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      WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT FOR ? WHAT ARE ITS DUTIES ? READ the exposition of the above questionS s by Henry Vincent , in No 5 of THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CXRCULAB , Price One Halfpenny , Containing also the commencement of a Series of interesting Memoirs of celebrated Patriots . No . 1 . —Thomas Muirr-The Syrian Question—Rottea Nobility—Napoleou ' s ¦ . Assumption of Supreme Power—Records of the World ' s Justice—Political Aphorisms—A Song of the People—Facts for Enquirers—Temperance Record , &c , &c . - No . 6 , now publishing , will contain the first of a Series of Original Articles , by R . J . Richardson , of . Manchester . ¦ ¦ . ¦ No . 1 , contains an Address to the Chartists of England and Wales , also the official return of tho 443 Political Victims ; whether disposed of without ' trial , or acquitted , or convicted , and what sentaaoa and where . No . 2 contains . the Chartist JQelfigates * Address to the People—Lessons to the Rulers and the Ruled—Temperance Record—Debt ! Debt ! Debt ! —Washington by Guizot—Wm . Lovett on Democracy—Valuable Statistical Digest of the cost of the " System "—Popular Poeiry—and a variety of other important and interesting matter . No . 3 contains . an Address to the Chartists of Great Britain , by Henry Vincentr-Lessons to Rulers and the Ruled—Temperance Record—Who ' s to Blame 1 by William Lovett—Monarchism and Republicanism contrasted—History of Poor Laws—The Spirit of Despotism—Character of Geo . Washington—To whom ought the Lower House to belong ?—Affecting Instance of Patriotic Devotion-Political Aphorisms—The American Compatriots—Popular Poetry—and numerous other important Articles . ' ¦ ! No . 4 contains an address to the middle-classes of Great Britain , by John Collins and Anhur © 'NeiL—Records of tbe World ' s Justice—Trades * Halls—War ! War M—Beware I—Spies are About t —Annual Parliaments and Paid Members—Temperance R ^ cord-rAffticting incidents in the life of Emmeti .. Weal ; h—^ Poor Law Baatile—Facts for Enquirers—Political Aphorisms—and an interesting variety of other important matter . London : Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; Manchester—Hey wood , Oldham-street ; Birmingham—Guest , Steel-house ; Lane ; Bristol—Prideaux , Caatlemill-street ; Liverpool—Smith , Scotland-place ; and all agents of the Northern Star .

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      t ^ thtvca . vxos , -B-ho said that after the ordinances JLj ordered to be printed , it w » found that waieli tos very important , had been overlooked . ? f % _ necessary to submit it to the law officers at _ - Cro -wn , a 534 ^^ tt "WM 'wbicl 1 occasioned the k __« er acrimonious discussion hew ensued between * f ffishop of EXETEH sad : Lord MEiBotiKNE . In revlj to a question from the Bishop of Exeter , ¦ rtasount DC 5 CA 5 X 05 said tba . 1 , if an address should w , _ rreed to by their Lordships , praying her Majesty -m toeiTe effect to the ordinances , it certainly could * £ be done ; ne also intended that , if possible , ad-^ Lmal time should be granted ; upon whi ch assuran ce TrfBJsaop of Exeter postponed his motion respecting J j £ Scnnnary of St . Sulpice until Thursday , the 4 th of

      j ^ S LTXDHrBST drew the attention of the Govern-_«_ to » BiU " * tbe 0 ** ler House of Parliament , for rt ^ r improTement of the administration of justice ia ^ ortj of equity , and expressed a hope that proper ^ "Lgjuation wonld be awarded to tie holders of offices " T-Jk ^ Big ht by that Bill be abolished , as he should ttxr- y > « e bo useful a Bill lost for want of such a k ^ onBi Melbourne said , he should take caw jjjji jojnpeos&tion should be grren to all who should te fooBd , spen examination , to haTe a fair right to it Ifceir Lordships then adjourned .

