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      Over and over again we hare said , that man i * born with propensities , which may be either nurtsrcd into virtues or thwarted into vices . "While a fostering , a kind , and a hamane Government will produce a moral people , a tyrannies . ] , inhuman , and cruel Government will produce an artful , cunning , wily , and immoral people . The virtues of a people are characteristics , their vices are consequences of op pression and misnile . In private lift the character of

      a youth is formed by those with whom he associates , and do maxim is more true than "NMcitur a tociit . " The law may be said to be th « nation ' s nurse , and according to the cpirit and application of the law , the national character is s&re to be moulded . Posterity will look upon the fact of a human being being fastened by the Beck to the end of a rope and swinging in tht air , till life had fled , as fabulous . while , if the atrocities of those who hare in part

      abolished these brutal exhibitions , are allowed to continue , the slow process of death , bjo'er work and starvation , will bt considered as part and parcel of Political Economy . It is tme that the latter process is gradual , and in its several stages of increasing horror , the mind becomes familiarised with the last stage of agonised suffering ; and in order to withhold from public view and puMie censsre frequent rcemeBtos of vfllany and misrule , the last throe of the innocent will be henceforth heard in the retirement

      of a Bastile charnel-house , instead of upon the scaffold . The mind of man becomes familiarised with scenes the most horrible ; and this fact we state as the strongest reason for removing at once all Wd example from the growing generation . Whatever description of punishment or cruelty custom sanctions and the law upholds , will by degrees steel the heart and reconcile tht feeling * to fashion . Hence , if the masters of oMen time , who looked upon the health of tkeir men as their best inheritance , could for one uwmeat start from eternity , aad see human

      existence mate tributary to machinery , what wsuld be their feelings ? Bat , if all the horrors which now exist shall "be handed down to posterity as sanctioned by the present generation , they will be considered 3 S a part of the Constitution , and theworkiDg classes will be looked upon as the slaves of their masters . A chiia may be trained to look upon cruelty to a dumb animal as a very great crime , while the < &Boe chili msy be trained to look upon kindness to those by whom he li-es as an offence against the class to which he belongs . The old landlords were

      more tender-hearted and kind than the young r * ce cf landlords . The old race of manufacturers were core kind than the rising generation of the same order ; and the fault is not 90 much in them as in the system ; bat in order to prevent the continuance of a bad stare of things operating as an example > it is oar boundea duty to take eare that custom shall mot sanction , nor law uphold , the damnable system of robbery , spoliation , child-murder , and manslaughter , which has been so long and so successfully practiced by the privileged order under the

      sanction and instruction of a Government , which we pay , and which represents only this said devastating class of the community . Oat of our present agitation we hope will J > prirjg a code of laws , under which all those who are born and reared , will learn their duty towards their neighbour , and to do unto others as they would be done by According to the mode ! which we shall be enabled to present will the mini of future generations be moulded ; while , if existing institutions should continue , the first impression which the child will receive fr * m iu parent * will be an utter bostilitv lo

      all classes « f society , save that in which it is born . If our predecessors had not submitted to the galling yoke of taxation , in the first instance , those indignities which it has entailed , eTen beyond the pecuniary harden , never would have been imposed upon us . But as no statute of limitation exists against a nation ' s will , what the few put on , > t the many throw off ; «> long as the vote of ihe master i # necessary for the support of the Minister so long will the law of the Minister be made for the benefit of ths mastw . Loose the golden link b y which one class of society is bound , and at once you anrivet the chains by which the other is fettered .

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      LORDS BROUGHAM , LYNDHURST , AND CHARLEYrLLE veksxts THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY . "Within the last week , we have witnessed = a ¦ mast anomalous coalition between two ei decant Republican Noblemen and as Irish Tory P * er , wbo mar justly be looked upon as the leader of the Iri * h Orange faction in the House of Lord * . It appears that a man of the name of Copbland was unjustly conTicted of a rape in Ireland ; and that the

      Marqui ? of > ORJ 4 A ? rBT , having satuSed his own mind of the innocence of the mis , did in tie constinjuoail exercise of his prerogative , pardon him , 00 : as aa act of mercy , as sated by BBorGHAii , bat as an act of justice . Let us for a -moiaeat rtview the c * u * e . Copkuaxd Is convicted ; a sorgeoa , capable of rebutting the evidence , famishes the Executive with satisfactory proof of the innocence of the man . This Bbottoham calls an abuse of the dearest prerogative of the Executive ; whereas it was a mere act of tardy justice . BboTJGBah says , that " we all koox hour such

      certificates are procured ; ' and he instances cases f exemptions from service on juries ; but he ? ferns whoay to have overlooked the fact that either the e ^ 5 i : » t * & toFELAXD ' s case was , or might have a ^ efe , pf ^ bed ed or succeeded by an affidavit , and that tke ^ crgeon should , if required , submit himself to an examination . Lord Brougham , however , is oae of those euriauj compounds who revives to acquire

      notoriety per fat aut nefat ; and , therefore , where the purpose serve * , he makes little distinction between friend and foe , certificate acd affidavit , justice and mem . B&otuBJU * is astonished tka ; all the miautis so critically observed in England should not be as critically observed in Ireland ; whereas we tell the Noble Lord that the great esteem in which we hold the Marquisof Nohjkanbt ar ises from the fa ^ t rV-. * - v ~ : _ . j v _ . ans « from the fretthat he between

      , interposed dominion and justice ; md . where the law of injustice had a triump h , the Noble V 1 Ceroy speedily terminated it by « aet " not of mercy but of justice . This Bkocgham is a singular man . When DCRH ** unconstitution ally exercised hu clemency b y ending the Canadian pntoaers to Bermuda , Brovghak legaliv , aib _ W e * « i& the Noble Lord for havin g commit " the act before the Island was consecrated to British tyranny . Dcshxm moms , * nd BuorGHA * quails Wfore Ms angry frown ; and in ord « . r tn . ^ , . ^» ~ -6 ' . ' "uwu , aau in omer to

      prove thai his wa * aa exception , merely springing from a constitutional heart , be neck * for a minor to hu major , and endeavours to parade his love of justice and mercy by arrai gning the best Tysemj that In-Und ever saw , for an act of grace which will ¦ everdisgrace Lord Hkkut Brocsham and Vatrx . We admit that mercy is the dearest prerogative of the Executive , and that it should not be capricU e-usry exercised ; and when tkt laws ar « yielding to mercy and stwn against oppression , with an Executive exacting an implicit obedience to their-mild authority , then , should an act of capricioos mercy be eoa » hr * d by the Execotiw , we will be a »< rag «

      the first to complain . If this act of Baor Omar ' s is faiHy scntiabcd , it will exhibit the m « raants * if fcu character , tad port that which we hare often

