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    • Just Published. THE MISSION* OF REFORMERS. Price One Pennv.
    • FORTHCOMING MEETINGS.
    • IHE NORTHERN STAR, B1TBRDA7, AUGUST 26 , 1818.
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      6 The Northern Star. ,- August 26^ ^ ^

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . ,- August 26 ^ ^ ^

      Just Published. The Mission* Of Reformers. Price One Pennv.

      Just Published . THE MISSION * OF REFORMERS . Price One Pennv .

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      By the Author of' Politics for ' . Yorkers , * ' A Tract for the Times . ' . London : > V . Stranze , Paternoster-row . A . H < -ywo «> a . Matuhester . D . Gr . ui , L « ds . IS . Urook , Hudderf nc . d , and all booksellers .

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      the cossriRATon . a Poem is Thbek Caktos . IN THS 1 st Ko . of The L ' aCse of the People , a * We-kl-vFamilv N ' enspjper , will he commenced an original ' and beautiful poem in addition to other original and important articles . The Cacsb of the People will contain thirty . two Cicely printed columns , and will be the cheapest newspaper ever istued fro n the press . It can be hal on oider from all booksellers-ndiie-. vsagents , or direct , free per post . otK- Wake . in , We ; t Bromwich . Fbice l J . d pes No . oe is 6 d pes quabtfp .. Newsagents « UPpVied on the most liberal terms .

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      PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOrt , Esq ., M . P ., TM AKTI > ' informs his friends and the Chartist body . generally , that he has reduced the price of his HtooRrap hic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief » tic following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . Cd . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , late of Manchester , now ono of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To fee at the Grace of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gatf , A ' ottingiiam ; Heywood , Manchester , and all bookseller in the United Kingdom .

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      Just published , price lid ., Post free , Ulii ., ^ A ~^ We ~ I ^ CR ^ OF ^ mTgraTIO \ " ; or . FOUPv TEES TEAKS IS THE I . VTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA ; beini a full and impartial Account of the various Difficulties and ultimate Sue-cess of an English Family , who emigrated from Barwick-in-Eimet , near & eeds , in the jear 1811 . London : Published by G . Besger , 19 , Holywell-strfet . StranS ; Leeds : David Ghees ; Manchester , A . Hei-¦ wood ; and all other Booksellers .

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      DO YOU SUFFER TOOTH ACHE ? If so , nse Bsaxd ' s Evamkl for filling the decaying spots and rendering defective T ^ eth sound and painless . PRICE , 0 . \ E SHILLING . Twenty testimonials accompanying each bos . Sold b > all Chemists , or sent iree , by return of post , by sending one shilling and a stamp to J . Willis , 4 , Bell ' s , fra ud-. ugs , Salislmry- square , Londen .

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      TO BE SOLD for £ 50 , a Fuur-Acre allotment , on Great Malvern estate-Anp'ication ( post paid ) to be made to John Symonds , Tailor , Teignmouth , Devon ,

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      TO BE SOLD , AT MINSTER LOfEL , a Four-Acre farm , cropped withpotatoe ? , wheat , bains , barley , etc ., together Tritathe implements ; ' . the land is good mid pleasantly Situated . The price £ o > . Apply ( post paid ) to YV \ Crabtree , Hatter , Derby .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OP . a Pour-Ac . - ? share in the Land Company . p _ iid-up , andeH ^ ible tor the ballot . Price , £ i 16 s . Apply ( post paid ) to Richari Corp , Mtlls , near Frome , SoiLerrc :.

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . a Four-Acre allotment , drawn in the November ballot , the party beinsr prevented by ottier engagements from going to it . Apply ( if by letter post paid ) to Robert Makinson , . No . U , D «; e « kii-stre ; t ; t , St Midvcs ' s , Manchester .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . a Fcur-Aere allotment at Moat Farm , cropped with potatoes , barley , tHrnips , peas , < fcc Applications ( if by letter post paid ) addressed to Tfeos . Kewsome , So . 30 , Moat Farm , Staunton , near Gloucester , will b . ' punctually attended to .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of ITer Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING ASD SUMMER FASHIONS for 184 S , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ aad Co ., 12 , Kart-street , Bloomsbury-sqnare , near Oxford , street , London ; and by G . Beegeb , Holytrell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an exquisitely erecKted and superbly coloured PKIXT . The elegance ef this Print excels any befurepuhlishcd , accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra . fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dressWaistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of" he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and MaW- g up , and all other information respecting Style a : d Fa ; hion . Price 16 s . post free lis . HEAD and Co . ' s new scientific system of Cutting for ISiS is ready , and will supersede everything of the kind heretofore conceived . All the Plates are numberedand lettered , and on the scale of Eighteen Inches ; Whole ske , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . Kew Patent Indicator , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , jirice "a . Patterns to Measurs ( ail registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is . each . The whole sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and all Bouli ? ellers . Post-office orders , an * Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits per . formed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Ceats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions iu cutting complete , for all kinds of Style an-1 Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .

      Forthcoming Meetings.

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS .

      __ Sheffieid.—The Little Sheffield Branc...

      __ Sheffieid . —The Little Sheffield branch of the National Charter Association have removed their place of meeting from Clark ' s , to Mr Syke ' s , Temperance Hotel , -50 , Coalpit-lane , where the conncil meet every Sunday afternoon . A soiree will bs held to celebrate the returning a Chartist to the Town Council , next Tuesday evening , at the Hall ot Science , Workingham street . StorBBRiDGE—An artjoureed meeting of the Land member * , will be held at tha Crown rooms , oa this , ( Saturday ) evening , at seven o ' clock , for thecocsideration of important subjects relative to the Land Plan . DiWjB-Kv . —A district delegate meeting will be held in tbe Chartist meeting-room , Dewsbnry , on Sunday , August 27 * h , at two o'lock in the afternoon . Delegates fr jm each locality are requested to attend , and to bring proper credentials with them .