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      SOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Feb . 23 . j ^ moepeih presented a petition from Dublin , ^ pied by 225 . S 3 B persons , against Lord Stanleys Re--jitatiou Bill , and in faTour of his own . Tke adjounied debate on Lord Morpeth's Qualification and Registration of Yoters Bill was resumed by % t . Yocsg , who was strongly opposed to it , and contended that the lowering of the franchise in the way proposed , would tend to a still greater subdivision of jaad four that \ rhich already prevailed in Ireland , and thus enormously increase the distressed condition of Btt peasantry . j £ e , "W . 8 . O'BBIES thanked the Government for tfae BUI they had introduced , in which they grappled « ilh all the difficulties of this great question . B . e felt assured th&t if the country was appealed to , it wald pronounce in favour of the measure .

      Sir B . Batesox said he had always looked upon th * # _ freeholders in former times , as one o / the greatest curses under which Ireland laboured , and jet now by this Bill they would haTe a stare of things jn £ nitely worse . air . CiBBW delivered his " maiden speech" in fopport of the BOL Lard Howies said he should support the BUI before the House , believing th&t it held cut a fair prospect of bringing this important question to a satisfactory settlement Dr . Lefsot contended that the Bill would abrogate g » proTisionB of the Reform Act , and that there were already sufficiently democratic elements in the eonstltaeacy of Ireland , as was amply proved by the fact that bo less than seventy Irish Members sat and voted at the same aide as the Hon . and Learned Member for

      Mr . Pigot contended that the Bill of the . Noble I _ d the Member for North Lancashire ought not to fee entertained by the House , if it were only upon the pound that it was confined to registration alone . The Right Honourable Gentleman then entered into a tag defence of the provisions of the Bill of Lord Morpeth . Sir Wa Follbtt objected to this measure as a vkteifc interference with the principle of the Keform fjrn , establishing a constituency in direct opposition to the principles there laid down . This was indeed ^ mating Universal Suffrage in the Irish Counties ., Cm Bill was also a violation of the Roman Catholic ___ Act He could well understand how this Bill finld be supported by a section of the supporters of te Majesty's Government , bat he could not andergud how it could be supported by those who had _ nys professed to consider the Reform Bill as a final -grtgtTTCTrt of tiie elective franchise .

      Mr . Macacxat insinuated that the Bill of Lord S __> 7 e » oid be considered only as a disfranchisement B _ is disguise , while the object of the measure of his 5 et _ Friend ( Lord Morpeth ) was to keep oat bad ¦ nteo , and let in good ones . He denied that the < gx _ e relating to the franchise was a tack to the R * - gSnatioa BUI , which was professedly the principal KM&re . On the contrary , the definition of the fran-<__ was , in his opinion , the very wwim of the i «»« iniri under consideration . At the ecmehajon of the Right Hon . G ~? nt ) em&u ' s speech , Mr . BR 0 THEBT 05 moved the a-. 'journmeat of the debate until Wednesday , which was immediately aeeeded to , and the House adjourned .

      " Wednesday , Feb . 24 . . Lad Susixi postponed the second reading of his Irish Befijtunon Bill until Friday , not whb the intension of then bringing it on , but he should by that time be prepared io say when he would bring it forward . Ibe diWHrim upon Lord Morpeth ' s Bill was then reamed "by Mr Bsothektos , who briefly contended that it . wo _ d give general satisfaction to the people of "Rnghma sad ta&a&d , and unite the two countries is a closer and better understanding than that which lodhasfo&cejtotiM . - - ' Mr . iixuss contended that tbe present Bill had lieeo bronchi iarrsri , not with any bope or intention t&at it should becoasa law , but with some ulterior vkw , of white thsy were all at liberty to judge .

