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      Rakltsls. —At A Meeting, Held En Monday ...

      _rAKlTSlS . —At a meeting , held en Monday night , . _^ r _^ _BJytbe _* ! room , the following resolution was _IJLwtoonsly _caijed : — " That this meeting is highly _^ _T _rtgfJa w ith the conduct of the brave men of London , F _*~! jjj _2 jg go boldly forward to supply the plar -s of the _jfiwsated member * of our Executive , and more _^ edafly _attlria critical juncture , when faction is doing _SjtroEit to crush our holy canae . We hereby tender _JfL jii onr h eartfelt thanks , and consider them worthy of _ggsupport of all true _demoerate . " _yrcraT & TR TVDVli . —At the weekly meeting of the Charter Association , Mr . David Davies in the chair , tha following resolution was mianimously passed : — ojhat we , the Chartists of Merthyr Tydvil , do deeply _jTOpathise with our brethren in their dungeons . - It _vss resolved also to send two pounds for their _def-us , » nd to double our exertions until we gain the

      victory-STO _CBPORT _'—The cause of Chartism goes on _jj tera , notwithstanding the treachery and trickery 3 _gg » piague . "' On Sunday night last , Mr . Thomas Clark lectured on Jndge Abinger ' s address to tbe Cheater Grand Jury -, the room was crammed to suffocation ; the lecturer in a most masterly style annalised this piece nf bison ? » ui ignorance , and proved , that were _poli-Sal intelligence the qualification for a voter , " his Lord-• _hte _' B right to the franchise "would be very questionable At the conclusion of his lecture he received an unanimous vote of thanks . Several persons took out cards at membership , and 9 s . 10 d . was collected for the _Association . Received from B . Enikswey's bleachers , for tie defence fund , lis . 6 _d-SVrDVSRSTSSVD . — Mr . E . Clayton sent the sum . _^ L 10 s . S J- for the general defence fund , on _Wed-Jsdsy last , to the General Treasurer .

      THE JIaschestee Packer has been lecturing at Aekwcrtb , Ardsley , Swinton , Mexborough , _ShcfSeld , Doncaster , and Barnsley ; and will be at the service' of the Association at Stockport , on Monday ; Rochdale , Tuesday ; Bary , Wednesday ; and any other localities in Lancashire , for the next fortnight . Any parties _gritiunz to communicate with him , must address their correspondence to Mrs . Brown _* s Temperance Hotel , Oldham-street , Manchester . OTJSEBTJBN . —The Chartists of this locality assembled , as usual , in their room , east end of the Railway Bridge , on Sunday morning . A second subscription was commenced for the _Defence Fund , when 8 good jim was _subscribed . Mr . John Mowbray ' s Chartists of _JTorthnmberiand and Durham

      _g _£ _er to the was next taken into consideration , when it was agreed unanimously— " That it is highly desireable that a union should take place between the two counties , and to enable us to carry the above worthy object into effect , we suggest that a delegate _meeting be holden in _Newcastle , ( as it appears to be most central ;) on Sunday , November 6 th , say one o ' clock , _p-m ., and we _iroiild also suggest the propriety of requesting the cooperation of Cumberland—the three counties united would be enabled to engage two lecturers , and keep up a continual agitation . " A vote of thanks was passed to the Metropolitan delegate meeting , for the energetic _asd spirited condnct they displayed in supplying the places of the four arrested Executive members .

      OLDHAM . —Mr . Bell , of Heywood , Chartist lecturer , was brought ' in custody by the police of this town . He was apprehended at his own residence at two _o'dcci on Snnday niornins , and safeiy lodged in the lockups of the Town-Hall , at one o ' clock at noon . He was _brongbt up en Monday morning at eleven o ' clock , for examination , before Jonathan Mellor , Esq ., and _committed to Kirkdale to take his trial , charged with attending an illegal meeting in Oldham- Mr . Bell has a delicate wife and three children wholly dependent upon him- On Sunday _evenicg last , Mr , O'Neil , of Manchester , delivered a very appropriate address . The _saniesee were respectable , and tiie lecture gave general satisfaction . At the conclusion , a collection waa made for the Defence Fund .

      Mfi . D . Boss delivered his first two lectures on elocution on Monday and Wednesday evenings . The _sttendance was very good ; and we are happy to state that the proceeds , after defraying expences , 50 to . the defence of the patriots that are suffering in the cause of liberty . There is every probability of the course _terminating successfully . HTJIA—At the meeting hereon Monday evening , the following resolution was carried : — " That this meeting view with horror and indignation the conduct of the present Government in the prosecutions now so relentlessly carried on against the men who dared to assert they had a rigkt to live . And that these sages not being content with tbe use of bad laws , have resorted to espionage and intimidation ; and have even raked np the evidence of felons to make sure of their victims . That we , in public meeting assembled , pledge ourselves , not only to continue our agitatien , bnt to double onr exertions , and never cease until tbe Charter becomes the law of the _iand . Five new members took out their cards .

      BRADFORD . —The members of the Council held their meeting in the room , Butter worth-buildings , when the following sums were paid in for the Defence : — Dunkirk-street , 5 s . ; Manchesfcer-road , 14 s . 6 _% d . ; B . H ., 6 d ; Nelson-court , la 3 d . ; F . _Budsey , la Id . ; " Masons ' Arms , Is . 5 d . ; Idle , 3 s . 7 d . ; Manninghani , Is ; Jamesstreet , Is . _ll _^ d . ; T . M ., la ; New Leeds , 3 s . 3 d . ; A . Jackson , 6 d- ; A Friend , 6 d . ; Golden Cock , 5 s . " Resolved that we canvass for subscribers to the Evening Star , and commence an agency for that paper , and that Mr . Smyth be instructed to correspond with the Editor . " There are _already six Stars taken in Bradford , and we reqnest each locality will make _arrangements to take in the paper , and notice the same to Mr . Smyth .

      The Chabtists of Manchester-road met . at the house of Mrs . Hill , on Sunday evening , Mr . Pedderbridgo in the chair ; several sums were paid in for the Defence , and arrangements made to forward the collections . The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at ex o ' clock in the evening , when business of importance will be brought before tha meeting . The _ChaStists of New Leeds met on Sunday , when arrangements were made for collecting for the Defence . A poor woolcomber paid 2 s . 2 d ., procured in ths following manner after working each day from six in the morning to ten o'clock at night—he then worked between two and three hours each night for the Defence , and at the end of the week paid the above sum as the proceeds of his labour .

