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      To The Im^Rial Chartists.

      TO THE IM ^ RIAL CHARTISTS .

      Ht Beloved FKnarosj—I am not drunk , but I am intoxicated bj » Beries of triumphs since I last wrote ; and now about that last writing . I wrote yon a lon g letter froik # oitingbain , but , as onoe before , I addressed it London instead of Leeds . I was dreadfeUj disappointed at not see ' wgit in the Star , when tbe Ediior assigned » most excellent reason , send * ing me the back of my letter which bore the Not * ijngh&m post-mark ef the 22 nd , and which was posted and paid for at KottiDgham by Mr . Bassell . To me it was all-important that you should hare seen -jl about Birmingham , bat , thank God , I can always lire for a week upou character . I shall now , as well as I can recollect , begin where I left off .

      On Wednesday , after 1 wrote from Longhboroogb , I proce eded to address the Chartists in a room , bat behold it would not hold one twentieth part of the Sock , aad there being a large yard outside , I spoke fcj moonlight to congregated thousands . Cooper and Bairstow also addressed them , and all expressed themselves highly gratified -with the evening's entertainment . I promised on behalf of Leaeh , H'Douall , and myself , that when their association numbered 350 , we would spend a day with them . I left Loughborough at one in the morning to be &t Emgbtsbridge that same night ; and I went and spoke at great length in my sleep , and I am told I did our cause great good . We had a crammed meeting .

      On Triday s I went to Southwark , glorious Souihwark ; and , as I was to meet Sidney Smith at Chelsea on the same night , I prevailed upon Dr . M'Douall , after a short address , to supply my place at Sonthwark . I proceeded to Chelsea with Rufiy Ridley and Wheeler ; and , upon mounting the platform , a scene ensued which baffles all descrip tion . Smith was speaking , with a solicitor in the chair , surrounded by a large group of the- League , Upon my appearance , the whole meeting in front cheered and cheered again , crying out" Ah ! Sidney

      mr chap has caught ihee at last , " B There s Jeargus , lad . " It was now evident that neither the lecturer nor the League wished for any more of is ; and , after creating a disturbance , by abusing the Chartists , the gentlemen blew out the lights , let down the drop scene , left us in complete dark-Bess , and the proprietor cleared the stage . Some ruffians attacked Ruffy Ridley , who was outside the drop scene , when the Chartists charged , and a dreadful scuffle ensued which terminated in the complete routing of the physical force Whigs .

      Now I decidedly object to the practice of allowing the world to learn , through the Whig press , thai all the folly of Corn Law lecturers appears to go down with the people , and I deny the right of any lecturers upon political subjects to refuse discusson . The practice , if not stopped in time , would have made us appear as conveits to all the glib philosophy of such men . as Acland , Smith , and Cobdea . The room at Chelsea is very large , and it was crowded to sufiocation . It was the first routing of the League in that quarter , and they richly desirred woat they have been long bringing upon ihemsehes , by insolence and intolerance to the working classes .

      I now come to Monday ; the day of days—the glory of Chartism . The League had put out a bill for an open air meeting in the Workhouse-yard , Mary-le-bone . We were not idle . Savage and M&cconaeli were selected as go-betweens , and we were invited to meet the League Council ; but we refused to meet them except before the people , whose serrants we are .

      I need not tell you , of course , of what the report mil iaform you . Bnt I mnst tell yon that Hume , Wakley , M . P ., ^ Sir Charles Napier , M . P ., and Sir Benjamin Hall , M . P . were present , but were not in the least reeognised by the multitude . We put Saakey in the chair , baring waited for ten minutes after the hoar appointed , and the meeting calling out for a chairman ; and neTer was better president .

      Savage opened the business with a most admirable speech , bat marred it by proposing a shocking bad resolution . A Mr . Hyde seconded it in a set speech full of Whig constitutional nothings . I , at once , proposed the amendment—which you - will see . That braTe fellow , Ruffy Ridley , ably and powerfully seconded it , and told the few of tne digue , "who attempted to interrupt him , that he could roar as a lion for three hours , but he would not . be put down , nor was he . Parson Maceonuell attempted to support the resolution , bat was so prosey and absurd that the meeting would not hear him long . Simrr then supported the amendment in one of the

      most telling speeches I ever heard delivered by a working man ; every sentence wa 3 a home-thrust at faction , the League , and class legislation . He "W& 3 loudly cheered from all parts . Savage then replied , supporting the amendment against his own resolution . The amendment was then put and carried with about fifteen hands held up against it , Mud cheera which lasted for several minutes . Lloyd Jones then proposed another resolution . I neTer heard him speak before . He made one of the most kod , powerful , logical , and eloquent appeals I ever heard , and literally paralysed the League ; his was ~ iha speech of the day . Sir BeDJamin Hall then came forward and spoke j Wakley , Hume , and Sir Charles went away .

      Tie whole is reported , but , my friends , your heari 3 would have jumped with joy to have seen the glorious army of Chartists . The largest meeting erer held in great Marylebone , —allowed to be so by Sir Benjamin Hall , the M . P . for the borough , and by all the press . Our triumph was signal and complete , and filled the hearts of all -with joy profound .

      Well , at night , I was to address tbe tailora at the Social Institution , a 3 I did in a magnificent building wufc tliree sides galleried , aad a spacious platftrm . I arrived fifteen minutes before the time , and &e building was fall in every part , and crowds outfcide . If the day's meeting was a triumph , this was iTictory . I never before in London , even at the Crowa and Anchor , met tbe same class of audience . I appeared to be the worst dressed man in the

      meetm and although the Chartist principles were quite foreign to them , yet never in my life did I witnes greater entnasiasm , or make a deeper ^ Pression npon my audience . This , indeed , ^ look npon as the most important meeting 1 erer attended in my life . It was a splendid assemblage ; one , as I told them , no money conld care procured some months since . I have seen ons 6 * tbe committee this morning , and he informs me tbatnij speech made a powerful impression . Why should I not be prond of this ? I am , whenever 1 serve the cause .

      M foar o ' clock to-morrow morning I start for Birmingham . We have got the Town Hall there . Wed nesday , Thursday , and part of Friday , I devote *<> Biraungcam . and on Friday evening , I addres 3 i&e men of Westminster . On Monday , Tuesday , and Wednesday , Manchester ; Thursday , Stockport ; * ad Friday , Hyde . Q aitists , let every man now be judged by his works . I will stand by the order of fustian to the ° «« i ! j come what-will .

