fit . But , no ! he would not After three cheers for the Charter and O'Connor , the meeting dispersed , giving three groans for the League and Acland . —Correspondent .

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      HDIit .-r-DEFEAT of the Leagtje . —On Monday and Tuesday lav , wo wore promised the " first fruits" of the . £ 50 , 000 wrung from the sw < Jat of the factory childrep , in the shape of a visitation from Mr . Falvey , the celebrated League lecturer , and the Chartists put off their meeting on Monday night , to hear whit new nostrums wereaboui to be propounded . At the close of the lecture , in which ho retailed wholesale the fallacies of Acland and Co ., he wast tackled , and tightly too , by Bairstow of the Executive . In half-an-hour poor Falvey had not a leg to stand on ; and at the close , challenged him boldly to a discussion on any following evening . But he had enough , far more than enough ! and declined the offer . Oa Tuesday night , it being generally known

      that Bairstow remained iu town , the Guild-hall was densely crowded . At the clo 3 e of the lecture , which as usual treated upon every subjjct but the Com Laws , up sprung Holliday , sub-secretary of the Charter Association , aud moved ,. " that Mr . Webster , a well-known Charti 9 t , do take the chair . " The proposition was seconded and put to tho meeting ; at least a thousand hands were hold up in favour , and only five against . Mr . Falvey protested , but protest waa vain 1 The "League men" bawled ; but their faotious bra ^ Ifiia ; was silenced by tuo thundering cheers of the triumphant Chanists . The hubbub lasted near half-an-hour , during wl > ich some of tho respectables made off-for- the assiatan . ee of their free-irade allies—the policeuvn . The blue

      bottles arrived , and listened , apparently not ill pleased , to Falvey ' a receiving , at the bands of his opponent , one of the most- effectual thrashings ho or ajiy other man ever mot with , or in all likelihood erer will . Bairstow demolished , in terms of thrilling eloquence , every subterfuge behind which his opponent had taken shelter ; showed hofr the traders had grown rich at the expenco of the poor , aud summed up by pourtraying , in glowing colours , the avaricious , grinding , Bolfi ~ h nature of those who would now make us believe that they were actuated in this matter solely by feeling of philanthropy an < i humanity . Prior to breaking up , we had three hearty cheers for the Charter , three for bairstow , and three magnificent groans for the anti-Corn Law League . * . : ¦ ' . '• ¦ ¦ '

      BIRMINGHAM . — Steelhouse lane Meeting — Tho usual meeting of Chanists took place at the Ship Inn , Steelhcu ^ e-lane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . John Newhouse in the chair . Mr . Ernes dolivered a very clear , manly , and most affectionate address on the " Moral and physical capabilities of man , " aud was warmly applauded . A long and interesting conversation was held on the necessity of supporting Mr . Joseph Linuoy , when Mr . G . White and others bore testimuny to the straightforward conduct and sterling worth of Mr . Linnoy . A subscription was entered into for that purposo which will be continued . A discussion was then commenced on the manner in which the funds of

      the National Charter Association had been misappropriated by the Executive ; several were for passing a vote on the occasiou , but it was ultimately deferred to the following Tuesday , in order to allowall who ielt interested in . tho matter to express their sentiments . The sub-secretary , Mr . David Potts , then called the attention of the meeting to the election of members to the Gcnoral Council , which , according to the plan of organization , should take place in the beginning of December , and on the motion of Mr . A . Fusaell , it was resolved to give a week's notice to the member- * of that locality in order that all might have a fair ohanoe of voting . After the usual routiuo busiuesa was disposed of , the meeting separated .

