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      ABERDEEN GBU . TAXV GLORIOUS _DEMONSTRATION TO RECEIVE _FEAltGUS O'CONNOR . Vrsm toe moment that bis intention _* u made _*«« of being amongst na , every Chartist hand was _jfto work for _**» purpose of making bis reception _X . _iTM we though * is xmght to be ; and , notwiUjstand _STtta secret ud open hostility of the Whig Lord _* _^ ihe 2 « h «« October , 1841 , will be a day long _t _^ W _^ red inAberdeen , -while iU results will teach _vfcLtrtdjbip , _*« fc hiB warfare against the magic power ! f the mighty _pwpte , is bat u the war of waters _^ ,, 4 against tte " bead sod frost" of nature ' s true

      * f _£ _d * y , notwithstanding the prayers of the clique _ , _csutist day of serenity sad calmness-, at ths T _^ _snmber of the moat attire Chartist * started fox _Zpg _^ na , » distance of fifteen miles , in a carriage and zZbam . which the union jack floated inth & breeza . _a _^ eT « _a o ' clock they retawed ; accompanied by Mr . _ffCtsjBoi _, and on their departure , were enthusiastically _Lered by tbB 8 °° _^ mea Bad women of Stonebaven . li wat arranged that the _procession abonld meet Mr . _ffQoBiM at the Prince Albert Hotel , within a mite and , fc » lf of the town , where at his arrival lie and his

      U _0 _& were to occupy an open carriage , drawn by six _-jendid blood grey horses , with postilions dressed in _^ icalet jackets , and wearing hunting cape , with _g _£ gold tassels . When the parties met , Mr . O'Connor _^ t into the carriage , accompanied by the veteran , _ijtiibtld _ll'Dcnald , and Mr . Jas . _M'Pherson _, _mastex--jjnfiitBrer . At this period , a load and pealing _^ _jnder of cbeers ran like wildfire through the congre-_ _£ d _tbsusands , vibrating and thrilling upon the ear , _^ _Oss eja was feasted _with . one of the richest and -at gorgeous spectacles era presented .

      _i , _K « D as the _manhnls had completed their _preli-^ _oirj _inaBgemtnU , the dense mass fell into line on _jjkff _cde of the road , lea-ring a open way in the centre _^ _Hi-0 * _Connort cszria _^ _e to pass , and in which he ixi _ea fee seat . _receJriag the warmest aecbaaatiOBS nfee _pused through the dense masses . it bt reached the top of the procession the bogles _pBBded a Hit , and the several trades , _according to _argggeaaA , inarched part the carriage , and proceeded in _jeirroste in the following order : — The incorporated body of

      Marshal on horseback dressed _i _° * splendid full suit of amour , of polished steel , and wearing a helmet of the same with Tirief , and aimed with a broad sword . Burner , bearing tbe motto of tbe trade . _HHBiaamen , three and _thw _* _. followed by T « icao , _i a superb dress , _covered with a rich damask cloak , pd attended by a rich body of Cyclops , equally richly _feessed . lbs ad carried all the emblems « f their craft , and _ise preceded by a splendid band . BAKERS . _Qte bakers followed next , in fall regalia , dressed in life of rich pint muslin , and wearing splendid tur bs ; they were headed by

      Three _™* _y _»^« on horseback , ¦ _ftsaed is red and green tartan , and carrying bread roods of polished steel , their horses _being richly caparisoned . Rich banner , motto . — Qartinn— Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled . i Beverse— Scotland free _ot a desert Bakers , three and three , Bean * _sibeaf of wheat , a loaf of bread , and _se-reral [ other emblems of their craft . Ha body was preceded by a splendid band of musk .

      TAJLOBS . Two m « T _» _hiLi « on horseback . Band . Rich banner . Hcto—The Charter ; to gain this is our _deterjatioa . _Berow—Coming _erenta cast their shadow before . Tailors , three a-breast , Splendidly dressed , and wearing rich aUk — _iti" ! Office-bearers , carrying their batons . Rich silk nag : Motto—Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender . Bfrene—In unity we hail the dawn of freedom . _TSZ _UCOSPOIUZED _HAJTD-LOOM WEAVERS . Splendid band of music M * rehala on foot

      _Ofiee-besrers , carrying their batons . lbs muter splendidly dressed with a rich train , ru & hj ire pages of beautiful appearance , and also jQj _Massed . The chaplain in full _wmmif _^ _in _tnd % , baring the Bible upon a table suspendid from his ft I Wearers , three a-breast , _peaaiiibms apron * , bearing warping machines , _pnztf _-wbeels , and looms , and carrying several magbaUiigi _a & d bannea , with appropriate mottoa .

      THE FLAX DEESSEBS . Splendid band of music . Marshal on foot , I is fell _TTig > _iifT _>^ costume , wearing a black bonnet and feathers , and carrying & broad

      luo , three a-breast , with bine aprons . _Qusen Catherine , toein ? a seeptre , _suimonnted by a crown , and _£ nf srich _& lk pink dress , wiih a splendid train of _kadwt-winte satin , with a deep _jammin g of _pinV _, _ftafy train-bearers , richly dressed as pages , bearing _Itnis , three at e && side ; the tram-bearers were m _& Qe gbii , of from eight to ten years of age . _kQaets was guarded by eight archers , four on

      Bde , is rich dressei of green < Qk _inrAea _^ -white bs , and wearing black Tel-ret bonnets , with black Bt , and carrying bows strung in their bands , i _gtBTBX _, fall of arrows ; she was followed sb C & _aplaia in fun _canooiols , and _|»» _nfo _^^ * d _* ig , and bearing a large bible open upon a ! _stpeaifed from his seek . The Cbaplun was "fed by _tvern of the Queen ' s _coonciUoa , dressed _^¦ _oSs of black , bach bearing the Charter in his * ix front and rear were two splendid flags , each

      b >« _ifaB-tengtli portnit of Queen Catharine . THE SHIP _CASP 2 XTEKS . J _^ _taa _^ pea , with _sereral drummers and fifen . _tattli , oa foot , dressed In rich Ww » aUk jackets . Mfi * with a _toIWengthportrait of SirBobert " _« i , and a _igara representing a ship carpenter ia tiie act of caulking up the Right ' Hon . Baronet * s month . A large model of Noah ' s ark . i maw * procession of rarpenters , three and we , dressed in full costume , bearing all the eabknu of the craft , and carrying Tariaus beautiful fligs , with appropriate mottoa .

      _ras _CitLS . £ KS OP THE _TSADE , _^ e body , three and three , dressed in _ae » t and _ericfeecksSirts , btoe _laoussrs , and blae bonneto , l _***» S _» _casikinf hammer hx his hand , the _re-* BM __ the ahip carpenters' procession carrying a _wof beaatifnl models of steamers and ships , one _**^ smsted onr _attention , it was a splendid _"" _Wmpiete _, and made upon the new Arcbimedian _pfccpls . _UOPB SPIXSESS . ! _^ _nbala , splendidly dressed , on foot L _*»« ii bagpipes , and _drammers and afera . _^ _J _^ , _ttree abreast , carrying spinning wheels , r" » _"aai automaton figures _eDgaged in the L" _* _¦**«» of _» ork in that trade . p « « splendid fljgs and banners with characterislie and spirited mottoa .