      I am , Your faithful friend and servant , Fr&gvs O'Cossoe . P -S . Have I now deceived you as to the position frtoch ike London Chartists have assumed 1 No ftew Move or blaraey wi )) stand for a single motteat . With four hours' notice we can carry any-| &Dg . The Whigs are utterly paralysed , and the forks are anything but comfortable , as it is now filly believed that the shopkeepers and trades will 3 < iia in cur movement ; their ayes being opened to &e monopoly of steam lords ; and their minds being convinced of the cruelty , selfishness , and deceit of tie steam-prodncing aristocracy . F . O'C .

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      HiccxEsritLD . —Mr . J . West lectured on Sunday eTening to a nnaerous audience . Chestebfiejj ) xso BfiAHP-xm . —At the weekly St ^ of the Ciatists cf the above place , in Silk * "u Yard , on Monday evening last , the Secretary WBded in 2 = \ Id . tzom the Chartists of Holy Moor ? oe . After other business the following resolution * ascarried : — « That the sum of 10 a , be sent to Not-¦ jgaam , towards defraying the expenses of the dele" wb for tbe ensuing Convention . "

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      GREAT & IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING AT MARYLEBONE . A public meeting was held in the "Workhouse-yard Marylebone , on Monday last , for the avowed purpose of forming a junction between the " Liberals" or the Com Law Repealers and tbe Cna : tisU . At twelve o'clock , the gates were thrown open , and the yard rapidly began to fill ; by one o'clock , the tune appointed for taking the chair ,-not less than 8000 persona were present , and uulil two o ' clock the cumber was continual !} ' increasing-. The arrival of Mr . O'Connor , about half-past twelve , ¦ was greeted-with deafening applause , as was likewise that of Mr . Sankey . At one o ' clock , Mr . Scorr moved and Mr . Nagle seconded , that Mr . Sankey take tbe chair . This being put to the meeting was carried unanimously .

      Mr . SAN KEY briefly opened the proceedings , by requesting for all a fair and impartial hearing , and advising them to stand by their rights and to make no surrender . A messenger was then dispatched to the Committee to inform them that the chair was taken , and the meeting watting for the Committee . Messrs . Home , Wakley , Sir Benjamin Hall , Dr . Wade , Mr . Potter , and others , speedily made their . appearance . Mr . Savage came forward to moTe the first resolntioa . He said , I shall not dispute the authority exercised by this meeting' in appointing their Chair man . I hare only to inform you , that tbe Committee had arranged for Mr . Hume to take the chair . That gentleman was hero to his time , bat he is so way offended , bat desirous that you should proceed to business . I appeal to that faculty which distinguishes man from the brute . I call upon you to exercise your

      reasoning powers to prevent every ebullition of ill feeling . This is too solemn an occasion for us to be split into party factions . For ten years have we been living under the tree of Reform , bnt have been denied it » fruits , iet an experience of the past guide us for the future . Let us endeavour , -when all are oppressed , to do away with all petty bickerings among ourselves . For years have the two great factions maintained their power by sawing discord between the middle and working classes . One party of the people are now looking to goverament for a repeal of the Corn Laws . Another class contend that it is idle to expect any relief from the present representative body . The late division in the House has confirmed this opinion . The object of the promoters of this meeting is to effect a junction between these two classes . They have deputed me to propose the following resolution to you for your discussion . You can alter , pare it down , o ? amend it as you think proper to suit the views of this mixed community . It is as follows : —

      '' That the distress , anguish , and suffering of miad , body , asd estate of multitudes of our fellow countiymenat this moment , are without all precedent , and claim the deepest sympathy ; that such distress , anguish , and snfiaiing are not occasioned by any dire dispensation of Providence , but result mainly from want of employment , arising out of our commerce being cramped and crippled by ruinous protecting legislative regulations , made and supported for the sordid and selfish interest of a particular class . " That , amongst these ruinous protecting regulations , the Corn and Provision . Laws are first and foremost—< no , no ]—Jfct , this meeting looks npon . these laws , both in their origin , continuation , and present proposed modifications , as but one of the numerous branches from a greater , deeper , and mere deadly root of political and social evil , the mock and wretched representation , of the people in the Commons House of Parliament—( hear , hear . )

      " That the present House of Commons , and the Go-Ternment arising out of it , having in th& first act of their legislative existence , proved themselves utterly undeserving cf the confidence of the people , this meeting has no confidence in them ; and that it never can , and never will , have any confidence in any House of Commons tint ib not returned by the whole people according to their Charter . " That with such a House of Commons as the present , or any other similarly elected , it is folly and madness to expect that by such House any measure of public good will be carried , except there be an irresistible pressure from without ; and that while this meeting will not lose sight of any of the branches from the deadly root of political and social evil , it will now direct its-main energies to this root itself , the mockery , farce , and tragedy of representation .

      " That to this movement of men of all political parties , we are now irresisiably drives by our base and repulsive representation ; and that having now nothing to look for from laws made by the present House of Commons , or any other returned by the present constitnency , we fall back upon the first great law of nature , « elf-preaervation , and are determined to carry the Charter of the people , by creating for it , as fir as we possibly can , a demand that no legislature can resist " The committee mean by this resolution the adoption of the whole of the principles contained in that

      document , which has received the sanction of thcusands , yea of -iuilioos of our fellow subjects . I entirely agree with every portion of the ChaxteT . S > me are for giving np one or two of its points—(" n « , " ;>—but I recommend pot to give up a single one ; if you yield to expediency you will go down like Peel and his sliding scale . Mr . Savage here entered into an ab 3 e exposition of each separate point in the Charter . He appealed to them if it was just that Marylebone with a population of a quarter of a- million , and thirteen thousand electors , should "return no more members of Parliament than

      Harwich , with only two hundred -and sixty electors . Nothing gives me more pain than to see tbe expence which persons are obliged to undergo in erder to prccure their election , and it is just they should be paid for their services . "We are compelled to pay an eightpenny police rate , and I am suie we would gladly pay an halfpenny rate for the payment of men to make good laws , which in this parish would produce £ 17 , 00 . Our principles have beeen greatly belied , injury has been added to insult by an hired press . We claim the right which , God has given to every man . We will transmit it to our children , we shall then be able to protect ourselves from the calamity which a mad system of government ia daily taiflging upon us .

