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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1&».
    • KEV. «. m. ITtfHIMI
    • THE GLORIOUS CONTENTION. *
    • TOAGKXTS.
    • r«EEDS AND WEST-RIDING " NEWS
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      Yf B , last week , teat a null personal donation to tto SraPHKira ' s Fuad , and also to the Stb > fun ' t Defeeee Fund . We fceg leave , this irwk , to add , from the Norther * Star , £ 50 to tto Stsv&zks ' s Fund , which Mr . Hobsok will please to pay , and £ 10 to the Defence Fund , which we shall pay ourselves : and we cow beg to

      impress upon the minds of oar numerous agent ^ that the ; posse ** gnat facilities of applying for , and receiving , donations to those foods ; and we hep * , next week , to eet forth the names of cor agents , with the amouat which tht j shall contri bute th * m » rive * , and ilw tto means which they propose to adopt for gfBffig effect to the proposed plan . This is bat ournntt contribution .

      While the public are deprived of the benefit 67 Mr . Stsfhiks ' s locomotive power , in conwaoe&ct of the heavy bail in which he is holder , we riiall endeavour , is order to preserve his usefulness to tkepabUe , to give a report of these admirable sermons which he i » in the h * bit of delivering to his

      The Northern Star. Saturday, February 9, 1&».

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 9 , 1 & » .

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      THE TORCH . LIGHT PARLIAMENT AMD THE DAY-LIGHT PARLIAMENT . Wl hare alwaya contended that the virtues of a people are characteristic * , while their Ticet are the eonseaoenceii of oppression and misrale . We bare asserted that mas is born with propensitie s which may be either nurtured into virtue * , or thwarted into ¦ ric e * j and these assertions we find verified open every occasion where self-government is placed in comparison with asarped control . The people , who **• the piaster ? of the Delegate * , were drives , to

      the alternative of meeting by torch-light , in order to circumvent the hellish machinations of their oppressor * , and the act u at ooee pat down to treachery and vice . The fact , however , of the people ' s servants , when choice was left them , hating selected the hoar of mid-day for their meetings , proves that the masters , and not Fxabous O'Cok-XO * or the people , were the promoters , if n * t the saggesfcers , of torch-light meeting * . However , the Convention has met ; and never did the eye of freeborn man light upon a more beavenlj spectacle . A

      number of men thrawn together without other coo , eert than that which general fame had attached to the character of each , and yet , as a boiy , presenting an appearance , a power , and a disposition which does sot belong to either or any of tbo * e ¦ b odies , who declare tist the people are incompetent to judge for themselves ia the selection of representatives . The respectable appear

      aaee of the delegates , howeves , u trifling compared to the harmony , onion , and good feeling which perTaded die whole body . O *! thanks be to God , OTer and oTer agaia , all oar misfiring haw becQ bat whimsical anocipatkaM ; the elements which , when apart , seemed somewhat discordant have , on their meetings subsided into a calm . Men of the Empire ! learn then that toot servants seem trae and faithful ; that in tour councils there is

      neither jealousy nor intrigue ; bat an bonoaraMe xjiaz t » emulate in the boldest deeds of patriotism and philanthropy . The common enemy— wfcich is the rich oppressor azalnst the poor oppressed— having no distinct or substantive merit , ivlkd upon dissec tion aai disunion as a substitute for their weaknes * Y w servants hare deceived them . EngUod , Scotland , aad Wafa * h **« shaken hands ; and , pity to s » y , that IrelaadafaBa , the " brav ** t of the brave . "—sent bo Ifcfrgahr ; hut the People ' s Parliament a equally ajto * ge * to Ireland as to the Empire at large . Att ^ n « emp ) treb « iaaw » , to which apparent

      " **»«>¦ $ fe * T * lately git ^ a ris e , have va&ished ; and * pv , apoa the warn , the energy , aad the bravery of «« r cogstftaents depends the nation ' s came , Tto jpeSmuury steps which have occupied die Cnhvea tk » hitherto bespeaks the Dekgates' aptness for hoszaest , and should rivet to them the confidence of she nation . The fact a now beyond deaial—either that reversal Suffrage must be the law of the laud , the delegates murt betray their trust , or that brut * farce must be called to toe aid of moral weakness and rarpitade , In either case tie power is ia the people . Should the Delegates , or anv one of them—Wait *

      we see ao reason to xsspect—play their coostitaeats false , the tenure is only fttrante i * ne f frcite , or daring jkasare , aad be w tbey c * a be got rid of . Upon the other ba » a , should aay xiokiice be resorted to , as a defienjiT * body the De }« rat « must fgit at tie b « ad of tie people , upon who ** , enrage tbey are ready to rii life aad limb . The resistance of DtJXCOXBK "? rery moderate amendment to d > e Address upon the lion Queen ' s Speech , tbo w * that the Hcwse of Commons aereJy iateaded the Keform Bill as a dap-trap measure ; mad now , the minorirr

      cX 86 , who irotad upon that ameodnest , most either joia in the people ' s demand , or they also wiQ be eharge * bW with bring parties to another description « f deception , not less culpable . The coaatry has now hat one duty to perform , namely , to pour in petitions , backed by as mach voluntary tax as they caa oBarecieatlT spare , for the aatmal purpose , aad to watch the every word of their Delegates When the Petition shall be disposed of , then , accojing to circamrnwgei , we « ast be prepared to act ; far as to erne more peti&cc , we most

      respectfolly , for ourwlre * , beg lear * to » t on fc « agaia «; oekber shall we accept the e *» of watchmen to a second demand . At the diaaer girea t » d » Delegate * , the several ^ takers were bold aad determiaed ; aad ia justice we anst rfmh , that Saxkxt , Cxmiq , Mora , aai Dr . Tatlo * , ta * Dekgatw from Scotland , ^•^ ere » »» ch chatter about moral force has p »* d ^ SstaguLsbed themselves by th * bokhtes * of tow remarks , aad d « r deteraitaWm fer actkm . W » were not , »« coafcss , jreaared to hav « heard

      s «* a spe « i « , dat of ti » wwAy BaiSe Delegate fat Ayrshire—it case op ^ , ^ ^ j , ^ g ^ m ^ afBghtaiag , aad was foSowrd by A « de « of ajf ^ t Ta » speecaH ofoo on Btssxt aad boMK Rn >«» «« re « x lea raoturwalT rwpoeded to | « d if « y doubt fii rest oa ' tae \ H of ^ e Delegates from distant yart * , „ ^ A . < e « £ « g tf a , metn ^ fi , Mea % . , ^^^ ^» f , 'havt > et tiaat daoht U na . Tbe de . tajjq accwau which we th » day gn « « f * , ^ . e ««^ i » the Coa reotioa wfll ht read with »!» ifiafe