      Sr ffi Soxkstillb , in reply to the argument of Lord Stanley that if this framckise was given to Irelasd , it mut be extended to England also , observed & _ _ > bad neva heard it urged as an objection to an Bsg __ Bin thai its benefits ought not to be given to Segued , because they would , ia that case , be obliged to mead it to Ireland . Mi . Sergeant Jacksoj very warmly eulogised the Q&ch of Sir Fa Foiiett , an « said th » t he never was ttore icrprised than at hearing it replitd to by the Ei ^ hl Hod . Gentleman opposiie ; Mr . ilacaulay ) , in a speech winch he must characterise as a mere piece of sspty sod frothy dedamation . Mt Slutet was of opinion that the £ b franchise » J » too low , but still they ought to go into committee , Mtheprindple-sras good , and by mutual concession , aey ndg&t be enabled to adopt a proper amount of nfce upon which to found their right of voting .

      Mr . Thesiges observed that , if the present Bi ' . l » ae ttrfeated , h did n » : follow that the eri-s of the PRsecl syKem of registration would not be corrected , te . ii that event , his Xoble Fri = nd . Lord Stanley ) tvasi perssVtre with his measure . Mr C . Btlles was saUsSed that " , however bad might teHa Bill of the Noble Lord iSianley ) , it possessed Ha iwkeiaing feature of having forced tie Government toTjring in s good one . The Hon . Gentleman en-«* r ° sred to snow that Lord Stanley , by his Bill , did «*» the Irish franchise , though by a very roundabout raiio a very hi § bJy objectionable manner .

      Sr JiHEs G&aHjlm said , the proposition of a £ 5 ™ c ! a » c for Ireland tras a concession , on the pare of TO Government to the Hon . and-Learned Member for £ ««* , and he confessed he hid the most evii lon"wags of the maaner in which it -would be appii < sd if P » ed , for the H ^ a . ilember for Dublin had spsken " OpEdtiy Bj ^ in the sutject of separaUon , as they ™ beta threatened with it that night by the Hon . feab&r for Lkkeard . In order to snow how far tht Wfsaiaent bad , according to their professions , diswagrd tae agiiauon of the Repeal of the Union , the r PtHoa . Batsmet referred to tbe 38 members who ,

      jfj 884 ' « 5 for a Repeal of the Union , and showed ~™*» y of them had r < = eeived very valuable appoint-*« aa , aad the judicial office of Chief Baron had been ««* oi © Mr . OConnell , who had , however , declined £ ks ^ as he arid himself , " the judicial office should *** " «« & m bis person . " He t ^ ok down tbe wo rds ' ** ti » e , and tiivught them a very singular compli-^» » o tb e Government which had tendtred the office j «« i acceptance . He would , for his own part , ciiag ^• = *» Mre of Lord Grey , resolved to resist the 52 J " ° f that demoeracy which , nnless checked , £ *« i orertbww the institutions of the country , '" "Ting tie crown itself in tbe several desrrncrkm .

      j *^ Bheil chaUenged the Riglit Hun . Baronet who JW sat down to deny , if ne cou . d , that although ^* wowiag his adherence to the Referm Bill , be ha-i , •^ eca u Stroud , declared that he was one of a j T *** <* twelve who had been appointed to c ^ n-T *^ i and had actually reported upon , tae propriety & l 0 Paog the Ballot Ti . e Right Hon . Gentleman U » d S ! ^ to ^* sten * fthargfi <^ iaeonsistfcacy npon jTt ^* f ^' bATing b *« nbimself the party to estab-^ , ~* " Oeueficialinieresf franchise in the Reform ? %£ * TOch was now sought to be superseded by the it aJ * *? aal" &MKhise , woich he had previously , ^ ^ office , repadiwed . ftfi *** * of the Right Hon . CreDUtmaD ' * speech , e fionas adioamed . ^^