      Mr . Htde said I have great pleagnre in seconding the resolution proposed hy my old friend Savage . It puts me in mind of the good old timts of Radicalism , when we made a despotic Government quail before us , and with meetings like the present we shall quickly obtain our rights . The poets have asserted that the golden age is past , but the present House of Commons palpably conrtadicts it . TSever did gold maintain such . 12 omnipotent sway as at the present day . "What hut gold has placed Peel upon the treasury bench ? -what but gold swayed the decision of the electors ? and it is the i&flnfnce of this gold which has bronght us here this d 3 y ts give vent to our feelings and to assist in ol taining our r-ghta . When we appeal to our rulers for any beceficial measure ; they tell us that our glorious Constitution 13 in danger . It once-was a glorious Constitution ; it flourished lite the evergreen laurel , tut it has been ' cut up by the evils of ignorance and bad lee&alion , and unless the corrupt branches are mowed

      off , by the scythe of public opinion , it will shortly become a decayed and withered shrub . One speaker , in tile late debate , Baid that they should iiuitata the conduet of the Barons of Runiymede ; but thu was not so . That struggle was between the barons and crown , the present is a strn-gle between the people and the aristocracy , in which the crown is not identified . Another speaker in that House told you the distress was occasioned by the influx of Irith people into this countiy . When the Union with Ireland was effected , it was not for the benefit of the Irish people , but to furnish sinecure places to our surplus aristocracy . If we send them our surplus aristocracy , can we blame them for sending us their surplus democracy —( cheers ) —ia exchange . The proceedings of this day will , I trust , give the tone to all the towns in the empire . Hannibal , of oldi when ha crossed the Alps , had an army composed of all tts nations on earth ; ht us , hKe Hannibal , now we are crossing tbe Alps of corruption , have an £ rmy composed of men of all political opinions ;

      so sha 1 we ensure success . FEA . BG US O'CONSOR , E * q , then rose and was received with tremendous coeering , which lasted for some length of time . He said , who are you ? Tbe dead Chartists ?— ( great cheering . ) What a bad undertaker that Whig Scotchman has been to allow yon to rise again ! iCheere . i I stand before you to support Mi . Savage ' s speech and to oppose his resolution . If they wish our aid to effect a great purpose , they must agree to our terms . For more than ten years , you have laboured unsuccessfully to produce a change . We mnst now getoossession of political power ; we must take the imperishable evergreen and not be content with the pale annual . This is not only a meeting of Marylebone , but

      a meeting which will express the E&ntiments of all England , Ireland , Scotland , Mid Wales . I will expose to you the fault of this rcsolntion , in this solemn declaration . In the first paragraph they talk much of the distress and its claim for sympathy ; this is the text : in the second they give you the Com LawB . Now you are all of you Cockers ; so multiyly the first by the second , and see if the quotient will net give you a little blarney—( laughter . ) If they acknowledge that the Corn Laws can only be effectually repealed by the Charter let this be fnlly understood as it is in our amendment We are now placed in a position from which we mnrt not shrink . We are the mountain ; let Mahomet come to us . If we are -worth having , we will be sold forptinciple and nothing less . If a majority oilMhM done * o much , for us , what will a majority of 303 do

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      for us ? If they are honest let them withdraw their resolution and support this amendment : — " That this meeting declares its unqualified approval of the principle of free and unfettered trade ; while , at the same time , it denies either the competency or the right of the representative body , as at present constituted , to make so great a change as that sought by the advocates of a repeal of the Corn Laws , inasmuch as any advantage derived from that measare would not be for the benefit of the working classes ; and this meeting further protests against any change being particularly made to affect any separate c ass or interest , pledging itself , is common with the people of all other parts of tbe

      United Kingdom , to look -with & jealous eye to the application of the People ' s Charter , with a view to the settlement of those many and conflicting interests , dissensions about which now agitate the public mind . We are resolved that that measure in its workings shall legislate justly for all , instead of partially for a class ; and , under these circumstances , we pledge ourselves not to agitate for any other measure than the whole of those principles embodied in the document entitled the People's Charter , and to which we look as the only means ol producing national greatness and prosperity and of producing peace , law , and order throughout the land . "

      If we go to make a bargain , we must examine and know the party we are to deal with . Are we to unite with tbe steam-made Baronet , Sir Robert Peel , with his sliding scale , or with Buckingham ' s Duke , with his skating- , scale ; is it to be with Lord Russell's 83 . duty , or Villlers's no duty at all ? But yon say we ore to join with tbe middle class . Is it to be the Tory middle class or the Whig middle class ? No , ray they ; but join us for the Charter . I ask them for what Chatter ? Is it to be Sturge ' a complete Charter , orBiggs ' s Midland Counties Charter , or what Charter is it to be for ? There is our Charter ; adopt this unfettered and untrammelled , and it will give the amplest justice to alL For seven years we have been renting on principle , and they have not thought it worth while even to look at us ; but now it is only to " whistle , and we'll be with you , my lad ? . " All change is the result of previous agitation ; the present agitation has been produced by the failure of the Reform Bill ; and yot the very mea who stated that that measure was intended to

      give a preponderating influence to the landed interest ; now want . you to throw yourselves into their arms to save then from the landed aristocracy . You know how they treated you while they were in office . You know that tbe camp followers of the Whigs were your deadliest enemies ; eight or tea of them pretending to be in opposition for the sake of popularity , yet , on any change being contemplated likely to benefit the people , they ever fiew to their rescue , to the old tune of " keep the Tories out ;"' yet these ar ^ the men you are now "wished to join . Machinery has been brought to such perfection , that ladies may almost pick their teeth by steam . Yet what have you gained by all these improvements ? Of what advantage haa all the mechanical aud chemical contrivances which

      have so greatly contributed to raise our character as a nation been to tbe working classes ? You have been deprived of these advantages , because the House of Commons , which ought to have been the heart of the people , is corrupt ; its heart is ossified and decayed ; aud you are rendered civilised slaves . The cottage is falling to ruin , while splendid mansions are rising in our streets . The gorgeous monument is being raised to commemorate the deeds cf the warrior . The Palace is being decorated and improved , while those who sustain and support its fabric are wasting in penury . The middle classes are rising from the cottage to the hemse , from the house to the mansion , whilst the poor man is forced from the cottage to the cellar , from the cellar to the cold bastile . Wo want the Charter to