      w ^ i aad are , w « devote more spa ^ fc ** **» " « f Ae dar-B jht fisaa to teat of the twt * -5 ght Paifiaa « t , k wiU befro « Ae coBTVc *« * a * , tbe arececslscs « f tise former are far note ia ^* taa * both ts ourselves ^> i to our reaiera Hartkk , ti ^ ea , harrah , ier tae peoak aad «« feaffe * ParfiMwat . Th * Srst aghi of tie Coave » 6 e « has amply repajd us for years of tail , aad it TriB W ia the retolkctka ef " « = r HsadewSeld fiiiWiidatM Deceaber , 1535 , w * told them dot Uarwual Sc £ ra « arr « rw « iM be carried tiH tkc

      f eaak ^ i Ddhgatea , ca « ea Vr Universal Sd&age , sat 1 m * Ho « ae ia Laafes , t » he called the B * e H ^ w . ^ Thas we hare Bred to sex , sad we aow kef aaaAiK for ha-nag , is « r oookf mnfiti , ja % ed Jl ^** •* " C * ^*** " *! ? = »•«» > * » * ?«* poae * ¦ «¦«« « f CaiTenal SotHge to tie 2 * ch ef % lMk « aV B « iaeC » XK ktap »« tlatQciJ . s » ^*«> . . * - ^»— -

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      w » m * M « nd three day ' i grace , and it can be done . ; Wt here to request that all monies collected , aad pntitioM signed , may be forthwith transmitted to London , is order that the Convention may know how to deal with the petition , Uslrwrsal SoJfrsfel—ITo Surrender !

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      THE MERCURY'S CORN LAW BIBLE . HAJ HA ! HA ! We feel particularly thankful , amid tha chaos of Corn Law confanoa which now surrounds us , that we ahobld not be doomed to many such inflictions u the Ludi Mercury of last week has impwed upon v in the form aad shape of a Corn Law Litany . The Mercury dedicates hu Bible to ( he working men of HuddewBeld , Bradford , and Halifax . The two former have already responded , And no doubt the latter will pat a scriptural construction upoD the ImwiLLiXM version , next week . As the

      Mtrctay most wisely eschews all argument aad attache * himself to first principles ; we shall select a few of the " principal" paragraphs for comment and dissection . N Trniim tf Indmttff , tiwm , m dUiaW Bhu ** ' * CkarUr m tit * fTarkuy Met ; » o iadividnia , ana no GoTtnuueat « u yomabij hare m ri ^ ltt to ataogite this Charter . " A pretty fellow to talk about Hearta and a Charter . "Heaven ' s Charter to the working men ! " Now was it an ordinance from

      Hearea that infants should be worked to death ? It is one of Heaven ' s ordinance * that one generation should work , and rweat , and toil , arpeaance for bloodshed by another generation ? It was not decreed in Heaven , bat by BaXNBS in th * Court House , how many hour * aad at what age children should work . It was not as stated by Sari FiTXwiixiiM—the God of Bxniss ' s idolatrya decree of Hevmi that poverty should foe ever dwell in the land .

      It was not one of Heaven ' s decrees , that the Magistrates should have an interest in the violation of laws . It h sot one of HesYen ' s decrees , that youth should be crippled , manhood stunted , and old age imprisoned . It is not one of Heaven ' s decree * , that men without brains should rule over men with brains . It is not one of Heaven ' s decrees , that vice should stalk abroad with legal protection and support , whilst virtue is entombed in a damnable Baatile . The gift from Heaven , was the land , and the animals of the field * , acd the bird * of the air ,

      to be made available to toe industrious , but which , by artificial means , you aad yeur crew have tuned into drones' support , hiring firet banished the bee * from the hive . So much fer heaven ' s gift made beneficial by the application of man ' s industry ; 2 nd now for freedom in that application . Pray , it the work at which , the time at which , and for which , aad the remuneration for which , the country in which , the place where , ur the person for whom n ^ a shall work , any part or parcel of that freedom of which you are no ¦ ¦ an advocate ? Whether is it the

      people couecavely , or you individually , who shall rttablt » h the bounds of this said freedom ? L > our system of taxation and unrestricted machinery u $ ed for the sole benefit of the capitalist a portion of your notion offreedom ? Is the sad alternative of transportation to foreign climes from God ' s gift , ia search of that which yoar monopoly has abstracted and appropriated any portion of freedom ? If die object of the Corn Laws be , as you say , to make bread dear , is not the object of their repeal to make bread cheap , in order that labour may be made still

      cheaper ? Is it an act of Heaven thai the child ot the soil should be stolen , in the dead hour nf sight , from those fields where God planted it , and sold to the capitalist for purposes of gain , And set to work injurious , to its comfort * , and it * very exuteace ? If Heaven ' s decrees were righteously carried into effect , should we we the interests of the few in power diametrically opposed to the millions of the working classes ? No , and , when Heaven ' * vengeance shall come , it will foil with a dreadful crash upon the heads of our religious oppressors .

      Thw a an attempt at an argument , into which a principle is interwoven , and we give the whole paragraph as a fperimen of editorial curiosity ; and , is truth , it is woaderful what the huagry politician caa swallow , if any one of the Memtry readers has taken the following bolus : — ^ . -Tinij , Ut ^ er iUMC blU Toaworkmcsvtvldtoae nil * f . F « r , { fee wtH aijrarj if BtArr rafts th * oid CMk&aae tha mum , wfcSe food i » « o moch efcetfer , rtmi rwft * . rtUrUr , im vom vooM tare s greater mmniai ot the orcrsurtn ok fifttata wwfcnMb oagfet U- k » Tr , uxl therrfute vs ^ s mart f CMneWredotni : H »! H » ' Hi ! tfe # « it eoaa to tab .

      tiat wsg ** * hU , » a least ia tbe first tastaacv , rur , iatt » a 4 f tfc&iac , tm thr dear baker ' * o « - » skovisy : aJsd tWr vogU writ UfkScrwds , if w « ( ire Via mil tfet txacfit of \ s ova ¦ wariptr . to dk « tkir »» i P f " xrrei » f rorajBCB ' * ~ wage * : Vaw wiB x * itig » te tcct Bbrau " If any man can understand the above coansdrcm , w « shall fed obliged for a solution ? * ' Why , if tier did not fall , yon working men would be ' tea veil * f . " Why but Mr . Cbkxpb * ker , or rathrr no baker at all , they would fall , and fall at once too . Bat what says "Ha , ha , ha , " tor this seem * to be by far the most