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      q ^^ . — £ Ter since the breaking up of the National ^ ^ io i ^ aad : he uafortouate correspondence that ** Ef * ^ tWm > ^ Richer and Fearpu O'Con-•** VteS , ^ ^^ remain ^ io a state of apathv ; fe » i » ^ IfL ^ a ^ reviving under pesoliar aus-^« RKw astacces . That independent body of jgL *** ^ wamers of this place , have formed ^ f ^ e s mw > clas . es of thirteen members io a kaif c ^ * at >«* cnptioii 3 are twopence per week , oae *»^» £ « d * wMeh h inteaded to assist in fc ^ wa * theincarceraied Whig viciims for eipoas-*« £ thJv ? rMej * the other wwardfi pur-•* Cd m AorUlern ^« o " , &c &c . Their meeiin ^ s haixy n ^ nemberfs house alteraawly , every ?^^^ 5 « f thei r own respective bodies , i * usi ot one of th «» nu , hn « , _ : _ v . u - * .- ^~ icn

      S ^^ y iSw lt ^^ P resi ( t to theBociety , *» i r > Ti ^ : w Of pebnurj , when the Northern J ^ tttT 7 ° tber txades fi ° and d 0 Jiewise-* tttistrtr ?! r ~ - * geueral meejing of the ^ g ield mtn e Working Man ' s Hail , it was * itiJtetL ? ^ - ^ P * thit * funeral . sermon ^^^ o m r tfcat P ^ ' ^ Sund . j , March ^ tta * obS ^? 9 « J «> ii , who has laUen a mar-^* wlfelfl * , of th » Whig Hells ; also , S fcbSr o ? m *•* ? « tiie dose tf the Krm « J Nuaia fiart i wloow r aEd child ; aod that Mr . ^^ tKcSo ^ ^^ ^ ** » " «*«» to

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      IjEEDS . —Toial Absiisesce CnAKTKB Association . —At a meeting of the Association held ai Air . Joseph Oldroyd ' s , Quarry Hill , after the business of the society vraa gone through , and the members had congratulated tach other on the opening prospectB of future usefulness , it was propowd by Mr . Joseph Parker , and seconded by Mr . Wa . Hick , that the school room , No . 82 , High-street , be used , at present , on Sabbath days , aa a lecturing and preaching room , and that our highly respected friend Mr . T . B . Smith , from Ho ]) , be solicited to

      deliver a lecture on Teetotal Chartism , in the afternoon of Sunday , the 28 th inst ., to commence at halfpast two o ' clock , and also to preach a sermon In the evening , to commence at six o ' clock . Mr . Smith , being waited npon for this purpose , consented , providing a congregation could be secured : on the « ararancea of this being given , he stated that his text ia the evening wontd be from Acts , ir . 32 , , * And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and oae Bool : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own : but Jhey had all things common . "

      Meeting of Chartists . —At a numerous meeting of Chartists , on Monday evening , the chairman ( Mr . Roberts ) read , from the Northern Star , the Address to the People of Great Britain in favour of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , which was warmly received . It was resolved that oar friend , Mr . Hill , should be requested to insert the address again , together with a list of the names of the Committee , and the proper address of the secretary , as some of the names of the committee were entirely omitted , and a wrong address to the secretary , omngto some inadvertency of the gentleman appointed to supply the Star office with a report . Mr . Weatl&ke was then introduced , and gave nis first of three lectures on the democracy of Christianity , after which , an animated discussion ensued .

      LOXOON . —Towkb Hamlets National Chahteb Association ^ held at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , Feb . 16 , Mr . J . Hart in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The council ordered the secretary to write out the petition from the NorthBrn Star aeainrt the New Poor Law Bill . On Sunday , the 21 $ t , Mr . Parker gave an excellent lecture on ** the Principles of the Charter , " to a fall meeting , which gave the utmost satisfaction . The lecturer Bald a box ought to be placed on the table , to be called " Feargns O'Connor ' s Demonstration Box , " to help the Tow « Hamlets' men to go down and welcome our champion on his liberation .