      Mr . Hcelet lectured at Mannigham on Sunday , at the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and subscriptions entered into for the Defence . The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock , when all the Chartists of _Maunintham are respectfully requested to attend on business cf importance . Os Sr 5 DAT the large room , Butterworth-buildings _, Was opened for the reading of several politics ! works ; the Erer . _ing Star , Northern Star ; Chartist Circular , _Labstvrers Library and Democrat always to be had in the room . Breakfast Beverage sold , of which one penny out of each shilling goes to the Executive . The room open every day from ten o'clock in the morning until nine at night .

      NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Brophy lectured in the Primitive _Methodir . Chapel , Blue Quarries , on Wednesday evening last ; after which , Mr . Sinclair moved'the _foIlowiEg resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Scnthern , and agreed to , " That in the opinion of tbis meeting , the whole of the evils which press so heavily upon the industrious classes of these realms is really the renilt of class legislation ; that we believe the People ' s Charter to be its only antidote , and do hereby pledge ourselves forthwith to become members of the National Charter Association , so that by our united exertions we may procure those immunities to which We are entitled as Britons . "'—Mr . Brophy delivered two lectures in Neweastie on Sunday evening at the _Qusy , st five o ' clock , and in the Chartist s Hall , _Gi-oat . Inn , _Cloth-maiket , at seven o ' clock . _Mr-B- ' _s address on the Quay had made such an impression on the minds of his hearers , that as soon as it was announced , that he should lecture again in the Hall , the people went np in a body , and in a few _minnies the Hall ( which holds

      upwards of three hundred ) was crowded to the door , » _na a great many had to go away . After a vote of franks bad been unanimously carried to Mr . B . for his able services in the district for the last ten days , Mr . Sinclair read aloud from the Evening Star tbe _proceediegs of the Commission in Stafford , < _tc and the meeting dispersed highly gratified with the treat they had from ilzB , and venting loud and long imprecations upon that infamous traitor Griffin . —The Chartists of Newcastle held their usual business meeting on _Monday _evering , Mr . Robson in the chair . The minutes ef the preTisus meeting having been confirmed , two men of tiie united body of boot and _shoemakers said , that they had called on a . few of their _shopmates _, and procured 14 s . 6 d . for the general defence fund , that they expected

      to make it a pound to-morrow , and would either hand it over to the Committee or transmit it themselves to the _Geneial Treasurer . The latter was _considered most advisable ; snd it is hoped tbe other bodies will follow the _exarnpia 80 nobly shown by the boot and _shoeajaiers of Newcastle . Mr . Sinclair submitted the copy of a Circular , appealing to the sympathy of the middle "asses on behalf of the victims , and requesting their id in procuring funds for their defence . The copy * m approved of , and it was agreed that 2 C 0 copies _should be immediately printed . Several sums were paid ia to the defer . ee fund , and tbe Committee adjeeraed until Wednesday evening . The Evening Siar is read alcuc" every night ( Monday excepted ) , com mencing at eight o'clock .

      _J » BE 8 , hear Ci . uaBAM . —Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , hu just delivered a course of thrte lectures on elocut ion the members 0 * the Lee * Literary and Scientific institution . Tbe _Ieetafe ? were well attended through out , and the important _science of elocution was ex-P-ained , and its _principlea _reduced to practice , m a clear » nd masterly manner . . _WAtSftTiTi _. —Cm Sunday , Mr . Tbomason preached 1 ? ths Chartist Room , and gave great satisfaction Ten shillings were _ytted to the Defence Fund . The _ratmbaB met on Tuesday , to elect a Ooancil , and to tr _^ asaet other important business , Mr . Gr iffiths hi the 'fair- A determination was manifested to act with more etergj to carry out the Charter . Mr . _TJiomascn * S _* _m lectured on Wednesday to a very full meeting . _J-ue lecturer was listened to with the greatest attention , » ad all left the room highly delighted .

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      LONDON . —A concert was held on Tuesday evening , at the Chartist Hall , 55 , Old Bailey . The _attendance was very good , and the proceeds were devoted to the benefit ef the victims . _Somers Town . —At the usual weekly meeting , a resolution , expressive of confidence in Feargus O'Connor , and of sympathy for his illness , bronght on by the tyranny of his persecutors , was unanimously passed ; also a resolution expressive of approbation in tbe Metropolitan Dalegate Meeting , and the line of conduct laid down by the Execut ive , . pro . tern . Stab . Coffee House , XTniox-steeet , _Boeough . —Mr . Fairchild delivered an instructive lecture here on Tuesday evening last , on the subject of Parliamentary Reform ; after which the general business of the locality was transacted , and a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer for his exertions in the cause .

      Ship Tavern , Long Lane , Bermondsey J . Duncan , Esq . gave an able lecture to the members on Thursday week , in the Assembly Rooms of the above tavern , npon the political evils of this country , aud their remedy—namely , the People's Charter . The lecturer throughout was much applauded , and a vote of thanks was given to him . Several new members joined The members ~ met on Monday evening for general business . Mr . Maynard reported from the delegate _meeting at the Old Bailey . Report received . The balance-sheet for the two last months was audited and passed , which shewed that this locality had expended £ 7 in eight weeks In support of our glorious principles .

      Resolved— " That all persons holding books of subscription for the Victim Fund , do transmit the same to the next Council meeting ; and to prevent fraud , either on the pnblic or the -victims , by _nnanthorised collectors , no book is legal from this locality except those properly signed and sealed , as prepared by the Committee for that purpose . " This locality increases in numbers weekly , and one feeling exists—namely , each member will use every exertion to raise funds for the support of those noble patriots who are suffering under tyranny , and also their familie ~ Each member is requested to attend on Monday next , on bnsineas of importance .

      Mabtlebone . —Mr . Farrer lectured to a very crowded audience on Sunday evening last , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture , a collection wps again made in aid of the General Defence Fund , when 9 s . 7 d . was collected at the door . Mr . Packer again gave the profits arising from the sale of tha Chartist Circular , which amounted to 6 d ; which , with 9 s . lid that was in the hands of the Treasure . - , amounting in all to £ 1 , has been paid over to Mr . Pardon , at the Evening Star Office . Mr . Packer will , on Sunday evening next , give the profits arising from the sale of Campbell's Penriy Democrat in aid of the same fund . Trowbridge . —Mr . Wheeler has been nominated to tbe ensuing Executive by the General Council of this place . The spirited condnct of the men of London was highly approved of . Harlesion , Norfolk . —Mr . Morling , of Brighton , has been nominated for the ensuing Execntive .