      ^ pointed , sagacious , and least laughable part of the riddle ? " then it comes to this , that wages would , at least , in the first instaac * . rist instead of falling upon the dear bakers own showing . " Ho , ho , ho ; bat ha , ha , ha , forgets that he , he , he , is both judge , jury , and evidence ; cheap aad dear baker in this attempt at argomest , by the rise , BaISes means , that bread having falleo , while wages remained the same , that the working man weald be better aS . We don ' t quarrel with the gentleman ' s illogkal manner of putting term * out of joint , for we can guess at his meaning by his mumping ; but

      again and again , is he $ uch a Giliygaupus as not to know that the master ' s object fails if wages do not fall , for be could not compete with the foreign masters . But Baixks says that we now compete with foreutaers . So we do , but we do it with a chain of £$ 00 , 000 , 000 of annual debt , with all the exatitftt of keeping up , round our seeks , aad upon this point of reciprocity we shall presently expose his entire ignorasce . ' * Ha , ha , ha , " may be assured that neither Smiles nor grins can persuade the working man that tae » e who paswd the " diai aahk Act * to starve them , intecd to pass any atresre to feed them .

      . « Iu jMt rfhAsMl te « U 7 Tvr « st fcrwr »* T » 6 ooi waaaliay wkkw » m tar ataikct * « i Koropr . Imki , ** i kam + * aa *« aisAt ta-aaa * aaae apiMiaf n ; tau if it 1 hml , ^¦ a idt M ittacmiiB to vmm or to ina 7 » t ^ ra Actt taftt | rtvtKt «* frmm eoafctaf witk tiktm-~ Wat ew folly saore giari « g thaa the latter sesteact ? Why , i * not every act which upholds ttTtfiasj a direct interference with free trade ? * BtftaB » M * Mto * « n « ra «^ rf or mg ogfcJ mr » ihtl * , tamt ^» y « iU aot izt to f « a Mf «* l « i tW CnUn , ^ M titay cM ate * rK Cih «» l aefcajrf ' - . WtMi wmr W . rly « ck f « wi a » ii ^ , - W nil ntfii ml 1 iii - *** -- ^— Bw wewill MttaBqucbfcta ^ toV a—twV * peteKt to ta copMdl to tW Con Um , * a 4 . ?« t . ^«« «» « fc « ¦ aaAr

      < twmtea « Mktni « touf | Rtac *> tet (« tli l *« i TVkMtojKtttscactTtotW cM »; aad ^ eaHa ^« Wimteiiinirkik « fi ( bas { . ftwiimt-* eaa * tojts « Mtac t ** « kft « fa . T « tea * ta FhtskI Srf-^ VvtaWaaAekn ^ t »> teo = * i »«« d ^ CVn Lavs , cm w « h « fait a * otWr «* jert tku ta snts > v . It WEke » divikiraf KnBiWiR > t < tkWnak , m « rdet to W * are aaMsg those weQ-priacipled awa who rtenaaead tfc * people act to admit of asy alteration ia to * Cora Laws aatil we have Uaiversal Scffrsje to Wfalat * the ekasge , aad we teD taea w fer tfca most ample of aS ressos * : becaa * e if it i * doaeb y tae «* iT « s , UwiH be dooe fartiseat «^ v »; b « t if doae by Bastes xad Cow . h will tent o tie advastacetifBAisssaccCo . If the « wa « ef ti *

      zadastry was * es ts BaarftcturEss »©* W aucaiaerT , widi the pToaeBstoes to wikh sas is heirwith d » foctBties which wocH fc ^ sv of gtUia * aetitioas capital to empk . y ialwcr , aad wiii tse pucbisag iacfisariaa sf ie c ^ pirt ^ ki . tc sfcocil or < rK * ti

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      every market ia Europe ia lew than rfx months ; and then the operative would be a beggar at home for trork , aad a beggaeabraMd for food . , Some worthies tell us that our own land is not worth culti * rating . Very true , in its preamt position , and with its present restrictions ; but ; if each citizen had his own txe acres for a foir rent , he wodd find it a much better support , ia the how of

      need , than the plains of Poland or Germany . Everything has a cause . Yon first lock up th « land by restriction , and burden the land with taxa » tion , and with rent , to feed a parcel of gamblers with the roeani of dissipation in foreign countnw , and then yoa tell us that the land is not worth cultivating . Just let us try it npon our owb account , paying a fair rent , and the landlord paying the

      necessary taxes which Universal Suffrage would impone upon him , and see whether or not the state would be m » re powerful—the landlord more securethe people more happy—and the gift of Heaven mere prodnctivdy cultivated . You place u * in an artificial position , and then you endeavour to relieve us by another artifice . Yon remind \ u of the man who was to be spared if he turned to the true faith ,

      v then he was not to be strangled , he was only to be hung . Don ' t you see , well principled gentleman that your Qoken has not said a word about your humbug agitation , though her Minister dedaie * in favour of it , while our agitation hu been thought worthy a place in the Royal Speech . How honoured , you mu . it be to be noticed by us at all . Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! '

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      THE DAMNABLE BOOK . Th * more mtreifuV of-ttw . coid-Wpoded Maithusian crew of philosophers haviag , as out readers are aware , sometime ago , proposed , through their representative , Mircbs , to weed the population by a more certain , speedy , and " painlew" method of " extinction" than that which is now , and has been long , ptutuei hy the votaries of Mammon , have become saddeal f ashamed of their mistake . They

      have no desire to see " their failings lean to virtue ' s side , "—and hence , when Mr . Stephens offered , in his letter to the Commissioners , to prove that the system of direct murder , rvcommendtd by Mascvs , was mild and merciful , compared with the < low torture * of the skilbr and starvation system , as by law e » ubli > hed , and as practised with eminent success at Coventry , Bridgewat « r , and other places , their attention seems to have been drawn for tha

      first time to the " damning fact" that they were actually degenerating into , mercy , " Though bat Soch ltun m lh « tiger Jtov * its prty ;" And the book b forthwith suppressed : all , or nearly all , the copies are bought up , and either destroyed , or reserved for a more convenient opportunity—when , the new police having been duly organised through all the villages , and the people despoiled of their arms , aad of their legal right to posses * them , its provisions and precepts might be

      brought into operation with less risk to the skulking cowards who now hesitate to acknowledge their own progeny . The GW < , and a few others of the more hardy factious prints venture to hint to the people generally , that if ikert U any tveh W , it mu * t have been intended as a " silly hoax , " a "Tory trick ; " to favour which - ' silly" supposition they take the words " Whig gas' used bv Mr . Dksqak , in speaking of the hook , and wilfully misrepresenting them as being intended for a quotation from the b » ok , try to make it seem

      unlikely that any Whig would hare so written . All this , however , is contradicted in the strongest manner , by the fact of the suppression of the book The " s illy hoax , " or the "Tory trick , " would surely have been harmless after the erpos / . They might well have been generally circulated to be laughed at . But the object of the Whi g * , no doubt , was to persuade people that ( his " silly " book had been grossly misrepresented by the " firebrand oratow , " aad , in order to do this , it was necessary to krrep it out of sight .