      TOCKG CHARTISTS . n = _^« r of _joTenile Chartists , three and three . Brmnmers and fifers . te _^ _^ * _" _^^ ully dressed , and wore Si 2 ** * he * bl » _^ _aarahal of about _^ _atiDgatcrban _rf _' _theaame . _t _^ _aosto-lfce banner _pt liberty « _nfwled by ¦ ffOQQ _SA _^ _riEBS . _g _,. Band . _« P : _aotto— Pew , but firm , In the cause of freedom . _* r « m ii __ _iIusbals on foot feX W _^ 1 air _^ _toolt _IWav _^* representations of the _sereral _k "" * to tb « plant , which timber

      HSOCUTZ D BODT 07 CHABT 1 SIS . _gifonhorseback with swords by their sides , ¦ « _oarmg small flag with-No surrender _^ 'cribed upon it _SM . E 5 DID BBASS BAKD . _*^« representing a _ala-re with bis chains _^^ . ndthe _manacele falling from _^ _fc « tto :-Kaowl « dg B freesthe slaTe . _^ _" "» -An eagle flying -with the Charter 5 _»^^ 8 Gtoter _TJnion three _a-breast

      2 ??** _^ _Mendi iiran open carriage and _Sft-SL !*! ** * _3 « onnorBeback , aome _" _^* d , a _nd oaw , bsees , and _sereal _yrZ _^^ _-woa * , _teTeral friends man 552 ? *? . _* " bilck hone » _« _ttiebon _* _^ _2 _^» ea ed _beaBHfully ornamented , a l _^^^^^^^ tttwtained the scene _bj _^ 7 ** " * ' _" _» « P « carriage and _foor « _m-Ui . _!^ ** «• _O'Cormofs friends and drawn _" _£ _?**¦ , _postfllfona in scarlet jackets and _feSL ! 5 ' tBft 1 ' ' * coaeJl aaa _fonralso 111 ™ ° ° * _» t O'Connor * Mends . All _pHfcBoyal Hotel 8 _ereral friends on

      _horse-»^ w «> with the crown of Idemoeracy _JH-,, * _03 the eapof liberty . •»« Wer , with a _fnlWength _psintfaw . «< _Feagns ( _TCcnnor , J _^ _8 the Charter in his hand . « aM ,. _^ arter A » ° _ciation . between eight ** » thousand _ikonr _, fiuw _a-lyreMt .

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      Large _tri-eolonred flag . A beautiful garland , representing the rose , the shamrock , and the thistle entwined , motto . —United we stand , divided we ralL Banner , motto : —The _detil k aot king of England , " and yet our bread is taxed . Green banner , motto : —May the gilded crowns of Europe be melted into type , to print the rights of man throughout ths _anirene . _Beautifultrl-oolonred silk flag , banner , motto : —O , why has man the will and power to make hiB fellow moum . Large flag , representing the execution of Charles I ,

      Motto : —The fate of tyrants . Our rights we will hare ; Our motto shall be , No rest in the land Until we are free . _Bererse ;—The goddess of liberty sounding the march of freedom . Motto : —Liberty . large flag , motto : —Universal Suffrage , supported on the one side by Britannia , and on the other , by a working man , carrying the cap of liberty . Flag , motto : — . Justice her banners now displays , - See them waving in the wind ; Liberty is on the way _. To emancipate mankind . Flag , Feargns O'Connor holding the Charter in his hand , motto : —Let all _gorem , and all obey . Re-Terse : —Justice holding the ballance in her hand , weighing the _Suffrage . Motto -. —The ten-pounders

      found wanting—union and peace . The body of the working classes in procession . Thus marshaled the vast assemblage stored onward under the command of Jas . Thompson , Jas Rcssbix . and John _Milse , three -veterans upon whom devolved the onerous duties of _commanders-in-chief . By the time that the procession reached the town , its numbers swelled to an incalculable extent Those who understand our locality may form something like an estimate , when we tell them Union-street , the _longest and widest street in any town in Scotland , was as full as an ejg , and the numbers may be judged of , when we inform our readers that the Scotch _Gostleer states , Union-street to be more than a mDe in length , and it is sixty-seven feet in

      breadth ; but we ahull take the appearance of the procession at this stage from the Aberdeen Bamer , a Whig paper . It says— "The whole body proceeded into town with music playing and colours flying . The crowd in Union-street , the whole way from the Water House to Castle-street , was Immense ; all the windows were occupied , and the balconies were filled . " Aye , in truth , the _proeeasaion here waa immense , and not only immense , bat PCTfrapa onfi Of _tfeS most _gargeoas sad _truly wwgBiaoent spectacles ever yet exhibited . The procession proceeded down Union-street , along Broad-street , Queen-street , and Constitution-street , till it reached the Caledonian Race Ground , commonly called the Links . The appearance at this period is indescribable . The Links is on the sea coast , and perhaps one of the most beautiful and picturesque pieces of ground to be found in any country . The procession entered in the grand plain , which , at the distance of about a mile , is terminated by ia natural amphitheatre—the hills rising one

      above another in envious grandeur ; embosomed in these hills is a perfect stage or parlour , carpeted with the green sward . Before the taQ of the procession had entered the vast plain , the flags of the advance were seen majestically waving in the breeze , as in succession they disappeared in the tangle of hills . The carriages , the trades , bands , and & ig _» , with the rich dresses of the trades , reminded us of a tournament such as we read of in olden tixies ; all moved along the race ground , and the several knights immediately took to the sod , and in their gallop remind us of a grand day at Epsem , of the Derby day ; in fact , it is an absurdity to attempt to _eonrey anything like an account of the real thing . All the carriages drew up in the carpetted parlour , while every hill was eovered-with dense masses of weU-diessed men and women . All being thus arranged , the Teteran Archibald Macdonald was called to the chair amid the hearty congratulations of his affectionate townsmen . He opened the business in a bold and manly speech ; after whieh .

      Mr . _Lbcgs moved , and Mr . Macpherson seconded a resolution in favour of the Charter and National Petition , which was carried unanimously . An address of _congratulation and _conndecee was then presented to Mr . O'Connor , who responded at considerable length , explained what his course bad been , and -what his course for the future should be ; he was frequently interrupted by the most hearty cheers , and especially when he depicted the wrongs of his own country . He said that such demonstrations were for ocular conviction for our _opponents who had no other means of learning our numerical strength , as they would not be driven from their foolish alliance upon a deluding press , but seeing many of the upper and middle classes present he challenged all or any to meet him that night in discussion , when the oral conviction would follow the ocular ; and if there was any value in

      numbers and knowledge , we had , as they would find , a vast majority of these utensils on our side . It would be _impossible to give anything like an outline of his _soal-stirring oration , which at the conclusion , was responded to by a simultaneoaa mountain peal , followed by waving of bats , whieh appeared like the flight of ravens among the hills . The out-door proceedings having terminated to the entire satisfaction of all parties , the procession again re-formed and accompanied Mr . O'Connor to the Royal Hotel , where he took up his quarters ; and after he entered , the whole passed in review to the great delight of the oeenpants of windows , roofs , and balconies , for all seemed to enjoy the decorum of their working fellowmen , and to look with ecstasy , if not with satisfaction , on the richest scene ever witnessed in the North of Scotland , or perhaps in Britain .