      _Sausbtjrt . —At a general meeting of tha Council , Mr . Wheeler was nominated as a member of the Executive . The sum of five shillings was voted to the victims , and one-fourth of the month ' s receipts to the Executive . ABERDEEN . —The usual weekly meeting of the Northern District Charter Union , was held on Monday evening last , Mr . James M'Pherson in the chair . The chairman opened the business of the meeting in a short introductory speech , on the present aUrming crisis . The minutes of the previous meeting being read and confirmed , Mr . John Legge moved , " That a committee be appointed by thia meeting , for the purpose of getting np subscriptions from the various trades and shopkeepers , for the General Defence Fund . " The resolution was seconded and carried , and a committee of fifteen appointed . After the transaction of some local business the meeting _separated .

      The weeklt Meeting of the Female Charter Association , was he ! d on Wednesday evening , Oct 5 th , in the Hall , 38 , George-street , when Mr . Henry delivered a lecture on the land . It was resolved that the sum of five shillings bt sent to the Defence Fund of the persecuted Chartist victims ; likewise the sum of two pbnnds to the Union Hall Fund ; and we also ten shillings to assist in defraying the expenses of the delegate to the Scottish Convention . After some business of less importance had been transacted the meeting broke np . NORTHAMPTON At a meeting of Chartists of this town , on Tuesday , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That this meeting views with feelings of indignation and disgust the unparalleled persecutions in the arreBt of our uncompromising and indefatigable

      leaders of our cause , and is of opinion that such arrests are despotic , and an insult to the principles of justice , humanity , and truth . " "That the Chartists of Northampton approve of the act of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting in electing an Executive , pro tern , to conduct the affairs of the Association until another be elected by tho country , which we recommend to be done as early as possible ; and that we are prepared to maintain out principles , and will not swerve from them for the sake of expediency , nor be driven from them by persecution ; bnt such persecution shall only stimulate us with fresh energy and determination to rally round and support our persecuted leaders ; and will use all legal means , and resist to the last tbe efforts now making by the Government to suppress public opinion . NOTTINGHAM , —A general meeting of the council residing in Nottingham , comprising the Rancliffd Arms ,

      Robin Hoed , Democratic Chapel , Nag ' s Head , New Radford , and New Lenton localities , was held on Sonday morning . Tbe greatest enthusiasm was exhibited , and the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby giveD _, to the men of London , for the prompt and energetic manner in which they have acted in the present emergency . " ** That this meeting highly approve of the plans suggested by the Executive pro tern ., and pledge themselves to act upon the said suggestions as speedily as possible . " Twenty-nine men in this town are out on bail until the County Session ; steps axe being taken to procure a good defence for them . When spoken to on this snbject , they have universally declared that it was not their wish for funds to be raised for their defence , for they could not hang them , and wishing them to send their subscriptions to those men who stood more in need of it

      CaRRINGTON , near _Nottingham—A public meeting was held here , on Sunday evening last , to nominate a candidate for the Executive , according to tbe plan laid down by the London Committee , when Mr . Richard Hanken , of New Inn Yard , was elected . SHEFFIELD . —The folly and absurdity of the Government in attempting to destroy tha liberty of the people by pouncing on their leaders , has been clearly proved here this last week . Two " good men and true , " ( we cannot boast of gentlemen ) have nobly come forward to assist in the good old cause during the absence of onr excellent teachers and advocates , Messrs . G . JuMan Harney and Samuel Parkes . This is as it should be , this is the way to cenvince our rulers , that neither their persecution , nor Use trickery and juggling of our would-be friends , the big loaf an < i cheap

      bread men , can mnch longer withhold from the people tbe obtainmeut of their natural and political rights . We hope that every place where the myrmydons of tyranny have been at work , will experience the like result . —On Sunday evening Mr . George Sutton delivered an excellent and instruetive lecture in the Chartist Room , Fig-tree-lane , on the principles of the People's Charter . He repudiated the charge of infidelity laid against the Chartists , and ably fixed it upon the backs of their accusers . At the conclusion , ths thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to the lecturer . —On Monday evening Mr . Mordecai Travis lectured in the above room , proving the Charter to be the inalienable right of man , and that it i 3 based on the precepts of Christianity . — A vote of thanks was given to him , and a collection _msde for the defence of our incarcerated victims . The arrests of Mr . G . Julian Harney and Mr . G . Parkes have aroused the dormant minds of the people to

      action ; they are no longer in a state of apathy , but appear to outvie each other by their exertion in the good . work . Steps were instantly taken to provide the _meansi of defence , and we are authorised by the treasurer to acknowledge the receipt of seven shillings and elevenpence , and & even shillings and fourpence , being collections made among friends on two Saturday nights by Mr . Spencer ( a working man ) . We have only to say to all— " Go and do likewise . " A friend of Mr . Dale , of Woodhouse , has also sent three shillings for the same purpose . In the Evening Star ot Monday last , a correspondent from Sheffield says , " I fear that it will be difficult for the poor fellows in custody from this town to procure sufficient bail . " It affords us great satisfaction to inform him , that four responsible persons have voluntarily offered themselves as bail , and that we bave in hand for the defence of Mr . Harney and Mr . Parkes , five pounds , afUr having sent four pounds to tbe General Defence Fund , by the Chartists assembling in Fig Tree-lane .

      DERBY . —Examination of Ms . John West . — Mr West was examined on Tnesday last , at Ashby , and cemmitted to Derby gaol , to take his trial next assizes , on a charge of sedition . He was held to bail in £ 200 himself , and two sureties in £ 100 each , or four in £ 50 each . The friends are active in trying to obtain bail , but have not succeeded yet If they cannot obtain bail , they intend to find him maintenance until his trisl , and they hope bis friends will assist in this undertaking . Any money sent to Mr . Parry , news _agent , win be acknowledged .

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      SUNDERLAND—The Chartists of Sunderland a few _wreks ago established a reading room for the purpose of taking the Northern and Evening Stars and other Chartist publications , which has been attended with complete success , having been the means of enrolling a great number of new members to the National Charter Association ; and their example has been followed by their brethren at Monkwearmouth , where there is no doubt but it will be attended with the same success . BIRMINGHAM . —A collection was made at the Ship , Steelhouse-lane , on Tuesday , of 13 s . 6 d ., making a total sum of £ i 3 a 6 d ., sent from this Association . The money has been sent to the National Victim Fund .