      Peiitios Committee . —The London Chartists seeing the necessity of some system being adopted , whereby the friends of political freedom in the metropolis , may have an opportunity of presenting petitions for the People ' s Charter , the political Tictims , &z ~ y without the loss of time generally attendant upon ihe getting up of such petitions , have called into existence a petition committee , whose duty it shall be vo prepare petitions for individuals and public bodies , acd to see that they are duly presented . The said Committee having met , consider it their duty to call upon their Chartist friends to lend their aid by erery means in their

      power to carry out the above important object . As ihe da ' . ies of ^ the Committee will be somewhat arduous , they "trust they shall be provided with funds necessary , as the labours of the Committee cannot possibly be effeciive without tho sinews of war . Tfie Committee meet every Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane . FJeet-Btreet , at eight o'clock , to receive petitions from individuals and public bodies , from any part of the kingdom . Thomas Mills , Tower Hamlets ; Sa . mu . el Ford , Kensington ; Robert Southcombe , City of Westminster ; Jehn Murray , Borough of Marylebone . J . W . Parker , City of London , Secretary , pro . tern : John Rose , Bermondsev , Treasurer .

      JfEWTON HEATH . —The cause of Chartism is prospering gloriously in this Tillage . Mr . William Shearer lectured on Saturday evening last to a goodly assemblage . After tie lecture , a number of ihe members and friends formed a mutual improvement class : the first subject considered was , " What benefit wGuld Universal Suffrage be to the working classes ? " Although this was the first question , y « i the manner in which they treated it might have aons credit to legislators . KAN CHESTER . ——Chartist Sebkons . An eloquent and impressive sermon was preached by Mr . Anan , of Bradford , in Carpenter ' s Hall , ou Suncay" afternoon , to a crowded congregation . In the evening , Mr . Hill preached to an over-flowing and apparently well satisfied congregation .

      A mtxebol's and enthusiastic meeting was holden at Carpenter ' s Hall , op Sataraay evening , Mr . Butterwonh in the chair . The meeting , though called without notice , consisted of upwards of 1 , IH ) O pemme , who were addresssd by Messrs . Marsden , Wall , Skerington , Connor , and others . A stronglyworded resolution was adopted , afiinning all ths principles of the Charter , and pledging tho meeting to their obtainance . HETWOOp . —On Wednesday evening , the 17 th inst- Mr . Bairstow lectured at this place . He

      commeaeed by a few remarks on ^ the wages . of ( he labourers on tbe Continent ,- and those of the labourers of Great Britain , contending that a repeal of the Corn Laws would never better the condition of the working men of this country , until they had the power of electing their own representatives , by ¦ wh ich tfcey might protect the value of labour . He also laid bare the clap-trap schemes by which the stock jobbers , money mongers , cotton lords , and hireling ruffians had been trying to draw the people from the Charter .

      STOCKPORT . —Mr . Hill lectured here , by invitation , on Monday evening , recommending temperanc , onioD , perseverance , and sound political information , as the only ana surest means of obtaining ihe People ' s Charter . The room was densely crowded , which made it like a bath , although capable of holding 1 , 200 persons . The lecturer spoke until he was completely drenched with sweat , aud exhauited i and then sat down , while Mr . Bairstcw (^ ho bad just returned from a meeting of the Cora Law keptalers , to which , being called by circular , ho had b * en refused admittance , though

      presenting hia circular at the door . ) addressed the meeting for some time , after which Mr . Hili came forward again and spoke at some length , recommending the erection of convenient meeting rooms by toe people ; aud especially enforcing it on the Cuartists of Stockport . He waa listened to with tbe greatest Eilence and attention , interrupted only by repeated bersts of applause ; at the conclusion , a vote of thanks was given him amid ihe acclamations of the . assembly . Oa leaviug the room the people crowded round him * . o £ et a wag of his hand , and to express their gra . ifieatioa at thw , their first personal lnlrodnction to him .