      THE SOIREE . If the day ' s proceedings were cheering to Chartism , what must the night have been ? and here again , we prefer _quoting from the Banner to giving any opinion of our own . The Banner says : — " At half-past _seren o'clock , the doors of Machray ' _a Pavilion were opened for a soiree in honour of Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Macpberson , eombmaker , was in the chair ; and on the platform were Mr . Legge , Mr . Macdonald , and other leading advocates ol the People ' s Charter . Mr . O'Connor addressed the meeting in a

      speech of two hours' length , in the course of which he urged the necessity of Universal _Sufirage , the Ballot , Annual Parliaments , the Payment of Members of Parliament , _ic At the conclusion of his address , he was presented by two female Chartists , in the name of the female Chartists of Aberdeen , with a tartan scarf , and a splendid silver brooch . The whole proceedings were conducted with the greatest order , notwithstanding that there could not have been less than three thousand persons present The meeting broke up at one this morning . " -

      The stage of the immense pavillion was nicely ornamented , as well as several other parts , while 120 new gat * burner * trere added to give effect to the decoration . Some idea may be formed of _tte capability of tbe Chartists to manage their own affairs , when it is understood that about 3 , 500 persona seated were served with enp , saucer an _^ three cups of tea , without more interruption than might have taken place at a large social party in a hotel room . Thirty active stewards performed the whole duty of serving out the tea , fruits , cakes , and other good things . While Mr . Macpberson manufacturer , presided over his fellow townspeople , with a dignity and grace , proving that the Chartist whole is well made np ~ of all the essential parts to constitute peace , law , and order , if they were allowed .

      After Mr . O'Connor ' s address on the Links , the committee could have disposed of 2 , 000 more tickets , and as it was , from 4 C 0 to 500 had to be accommodated at the Chartist Hall , in George _' s-street , who joined the _3 _, 00 » of whom The Banner speaks after their feast This supplimentary band of patriots was beaded by Mr . Hall , the principal ship builder in Aberdeen , a noble minded , nprightand honourable gentleman , his moral worth adds dignity to nature , while his advocacy of the poor man ' s rights does hononr to mankind , This gentleman is beloved by both Whigs and Tories , and is adored by the working classes , and perhaps the beat estimates to be furnished of his manlineaain the aour of trial is the fact , that upon the last election he abandoned class and degree , and _mamhwi almost the first to

      the bastings to register bis vote in f & vonr of universal right , by giving it foT Robert Lowry , the labour candidate , and here we must state that no man has done more good service and none more justly esteemed by all classes in Aberdeen asd the north , Iban is Mr . Lowiy , whose conduct has been marked by patriotism , activity , and the strictest moral propriety since his introduction to the North of Scotland . The sentiment of the people were very ably spoken to by Mr . Nicholson to whom Mr . O'Connor succeeded to the sentiment of the Charter . He spoke for two hoars and a tuarter , without further interruption than plaudits and acclamation which made the building ring . It would be hopeless to attempt even as outline of his speech , neither could it have been reported bad there been a disposition upon the part of the hireling press to tend _suebaaheti through their mertar into the enemies camp . We can

      now well understand the reason for burking _the-speeches and misrepresenting the motives of O'Connor . In fact , we have witnessed good and substantial reasons in the concessions of the whole of the middle classes wba honoured us with their presence , and we are bold to assert that at bo previous assemblage , for any purpose , was there so large an attendance of toe middle classes as at our Soiree on Friday night last , and amongst them we hesitate not to say , that the same opinion now prevails , namely , that the argument * of _O'Coaa « t ia favour of the whole Charter was unanswerable , while hit method of enforcing them are at once philosophic and convincing . We have heard many declare that they would not bare lost the beat for ten pounds , while we an bold to assert , that no reasonable sum would be refused bj the association for a verbatim report of a speech which electrified many wbe profess themselves _tudree of elocution and oratory .

      Mr . Legge followed Mr . O'Connor and made a most powerful appeal to the meeting on behalf of the Chartist principles . At this stage of the proceedings three -very interesting and well-dressed girls read _ao address to Feargus O'Connor , and at the conclusion threw a splendid tartan plaid round him in Highland ashlon , which they bound with a splendid silver broach as large as a Email cheeseplate , and beariBg fiie following inscription . — 3

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      Presented to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., by the Female Chartists of Aberdeen , " 29 th-October , 1 M 1 . ¦ To this Mr . O'Connor replied in a most feeling and _eloqneat strain , and . after followed the beloved of all the _virtaous veterans , Archibald Hacdonald , whose very appearance his fellow men delight to honour with every mark of approbation . He spoke in strafes of intense feeling to the sentiment of the expatriated patriots , and after some good songs and excellent music from the patriotic band , who gave their valuable services gratuitously , and a hearty vote of thanks , witfe three chews for the graceful and manly Chairman . The delighted party separated between one and two o ' clock in the morning , regretting that the boar for parting had arrived . Upon bis departure , O'Connor was followed to his hotel by the people , and loudly cheered .

      Thus fas we have given the proceedings of Friday , but bow we come to a far more important question . - On Thursday , Mr . Brewster , of Paisley , arrived in Aberdeen , and immediately commenced a darkand foul conspiracy against Mr . O Conner . Then was no falsehood ever so glaring , no charge ever so hypocritical , no abuse ever so low , with which he did not dan to charge the absent man . Backed by some Wbiga , he called a meeting in a room , to wbicb he robmitted his Birmingham resolution ; and some Irishmen , to their everlasting honour be it spoken , and many who were not before friends of O'Connor , mustered in great strength , determined not to allow an absent countryman to be condemned unheard . As soon as the valiant priest commence * bis personal and scurrilous attack upon O'Connor , his countrymen rushed at him open-mouthed . Brewster called them _sivage Irishman ; and a scene of confusion followed which _bifflaB all description .