      HKiKe the Palace and the mansion dependant upon the cottige . We want the vote to be in the man , and not in the cottage . The Reform Bill having failed , they want another Reform—Commercial Reform . Did you evbr bear of a i Irishman -who went to dig praties without having a spade ? The Whigs want to Repeal the Corn Laws , but they won't take the proper tools . They appealed to the people , and have got 123 majority against them ; and they are now discovering that they did not go to the right people . They now come to us ; and I tell them there can be no union with us unless based ou the full measure of our rights . We

      have looked to quaefcs too long-. There was Russell in 1632 gavi : us a pnrge , consisting of two drachms of coercion , three drachms of bastile starvation , to be washed down by the draught of a Rural Police . Dr . Peel now admits that we are very bad , but cur disorder is not chronic , and before he can administer a remedy , he must ho d a consultation with the class above yon ; and if not consonant with their feelings be can give uo remedy at all . The Whigs are the same men as ever ; and any measure coming from such old offenders , can you expect it to benefit you ? ( No , no . ) The ia = t three weeks has taken the stink off Chartism ; it now smells as sweet as a bed of violets . Remain

      Urni to your principles ; and , as they cannot do without us , they will rush into our arms . You , men of Marylebone aiid St . Pancras ought to be proud , prouder than any nieu in London . Here , nine years ago , I planted the shrub which has now grown into this beauteous tree . I > uring the agitation of the Reform Bill the Whigs jumped into the traces , pushed you iota the shafts , and run you into the puddle . Now they must fall into the shafts , and you must take the lead in the traces . Mr . O'Connor then read their resolution , and showed the meeting how Corn Law repeal was placed in a prominent position , while the Charter was thrown in the back ground . He then ably entered into the question of tbe Repeal , aa it affected the retailers and the consumers . There was no hope of a

      beneficial repeal of the Corn or other bad laws until the Charter was gained . Let the middle men honestly unite with the Chartists , and in six weeks they could drive Peel from office . In 1832 we beat them , King , Lords , and Commons . Now we have a Queen , who perhaps is act opposed to us ; but we don't waut her assistance : she is only cne , aud sho has no vote—( laughter . | We must have a new Parliament before the Charter can be carried . We must have thirty good Chartist M . P . ' s to do duty in that House . Taese , with about twenty amateur Chartists , will be a sufficient force to break up any administration not founded on justice . If the people joint d the J ^ eagoe without thts guarantee good bye to the Chartist agitation : ib will be broken Up , and Who Shall rally it again ? For seven long

      yean have we defended a principle which is a tower of strength to the good , and a terror to evil doer ? . I told you , long ago , that the day of action would come ; and now it has arrived . Two men ought to have been placed at those gates , crying step into the auction . Russell will bid for yon , 9 , 8 , 7 , 6 , 5 , 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 pound Household , then Universal Suffrage . Peel will say he nodded too ; and the auctioneer will not know who to knock you down to ; but , by God , you shall not be sold one fraction under price—( great cheering . ) Here I stand , before Whig and Tory , under the canopy of tho broad blue sky , and declare that I never received one fraction of money from Whig , Tory or Chartist . I have done all at my own t-xpence ; and , thank God , I am not yet exhausted . If the League join us it will save

      them some thousands . They have already spent all their feaziar - money ; but join us , and they may go to sleep . Provided they are honest , we will repeal tke Com Laws for them . Mr . O'Connor then went into the question of machinery , and showed there was no cordon sanilaire around LoDdon . Driven from the country by machinery the working men come up to London aud compete with you ; they form a reserve for the masters to full back npon . We are not enemies to machinery ; we care not , as Butterworth said , if we eat , drink , go to bed , get up , aud dress by machinery , provided it does not take our bed and our bread from U 3 . We want political power , that machinery may be made man's holiday and not his curse ; not that one thousand slaves to artificial labour shall be wretchedly poor , that one slave-holder may grow enormously rich . If all the money that has been made by machinery was

      diffused in ita proper channel no poverty would now be felt by the operatives . I am taunted by Cobden with going about the country in a fustian instead of a block coat—1 don't you think I should make a good parson . ' — He did not say tais in my presence ; if he had , I should not quarrel with him ; such evolutions are of ten met with in society . Mr . Cofeden has jumped from the warehouse , from the clogs and the fustian , into the black coat J can , when I please , go back to the black coat ; but he will never go back to the fustian while he can avoid it I call upon yon , as Mr . Savage did , to make us of that faculty which distinguishes you from the rest of the animal creation . Be not led away by the glib philosophy of any who may address you ; look not to foreign trade to the injury of domestic comfort , but stand firm for the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . ( Great cheering . )

      Buff ? Ridle y rose to second the amendment . He said , —I presumc . that you have met this day to perform a duty not only to yourselves , and to your country , but to show to the whole world that Englishmen will administer justice to themselves and to all mankind . The seconder of the resolution said he was Borry to have to throw cold water over the proceedings . I am not offended with him for throwing it over me ; but it is impossible to throw cold water over the ardour ef the Chartists but to eeme at once to the point—I look upon you as men determined to Bee justice done to all parties without distinction of class , sect , or colour . I believe you will proclaim to the working clksges of the United Kingdom that the men of ifarylebone , that the men of London , are determined to stand by tbe same principles which have received the sanction of the working classes of this "kingdom . Why is it that I , a working man , repudiate and find fault with this solemn declaration ? It is evident to you , the men of London ,

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      for yottv eyes have been opened , that that this is all claptrap . If these men were sincere and honest , they would say at once that all our evils arose from cJass legislation ; that to remove the Cora Laws / and otaer bad jaws , we must remove this bad legislation . Read it all the gentlemen said . It shall be read . We whh not to burke the freedom of discussion ; we wish to consult the feelinga of all ; and w / e count on the decision of this day to lay the foundation of an agitation that shall be carried on the wings of the wind throu-h the wholo king d om . ( Mr . Ridley then read the declaration , and commented upon it in a strong and forcible manner . ) - " tat . them put the representation flrat and the Corn Law Repeal afterward , and they would thea be hitting the right uail on the head Will you be cajoled by the factory lords , by those who have amassed their wealth from the blood and the marrow of the factory children ? Will you be knocked

      down at such a price ? ( No , no . ) Remain then , like men , firm aod mauly , side by side ; present one broad phalanx of union to your tyrants , and determine upon the Charter , and no surrender- If you do not do this , you will be sold , and sold cheaply ; but you will , I know , act wisely and justly . Mr . Ridley then ably skewed up the motives whlcU actuated the Lsagne in their agitatto , and asked who were the men who had branded them as destructives ? who had accused them of the worst of crimes ? who had banished and Imprisoned their fellow patriots ? who . but the base and brutal Whigs had entrapped Frost and his companions ? rwhovgotup the Cattborpe-streot affair ? and now who but the Whigs were preparing to entrap them again , to delude them to . their rum . ' He calted-upon them ) in the name of the men of England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales to perform their duty to their country—( great cheering . . - . - : . ¦'¦ '¦ ¦'¦ . - .: .- ' , - ; : '¦ : ¦ ' " '¦¦

