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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1841. sr.-¦¦ -¦¦- ¦ . ~ .^.i - MMi. **¦*+*>
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    • TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
    • SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
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      UNITED STATES . There is little of interest in any of the journals from North America , except the farther amounts respecting the differences between the British and United States Governments . The unpleasant' case of Mr . M'Leod , who is still in prison , has not improved in its aspect . And another case , not Tery oissimilar to it , only of a leas formidable appearance , has arisen : a civil action for trespass had been trough ; against a Mr . Jackson , the prize-master of & Tessei seized by » British -war-brig on the coa 3 t of Africa , the seizure having been pronounced illegal by the American courts : Mr . Jackson p leade d

      Sie orders of his superiors , but he was heJd to b * u to answer the charge . The rancour excited by the M'Leod controversy seems to have given * new impulse to the dispute about the boundary . Some of the States had tendered their assistance to the Federal Government in snpport of the national "honour . " This quarrel also appears to be reduplicated in an attempt to assert the rights , of the Union over another disputed territory . Small border collisions contributed to foment the bad feeling which prevailed . If the two Governments do not setile the quarrel soon , mischief may occur which they will bequeath to posterity to repair , if it can .

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      The bepokt that Captain Harvey Tuckett had g one abroad is without foundation . Captain H . Tnekett is at present in London . The Cottox Cbop of thk Uxitkd States . —The accounts received from the United States , by all the recent arrivals , concur in representing the crop of cotton as smaller than had been previously calenlxted upon ; the current estimates being from 1 , 500 , 000 to L 650 , 000 bales , whilst some of the letters reduce the amount as low as thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand bales .

      Thk Whw Crop . —As some apprehension is felt respecting the effect of the late intense frost on the wheai plant , we have taken considerable pains to eoilect as much information on this subject as possible , and feel great pleasure in stating , that the majority of the reports are decidedly favourable , the blade being generally described as wearing a healthy appearance on emerging from its covering of snow . —Mark Lane Express . Pabis a > t > Roues Raixw . it . —We hear that Mr . Brassey , the great railway contractor , has taken the contract for the whole line at £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , and tha : he has given the planting and lining of the hedges and slopes to our townsman ^ Mr . Rogers . — Southampton Independent .

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      CftwftDft .- Private letters have been received from Canada which communicate a fact of greii iapoxiince . Sir James Stuart , the Chief Justice of Quebec , is said to have resigned his seat in the Special Council of Lower Canada , of which he was the president . At all events , he is no longer Lord Sydenham ' s chief adviser , but has openly disagreed with the Governor-Genera ] , and quitted Montreal for Quebec The particulars of the difference are not yet before us ; but we should not have mentioned the circumstances unless assured of the perfect aeeuracy of the above statement . —Colonial Gazelle ,

      JSTEW ygftTiftwD .-The intelligence from New Zealand is deeply interesting . Colonel Wakefiela had returned to Port Nicholson , after having established the mo 3 t friendly relations with the Governor ; a task of delicacy which the Colonel appears to have executed with his usual businesslike tact . On his return to the South , however , be found the settlers in a state of the utmost excitement , about the arbitrary proceedings of the . New South Wales Government in relation to land-titles in New

      Zealand . They felt that their property and all the fruits of their exertions were threatened ; and , fu ll of alarm and indignation , they were preparing to resort to some extreme measure , such as abandoning the colony , and escaping from persecution by removal to some region independent of England . Colonel Wakefield succeeded in allaying these extravagances , and in directing ihe activity of the colonists to the more practical object of counteracting the effects of ignorance and the land-shark interest in Sydney , by rational but forcible

      representations . Sbveeal pkbsoks have been recently apprehended on suspicion of having stolen the jewellery , to the amount of £ 10 , taken from the premises of Mr . Howard , jeweller , Manchester , Tekpeeaxce Societies is Loxdos . —The cause of temperance is progressing here at railway speed , and the societies that have been , and are being formed , both in and around London , are almost beyond calculation ; indeed , to such a pitch of enthusiasm have the majority of ite members-3 > e en wrought , that they even hold meetings in their private houses to confer on the best means of extending their principles still further . Societies are about to be formed in . Hampstead , Highgate , Kilburn ,

      Ken-BaH-green , &c . There ar © differ-ent&ortso /» eeKitalist 5 j all averse to each other ! And this , perhaps , destroys the harmony of it more than anything which its worst enemies could offer , by destroying that bond of union which should ever hold such societies together . First , they are divided upon religion . The bigotted Protestants cannot agree with the Catholics , thongh ihe Catholics would willingly agree frith the Protestants ; thus , we have Catholic and Protestant societies . Then come the Law-church ' Protestants ( Torie 3 , ) and the Dissentere ( Whigs , &e . ) They cannot agree ] so here we have two societiesto S 3 v nothing of Methodists , Calviuists , and the like . This , however , is concerning religion only ; there is not so much cat and dog play , as regards political principles ; many of the Whigs and Torie 3 , are " all hail fellow well met" at their meetings , and so indeed might be the Chartists , if they could but submit to be gagged—that is , not to avow their

      principles , or contradict any lies they may hear upon whig economy ; if they " do , immediate expulsion is the consequence . The teetotalists , taken as a whole , thongh evidently a beneficial society , tell sad- lies ; they would persuade you , that by abstaining , you will be a rich man at the end of the year , although to every well-thinking mind , it is evident ih&t the additional taxes , upon tea and sngar , bread , Sec , indeed , everything else , would swallow up all their Bavings ; and if a Chartist attempts to ebow this , bang he goes off the platform ; immediately the poliee-spie 3 are called in , and he is accused of creating a disturbance , with an attempt to break the peace . The formation of Chartist teetotal societies of law , has , however , in a great measure , remedied this evil . The Chartists have now associations of their own , and can express their sentiments as they please , without giving offence to the fanatics who oppose