      Brewster took with him a reporter from the Whig Aberdeen Herald ; and , through its columns on Saturday morning , he published the most glaring and ungentlemanly falsehoods , evidently printed with a vie w to prejudice the public mind upon the discussion whieh was to take place between him and O'Connor on Saturday night O'Connor had announced both at the open-ait meeting , and at the soiree , that a _diseoasion was to take place in the large pavilion on that evening , and begged that Mr . Brewster should have a fair and calm hearing The Brawsterit € s _made a determined lounge for the cash , but in this they were foiled . The great pavilion is capable of containing nearly 5 , 000 persons standing , and all the seats were removed . The sum of 2 d . was charged for admission , and the _Brewsterites wanted to share the proceeds ; which , however , O'Connor at once negatived , by declaring that be bad no objection to _uaiil hit own party in _defs & _jrlng their expenses , bat be bad no notion of putting money in the pockets of his

      Seven o ' clock was the time named in the bills tot commencing business ; bat long before that hour the place was crammed . Mr . Mitchell , one of the Calton Hill gentlemen , was appointed Chairman by Mr . Brewster , and Mr . Maepherson was nominated by Mr . O'Connor . The arrangements were that Mr . Brewster should open the proceedings in a half-hour ' s speech ; that Mr . O'Connor should follow in the same _peried , and that a quarter of an boor should then be afforded each successively for two hours , Mr . O'Connor having the reply . Thus the whole proceedings were to have occupied three hours .

      The pale-faced priest rose , as if from the living tomb , while the stillness of death gave awful presage of the unwelcome appearance . He spoke in the outset of profession of religious toleration , and presently urged the necessity of a state provision for all the pastors of all creeds . From that he launched into Parson Stephens , Broaterre O'Brien , and Dr . John Taylor , and charged O'Connor with every word spoken by them and any man in England , since the 5 th of April , 1838 . He span his half-hour ' s web , and finally sat down amid groan and other symptoms of strong disapprobation . Mr . O'Connor then rose amid thunders of applause , and taking dates and facts for his guide , for a halfhour be so peppered the parson that upon his second appearance both _Cbainuon and Mr . O Connor were compelled to plead bard before the angered audience would permit him to proceed .

      Now toe cloven foot began to appear ; and , at start ing , he said , now we are at issue , I have pinned Mr . O'Connor to a recognition of physical force principles by bis defence of every act of his friend , Bronterre O'Brien . This quarter of _aa hoar he expended in reading what he hoped would be damning extract from the Operative of O'Brien ' s speeches , and each and every one was met not with censure or condemnation , bat with shouts of capital , right , bravo , and loud cheers . The priest read garbled extracts about the landlords , the capitalists , and others , being pat to death ; and , upon _aakicg what the audience thought of that , they replied that be should have added the parsons . ( Roars of laughter followed this observation . ) Again , be resumed hi * seat , amid the most frightful yells .

      Mr . _O'Co . n . nor was again received with repeated ffh _< _yri"g , and _notr tamed toe tables upon hi * adversary by eharsing him with being a conspirator and spy . He denied that he was fit to be associated with , and said that he Brewster had attempted to make use of the total _abstinence societies , for the purpose of destroying the movement . He said that he had written to Forfar , Montrose _, and several other places , asking them for funds to follow on Mr . O'Connor ' s flank , and to follow him through the country at the txpenee of the total abstinence societies . Brewster and his chairman denied this , when Mr . O'Connor said be bad a letter in bis possession , written by Brewster , to Charles Bo & g , of Forfar , making such an appeal , and replete with the most wilful and glaring falsehoods

      Here Brewster and bis Chairman clamoured and vociferated for the letter . Mr . O'Connor declared that he had not the letter immediately about him , but that the Chairman , Mr . _Macpherson , had read tt ; but no , the meeting should have the original At this period the confusion was tremendous , when the Chairman stated that fortunately Mr . Da vies , of _Stonehavtn , was in the meeting , and had it Here cheer followed cheer ; and , upon Mr . Davles presenting himself , be announced that be would read a verbatim copy of the letter to Ross , but Brewster and his Chairman rose and roared , out " Only a copy 1 where is the original ?" Again a scene of inexpressible _eenfosion followed , when Mr . O'Connor rose and said , I bare now netted the fish . You shall have the original in less than three minutes ; it is in my writing desk at my hotel .

      This announcement was responded to by a volley of cheers , and Mr . O'Connor crashed his way through the dense mass , and in a few minutes returned with the letter , and upon presenting it , the cheers were _astonnding . Order being restored , Mr . Ma _cphekson proceeded to read the document , containing word for -word -what O'Connor had stated , end upon reading one _passage _relatare to the Northern Star _Hewspaper , perhaps one of the most curious occurrences ever witnessed took place . As if by magic , the Stars of that day were taken from the pockets of the fustian jackets , and brandished and flourished in exaltation over the heads of the audience . M ore Stars than were welcome to Brewster appeared . This letter was an appeal to the total abstainers to furnish Brewster with the means of destroying O'Connor , and stated that two large _mettiBga in Glasgow had adopted the Birmingham resolution by overwhelming majorities .

      All was now up , Brewster was brought to the scratch , but not another word would be listened to . The hustings were charged , and Brewster , in the confusion , began to dictate to a reporter of the Herald , who bad come to back him in his Anti-Chartist crusade . The working men instantly saw the trick , that the press was to figbt the after-battle , whereupon a rash was made at tbe Reporter , who was only saved by Mr . O'Connor ' s timely interference . Now all patience was gone , all control was lost , and all discussion was at an end . " Spy , " " Traitor , " " Richmond , " and " Liar , " issued from every mouth , followed by cries of " Divide , diYide . " Bbbwstbb . rose to move the Birmingham resolution , and after a long pause a person of tbe name of Falkneb seconded them . The following amendment was moved by Mr . Archibald Macdonald , and seconded by acclamation : —

      Resolved , " That this meeting does not recognize Mr . Brewster as a Chartist , and has no confidence in him , and further , we are of opinion that be is not a fit and proper person to represent any portion of tbe Scottish people . " Tbe amendment was received with shoots of applause and wben put appeared to be unanimously carried . However , _Brewster would have a show , and he bad in about fifty hands out of 5000 . After the waving of hats , cheering , and dapping of bands bad subsided , Mr . Mitchell came forward and as Mr Brewster * a Chairman declared the amendment carried .

      Here the scene again became indescribable , Those in front of tbe platform rushed forward , seised Mr . O'Connor dragged him by main force from tbe bastings , and carried'him on their shoulders to tbe door amidst _flflyff > ning cheers , while Brewster and his romp skulked _effia ignominious disgrace . It is rigbt to say that Mr . DQanmat waived his right to reply , and gave it to Mr . Brewster , and at tbe conclusion _O'Cofinerand _Mltrhflll who baa been a deadly opponent of O'Connov shook bands moat cordially , and thus baa tbe last nadl bees

      driven in _ib e coffin _# f disunion in Aberdeen , Srew » ter ' s friends charge him with having _deceived them , and with inability , want of knowledge , and judgment , and in fact he is now stamped by the many , and discarded bj the tew , who would gladly bare made a tool of him for the destruction of tbe Chartist came . He has no more chance with O'Connor than with an infant , and we hope and trust that be wellnow take the significant hint that bis presence in our ranks ia not wanted and to retire to his original nothingness . Never were two such glorious days in the North of Scotland .