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      awerted , thai h « would rather , plaj the first ruffian , than the second gentleman in the . piece . Brougham U onaeauainted with Irish law ; and until the d « f » t ^ rf Nobkahbt , the Irish people were unacqaainted with - justice . That Lord Chiswyillk should make a splutter about an Irish Catholic ' s life being saved is not wonderful ; but that Brougham « hould confess himself ignorant of everyday practice is somewhat marvellous , considering the salary he receives for having been supposed to understand law . We will give him a ease in

      point . Those who know Brougham and Baron Penefeatheb . will have no hesitation in declaring the superiority of the legal acquirements of the latter . The case is this : —A lad was placed upon his trial at the Cork Assizes , charged with having violated the persoB of a very young girl . After the case for the prosecution had been gone into , and befere the defence had terminated , theHon . J . Plwnkett , who was ' ene of the Crown prosecutors upon the Jdunster Circuit , and who was conducting the case for the Crown , stopped the defence , by informing bis

      Lordship , that it had come to his knowledge , through a surgeon whom the Crown Solicitor had employed to examine the g irl , that the act , as sworn to , had not b « en perpetrated . Baron Penefeather , who is an ornament to the Bench , required no better evidence than the assertion of Mr . Px . unkett ; the issue was sent to the jury , and , by the direction of the Judge , the prisoner was acquitted . It was afterward * discovered , that the father of the prosecutrix had induced his daughter to swear against the prisoner in the hope of extorting money from his father , who was a wealthy farmer . In conclusion , we recommend Lord Brougham to

      direct his attention to objects worthy of his talent ; for , by these frequent acts of petty larceny , and defamation , we shall be led to consider him as a judpe without mercy , a peer without nobility , a politician without princi ple , a legislator without character , and a maa without charity . And yet , as tw o negatives make an affirmative , eut of this compound of vices we find him held up a * tK « groat moral e . instructor of the age he lites in ! Brotobam , in bis attacks , reminds us of the wasp , which , struck from thewindow , and struggling on the floor , thrustt out his sting in spite rather than defence , heedless whether he gratifies his re-Tgnge by wounding friend or foe . We would

      reoommend him in after life to seek for real grievances to redress , rather than exhibit his pervereeneis of nature by censoring in others what be himself h&s neither the virtue dot the honesty to imitate . As Normanby did justice in Ireland without giving a base aristocracy any satisfaction , we would recommend him , by all mt-an p , to refuse the papers preyed for by Brougham , Lyndburst , and Char LET ILLS , and to rest satisfit-d with tbe pleasing r » flection that he had be « n the means of saving the life of aa innoct-nt man .

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      THE . FACTORY SLAVES AGAIN . Tht ? question , of the Mood , bones , and sinews of little children , against the gold of rapacious and unpriicipled eapiufots , was again brought before the House of Commons , on Monday night , by Mr . Fox Macl « , one of tbe Undtr SecreUrws of SUr * . It is the essential characteristic of Whig legislation to do as little as possible , and nothing effectually , except tbe creation of places in which to . stow away their hungry retainers . 'Tis only , therefore , an old story twice told , to say that the best of their performances are lame and buaglinjr , and require more mending and patching than thej are worth at tfee full value . Ib do portion of their legislative handicraft has their imbeeility or rascality been always more conspicuously apparent than in the pretended mantle of protection which they have thrown around helpless infant poverty , by substituting the clumsy , expense , and unmanageable apparatus of the present Factory Act , for the plain , simple , and efficient measure which the good and wise of all parties , save Whiggery , bare been so long imploring tbemtoad » pt . After having plunged deroeratelv ,

      in hopes of tkrowiag off the incumbranee , and finding the saddle too closely watched and occupied to be vacate < L ' they contented tbemselTes to permit their " frienda" to endure tbe miseries which they had brought upon themselves by mistake . And after trying every possible shift , which even Whig ingenuity , and falsehood , and treachery , coold suggest to cover their de ' . inquenties , they are at last forced to denounce their dear friends and firm allies , the Millowning Capitalists as a crew of the basest scoundrels on tbe face of God ' s earth . The troth »

      e ^ er welcome , though it should evea be extorted with a bad grace from the " Father of lies . " W . e take the character of the "Commercial Vampires" of our UvA , as drawn by their friend and patron Mr . Fox Macle . la assigning his reasons for the various alleiations he propos « in the existing law . he said : —

      " Amongst tbe alterations now proposed was tiis , that no child should work in more than one factorv in the same dav . He proposed this b ^ cauM it ha ) been found by the inspector * uf factories that children were sometimes sent to work for four or five hour * : n one factory , and then sent to work out the rei maiuder of tae now at another , and in nine cases out of ten where this was done the provision * of the Act were violated . " -The CommissioBer 8 , on whose report the Factory I Act was foanded , deliberately asserted , after tbe -most Cireful investigation , that to work young children for any longer period than this Act permits , is to murder them , and the Commis « o « er !« , be it remembered , were appointed by the Whigs , at the instance of the Millowaers . Here then is a direct

      charg * brought by Mr . Fox Mauls , against the Commercial Capiulir t * , of resorting to the most paltry trick * of low-cunning , for the purpose of wilfully and deliberatel y murdering children by wholesale ., that a Kttie more profit may b # added to their already large amount of ill-gotten wealth . Truly this is a handsome portrait , to be drawn by a fr—d ! T painu ? . 2-1 ^ ^ rr ; : r fnnri ? . the ugly picture to which the rest afford most diabolic correspondence . It seems from Mr . Fox Maule ' s testimoav , that another means bv which

      this wholesale bartering of infant blood for gold i * effected , by his friends the iiillowners , is the suborning of | £ pe testimony upon a large scale . * Bj the present Acf % \ ildren required a medical certificate of age . -Bit from tbe vagueness of the present law , as to the p « r » on by whom the certificate should be granted , it was almost impossible that the rule should hare any useful effort , hlr . Richards and Mr . Homer proposed that a surgeon should be selected to whom tke power of giving thote certificates should be entrusted ; but even thi * was not enough to exclude frauds . Jt was , bwidw , notlaw-Tul to make such a selection ; so that with all their