      LEAMINGTON . —A general meeting of the Chartists of this locality was held at Mr . Bromley ' s . The sentiments of the meeting were expressive of a firm determination to persevere in their onward course for the Charter , in despite of all persecution , and to increase the general defence fund as the most important object at present Mr . Sanfred moved that further notice should be sent to the Star respecting the painting to be raffled for ; h 8 was sorry to hear that only ten tickets had yet been sold ; one gentleman offered £ 5 tot the winning ticket , bat he ( Mr . S . ) would guarantee four times that sum to the winner . The whole of the proceeds were to be devoted to the General Defence Fu ; d ,

      and he felt that it wonld be a disgrace to his friends if they did not subscribe . The painting ia a . beautiful "Magdalene , " by an eminent French artist , and cost four hundred and eighty francs ; he could not believe that his brother Chartists would suffer Mr . Donaldson ' s goed intentions to be frustrated ; Mr . D . gaTe them the painting for the good of the cause , but not to be sacrificed . The following sums were handed in : —5 s . for White ' s Fund ; 14 s . for General Fund ; 10 s . for tae Raffle ; 3 s . from Bristol for do . Tickets may be had from Mr . J . B . Smith , 30 , Park-street , Leamington ; Mr . Bromley , grocer , Renelagh-street , do . ; and Mr . French , Saracen's Head , Park-street , Warwick .

      HEYWOOD . —I last week informed you of two sermons that were preached in the Charter Association Room , by Mr . W . Heywood , on the 2 nd instant , after which collections were made in aid of the Chartist movement I have now to inform you that on this account the preacher was summoned to appear before the magistrates on Satarday , the 8 th instant , to answer for having puelioly delivered a lecture or discourse in an unlicensed room , to which room persons were admitted by the payment of money . Mr . Leigh , attorney , at Heywood , was requested to defend the preacher , and before him , the special constable and his brother tool who appeared as _witnesses , cat a most despicable figure . The prisoner was dismissed free from cost or penalty , after a trial of a few minutes- —Cor .

      Mb . W . Bell , and Mr . James Reed , both having been arrested , and now being under a charge of sedition , the first in Kirkdale , and the latter out on bail , the council at Heywood deem it their indispensable duty to endeavour to procure means of defence for them , and in full expectation that their call will be responded to by their friends , they take the liberty to bring their case before the Chartists and the inhabitants of Heywood generally . Any contribution for the purpose of defending our werthy and talented friends , and relieving their wives and families in the hour of need , will be gladly received by any member of the General Council , who will transmit it to the secretary and treasurer . A meeting will be held in the Charter Association Room , on Sunday , the 16 th initant , at half-past two o'clock .

      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association , in no ways dispirited by the assaults on public liberty and the Chartist Chiefs , made by the unchanged and unmitigated Tory faction , continues to hold its meetings and augment its numbers . Valuable converts are made weekly , and the best spirit and disposition are beginning to evince themselves in Ireland wherever the Charter can find an expounder . Although the indignation of the liberal aud good of all classes was great when the news of the late arrests reached this city , it was raised to a still higher degree when , on this day week , the" Money Changers" who defile the temple of the Corn Exchange , which should be sacred to freedom , yelled satisfaction at the announcement . However , notwithstanding the miserable sprinkling of the

      _thoughtless and besotted , who still decorate the audiencebenches at the hebdomadal repeal gatherings , there axe Beveral under currents at work which must speedily and thoroughly purify the stream of popular opinion . There iB the general apathy and disgust engendered by the lavishing of means and the nonprogress of any effective agitation . There is the direct influence of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , whose speakers and tracts have made deep impression wherever they have found their way , and there is a new antagonism now in " the trades" who had commenced auspiciously the regeneration of "nativeindustry and home consumption , " under the influence of Doctor Flanagan , a popular pastor , and a worthy man . With his assistance they had succeeded in establishing " Marts" for tho sale of

      their industrial produce , and the venal worthies who infest the Corn Exohange , thinking something could be made of the management of those concerns , got their " mighty leader , " as Mr . Thomas Steele calls him , to declare that no progress could be made until these marts were conneoted with the repeal movement . They were in most instances so connected , and the immediate consequence was , the withdrawal of all patronage by non-repealers , and as for the repealers the most part of them are too poor , and the more wealthy , too selfish tobestowany encouragement . The result now is , that the operatives and early managers of the marts are making an effort to throw off their self-elected masters , and are not slow in declaring their awakened suspicions that avarice , and not patriotism is the spring of their motions .

      Meanwhile , Dan , the dupe-driver , is seeing that the citizens of Dublin have paid the Minister ' s money , which is the proviso to their being entered on the Burgess roll . The outgoing Corporation have just levied a rate of threepence in the pound to help the citizens , seeing that the old Corporation had not fleeced them sufficiently . Then the "Compensation Fund , " formerly called the " Tribute , " is announced for collection on the 30 _: h- " Compensation" for what I Is it for voting for the Irish Coercion Bill , being a party to the accursed Rural Police Act , and to the measure for the disfranchisement of the forty shilling freeholders \ A pretty emancipation it was , that half disenthralled an aristocratical section , and deprived a whole people of the electoral privilege Nabocklish ! though one of the Repeal Wardens , Big Slevin , I believe , was told the other day , on applying for money to a respectable ci devant O'Connellite , that they were all ' a pack of swindlers

      and humbuggers , " which he had honesty enough to avow in the rooms ; and Councillor Clements declared last week , that unless the people aroused themselves , it would be better to give up the business at once . This was after a letter had been read from John O'Connell , stating that he bad failed in getting a hearing , much less any money in Limerick . I have exceeded my limits , and must for this week bid you a good bye , just expressing a hope that the Catholic clergy will not , on the forthcoming " Compensation" collection allow their chapels to be desecrated on the Sabbath for so unholy a purpose as amassing money from the most wretched population in the world , in order to administer to the luxuries of a man who has deluded and betrayed them . — P . S . The good men and truo have so far forestalled the " Compensation" narpies , as to have got together upwards of two pounds , for the noble purpose of sustaining the incarcerated Chartists against their deadly foeB of the strong but unmerciful