      them-Thk Youths' Tempeboce Associations .. —Time was , when our forefathers paid dearly , and with their life ' s blood , for asserting their right to meet ; and bnt for the manly determination they evinced , that right would have been for ever abrogated . 'Tis true thai many an attempt had been made upon it at the present day ; but right and might , on the part of the people , has at length settled the question , and if we except America , ice , this is the only country in Europe that enjoys the right of meeting to its inllest possible extent . This brings me to the main point of this article . The courage displayed by the leaders of the present political , social , and temperance movements , seem 3 to have animated their Bons to emulate them ; and meetingB which our

      ancestors would have thought wonderful , are now got up by boys—nay , more , they have organised Associations which their grandfathers , in the palmy days of Sidmouth and Castlereagh , would have trembled to have had a hand in . And why f Beeaase they lacked moral courage , and had too great a respect for . bad laws . Wales has had it 3 Youths ' Chartist Associations , whilst London abounds ' with Youths' Temperance Associations , the youthful members of which evince a spirit and determination to go forward in spite of every opposition and persecution , that is truly laudable . Let us shew our readers how these Societies are formed . We have it 0 u the authority of the members themselves , and can , therefore , vouch for its authenticity ; at the

      same time , we cannot let the present opportunity escape , without tendering them our meed of praise for their noble endeavour to emancipate themselves from that wsrst of all slavery—without which none Other can exist—mental slavery . And now for the Associations . A few yonths , playmates of course , disgusted , as they are in many instances , with the drunken vices of their parents , their friends around them , &c , and in others animated by what their fathers have done in the good cause , confer together ; aoi after several resolutions on the part of the majority to go on , the boldest of them is appointed Secretary , and the honestest Treasurer . They then eall a public meeting by printed placards , some on trust , and others by subscription , amongst themselves ; and none bnt those who have attended their meetings can tell what ( if we except the awful number of orators ) a weli-condncted affair it is .

      Enthusiasm is of course not wanted , and many of them , thongh mere youths , and those of the indusirioai class , deliver speeches ( of the moment , not set ooes ) which , for talent and classical reference , prove them not only to be deep-thinking youths , bat shew m deep research , and a desire to do good , which we look in vain for from our rulers . " Let them ^ go on ¦ tedfastly in their career . Temperance is the foundation of liberty , and we are happy to find that they hare so many supporters , not only amongst their ewa class , but among the middle classes , many of whom attend their meetings , and contribute liberally . We are glad of this , not because we value the middle « lass more than the industrious , but because we are desirous that the good of all classes should be united in one common cause , and that for the social benefit and happiness of all ; and this , we thinfr temperance , as a first rational step , will effect .

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      CAraos to Benefit Societies . —In a recent case brought before the Court of Requests , Manchester , the omcrrs of a Sick and Benefit Society , were made to refund £ 5 , the full sum being j £ 8 , to a widow , whom they attempted to trick out of the burial allowance for her husband . The Chairman advised the officers to get their society enrolled , as there was no security to any party as it at present stood , for in all cases the money paid in might be recovered in that court .

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      THB lliCSTKAXIOK . Ik the month of September last , Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , went out with a pistol loaded with ball , and , standing opposite to a person named Habvet Tucrktt , deliberately shot the ball into his body , seriously and grievously wounding him . For this fihooting of Harvbt Tcckett , an indictment was found by the Grand Jury of the Central Criminal Court in the folio wing words : —

      " The jurors of oar Lady the Queen , upon their oatb , present , that the Right Hon . James Thomas Brudenell , Earl of Cardigan , late of the parish of Wands worth , in the county of Surrey , # n the 12 th day of September , in the 4 th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria , with force and arms at the parish aforesaid , in the county aforesaid , and within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court , with a certain pistol th « n

      and there loaded with gunpowder and & leaden bullet , at and against one Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett , then and there being , then and there feloniously and unlawfully did shoot , with intent thereby , then and there feloniously , wilfully , and of his malice aforethought , the said Harvey Garnett Phipps Tuckett to kill and murder , against the form of the statute in that case made and provided , and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen , her Crown and dignity . "

      On Tuesday last the culprit took his " trial " at the Bar of the House of . Lords , for this offence . Witnesses were examined , who proved that his Lordship shot the man Habvet Tuckktt ; that they saw him do it—that they saw him fire the pistolthat they saw Habvev Tucket ? fall to the ground wounded , the ball being lodged in his body . Notwithstanding this direct and conclusive evidence , that the Earl of Cardigan did thoot and mound Capt . Hakvet Tcckbtt , their Lordships unanimously declaredhinutobe "NOT GUILTY . "

      THE LORD W-fiJTSET AT LIBERTY THE COXTBAST . In the year 1830 , one Hktry Cook , a labouring man , of Micheldever , in Hampshire , was in the streets during a disturbance arising out of the introduction of thrashing machines , by the farmers . On » Bixgham Barixg was also there , employed in what he called " quelling the disturbance . " Cook and he came in contact . Cook , having in his hand a laTge hammer , struck at Bingham Bari * g , but did not harm him ; for the said Bikgham Basing was seen actively employed in the streets the same evening .

      For this " striking at" Bi . ngham Baeing , Henry Cook was indicted and "tried" before the Special Commission sent out by Earl Grey , to " try" the Agricultural labourers accused of rioting . The Jury—( not the House of Peers)—pronounced Cook " GUILTY " 111 The Judge sentenced him " to be hakged by the neck till he was dead ! dead ! 1 dead !!!"