      Heckmoxdwikb , seae Leeds—The Cfeartist members of this lecility are requested to attend a general meeting on Monday evening , August 2 S : b , at eight o ' clock , at the Red Chapel , ( op of Heckmondwike , on important bu ? ines » . Sooth Losbos Chartist Hall . Blackfriara ' -road . —A meeting ot all the Lind members of this branch will take place , on Sunday , August 27 th . at six o'clock , on bnsine < 3 of vital importance . Members arercqiejted to bring their cards . Acchingtos —A meeting of the Land membsra of this branch will be held en the 2 G-. h instant , at the Temperance Room , Chanel-strest , on basinet of importance . Bilston . —A special general meeting of Land members will take place at Mr Linney ' s , on Sunday evenl « '/? . l > S 3 Ven O ' clocb ' for the further consideration of Kr 0 Connor ' s propositions . Members are requested to attead .

      _ Btmi— The shareholders of this branch of the wind Company are requested to attend a meeting in Clarke-street , on Sunday evening next , on business of importance , at six o ' clock . Newcastle gpos-Ty . se . —Mr John West , of Mac olesfield , commenced his labours as lecturer for the Jforthumbsrlaad and Durham district at Swalwell , on Sunday , August 20 : h . Localities desirous of having the services of Mr John West , are requested to correspond immediately with James Nisbetfc , 10 Gibson-s ; reet . A Lecturer ' s Fund , for the payment of Mr YV . ' s expenses , has been established here , to ba supported by voluntary subscription ? . Localities this district

      in are particularly requested to collect subscriptions for this purpose , asd transmit them to Martin Jade , the district treasurer , as soon as possible .-A cawp meeting will be held at the Avenue Head , Seaton Delaval , ou Sunday , August 27 ih , at two o ' clock . —Mr John West will attend and address themseting . The adjourned dheusaon on the propositi of F . O'Connor , for the regulation of the Land Company , will be reamed in M . Jude'slong room , on Sunday , August 27 sb , at four o ' clock . —The next meeting of the Northumberland and Durham district will ba held in M . Jade ' s , Cock Inn , Head of the Side , Newcastle , on Sunday , S 3 ptember 3 rd , at two o'clock .

      BoLiojr . —An a journed members' meeting of thia branch of tha Land Company will take place on Sunday afternoon , August 27 th , at two o ' clock , to consider the last four propositions in Mr O'Connor ' s letter of August 12 th . Cheltenham . —A society for the mutual improvement of its members has been formed , and will hold meetings every Sunday evening , from seven til ) nine o'clock , in the Caartist room , Queen ' s- buildags . __ Notice —No more communications for the Chartists of Bilton must basent to James Malleson , the ate Ciartiit secretary , as he has dot nothing to do with that body .

      Meuthtr TinviL . —The members of the Land Company , resident ia this town aad neighbsuriood , are requested to attend at the branch office , back of the Three Horse Shoes , at two o ' clock on Sunday neit , the 27 ch instant , to take into consideration the proposed alterations prior to the visit of the directors te this town . Ipswich .-Th e members of the Chartist Association are informed that , m consequence of b ; ing deprived oftnen- meeting room in Nicholas-street , their meetings , m future , will be held on Sunday evening , at t & elADd members room , the Castle Inn , Lower Orwell street . All members in arrears with their subscriptions are requested to attend and pay the simet AIr S . Kn » D will deliver a lecture at 83 Deanrtreet , Siho , en Sunday evening . tha 27 ; a instant , at fcalf-pa t seven 8 ' elock . Subject : « Louis Blanc snd the English Press . '

      . „ i , ' ~ An adjoarned meeting of Land members will take place on Suaday afteraooH , September 3 rd , at two o clock in the afternoon , for tha farther con . nae « , ioa of Mp Q'Qnws ' f pmA & mi

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      Price Twopence , THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC MEETING A LETTER Addressed ( befere Sentence , ) TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILDE , By Eenebt Jones . This letter contains the substancs of the address which Ernest Jones intended to deliver in the court , but which the judge would not allow to be spaken . Also , price Threepence , 4 VERBATIM BEP 0 HT OF IHB TRIALS OP ERNEST JONES AND THE OTHE R CHARTIST LEADERS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER PDBIISHED . Price Is . 6 ( 2 ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Just published , price 33 ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN SILLETT . In his Examination before the Committee on the National Land Company-This important body of evidence forms sixteen closely printed pages , and c mclusively proves what may be done , by explaining what John Sillett has done , with Two Acres . Now ready , Price Is . Nos . 19 , 20 , OF " THE LABOURER- " — w & NOTICE . It was intended to have presented an abstract of the whole of the Evidence given before the Committee , in the present double number of the ' Labocbeb . ' It was , how . ever , so voluminous , and at the same time of so much importance to a thorough understanding of the whole subject , that it has been found impossible to condense it within that limit In the next number of ' The Labocres' fwhich will immediately follow the present , ) we shall give the important evidence of Mr Sullivan , M . P ., a member of the Committee , who personally visited twoofthe Estates , and also of the tno eminent Account , ants , to whom the Financial position and prospects of the Land Company were submitted by tbe Committee We shall accompany the Abstract of Bvidencc by an analvsis of'the prominent points developed , and of the plan ' by which Mr O'Connor proposes to meet and obviate the objections to the scheme , elicited in the course of the investigation . No . 21 , Pri : e Sixpence , will be ready on September 1 st , Watson , Qeeen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A Heywood , Manchester : and all Book . sellers in Town and Country .