      caatioa , the * e gentlemen could not exclude persons from certifying who called themselves nurgeon * , houfh they were orVn little better than cow doctors . Part of the present difficulties arose from the obscurity of the Act as to whether the certificate was to t > e gxren upon actual a « , or upon the appearance of » ge and strength . This obscurity wonk be cleared a ? by the present BilL Tbere were al *> eotutaot ™» practised , whatever sargeoa uigfat be ael ** . * Jt > na £ Wg to him one enikL and rcceninr a cemficjite which was then palmed off witk a yonnger child . It wa * MpposeTthatlhe s ^ oatuM ° f m » P « rate woold prevent the « e * B * t bat *

      rwaJv ^ Ll * Pf ^ aU j » ° check at all To Iw ^ kT ^ ^* **• proposed that sorgwuu 2 « u ZJ 2 Tiii 7 # »*»»* by SWecto ^ who cSft ^ S i ^^ T ^ * ° « " ** * certiScateV &a * cemrtinr . urgeaa wonld be of no ami until Sonn-W » y * = » P « trate , aot being a . * oQ «« n « , who « h <>^ f ^ Wr a *» win tb * troA of fc . certifi- ' case , and th « identity of the child broacht before him . T ^ p ««« Biapropo ^ 4 alj « ttkatth « oera

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      ficate should be given .. at the factory where tKnchUd or yoqnjf person wa » employed ; tod it farrier prd ^ noted ( whu * might seem itfrOlng to some pertpw ) that the inspector or snb-inspector « hpuldiJM « e (! m& , power to a&nnl any certificate where tb # yJia 3 ^« 5 to believe that the real age of tbe child was lea than tie age specified . " ' Thus doth even the Whig Government , through its mouthpiece , Mr . Fox Maulb , proclaim these cheap-bread vociferating capitalists , who would fain persuade the operative classes that they are their otUjf " friends " (!) to be scoundrels of ap deep a dye that neither their word nor oath is worthy of the least credit , when they have tbe means of mating an additional sixpence by its violation .

      u The next question was as te the regulation for the recovery of lost time . He might enumerate from the reports of the inspector * a very ireat number of instances , in which the grossest fraud bad baett practised under pretence of recovering lost time . K often occurred that oner part of th « machines of » factory was moving while anothernad stopped , and the partial stoppage was made Vftoundfor recover ing lost time , thus opening a door to numerous frwids . Sometimes also it occurred , ' when there wan some object in having an excess of work nt one time , and a deficiency at another , that a pin was taken out of the machinery , which by that simple prooeas was stopped , and toe time so lo * t was recovered aa lest time . "

      Besides all this , the Hon . Under-Secretarygoes 01 to speak of the Schooling Clauses of the present Act a « being evades to the extent of rendering them " entirely useless , " and proposes remedies for this eril arising out of the cupidity and heartlessness of the Factory Masters ; completing his list of direct and implied charges of inhumanity and devilimn by introducing into his Bill a clause to provide that tbe helpless slaves shall be allowed timb to EAT t " "With respect to meals , it was proposed that six hours should net pass without at least thirty minutes being allowed for a meal "

      Now , if it be possible" to concentrate a greater amount of black and hellish villany into a single character thau Mr . Fox Maulb has , in his abort and simple speech , comprened into tbe character of tbe Millowners of this country , we confexs th * t we feel very desirous to see it done , for the thing would oe a canonty so nornble as to lorm an era in the annals of description : —and yet these are they who so feelingly deplore the operation of the Corn Laws on the condition of the working classes !—who so disinterestedly desire to have bread cheap , that the famishing children of the workmen may be

      filled ! As well may the lamb expect mercy from the leopard , or the chicken compassion from the kite , as the workmen , whose children fere thus murdered for the price of their blood , expect to derire benefit from any project which can be cordially supported by the " Commercial Vaiapires" —tbe miUowning " bloodsucker * , " who are described by their friends in Mich terms a * Mr . Fox Maule , in the plenitude of hit mildness and fellow-feeling , finds necessary \ n adopt . Of the

      Bill brought in by Mr . Macle , we know nothing but what we have gleaned from the debate ; having not yet received it . It seems to promise remedies for many grievances of the present Act—so far bo good—we tball examine its provisions minutely ^ we shall watch its progress in Committee—and if any attempt be mads to play Whig tricks with it * we shall sound the alarm ; especially if any attempt be made to act upon Mr . Baines ' s suggestion of employing in tbe helLholes infants of less than nine

      years . We trust the true friends of the factory alav * sthe Short Time Committees of Yorkshire and Lan ^ caAir *—will keep their eye * open , and convince the House of Commons that , though there be a calm in the u agrtatkra" of tbe Factory Question , it is not because humanity u either dead or asleep . We mwa not forget that tbe majority of factory workers are still subjected to twelve or fourteen hours' unwholesome labour , by which their strength U wasted , their health ruined , and their live * sacrificed at the altar of the money mongers : and while we are

      willing , gladly , to receire the tardy justice of any efficient means of protecting little children against more tkan eight , or , with Mr . Baimes , " t \ x hours' " toil , we feel no inclination to relax one iota of our demaud for an effective Ten Hours' Bill far all "young persons" and adults . We recommend tbe Short Time Committee to look to i&s object They roust not c « mmit themselves to any approbation of a twelve hours' regulation for any factory worker of whatever age . We have no more right to morder youth than infancy .

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      THE VICTIM . THE REV . J . K . STEPHENS . We have upon this subject one word to say to tbe people . Mr . Stephens ' s trial trill eome on in the last week of March or the first of April . The means for bis defence must be provided , and it is high time that the aece * sary exertions had been made . Resolutions of confidence and attachment are all very well , but we now want something more substantial . Keighley has done nobly : at a sermon preached there last Sunday , by Mr . Thorstos , nearly £ 17 was collected . Let not a moment be lost in following the example : let such of the

      ministers of God ' s Word , as prefer to sympathise with his suffering servant , rather than to enjoy " the friendship of the world , which operateth death , " appeal instantly to their several flocks ; let the appeals be responded to witb . g « nuin » Christian feeling , and convince the practical heathens and infidels that the children of righteousness can strengthen each other ' s hand * . Let every man , in every capacity , who hu the means and opportunity , exert all his influence Much might be don * by the various news-agents . Let all be doing , then ; the pull cannot new be a long one :-let , it be a strong one , and " a pull altogether . "

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      CONTEMPLATED PROSECUTION OF THE CONVENTION . It will be seen , by a paragraph which we take hod tx > e ouji Oi jk ucsuay , » u « i uie vioverament bas it in contemplation t » prosecute the National Convention . We don ' t believe it ; for a Government compelled to submit to insults from Russia and France , for want of the means of going to war , will pauw before it declares war on the people of

      England , who , in their own battle , are able to beat both France and Russia ; and who , if thus insulted , through their representative * , will at once declare war , which will speedily terminate the power of all fictions . Of course , should this step be taken , the several Delegates will repair to their respective localities , and then let the wrath and indignation of the people accomplish that for themselves , which their Delegates would have otherwise done for them by peaceable means .