      THE LABOURER WAS HANGED !! THE KESCLT . No more hanging of labouring men for " striking at" relations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ! If Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , be at liberty to shoot a man * with intent to kill , or do him Borne grievous bodily harm , " and not to be hanged , —no more labouring men shall be tucked up " by the neck until they are dead" for " striking at" —not SHOOTING ,

      mind , —a rich man ! ! I "We are told u there is not one law for the rich , and another for the poor : ' ' there shall not be such a measure of " justice " again meted out to the poor , —after this case of Cardigan ' s , —as iras meted out in the case of Cook M No 1 No ! The rich must not again make war upon the poor , by hanging a man for " striking at" one of their order ; if they do , — THE POOR SHALL MAKE WAR UPON THE RICH ! ! 1

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      SPIRIT OF THE WORKING CLASSES . THE WORTH OF AN ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASSES . One of our ablest historians has truly said . that" the people are very seldom wrong , and never very long wrong . " Increasing knowledge , and a wise direction of it is , day by day , lessening the frequency of popular error . It has been a fashionable device to cover the deed 3 of treacherous public men , by proclaiming the ingratitude , inconstancy , or inconsistency of the

      people . This i 3 mere cant ; a perversion of terms ; a mistaking of the cause foi the effect . Never was there a more lenient censor , or a more forgiving tribunal than that of public opinion ; iu fact , its very virtue—too much forbearance—becomes its greatest vice . Never has there been one single instance of the people deserting a public man until that man had deserted every principle upon which his just pretension to popularity was based .

      If we required proof more immediately confirmatory of our assertion , we have it now before us in the full and ample records of public opinion from numerous towns and villages , wherein we find a spirit which not only justifies our encomium , but more than rewards us for all our trouble , anxiety , and watching , for the people's cause . These documents bespeak a foregone conclusion , and bold out a warning to all who shall

      stagger , even by a hair ' B breadth , from the centre of the Charter road . One wrjter says— " Nay , if O ' Connor himself , or an angel from Heaven , were to propose a desertion of the Charter , and a resolution of any definition of Household Suffrage , or even Universal Suffrage , with other restrictions than those contained in the People ' s Charter , a Scotch moral-force audience would so far lose patience , as to groan at him , and declare him a traitor . "

      In speaking , then , of an alliance with the middle classes , we must presume that it is proposed as a means to an end . The question which next presents itself is , what i 3 that end 1 As a matter of course , a middle-class Government ; that is , middle class ascendancy—a placing of the whip in the hands of the gentleman ' s gentleman , for the gentleman himself—instead of wrenching it out of the bands of both . This is bringing oppression nearer to the slave , and making bis tyrant ' s heart his only court of appeal .

      . What does our present system lack of a middle class ascendancy in all administrative matters 1 Let us Buppose the great manufacturing counties of York and Lancaster ; are they not wholly , entirely , and exclusively , under the tender mercies of middle-class rulers ! Are not our magistrates , the very fountains of justice , of the middle classes ! Are sot the manufacturers , overseers , and all that race , of the middle-classes ? and do they , in either capacity , furnish strong reasons for love of middle-class rule ! Are the laws in their hands more mildly administered than they would be in the hands of those a degree above them in rank ; or in th » hands of those below them in station ?

      What is the great grievance of the Reform Act , . as stated by all the popular advocates of labour since the enactment of that measure ? Is it not that it has been a purely middle-class measure ? and are not its frnitB daily , nay hourly , felt in the increased , and still increasing , poverty and despondency of the producing multitude ! "Bui , why , "says a blistered hand , from Barnsley , ** have we been so often duped ! " and he answers thus : — Because we had no trial of them , in the first place , and ignorant of our own strength , and of our own neighbour ' s feelings , we became an easy

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      prey , in the Becond place . " Now , this is -good sound sense . But , he proceeds : — "Tfow we hate an organ which , God bless it , threatens to desert us if we desert ourselves ; this is reversing the old order of things , and making men honest whether they will or no . " , With these and many such assurances of public estimation , we feel encouraged the more fearlessly

      to bold on the direct tenor of our course fox the fall recognition of the whole principle of " Universal Suffrage and no surrender . " Not that other cirenmstaBces would at all alter oar determination . It was the saying of an ancient philosopher , that he would be virtuous for his own sake , though no one should know it ; as he would be clean for his own sake , though no one should see it . " So we would be honest for our own sake , though no one should approve it .

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      ? I ...... THE WHIG PIG AND TORY BACON . Some of our cotemporaries are just beginning to find out what we told them three years ago ; that the present Government waB the most perfect Tory Government ever yet in office . A Tory Government , with all the sweets of Tory prinoiple preservation , without any of the bitters of responsibility . But our friends judge too much from mere skin irruptions , and fail to look into the patient ' s general state of health ; many appear to think , that , because Peel is satisfied with things as they are , that' ergo , ' there will be no change for yet a little .

      In this narrow view , they lose sight of the lice upon the beetle ' s back in the all-absorbing thought of the beetle ' s self . They appear to forget that Knaicbbull , Goulburn , Hardinge , Tennent , and now the two Gladstones , together with a whole host of locusts , are not as well able to be satisfied with things as they are so the wealthy Baronet is . Sir Robert has property to protect , and the lio « have property to get—a very striking difference . Peel also knows full well that the thick blood of the heir of the house of Derby is boiling in a rival ' s veins , and that the hollow voice of hunger cries " on , Stanley , on , "from a million helpless dependants .

      Is any man so demented , or so bad a judge of human nature , as not to know that the very thought of Stanley haunts every slumber of the cautious Sir Robert . O , for the house of Derby to play second fiddle to a bloodless leader J No , no ; it is too much for human nature , and far too much for inhuman nature . Stanley will force Peel , and that ere long , into the very lap of Whiggery . Did not our wishing-cap inspire us , even before the

      recent tilt upon French alliance , foreign policy , and Irish Registration , and tell us that Peel sincerely wished the Earl of Derby in heaven , in order that his hopeful son , Stanley , may fill bis place in tha Upper House . In four , nay , three , two years , Stanley will be the brigand chief , and a better his followers could not desire ; he will stuff them with Protestant churches , and wash them down with Papist blood .