      We cannot conclude without making this fact known , that the Whig Lord Provost , bad sixteen ronnda of ball cartridge served out to the military force in our barracks , where all were under orders for immediate service , while the wretched old women swore in five hundred special constables to keep _^ the peace , bat all

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      hlj desires _aad preparations were balked and . rendered _"Vdld by every , man acting the part of a special constable ; and a word to _hfa Lordship , nad be been tbe cause of a _sfogla life being lost or endangered , themea of the North would have shown him that those who descendants of a Wallace . _Tyrints had _' lietter now beware tow they pat " % match \ d Wnbllo opinion . All England and Seotland are now of one nflndV Good laws can Mad us , tat _tjyraiite can no mom disunite us . Had on hair of O'Connor ' s he _§ d been hurt , _sye , or of one of the poorest in oar ranks , God only knows what tbe result , even to Europe might have been ; but thanks to the protector of tbe poor , the Lord of Creat ion , not one single disagreeable occurrence took place from the beginning even to tbe end . Bo hurrah fo * the brave men of Scotta ' _a Northern Capital .

      Glorious Reception Given To Feargus O'Co...

      GLORIOUS RECEPTION GIVEN TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . tN THE ALLOA DISTRICT—TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . In ibis district we an not afflicted with any counter agitation to tbe Charter . Tbe Whigs and Tories here love sloth , ease , and slumber ; no questions of nattob & l policy interest them , as for menial or moral _improvement , tbe country may as soon expect to hear a movement made for such an object by the most degraded portion in central Africa . The Com Law Repealers have once or twice made an attempt to move , bat they only succeeded in

      showing their utter incapability of walking ; they hired that jackall , the DunfermJlne cobler , who is ready for every dirty job to which pay Is attaohed , to enlighten as on Com Law Repeal , bat Mr . Duncan sent him home so well beaten , that we have beard , nothing of his dunghill exhibition since . Bat although Whigs , Tories , and Com Law Repealers are thus lifeless and silent , not so the Chartists ; every town of any note in the country has its regular lecture weekly , and Chartism here is in such good condition that we , await other parts in the country growing up to our standard to make it triumphant as the law of the land .

      Great preparations were made for tbe 25 th October , tbe day fixed for the visit of Feargus O'Connor to this district , much speculation being afloat respecting the probable state of the weather , many anticipating , from the long continued rains in this part of the country _, that the preparations made for the reception of their noble champion would be spoiled ; but these anticipations were all dissipated . On the morning of tbe 25 th , as the sun gilded the tops of _thaOobU mountain * , and gave life sad animation to the winding POTth , thUl decking out an altar to _liberty , at whiob tbe high priest of Cbartiam was to minister to a grateful and enthusiastic people ; on that morning , an open carriage left Alba , for Stirling , containing Messrs . Duncan and Thompson , who were deputed to meet Mr . O'Connor in Stirling . They met him at a quarter to nine , in Mr . Gibb ' s Hotel , accompanied by a number of friends from Alva , all eager to testify their respect to the noble martyr to Whig and Tory injustice .

      After breakfast , Mr . O'Connor was seen arm in arm with Mr . Duncan , winding his way np Baker-street and _Broadsteeet to the Castler In the Broad-street , Mr . Duncan painted out to Mr . O'Connor , the spot where the ill-fated HarMe and Baird offered up their life to satiate the bloodthirsty vengeance of the Tory faction of 1819 . He then shewed him the dungeon in which these martyrs to liberty—precursors to Chartism In Scotland—passed the period of their time from their Benfence to their execution . From this be conducted _bim to the armoury , where the weapons used at the Battle of Bonnymulr lay . After surveying these , Mr . O'Connor said it was a high proof of the courage of Scotchmen to face an organised military force with such weapon * , so inadequate for either attack or defence . .

      Mr . O'Connor was then shewn the pikes , which were made by the order of Government , to arm the country people to protect themselves from the threatened invasion of Napoleon Buonaparte . Mr . O'Connor remarked upon tbe changed aspect of the _people and tbe Government : at that time they made arms for tbe whole people , and now they are afraid to hear of a peagun among the people . We are informed that the whole militia arms -which were formerly In Stirling Castle have been aent over to Spain , such weapons being useless here in our days of piping peace , high wages , and plenty of food . Mr . O'Connor was shown tbe pulpit wblcb John Knox preached bis first sermon in ; this relio of Scotch antiquity seemed to interest bim very much . He then visited the

      ramparts on the noath aide , from which he bad a view of the beautiful winding Forth , the scene of Wallace ' s exploits above Stirling Bridge , the Grampian Mountains , and the battle ground of _Sherriff Muii . He then passed over to the south aide , where he had a view of the ground where tke ancient tournament and tilte were fought—tbe race ground of Stirling , and the far-famed field of _Bannockborn ; and in the far distance the snowclad mountains of Ben Lomond and Ben Ledie . Mr . O'Connor then retired to the Castle from these _Inteeating sight * with feelings of deep and absorbing inrterest , the military regarding him as an object of intense interest , and prevented from doing him full honours by tile stem military etiquette which tyrants find it necessary to establish . He

      then retired by the valley , which he was told had been tbe scene of many a Chartist triumph , to bia hotel , where he met a large concourse of friends , amongst whom was the committee of the Stirling Charter Association . He regretted very much that he could not give them a night in Stirling , although they had laboured bard to effect this object , but was determined to make up , so far as was in their power , by joining their Alloa brethren throughout tbe day and in the evening . All things being ready , Mr . O'Connor stepped into the carriage , accompanied by Messrs . Duncan and Thompson . In tbe carriage we also saw Mrs . Duncan and her young son , whom Mr . O'Connor paid marked attention to . A good number of tbe middle class of Stirling were ranged on each side of the door , all eager

      to have a look at Mr . O'Connor . Tbe coach then drove on through Stirling , across the Forth , round the Abbey Craigs , and through the delightful residence of the Abercromby family , at Loggie Wood , on toMenstry . It was pleasant to see aa the coach went on , groups of people engaged at field labour suspend their toil , and give a hearty cheer to tho noble patriot Shortly after they left Menstry , O'Connor witnessed a truly heart-cheering scene ; never did an autumnal sun bo light up tbe dying glories of summer upon the Ochill Hills ; tbe varied beauty of rock , glen , and birchen tree , were reposing in their mountain grandeur ; the whole road before him was crowded with one mass of living beings ; the aged , with their grey locks waving , seemed animated with the fire of youth ; the young men , of whom O'Connor aaid there was not better formed men in the British dominions , and tbe

      women and young girls , hum _aurous beyond all precedent , elicited Mr . O'Connor ' s applause by their freshness and beauty , taste in dress , and modesty of demeanour -, tbe music bands , eight in number , attracted his attention , for the beauty of their dress , and tbe superior skill they displayed in managing their instalments . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Duncan descended into the midst of this patriotio band , an honour to human nature , for their intelligence and moral worth , and well worthy of those rights for which they are straggling with such courage and prudence ; in this manner , they marched into Alva , with a procession about a mile and a half in length , with many a banner waving in the breeze , containing mottos , all expressive of national regeneration ; when this immense multitude reached Alva Green , Mr . O'Connor ascended tbe carriage ; three tremendous shouts of applause greeted his appearance . ¦