      Alas for the short-sightoaaaas j& human aatore ! Tke Whigs forgot that some espies of " . Makcus " had already gone forth . They forgot that Stefhbxs , and many honest men besides Stephens , had « ee « it , and knew what it actually did contain—they forgot that the auacateroa * art of printing » " infamous for multialytsg eoptea of an obnoxious book , " aad hence they revted securely in tae ' suppression , "—suppression to for as tae people were concerned—though a few of die favoured aad initiated were still privileged to ha » e copk * at

      the price of two guineas for a small passehlet Alas , we ht , for Whig « hort-rightedne » , for here , on our table , lie * "The People ' * copy" of the identical book by Makccs—in all its hideoasaes * of form » nd feature—of which every working man m » y havt a copy for threepence— they will «« the var ious places at which they are sold in an advertisement in our first page—and we certainly hope that every working maa will procure it , aad read and study it carefully , that he may know bow ta e » tixaate the tender mercie * of the wicked . ¦¦¦

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      THE ROYAL AND LEGISLATIVE MUMMERS :-THF QUEEN'S SPEECH AND BEGINNING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION . So : the customary " scene , " has been " performed "; our most beaatiful Qr sex has been safely delivered , for the second time , of as much vague , vapid insipidiry as is osaaUy required to make up a Royal Speech . In all age * , Royal Speeches have be * n eminent for saying matking in the most approved and courtly style , aad , as this is emphatically , ac " age of improvement , " there can be- no

      room for scrprbe at the Qc » sx " s Speech having evinced its compliance wIS lac spirit of the tisses by " improving" in the principal characteristic * of such documents in ordinary times . It \* the di $ tingrzbhing feature of 4 Royal Speech to be im «? tWiptory—to make prominent , matter * which are of small interest ta the nation generally , while those thmg which would b * aatsraUy expected to form hs prisjdpal harden are either entirely overlooked or a&glstfy glaaced at .

      We have ne * er before * eea a Royal Speech wiocb so entirely rostaiaed its "Royal" character—so perfertiaits u forai of iadstiactasas , " as As see before cs . Stronger proof that the Whiaa are at tsxir wit ; end—that they at * the i * irftn—1 shadow of retinaaeat ffitnag before ta « ir v&oa—coaal not beafiorard ; evidence more powerful that taeyqaail before th * efforts which the people have at last saaar to cosmace then that , though eodurisg lees , tDC 7 are not all patkoce , coald not he given , than tae fora aad sahstaaee of this speech . How carefully ts the way paved for that last hope and arap of expirixg nrftoa , a strong coalitMB Goverasse&t ,

      sude up of tae roUes sticks which may yet remain usbrckea , ia the two bandit * of political thorns a&d briers who have so krasr aitrroafiety lacerated the fiesir , aad let oat tae bkwd of poor Jons Bcll ' Not a siagie topic dare the Whigs iatrodaee icto the Speech , from which it was taoogat postaak for tae Tories ta dbseot . Hdlaed , Belgiua , Spain , aad Persia are severally au 4 e asspk sabjeets of cosrraselatioo or regret . Turkey- cesses ta for her stare of aetice , aad the petty Chieftains of the Ea ^ era Tribes are aot czaaticed ; bst cot o&e wcrd of Ae osry fae ~ tks aboct which the wreccbed fL £ Qaa , wLjsewoisaad lepreseatadrtf drew cp the

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      Speech , would fain persuade all sillj people that the EngUshlahourets ; tev « rai ' 'd ^ t ^ JrUUngtb ' iani ^ fice for it their hope of aotttical salvation by equalfty and right Not % tingle word of the Com Law , for whose repeal their friends have tried to agitate the whole Kingdom , in : tie Queen ' s Speech ! Nota word of Ministerial purpose in regard to Canada , beyond the <* detanainatioa ta maintain the authority of my Crown . " Not even a word in commendation of Van Amtoroh and his wonderful li » ns . The Uttle theatre of Uons , crouchiag at tbwfiret ef their keeper , and . & *> b % theatre , in which the lions ,

      growing mnpaat wha hunger and oppression , an beginning to set their keepers at defiaace , and > threaten , as the Horning Chronicle says to take the bread which is withholden , are alike passed over in most ominous silence . The "loaf" and the t * Bunn " a . n alike neglected , aad the only topic of domestic matter hazarded is the denunciation of a peaceful and starving people , for demanding tfair inalienable righto , without outrage or disturbance . In this , at lea * t , they hoped for cordial unanimity at both sides of the House . When the carcase is to be devoftred and torn , the dogs and vultures agree well together .

      The speeches of the several actors in the legislative farce of an address , discover the plot of the whole eesrfica ' s entertainments . The Corn Laws are to form a hand-bill , which the two sets of players—the " repealers . " and " modifiers "will chuck from the one to the other in thehepe of diverting the attention of the House and the people from the Suffrage agitation . The trick will fail . The performers are not even well enough studied to sustain the bye play with anything like decent credit We are glad , to see the begianing of the

      Suffrage attack in the Amendment of Mr . Duncombe , " which , though somewhat vague and indefinite in its expression , was supported by i t * mover in a straightforward , manly , and honestlike speech . Of the seconder to the Amendment we say nothing ; we refer our readers to his speech , and apprehend that they will be at no loss for an opinion of the speaker without our guidance . One thing in Mr . Ward ' s speech is worth remarking . He reminded the Government of the fact that there were at that moment two other virtual Parliament *

      sitting near them . These rival performers will , we fancy , be bo smalt bore to the St . Stephen ' s company , they will compel them either to introduce a new style of acting , by doing something really useful to th « country , or to dissolve the company as soon an " the ghost has walked "—that is to say , as soon as the money has been votwi for their salaries Let the people take care to be on the alert , and to be ready by a bold and liberal support of their Delegates , to make all proper use , and take all doe advantage , of either side of the alternative .

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      NATIONAL RENT . We have received upon this subject an address from the people of Barnsley which we are reluctantly compelled to postpone till next week , the Parliamentary intelligence trenching so largely on our columns . The same reason must excuse the curtailing of much , and the entire omission of a great deal more , of the valuable local intelligence that has reached us from a variety of places . We are always desirau to afford room for everything , but knowing that our space can only be filled , we are necessitated to use our own judgment in giving place to public , rather tkan mere local , matter . - ———¦—

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      —^ POOR LAW SEPARATIONS . This questbn is now about to be argued a * to its legality , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . We bad prepared aa article on the subject , but cannot find room for it till next week .