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      POOR CLAYTON . We now learn that the deoeased Chartist laboured under a concatenation of disorders , from the very commencement of his imprisonment . He was fiftyfive yean of age , and was afflicted with asthma , rheumatism , and gravel . Now , one word upon this . The Sheriffs of London , not " ignorant" or " misguided" men , are confined for a contempt of the High Court of Parliament . They receive courtly visitors , and hold levees every day .

      They have superb apartments , and enchanting exercise-ground . From luxurious living , they become afflicted with ennui , lassitude , nervousness , and repletion . An apothecary tells the House that he thinks exercise is necessary for digestion , and for the better regulation of the liver and the biliary organs , and they are liberated . Clayton has grave ) , asthma , and rheumatism ; and he dies in prison at the age of fifty-five . What is the reason of this One was a rich oppressor , and the other a poor oppressed .

      It is every day ' s practice to release prisoners in ill health from confinement , although our officials allowed poor Clayton to die , and actually forced O'Connor from a sick bed to a felon ' s dungeon , in the very teeth , not of certificates , bnt of the dATHS of two of the most eminent practitioners , and a certificate from their own surgeon of the Queen ' s Bench .

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      ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT . Of the iniquity of the Keane pension " job , " we shall jnst here observe , that such things , in the teeth of unexampled national poverty , will lead to a demand for a Republic , which it will be found impossible to resist . Voting for this infamous "job , " we find almost the entire u tail "—Messrs , M . O'CONNELL , M . J . O'CONNELL , J . O'CONNELL ^ W . S . O'Brien , and Mork O'Ferrall , all in a lump ; while among the forty-three who opposed it , not one Irish membet appears . In the majority ,

      we not only find Peel , Stanley , Col . Perceval , and all the O'Connell ' s , but we find also the redoubtable Mr . E . Protheroe , M . P . for Halifax ; and for this , ( if there were no other cause of complaint against the nominee of Mr . Coroner Attorney Brewer Stocks ) we call npon the honest men of Halifax to " serve him out . " Here is a mighty pretty " Radical" (!) voting foi the robbing of the people to pay £ 2 , 000 for three generations , to a fellow who has been already more than ten time 3 paid for upholding tyranny by physical force .

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      MR . BLAKEY AND LORD NORMANBY . In the Tyne Mercury we find the following precious sample of Whig liberal tactics : — " The Prosecution against Mr . Blakey for Libel . —We are enabled to state that the Marquis of Normanby , her Majesty ' s Seeretary of State for the Home Department , has recommended the magistrates of Newcastle either altogether to withdraw the prosecution against Mr ? Robert Blakey , for a libel published in the Northern Liberator , or to allow him to plead guilty ,

      on an understanding that he will not be brought up for judgment Mr . Blakey and his friends had applied to Lord Norma&by to make this application to the authorities of Newcastla The principal grounds stated by his Lordship are , that the appearances of the times einee the publication of the libel have materially changed , and that the Northern Liberator has ceased to exist- We are not aware , as yet , whether the authorities have come to any determination about the matter . "

      Our object in inserting the above , is not to show that Mr . Blakey has received the least favour and lenity at the hands of the prosecuting Whigs , for in fact there can be no great thanks due to a tyrannical persecutor , for capriciously abandoning his victim , after he has ruined him . From this notice , however , we learn the lengths to which a Whig Reformed Government will go , to subdue the spirit of the press . Here we are distinctly and unblushingly told , that Lord Normanby himself , has become the intercessor with the Newcastle magistrates on behalf of Mr . Blakey , and two reasons are assigned . The first , that the times have materiall y changed ; the second , that they have succeeded in destroying the Liberator . Now , if the first be a sufficient reason for

      abandoning a prosecution which never should have been instituted , and , if Mr . Blakey admits guilt by pleading guilty , and , if the material change in tUe times warrants compromise , does no $ such a change also warrant the extension of a similar indulgence to , at all events , every poor Chartist prisoner ! But what compensation will poor John Bell , the printer of the Liberator , receive for his six months' imprisonment for the same libel ! Why , he has been paid before hand , by the loss of his situation . Thus , in every instance , it matters not how minute , there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . Why was not poor Bell counselled to plead guilty , and thereby save the punishment ,, and keep his place . '

      We are well pleased that Mt . Blas . ey Bhould have escaped the devil ' s fangs , but we cannot afford to bestow much commendation npon his satisfied and therefore lenient oppressors . The fall of the Libera-

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      tor js a greater benefit to the Whigs than any they could possibly hope to reap from the incarceration ot Mr . Blakey , who , in our conscience , we believe , had nothing to fear from an honest Newcastle jury , who hare shown themselves just , honest , and impartial , npon all Chartist trials .

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      ROCHDALE ELECTION . Let the electors of Rochdale look alive . We gave them ft hint , some time ago , that Dam and the Whigs would rather see the Devil and his tail walking into the House than see Sharman Crawford . We now tell them that intrigues are going on to prevent it at any sacrifice . We can do no more than Bound the alarm ; let the troops look out !

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      O'CONNOR IN THE HANDS OF INQUISITORS . The following statement has been sent to this office . We give it as received : — 1 " We . who write thiB article , are ready to make oath of its correctness to the letter . On Saturday last , the 13 th inat ., we called upon Mr . O'Connor , at an expence of nearly a pound , for the purpose of transacting some business with him . We were

      attended , during our interview by the Under-Governor , who , after two or three minutes' Btay , showed symptoms of impatience ; and , when we had remained about five or six minutes , ordered us to depart . " M What ' s the hurry 1 " said Mr . O'Connor . " WelL" said the Under-Governor , "the Governor ' s at Wakefield with debtors , and I am obliged to attend to his business . "

      "Well ; " replied Mr . O'Connor , " and do I owe any of yon so much compliment as to allow my poor privileges to be further abridged for your convenience 1 What are your orders ! I must see them . And if you are so busy , why not send one of your turnkeys in the Governor ' s absence J " The Under-Governor answered that ^ the magistrates ' orders were that Messrs . Hill , Hfebson , and Ardill , should have each ha ] f an hour at a visit allowed , and all other visitors from five to ten minutes ; that the turnkeys did not like to come ; in fact , 4 hat they refuse to come on account of the manner in which they are put upon and cross-questioned by the magistrates , about every word which passes between Mr . O'Connor and his visitors . "