      Ihe Northern Star, B1tbrda7, August 26 , 1818.

      IHE NORTHERN STAR , B 1 TBRDA 7 , AUGUST 26 , 1818 .

      The Kek3n Of Terror. On Thursday Last, I...

      THE KEK 3 N OF TERROR . On Thursday last , in the sixteenth year of Reform , and during the administration of the Reforming Whigs , who have been traitors to the Cro « n , traitors to the People , and traitors to the English Constitution , another Coercion Bill passed the Commons , with the title of " Unlawful Oaths ( Ireland ) . " We cannot sufficiently express our horror and disgust of those truculent men , who ,, though professors of constitutional liberty , have thus destroyed every vestige of the constitution , as regards

      Ireland ; but we cannot confine our observations to the state of Ireland alone , we must , in justice , extend them to the present state of England . Every country in the world pressed down under the weight of kingcraft and priestcraft , is awaking as it were from the nightmare , and throwing off the incubus of this double pressure ; while England , more oppressed than any other country in the world , is , at the present moment , under a more severe despotism than any other country in Europe .

      The philosopher shall not refer to our glorious constitution , in its entirety and integrity , as a refutation of our assertion , because we honour and respect the old Euglish constitution , when man was allowed to live on the land of his birth , when the natural client was nursed and fostered by his natural patron ; but it is no part of the British constitution that cla ~ s should live upon class , and that Government should continue their rule upon no other principle than that of exciting alarm in the minds of one class , that they may live upon the false fears of that class , while they hold the

      other , and the most valuable , in a state of bondage , famine , destitution , and want . Can it be denied that profligacy increases in the exact proportion in which the demand for liberty progresses ? Can it be denied that liberty , tempered with reason and discretion , and not that liberty which would be likely to degenerate into licentionsness , is now the one great object sought by universal Europe ? And can it be denied that the administrators of the much-boasted constitution of England , are now attempting to meet this universal demand by increased profligacy , increased patronage , and increased terror ?

      The servile and corrupt Press of this country would hound the Government upon all who profess Chartist principles ; while , without the same thought , discussion , and consideration , which has led to the adoption of those principles by the English people , the people of all other countries of Europe , without the same discussion and pre-concert , are adopting the same principles—thus proving their legitimacy , and showing that , from their realisation alone

      the dissensions now prevailing amongst the human family , can be suppressed and destroyed . The name of Chartism may have become odious , as the name of every progressive movement does , the object of which is to establish right upon the ruins of might—like every other principle , it must pass through the ordeal of ridicule , contempt , and persecution , until it arrives at that giant strength and threatening magnitude which deserves discussion , legislation , and acceptation .

      What boots it , that a people starving , a people deceived , a people taxed to overbearing to support a profligate Government and an expensive system , should break out into physical resistance , which may for the time and for the nonce entail odium and disrespect upon the professors of that political creed—those ebullitions , though suppressed by the appliances of a strong Government , but mark the growing discontent . Like thema « net , the creed attracts all the dissatisfied , until , at length , the resistants are obliged to bend and yield , and , with a bad grace , they yield to fear much more than would have been accepted if conceded to justice .

      We are not chargeable , the staunch Chartists , the Old Guards , are not chargeable with any of those crimes which are now attributed to the professors of Chartism ; and , however the struggle may end between the privileged jury-class , possessing power , and the outlawed class , looking for power , we will still maintain the whole principles of Chartism inviolate and unadulterated ; and we will do so because we consider them to be the basis of peace , contentment , and plenty , and because we consider them to be in strict accordance with every principle of humanity .

      What is crime ? Now-a-days crime is not what man does of his own free will . Crime now is what the agents of Go \ ernment compel a man to do . In London , scores of Chartists have been arrested . Some are now eking out the time of their solitary imprisonment , while their families are starving and their oppressors revelling ; while others are living upon the slender hope of deliverance from the hands of their persecutors . We , however ,

      notwithstanding the charges of profligacy urged against us by Drammond , Hrme , and Lord Arundel and Surrey , cannot charge ourselves with being in any way instrumental to the persecution of our Chartist brethren . We cautioned them in season—we cautioned them through all time—to be cautious of traitors , of spies , and informers . We announced that all the appliances at the command of a desperate government would be put into operation ; to destroy their mos

      Dreaded Assailants. We Told Tbem That Th...

      dreaded assailants . We told tbem that their every act , and their every word , would be sub « ject to the construction which n hired desperado might put upon them ; and our readers will believe that we formed no unreasonable conclusion when we publish the following letter , received by Mr O'Connor from the informer Powell : — Iloxton . Sib , — I bave been the means of sending missionaries

      to the north of England , for the purpose of brinpinp the men of tbe north out , and when they return it is our intention to bold a delegate meeting of London Chartists , and to require your ntttndance , nlien we are determined to mako a bold stand , our men being resolved not to wait longer for their rights ; and it you are not prepared to attend that delegate meeting , and share'lie dangers of the Chartist body , you will be one of the first victims to jour own cowardice . Your obedient servant , Thomas Powell

      Besides the above communication , Mr O'Connor received a letter from this same Powell , impressively inviting him—nay , commanding him—to attend the meeting in Miltonstreet , and for speaking at which Shaw is new in custody . But , still further , when the time arrives we expect to be able to prove that this said Powell had laid a scheme ) for the assassination of Lord John Russell , which nothing but the indomitable courage of Mr O'Connor could have prevented ; and which he did prevent at the risk of his own life , and in which some of the staunchest and oldest Chartists in London , co operated—that is , they co-operated with Mr O'Connor in overturning the foul attempt .