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      T « QBABTW < Y SE » emi ** as . —Osr Qmaitaij Sobacribaa sr * resetted t » wttk their kcouu to Deoeaker . All MH « asvWi > iBgto > ec « ate * atecnbcn for tbe Xvtktrn Star are reqnertefl to and a remittance , in advaase , wtwi-Ml , lStb ^ er year , « r 4 s . M . ftrtpaz Sterna * t >* 7 will aetheikselia * . THE I < RTim fi « w Mn . SBHtki Aatei Feb . " ^ wa « tcectres , S « t tia « der was orcxteoaad . TH * PATES * fcr Mr . KaeaaBe left t * c Leeds Port Ofiea mt aworoacrtiBM . Tbey wemtwiihall tbe other papenfer thaNartfe . AffBBAVSAGAKS taieqwaci ta ** ow ageats will let * t lave their erfem a > twin Mumt w » i * recerred last week too U »* to to itHadad to , aad then the ajtvtslaye t » write £ » ia . comsUiiuBg of acgiect . The faalt lka avaialv gTBTHENS ' S DEFENCE TCXD . —B «* iT « dfroB » Kilmarmotk , ScotJawi , far tae oefeaee of Mr . Stephens , jT 3 Sa . We caSXOT ACCOCKT far the papers which an arnt ta Bonder toeing iasaefe . * w « t iny « t » t « - , tut wiU sak « VHOBJ at iW fV * O&M ,

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      ^^¦ ' ^ j . J ^*^^ . - ' * ' *!^^""^ . ^™^*/'" ^ frt ^^ L ^ Ji ^^^ ^ Si ^ ** £% iA A « oc » t ««» o ' f Heckmond » rike , for the StepheM ' s Dcfimee Ku » d , ^ l . ' ^* affiia ? r . IIOt - receiTei ** fr 011 * the AsMetstian st *' -n ? S £ ^ 2 r \ > ^» V ^» : ¦ ***>* •« * l » a iOljinpie Tneam , Manchetter , o « Monday next : " ** 5 ™ - » f . elia 4- « nurderiiig notoriety , is not amiss , bat not « f imp » rta » ea enough to occupy our apart st present . A Pong of tub factory Poobs may be « wr , l « it owt ZS&SSSk . ^ M - roW . ; firX ^ SiNffi

      ReTHEBHA « .-. We hsvereceiv « d along letter lUting grave ¦ ¦ charge of d « hona . t , both monlLi . olitical , ISt " ^\ l «^| M l . ^*« owned , bnt thrwriteThiVformSLSLF ' u * * l * - « ch . t euaeat , ^ ja ^ if ^ aathqntr ? If o ., he « jpu » t » k « n . Itisnot « uraracti » to attack peTMMleWmter in the a » rk . F »« w «« The Paragraph fwmHeWBrth ^ advertuWent . THE Radicals or Asht 6 nukder-Lyne ' .-W « have recewd their address to the men of Birmmnhmm , but .. qnestien the policy of pabluajag it ju « t ao « ERl ^ m' - T " ° i ^ h wi ? D - , ~ We C * nuot Mrosm for long addresus , Slti ? ^ K 2 Sf" " 2 d the c « " »*« a »« io «> sitlSbg . A like a *»» rer must be teken b y a lumber of other paWea aid jdaeeii rrom which ire have receired addresses . ™ HOU . WORKING MEN ' S A 8 S 0 ClATl 0 K ^ Weh »»» received

      » 1 ? SSIS % ! •^ tned ¦ * . * ni"mbe « lof perwM , a « th * ComiW"l a ¦ £ m £ 5 r : * « fc «»« t »' the Wlter ot -J . ** r . «»»* t i | »»»« edi «» ovlaat . The only matter t ^' rM lt ^ K , - *« 5 Whence to the fafa £ l SlTh ° Sv ¦* B ^ t etter ' K $ " » ta » tod »« ertion ,. that he did uv m hu gpeetfcJlat the Anti Corh Law * £ . $ * Week *• «' 2 re w In »" ¦«• ¦ " q « "tionof 5 S- ^! T - ^ --i >< ? M-M *» the meeting , they aay that he was asked to produce the letter ; ani decUed , aod that they . out of respect for 0 o » . ThoapioD , eho » e not to take any « tep . which might disturtTthe bTZI ° t h tbil ¥ ! f ^ - * ^ o ^ nitter in dhpS ? u simply _ th » : r . Th « tSmmittee censure Mr . Smitfi for h . Su ^ "t ¦** ^ t * ** ' - Mr - Smith denies that « f M W > y such words in that speech , aad appeals to the Mayer , who presided , and . to th * « -h « i « « f » t > .

      meeting . The Committee reiterate their assertion . Of eparaeihoae-v . ho ^ were at the meeting will be able lo decide who u mat , and We cannot think that any bodr el « e u interested ia it . W « must , tlwreiore , decline ccopying any more space with this paltry squabble . The far pwatw portion of this letter is aUo inadmissible on the ground of iW referring solely to matters wholly unconnected with the dispute-with which , whether true or false , the public hare no concern . WE h j " v l Mr - Ruca »« e '» P » pers being at CariUle , addressed Liberator Office , Glasgow . We think Mr ! Arthur has made a mistake , aad redirected the parcel he " v iVk " ' f Uw PMC * 1 t 9 ^ T . RucastU either was , or hould have been , addressed Liberator Office , NeweaatU . T ^ Horn , Newcastle , next week . Send U this Office . ft will BE quite satisfactory to ns ir Mr . Smith pays hb moxey at the times he states to Mr . Deegan . KEIGULEY—Cannot allow them .

      ABEL HEVWOOB has forwarded to Mr . Hetherington the » um of J-i , from the Radical , of Hiudley , near Wigar , for the u * e of the NatUnal Convention . " * THE Manchester Political Union have reeeired 4 \ Us . 6 d . from the funds at Pendleton . . WE BEG to inform Mr . Bateman , of Preston , that immedwt < ly upon the . receipt of hi . letter , we wrote to the Secretary of the G eneral Post Oltic , and also to the I wit Master , Manchesfer ; from both of whom we have rtfctfiv ^ j answers . Th « Secretary expresstas his deterini"atien to mrestigate the matter ; and the Post Majter "i tnu 4 ulay .

      tesT We have lying before na a large msss of correspondency local intelligence , reports « f ' meetings , and other raluable matter , which we regret our utter inability either U > uwstt or e * eu u > notice , otherwise than in tbi » general way . We are at present subject to many inconvenieucie ., of which oar friend * can form no idea , and we Diut claim their indulgence tUt our new machine be completed , wbea we hope to ren » o » e all posVible toohi for coiupUiRt . Atprwi « ntwed « the bftitwesanforall . As mu « h a * may not be spoiled with keeping shall be assens the late arrival of the Leeds mail a * the cause inserted in our nuxt .