      Government . DUMFRIES . —A public meeting waa held here on the evening of the 10 : h instant , in the Trades ' Hall , a room capable of accommodating between three and four hundred persons , for the purpose , as iutimated in the hand-bills , which were headed , " Radical Reform meeting , ' * of hearing an address from Sharman Crawford , Esq ., M . P ., on " The present aspect of political affairs , aud the means to be employed in obtaining an _amelioration of the condition of all classes . " By eight o ' clock , the hour of meeting , the Hall was densely crowded , and Mr . Irving Bell , baving been appointed chairman , introduced Mr . Crawford ; that gentleman , after much twaddle respecting the disinterestedness of his motives in assuming his present position , bis service in the cause of freedom , and the reception he had met with from the people cf Scotland , proceeded to explain the principles of the Complete Suffrage

      movement , the first promulgator of which , according to him , was Joseph Sturge of Birmingham , " the emancipator of the West India negroes . " These principles were , of course , the six points of the People ' s Charter ; but he introduced in their exposition many allusions to certain dangerous men , who "however earnest and xealouB , " were misleading the suffering masses , and endangering tboir cauEe by rash and illegal proceedings . Then we bad rather a lengthy snd laboured defence of the Anti-Corn Law party , and an address more especially to those of the electoral body present , to prove that in the event of the people obtaining " Complete Suffrage , " no loss of ininence wonld result to the privileged orders . Indeed , while expounding the doctrine of payment of members , he seemed to insinuate that the workies sought the franchise only that they might be enabled to send their friends of the middle classes to represent them in Parliament . After a concluding declaration that

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      the principles of which he was the advocate were the only ones calculated to conserve" our venerable institutions , and to preserve intact the monarchy and aristocracy , ( how very desirable , therefore !) Mr . C . sat down , having experienced a very cold reception , induced by the obvious though masked attacks on the tried and faithful leaders of the people , his venerable appearance and apparently earnest manner alone keeping down more decided manifestation . The audience was next presented with a treat " not in the bill , " in shape of a speech from John Collins , of Birmingham , in which he toadied his friend" ad nauseum , and also introduced allusions to the" dangerous men , " but in a more delicate manner than his predecessor . After Collins had got it all out , three _Btunning cheers were raised for " Feargus O'Connor and the Char-» / ' ? S ? r and all « " in the midst of which Mr . A . Wardrop advanced to the platform . He was , however ' greeted with such a storm of hisses . and other

      groans , indications of disapprobation , that he was compelled to retire ; and the meeting separated with another round of applause for the indomitable O'Connor , and the bravo band of patriots who are now suffering persecution at the hands of the same shopocracy , around whose leaders the masses are , with shameless effrontery , invited to rally ; arid three rousing groans for the enemies of O'Connor . We trust that this will be the last attempt of the vampires to seduce the good and true men of _Dumfries from their duty . It is now evident that their intention in having first got the trusty _fritndsof the people into the clutches of the aristocracy , to foist O'Connell aud the other middle-class leaders upon onr movement , and then to use the _masses as they have done before , for their own factional ends . But they know not the men with whom they have to deal . The working classes have been deceived by them once too often , and have now , by painful experience become aware , that their own cause is safest in their own hands .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . £ S . d . Previous account ... ... 34 12 2 _^ J . Wells ... ... ... 0 0 6 Chartists , Crown and Anchor , Bethnal Green ... ... 0 3 6 Thos . Ford ... ... ... 0 10 H . D . ... ... ... 0 o " 2 Carpenters , Castle , City-road ... 0 77 Teetotal Chartists , Waterloo-road 0 3 6 A true Chartist , Twickenham ... 0 10 0 Clock House , Leicester-square ... 0 i ' 5 Wimeswould ... ... ... 0 1 3 Kingswood , near Bristol ... 0-4 6 John Hart ... ' . ... ... 0 2 0 Silk weavers' locality ... ... 0 4 0

      Friends , Bermondsey ... ... 0 5 0 Pontypool , per W . Williams ... 1 0 0 Brightlingsea , near Colchester ... 0 13 6 Yeovil ... 0 5 2 Cheltenham ... ... ... 0 10 0 " A Rebel" to untrue Government 0 10 0 Newport , Isle of Wight ... 0 10 6 Bury ... ... ... .. 100 Ditto , females ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sedbury , Hereford ... ... 0 5 0 Ramsgate , per Campbell ... 0 6 6 W . H . Wilkin ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Byrne , North Bruton ... 0 1 0 Friends , Commercial-road ... 0 3 0 J . R . E . ... ... ... 0 2 0 J . Jago , jun ... 0 1 6 Wm . _Coft ... 0 10

      H . Witherden ... ... ... 0 1 0 H . Hamilton ... ... ... 0 1 0 — Beck and shopmates ... 0 1 10 Three tailors ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . Plunkett and two friends ... 0 1 6 Few friends , Queen ' s Head , Mile End ... ... 0 1 7 G . Armi 8 tead , Culverton ... 0 2 6 A few friends , Bringbone , per Campbell ... ... ... 0 1 6 Wilson ... ... ... 0 5 7 Two operatives , Windsor ... 0 2 6 T . F . B . ... 0 1 0 Few Friends ... ... ... 0 0 5 Ditto ... ... ... 0 2 0 Mr . Bateman ... .:. 0 0 G Mr . Bateman ... ... 0 0 6

      Mr . Humphries ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Campbell ... ... 0 0 3 Mr . Jago ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Beeston ... ... ... 0 0 2 Mr . Rogers ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Morley ... ... ... 0 0 2 Mr . Rogers .. _" . ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Clark , Whitechapel ... 0 0 6 Mr . Price ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Schapman ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Moffatt ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Wourdouth . 00 6 Mr . Scanlan ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Connor ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Conroy ... ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Rogers ... .... 0 0 6 Mr . Con Doneven ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . McCarty ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Malroy ... ... ... 0 0 3

      BRADFORD , PER MR . SMITH . Great Horton ... ... 1 13 6 HortonGreen ... ... 0 12 6 Middleton Fields ... ... 012 0 George ' _s-stveet ... ... 0 10 0 White Abbey ( ... ... 0 6 6 James-street ... ... ... 0 6 0 Idle ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 _Manningham .. . ... ... 0 3 4 B . B . Lane ... ... ... 0 3 0 Nelson Court ... ... - * 0 3 4

      Lidget Green ... ... ... 0 2 9 Mr . Ledlow ... ... ... 0 2 0 Friend , per H . ... ... 0 1 9 Undercliffe ... ... ,.. 0 14 _Thompson ' s Houses ... ... 0 I 2 New _jbeeds ... ... ... 0 I 10 Samuel Jackson ... ... 0 1 6 R . White ... ... ... 0 0 6 Friend , Padsey ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Taylor ... ... ... 0 0 3 W . H . ... 0 0 6 C . H . ... ... ... 0 0 6 Friend ... ... ... 0 0 6