      Even apart from this , we give the following evidence of the character of the said Powell from fellow-labourers , who have worked with him , who know his character , and abhor his vices , and these are taken from the original documents signed by those men : — Pichard Pennell , of 51 , India Cottage , Monyers-street , Iloxton Sow Toum . I have known Powell ; for thirtc n years , am awnre lie committed forgery on kis lather . He informed me that he has been employed at Its . to 15 s . per . day as a decoy to thiiuble-rigirers , to draw other parties in to let and play-About five years aco be used to Le enganed in watching the thieves about Uegcnt-street and thu Strand . He got

      tired of it , as he only g' - -t 3 s . Gd . a day . lie told me ho could get more out of the thieves to keep quiet . He told me be was continually in fear of the counsel that they would he : ir of the thimble rig aft ' uit-, and so damage his evidence . The last time I saw him was about fuur or five months ago , when he wished me t- join the Association , as ho would propose me , as ho was one of their head men ; and wanted me then to propose him as a delegate , as he should get £ > or £ t per week , wturh would be better than humbugging about at old Smith ' s , as he could make out of carpentering . He then told me ' that if I . would come to his house next Sunday

      be would show me materials that would blow London to tt . e devil in half . an hour ; and he tceap . t tbat Sir (" cor ^ e Grey , Lord John Russell , the Queen , and Prince Albert , would have thiir b-y brains knocked out first , audit' 1 , as an individual , did rot join them , he would point me eutto theni , should have bullets put through . them . I have frequently heard him say he wished his old father's soul was in h—1 , and he ehnuM like to pull the old b-r out of his grave . I have known him maliciously to chop up the men ' s tools , and put others in the fire , because tiii-y would not associate with him in his villnnous conduct . ( Signed ) Hicuard Pikxeli ..

      Henry Watson . No . 5 , Barton-court , Iloxton Old Town . A fellow workman , carpenter . About twenty-thrce years ago he committed forgery on his father , on the Moorfiel . i ' s Bank , aud was obliged to fly to Amerlci ; in about two years lie came back ; about eight years ago fee turned common informer ; and about live years ago bis occupation was watching peop ' e , and endeavouring to prevail on others to appear as witnesses against parties for passing bad money . Since tliea he has been employed by MrStnth , and during that time he has endeavoured to prevail on me to join this secret meeting , and never to go without a dagger and other deadly weapons , a » he w . is armed with a brace of pistols , a sword , and a dagger ; about ten weeks ago he tried to prevail on me to golto Webber-street and Golden-lane , to facilitate the getting up of those meetings . ( Signed ) Henry Watson .

      Now , the Smith referred to above is brotherin-law to the said Powell ; he is a highly respectable man , employing from fifty to sixty tradesmen , and the foreman of that establishment , if necessary , is ready and willing to come forward to depose to the infamy of this miscreant . But , suppose Mr O'Connor had been weak enough , or so cowardly , as to yield to the threat of this ruffian , what then would have been the result of his treachery ? It appears , also , that this ruffian was the fomentoroi ' the whole conspiracy ; and after so many years of practised vilJany , associated with the greatest miscreants , and practised in

      the art of deception , was it wonderful that such a professor should have been able to secure willing and enthusiastic followers ? It further appears that the whole of the Lancashire conspiracy was brought about by one who , we are credibly informed , is now read y to tender evidence on behalf of the Crown against his associates . In 1843 , the principal witness against Mr O'Connor and fifty-nine others , at Lancaster , was a reporter of the Northern Star , to whom the proprietor had rendered signal service , and it was natural , therefore , that Mr O'Connor should nut only have felt suspicious himself , but sh ? uld have

      warned others against the machinations of such villains . And as of yore , so now , and so it will be always , according to the Free-trade principle—where there is a demand , there will be a supply—last week we dismissed one of the reporters of this establishment—not Mr Stallwood , —from the fact communicated to us that he was in constant communication with the detectives and police , and not wishing , however great the danger may be of being associated with an outlawed principle , to be in any way mixed up with treachery and deceit . However the Whigs may be able to use a jury class against British subjects , in the hope

      of suppressing Chartism , and however they may have the co-operation of the Hume and Cobden quadruped alliance , both factions may rest assured that Chartism , though struck down now by the bloody hand of tyranny , will rise , not from its ashes , but from its slumber , and will overthrow despotism and establish the rule of justice in this country . Does the present administration suppose , that the fears of English landlords are as usable and as useful as the profligacy of Irish members ? and do they imagine that the Saxon blood of the aristocracy of England will not revolt against that perfidy which now but maintains itself by the profligacy and co operation of traders , who speculate in human blood ? The heart sickens

      when Ireland is the theme ; the blood recoils when we find that upon Thursday jjlast , when Mr O'Connor moved the rejection of the last act of Coercion for Ireland , that there was not an Irish member to second it , although the " fat young gentleman , ' ' the leader of the " moral | force humbug , " ( Mr John O'Connell ) was in the lobby at the time . If ever there was a period when it was necessary for the Chartists to be on their guard against the plots and intrigues of government spies and informers , it is now ; and if ever there was a Government which deserves the execration of all classes , rich and poor , it is that Government which has found its way to office upon pledges of extensive reform , and has destroyed confidence by the violation of those pledges .

      The « Conspiracy." Our Town Edition Of L...

      THE « CONSPIRACY . " Our town edition of last Saturday contained a report of the examination of the persons arrested in London on the preceding Wednesday . That report supplied to our country readers this week , is accompanied by notices of subsequent arrests and examinations . Two or three of the persons arrested , or said to be implicated , are known to have professed Chartist principles , and on this foundation the Press gang have been howling for a week past , over what they have called the " Discovery of a Chartist Conspiracy . " " Conspiracy" there may have been , but not a Chartist conspiracy . The only known Chartist against whom that charge is brought is Cuffay .