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      fiP TO TRS RKArtEas AKD AOKXTS OF TH « "STAa . " —In Hrt « to Buacrvtu % * e > in rcspcctiac ; U » Portraits of Mr . StepheM . we beg Co mj dMttnetljr , thai uwUlbe coala « d rifridlr to Ik * erfen w « t * c * it « for taia week ' a BmaWr : i-e . «< rerjr ag «* t « il ) r « ori *» a * maa ? iiiLn ltd INtftrmiU . ta * week th « Portrait it girva , a * b « orders of the Oar ta * «*¦*; prevMed ak or&en torntinue ap to thoaaate nambrr , wrrklj , till tai Portraiu arc tyfrv . Mf km ialiiiwea that mmmj afvat * arc arclectuif to r » i ( Mr t * r aaaeacr Uketr ( ubocriUrra . T >» abooia UnkltT at **» ac 4 to , * W tmlwam aaa *» satM&c&MtwII a * tat naalu

      WE graadrirarwakaB aot keaalete | ttO «« W » of the Order * off Uu » mmktfMu Thefre » tdia > c « ttT nluit king « Ui «( Ummmt . The « uwMt exerUoM will btmade to K * t thaa *§ Vt akesli w » met be able tsiufli them , v < ahaMSaa « w « Aia ) Mt « Mk- « ta 4 Urn uTSci of taot * wk « get ak « v * J 00 . U will »» iatpombUte wts get the mwkAct oft * hr tke ttttt pott ; aMufrqaeatly , we rtiall , when fraetkaale , mad eccond fArceU . We hall , ia ao caa * , « akr aa j tack . Mr . MlDGELY , Hxluax , dii aot arder hut wm * taiSatsrdaj rTFBtB |( . Thai wm the rcaaoa whr he got no papers hr £ m-

      Ur . IaaoTSOS . Hali&K . —Bat sceoaa paital left Leeda . br the fire o ' clock mall oa ^ tardav . tnfutnre the ipia will plmm to attend to theioUowiaic Mmn ^ rmemt * rr « e ctiag theiraccoaatt and therecaiuiBfi of their muaim : tb ** e | agcatt who get 20 » CWpiee aad ahoTc . lrrrklj- . taiut maitb f Bank Order their moaer . oe aecouat , fwtai ^ rhti /; thoae who get uder S 00 waeklr , mart mait ¦ oathlr- Their aeco « aU « ul he n ^ dcred hali-vrarir . Thu aiach bwabk aad ekpesae wdl be saved both ta the * Bad bs . We beg esfecblatteatM to theae anaafceajcata . They ma *( he « sArataadM ooBuneadBs ; tnm tat tenn ; of tha ttt-amt aM . It U aUaoat rrfmry fer — ta repeat that aU faatagu * xm be saiiar Om Ajrwrta . Attiiiuea , *> i , = »^ , m fttt « r » , See « t direct ta the Ofcee .

      leEjrrs— The orders boato « r Scotch afprate , « Wh w * r * puled on Tharaiay . the 3 Ut of Jaanaqr , did aot reach o « r office till Snadav BMraiaf , owing to tome deUy of the bmQ ; c « aaas « aa 4 y thepaser * were aetaoO . Oca JkCEXTS ehoctld hear ia aiad . that Thaorsdavw the day tm which their orders should he at theafiee , Mr . tKirrr " * order came Uk «*< k oa Satnriay mornny , aad arveral others tmm Ne * easiie Saajoel Xohk '« order tnm rrowbndge , aiwuys aaates twsmty hoars after hk papers ottght to be ia th < poit- « Ape . TO AGENT * AND CoaatgTOSPESTS . —Several Wtauahave thkawk heea ivtnrool ts the Past tittcs saapeaed , Vecaa » e they came chaTged with poctage , Ia future ¦< ahalla ^ ttahe a aiagte sapaii fetter exceptfrwa renlar apvocBted MwWeaUectofs or oormpoaacMa , With i * - a ^ ect to the axeaw , it is j < m as eaay tathav , aad ancfc Veas treabte for aa , for them to pay the piniasi of feeirarier * wheaaatt , as br bj t » hire to charse them with il afterward * .

      TiUJCOn . TRT .-Wi 9 die papers fer tikis place , aad for AW , Aowoa * pared ? Xt . PARGrTES— Hk « co »! letter , a *» ted oa Satwday e « v » - lag , &d aot arrtre here tli Tooar . Ha paoers cooij aotteseat . ' TO QC » SSJLOPOU ) READIES . —Tb * iavw ewc ^ ytaca « f Che £ har , sfyieuta aa fioat grog a resect ef v « ater d » v * uiiwiaa . tha «« ek . Neat week they shall hxre ic ABYEXTtSSas am i * v » est « J to a » d their adrvrtiseBeata earir ia the week . This veek « e * vra ! haT « hrea ssmiued , Wtag loo late . The press of Pkrixkaaeatary asd C % smtka a « wa ahndgiBg oar advertiaks | space . A . P . * J . C—The Area * aSadet s * had all the « Stan " he ordered bat wvek , aad we hare ae casttral « rer hit - fan » T'' o *^* 1 p j pers , thoo «> at aan «* gne bo

      TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS . SATtOXAL Rcrr—Mr . ttihw jmt ismteaWejovnal bariaf Wcosarthe saaat «« MH « eiT drnbtrd af aar paper mtS « Be £ iac « aaOktrkt , sam ^ ohfig «<« ar iaa ^ en a « tkiasj tae earn af ^ i-St svascrihedbf VheBeAiagtaa Braach ef At M « rtaera PaJkieal Uaiaa , to th « ibuaaal XaTKUUI . infT . —Wa km metre * the asaaaf 41 14 s . cattiora lainagat a fcw af the bdical braahanVers ef Leada , at thew Cha > haaas , the Star aad Garter , CaBlaa * .. * ; ' ¦ - , POKTCT . —TV * Baaeta af UVrty , a » Acrcesw as Joenh Katwer - ? r f > baaa . taa Barter *; , a mi lUdkal Saag , aad fifty ather p irrtral aCakaas ax » haaAAaewte the ri » ihaiaii ! iM ;