      S . ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 Bradford , second subscription , viz . Dunkirk-street ... ... 0 5 0 Golden Chck ... ... ... 0 5 0 Idle ... ... ... 0 3 7 Manchester Road ... ... 0 14 6 & New Leeds ... ... ... 0 3 3 James Street ... ... ... 0 1 10 _^ Manningham ... ... ... 0 1 0 " T . M ... ... 0 1 0 E . H .... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Friend , Pudsey ... ... Oil Masons'Arms ... ... ... 0 15 A . Jackson ... ... ... 0 0 6 Friend ... ... ... 0 0 6 Nelson Court ... ... ... 0 13 £ 51 15 11 J By Post-office order , postage , and balance in Mr . Smyth ' s hand ... ... ... 0 0 8

      £ 51 15 H Burnley ... ... ... 0 13 0 " Bath , per ... ... 0 4 6 Devenport ... ... .. 0 6 6 Complete Suffrage Association , Bridgewater ... ... 0 11 3 City of London Victoria Fund Committee , 55 , Old Bailey ... 7 0 0 Female Chartist Association , Aberdeen ... ... ... 0 5 0 £ 60 15 6 $ Note . —The sum total , it will be perceived , of Mr . Cleave ' s subscription-list has been nearly doubled during the past week . This is good ; but it might be easily twice doubled , and that would be better ; or , with a little more exertion on the part of his brother democrats , thrice doubied , and that would be the best announcement yet made by Mr . Cleave . Let , for instance , those who have hitherto enjoyed their pint and pipe , now , at any rate , dispense with such luxuries : and instead of

      "Helping to swell our tyrants' bloated strength , " contribute every penny saved towards tbe defence of the victims , and the support of their families . Self-sacrifice—admitting the relmquishing . such indulgences to be a sacrifice—is the duty of all who wonld have despotism defeated in its present attempt at " running a muck" against freedom . It is for the people now to determine whether Great Britain shall be a den of tyrants and a dungeon of slaves , or the land of freemen ! The Political Victim and Defence Fuud will test that determination . Mr . Smyth ( Bradford ) is informed that Mr . Cieavehas not received any Post-office order from the Golden Cock , Bradford . K . B . One shilling , subscribed by Mr . Hickling , Nottingham , was omitted in the list given in last week ' s Star , although included in the sum total .

      Subscriptions Received By Mr Cleave. Pol...

      ' _IOANCHESXER .-r-The Chartist Meohanics held their weekly meeting in the Large Room , Brownstreet , oa Thursday evening last , to hear a lecture upon ihe present _stafe of tho Chartist movement , by Mr ! William Dixon . ' ' The lecture was well attended by a respectable audience , in fact , ' notwithstanding the persecution that is raging at present in this part of the country , the room was crowded to suffocation , and nil were determined to stick to the . Charter in defiance of persecutions , prosecutions , or intimidation . At the conclusion of the lecture , several gentlemen came forward and took the books to receive _rabscriptipns for the General Defence Fund .

      Carpenters' Halt ,. —Mr . W . Jones , of Liverpool , delivered two powerful _andsoul-stirringaddresses , the one in the afternoon upon the present prosecutions , and the other iu the evening on practical Chartism . Ten individuals were added to the ranks of the calumniated and despised Chartists . The collections in support of tke Hall amounted to £ 4 0 s . 6 d ., exclusive of a Very liberal sum for the General Defence Fund . At tho close of the lecture , Mr . James Leaoh came forward , and was received with loud cheers , mingled with expressions of sympathy for himself and his _numerous family , in unmerited persecutions . After the cheering had subsided , Mr . Leaoh addressed the meeting for a short time , exhorting them to perseverance in the good cause , and

      expressing his willingness to bear with fortitude whatever punishment his aud tbeir oppressors might think proper to inflict upon him , for hi 3 advocacy of tho immutable principles of justice to every man . He then administered a severe _oastigation upon the base and traitorous scoundrel who rejoices in the name of Griffin , aud who , by the bye , has made the fabulous monster of the ancients into a modern reality ; and conoluded by bidding his hearers farewell , at the same time reiterating his oft-declared determination never to relax in bis exertions till the people were restored to their long-lost rights . No conception can be formed of the enthusiasm which prevailed throughout the immense mass of living beings who occupied the Hall .

      STOCKPORT . —Youths . —Mr . Matthew Depledge delivered a very instructive lecture on the evils of class legislation , on Sunday afternoon , in the room Bomber's-row , to a very attentive audience , for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks . Ten shillings was voted and sent to the Evening Star office lor the general defence fund . YORK . —At a meeting of the Chartists of York , on Tuesday evening , the following resolution was moved by E . Burley , seconded by R . Gill , " That we , the Chartists of York , do thank the men of London for the zeal they have evinced to serve the cause , by the election of an Executive , Pro . Tem , yet we are of opinion that 6 uch election was unnecessary at that time , inasmuch as the Exeoutive are not yet

      convicted ; and further , we consider the act they have committed unjustifiable , as the sense of the country ought to have been taken upon the subject ; and we are further of opinion that the books of the Executive ought to have been pkced in the hands of Mr . Morgan Williams , and all communications addressed to him , until Mr . Campbell is at liberty to act , or the country elect another General Secretary to supply his place . " Second , moved by E . Burley , seconded by Thomas Hunter , " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given to the brave Chartists of Malton , for their noble conduct in _atsending the constable ' s meeting , and defeating the factions , by carrying their own list of persons in nomination for parish constables of that aristocratic town . "

      Income of the Executive from the commence ment of the quarter , October 1 st , to Wednesday October the 12 ih , s . d . Star , Golden-lane ... ... 5 6 Rock , Lisson-Grove ... ... 2 1 Finsbury ... ... ... ... 4 0 Brompton and Knightsbridge ... 3 4 . J Carrington ... ... ... 4 0 " Wilton , per Darlow ... ... 3 0 Nottingham , Nag's Head ... ... 5 0 Somerstown ... ... ... 2 0 Islington ... ... ... ... 2 0 Salisbury ... ... ... 2 1 Yeovil ... ... ... ... 6 0 Democratic Chapel , Nottingham ... 10 0 Love Clough , near Burnley , per Mr . Holland ... ¦ ' ¦ •»¦ ... ... 8 4 Bath ... ... ... ... 4 6 Shaw , enamelled cards .. . ... 3 0