      Now , taking the evidence against Cuffay for granted—which , in fact , considering the suspicious source it comes from , we are not inclined to do—it is rather too bad that one man ' s folly should be made the pretext for invoking vengeance against the entire Chartist party . The prosecuting counsel , Mr Clarkson , admitted a distinction between the veritable Chartists and the misguided men who , as he said , "took upon themselves the character of Chartists , " and " affected to be Chartists "—a distinction which the Press would have imitated , had its conductors any regard for truth and

      honour ; hut when did a regard for either characterise the unprincip led Press-gang ? According to the evidence of Joseph Thompson sergeant of police , he picked up a paper at tlie ' Orange Tree public house , which paper certified that . George Greenslade and William Byrne had been elected delegates to the National Chartist Convention for the " Thomas Paine Lodge . " Without raising the question as to the genuineness of this " paper , '' solemnly declare that the men named , George Green slade and William Byrne , were never members of any " National Chartist Convention . " All delegate meetings known by that or any similar name , have been reported in this journal ; and the names of these men never

      appeared in connexion with any such " Conventions . " If there ever has been any secret delegation assuming the title of ' ' National Chartist Convention , " we know not where or when that delegation met ; and if there was any such meeting , we declare , in the name of the Chartist party , that that meeting had no authority to take to itself any such title . Again , if there is any knot of men calling themselves the "Thomas Paine Lodge , " they are unknown to us . The Chartist Organisation includes neither " lodges , " nor anything in the shape of " lodges . " The Plan of Organisation adopted years ago , and revised in public by the late delegate meeting calling itself the " National Assembly , ' ' repudiates secrecy in every name and form .

      Some of the prisoners had " Chartist cards " on them . It is not stated whether the whole of these cards were the tokens of membership issued by the National Charter Association . It is not the first time that persons have taken up cards of the Association for purposes of their own quite foreign to the interests of the Association . For instance , a certain person ( whose thirst for notoriety broke out all over him at the time of the Cochrane Revolution in

      Trafalgar Square ) , was elected to the Chartist Convention , which met in London on the 3 rd of April last . He was challenged to show that he was a Chartist , which he very soon did b y producing his card of the National Charter Association , which lie had taken up—two or three days before the Convention assembled ' . That person ' s name has figured two or three times of late in the Bankruptcy Court , and on each occasion the penny-a-liners have announced him as " Mr , the Chartist leader !"

      The man was wholly unknown to the Chartists previous to the meeting of thelate Convention , and since the dissolution of that assembly he has never mixed with the Chartists , yet the vile Press-gang proclaim him a " Chartist leader . ' Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell has as g ood claim to that title . The man , Thomas Powell , is utterly unknown to the Chartist party , and the veritable Chartists , the men who have borne the h -at and burden of a ten years' agitation , would never have reposed confidence in a man without public name and reputation . How he rewarded the confidence of his dupes , the following revelations , when under cross-examination , will show : —

      " I entered the Association for the purpose of getting information , and communicating it to the Police Commissioners . I encouraged and stimulated these men in order to inform against them . " And again — " I gave the men some bullets ; I gave halls to Gurney ; I gave him half-a-pound of powder ; I also cast some bullets on purpose for him , and gave them to him . "

      It appears also , according to his own account , that when at the secret meeting , thu night previous to the arrests , the chairman put the question to each so-called " delegate , '' " Are you prepared ? " —that is , " Are you prepared to come out with your men to-morrow night ? " Powell answered in the affirmative . " He' '( the chairman ) " put the question to one before me , " says Powell , " and he said 'Yes . ' He then put the question to me , and I said ' YES !!! ' " No « onder he trembled violently whilst giving his evidence—no wonder he drank quantities of water—no wonder he had to be accommodated with a chair . Poor

      wretch ! But comment would be superfluous . "The approver ' s " own damning admissions do more than even the pen of a Cobbctt could do to exalt this Powell to the goodly com panionship of those saints of Sidmouth ' s

      era—OLIVER , CASTLES , RICHMOND , and EDWARDS ! " Spies , '' says the Morning Chronicle , " are necessary evils . " But was it necessary , after Powell ' s dupes were in custody , to send him amongst them to glean information from their own confessions to a man whom they yet supposed worthy of their confidence , and imagined came to them as a friend ? This was done , at least in the case of one of the prisoners—Gurney . Such a mode of obtaining evidence against the accused is thoroughly disgraceful , and ought to have been repudiated by the government prosecutor .

      This affair has been made the pretext for another furious outburst against Chartism , on the part of the Press-gang ; the Times , as usual , taking the lead . With a recklessness of depravity nowhere to be found out of Printing-House-square , the Times asserts that Chartism is " a compound of burglary and arson , with murder superadded . " Again" Modern Chartism has but three points—fireraising , bloodshed , and plunder . '' Is not this horrible ? With how much more justice might we charge upon Whiggism and Toryism the robberies , burnings , and murders , accounts of

      which fill so much space in the public journals . It is notorious that robberies , burnings , and murders , are nearly always to be traced to the destitution—physical or mental , usually both —of the perpetrators of those crimes . Whigs and 'lories of the present or past generations make , or have made , the laws and institutions which have moulded society to its present shape , and neither the Whigs nor Tories have done anything to emancipate the multitude from ignorance , vice , and misery . The Chartists have been and are powerless , and have had nothing to do with creating or perpetuating

      the general causes of crime . Can the same be said of Whigs and Tories ? Those parties have refused to provide adequate means for the education of the people ; the y have established a political system which , in a great measuie , owes its stability to the vices of the people —witness the beer shops and gin palaces—and by taking no steps to put an end to the destitution of the unemployed , although possessing ample power to do so , they have kept alive and yearly ' aggravated the strongest inducement to crime . It is not true , as the Times

      asserts , that England is " cultivatedjto the top of its power . " It is not true thatthe present " regulations of society , " which * constantly leave a mass of human beings to thejtemptation to commit crime , are " inevitable . ' All this mig ht and would be changed , if the " six points" of the Charter—not the " three points" of the Times—were in the ascendant . One word more . If Chartism is to be held responsible for Powell ' s plot , what ism should be saddled with the Derby riots , the burning of Nottingham Castle , and the sacking of Bristol ? An answer will oblige .