      The Patriot Convict Ei . lis . —The sorrowing , and heart-broken wife , or more properly , widow , of poor Ellis , arrived hero this rVLiiing from Durslem , on her way to Portsmouth : t'j ako her farewell of her beloved , and noble-minded husband , who is now on board a transport ship , about , to bid adieu to his dear wifo and children . Previous to her departure by coach to London , Mrs . Eilis read several of her husband ' s letters to the Chartists present at Mr . Follows , in Monmout . ' i-street , where she was staying , the endearing , [ patriotic , and self-denying sentiment of which , together with the sobs ot his wife , caused tears to flo « v from the eyes of all present . In one of thom he states that he had been employed with others as a labourer , and compelled to work with a number of bad characters , in a convict dress , and with seven pounds' weight of chains on his legs . In his las . lotrer , written from

      the convict ship , he requests to be supplied with some books and money , against the voyage ; and as there was no time to be loBt . Messrs . White , Follows , and Horsley , deternrned to request Mr . Cleave to supply the wants of Mr . Ellis out of the money -he held , and pledged themselves on behalf of the Birmingham Chartists to make it good , in case the Chartist body objected to it . Every possible assistance was rendered Mrs . Edis by those who were brought together during her short sojourn-, and Mr . George White attended her to the coach office , and saw her safely placed in tho inside of the London coach . It ought to bo here mentioned that Mr . Lowe , brother-in-law of Mr . Benjamin Danks of Wednesbury his kindly consented to take charge of Mrs . Ellis ' s eldest girl , and from his well-known kind disposition , there is no doubi the child will be well attended to .

      PETERBORO . '—The Chartists of Peterboro' and Eye met on Monday evening , at the house of Mr . Marklin , when one of the topics for the consideration of the meeting was the disinterested conduct of that noble patriot , Mr . Hames , of Oundle , who travelled at hisown expence , to Leicester and to London , as bail for Mr . Cooper and Mr . Jones , besides inumerable other benevolent acts . Mr . Taylor moved , and Mr . Marklin seconded , " A vote of thanks to that honourable gentleman for his prttiflartrthy conduct , and may he long live to defend the xfpffB of the poer . " ; ; v

      NORTHAMPTON . —At a weekly meeting of the Chartists of this place , held on Tuesday night , it was resolved . " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Hames , of Oundlo , for hisreadiuess at all times to serve the cause of Chartism , and more especially in bis coming forward almost unsolicited to give bail for those unflinching and indefatigable patriots , Messrs . Jones and Cooper , and that the thanks of the meeting be also given to Mr . Roberts , of Bath , for hia unwearied esortions on behalf of the Chartist prisoners during the late trials at Stafford .

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      ^ •* - ^ mwrn ' ' \ <" - ' - ' ' ' SCARBOROUGH . —Mr . Bairstow IsrtfeiA < s { a " * the C-iartist Room , Dump ^ l-street ; , on tha 16 'h and 17 ib , to most : a ' . teusive audiences . HOLUNWOOD .- On Sunday even Ing Iasf . ' Miv , - , A . T . Taylor , of Roy ten , gave an insirua ^ tive lecture in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , to a crowded and atteatiro audiocoe . The lecturer * was listened to with great attention , and gave general satisfaction . , , OQOCBT . —Mr . Samnal Cook , ot this place , has received two shillings and sixpence from the Chartistsof K ; ngswood , it being Sheir fifth ccntributioft to Mason ' s fund .

      OLpMATH . —On Sauday evening last , notwith standing our . being disappointed of a lecturer ; 'the room was crowded to overflowing . The Chairman , after reading , as Usual , a lenson from the Scriptures , read from ' the Evening Star of Friday , tUe 18 th instant , the speeches of Mr . Duncombe and others , delivered at the Crown and Anchor , London , last week , which were listened tr . with great attention by the assembly . As tne cooolnsion , 5 s . 2 d . was collected for the victims . &AUFAX . —Mr . Diekinpon lectured to a crowded and attentive andienee on Sunday evening last . At the conclusion two fresh members were enrolled .

      UPPER WARI . ev . ~ A fiormon was preached at ' - this place on Sunday 1 ' &t , by Mr . Wallace , froia Halifax , when four shillings was collected for the wife of an incarcerated victim , whioh has been duly forwarded .