      £ 3 4 lOi _BIROTING-HAM .- — Aston-Stkeet . — There was a good assemblage at this _placa on Sunday night , with the expectation of hearing a lecturo from Mr . Farren , but that gentleman not making his appearance , his place was admirably filled by that talented young man , Mr . Gammage , of Northampton . He be _^ an by observing that the Government was strong through the apathy of the people . The Chartists had the power to put down Whiggery , and surely they had the power to put cown Toryism . We have not forgotten the time when tho people of Ireland voted according to their conscience . The bloody massacres of Pcterloo and Rathcormac were still _iresh in our memories . What have they now done with the standing armies

      of military aud police ? They have indiscriminately butchered men , women , and children in the public streeis . They have made a decisive effort to destroy our press . Will they crush the Star i No . If they do , ten Stars , brighter , if possible , will arise . It will be chargeable upon the people , if they permit so flagrant an outrage upon the people to be perpetrated . The _ enemies ef the sufffage declared the working men were too ignorant to exercise so important a trust with propriety and with benefit to themselves . Admitting this to be a fact , the charge came with bad grace from parties receiving twenty millions yearly with the ostensible object of educating the people . It was evident from the indiffjrence with which they looked upon the brutality and

      ignorance which surrounded them on all sides , that they cared more , a vast deal , for the pence than the people . He coucluded by a powerful appeal on behalf of the imprisoned victims to Whig and Tory villany , and trusted they would not permit them to bo sacrificed for want of necessary _tupport . He was received throughout with marks of the warmest approbation . On Monday , Mr . Murliss in the chair . Mr . Talbeit read au address from Mr . G . White to the Chartists of Birmingham . -Mr . Thorpe read the leading articles of tho Star—after which a discussion took place upon the propriety of supporting Mr . White , in preference to those who have shown themselves to be enemies to the numerous and oppressed class from whom they received such efficient assistance . The balance sheet of the Association was then read , and auditors appointed .

      No tice . —The Northern and Evening Stars will be read on every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , at the Aston-street room ; admission free . The Council of _Aston-streot have resolved ihat any parties wishing to lecture there must & ive the Secretary , William Selbut , 98 , Woodcock-street , a week's notice to that effect _. Received from the Chartists of Redditch , from Mr . Perifield , for the Defence of Mr . G . White , tea shillings ; From Mr . Starttn , thirteen shillings and sixpence , collected at the White Swan , New

      Johnstreet . The latter gentleman says , "I have fifty or more Stars , and would be glad to send them to Ireland or any where else where they are most wanted , if certain they will arrive at their destination , numbers which I have previously sent having been lost . . Should any directions appear in the Star , I 6 _hall see them , at No . 12 , Baggott-street , Birmingham . " The committee for G . White ' s Defence , meet at 38 , Bromsgrove-street , on Tnesday evenings , at seven o ' clock , until further notice .

      A delegate meeting will be beld at the Shovel , Prince's-end , on Sunday , Oct . 16 th , whoa delegates from the following places are expected to attend : — Wolverhampton , Bilston , Walsall , _Wednesbury , Great Bridge , Darleston , Coseley , West Bromwich , Tipton , Dudley , and Pensnetfc . Business of importance will be brought forward . Stockton-on-Tees . —After the regular routine of business was gone through , on Wednesday evening , at the Chartist meeting room , Albion-street , a discussion took place as to what are the best means of obtaining the Charter in the most speedy manner ! It was then unanimously resolved that Mr . P . M . Brophy speak at Thornaby Green , at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , weather permitting Should the morning be unfavourable for an out-door meeting , Mr . B . wul lecture in the Reading Room , Albion-street , where be will also lecture at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . . ' .

      The Chabtists of Leamington and Warwick have forwarded to Mr , O'Connor , for the National Defence Fnnd , tbe sum of ten shillings and sixpence , being the first fruits of the sale of tickets in a raffle for a painting presented by Mr . Donaldson . Defekce Fusd . —Previous to his arrest , Mr . Harney , of Sheffield , remitted four pounds from that town to the treasurer of the defence fand , namely , £ 3 . I 03 . from Figtree-lane , and 5 s . from Woodhouse .

      Yu *^Ti^ ^^L^Ix^ London.—A General Meeti...

      _yU _*^ _ti _^ _^^ L _^ iX _^ London . —A general meeting of tne West End Ladies' Shoemakers was held on Wednesday evening , at the Temperance Hall , 50 , Tottenham Court Road , _toreceiva delegates from the Trades'Delegates Committee , and to consider the propriety of forming themselves into a portion of the Chartist body , Mr . Sb . ute' was called to the chair . Mr . Armstrong Walton , delegate from the Trades' Committee , in a long and eloquent address , explained the benefits which Trades' Unions would- derive from the attainment of political power , and was received with great applause . Mr . _Skelton moved a very lengthy resolution , pledging the _traddto join the Chartist

      body , and send delegates to the Chartist I rades ' Committee . Mr . Andrews briefly seconded the resolution . Mr . Burden moved , and Mr . Smithers seconded an amendment " That as a trade tbey Bhould not join the Chartist body . " They approved of the prinoiples of the Charter , but were fearful that it would _oause the present Tory Government to again bring the combination laws into operation . Mr . Pascoe reasoned in a similar manner . Mr . Christopher ably supported the resolution , and after a long and animated disoussion a motion for adjournment was put and negatived . Some time was then spent in asc & itainhig whether those members whose subscriptions were not paid up should be entitled to vote , which being disposed of _.

      the Chairman put the resolution to the show of hands , but the meeting was so equally divided , that tellers were . appointed , and after a considerable lapse of time it was ascertained that a majority of fifteen were unfavourable to the resolution . A resolution waa then moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , approving of the principles ot the People ' s Cnarter , and pledging tbem to assist in carrying them out , but atthe same time making the Chartist body distinct from the trade association . Tbis body of shoemakers is the most aristocratic in the kingdom , and the result of this meeting is considered an important triumph , no individual in tha me _? ting having the hardihood io oppose one single principle of the Charter .

      Chartist Hatters , Brown Beak , Southwark Bridge Road . —This flouriahing _locaMty held its ' usual _weekly-meetins on Wednesday evening lasfcj when four new members were enrolled ; £ 1 10 s . 3 d . was collected for the Vicum and DeVenco Fund . This is the fifth weekly subscription from this locality , making an average of fifteen shillings aud sixpence per week . They have also manufactured a ' splendid hat for Dr . M'Douall , whioh is to be sent out to New York to him at the earliest opportunity . Reading . —At a meeting of the Chartists of thi 3 town , held on Monday last , Mr . Prestou in tho chair , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That we , the Chartists of Reading ,

      having taken into our consideration the peculiar oircumstances in which onr society is at present placed , fully approve of the conduct of the _Metropolitan delegate meeting in appointing an Executive Committee pro tern ., and are further of opinion that the pro tern . Executive Committee are entitled to , aud do hereby receive , our hearty thanks for the patriotic and disinterested manner in which they have come forward , and issued their manly and spirited . address . " Mr . T . M . Wheeler , of London , was nominatod as a fit and proper person to sit on the Executive Committee . Other local business was transacted , and tho meeting adjourned . Defence -Fund —Subscriptions received by Mr . Cook , Dudley , since Sept . 23 : — £ s d From the Star office ... 5 1 5 _Walsal 0 2 6 Stafford ... 0 16 0 Liverpool ' .. 0 4 0 55 , Old Bailey , London ... 0 6 0 Kingswood , near Bristol ... 0 2 6 £ 6 12 5

      To The Chartists Of Great Britain And Ir...