      The Chronicle ' s description of the prisoners explains how it happened that they became associated in their mad enterprise : — The prisoners were all in the garb of mechanics and labourers , nnd in the entire body there wns not a single individual whose appearance indicated an approach to even ordinary physical strength , or whose countenance displayed any of that ferocity of disposition whieli tha atrocious character of the crime imputed to them would seem naturally to betoken . It was not " feroci ty of disposition , " but starvation , as evidenced by their utter want of physical strength , " which had induced them to lend an ear to the tempter , and combine for — their own ruin , That there has been a "Conspiracy , " we

      cannot deny it , but will all the conspirators be brought to trial ? No ! The worst will escape . The Press-gang have conspired to misrepresent the working classes , and excite prejudice against their principles ; and , successful in their conspiracy , have driven men in their despair to seek the means ot escape from their misery , even by violence . The supporters of the Gagging Bill , and the employers of spying reporters and spying detectives , have , by rendering the

      ancient right of public meeting a nullity , conspired , too successfully , to drive a portion of the people to favour secret societies , against the advice and warnings of their true friends . Lastly , Powell , the informer , conspired with the police to take advantage of the misery and madness of his dupes , of course with no other object than the public good in view , and not that he mi ^ ht earn the customary "thirt y pieces of silver . ''

      And now we warn the London Chartists that Powell is not Ike only deceiver ! We have accurate information of the doings of at least one other informer—a creature who twelve months ago was unknown to the Chartist party , but who within that time has made himself notorious at the east end of London by his apparent morbid craving for notorietyhut his real motives are now known to us . We warn the London Chartists that such a

      creature—in personal appearance a satire upon " physical force "—is amongst them . He has urged on others to the talking of violent nonsense , and preparations for violent deeds , and has then communicated every word and act to the police . Spies are amongst you , men of London—beware of them . Villany and folly have done their work well , and , in consequence , every Chartist is menaced with public and private persecution . No matter , we shall continue to defend and

      advocate the principles of Chartism , in spite of both fools and knaves ; convinced that those principles are founded in justice and truth , and that their establishment is necessary for the welfare of society . The Chronicle says , that " no honest man will henceforth allow himself to be classed with Chartists at all . " But , " come weal , come woe , " the name of Chartist shall ever be dear to us . Though the hurricane of persecution is once again raging , we nail our flag to the mast— "THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !"

      Parliam Entary Rkvi K\V . It Is Very Pai...

      PARLIAM ENTARY RKVI K \ V . It is very painful to see such a waste of labour and good intentions as that exhibited by the debates of this protracted Session . Though the 12 th of August has lured away the more confirmed of the sportsmen to the pleasures of field and forest , there still remains a goodly number of senators , old and young , who are quite ready to sacrifice themselves , in day and night sittings , for " the good of their country . " But the fates are against these patriots . Not all their enthusiasm and perseverance can move the vis inertia of a Whig administration—not all their efforts remove

      the frightful nightmare of Whig incapacity , which presses upon the Legislature , and benumbs its energies . As it is , the debates serve merely to indicate the vast importance of the subjects left untouched—subjects which press imperatively for settlement , but are neglected by a Government which has neither the ability n'ir the energy required to grapple with them , and which is laboriously elaborate and busily idle

      with such small matters as fall within the range of their limited intellects . B y way of compensating fur the absence of one or two grcai measures , which would produce appreciable and beneficial results , they heap on the table of both Houses a host of legislative trifles , which have at least the effect of occupying the time and attention of our legislators , and to make a show of work , if the reality be wanting .

      It is not considered sufficient that Ireland should be afflicted by famine , pauperism , and landlordism . A few bigots wish to inflame a little more violently the already too great religious animosities which prevail in that unhappy country . In 1832 , a system of national education , based upon a principle of respect for all conscientious religious opinions , was introduced into Ireland , It was under Lord Stanley ' s administration , and he has , therefore , received the credit of originating the system , which , we believe , is really due to Mr Thomas

      Wyse , the late Member for Waterford . The object of this system was to " afford a combined literary and a separate religious education , which should be so far adopted to the views of all religious persuasions in Ireland , as to render it in truth a national system of education for the poorer classes of the community . ' ' The schools were to be kept open for moral and literary education , only for four or five days in the week . The other days were to beset apart for giving separately , such religious education to the children as might be approved by the clergy of their respective

      persuasions . One would have imagined that a system so obviously just to all parties , would have met with hearty support—the very contrary has been the case . The bishops and clergy of that monstrous incubus on Ireland—the Protestant Established Church , not content with robbing the Roman Catholics of the revenues they receive , have set up t continuous howl against these schools , and done all in their power to deprive the Roman Catholic children of their benefits , on pretence that they were a violation of the rights of conscience , and that all education should be based on the use of the Bible as a school book .