      MANCHESTER .- —Carpenter ' s Hall . ——On Sunday last , two lectures wtre delivtirc-J . . iu the above ' . hall ,-otie by Mr . Wm . Dixon ,-cnd r . iits other in the evening by Mr . o . U Cooper . A , tue conclusion of Mr . Cooper ' s le ^ ture Mr . Dixon mide aa appeal ' . to .-th ' e audience ' in buhalf of the Defence Fund . The thauk > of tii < 3 mc ' -tin ? having b ^ ert tivea to the 'Lecturer ' and-Chairman , the assembled thoasands retired . OTJSaBOUW . —Tlia Cl ' mi-tista of this locali-. v

      asaombled as usnal ,- in th ^ ir room , on Sunday morning , Nov . 20 tb . Mr .-W .-Scotr , * vas cellea to th v- cha \ r . At tbe reqaesfc of tbo nK-et }?< j » , tbt > secretary " rta < l Mr . J . Campbell ' s letter from the Northern Slur . —th « article beaded .. " Tim Executivy Balauce Sheet "—ttie I 7 ta and 18 tb article flom the Plan of Orgaiiiz » ti ^ i :. '— when a ruoat intereating aad important discussion ensued , Messrs . Hail ; Bfaoe , HeMea , and Webh ; talcing psrfe The following reaijfutiiJn ' , Whlcli conveys the eiSit 88 nti ~ Hient 8 . of the mebtinK was moved by Mr . J . Hall , seconded by Mr . J . Bruce , aud carried num . con .: — . ¦

      • That this meeting is cf opinion , that ihb ckpeiictui of the Executive are e oraiously heavy , aid requirefar > ther esptanation , and we h ^ pe for the futuru that no Kxesutive Wilt dare to interfere vmh the piun of organization , - without the consent of the whole country , as it appears quite evident the present one has , ia M'Douall ' a case , and ebtugiug their co . ich-hjrc to the association , when they ought to have charged the localities where they agitated ; not that we are against M'DouaJl receiving . the two pounds per week , but because it is ; i ba 4 precedent . When we look b \ dk at his past exartionc . his energy , bis independent and intrepid conduct ,: w . e think be deserves it , aud : ve beg leave to iuforra him that he baa onr warmest tsieetn , confidence , adruiiation , and toack-s , for his pastlabuura in our glorious cause , and we sympathise with him iu his present critical sit nation , and give our consent thai his family reoeivu his wa »« s as long us he reniains a meniber of the Executive . "

      IiOKDON . —Mr Fussell lectured at the Britannia , Tipper Chapman-street , St George's Eiat , on Sunday last , and was greatly applauded . 1 , China Walk , Lambeth—The cause of the Political Victims is very warmly taken up in this locality . One feeling only appears to actuate the members—a thorough hatred tv > cIibs legislation and a determination to destroy ifc as soon as possible . Upwards of three pound * nave bean collected for tbe Defence Fund in little more than a . month . BOtTOlV . —Mr . Jam 6 B Parkinson del ! veved a lectnve , on Sunday evening , on the evils attendant on the Law of Primogeniture . He most ably handled the subject , and went tnrdnsn the various evils attendant on that obnoxious law , to the complete satisfaction of the meeting .

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      V TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAR . My dear Hill , —^ There is one conviction of my mind which I cannot refrain from expressing publicly , that I owethe happy fact of my escape from transportation , almost entirely to the intelligence and fidelity » f' Mr . Williams and Mr . Roberts , my attornies , in so urgently advising me to make a desperate struggle towards obtaining a jury , of which not one member had been engaged in a previous trial daring the Special Commission . Poor El is , more than once daring our three hours companionship in the " glory-hole , " expresaad a pa »« sionate regret ; that he hid not been advised also to sua for a sepirate trial . " Yet , " he always added , " who could potaibly have thought , even -when I was mixed tip in trial ¦ whh tWtenty otlwsta , the ? could hciv » returned me ' guilts , ' on such evidence !"