      ,.-Mr . Mxcconnell—I have been requested to declare my senti ments upon this subject , which I shall do as briefly as possible . I shall ba as candid as those who have previously addressed you in its favour , and tell you , I am decidedly opposed to the amendment— ( considerable interruption );—give me a fair and candid hearing , end judge for yourselves . I have read the declaration of the men of Marylebone in print ; leave read the amendment of Mr ; O'Connor in writing ; and on my life and word , by all that isgood that is near and dear to me , I cannot distinguish any substantial difference —( laughter , and Why are you opposed to it ?) . The amendment admits in its flrat onset

      the principle of free trade ; so does the resolution . The only difference in the two is , they have the same meaning , but are differently expressed . Wo say that the Corn Laws are but a branch ; we do not say they are the root I am 3 orry any suspicion of dishonesty should exist —( laughter )^ -tbat you .- ' ' should suppose it is a trap . ( What trap ?) We are for the Charter ; you are no more . And I think no man in this assembly will think it worth while to take less—( hear ; . I do not believe there is any attempt to coax or deceive you . I know of none . I yvaa in hopes that the enemes of the people ¦ would ho longer triumph l » y our dissentions , but would have been laid prostrate by our union . 1

      Mr . Spur—As a working man I feel deeply interested in this subject , more bo perhaps than any speaker that has preceded ma . I can readily enter into the feelings which actuate Mr . M'Connell and the other gentlemen , though I have but faint hopes that they can understand mine . I will say , as Mr . Ridley , that I want not their sympathy ; butif they giva us justice we shall be placed in such , a position aa not to need their sympathy . I do ' -not deny the honesty of the party professing to give me a cheap loaf , but I deny their ability . Mr . iMacconuell has said , that ho could not see the difference-between the resolution and tbe amendment There is none so blind as those who will not see- Is there no diffurencb between drawing the cart up the hill and drawing it over the hill ?

      The resolution puts toe cart before tho horse ; the amendment puts the horse in its proper position . Those inen have turned me but of niy employ for my principles , and yet they talk of sympathy to the working men . Mr . Maeconnell tells ypu that they do not consider the Corn Laws as a root , but only as a branch . I tell him as I told Mr . Acland , better known ly the same of "Slippery Jemmy , " that the best way to cut off the branch is to cut down the tree . The branches are ton high to reach . It is impossible to have a Repeal with the present house , but they want you to unite in order that they may say to the aristocracy , " Give us the repeal of the Corn Laws , or we will thruat 'the Charter down your throat "— - ( Great cheering . )

      Mr . Savage then again addressed the meeting . He cared not which they passed , the resolution or the anienilniont , he was only tie organ of the 1 Committee tobriDg . it before them . Ho hoped now in their hour of triumph they wouUr have sympathy for the middle class . They have not had the advantage of political training which you have ; they have not their weekly meting ; and cannot ao well understand the subject . I ask for your sympathy , not that you should give up your righto . I care not individually which you carry , so that you get the Charter . xhe amendment was then put and tho waving multitude of hands showed that ; tbe hour of triumph bail arrived— -that the auction was over and the lot knocked down at the Charter price . For the resolution out uf tha vait multitude , ( the Court-yard estimated to ho !< l 12 , 000 , beiag crowded . ) . only eight bantls were holdup . This victory was celebrated with long and loud cheera , waving of hats , &c

      Mr . Loyd Jones , in an addre 3 s wliich we greatly regret we have not space t'i insert , moved the following resolution : — - . *' That while thia meeting condemns tho-Com . and ProvisionLaws as unjust in -principle and pernicious . n practice ; and approves of all legal itgitittien forth " repeal of these laws ; this meeting is nevertheless of opinion that such repeal would be totally .. inadequate to effect a general or permanent relief of 'the dee (> distress under which the labouring population of this country is at present suifetiag : and this Meeting farther expresses its opinion that a well devised aud comprehensive system of ' Home Colonization , ' or the employment of the people upon the land of thia couutry , in the joint pursuits of agriculture and manufactures , can alone permanently place theui above the reach of poverty . " . The resolution was seconded by Mr . O Connor and carried unanimously . '

      Sir Benjamin Hall .- —I attended here . thw day not for tbe purpose of addressing ycu , but from a desire to be present at this manifestation of public feeling and sentiment , that I might , if necessary , declare the tone and the manner in which it has been conducted . It would be an act of ingratitude if I did not at this tho first Iar £ e meeting after my election , declare to you my gratitude . I need not tell you that I was no party either to the resolution or to the amendment . I Uaya seen that you agreed almost unanimous for the amendment , and I am pleased to say that it is not only the largest but tho most quiet , orderly meeting rt which I vras ever present . 1 have seen the gentlemen wlio rather differed from you treatedswith the greatest kiniU

      ness and forbearance . I have Been in tho newspapers that the metropolitan meetinga have generally beeii conducted in » disgraceful manner , I can how personally bear witness to the contrary . With regard to the resolution , I am opposed to the measures of Ministers , but shall never offer them a factious opposition . I am for a total repeal of the Corn Laws , and during the elevtn years 1 have been in Parliamenti I hftva ever voted for every measure ef extension of the Suffrage , and shall not now shrink from my principles— . ( cheera . ) Mr . Ben bow in an address which showed that age had neither impaired his physical or moral energies , moved the adoption of the National Petition , during which he was loudly cheered .

      Dr . Wade in an excellent speech seconded its adoption . The petition was unanimously adopted . Mr . Kidlev moved" That in the opinion of this meeting tlie transportation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , after the opinion of the Judgea given in their favour , was cruol and unjust on the part of the Melbourne Whig Government , and this meeting pledges itself never to cease from agitation till they are returned to their native soil . " Mr . MaYNakd seconded the resolution ,, which was carried unanimously , with great cheering . Mr . Wall moved , and Mr . Gqodfellow seconded , a resolution requesting the Guardians to publish the resolutions of the meeting in thC Northern Star , Times , Advertise ?; &e . ' Mr . Peat moved , and Mr . Scott eecon ^ ed , a vote of thanks to the Chairman .