      TO QCABTtBXT SCBScarAEXS . —OvrQoartrrlTSchiori ^ en mrtnqmttuA taaettif their aecaaoaos talVoanber . A 31 Tr-r » ~« A " ig t » t ussm mhiiiaiiii Hai the Smtktra SStr are reaaeatad ta jead a resainaaee , ia adTaacv , post paid hi— , 14 » . per year . « r 4 a . M . per nartarsaaarakatheywa aw . W ^^ d . Btiaiura Ttdtu- —Taa feroatts far Mr . WMaaaawa * « W » Jtr . Ga *» x of Knaiaghaa . e « tiht | Ns « t Javaary , tohefarwarddibveeorh . Be * Q a « daaJk tahe th «« arfcat . p ,, t , aayrf . e « diagAaa . SATTOXJOL Sxxt . —Keccvwa bvm Swaiatr b . Clrr ^ aad , y-rta » a « . the cam of jtl fe . 4 J . ; aW&asa test owratr * Braahatkara , Liacaca , jrl . tammii Th . fsntail B ^ at , udthe J « ea ^ taa Braahagokers bar * gm * Satioxju . ' Starr . —lUeetvel 6 raa Oe Scnam Cb ^ sbat Ctaruai West , ^ i . F . U * . Foss . —akvcneaanteaacO . BELL W . M . A—We aa « asrry ta be oftGcelta defer sas uaJuriMii till wait week . " .

      SCCLCOATES WoaOKMESS . —T >» » P < iib »* k twxi ^ f ; w « harctsct fst hai tab : to read a—w 2 l sea ^—« ¦ week . ' ' . ¦ ' ' ' ' : ; ' ¦ .: ¦ ; ¦ ¦ .. ¦ Srw Ttvuxs &ssocijLTtox * -TU H&raca wosil aat he BUcccKSf s » tS « fUSB . '

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      : [^ viMMia ^^ ^ vM ^^^ i , ^ looking man , named John : Howarth , was brooa before the Boebdale Bench on the falKming onara —Several of tbe nembers of tite Roehdaie Teeto Soderjr appeared , and state }—* e prisoner had i a lepgth of time being going ^ ranad the neighbot hood , and obtained many Am * fiwrn raneetal person ^ jmrportinr to be fn the sse vf thv Te pkraaeB Soetety ^ He had so « cee 4 ed in getting hs a-crow ^ froa tht vicar , aad a sosa from the B J . Moleyneoz , assoeiatkm ssiaister . His pen being idmtified , beww comntUed to hard lafe for three aionths .

      Departube of the Convention Dk OATB .-0 n Sunday morning , Mr . James Tayi preached his farewell sersMO , in tb » Unitari Chapel , Clorer-gtreet , to * erowdew aadience . i ° " «»««« > ne n . et a number of hia friends at 1 Vlock Face Inn , when a carriage and four hor were brought , which conveyed him and a few friei to the Railway Station , Manchester , where he , i ewnpanied by five other delegates , took his depart ) Jby the five o ' clock train for London . When'Jaavi iJocbdale , an immense number of people follow * aW- ^ X * not le ^ him de P * wi thout an addn At Middltton , he was met by thoosaads of peoi who escorted him a part of the way towards Mi Chester .

      . VUKV . National Rent . —The National Rent , < lected in the Bary district , asoouats to the sun £ 169 19 » . 6 % i ., namely : — „ £ . t . d . Bury ........ 44 0 0 Heywood ......... ' . . 40 0 0 Radcliffe .............. 30 0 0 Tolfington ...... Mi Oi Rtmsbotton ..... 8 0 0 Whitefield 7 00 Higher-Lane 6 10 0 TJns * orth . » .. 3-.. M > 0 Haawon Mill ............... . 3 90 BolHelt .....-.. »> ........... 2 10 ^ BlackfoT 4 bridge-.. i ... w .. .. 3 0 0 Longfield ......... ^^ ......... 2 10 0 Rooden-lane .................. 2 5 i Park-lane ...... ; 1 10 0 Half-aere . 1 10 9 £ 169 19 6 y

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      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , t On Monday last , the delegates appointed at paj meeting * of the working classes held in vsrioas m of the country , for the purpase of petitioning for "People ' s Charter , " assembled at the Brij Coffee-House , Coekspur-strset . It seems they n to have met at Browne ' s Hotel , Palace-yard , ! the room said to have been fixed upon fer tbeir \ was subsequently taken , it is stated , for the n *« of •' Anti-Cora Law delegates , " and , no doobc % better price . ^ j At this opening of the National Convention at sixty delegates were present ; and the prelimis barinew appeared to be that of the " interim d mutee

      , appointed , it was understood , at Bins ) h » m . Mr . Douglas , of the Birmingham Jerri wa . « chairman of this committee . . ' ' i The delegates gaw ta their pttitions , and r ta the number of signatares attached to the petit for the Charter , aod the laout of National I cjntributed hy the respective towas and dutr The Birmingham petition had 94 , 643 si | CBatt aad th * amoaot of rent was £ 167 ; the Fifet petitioo , 45 , 000 rigoatures—00 rent ; tat Potte P ^ tt on ( Stt&rdsUre ) , 18 , 000 tj gnatiires-i £ 10 ; Adr toa-oDder-Lyne , 13 , 000

      sinataresreot ; North Wales petibon , 3461 sigaaturrt-r £ 37 ; Moaaaathshire pstitWa , 5 ^ 00 anator rest , £ 10 ; Ediaborgb petitioa , 5 , 000 ajgaatar no rent ; Dnofermliae , Kirkaldy , &c , petit 86 . 016 ngnatnrcs—rent £ 33 ; Glasgow petit f ° ^? ° K"to » -re « t £ 68 ; Durham peti ti 4 , 000 sigaatara .-reat £ 10 ; Ne » castk >« paB . petiboa , 35 , 000 « igaatorew—ao reat ; serersi \ mets in Lancashire , 20 , 000 sigBataTC *—rent £ 1 Trowbridge , aad sereral ether towas , 6 , 000 sig tores—rent £ 30 ; several « f tatjaetreaotitaa Wctt , 19 , 000 ngaatorew-rcat £ 16 ; Maaehea 40 , 000 stgnstnres—wo reat : ereral districts

      • 2 * T ure » ' Nn » -mt £ 126 ; Prest 7 , 090 agaatares—twat £ »; NwtrJataa » ta * peri -f «* **? ; FiwArsiira , UfioFmvmtmJZ £ »; Ohiaasa , 13 , 66 w sigaalans a » reat ; A Wre , 13 , 000 stgsstain reat £ 130 ; B « ltoa , pttitMn—reat £ 15 ; Carnale , aa artitkw ^ reBt j -Total stgnatBres , « pa , 4 Bw—Total rent £ 967 . It was stated that the petition ia all those ts and dwtnets , fros , wbkh rent had Wea recei were ia the coors * of siraatar * , aad that a v large addition , both of ssgeataras aad " aatk nt " Z ? « sw to kaad » agfctor tea davs . Mr . Docolas rsid he woald aav ask the d gates to det . u 4 . tn * casmtttee of its funrtow , appoint a caalmaa , in order that thcr ssizat 1 oeedtottafomarkmirftlhsCwafwtioB . '