      " Bear witness to that ; two Englishmen ! ' said Mr . O'Connor . " Well ; so they may ; " replied the Under-Governor , "it's true . " Is this to be borne ; is this to be tolerated in a Christian country , and in the ninth year of Reform V ! That a man , for libel , shall be sentenced to seventyeight weeks of solitary confinement , in a condemned cell , over the hospital and the murderer's burying-ground of a felon ' s prison ; and yet subjected to the further indignity of being not only watched , but his every word repeated by hired spies ; and no doubt arranged to suit the taste of those who thus become parties to and lend themselves to this refinement upon meanness I O Connor is not

      the law's prisoner : he is the victim of revenge—an offering at the shrine of the pettiest personal animosity . He has now endured 40 weeks of unmitigated persecution and ungentlemanlike insult . It is now high time that it should cease . At all events , it is high time for every working man in England to tell the House of Commons so ; lest our representatives (!) may suppose that the people are indifferent to his suffering , and may hereafter oito his case aa a precedent for like unopposed barbarities . Let petitions be instantly poured in like grapeshot from every town , village , hamlet , house , and workshop in the kingdom . To it in good earnest-None can surely refuse this trouble for one who has never thought any trouble too much for the redress of the wrongs of the oppressed .

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      A true Chartist . —Thanks . Fracinus . —Certainly not without your wife ' s consent . You ought not , in fact , to think of it . If your wife have been a bad one , you should be thankful to be rid of her on such easy terms ; if otherwise , you are a wretch to wish it . Guksbro ' . —The Chartists here complain that the booksellers neglect their orders for the Northern Star , and wish an agent appointed . Let them fi x upon some eligible person , and recommend him to the office—he shall have the papers on the same terms as all other agents .

      T . W . —We perfectly agree with him , that it i s both " ' perfectly ridiculous , " and " savours much of despotism , " when men , professing to advocate equality , expect to be themselves always the fore horse ; and wax angry if "their every word be not plainly laid before the public , or the name of other individuals meet the reader ' s eye before their own . " S . P ., Kidderminster . —We cannot find room for his address . Thomas Beer recommends deluging the "House " with ifidividual , family , and trade petitions , at the rate of 5 . 000 o wee k , as a plan , simple in itself , tbut truly constitutional , and , above all , effectual ; if not in carrying the People ' s

      Charter , tn putting a step to the many notices of motions that are entered night after night , whilst their doors are closed to the voice of the people . " Parody on the Bonnets of Blue" will not suit for pubtication . An Oastlerite thinks Easier Tuesday would be the best day for the Oastler tea parlies . Washington . — We do not know enough of the circumstances to answer his question . The individual prevented from delivering his political sermon might be a competent or a very incompetent person to do so . We certainly do not think it either prudent or right in any associated body of Chartists to prohibit the preaching of political

      sermons as a general rule . A Leeds Chartist . —The subject has been taken up by Mr . Collins himself . James M * Phkrson , referring to the Birmingham obsequies in honour of poor Clayton , who was there denominated " the first Chartist victim , " reminds the people that this is not the fact : he claims that honour for poor Shell , who was butchered at Newport . J . G . Kirkkr . —The persons who framed the resolutions which he sent to us must wait our time . At a fitting time we may tell them all about it : at present we do not see it necessary . "The Transportation of John Frost" in our

      next . Amount raised tor Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill . — Money received by John Craig for the payment of Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill , and paid to Mr , Jackson , of York , by Mr . John Ardill , of the Star Office . •'— £ * . d . Raised by Subscriptions at Leeds ... 0 8 6 Received from Mr . Hatfleld , Dewsbury ... 0 6 0 Received from Mr . Burnett , Bradford ... ... l » ft Received from Mr . Steele , Pudsey ... 0 16 0 Received from Mrs . Peddie a Postoffice Order for 2 0 0 Received from Mrs . Peddie an Order on , tue Star Office , for money sent to her , to the amount of 2 6 S Received from Horton 0 6 0

      £ 7 2 0 for which sum a full receipt was granted , the amount claimed being £ 9 10 s . Mr . ( James Ibbetson . — We received a letter from this gentleman , too late for notice in our last , emphatically denying the charge which has been made against him of refusing to sell tickets for the Goose Show to the Chartists of his neighbourhood , tie had no tickets but halfcrown , eighteenpehny , and five shilling ones ; and these he sold indiscriminately to every person who applied for them . Address to the Commons House of Corruption in our rtext . J . Jones . —The Fleet Papers are published by John

      Parry , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand . They are notstampeef ; but can be sent through the post for a penny . ( Joseph Hawksly , file - cutter ; Henry Tayl or and Henry Sutlerthwaite , comb-makers ; William Spencer , leather-dresser ; JohnMoorhouse , awlblade-maker , all of Sheffield , desire to have their names appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . John A . Lawson , Sheffield , wishes his name to be appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . Thk following Pbrsoks desire to have their names attached to the article which lately appeared in the Star , on the questions of Chartism and Total

      Abstinence , signed by Henry Vincent , &c .: ~ Williaw WortdeU , subtreu 8 urer ; Samuelffealey , sub-secretary : William Padget and Roger Pinder , councillors ; JosephScholey , Cornelius Toy , Launcelot Toy , James Endrick , George Gray , William Gray , and William Webster , members of the Hull National Charter Association , all of whom are zealous advocates for the Charier , and four of whom are distinguished members and advocates , also , of the Hull Temperance Society , and all of whom are members , and form the Committee , of the Hull and East Riding Chartist Total Abtibience Association .