      AGENTS . SEVERAL of our Agents have not sent the money for their tOTliiighl s papers . If they desire to avoid postage , they will uiunediataly remit ta « amount due . '

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      Mrs . TRollopk . -This lady w taking the right w * v to write the trath about « The Factory Boy . " kT j < % ? Pending some time in the neighbourhood of Manchester , making u « r own observation * upon the real state in which " Tbe Factory Boy " exint » . She ia determined sot to have her judgment warped , but to see all the side * of his cafe for herself . Sbe whs hearing the Rev . J . R . 8 t « phens preach at his chapel , at Staly-bridge , last Sunday evening , and on Monday she had a short interview with Mr . Oastler . From Manchester she proceeded to Derbysbire , and thence she intends to visit Bradford and

      other Uctory towns . She has introductions to the rich and to the poor ; and she seems determined to avail herself of these opportunitie * of making herself mistre ** of tho whole question pro and con . "We may differ from thi * lady on many points ; but we cordially award to her the meed of aur praise for the pains i-he is now takiog thoroughly to understand the ca < e of tbe poor wretch whom she has chosen as the hero of her »« xt romance . . "' . Mm . Trollope , we know , travels ituv ' , and we hope that she will not blame at , seeing that our information has detected her identity , if we so far raise the veiL

      HTDB , The Rev . J . R . Stephens . —Mr . Oastler is traver . * in * r the district * surrounding Manchester , for the purpose of addressing the people of the different neighbourhoods , on behalf of the Rev . J . R . Stephens , "and for the purpose of raising funds to meet the expenses of the trial of his . reverend friend . On Monday ni ght he was at Hyde , where the hall of the In « ntuUon of the working men was crowded to excess , and thousands were obliged to return home without gaining an admittance . The whole neighbourhood was alive ; and the reception which Air . Oiutlrr had at that place wu indeed such as gladdened the heart of "The Old King . " He addressed tbe people at great length , and inquired whv it was

      that such a stir , such a row , was made in Hyde that night , and at last proved to the satisfaction of the crowd that listened to him that it was because Stephens wa * a ciuistian , and the magistrates of Hyde , who had recently , been span out of cotton yarn into ^ juat ^ tSEs , were lisrs aad infidelx . He described how these men had deceived the government , had harrasscVl and annoyed the army , until they had thrown up their sticks , and declared to Lord John Rnssell they would do hut dirty work no longer , and « t last they nad perraaded tbe government tu beg fora , centralised Rural Police— a Frenchified Gcju d ' armie , in order to help Mr . Marcus to creep into the ciadle of their babes aad poison them with gait , and then to creep into the unsullied bed * of their virgin daughters , and after having ravished

      them , to laugh at their own impiety , and at the misery of their victim * . Nay , even this was not sufficient—the brutality of these monsters was not iqbe satiated without pushing the husband out of tf >« hallowed matrimonial bed , and forcing the wife « 0 surrender herself into . the arms of the impious Hy ^ e magistrates personified in that monster of infidelity , the damnable and accar * ed New Poot Law , which declares , in defiance of God himself , that those whom he has joined together they—the Cotton Lord imps—should We power te put asunder . Mr . Oastler then passed and asked the people , " will you stand it ? ' \ Cries of No ,. no ; we'll die first . ' well then , my friends , Mr . Oastler added , "I have told Lord John that we are all armed (*? We are : " 1

      , and that if the Cotton Lords are determined in search of the death of yonr babes , the prostitution of your virgin daughters , and the violation of your marriage beds , to persuade him to establish his Frenchified police , why then there ' s an end of all argument , and if thtjjr ar » ready for the tight , so are we . " Mr . Oastler said , he had not eome there to reason or to argue any longer with his opponents . Those days were now gone by . A thousand times hsd'&e fiiwunr sophistries £ > f phiftwphy been overturned by the moral force of truth—a thousand times had the pretexts of the wicked one been put to flight by the plain and unsophisticated declarations of Almighty God in hid own mOst holy Word . He had determined to waste liis strength no longer bv

      talking to those who were determined not to be convinced . Thar trade was robbery , their resolve was murder . They fancied themselves backed by the strong arm of Government , whom they had deceived and tod astray , and he ( Mr , Oastler ) had sent to Lord John Knssell a dagger , as a last argument against the New Poor Law—the first against the Frenchified R « f&l Police , and now the only argument of every true patriot against all traitors to the throne , to the constitution , and to the cottage , whether those traitors were seated in high places , or in the lowest seats in the devil ' s temple . He had requested Lord John Russell to stew tnat dagger to her Majesty ' s ministers , and to the people ' s representative * in the House of Commons : and in order .

      — to make sure that there should be no mistake about it , be bad written the same night to John . Fielden , Es q ^ M . P . for Oidham , to inform him thereof , and . to beg that lri « examination * before Mr . Muggridge , might be priated for the benefit of those persons , whose duty it was to know thestate and the determiaadon of the people , and to restore to them their constitutional rights . Mr . Oastler , on leaving -the ; Hall , was pressed by the throng , and greeted with ' tanking exnand * , and renewed expressions of appro , bataaa . Mr . Oastler attended a meeting on account of Mr . Stephens ' s trial on Tuesday evening , at Asaton-nnder-Lyne , and another on Thursday efenioc , at Oidham , on Friday ; evening at Shaw * near Oldhsm . He is to b * to-night at GJoason , aa < on Monday night at Staly-bridge , all for the sanx purpose . ' ¦ ¦ ' .. _ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦»¦ ; ' \ -. ' . . . ¦ ' .- ; . ' . , ¦ •¦ ¦ - * . ,

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      MEETING AT ASBTON ON BEHALF OF THE » ET . j . R . STEPHENS , On Tuesday evening last , a meeting was convened ia Mt . Stephens ' s Chapel , Charle * towD , A < hton > nader ^ Lyne , for the purpose of taking iato coo > idar <>