      Lord John Russell effectually disposed of this flimsy pretence in his reply to the application of Mr Hamilton , on Monday night , to interfere with the system established in 1832 , by making a separate grant to the Established Church . He said—The Roman Catholic says , ' It is a violation o ruyeinscieuce to oblige my child to receive religious instruction of which the Roman Catholic church disapproves . ' That is a very intelligent proposition ! But when the l'roteetant clergyman says , ' It is a violation of my conscience to promote education , unless 1 can con pel Roman Catholic children to receive religious instruction according to the forms or the Church of England . ' the > . - ord ' violation ' ( I conscience becomes so vague and unimportant tbat I for one cannot attach any meaning at all to it . ( Loud caters . )

      1 he best argument in favour of the system is , that ever since its establishment it has gone on steadily increasing in public favour , and public utility . At first there were about 1 , 000 schools , and 100 , 000 scholars ; there are now upwards of 4 , 000 schools , and about 450 . 000 scholars ; and this in spite of the most inllexible and persevering hostility on the part of the Protestant Clergy . Every traveller who has visited Ireland and examined the working of these Schools , speaks of them as the only green spot in the history of that unhappy country , and as the only feature which

      promises a better future . We think , therefore , that the Ministry were right in refusing to interfere with a system which has , for sixteen years , had the support of every successive Administration ; which has . during that period , made such a steady progress in usefulness ; and which is calculated to be of such future benefit to Ireland , by removing those religious prejudices and animosities which are the greatest bane and curse of human society . It is also gratifying to add , as a proof of the decadence of religious intolerance and bigotry , that onl y fifteen members were found to " vote for such interference .

      Among The Numerous Matters Talked About,...

      Among the numerous matters talked about , we note one significant omission , No one says a word about the state of the country , as indicated b y the numerous arrests which are now making in every part of it . Is it fear of probing the real weakness of the present systern too deeply , which imposes this prudent silence ? We had prepared comments on the Bank , Sugar , and Slave Trade questions , which have constituted portions of the week ' s debates , but press of matter compels the postponement of the / emarks till our next number .

      Trial Of Dll M'Dot'all The Liverpool Ass...

      TRIAL OF Dll M'DOt ' ALL The Liverpool Assizes are commenced the trial of Dr M'Donall will take place ne week . As yet , the fund collected i ,- insnfE * cient to pay counsel , or take his witness es t " Liverpool . There is no time tj he lost . fj | tists of England , bestir yourselves , and iV * " " " not your advocates—unassisted and defend less—to struggle in the entangled meshes ff the law . All monies for the defence must 1 forwarded immediatel y to William Prowt' ^ Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , Essex Ch amber " 8 Essex-street , Manchester . s >

      Io Iltafcers & Corresiaonuente,

      io iltafcerS & Corresiaonuente ,

      Abrrdee.W—In Reply To Mr Smart's Letter,...

      Abrrdee . w—In reply to Mr Smart ' s letter , which peired in tho Star of August 5 th , w : have receiver " letters from two well known Chartists in Aberdeen and also from a body of workmen in that town , refuting Mr Smart ' s statement , and expnssinR approbation of our previous comments on the conduct ot the parties defended by Air Smart . We decline publishing these letters , as they contain severe strictures upsm ' certain persons in Aberdeen , end we have no inclination to tin the columns of the Nohtherh Star with personal de . nunciations . G-. I ' , earnestly recommends that the Northern Stas should be sent to Ireland . Cbkltexiiam . —Mr John Hemmin earnestly calls on the Chartists of this town to do their duty , and rally round the banner of Chartism .

      Mr G . Adams , Glasgow . —We do not supply the Labi-icher to country agents , You can procure it through any London agent , Mr Kav , Motherwell . —You will obtain the ' Fifteen Lessons' from Mr J . Watson , Queen ' s Head lavage , Pa . ternost « r-rcw , London . Tub LiBEBrr Feso . —We understand tint as many ap . plications have been made for postponement , and the required number not beinp made up for the ballot for the four freehold houses , with votes , for ona shilling , at Holt , in West Norfolk , the committee have postvoiud the same till Monday , Sep . 25 th , lets , which will Rive those who are desirous of supporting this laudable undertaking an opportunity of doii . g so ; and when tha depressed state of the saiu fund is taken into conside . ration , this is higfely desirable . Every intl rmation can be obtained by applica ion to the secretary . John Arnott , Bricklayers'Arms , Ton bridge-street , Ncw-road ,

      London , if by letter ( pre paid ; , with stamp enclosed for reply . Mr J . GiLaov . MerrtBgton . —Received . Mr IT . GriArpLE , Portland . —If a post town the charge is ille / al—if not , the demand is proper . They are posted in time for delivery on Saturday . Mr Goslino , Congleton . —Must apply for the portrait of Mr O'Connor , to Mr S . Boonham , Ui , Hi $ h Upturn . Mr Leer , Gorebridge . — It expires on the -Jijrd of September . IPSWICH . W . G . The advice shall be attended to , A SuiiiCIUliLtt , Burnley . —Yes . Notice . —AgenU and subse-ribers will p i cas- - ; ui-cont ' muo remitting their accounts in postage stamjs , as we are quite overstocked with them . Mr BubKELL , Greenock . —Received . A notice of ynur liberation was already in type . An Knoi . isu Chartist , Belfast . — Received with many thanks .