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      Mr . Henry Burnett , Bradford , Secretary of the Council of the National Charter Association , . desires his name to be appended to the Temperance Address of Mr . Vincent , § c . KBiattLBr . —We have not room for the Jonathan Wild paragraph this week : it will keep . Qi Thompson .- —Both the cases have appeared in the . Stan ' ' / . ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ JohwKerb and John Buchanan . —We think it best not to publish their letter : we have no wish to injure any one-r-not even the ungrateful . Samuel Gobdon . —We see not what we can do in his case . Joseph Hatf / em ) . —His letter is excluded for laek of

      room . " Tehpkbance" an » "Ths Drunkard ' s Gbave shall appear . Poa , T 8 KA . —We shall have something to say on this affair ; but not this week . Spectator . — We have no room . J . B . Grimshaw and Thomas Bboww . —We cannot answer either of their questions : none of the money came here . G . W . — We have not room at present . Wiltshire Cockcii .. —Their address next week . "Sonnet on Buonaparte" is not bad ; but it will not suit our columns . William Thomas and Morgan WiLtiAMS . —We received their letter affirming that the paragraph , about which they had previously complained , certainly < M not appear in those copies of the Northern Star of February 6 th , which they

      received ., and enclosing similar testimony from several persons . We can only account for it on the supposition that the second or third editions of the paper must have been , in that week , sent to Merthyr Tydvil , instead of the first . Paragraphs of mere local interest are qften taken out of the first edition to make room for later matter . To convince them that the report was inserted , we have posted a paper of that date to Morgan Williams , in which he will find it . Since writing the above , our Clerk has informed vs that , tm that occasion , the papers for the agents named in the letter o / W . T . andl / L . W . were not posted until after the first edition had been all sent off , cash not arriving for them till Friday evening , instead of Wednesday . This explains the whole matter . Andrew Kennedy . — We shall have a word to say upon ihe matter of his letter .

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      J . Arahub Carlisle . —The Wigton parcel leaves at the same time as the one for Carlisle . John Morgan , Brecon . —We have not one copy o f the Star / or January 9 , 1841 . A . Nealb , Derby . —Send the dates of the papers wanted . W . Tippin , Bingley . —Papers can be posted for Irelandfree at any time , same as far any part of England , John ( Jlay . —The order to stop Colclough ' s papers came too late . M'DOUGALL AND MESSRS . JaCK AND CuRRIE ,

      GtASgow . —Their letters came too late for the papers to be posted at the usual time . Alexander Finlay . —Send the particular address , and the plates will be sent . W . D . E ., London . —Yes . J . Wass . —Yes . J . Horsfall , Honlky . —The delay complained qf is with the Post-office : the papers were posted in time . Wm . Folsy , Cork , has not sent his address with the money . F . Andrews . —The paper was posted . FOB THB COMMITTEE FOB SUPERINTENDING DAN . ' S

      CHARTIST WELCOME TO LEEDS . £ S . d . From W . Young , Witney , Oxford ... 0 3 6 _ H . Griffiths , London 0 6 8 ,. Lepton , per J . Shaw 9 2 6 M a few friends at Honley ... 0 5 0 .. Halifax , per Mr . Crossland ... 0 5 0 „ A middle-class man , at Bradford , once an admirer , now a hater , of Daniel O'Connell ' s policy ... ... 0 1 0 * . a few friends at Morley ... 0 5 0 FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THB INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Torryburn Chartist Association ... ... ... 0 10 0 M Mrs . Spence , Dundee ... 0 5 0 From the National Charter Association , Derby 0 6 i FOR MRS . FROST . From the Members of Dawgreen National Charter Association ... 0 5 0 „ Thomas Barker , Chesterfield 0 0 7 FOR MRS- HOLBERRY . From the Charter Association , Dawgreen 0 5 0 for Clayton ' s funeral . From the members of the National Charter Association , Barnsley ... ... ok e „ J amea Bottetell , Preston , neas Brighton 0 2 0 * . Daniel Friend , do . ... 0 2 0 „ H . Griffiths , London 0 2 0 „ Lepton , per J . Shaw ... ... 0 2 6 ,. Dawgreen , by the Charter Association .. 050 „ Campsie , near Glasgow ... 0 1 0 FOB THE SUFFERERS BY THE ACCIDENT AT CASTUE

      DOUGLAS . From the National Charter Association , Dawgreen , near Dewsbury 0 5 0

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      " Pray that the right may thrive . ' If ever I return to you again , I'll bring you comfort " Shakspeare . Passing through York on a journey to London , I paid a second visit to the chief of the Chartists , in his Castle , or fortress of freedom . The Under-Governor , in answer to my application to see Mr . O'Connor , asked me if I had any business with him . I told him my business was to pay my respects to him . After a little demur , he led the way , and we followed him into a long , narrow , and lofty stone passage , which is furnished with a wooden shelf , extending , breast high , along one side . On my first visit , this shelf held a number of black pots , filled with a kind of slime , and ranged in a row , with a piece of bread beside each , intended for the dinner of the felons , who stand while

      partaking of it . A man was walking from the further end of this passage . I did not particularly notice him at first , but , on meeting him , we mutually recognised each other , and my hand was cordially grasped by-Mr . O'Connor . He immediately led the way up several flights of stone stairs , until we came into a dark passage , in a corner of which he opened a door , and we stood inside of his cell . He pointed to a pan npon the fire , and said , " There ' s my dinner ! " Our host did the honours of his prison-house like a gentleman as he is , and , after be bad closed the window , which bad been opened for the admission of free air , we all sat down , except the turnkey , who stood in an angle where he could see and hear every look and word that passed . There were several bird-cages in the room , but the songsters were mute . Not so , Mr . O'Connor— " he sings his bondage freely . " The solitary system has not silenced him .