      Mr . HkThkbixotok thoogat the aatmntB of acwatrssaa a matter of very senec * impomac !^ y ? t ^ rfti ^ " ^ * ttentiy ^«^ ttoB . As the delegates aad frtositkrahle prelimiii Imness to transact , peraaas it woekl be bette 2 Jf **^ * »*« r « ae d « y . The dories to petwiBeU > v the easimaa waold require aotk ssorr than commoa atase , padeaee , aad disc * » ent to know that which ts legal aad aroaer . to be reje « ed . He , Aerttore , » w „ ^ Salt taewayofappaiatiB ^ aeaairBaaadailT . He wr ore that BaibV Hugh Crai g , delegate fros . A dare , ta * t the chair fcrtai . d £ ?^*^ The saotkn haviag hem secoadwl was can anaaiaoBsI y . Mr . DoreLAS then vacated tae chair , which 1 taken bv ' . * .

      Mr . CmAio—He nMrcsscd them as the res * nuiir « ofthe iadastrioos ebsses of taeaeopi Great Britain , aad wbatr ^ d he was eoaviacedt the matte- ftey had oadettakea was oae of t ! i « portaac « , aot oafy to tae iadntnecs , Iwt to «*»««• » f tbw kinjdou ; it the taaw dae heaware that tae tmi which they soaght to aecocap •«? one Brrouaded witib diffiealties ; bathe Mt t ttey , taereprejmtstiTes of tae iadsstriacsport or tins great natioa , woald be able by munimhr : P «*«»«« aee , to ssrsMvat nerr difixsltT * t £ «»»«»«* itsdt Whea tadr coastitaeais r " . ™*» ° »« " « stresKfiae fortaewd&n y

      » e kardjtoraTB | a » Koas , ae eouhl oot Wiere *« ih ? T wt . H atord taes . » geaeral and * £ *^ V ° ^» » r eader the caase ia wt taey were embarked coaipir tdj traBaphaat "Z ^ LZTJ ? ?!* *** " * ° » J * b « aerit 1 P * S ^ J de legate , tkat > ae fiTi « ble « ^^ « " ** "P " «« ««*• i * whici they w ^ mT&y" * * " * ' *^ ' ***' £ ** «??««« ^ e ^ a ^ xv SSSS a . » £ :- « O God « eat oVaad areseWrf S a ^* » *• * Tw » tb Thee eor saost finmhie hf « tl thanks Sat Uw ssercM mai 4 . nC . 3 Wt !

      F-f . Js ^ s ' ^ loe ^ er oepnv * the poor •/ ta * casafcro of Bfe / S ** fe ?^ " ¦? **¦ ' - "Sal or aofit 3 ^ -eifS 2 * " ^ - * y " ^ y ¦ '¦«" ¦ . 'Buiitueai , taat it eaaaot redeesa , « w « t it kaa ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ' ^ P *^ . Let Ho ^ Samtdireet aa . ate ^ ferafi * coanhat bTO , « -Uwi , a ** eadei a face far the ba u ^ Mnsaa ssllawae at assae aad tik ^ agW ¦ Ratal . JUHT 1 S ; bMbW si ia . Ll _ j »»_ , ™ A n .. ^ . * ^ b ^^^ ^ •¦ awiw , prwee , aaa op ••^ at , actiagaaea Carlfdaa ariac ^ les , m « nve atiytsjesaaecaciacsBeB . ¦ j _ i _ l _ jj __ l — ^^^ "

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      • ' ¦ ' -. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ * SBM . . ' . : A \; i ; J ; v-. Bbductiok of Postage , fcc ., at Cufiom . --Deputatios mfet . Fojc , Eao ., M . P .--Tht deputation appointed W the jpablk , meeting held in the Chnrch SA 00 I Koom , Clifibrd , on the 12 th January , waited upon Mr . Lane F » x , at his residence , Braham House , on Thursday evening last Mr . Fox listened with attention to the state ments of the depstadon , and agreed to present the memorial to her Majesty ' s Pest Ma * tsr General , when forwarded to him ; or in any other way to forward the interests of the inhabitaats ' of Clifford .

      inMATlOKAI . CONTSKTIOK . —Tb * SlBBW ^ OF War . —A patriotic correspondentfrosa Biaaingham remarks very pithily , that it is of no ase to force an army to besiege a city « ritboat die monitions of warhe applies this to the illustration of the absolute necessity of the people generally bestirring themselves actively to provide funds for the use of the Nations ! delegates . He says that he and his shopmates have commenced a subscription of one penny ^ weekly for twelvemonths—they thus raise 10 shillings weekly in that shop . He recommends the practice to general adoption , and we cordially second the recommendation .

      Opd Fellows' Hall . —There appears to be not a shadow of doubt , from the spirited manner in which this important subject has been taken op by the members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , of the Manchester Unity , in the Leeds District , which ia one of the moxt powerful and influential in the unity , upwards of 7 , 000 shares , at £ 1 each , having been taken , that it will be carried oat to full completion . The committee of management sit every night , Sundays excepted , at the bouse of Mr . John Airey , Old George Inn , Briggate , Leeds , wheru the plans and drawings of the intended

      building , drawn by Messrs . Perkin and Backhouse , architects , are exhibited . The design is considered to be one of the finest pieces of architecture that was ever presented as a specimen of a publio baild > ing , i » Leeds . The ball will be 110 feet long by 80 fret in breadth , and the large room upon the fourth floor is calculated to dine 1600 persons . It will be specially appropriated for such parposes and large public meetings . Over the hall will be erected a promenade , lighted by a dome , for the purpose of exhibiting pictures , drawings , and all other works connected with the fine arts . The third

      floor will be appropriated for holding ten lodges on one night . The second floor will be divided into rooms suitable for holding the literary institution , mechanics' institution , medical hall , law society , lecture rooms , or for any other public parposes requiring spacious and lofty premise * . The ground floor will be set apart for infant schools , aad for culinary purpose * . The society have allowed all members of the order to become subscribers for any lunouiit of shares . Individuals in Leeds , of great wealth and influence , have come forward as honor , ary member * , to subscribe to this extensive undertaking , which ia computed to cost about £ 12 , 000 .

      A * there are no political or party feelings involved in the erection , it is dexirable that the nobility and gentry should encourage the untertaking , ax it is ( Kilely intended for the benefit of the community . The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in th * Leeds District , are subscribing upwards of £ 6000 annually for the relief af tbeir rick members , medical aid , and funerals . It is generally thought that the building will be erected at the West-end of the town , and can be purchased there at a much lower rate , a very » hortdistance from the towa , with most excellent reads , which will very considerably dimin ish the ezpences .