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      atjpn the jaw of that Re ? , GentteraaB , and of raising fands for his defence at the Liverpool Aaa&t ttim been previously annonn « d that Mr * 0 artIer would address the people , and , at eight o ' clock , the chapel , which will hold about 1 , 500 persons * was crowded to excess . When Mr . Oasder entered the room ^ he was receited with the labst entimslastic cheering and clapping of hands . Mr . W 11 . Atkins was usanimoa !* ly called upon to preside on the occasion . He opened the meeting by stating the business for which they were convened , and the importance of each oae feeling an

      interest in the cause which- they were nut to adrocatei He adverted to the ease of Mr . Stephens , as being unparalleled in the history of Crown prosecBtioni , and remarked that it was all because he had been bold enough to preach the Gospel . He then promised them a speech from Mr . Oastler , whose name was agaia received with cfaeeru . He referred to the exertions of that gentleman on behalf of the working classes , especially oa the factory question and the New Poor Law . It only remained for him now to hope » hat they would that nightdo their duty in the cause of their respected friend and minister . ( Cheent . )

      The following resolution was then moved and " seconded , and supported by Mr . Oasder : — u That it is the opinion of thu meeting , that the apprehension of Mr . Stephens is arbitrary and onjust ; and that nothing sntill be wanting on our part to release him from the situation in which be is now uncooatitutionally and illegally placed . " Mr . Oastler , on rising to address the meeting , was received with renewed and deafening cheers . He said that they all knew that "The Old King " was Jiighly delighted to stand under that sacred roof ( hear , hear ) . It was pot the first time they had met there together—God grant it might not be the last ( hear , hear , hear ) . They would have a jubilee when aji ^ 1 - _ # t ¦ , 1 *~ m r _ > . » . . ¦ _ oie out

      pueus came , ( . cneers /; and U ae ( Mr . USHtler > happened to be . in at the time—for they , were aware that he was under a prosecution as well as Mr . Stephens , —he begged that they would wait till he got ont too , and then they would have it altogether ( cheers ) . But before he began to address them he wanted to know what religion the people of Ashtoa professed—were they Chrwtians , or Devil-worahippers ? ( TheChairman— "Christians , " he hoped)—Mr . Oastler—It was a strange kind of Christianity then ; for as he came into Ashton , that night , he naw all the Devil ' s temples illuminated , while en looking to God ' s templea--to their churches and chapels—he found them all in darkness , though that

      was the time when , in the olden days of Christian England , the evening prayers were . wont to have been said in the Christian churches of our fathers . But now , their old church and their new church , and their chapels and their meeting-houses were all ax black sw Satan , and their devil ' s temples—the millswere all illuminated , and the priests of Moloch were busy extracting the life ' s blood of little children , and there was no h *« and cry made by the Clergy or tbe Methodist preachers , or the Dissenting teachers —t iere wa * no hue and cry made in their streets that the lamp of the Lord had gone out . ( Hear , hear . ) Did they say that this was a Christian town ? If thev did , they gave the lie to truth . It was a town of infidel * , of extortioners , and

      bloodsuckers—a town where even those persons who bad forped themselve s " , in the different denominations , into tbe office of the ministry , had not the courage to stand up and apeak the truth in the face of the priests of the devil—the factory masters—but who shut their Bibles , who shut their temples , who shut their eyes , and who shnt their mouths , whilst Lucifer himself was permitted to gorge himself upon the blood of the innocents , and to lead wayfaring souls astray . He desired them to tell the vicar from him—to tell th « ir Methodic and Dissenting parsons from him—either to preach the truth , or to hold their tongues . Ashton was not a Christian town , itwa * a town of infidels of the bloodiest dye—infidels who had found out that it was profitable to

      take the name of God upon their lips , but in their hearts to swear true fealty to the tiwod of helL Did there happen to be a church worshipper—a good old Tory—there ? Did there happen to be a chapel worshipper—a liberal Whig there ? If there were ? such characters there , he entreated them—he en * treated the churchman , the good old Tory , to go to the parson and tell . him what he ( Mr . Oastler ) said ; and let that parson wad tbe books of his own church , th * Bible , the Prayer Book and the Homili es , and let him tell the * par * m that ho ( Mr . O . ) was ready to meet him any day , and to prove that he was a blind leader of the ' blind : —that he'took the devil ' s wages when he allowed the devil ' * temples U be lighted up , while the temples of the living God were all ia the blackness of darkness . ( Hear , hear . ) Let the Dissenting worshmuer

      go and tell his minister the same —( hear)—for it was a truth between God and man ; and well might God be angry when such horrible profanity as this was allowed to be practiced under the sacred name of Christianity . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Bnt there was an amusing row at that end of Ashton . What had they come there for to-night ? It was because there appeared to be one man in that neighbourhood who dared to come before the world , and open the whole volume of God ' s truth , and give it out passage by passage , alike to the rich and to the poor , to the high and to the low , and to let every man know that God required not the canting sleek countenance of a devil , with a holy greasy cloak ever his face , but that he required truth in the

      inward parts ; that however holy a man might profess himself to be—whatever sum of money he might sive either to this religions institution or the other—however many thousands of pounds he might feel himself called upon to distribute for upholding any system which might bear the name of Christianity—that there was one man bold enough to tell that man , if he was robbing the poorest of his factory children , that he was un-Christian , aad that God—hit God , whom he called hi * Maker—required truth in the inward parts—required that he should take his religion with him out ol the church , out of the chapel , out uf the vestry , out of the prayer meeting , out of the love-feast , and out of the sacrament , and that he should be as holy in his counting-house , as

      just in his dealings as a tradesman , as he pretended to be sincere when pretending to worship God in the sanctuary . ( Hear , hear . ) That was the reason why they wen there to-night ; because one man had been bold enough to tell this truth which the veriest hypocrite amongst them dared not deny—because Stephens had been' thus bold , thus unflinching , thus honest to atand before the people of Aahton , with the Word of God in his hand , and has permitted that Word to guide him , and ha * denounced the curses of God upon the oppressors of the fatherless and the widow—denouncing the curses of the Most High upon that rich professor who is to be seen , perhaps , in your parish church every month at the Sacrament , and thrice a day kneeling and

      praying , out of the prayer-book , his formal prayers —or that still more " pious , " more " virtnows , " canting wretch at the other end of die town , who had forsaken the old church because she was a harlot , and had built a new-fangled chapel , that he might worship God more sincerely there—because Stephens has told those two-faced professors that Gou denounces them , that they are cursed of the Alost High—because of this they were then tonight , and the poor work lag men had been driven to ouild that glace for themselves to hear the truth preached , which they could not-hear elsewhere . They ought to be all in the parish ehorch , if justice was done , for the parish church was theirs ; tmt instead of that they nad to build places for