      Mr . Potter supported tke motion , and declard himself a consistent ; Chartist . A vote of thanks was given to the Guardians for the use of the Workhouse yard . Mr . Sankey addressed the meeting , thanking ^ em tor tbe honour they bad done him . Cheers out of number were given for the Charter , O'Connor , the-Star , the victims , < &c ., after which the metting dispersed .

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      GREAT PUBLIC MEETING op the tailors , convened at the social hall , john-street , on monday , feb . 27 th ; to further ^ the objects of the national charter Association . At half-past seven o ' clock , the place was crowded to a degree never before ¦ witnessed ; and from that time until nine o ' clock , thousanda must have gone away unable to obtain admittance . Mr , PARipitt moved , and Mr . Knight seconded , that Mr . CufFay take , the chair . ¦ At thia period -Mr . O'Connor entered ; and if the warm and enthusiastic applause of the assembled highly gratified audience could reward him for his almost superhuman exertions in the cause of liberty , on that evening he must have been highly rewarded- ^ -be must , indead , have felt ; himself a proud and happy man .

      Mr . Cupfay ; having been unanimously elected to the chair , commenced by Informing them that he should not make the usual apoligies of incompetency , &c . ; but as a -working man , a tailor , and a Chartist , he would never shrink from the performance of any public duty which his feUow .-trademen : and brother-slaves elected him to perform ^ - ( oheera ) He trusted they would support him . in the chair ; and he would give to all who might wish to express their sentime ,. ta 1 a fair and impartial hearing and : hel trusted they would never be deluded from standing by the rights of their order , either by the middle men , or by the aristocracy . As a trades unionist , he had exerted himself ts the utmost in behalf of his order i but ha'was now convinced that the cause of their distress was higher than the tyranny

      of their employers— -that they must put the axe to the root of the tree ; and , sink or swim , he would stand like a man till the last , and if he died he would die like a martyr gloriously in the cause —( great cheering . ) Whigs and Tories had too long united to oppress and humbug the people , and to screw them down to starva tion or emigration . Mr . Cuffay then informed the meeting that they had enclosed a copy of their address to the trade in a note to Captain Rous , and had received a letter in reply ,, which he would read to them . Mr . Cuffay then read the letter , which ascribed all their distress to over population , and that they must

      emigrate . Tailors in work , the Captain aaidi could earn from 36 s . to 42 s . per week ; masons and other trades were in receipt of high wages ; and to look to political power to remedy the distress was quite futile . Mr . Cuffay commented with great sarcasm and energy upon this letter ; he believed the spite which the aristocracy showed to the masons was because they were the first trade to come out for the Charter —( great cheering . ) Mr . Cuffay , in beautiful and manly language , urged them not to desert their father land , but to stay in it , and make it worthy of them . If any must emigrate let it be the aristocracy . He concluded with the following Baicastic lines : —

      "If bugs molest me , as in . bed I he , I'll not quit my bed for them , not I ; But rout the vermin—every bug destroy , New make my bed , and all its sweets enjoy . " ( Great cheering . ) The Chairman read notes apologising for non-attendance from Messrs . Duncombe and Leader M . P . ' s , and from Dr . MVDouall . Mr . Parker ;—Fellow tradesmen , this meeting has been called for the purpose of feeling the pulse of the trade , which has ever been a democratic one ia favour of the principles of the People ' s Charter . Amongst others that have been invited to attend , ia Peargus O'Connor , an individual highly respected fur his energetic exertions on behalf of the people ; I shall

      therefore hot occupy much of your time , but at once direct your attention to the distressed condition of our trade . We have taken every step likelyto alleviate that distress , but in vain ; and we have therefore resolved to go at once to the root of the evil ; for this purpose we convened this meeting . I have before eaid that our trade , ia essentially democratic , and the crowded meeting which haa responded to our call proves that it is bo . There is not amau in ^ this assembly but ' . will admit that the most horrible destitution exists in dor trade . It has buen objected by a few of the aristocratic portion of it that we have de . no haxia in exposing the prices in our address , butt ask them when thousands are starving , is it a time to sit silently by ? is it not time that we should come boldly forward and join the democratic trades who have preceded us in endeavouring to remove that load of taxation which fetters our energies ? that we should throw off those shackles from our labour which protect capital at pur oxponca .

      There are many men who have been in the trade nineteen or twenty years compelled to work for three farthings ah hour , or starve . Many may not believe this ; but lot them go as 1 have done to the purlieus of the Eiist end of the town , and they would then more than credit it Women are making waistcoats , aye , and well made too , for threepence each ; and when this is the case , who shall tell me we have no right to move for fear of the masters shouM at the aristocratic shops reduce the wages . I appeal to the females present , is it not Bhocking . is it not a disgrace to buniani ty that the daughters of tailors , . l . um almostasbaraed to say it , should be compelled to pmasUute themselves to the foremen at the slop-shops , t , «> they can obtain employment —( true , true . ) Mr . Parker then entered further into the prices paid by ?) if Government cpatnctoi's , &c ., and then called npon tiir-in to come out as they did at the time of the trades ' unions in support of the Charter —( loud cheers . ) He proposed the following resolution :- ^

      " That in the opinion of this meeting , the distress ai : d misery which exists in the trade of journeymen t : ulors , has been brought about through class legislation ; aud we ht-re recommend a union of the trade , with a vi « iw to alleviate that suffering . " Ho called upon all who held up their hands for the resolution to take out their card of membership . Mr . Latvghe ( seconded the resolution . They had been accused of being led away by demagogues ; of being ignorant of the motives ¦ which governed their actions . If we ore ignorant of onr motives , we at least are

      acquainted with the motives of the aristocracy . We are aware that our distress arises from class legislation . We see that in all ages tr + ose who have bad the power Oflegislatingr , legislate for their own benefit , while they entirely neglect the masses . Where the aristocracy have assumed the power , they have only two means of governing : ¦—it is either by fraud or force . * When the first fails , then they resort to their armed police , or their military force . Mr . Lfituche then appealed to ancient history in proof of his opinion , that freedom produced prosperity ; and concluded an eloquent address amidst loud cheering .