      Mr * Stein , the chairman , introduced Mr . O'Connor , in a speech characterised with great modesty and firmness . Mr . O'Connor bad an address read to him by Mr . Harrower _, to which be replied by reviewing the past history of Chartism , and pointing out its present glorious position . At its dose he recommended the election of a delegate to be _aent to tbe Convention about to sit in London . Mr . Andrew _M'KENZfE moved , and Mr . M'Nie Beconded Mr . Abraham Duncan as a fit and proper person to discbarge this duty , which being put from the chair an immense forest of bands was upheld . Mr . _DukcaN then thanked them for Oils additional mark of esteem and confidence . The meeting then broke up . ' -

      As we mixed with the crowd in the various groups into which they broke up , we heard both friend and opponents to the Charter say , " Is this O'Connor f I « this tbe man whom the Whig and -Tory press had so systematically vilified and abused ? " Nothing could exceed their amassment at the contrast of bis appearance that day , and the character given ; tbe fact is , he has won golden opinions from alL Messrs . O'Connor and Duncan being again seated in the carriage , the procession moved on in a graceful and majestic form , for a distance of two miles , on to Tillicoulbry ,

      through the loveliest spot of earth in broad Seotland , although the men who made It _ao are political serfs , and the produce of their toil is employed in advertising half a dczen of old maids in the matrimonial markets of France and Italy . When the procession reached Tillicoultry , tbe noble patriot was greeted by its whole _inhabltanta ,- old and young , gay and grave , rich and poor , wbo all came out in their thousands to see the mas who terrified the Whig Government , and leads on tbe moat extraordinary movement for liberty which part history records .

      When , _O'Oowwr ascended the hustings , he was greeted with sbpuU of applause from tbe immense multitude , whieh he acknowledged by taking off bis bat , and bowing gracefully , to tfeem . _; - _^ ¦¦ Mr . Johh _RQBBEtso _^ _beiag _caUed to the chair , opened tbe business ia a speech replete with great enexgy and good _senae . : _> ., ;¦ » v ; _- , _^ ' _-r- \ - ; y . _ui ' An address -was than , read from thV Inhabitants of TiJJicoulby , _oaafrom the CbartisUof Falkirk—distant thirteen milfts—who were much disappointed at not receiving » visit ; an addwsa from the Teetotal'Chartists of Denny , distant sixteen miles , to which ' Mr . 0 _'CprtNoa replied , dwelling on the evils of class legislation , and thanking the people of Tillicoultry for their sympathy with his country in their approving" of the repeal of the Union of Ireland and England .

      Mr . Russell then came forward and moved Mr . A . Duncan as a fit and proper person to ait in the Convention , seconded by Mr . James Watson , which being put to tbe meeting , had their unanimous approval ,

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      Mr . Duncan then thanked them foe _tbla mark of their attachment-and confidence , and < _pointed out to them the propriety of supporting the colliers at present out on strike , aa the worse used men in the country ; and if they were allowed to fall it < woaldbfr their turn next . . Tne _procession-tfien formed againj aad continue * their route turongh _JCoalsuanghtoii down to Alloa . When they entered that town . ' - /' .. Mr . _Da-vid Thompson , central Secretary , read an address from the Chartists of this ptaoe , to which Mr . _O'COSHOB briefly replied . By this Umfr it was dark ; the people afterwards dispersed _preparattve to the soiree in the evening at Alloa . This maybe looked upouas oneof the most _Biemorableepoclurciwaected with Chartism in this place . Throughout the whole day , order ; propriety , and decorum reigned throughout the whole

      pneesaion , which extended about nine miles . Not a policeman showed his face . They were beaded by no _marsbsjmen ; In short , It was tbe highest proof that could be demanded or given , that tbe people are fitted for self-government ¦ Four times was the procession broken to form themselves Into a public meeting , and each time w « re they re-united with the most exact military precision ; not the slightest _ofleace in this long march wsi given to any -person ; property , consisting of avenues leading to tbe houses of the aristooracy were passed without the twig of a tree being broken . A great moral conviction has been given to those who stillfoolishly oppose the Charter , that the people are unalterably attached to the Six Points , and that they are every day finding oat new means _te prove themselves worthy to posses * their political rights .

      SOIREE . It would have given us pleasure could we have spoken of the Soiree as we have done of the public meetings and procession throughout the day . Instead of order , propriety , aud harmony , terminating such a day , as might have been expected , confusion worse confounded reigned . But it is proper to state the causes that led to this . Ail who possess Hall * where _seirees are held claim & merit to themselves in refusing them to the Chartist * . They often state they have no objections themselves , bat the genteel and religious people would withdraw their custom . The Committee is Alloa bad early notice to provide for at least twelve to fourteen hundred people . They found themselves unier the necessity of building a pavilion , and they

      bad ample means to do ao . After examining various apacea of vacant ground , with tbe consent of one or more of its proprietors , while others were stirred up by the envious and malicious to withhold their consent _j after a deal of foil and trouble , and a few pound * of expense , the Committee were _reiootajiUj compelled to aboii « h the project of building a pavilion . They then examined a Hail said to be capable of holding 1 , 100 , which required much additional seating . They then determined to bold the soiree there * although they were conscious that hundreds of Chartists would have to . be refused admittance . The . demand for tickets throughout the whole of Monday , was unprecedented ; thia placed the committee In a state of great embarrasment , and the evil they laboured to prevent To do justice to all parties who had tickets , tbe doors of the hall were kept close till the hour when the chair should have been taken ; when it was opened , such was the pressure from without that three or four hundred who

      had not tickets , gained admission to the exclusion of a great many wha had tickets , and to add to our troubles , that demon from the bottomless pit , Parson Brewster arrived in Alloa , to challenge Mr . O'Connor to a discussion . The idea got abroad among those in the Hall , that discussion was to take place at the Soiree , This gave additional excitement to a meeting containing three hundred more within the Hall , than there were seats for . Had the Chairman , Mr . A . Duncan and Mr . O'Connor arrived at the hour fixed , something like order might have been established , but they were engaged in a Coffee House with that marplot ( Brewster ) of Scotch Chartism , arranging the discussion now fixed to be held In Glasgow . During this time Mr . John Robertson , of Tillicoultry , exerted himself to procure order ; but his exertions were attended with indifferent success , though he did everything that man could do to effect his object ¦

      When Messrs . O'Connor and Duncan arrived , they had to find their way to the platform over the beads of the people . Whes the refreshments came to be distributed , the people were so closely wedged together , that after tbe utmost exertions of the Committee and stewards , more than a third remained unserved . This , of course , gave great dissatisfaction , although under the circumstances no remedy could be found . Peace being then restored , Mr . _O'Conmor addressed himself to the business of

      the evening , in one of the most masterly displays of public speaking that ever it was our lot to listen to . Hla sentiments were pure , and of a highly elevated cast , shewing an intimate acquaintance with political society—how it works in Courts , Privy Councils , and Parliament He traced its progress through society , and its effects mpon the mental and moral culture of tile people subjected to its physical force controul—and pleaded eloquently with the possessors of political power to do justice to the people , who were so worthy of justice being done : to them . '

      Its effects here has been to deepen Chartism in the minds of those long since convinced of its truth , and to convince those of tbe middle class who were indifferent to it . Such a people led on by such a leader cannot be long kept upon the profitless side of the Constitution—tbe common expression now being that O'Connor is a man of talent , sagacity , and determination , likelier to be a greater thorn in the side of Sir Robert Peel than his Parliamentary opponent , Lord John Russell . At the close of Mr . O'Connor ' s address , he and Mr . Duncan retired , in consequence of tbe excessive heat of the room . The duties of the chair was again resumed by Mr . John Robinson , wbo conducted tbe remaining business of the evening in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to the meeting .