      themselves out of the pennies and twopences which they could spare from their hard-earned wages . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Mr . Oastler then referred to the late tire at Ashton—the burning of Mr . Jowetl ' g milland asked who had done it ? ( A voice , apparently a little boy , said "They say , at Mcckt Billy , " ( a nick name for Mr . Higgin bottom , ) did it ( Hear , bear , cheers and much laughter . Mr . John Edward Taylor had intimated that Mr . Stephens was the » ui ? r of that fire . ( A voice " nay , but he were at Bury . " ) Aye , aye , but Mr , Higgiabottom did not thiak that Mr . Stephens had been the author of the fire . ( Cties of "No , no , " and " Billy set fire to it himselL" ) No ; and the justices of Ashton did not think that Mr . Stephens had set fire to it ( No ,

      no . ) No . They ( the justices ) knew more about it than the people dit ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now the blame must be laid upon somebody ; feat if ever they ( the meeting ) should hear anybody blame Mr . Stephens , tell them from him , that it was not Mr . Stephens , bnt a man with u shaking posteriora " that set fire to iV ( Hear , hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . 0 . then referred to the trial of Mr . Stephens , and said the trial would be between the Word of God and the works of the Devil . If the Word of God woe bo \ true , then the enemies of Stephens wonla gain a victory ; but if it were true the House of Whiggery must 1 all , and great would be the fall of it ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) What fools the Whigs were for meddling with Stephens ! They had

      bribed the press to call him madman and fool , andl now when he came to Liverpool , he wonli have all ] the pre « correctly reporting him , and even John Edwara Taylor of the Manchester Guardian would be obKgedto tell the truth for once . He was delighted at uie idea of the thrashing that Stephens wonld give the Whigs at LherpooL He hoped he would keep them agait for a fortnight , and he , Mr . O ^ would be Acre , and would be his botde holder , and book holder , and all Englandshould know , on that occasion , all titio secrets and all the viBaaies of the factory system ( hear , hear ) . N « w , what woe i

      those evils ? They knew them too weU . He would tell them a little tain that he had heard , from a poor man , that momine , on the coach , and whom he had never seen in his Hfe before , to . hisk&owledA Mr . OastkriDhu owa peculiarway thenprfceededto relateithe feUowing ; story , the substance of whidx we are obliged only to give : —This man wiUi whoa he had met on the coach had formerly been a panpei in one of the London workhorses , and by a course ol the vilest deception that had ever been practised , % as trepanned , and brought into the North , to work in the factories . As be could not be brought without his consent , he and others were told that a gen

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      ^ ff ^^ $ mm ® m &krt the-nemJsyAc . . He anA . ^ ^ nbw ^ Ju , sphoolfellowfl were then ranged in tf ^ school-roosn ancl the « . trafficker" in 1 > lool walkeTtfiK ^ SS to make bis selection . They were then askeS which of then would go . They were all defigatej wift the proposal , and one , and another , said r * m . w >« » V ^ J ^ C ** ' AfteT 7 we «^ tom&t £ N ^ rth , they were allowed to haw their Inscre tat m few days , aad were fed witb nice wBit * bread and good milk , Bot when three or four days were oven they were pot into the Mills "to catch hares and fithet " in ** fiveVclodi in the mania * M nisw at night ( uhmne , sba » ae ) . Bewdes aU this , their fo « J

      was sucbM they eevld net eat He , beinga weakhr boy , nauseated tbe food , and beinw il ) , in eoBse quence , hi ? master , ta fiad ont imetbar h « wav ill or nottoekhuatte- a nomin hk ] hnwti wTiluu there was gome nice beef , and the lad being kaanr , from not being able to- eat his nasty foo ^ deWed tte beef with aridity ( loudcrier ofhesx , kearL His master who- was watching throuk tt « ker . hole ^ bserring th ** h » eat the beef heaTtUy . went into the room , and with-a ksh made © f wfavl beat him back to bis bMk , of nasty wSoi ^ iSmS ium swaUow it ^ miniled- witb lST owV UmTmO . that blood that had HUed & *„ , y . head « i ? tS » n consequence of tiie laeeration by ^ ewhJSSu ( Great emotion . ) Now ¦*> . Jam » f& he mS ^ Sl nim tnis nimsell

      now , wna ; . h& had given Wihk name m confidence , and bad promked to nwuZ the wbole ^ case jn writirissiimed by 1 M But at present he bad ^^ a good aitaattea , and ae did net wwh his name to be made publie . The story was listened to with ibe ^ deepest attention , said prodaeed a marked effect upon the audience . Mr . Oastler continued—Against such a system as this , their minister—their champion , had been rauiavhis voice for years ; and because be had dared to say that such things ought net to be , and sfeoogld not be . the power * that be had lodged him in a toloa ' sceOhad bound him ovec him in a sam whidbibeC 6 a > stitotion of England did not / ecognise , ancl were about to drag him to the dock amonc felsosat the

      next assizes ; hoping to humble him , but as be ( lift * Oastler ) knew , aboot to humble themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) They knew what was Mr . Stephens ' s real cheracter ^ he needed nofto teH them . Husbands , " said he , 4 t did Stephens eter tell you to be ankmdto your wives ? ( No , no . ) Wives ! did Stephens ever teach you to be unfaithful to yonr hnsbamds Children I has it been . the habit o £ Stephen * m teach yon to despise yoaWreuta , anltoraleyotarselvCTinthehonseaoldcir ^ e ? ( Hear , bearOT K » sach thiag . . ' Stephens has told yon that yonr happiness consists in the hnsband toving and **** £ & on , the wife , and the wiasf loving and yielduMrobtv dience to the bosband ; and tbe children lovm * both father aad mother best Servants ! has Stephens ever told to cheat masters ?

      you your Has he evertoidyoa to do your work wrong , ortorobandplnnderifyoabad opportuaity ? ( No . ) No such thing . He had taught you to be indnstrious and faithful in everything committed to you \ and masters , if there ar « any ben , I appeal to ypn ^ has he taught you to cheat your operative * , to withhold the hire of the labourer , to break the law of England by working over-time , by certifying the ages of children when the law says they onghr not to work ? No , masters ! He has taught yea to be honest , as be has taoght your servants to be industrious . Tbe servants could bear bis teaching ; the common people foliowed himghdly ; but the noh men and the rulers , who fek that their only wealth was in the robbery , and the plunder , and the murder of their work people : it was those

      men wko gnashed their teeth against him , and it is those men who now fancy they have him in their fanga . ( Hear , hear . ) So thought the lions when they saw Daniel thrown into the den ; bot before he got to the bottom their mouths were shut So will it be with you . Stephens will be able to defr your fangs , and to tell yon your character in a . Coart of justice , and you won ' t even dare to muff . Has Stephens ever looked upon the poor of the land with abhorrence ? Is there any poor man who ever goes to his house whom he does not relieve if he can , and if be could not relieve him , did ever a poor feature go to that man ' s house who did not receive civil treatment ? ( Hear . ) But Stephens does not receive civil treatment from the bands of the rich .