      I wish that those who are the most bitterly prejudiced against Mr . O'Connor could have half an hour ' s conversation with him ; it would go far to remove their prejudices . I own myself somewhat of a physiognomiBt , and I never saw a countenance in which good sense , good , nature , and honesty are more pleasingly marked . Mr . O'Connor entertained us with joking upon the pitiful indignities to which he is subjected . He is not allowed the company of the vilest felons , lest he should contaminate them , I suppose : they are more favoured than he . He Is compelled to take turns "with them when he takes exercise , like " ride and tie , " aa he humorously observed . Nay , he must even wait and watch for the use of that closet wherein devotions ate paid to the goddess Cloacina .

      Now , it is not the under Governor , nor the upper Governor , but the Governor 6 f all , Lord Normanby , whom we must despise aud detest fer this abominable treatment of a man as much superior to him as virtue is to vice . When the Court paramour , Mortimer , imprisoned King Edward II ., he employed two villains to break his heart , or turn his brain ; but all their efforts proved fruitless . More wearied with persecuting , than their victim with being persecuted , they ftt length put a period to his existence by the most barbarous murder on record . O'Connor ' s tormentors have been equally zealous to degrade him , and have been equally unsuccessful . Who does not see that they would murder him in an equally barbarous manner , if they did not dread the retribution which soon overtook Mortimer and his tools , MaJtrarers and Gournay ?

      Changing the subject of his insulting osage , wbick I had listened to with a head drooping with indignant shame and sorrow , the true , though unfitted nobleman before me , reverted to the cheering prospects of Chartism , which evidently console aim for all he suffers . I mentioned the idea which some entertained of a junction with the middle classes . This he demonstrated to be impracticable and impossible . The middle cusses an now the mob , and were they suffered to lead , they would lead us backward , insteaA ot forward . Seeing that the * peopl » will be yktorious , they will follow like Tultures , ft * the sake of $ rey , or , like the fox that stole the prue Irom the exhausted Upa . Like Judas , they would come with a kiss to betray us ; but we must bid them get behind as , for they savour not the Charter .

      " Shall -we , who Btruck the lion down—shall we Pay the wolf homage ;—proffering lowly gaze And ser vile knees to thrones ? No!—prove before you praise . " We hi td not sat above a quarter of an hour when the trader Governor said , "Come , gentlemen 1 " O'Connor acc ompanied us as far aa hia prison chain would permit

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      — . — . . —~~ =:=: ^ I was taking s » Wrong ; turn in the intricate stain * ,. he put me right , and smilingly said that he » ag w ' acquainted with the place than I . I asked him j * T * had any commands for London ,: and he told a ^ » make use of : Ids name to Sankey , whom , I am sorr » Z . say , is very unwell at present He said , at p a *? * that ten months 'were over ; , and I heartily y / tfak that the next eight yiete so too , for I felt mnS grief in being obliged to leave such a man fax ^ J ^ place . 7 -. " ««• » The ' under Governoi had inquired my name of a . friend who accompanied me . and on being told thufu was Mr . Watfeins , from Aialaby— " Ah ! ' wiTl ? "that is the chap that wrote in the Northern Star ^ l I was a spy ; ITe a good mind to give him a blowT up for it . " .. ^™ l

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      MB . LOWERY . . TO THK BD 1 TOE OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —In answer to your remarks in your W „ to my having , in conjunction with Mr . J . Ra ctSk of Newcastle , contracted a debt of £ 40 with ihl Star office , I beg distinctly to state that , wWj Mr . Rucastle said to yon I know not ; bat sum assuredly , I never was a partner with him in that newa agency , or shop , in Grainger-street , NeweaBt ]« t that I never authorised him to say to you oraBT one else , that I was so ; that the Northern &Z office and all other places that supplied that sW with goods , supplied them to him and in his si ^ r and that if he said that I was his partner , he told alie .

      That I never had any interest in that shop tx » was it ever agreed that I should have any iBterest but that of my wages as a hired servant to manw * that shop ; that of the time it was open I onl y ^ u in it four months as a servant , and did not get half the money dneto me for my wages of service ; aadtki after I had left , Mr . Wm . Thomason was hittdh my stead , and continued in it until it closed * m confirmation of which , I can show any one-t he con of receipts and expenditure which I took from the shop book when I left . That all monies received in that shop were taken by him , kept and disburse ! by him , J . Rucastle . That no creditor ever deemed I was a partner ; in proof of which , not one ^ not even the NorihernStar ever sent me » bill , or notice or said they had a claim on me . '

      . That as soon as ever I found that J . Rucastle % v in your debt , and that of others , and had o therwise used the monies that should have paid you , I then left the shop , and wrote to Mr . Blakey the state of its affairs , declining to continue in it ; and then learned that I had been imposed on by Mr . Racss tie , when he told me that Mr . B . was going as a partner with him in it , and that Mr . B . never hut had anything to do with it than as a well-wisher . That the advertisement in the Liberator otae being the seller in that shop , which I allowed for the purpose of benefitting its retail custom , eonk not be imputed to me as desiring to lead any

      creditor wrong , for it never was concealed that I wag not a partner ; and when I wrote them , it was for him , and by his orders , and they all knew I was not so . I even did not contradict that advertisement after I left , and Mr . Wm . Thomason was the seller and Mr . R . and I were not on speakable kms , lest it might be thought a spiteful attempt of me to spoil the trade of the shop by withdrawing my friends from it ; and the advertisement was coa « tinued even after I had opened and advertised a shop of my own . Yours , Robt . Lowm .