      HTJSDE& 6 FX £ U > . Black Lira awd White Owes . —The wilful fabrications which frequently appear ia the Leeds Mercury regarding the H udder * field people and their doings , are soch that they take very little notice of what appear * inits column * . They have that sympathy for its editors , knowing them to be lavcb practiced in misreprewntatioD , which like any other bad habit is with difficulty removed—that they take not the slightest notice of either a wktte lie , or oM of a mijrtmre of colour * , bat they will every now aad then for the benefit of the public , pabiish the Hack lies which its editors in their wrath thiak fit to send

      to tbeir deluded readers . In the Haddersield news of the last week , it was said that Matthews the Guardian of Shipley had not attended to his doty at the Board Room on Monday previously , tod stated as a reason that the people of Shepley had withheld bis wages for bis attendaaca . Now the truth is that Matthews since tae cewsaraeesatat <• this year ' s servitude , as Guardian , has Dot received a single farthing as a recompence nor did be expect any , but alas , the people of Shipley are aow deprived of a faithful acrraat waiea ttoy deeply regret the loss of . Ho wa * at tto tisse , tbe fabrication appeared m his death bed , sad is since dead .

      BUfOlVBT . A Mi « takb . —Under the heading of " A Mistake" you have published in the Norther * Star of the 2 nd instant , a paragraph Mating a coaversation that is said to have taken place relative to the recent Westcyao Methodist Cemttaary Mcedng , held on Wednesday . January 33 rd , ia the Methodist School Boosa , Bingley . We feel it doe , in justice to all parlies , to say that that paragraph 1 * satirely a

      ttbricatwn , and utterly untrue . It appears to t » that the person who made that eetasseaicatioci to you did it to play off a hoax . There was ae cask received at our Centenaij Meedag , exeopc a a >*> small warns , amounting in the whole to eetweea two and three ponnds . Nor among tto seass promised ia there any one of six pounds . Nor ia taert tkt slightest ground to assert or believe dsataaysoea coo ^ uludon between a manufacturer aad his wile , at Bingley , ever took place .

      xowee Homnts . Public Mbktino . —A public sasotiac took place at Mrs . Boothroy d ' s , tto Masea ^ ' Anss , Lower Hoosea , oa Thonday week , in order to form an Association , and to carry oat the People ' s Charter , when the 1 » iky « ingr « sofotiouwt » uanuaoB 3 adopted : ¦ - " 1 st . That this mcedag bigUy approve of tto People ' s Charter , aad do hereby adoat it as our owa ; and having signed the Natioaal Pedtioa ^ do hereby pledge onrsehres to sabaerito to tto National Bent and delegate fund , aad to support oar delegates ia London , in every possible way . " Moved by Mr . Joseph North , and secoaded by Mr . David Syke * . — " lad . That we look upon tto arrest

      of die Rev . J . R . Stephetu as a blow sisaed directly at tiie interests of the working dasiea , with a view to simk as to that state of servile vassalage that would shame a native of Ethiopia : that we both admire the mas aad tto principles he advocates , aad that we look apoa tto Hibernian chief of tto Precursor Society as one of tto meet vtaosaues reptiles that ever disgraced a eoontrj . " Moved by Mr . James GEedhill , and eecended . by Mr . Charie * Calling . — " 3 rd . That we are deterouaed t » aapport Mr . Stephens in his persecuted state , both ia vratd . and deed ; and we also pledge ourselves to assist , at far as lays inwt power , the puttiagdowa of trranaT

      and oppresnon . ' Moved by Mr . Aarahasi HajW , ani s « CMaded by Mr . Matthew Berry . — " 4 th . That oar best thanks are due to Feargos O * Coaaw , E * . for his mighty effort » ia tto people ' s eaase . " Moved bv Mr . James Sy % ei , and seconded Vy Mr . TaaSJaat Armitage . Mr . Israel Sjkes was called to tto chair at eght o ' clock in the evening , aod tto said reso-Ittooas were Very aWy supported Vy Mr . Ti mi it Vet-era , Mr . Sxmcel Dickictoa , and Mr . Joba Heatoc , onul a late boor , wbea tto sseetias ; broke ap , being all highly eratiSfd . Please to insert * tto above in toot valnbte paaer 00 Satarday , tto 9 th insc . ^^

      I resaaut , Yours , ic ., _ ¦ Josm . NomTR . SmUiXBaT * . . . ..- . Tbs Cacsk ; The Cacss . —^ Aka satetiair of Ae Aamiatkm told ia this tasra , oa atoadajevV tag , Feonsarj 4 tk , tt was Trrnniatuml j lesalvei : — ** That we r' - ^ -ht tirsiwf riwTiili au ta *^ m am doct of Mestrs . O'Coooor , Steatoaa . aad Oastkr and thai we hereby pted ^ < H ^« »^ S mostexartioBs to support tto Rev . J . K . thrtm » tto fetatotKpg straggfc . " I . order ta ^ rTtfce above iato e&et , we have oacaed a ssaBii , ii .- » tto Aasociatkn Baem , 3 , St . JaarsVatowTwtore those wha fed dupowd 2 aid tto Chri « kaB ^ ai ia tto straggle ef " ? right agaiast mwrat . " areras peetfeltylSkiwit o ^ lh ^ aid ^ VawS hUa with tfceir ce&tribatioBS .

      Deuaatk Bxvr . —We kave psaaed ta Ae Wi of tto Maaager of the Co « - « ciai Baak ef England tto rasa of £ 10 , to tto accosat of & . J . Bieaardjoa , Id , Cbapd- ^ trert , Satsard . W ( Wm of the Na&o&aJ C ^ aventioa . Tto easasaittee retara taesr accere thanks to those who aave kxadlv eentrftBted to tike "Rent , " m « reesfecis % t » tto caEco-pritttert , ( jocrBevsjkea mad aaareatxet ) « f Calder Yaks PrimtWock * , fer tto aakm 6 p duMitba aasifritEd ay ttom ia tto " isrttiisi rf tV saa » - Ti p coasaitaee also hare testate that , with * Sew hcsh&raase exoepdoss , « wt aava aa eecasaaa to taaak tto Wh ^ iSrt-ak-b y-t . t ' Befcrm saoMcrata aod pcWiaatt , they havimg kef * ttoir pane sljrwn T « rry daselr drawn agsi&R tto am « b tf ( h » s 5-fenag vmxijmuL ¦ ¦ i- : ¦ ¦ - ~ - . ¦ ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1044/page/4/