      N «; they now few or despise him because he has told them their faalts ; and in describing bypocrisr he has pointed to each oae of them and said " Tiara art tneman . " ( Hear , hear . ) Now So you think if the object of Stephens had been his own advance ment—if he had bad any other wish than to preach . the truth , aad to do all the good be could to the weak and to the poor , would he have taken th course he has taken ? No . If he had , there would have been no need for him to come to preach in this lowly temple ; there would have been no need for his hearer * to hare subscribed their pennies and thek twopences to get a place in which to worship God . If he had been like the other parsonsu he had looked upon the snod faces of

      the hypocrites , and told them how pions and Godly they looked , he wonld have had his knees nnder their tables , he wonld have had bis fingers on . their plates , he would have bad their goblete to tobuhps . Bnt it is because he has despised die power of wealth ; because be hashated the oppressor , and denounced the curse of God npon him , that he is now to be numbered with the transgressors , and that he is to be acconnted unworthy of his liberty .. Never mind , nch men , yonr day ef trial is eominr when I saw those milts blazing to-night , I thought God s ways are wiser than our ways , after all ; If th ? ™ en badjwen permitted to succeed in obtaining a Ten Hour ' s Bill some nine or ten Tears ago , there , would have been no need for the agitation 01

      it new ; ami tbe agitation of the great qnestioa of the rights of the working classes would have been ended , and the system would have still been craei but wottld have gone on for a generation or two longer . ^ Butwnen I saw them burning , I thought * God Almighty has eaught yen > iyourownMt * We _ have ^ goneon teaching each other out of the word of God ( hear , hear ); and at is only there we can find the true rights of the labonref , and the employer . We have Sees , I thought , fighting the battle of truth , meeting their arguWente ativerj tarn ; and we have now found out we were wronjr masking for so UtUe . ( Cheers . ) We have found out ihat it is not God ' s will that a woman wiU that children should work at all ; bnt that it is God Almighty ' s will that everr ahWlwwK ^ « - »

      should be empowered by his own industry to earn as much money as will keep his wife and fcunflr without their being compelled to work- ( lond cheer *);—and we will never stop tin we get that point settled ( Lond ^ cheers , and "Amen . " ) Mr . Oasder then aUuded to ttie present state of oar niamfiwtnrea . and the proesedings ^ f the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , andstated that U the manufacturers would not make their machinery so Oat it would de with a ^ wor ^ ngat ^ they wonld : not needto destroy « , font would soon destroy itself . The ' manufac turers were now living npon one another . God grant them good stomachs . ( Hear , hear cheers and lond lanW ) He woutt ^ w ^ flSva hftle news . ( Hear , hear . ) About a fortm **

      agonenappened ^ to tem the Court Honse at Hiddersfield , wlienMr . Mnggeridge , one cf the Handloom Weavers' Commissioners , was wimihriiy witnesses . Observing thathe ( Mr . O ) wasin Coaru he asked hjm whether he had anyobjection to bemr examined ? To which he replied , he had not ^ lf then proceeded to examine him tor about an boor and half , lie ( Mr . O . ) told him that the Government of tha country had appointed persons tothe office of Uie magistracy , and that they took th « r opinions from these sonrces—from parties who were the greatest enemies of the Government and ^ l people . That the working people had now neeont Wence inthe magistrates . That the peenle of Lancashire and Yorkshire were mdnstrww people , whereas the magistrates told tliefi ««> rnnJrVW : J

      they were an idle people , and no maa knew ' them better than he did ! He said the people were ™ bad condition , so unsettled and w dependant that they never knew what waves they were to tm » m when therhad finished ^ e ^ Wk r ^ , ^ epS 3 fS ^ n ? fe ^ t o ******* *« mastersT ^ ( Mr . 00 told him , however , that die people hew the * nghte , and were determined to ^ havTSm , ( Hear , hear . ) In the covrse of the eveamsTUr Muggendge 1 sent again Sot Mr . OasderTaad he wemt o ^ umjrhere ltewaa residins ; . fiawoiS take flirt opnortmuty « f sayaig , btihmoKmti ment of the working classes , ^ a kinderheaS 5 ^_ bu , Kfe , nb *« ewfto 1 kad a ittgherSfaS of their industry and their moral lirtoesTTCkeen ^

      ] . oastler thenproceeded te state that Whadtoli this gwllemaa all aboot the Poor Law s * d Ae Armmff system , and that he had tentUkrd Jote »» S a ptesentofa dagger He expreased his rewrcTat nch anawfol ttete rfthmgs , * , * hopedthateli . thing would be done to avert the «•«» . ; .. triioZ then entered into * history of the arrest oi Mr Stephens ; and in speakW of Mr . Kenworthr . Ae magMtratewho « mmittedllr . S . he said , « TKw al K « 1 *«* hy . ** » P ?« ¦• bench eljustice to hranA andprmish and convict a Christian minister R » r tbat reason iheyhad di oiemninS ^! He might have been converted to the BreeemtiMaBf nal Chmtianity xf the l »« d , b « fon » irty he was ( great dismbutw , aadrecanmen ^ r . sJ » . al !

      . . t of the works ef ThomnsPnin& ( kear heWfrw J did right to select liiin ~ tta > Gnna ^ SZZ&SZZ | to 8 e ^ ausinan olTT > Qma « l ? sisj » ' swotSM ^ I to find guSty andpaBtah and easnifit ^ a ^ A ^^^ l ^ f ^^^ h Jdhelul ^ t ^ Si ^^ li ^^^^ sssuis ¦^^ f ^ faSr ^ ss r ^ fI onprwsioiu ( He s * ttow » a » wj 41 ondcieerin » :. ) I n ^* 1 ^^ v ^^ P ? »« d < ^ rfed ^^ t o& * i £ ? a ^ f *** cheers were dien givei

      Effegi Of Habit And Example Upon The Human Hixd.

      EFFEGI OF HABIT AND EXAMPLE UPON THE HUMAN HIXD .

      To Readers & Correspondents.

      TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1047/page/4/