      Next morning , tbe leading Chartists of the place visited Mr . O'Connor at bis hotel , _wben tbe proceedings of the preceding day formed tbe subject of warm congratulation . At eleven o ' clock be was accompanied by a body guard of real friends to the steam-boat—Parson Brewster and him being fellow passengers to Dunfermllae , in the same cabin : the one to reap laurels from a devoted and loyal people ; the other in pursuit Of strife aud division , on a questionable notoriety .

      The Dietary System Of Beverley Hell. " T...

      THE DIETARY SYSTEM OF BEVERLEY HELL . " The ftx'd and neble mind Turns all occurrence to its own advantage , And I'll make vengeance of calamity ; Were I not thus reduced , thon _wouldst not know , That , thus reduced , I dare defy thee still , Fortune thou may ' at , ; but thou _shalt ne'er despise me . " _YOUNOS " _ZANQA . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 8 TAR . Sib , —Tbe insertion of the following extracts from a letter just received by Mrs . Peddie from her husband , will , I am confident , be interesting to many of your readers .

      I am happy to observe , through your valuable print , that , from the banks of the Thames to the Ouse , the friends of patriotism are taking up hla case , which may well rouse the apathy of the Chartists on this side the Tweed ; as I am not aware that one memorial has yet been presented in his behalf to the new ministry from this vaunted land of freedom , although he is the only _Bufferer belonging to Scotland . It is one satisfaction , however , that , through prWato and public remonstrances-be has been withdrawn from the barbarous labour of the treadmill ; but this was not accomplished until bis health was broken , and his constitution apparently shattered . He now complains much of headaches aud weakness of sight

      The following statement will show the wretched dietary : system to which he has been subjected , —a system which has called forth the reprobation of Lord Brougham in the . House of Lords . From the ruinous effect that it has bod on health , it is evident that nature cannot long bear up under Bucb accumulated woes He has now endued twenty months' imprisonment ; being little more than the half term of bis sentence it is , therefore , requisite that bis friends should use every exertion , either to get bin liberated , as has been the case with others on account of bad health , or removed like Holberry , to some gaol where the rules and discipline bear somewhat less of a ferocious nature , and are more assimilated to the usages of a country professedly Christian . W . R . S . EdinVurgh , 23 rd Oct . 1841 .

      "I have for many months ( observes Mr . Peddie ) been sorely troubled with what the doctor calls _dypepsia * or , in common terms , a disease in the digestive organs , and a most painful disease I truly feel it to be . ¦ The first symptoms it gave of troubling me waa immediately on my recovering from that extreme salivation I had twelve months ago ; since which time I . have been more or less subject to it , gradually _increaslnri * strength , until about six weeks ago It became very serious indeed ; My appetite bad completely left me . My stomach so very much enfeebled as almost entirely to refuse food altogether ; and when it did receive any , it was immediately followed by severe , _sfeknesa , aud what alarmed me most , I could scarcely . get it to receive a teacup-fall or ao ot the porridge and milk at for these

      nbht , my chief support ; notwithstanding that last fourteen months , ! bad been in the daily use of medicine , and h > Te _, swallowed as mueh as ¦ dghtform a _Btock-in-tradfl to some starved apothecary I Finding myself , after I wrote you last , still getting worse , although I had tfsed an increase of tbe strongest medi . ( foe , about _three weeks ago I formed the resolution of abstaining altogether from certain portion or kind of the prison diet , which I considered to be tbe cause of my sickness . The result has been favourable , as I have thus by _balf-starving myself been enabled to give up the daily taking of medicine . My belief is , therefore , strengthened , that whatever concurring causes there may be , the chief one arises from the nature of my food I That you and my friends may folly understand me , I moat state the nature of tbe diet , which is as

      follows : — " Breakfast consists of a quart of water-gruel—not that palatable kind of * gruel you used to make me when I was unwell at borne , but plain water and oatmeal ,

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      with bread , without _aay change . The dinner , two days a week , ia five ounces of th * « oar » est pieces-of beef , with potatoes and bread j during the ; other five days , -we _hatfrtiirWaays , ' what is termed stews , made froui nolt heads , not sr very palatabte distt br * ny means ,: nor as my Own _fecperioow pro _* esrbey < m _4 contradfetion , a wholesome one ; the otbertwo toys' to the liquid of the two t _»& days made into broth ; at least , what , English prison cooks call such , but aot like Scotch katf as yote may well imagine ; now , it is from the grnel In the morning , and from tb * five fluid diet * or _dinneir , that I have abatained with much advantage to myself ; the more solid' food I ( sat without snob . bad consequences _foUowin * : and 7 Mr that for

      _thefnture I will be compelled to abstain entttelf from them , as hunger itself can _bynomeamiiqualwhatt have for montba _aufifered from Indigestion . As yet , however , there has been no self denial in m > abstinence ; for , from tbe very weakened state of my _eto- ' mach , It has only been within these few days I could eat the allowed quantity of bread , and only this mom-Ing that I have desired to be supplied at night with the full allowance of supper porridge ; bat I eannot _htHf admitting that even to my rather philosophio mind , the prospect of seven times breakfasting each week upon _» small loaf of bread and a draught of cold water , and dining upon the same for five days , is not particularly agreeable . "

      CHere Mr . Peddle enters into some reflections on the conduct of the magistrates , In refusing liberty to correspond with Mr . Dewhlrst and ether friends , except under restriction to which ne > would not submit , -which , however just , it would serve no purpose to repeat ] "The first intimation that I gave the surgeon that the food did not agree with me was nearly twelve * months ago . 1 then informed bim , that when I supped any of tbe gruel at breakfast I immediately sickened , and vomitted it up again , and requested that he would order me some tea or a bit of , cheese i oranatbing I could eat without injury , as it was not comfortable to breakfast upon a piece of bare bread alone . , , He stated _tbafc these indulgences could onjy b « _grayed daring _illnes * and denied my request Three weeks ago I mentioned to the surgeon that I blamed the food as one _caose of my illness . He confessed that a fluid diet did not agree with my stomach ; but no other substitute has been ordered . " '