      Ai ) EiiD £ EN .-Tbe Aberdeen subscribers to the Northers Star , and M the North British Express arc informed that the Chartist committee have rcsoive-d to undertake the sale of those newspapers—the profits anting therefrom to be devoted to the purposes of tlie association . Subscribers favourable to this object , will please give theirorders to J . Shirron , 48 , Skene-strn . t , nln-rc tho paper * can be had oh the day of their arrival , until fur . ther notice . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the recent of the fjllowing sums , for the defence of Dr M'Kouall : —

      -1- " s - d - IromBingbam ., ,. ,, .. u 2 8 Mr Chipindale .. .. .. .. Old From the' Lord Holland ' .. .. 0 o ii Mr Lovcrseed .. .. .. .. 0 0 tf Mr Dalton .. .. .. .. u u G Mr Shepherd .. ., .. .. n 0 i Mr Brozholme .. .. .. 0 0 3 Mr Kirk . .. ., ., o ( I 2 From the'Colonel Hutchinson' .. .. 0 i i By Mr 1 ' rocor .. .. .. .. i ) I ' . Oi Mr Clark ' s second communication is unavoidably postponed . Aberdeen Land Members , and T . Plume , London It shall appear in our next . A Correspondent at Lowbands asks— 'What is best to do with potatoes that are diseased ' ' alui , ' ' lictlie-r it is better to dig those which arc partially so , or leave them in the ground ?'

      Receipts Op The National L&Nd Companv, F...

      RECEIPTS OP THE NATIONAL L & ND COMPANV , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , AL ' Gl'ST 21 , 1818 . PE * MltO'CONNOB . BniEis , i ; a . d , York .. 2 14 G Shiney Row . .. 1 U 0 Bermondsey .. 0 13 0 Wm Danie-ls ., u i o Nottingham , James Ashtoii .. n 5 o Swict 0 7 6 Thos Thoru'itrry n 5 9 Worcester .. 8 7 () C Mowl .. o l o Oldham .. 0 11 0 J Colli « on .. o 10 0 Hexham „ 0 14 0 H Towers .. 0 1 J 0 Sheffield .. 10 0 0 £ -: <; 15 •} SIPENSE FUND . ——» Nottingham , Worcester .. I 16 6 Sweet .. 0 3 6 Shiney Row .. 0 16 £ 2 1 6 Land Fund 2 G 16 0 Kxpeaee Fund ... ... ... 2 16 28 17 G Bank 41 13 G £ 70 11 0 MHMflMTTMWTO Wm . Dixox , CHBisTopnea Dojlj , Thos . Cl » bk , ( Oorrea , Sec . J PaiiiP M'GBATE , ( Fin . See . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . By J . Goodby , Secretary , Auxiliary Baulc , Leicester .. .. .. .. .. l 0 e First Branch of Land Company , Leicester .. - . ' 0 o T . Puics , Manager . TUB LIBERTY FUND . Mr Jeffrie ? .. 0 12 9 Newcastle , M . Leeds , George Jude ,. o S 5 Heap .. 0 9 0 Todmordon , K . Keutish Town .. U 5 0 Close .. 18 6 £ 3 3 J John M'Cbae , Secretary . FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . BECEIVED BY W . SIDES . Newcastle Char- Bristol , per W . tists , per M . H yatt .. 0 10 0 Jude 0 6 9 Cheltenham So-Halstead , per R . ciety of Shoe-Payne .. 0 5 0 makers , per E . Pilkington , pet Sherland .. 10 0 1 . Eastwood .. 6 6 0 Leicester , a Few A Few Friends , Shareholders , Brownstone- per Z . Astitl 0 2 0 gate Factory , Ditto , a Few Leicester ., 0 10 8 Females , pir . M . Galley , Tentnor 0 0 6 Mrs Astill .. 0 4 0 . £ 3 i n DECEIVED AT L & ND OF 1-1 CE . Bloomsbury Lo . J , T . Crowthcrs , cahty , late of and Friends .. 0 3 5 the ( Jrange Tree 0 4 0 M . C . Mowl „ 0 U 6 Mr C . Brett , Florist 0 2 6 £ 0 7 11 BECEIVED BI J , M CRAE . Cupar Angus Djncastcr , Anne Charles Don 0 3 9 Swift .. 0 0 8 £ ¦) 4 _ FOR DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE . RECEIVED BY W . RIDBR . Barrhead , per Ilalsteai , per It . J . Kusse-11 .. 0 5 0 Payne .. 0 ° 0 Ve"tno r > P er M . Shiney Row , vv . Norman 0 16 County Dur . ham , per T . BlaUey „ 0 7 7 £ 0 16 I TO EXEMPT MR JONES FEOM OAK . CM PICSINo Piml-co , per R . Colo .. .. .. .. 0 " 5 0 Mas jokes' convexance fund Two Chartists , Yale of Levan o 1 0

      Executive Notice. In Future All Monies A...

      EXECUTIVE NOTICE . In future all monies and correspondence for the Lxecuiive of the National Charter Association must » e directed to John M'Crae , National Land Office , « i" 8 . Holborn - II >« hoped all parties will attend to this , and make no monies payable to John Jewell , except paid exclusively for Liberty Fund . John M'Crae , Secretary .

      Defence Fund. Received By Wu. Riobr. £ 8...

      DEFENCE FUND . Received by Wu . RioBR . £ 8 . < J . 5 | Awount already published ... ... 314 7 7 A Lover of Liberty , Pdton Fells ... "' 0 ¦ ' 6 ^•" . Kent ::: J i « W . rulleyrj , York , par W . Growth . * ... 0 x A C . Epworth , York ... ... ... 050 National Charter Association , Yoj fa ' „ ' . 0 5 0 IMklugtoo , per J . Entwood ... ... 0 6 0 Coventry , per W . Hosier ... ... e 6 0 Bridlington , per J V . ckerman ] ... ,,, 0 2 0 J . K ,, an EaglUh GU » r « a * ., B : lfi » t ... 0 5 0 £ 316 10 1 ! ¦ I ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26081848/page/4/