      And who , en earth , could have thought it ? The verdict came like a thunderbolt upon our attorniea : this I can testify , buth from conversations I ha . ; l with them previous to Ellis' trial , when they each spoke of his acquittal as a certainty—and from the consterna tion with which they both alluded to the horrid verdict , after ic . bad been given . Fully mn of the rabidly revengeful state of mind which pervaded the aristocracy on each side the Judge , —the Jury in thehf b ( . x , —and the " exclusivee" who are permitted to become spectators in the court , —our attornies strove , — from the comineu ^ uuient of the trials up to the day in which I was summoned into caurt with seventeen others , as "incendiaries , "—to appease our persecutors by a respectful mode of procedure , dreading that any resort to a more spirited policy might subject the poor victims to ' sumwary rutgeance .

      When the shameful verdict against William Elite , however , iu » 'ie it openly manifest tbat no courtesy could allay the brutal spirit of ou * pers&outors , on » attornies cume at once to a strong resolution . " They can but do their worst , " * aid Roberts to me , " and since they have evinced so vengeful a disposition already , their eternal ver . iict being ' guilty , ' yoar only chance of a fa r trial lies in procuring an entirely new jury . Now , remember , " said ho to me in conoluaion , « you can have a fresh jury if you are determined to have one . " "Then depend upon it , I will , " I answered , 3 dfct Williams was eqially urgent on this point Theprocais - of " challenging , " as it is called , and other delay * occupied the court for an hour , but tbat hour was well ppent , in . asmuch-as it issaed in seating in tte jary-bojc , twelve

      men , not one of whom had previously served jn a jury during the Special Commission . These men did not , like their predecessors , seem to take it as a matter course that they were to find everything " guilty '' tbat stood in the dock , and was called "thA prisoner " by the wily Sir Win . FoUett ; and when told by theupOfpA lawyer , though severe judge , Sir Nicholas Tindal , tlus they could not find me " guilty "—why , they cagM not take it into their heads to do it , and so I eacapwi . To conclude as I began , I feel certain tbat my fate would have been as hapless as tost of poor Ellla , nay , perhapB , worse , had not my attornies advised me to press for a separate trial ; for it is no secret that the

      Tories were frequently , during the weeks preceding on trials , betting bottles of port , in the parlours of the inn * at Hanley , Bnrslera and Lane-end , that Cooper and Ellis wonli ^ one or both , be hung , and Capper and Robinson transported for life ! > Thank God ! Although poor injured Ellis baa beef so horridly victimised , and aged Capper is immured ft * two yean , in addition to hating his gooda seised foe neglecting some legal form—yet Robinson has whody ; escaped his ^ brutal enemies , while I am delivered from the horrors of transportation , and have yet qchanetjfc least , though it may be a slight one , for eBtabJishlD ^ djr innocence of the remaining "highcrimes arid ipiidV meanoura" with which I stand chawred , . ' ' . . ' , \

      lam , my dear Hill , \ i . -. '' .- . :. .- ¦ : .. ' . Very affection » t « ly yours , - , Thokas Coopsi . P . S . —Jfy attorney , Mr . Williams , informs me that he has caused the proper plea , " Not GaiUyr" -teJIbJ- - - filed for me in the Queen ' * Bench , wbittier I W 4 b *^ b ^| ¦ - to appear on the 30 th in » Unfc—my case lui ' vit )^ l »« i ; ' . removed into that court by writ of awtforarf , like tlli ^ Liverpoolca « 8 , . . ... ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - . yi- ^^ ' ^ i-¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . . , ^ : ^ mm

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      j 5 ubscbiptions received by mr . ; . ; ¦' ¦ " ¦ ¦ , ;¦ ¦ ¦ .., - ¦ ¦ cleave . - . - ¦¦ . ¦ POIilTICAI . TlClia AND DEFENCE FOND . . - , ¦ '¦'¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ' :: ¦" ¦ ¦ ' •¦ - ' £ ¦ b : a . ¦ , Previously acknowledged ... 119 9 6 Bradford , Wilts , i . e . J . Penny ... 0 16 G . White ... ... ... ... 0 I C J . Alderwick ... ... ... 0 16 C . KendalK . ; . ... ... ... 0 0 6 G . Holbrook ... ... ... 0 0 G J . Fisher ... ... ... ... 0 0 3 A Friend ... ... , - ¦ ... ... 0 10 Lambeth Youths ... ... ... 0 2 9 T . Lee ( bill sticker ) .... ... 0 1 G W . M . ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 — Bennett ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 J . Wells ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Ladies' shoemakers , Foley-place 0 8 25 Lamb 8 th Teetotal Chartist ? ... 0 1 2 Proceeds of Lottery . Nov . 3 rd , at