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND .. " Now _' _e the day , and now ' s the hour . " Fellow-Men , —Having promised my incarcerated brethren when in Manchester , to appeal to you in their behalf , I hasten to do so ; more especially , as theirs is a case of the most urgent necessity , which , if neglected , may lead to the most direful consequences . In tbe first place , allow me to say a few words us to tbe hardship of my owu case . On Friday , the 30 th of _September , while I was busily engaged in my usual vocation in my shop , Mr . Grahame , superintendent of the Carlisle police force , accompanied by inspector MKuight , from Manchester , entered my shop , and stated they wished to speak to me privately , a friend of mine being in the shop at the time . I retired with them up stairs , when the inspector communicated to me the very unexpected and unpleasant news , that he

      held a warrant for my apprehension ; and tbat I must immediately surrender myself into his custody * I requested him to read the warrant , which be did , and which charged me with attending a certain illegal meeting in _Manchester , on the 17 th of August last , and then and there exciting . the people to riot F _^ ainst the laws of our Sovereign Lady the Queen , & c . Of course I surrendered myself , and was scarcely allowed time to change some of my upper garments , as a postchaise was in waiting for me at the door . Inspector M'Knight then searched my person , from which he took a pocket knife and a bunch of keys ; and I was hurried away from my business aud family , without being allowed a single moment to give directions to my wife as to the conducting ol my business ; and placed in the custody of one of the Carlisle officers , who

      conducted me to a place called Causeway House , about six miles south of Carlisle , where we waited the arrival cf the Engineer coach to convey me to Manchester Immediately after my departure from Carlisle , Inspector M'Knight and Mr . Qrahame searched ruy house , and examined ' all my desks , drawers and other places , —even to the drawers in the chamber of my wife , all of which they ransacked;—no doubt with the expectation' of rinding some seditious and treasonable documents ; but in this they were grievously disappointed , for they found nothing worthy of their search , bnt a few placards whioh hod been published some time previous . All this they did without the slightest authority , and for which they ought to be severely punished . Had I been present at the time , I would certainly have prevented them from

      thus violating the law , and insulting justice , by Intruding themselves into the privacies of my household , examining all my papers , and taking away what they thought proper . My wife would have been justified in using every violence in resisting their search ; but , knowing well there was nothing that I wished to conceal , she cheerfully afforded them every facility In examining my papers . On my way to Manchester I was handcuffed , and at _Lancaster locked up in a humid and filthy dungeoa for _feur hours . I was then taken to the New Bailey prisun _, _Manchester , and on the following day I was brought up along with several others for _examination , but remanded until Tuesday . In the interval several others were brought in charged with the same offance as myself , all of whom I believe in my conscience , to be entirely innocent of either saying or doing anything

      whatever _having a tendency to cause a breach of the peace . On Tuesday we were all brought up and finally examined ; I and three others were acq dtted in consequence of the miscreant traitor , Griffin , not being able to identify us . All the others ( bixteen in number ) were , on the evidence of this base and wicked scoundrel , committed to take their trials at the Special Commission to bo held in Liverpool on the 10 th instant ; or to find enormous bail for tbvdr appearance . Never in the whole course of my life did I feel more indignant than I did on looking at the vile wretch Griffin , while he waa being cross-examined by Mr . M'Cmuey , of Liverpool , who made him admit , that he was amongst the first to call tho _Conference together ; tbat it met for the sole purpose of perfecting the organizitiori ; and that he would not have appeared against the Chartist prisoners , had they given him monty .

      Surely no jury of twelv . ; men , having the _slightes elairus to honour and honesty , and a desire to promote justice by protecting innocence against the attacks of powerful guile , will hesitate for one moment in rejecting the _evidence of so base a miscreant . Eut you know well , my friends , that justice cannot be obtained without considerable expence ; indeed , though I was acquitted on being brought up before the magistrates , it cost _uio nearly ten pounds . If you wish to save your friends , uud the friends of freedom , from the fangs of the law , use your utmost exertions in their behalf , let

      every locality do its Hhare , and the work will be light aud agreeable ; a small sum from every Chartist in the kingdom will do far more than cover all the necessary expence attending the trials of these honest but persecuted men , and will fully support those who depended upon them iof support . If you do your duty honestly and assiduously , _jou will afford consolation to those who may suffer for virtue ' s sake ; and you will have the heartfelt satisfaction of knowing that yoa have been the means of protecting innocence against the attacks of powerful guilt .

      I remain , . Your friend and well-wisher , James Arthur . PS—I understand the Chartists of Carlisle are doing their duty nobly , as tbey have invariably done on all trying occasions when tbeir aid was required .

      Ekohsiqus And Heayv Apple. —We Have Seen...

      Ekohsiqus and _Heayv Apple . —We have seen ( and it ia now at the shop of Mr . Watkinson , in the Market-place ) an enormous apple , 16 _^ in ches in circumference , and weighing 21 _^ ounce * , grown by Thomas Bagshaw , Esq ., of Altrmcbatn . This apple took the first prize at the Altriuoham floral and horticultural show , the other day . It w of the kind called the King Apple , and was grown on a small standard tree , which produced altogether a bushel and a half of fine fruit ; as indeed may be inferred from the fact , that ten app . es from this small tree were exhibited at the same show , which averaged one pound ( _, 16 oz . ) each in weight . —Manchester Guardian . j _* m

      Chester Cheese Fair . —On _SatardffiraepeBfglffS . fair was held , at the Linen Hall _»^ £ _* H $ p _& £ S § _3 _^^*\ tons were pitched of all sorts for & a ! _Sjf _«?| _bi _UDtaf _^* v _^\ the average , reached two BhiUings _^ _repw _& _iftafci : : \ _A J than last fair . The highest price flp _gnfrjo , _JSmijjL _)^ £ waa 76 b . ¥ _^ " _^ _f _> _5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_15101842/page/1/