      A Mr . Hearnb here caused censjderaWe interrup tion , by asking trittinp questiona , as to by whom the meeting was called ? to which the Chairman satisfactorily replied , inforniing him that it was by the Chartist tailors' meeting , at four of the West End Houses of Call . . ¦; Mr . O'COJiNdR was received with tremendous cheers . He said it ia not of 60 iinish iinportanca who called the meeting ' , as that the mseting ia : called . Is there any man here who will refuse to adopt what is sound , and roject what is unsound , because he is not aware who called tho meeting ? We ar « i for impartiality to all ; we live upon principle ; our principles are : ^ pod-r-. they will b « ar discussioa ; those only shrink from discussion whpsedeecls are evil and will not bear the light . Can

      there be a inore pleasing sight for a philantrdphist tkan t ! ii 3 crowded meeting ? Can anything more strongly bespeak the Bentiments of an Ecglishman , than the tuatiner in which Captain Bous has been treated , unless he can prove to you that people should go naked . You at least : are interested in having a large population . I much admire the sentiment expressed in the sarcastic lines of your chairman . Shall the drones be allowed to dTive the beesfrom the hive ? No , rather let the bees sting tbeni from the hive ! If it is necessary that some muslt Itave the country ; if God has sent moie inhabitauts than the land will support , let the idle be the fli-st to leave the land ; let Us live in our fatherland and make it worthy of us . I rfjpice to see you , the oldest body of the incorporated trades , coming out in this

      cheering manner . I recollect when Sir Henry Hard ' wge aaid , pending a strike of your body , that he would rather go naked than the muster should submit to your dictation . This would be coming to the primitive state with a vengeance . I am astonished to hear Mr . Parker state that waistcoats are being made for 3 d . each . Perhaps the aristocratic portion of the trade may not work at them ; but I am Burpriaed , Uiat because men are comparatively well off , they should be content with their cbmpartive cbndidion . I contend that the people ought never to be satisfied until they have full and eq'ial justice . If the masters have gained 153 . in a suit of clothes by the fall of cloth , they should divide tho advantage with the men . I have been to the head and to tho foot , and I now como to the middle . I have been to the hatters and to

      the shoemakers , and I have now come to the tailors What causes distress to fall so heavily npon your trade ? not that the land is over populated , but because we have a naked , starving population . Our wise political economists tell you that machinery cannot injure you , because machinery does not yet do the sewing work . But the dullheads forget that it injures your market ; that your customers are compelled to lay out , in provisions , that which otherwise they would lay out in clothes . If your brethren , the tailors in the manufacturing districts , cannot obtain employment , they come up to London , thinking that where so much wealth and luxury ia found , there must be plenty of work , ; and these conatitnte the reserve for the masters to foil back upon . The men from the country may not obtain employment ; but , while they are In the market , your

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      . ^^ % / v ^~ ~ ^/ % ~ t ^ jxi&i employers can say—if 70 a dont like the work there are ' plenty others who will do it . Your chairman has aaid , . that yon have tried trades' unions and they have failed . We do not seek , to destroy trades' unions ; we seek to prevent them from failing . All property ia protected , save labour which creates property . I look in tbe conn * try , and sea the boards stack up— " Whosoever trespasses here shall be prosecuted according to Ia , w . " Did yen ever see a man with a brass plate on his breast inscribed— " Whosoever trespasses on this man ' s labour will be prosecuted" ? ( Great cheering . ) Those who trespass upon tbe rights of labour are the parties who have the power of making : the laws . Look at the

      twatm 6 nt the Unions have received since the , time of tho Reform Bill—look at the assistance yon gave them in canylng that measure ; and then ask yourselves , have tbe governing powers treated you feirly ? Why do they object to the name . of Chartism ? a rose would smell as sweet by any other name . Chartism sounds as well as Whiggery or Toryism . Whiggery has rendered Toryism triumphant We look for political power , not to displace either Whigs or Tories , but to give us equal power with them . Give us the Charter to-morrow , and the trades would be at full -work in a month . We want equal protection and equitable distribution . I havo been Member of Parliament , member of the People ' s Parliament , leading journalist , head

      agitator * andantxten&ive farmer . I have published a small work on practical farming . I do not even do - as yonr Chairman said , iecom « mend - you to go to the waste lands . I say that is the cold meat in the larder , which may serve some centuries hence . for those who come after us . Let us cultivate to the highest tbd lands now in occupation , and ,. instead of importing wheat , we shall grow plenty for eurselves , and be enabled to impoit coxa ourselves ; yet our sapient economists tell us that we cannot grow sufficient corn to support us . Why , these men scarce know whether wheat is dug up out of the ground , or grows on the top of the straw If you gave them 100 acres of ground , they would

      starve , unless , like Nebuchadnezzar , they could liva upon grass . Why should you go to fereign lands for faod when your own country would produce sufficient ? Is it better for you to sit at home all day working , to make goods which may or may not sell , while you must rely upon them for that food , which yon want three times a-day ? If the maaufaeturers coald gala a BepeaU they . yrould speedily throw ortr land out of cultivation ; and , when we were at the mercy of foreigners , if a famine should come , they would put a duty on the exportation of grain , remembering that when wa were mistress of the world , we imposed a similardutyon . its importation . Walk round London . and where will yousee tbepoor man ' acomfortable cottage . You

      will see the mansion of the man who has grown rich en your energies upraised five stories in the air . If capital is rewarded with ten per cent , profit , let labour have its seventyiSya per cent . ; let riot the poor man pine in want while the rich is dwelling in luxury . We have now arrived at a crisis when something must be done . The political world is now on a pivot , and the least thing would turn it on the one side or the ether . It depends upon the mighty people which way tho scale shall preponderate . If we now shrink from principle we shall perpetuate the reign of faction ; if firm , I defy either Whig or Tory to stand against the mighty torrent of public opinion we can bring against them . You are told by little Russell , the least man

      you ever saw for nothing , that all this distress is local , and caused by the natural commercial revolutions of a great country . They cared nothing about the distress until they got on the bleak side of the Treasury ; they aro like the lady who , when going round the cold bleak common , pitied the condition of a poor cottager , and ordered her footman to take her a sack of coals , but no sooner had Bhe got in her warm dm wing-room , and her foot on the fender , than she ordered John not to take the coals because the weather had got warmer You are now asked to join the Corn Law . Repealers , to restore to power one of the basest factions which ever trampled on the liberties of a nation . Talk of us as destructives , as physical force men . Why it

      makes my blood boil when I read their inflammatory speeches , their secret endeavours to excite the people to violence ; they excite you to burn and shoot at an imajje of straw ; even they would excjlte you still further , and while they sat in the jury box and tried you , they would boast of their love o £ order and peace . As a party they were never mere disnuited . We were never so united . I do not think that they could take one man that we trust from us ; if they did , we care not . If I were to desert you to-morrow I could not take a man away with me . There is my strength and pride . If the shepherd break loose , the flock will not turn aside . The present agitation ia the result of the pent up feelinga of bygone years , and will finally