      55 , Old Bailey ... ... ... 1113 0 Stratford , Essex ... ... ... 0 9 0 Sale of Warwick raffle tickets , by Mr . Black ... ... ... 0 17 0 Piitney ( for Ellis ) ... ... ... 0 2 6 First dividend—City shoemakera 0 1 6 Limehouse ... ... ... " ... 0 5 0 Kowport , Isle of Wight ... ... 0 10 0 J . H . ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Woolcombers , Li&keard , Cornwall * ... ... . ... ... 0 6 6 Silk Hatters , S ^ jttthwark , i . e .

      collected by Fisher ... ... 0 2 6 Sa ' e of books givenby Air . Cleave 0 3 o Ship Tavern ... ... ... 10 6 Falkirk and Grahp . mston ... 15 6 Falkirk Iron Works ... ... 0 1 / 5 0 Carron ditto ... ... .,. 0 15 0 Sianhousemure ... 0 8 0

      ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : . 139 7 4 J . By P . O . and Postage , Falkirk 0 0 7 £ 139 6 9 J FOR M DQUALL . Wellingborough , per Mr . Fall ... 0 10 0 Barxstaple — : WiJl the person who tock out the Posg-office order for 10 s . forward hi 3 lume and address , and say for what fund tho money is intended \ . * The Lislieard Woolcombers must communicate to Mr . Cleave the name of the person who procured the Post-office OrUfcr for them , or their subscription will be useless . N . B . Mr . Gleave requests such friends as make their Post-office Orders payab ' elo him to direct the same to his own residence , 1 , Shoti-lane , Fleet-street , London . Mr . C . cannot hold himself accountable for Orders addressed So any other place .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE EXEOUTiVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 23 bd , 1 R 42 . ¦ £ a d London Stuff Hat ( ers ... ... 0 1 0 Todmorden ... ... ... ... 10 0 Leeds ... ' ... ... 2 0 0 Clerkenwell ... ... 0 2 0 . Cheltenham 013 4 Deptford ... ... .. ; ... 0 12 0 Manchester Shoemakers ... ... 0 8 0 London Shoemakers , Foley-street 0 8 0 .. ... . . ' ' ' . ¦ .- ¦¦ . " ' ¦ ' ' - £ 5-4 4 .. If funds are at . my disposal , I wish to kr . ovv whether M'pouail is now to be paid his wase . My ovra opinion id he ought , inasmuch as he is deprived of taking a part in the movements J . Campbell , Secretary .

      The Ff^Il Chartists And The Executive Balance Sheet,

      THE ff ^ iL CHARTISTS AND THE EXECUTIVE BALANCE SHEET ,

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      ^ 0 IHB EDITOR OF THE SQRTHERS STAB . gI& ) At a special meeting ol the Hall Council , held . tJje purp ose of considering Mr . Campbell ' s reply to LrtiiB objeetioas urged against the Boiaoce Sheet , it SnwedTed , — L " That in the opinion of the ConDdllott resident in HbDi Mr- CampbelllB letter in last Sjtnrdaya Star is together nn » ttsf » ctory ; and that toe Execotlve have , is many grave and serious matters , deputed from the plain printed roles of the Organisation . " 2 . "That the Enb-Seeretary be directed to prepare fsr publication the whole of the correspondence which fcas passed between u » as Councillors , and the Eztcotire , on subject , and forward the same to tbe KoT 0 * r * Siar "

      In obedience to the foregoing resolutions , I herewith forirsrd you a copy of such letters as I have found in tjie minute book , regretting exceedingly that Mr . Camp bell ' s reply had not bees inserted , and that owing to the circumstaEcea In ¦ which our late worthy sufegecretary ltft the district , the original of that letter , along with oshers , had been destroyed . I may also observe , tbat the first and second of the followfatg letters rdet ' , sot to the lut , Vat to the preceding Balance Sbeet ¦ ' I am , Sir , Yoari , truly , "W . J . Hollidat , sub-Sec Hell , 5 ct . 22 , 18 i 2 .