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      LOCAL INTELLIGENCE OMITTED LAST WEEK FOR WANT OF ROOM , HuDDERSFiBLD . —Middle- Class Mercies . —Aooot man named Robinson who has a wife and six children dependant npon him , who haa had no work of ut consequence for the last three or four months , ana whose family is at this moment pining for the common necessaries of life , had , on Monday last , hit house entered by the harlequin deputy constable of Elland , and another nondescript of the same cut from Greetland with him , who seized the cloek , i fiddle , a chair , and four historical pictures , for the enormous sum of five shillings and three-pence pom rates , due I suppose to the triune Devil King . Ona of the monsters who seized the goods , wanted to take the child ' s cradle , thongh he saw the babe sleeping on the lap of its mother ;

      Wigan . —On Sunday , the 7 th inst ., the large roon of the Commercial Hall was nearly filled by the persons who were present to hear Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Boiton , preach a sermon . Many of the middle classes were present . In the evening , Mr . Barron delivered another sermon , which p roduced a raj good effect on a numerous assembly . —On Monday evening , the 8 th inst , Mr . Bairstow delivered u able and argumentative address , which lasted for nearly two hours and a half ; Mr . Hyslop , draper , was in the chair . At the conclusion , thanlawaw given to the Chairman and Lecturer , and tiow cheers each for O'Connor , Frost , Williams , ud

      Jones , and the People's Charter . —On the Tae 3 d » evening , Mr . Leech addressed a very numerous «• sembly , at great length , and was enthusiastically cheered throughout . Mr . Dixon also epoke , in his usual eloquent manner , and moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion , that the conduct of the Government to that noble champion ' of the people , Feargus O'Connor , is nnjust , illegal , and cruel in the extreme , and will cause the Government to become much more unpopular this it is at present ; and we pledge ourselves to n » every legal means in our power to cause an alter tion io take place forthwith . "

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      1 IIIDDLETON " . — Cost of the Rural Police . —A meeting was held in the Old Boar's Head Assembly Room , Long-street , Middleton , called by Mr . S . Ramsden , assistant overseer , for the purpose of memorialising the magistrates of Lancashire , praying them to take such steps as will tend to abolish the Rani Pftliee from the township of Middleton . The meeting was called for the 15 th instant , and the chair was tote taken at six o ' clock in the evening . At the time of commencement , the roem was crowded to excess , ind hundreds were usable to gain admittance . The meeting consisted chiefly of working men , with a small sprinkling of the shopocracy . Mr . William Thornley , wesTer , was called to preside . Mr . S . Ramsden , attistaai overseer , then read over an account of the demindi since the year 1826 , of the county , in the shape of county rates , which had been levied . on Middleton , and which was as follows : —

      Tears . Assistant Overseers . County Rate £ b . A 182 S—7 - John Lancashire ... 269 15 « 1827-8 John and Josiah Lancashire ... 209 2 9 1828—9 Samuel Pilkington 98 18 9 1829- ^ -30 Ditto 181 2 8 1830—1 Ditto 301 2 i 1831—2 ... ... 218 15 » 1832—3 ... ... 251 1 W 1833—4 ... ... 190 7 1 » 1834—5 ...... 2 J 2 12 * 1835-6 S . Pilkington and J . Hughes ... 194 « » 1836—7 Samuel Ramsden 100 2 » 1837—8 ... ... 20 2 6 0 1838—9 ' ... 267 18 0 1839—40 i 301 16 1 1840—1 , S . Ramsden ... 654 8 2

      The last item being read , groans of indignation came from all parts of the room , at the increase which h » been occasioned by the police force . The overseer *»* asked if he was able to point out the difference betwe « n the expenditure of the old constables and ti » police . The answer was , that before the new poliw were put in force the expenditure of the old constable * was about £ 15 annually ; and the last year , namely , 1840 to March Sth , 1841 , the new police cost the tow » of Middleton the sum ot £ 193 Vs . Id . IGrou * » indignation . ) At this part of the proceedings , w « 9 disturbance took place ou account of its being known to the meeting that a reporter to some of the Manchester papers ¦ was in a secluded place . Some cries of "P » him out" were raisied : but he was ultimately request **

      to send a faithful account of the meeting , a * it *** said that many most false and ridiculous report appeared in those papers which this reporter writes for . Mr . R , Ward rose , and said he felt sorry that we im to maintain a force which were walking up and down the town , doing that which was worse to the peopw than nothing . We had arrived at a pretty pitch « things , whto we must be guarded by a number of m ^ destitute of every feeling of benevolence , and w ** r interest was diametrically opposed to the peace of »* township of Middleton . It had been said that W middle classes had induced the assistant overseer to sail that naeeting to-night Who sent for the police *

      The middle class . Who got up that meeting but U » middle class ? and there were very few indeed , in attendance . The middle class chose the men . * b 0 ^ cocted and ¦ passed the law , empowering tw police to become in . aedetjr nothing but ojolaws , and men who could do anything with impunity * Talk about a poor rate ! why , it was absolute ^ oia ^ Therato caUeda poor rate was now collected for thene * These things could not be altered by the inag istrtM * The fiancblse mast be extended beforo they could * bo" * the bad . laws of this country . ( C ' aeers . ) M * - JoB ; Wrigley said , a poet in this town had once written Ten * ne would repeat to them : —

      " Conscience can never be bought , Courage can never be soM ; The coward may die as h ?/ ought , But the good man may ever be bold . " He rose conscientiously assured that to aboliih the a ** force was a good cause , and with courage , because ^ one pughtto be afraid of detesting that idle , " **** ! unconstitutional , and most corrupt new P 01108 , ^ If things were to be as they were at present ; « «* people ' s condition must never be bettered , if to 8 _ *<* 5 " ing class were still to remain the slaves , the oppress *** the trampled on , until the middle clasB , ot the ra » f ^ rfcrates , thought fit to relieve them , they must bate i » police at their heels a long time . He must say bia raw was double the amount it formerly wa «; he tad » »> sir

      Srtntign Anti I»0au£Tt£.

      Srtntign anti I » 0 au £ tt £ .

      To Readers And Correspondents.

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

      Second Visit To Feargus O'Connor.

      SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR .

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      * . . ~ .^.- ^**.**&Gt;***** « There Is Not One Law For The Rich And Another For The Poor. '!"

      * . . ~ . ^ .- ^** . **>***** « THERE IS NOT ONE LAW FOR THE RICH AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR . ' !"

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      A THE NORTHERN STAR . v > - I

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1097/page/4/