      "I am truly glad to learn that Lord Brougham ha » thought it right to make prison discipline tbe subject of > legislative enquiry . The annual _sacriflee of human life ' ia enormous and appalling . There is one circumstancethat . I feel mjadZ called , upon to rcnttaa * wkleh lm > . ; that any official _returna of dU « a »©» nd _dwtbtbtfntayx * be made , cannot exhibit either the injury sustained by Individuals in the decay of health , nor the loss of lifeoccasioned by the horrid system U which they are _buIk jected . For when tbe health is so much injured as to show the probability of the prisoner dying , he is sent out to did ! This has been the case to my knowledge ia more than one instance here . " [ In alluiion to the exertions making by his friends I » regard to petitioning in his behalf , he observes : —]

      "God grant that success may attend : their efforts ; for truly the prospect of spending another winter in this place is far from being pleasant—not to say anything of the drudgery . Just look at being locked up ia a cold call fourteen hoars oat of every twenty-fear without light or fire , not even heated with steam pi pe * —as seme other prisons are ; -verily If I wished to place a person where I would seek by my treatment of him to drive reason from her throne , or force him to seek refuge from suffering in self-murder , I wonld treat him like a felon ail day , and lock him up during the winter night in a solitary cell without light or fire ; and debar him , under the most severe penalties , from beguiling ; the time either in bumming a song to himself , or uttering a single word aloud even in prayer ! and if bis mind were not fortified by strong religious principles and constitutional strength , there would be every chance of my _succeeding in the diabolical attempt "Robkkt Peddie _^ " Beverley House of Correction , 18 th October , 1841 .

      To The Teachers Belonging To The~ Sunday...

      TO THE TEACHERS BELONGING TO THE _~ SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS . " BROTHERS AND _SlSTEES , INSTKUCTORS OP THB Rising Genebation _, —Let a fellow-labourer ask you a plain question , Will you lend yourselves to become tools in the hands of men who are endeavouring to extend the cursed factory system , by making " _Eneland the workshop of the world , " destroying tbe interests of a class of men as honourable aa themselves ( for they are all honourable men ) in order to have tbe spoil themselves ? Has not the factory ayatem extended its blighting influence upon those placed under _your-care ? Has not your efforts to instil tbe principles of virtue into tbe minds of your charge in a great measure been rendered

      futile by the contaminating influence of these dens of of vice , where the . moral Influence of Sunday teaching is destroyed during tbe six long , long days in which they are exposed in the immoral atmosphere of a vice engendering factory ? / No . I trust that with one voice you will exclaim that no oae shall mislead us under any pretence whatever to become the _dupeftof designing parties to ' entail such a curse upon the suffering sons of humanity , tbe offspring of woe . . Let not the lords of the long chlmniea deceive you by their fair words and small subscriptions , but prove to them that yon are not to be trammelled by either them or their paid parsons . Fellow labourers , under the nonsensical jargon that tbe repeal of the Corn Laws ia not a political question , a meeting was called in the London-toad District Sunday School for children of all deaomidations , on Wednesday , the 12 th instant , when the Rev . Mr . Beardsall , of teetotal notoriety , lectured on the Repeal of the

      Com Lawa , pretending that it was not « political question—that it would permanently benefit tba working classes , when if the gentleman knew anything at all about the matter , he , must know that his assertion is not correct , but that it is questionable whether it would be even a temporary benefit , 0 / whether it would not make as worse off than we are even now , unless some other measure accompanied the repeal . I would ask how , in the name of common sense , can Christian ministers , consistently with the word they should preach , advocate robbery ; for such it would be , unless an equitable adjustment of the debt called national , and the same between debtor and creditor generally was adopted ; but thia would be politics , indeed , which would have the effect of convincing . those who are led by what the parsons say , that politics 'are not a canker that eat grace out of the soul . ' and then Othello ' s occupation wonld soon be at an end .

      One word about the iniquity of seeking to pit in competition the working classes of this country against those of another ; thus to starve one people if not both . Ia this Christianity ? From such , good Lord deliver us . Tbe clerical gentleman said that emigration was a blessing , inasmuch as it prevented the people from eating one another ; that the land was not sufficient to grow food for the people . From such blasphemous doctrine preserve us . Can anything be more convincing of the necessity of meeting these learned teachers , or rather these blind guides , in discussion , to teach them the first principles of justice and equity between man and man . Truth has nothing to fear from investigation ; then why refuse to bear both sides of the question ? How can you instruct the children committed to your care ? As Mr . Beardsall asserted it was your duty to instruct them in the evil of the Corn Laws ; how can you do this unless you examine the matter In all its bearings _T and this will be politics .

      Would it not be in-accordance with tbe word of truth to denounce misery and tbe Iniquitous laws that nave legalised it in defiance of the word of God , which Is reckoned part and parcel of the law of the land t Has not the countenance and support given to the laws made the people of this country into hewers of wood and drawers of water , to Jews and usurers ? I trust that the teachers of schooU will at once declare that they will not be the dupes of designing mea , bat that they will at once free themselves from the shackles of prejudice , and fairly examine the principles advocated by those who have been , and are still , misrepre sented by the pulpit and the press . "Prove all things , huM fast that which is good , " is the maxim of the Chartiate , Yours , in tbe bond of Christian unity , James Cabtlkdgb . Manchester , Oct 26 , 184 ! .

      Bradford.—Idle.—Thia Little Place Is Aga...

      BRADFORD . —Idle . —Thia little place is agaia rail j ing in the good cause . A meeting of { Chartists took place on Monday evening , when several new members were enrolled , yir . Smyth , of Bradford , addressed them on the fallacies of the Corn Law Repealers , and the necessity of joining the National Charter Association of Great Britain . A resolution was unanimously carried for a meeting to be held on Saturday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to take into consideration the propriety of carrying out the object of Mr . Smyth ' s address . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to tbe lecturer , and the meeting _separated highly gratified .

      Mamagrhent 0 ? Pigs . —The following _experimeat has been made by a gentleman of Norfolk : —Six pigs of nearly equal size were put to keeping at the came time , and treated the same as to food and Utter for seven weeks . Three of them were left to shift for themselves as to cleanliness ; the other _threewere kept as clean as possible by a man employed for tho purpose ; with a currycomb and brush . . The last consumed in seven weeks fewer peas by five bushels than the other three , yet weighed more when lolled by two stone and four pounds upon the average .

      A Pabish Clebk _' s Poiwr _Proclamation . —At the church of Wake , the mother-church of Weymouth , and a well known landmark to our _seaftttftg trienda t the following announcement was _somtfUme ago made by the clerk : —'' This is to give notioe , there will be na Zunday here next Znndw _. Case why . Parson ' s to preach to Upway . £ Th »* i » at way . ) "And vurder ( the clerk proceeded ) there will be a meeting held at the Vishemon ' _s AfBM » oa Wednesday evening at eight o ' clock , then _aiftdibere to determine wbat colour the church is to be : _whitewashed ! "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111841/page/7/