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      COPY OF THE THIRD LETTER TO MR . CAMPBELL " . Hull , Nov . 14 , 1842 . Sir , —I am instructed by the council lors resident in Hull , to express their regret that bo little attention should have been paid by the Executive t *> their previous communications upon the subject of the expenditure , and the loose , indefinite wording of tho balance sheet . We ventured hist quarter to give to the Executive some general intimations of what , in our opinion , a balance * h ? et ought to be ; and we also took the liberty of drawing your attention to some matters in the lsst Balance Sheet , which plainly shewed that the rules of ths organization bud Ik . en most flagrantly and wantonly outraged and set aside by tha Executive . We were willing to believe tbat the Executive were honest ajid well principled , that their aberrations from

      the strict line of their cfiuial duties had resulted rather from inattention to the rules of tbe organisation by which they are bound , than from any purpose to set themselves above rule , and to manage the uSlurs and funds of the Association " on thbir own responsibility ! We did not , therefore , like our brethren in some ether places , make public our very just disapprobation of several transactions to which our attention was directed by the bald and meagre statements of the last Balance Sheet ; nor did we take any public notice of the most slovenly and unbusintss like way in which that Balance Sheet proved the accounts of the Association to have been kwpt ; and in which we regret to say they have always bstn ker > t .

      We gave the Executive credit for honesty . We were willing to uiake due allowance for the necessary want of familiarity with tbe affairs of business induced by their previous occupations . We h > -ped that experience would make them more an fait iu business matters ; and that respectful private admonition would educe from them more deference to the laws of tbe Association than they had heretofore paid . "We have expected this more confidently , because we had the pledge not ouljr of your-Btilf , but of other members of the Executive , that our admonition should receive due attention , and that the mal-practices of which we complained should be discontinued . We grieve to rind ourselves disappointed . Another Balance Sheet has beeu issued , which , upon examination , we find may well vie with any of its predecessors ' for vagueness and ambiguity ; and which , vague and meagre as it is , affords evidence that not only our requirements , but those of the organisition , have been utterly contemned .

      The only items in the Balance Sheet now published regarding which distinctive information ia accorded , as to the exsct purpose of appropriation , are the " wages " of tne Executive , and the printing of cards ; all the rest are left floating in the like mist of uncertainty which has character-zed preceding Balance Sheets ; and we are again compelled therefore to apply to you for distinctive information upon matters which it is your duty to make plain to us and the countiy . We trust tbat we may be more successful ia this application than in our hut . We find scattered over the Balance Sheet various items , to the number of eleven and to tbe amount of twenty three pounds ten » nillings , charged for travelling expences for different members of the Executive ; to not one of which is a syllable of information appended as to the object er purport of the journeys thus charged for .

      Officially , as councillors , we require yon , Sir , as our Secretary , to inform us respecting each of these items ; on what business and on whose authority the journeys for which they are charged was undertaken , and also under which of tbe regulations of the organization the country are thus charged at all for the journeys of these gentlemen . Thus much of ir formation iu regard to the general item of " travelling expences . " every member of tbe Association ib entitled to demand hum you ; and on behalf of tbe members resident in Hull , we n quire it Mind , Sir , let us have no more miscoimructioas ! We do not at present make any charge again * t yourbc . f or a-. y other Hi-mber of the Executive , for causing any j . urney to be more expens ' iye than it migbt faave been : thai may or may not form the subject of future remark .. We do not at present say tbat all these journeys are not rightly charged to the Association . Upon that subjwit wo say nothing now . The plain question is , upon what business were these respective journeys