      destroy all opposition which can be brought against it . As well might the presumptuous Dane attempt to force back the colling waves of the mighty ocean , as for them to stop the rushing Btr ^ am of ' public opinion . Knowledge cannot be pent up j it is like a smothered fire , ib will again burst forth , and burn still brighter and clearer for the obstruction . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) We ask ; for all ; the same liberty and power which we demand for ourselves . They say we are too ignorant and vicious to be entrusted with the ftaa chise . If , as Baptist Noel states , there are 500 , 000 living without God and without hope in the world in

      this Metropolis , I affirm it ia caused by bad Government . Men are born , with certain : propensities which can be nourished into virtaes or vices . TDen" virtuea are the result of their nature ; their vices of misrule : His vices are encouraged , because they tend to aggrandise the capitalist . They say would you enfranchise the drunkard ? , Give me a constituency of 10 , 000 drunkards , and one teetotaller , and such is the power of virtue , that they shall chooso the teetotaller to represent them . : Rome in Its origin was a comblnatioa of the greatest rogues in the world , yet they chose the wisest and the best men for theirv Generals . A

      commamty of rogues would choose an honest man for their representative . We look to the Charter to promote morality , and not immoralifcy . Mr . O ' Connor continued for some length of time to address them on the question of the ; land , trade , &a , and concluded with a burst of eloquence we have nevet ytt heard BVitpassed , and retired amidst thunders of applause . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . ¦ ' ¦¦'• . ¦ . ' .. ' ' ¦ . '¦;' - : : ¦ : - .. ¦ ' : .. ' v . " . . Mr . Knight , in a . brief manner , proposed the second resolution : — \ "That this meeting is of opinion that the only means for the trades and the working classes generally , to benefit their condition is , by adopting the principles contained in tue People's Charter . " Mr . Knight explained the several points of the c ! harter , and -sat- dewn much applauded .

      Mr , M'Grath seconded the resolution in an address which occupied nearly an hoar in the delivery , and which for argument and eloquence , we have saldonx heard surpassed . „ In the course of his address , he paid some deservedly high compliments to Mr . O'Conor , and concluded by calling upon his brother tradesmen to join the National Association ; he was greatly applauded . The resolution was then put and carried Mr . GooDFEtLOW moVed , and Mr . Shepheeb seconded the adoption of the National Petition , which was also carried unanimously .

      Capt , AcHERLY , for some length of time > amused the meet ing , which concluded by a vote of tbanka to the Chairman and' the usual Chartist honours . Many signatures were received to the petition .-

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      SHEFFiELi > . —Politicai , iNSTiryTE . —Oa Sunday eveuiiig lasty Mr . William Gill lectured to a crowded audience at this place . Subjectr- " The present prospects of Chartism . " ^ ; On Mom ) ay Evening the large room was again , filled by a respectable audience , to hear a discussion " On the reasonableness of the People ' s Charter becoming the law of the land . " Mr . William Gill opened the discussion by explaining how the People ' s Charter first originated ; and concluded an able speech by explaining the six : points separately , which gave general satisfaciion . Several questions were asked , and answered to the great satisfaction of the meeting . " Afterwards several new members were enrolled . V

      SxocKFORT . —^ TChartists this town procured the Town Hall last week , issued placards anaouncin ^ a public meeting for Monday evening last , and invited Mr . James Leach , bf Manchester , to take part in the proceedings . Accordingly the Stockport Hads assembled very humiroiisly , and passed similar resolutions in favour of tho Charter £ 0 those carried at the great twenty thousand demonstration held at Manchester last week , without the least opposition . : : ¦'¦ . ¦' .- ¦ ¦ . - ; -: ; - - ¦ ' .- ¦ . ¦" ¦ : '¦ MANcuESTEa . —A meeting of the manufacturers was held on Tuesd ay ^ near the Exchange , Mr .

      Bright , of Rochdale , was elected chairman . Mr Alderman Brooks , and several others , addressed the meeting . A resolution , condemnatory of the Cora Law , was carried , anda petition founded on the same ; but neither the Saffrage nor the Ballot wa ? mentioned , either- in the speeches , resolution , or the petition . [ This shows the sincerity of the Leaguers * in their sudden conversion to Chartism . Let the people mark the fact ; and mark it well (—Ed . 1 Lees . —A lecture was delivered in the Chartist Room , Lees , on Tuesday night last , by Mr . Thomas Hannam . i ; -. ' ' '¦ ¦'¦ " : ¦ '' .. ' '• ¦ : : " -.- ; i . ' ' ; :. ' - '¦ ¦ •' . " . ' ¦¦ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .

      STALjBYBRn ) GB .--Mr . Henry Candy delivered an excellent lecture in the Chartiflfc Room , on the principles of the Charter , our present position , and tho necessity of firmness toattainunion . '¦ - ¦ . ¦¦ - Ulverston . —Mx . J . TV Lund lectured here oa Thursday , the 24 th instant , to an overflowine audience . . .. , ' .- '¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' . ¦ ¦' ' : . ' - ¦ .. " . " ¦ - ¦ -. --: .. •'¦ • - : ;¦ , ; .... ¦ . Yobk . —At a meeting of the Council , on the 2 T& instant , it was resolved , " That the Association Room be open , for reading and discussion , everv

      Sunday evening ; the public to be admitted free . " ToDMOBDEM .--The weelcly meeting of the Council was held on Monday , when it was resolved , that any . nersott wtsMnfr to visit Todmorden to lecture ^ shall correspond and make arrangements with tho sub-secretary , Hobert Brook , and bring testimoniala or memoerehip from the society he belongs . . HAKWooix ^ Tiie Rev . William VilUerg Jaokson , rom Manchester , delivered an impressive l « btnro V * the Independent Chapel , to a congregation of » , fl ! 4- nunclrod , on thepriaciples ' . of the people s Charter , and the means to be employed for its attainment .

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      Motibaii . —Mr . Brophy , from Dublin , lectured here on Saturday and Sunday last , to respeetable audiences . ¦ ' _ "' . ¦> , '¦'¦ : . ¦' . '¦ ¦ : ¦ ' : ' ¦ ' ' \ .: ^ "¦ .. '¦/¦ ¦ Chobley . —Cheering accounts reach us from this place ; the cause si ems to be going gloriously . Cbieff . —On Wednesday the 23 rd ult . j a lar ^ e and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this place was held ia the Weavers' Hall , when Mr . Abram Duncan delivered a lecture .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 5, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct964/page/1/