      undertaken ? by whom wrre they authorised ? and under what rule of the Association are they charged to the country ? To those m&'lere you will please to address your reply , in regard to each and every one of them . Subsidiary to the above general inquiry , we wish also to ask how it happens that a eerioua difference of cost appears to have been in « urred by tbe same gentleman in travelling over the same ground at different periods . Under date July 6 th . we find . " Travelling from Bristol to Manchester , £ 1 18 s- 6 d . " Again , under date August 6 th , •¦ Bairstow ' a expences to Bristol from Manchester . £ 2 16 s 6 d ; " find again , under date August 20 th , " Bairstow from Bristol to Manchester , £ 2 2 s . " Our members make many comments upon this dibcrepuncy . We think this of far lees moment than a satisfactory answer to our general enquiry ; yet , assuming that tbe journeys have been performed in pursuance of the rules of tke organization , it ought certainly to be reconciled .

      We again draw your attention to the item " agitating expeoces . " We find this item to occur seven time * , involving an amount of £ 10 ltis 6 d . We require to be informed in reference to each of these seven distinct charges , ft » r what " new district" the Expences thereby indicated were incurred . We need not , of course , tell you that the Hilary , or as you like to call it , the " wages' of each member of the Executive ( save the Secretary ) is distinctly specified in tbe organization to be £ l 10 a . Weekly , uhen sitting , and that when not sitting they have no claim for waves .

      unless employed as lecturers ; and then to b- paid out of the general funds only when opening new districts , Of course you , whose duty it is to ins : ruet every Sut-Sccretary jn all the-minutireof tbeorgan ' zition , know all this ; we do not , therefore , presume to give it as information to you ; but we advert to it fur the purpose of calling your attention to the fact , that in the balance sheet now published , Dr M'D > uaH ' s wages are for the must part of the quarter put down rtgularly at £ 2 per week . We require to know upon what authority tbe Executive have m ;< de this deviation from tho plain printed rules ol tke Association .

      There are various other matters on which it may be our duty to trouble you with enquiries hereafter . For the prtse . it we submit to you tbnse , in the confluent expectation tbat they will meet with prompt attention . We have eniieavourcd tr > make them so plain that we think they cannot be easily misunderstood—so perspicuous , that we hope they leave no room for a repetition of your c-jiuplaiut about " suspicions , "' and so respectfully worded as shall give us a right to expect from you a courteous reply ; while st the Bame time they are so pointed , that we trust they will furnish no preUx * . tar digression ; but that you -will confine your reply strictly to tbe matters and things on which we seek information , and that no one of these will be overlooked .

      Without any desire to school you in your duty , we cannot pas * by the performance of our own ; which compels us to remind you tbat a Secretary should be a man of business—tbat his accouuls should be clear and unambiguous , and his correspondence precise and definite and yet perspicuous and comprehensive ; and to express our hope that in the&e matters we may hereafter imve fewer and less causes for that * ' censure" of which your former correspondence evinces much impatience . Sincerely regretting , Sir , tbat there should be a necessity for us thus to -write to you , We are , in the performance of our duty , With all due respect , The general councillors of tbe National Charter Association , resident in HuiL Signed on behalf of ihe whole , W . J . Hollidav , Sub-Secretary . To this letter no reply has been received .

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      TO THE EDiTOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I am now on my way home , and intend calling at a few places which I have before visited , " pamely , York , Malton , Pocklington ^ Selby , Leeds , Halifax , Bradford . Dawsbury , and | their environs , Buraley , Celne , Todmordeu , Clitheroe , Sibden , and Blackburn . Then I shall visit Caor ' ty , ^ o give on address to the calico printers . . . I cannot now make any arrangements as to when I shall visit each place , butchtll correspond in due timid and in due form with each locality . By publishing the above in your n 6 xt Star , you . will oblige , Yours in the Cause , Peter Rigby . New&stle-upon- ' Iyne , Tuesday morning .

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      . . ~^ JJ \^ y ^ y - —^ : ' ' K ¦ - ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ : '¦' -. ^ V ^' -- v - ^ :: ^ -V :=- ; . ^ \ : X :,- ; :: .. ^ ::. X AM ) LEEDS GENERAL ADTERTISE ^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct914/page/1/