      Ghastist Serhox . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered a talented and eloquent 6 ermon , in the Chartist Room , Boaibar ' s Brow , from Paul ' s di-courge to the Athenians , on Mara Hill , " Gud ha n made cf one blood all Hi ions , vo dwell upon the face of toe earih . " Tne Large Room was excessive ]/ crowded , and the attention of every odo rivfcued ; and the meeting collectively appeared hig ' nly interested and pieased with the intellectual tic&i . The following resclucioa was carried uiiauiinouily : — " Thai we , the working men of Stockpjrt ,

      knowing the factions that are opposed to our iniereaw , ana seeing , as we lately have , the mean and dasiar-iy attempt of & hw individuals in the north to bring that nobie advocate of the people ' s rights , the Northern Star , into disrepute , that we < io hereby tender our increasiBg confidence in that paper , and the able and talented editor , the Rev . William Hill , and the proprietor , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " At the conclusion , a considerable sum w « td collected towajras the expences of the demoustra-tion , and a great number of members were enrolleu .

      YORK . —At the weekly meeting of the York Chartists , held on Tuesday evening , in the large room of tfce Fat Ox Ins , a vo : e of thanks was proposed , and carried with applause , to Messrs . Burley aad Stuart , a&d the brave inen ¦ wh o so nobl y supparted them at the Whig hole-and-corner meeting of Friday . Resolutions were also proposed and carried uDammously , expresEire of the determination of ihe Assoeiation to support no election candidates but such as pledge themselves to support the People's Charier ; and of their firm determination to aivocate Universal Suffrage and No Surrender . Several new members were elected . The meeting broke up at half-past ten . From the spirit evinced ai this meeting , it iB evident that the cause of liberty is making rapid progress in the City of York .

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      x < Owrx > OH . —Sunday Meetings of the Working Classes . —A large meeting was held last Sunday evening , at the Working Men ' s Chapel , Dockaead , Bermondsey , when , after tea , the meeting was adtlresssed by two of the society , on the evils of monopoly , especially the monopoly of the bearenly treasure to be found in the Bible , and which the priests , in the present day , say that they are the only repository and distributors of ; whereas , the great Creator says , " Let the word of the anointed dwell in yon richly in all wisdom , teaching and admonishing

      one another j' and if the people will be rich in their mind * , and free themselves from igaorance and sfiperstition , they must lay in a store of useful information , aud beallmufaal distributors , instead of supporting the pries tly monopolizer , and not be like KEto she old prorerb , soon priest sueh people , and the people will have it so . As the promoters of these meetings are giving information , free from sect or party , we hope tha Chartists , Teetotallers , and all liberal -minded friendB to the Bpre&d ot truth , will give them their support . —Correspondent

      BABKASLD CASTLE . —Attempted Scicids . —On Monday last , a poor woman , named Nancy Hall , attempted U > cot her throat . Medical examination proved the wound to have been but trifling . .

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      SUaTDERZfc&SD . —Tailoes' Siaikk is Busdemand . —The " tailors of Suudcrland hare , during the last week , issued a very excellent and'fcensible address , explaining the nature and origin of their dispute with their masters . We have -89 * room to insert the addresB in full ; but , in © rdertfrlet their brethren and the working classes generally know the merits of the dispute , we have made the following statements : —The dispute began with an employer named Dawson , who , we understand , ia a most evangelical minded person , refusing to pay the wages given by other masters . He , by his meek and holy acts , induced other two employers to join him ; and they all proposed a number of petty deductions from the prices paid for the manufacture ot certain

      articles of cloth . To shew the petty nature of their conduct , and the meanness of spirit displayed by them , it is sufficient to state the deductions , which are : —id . on waistcoats , trowsers , and breeches ; 6 d . on boys' jackets , and 8 d . on Taglioni coats . These deductions , though individually small , would , in the aggregate , reduce the wages of the workmen 3 s . per week . The workmen , notwithstanding no deduction had been asked by the other masters , rather than incur the risk and unpleasantness of a strike , proposed to submit to one half of those reduced payments ; but Messrs . Dawson , Inaith , and Robson refused . It was then clearly Been that » they had another and ulterior object , which was , to destroy the nnion of the tailors which

      existed in the town ; these deepots hated the idea and name of union ; they claimed the liberty ot exercising their own will uncontrolled , save by tneir own consciences and interests . The men therefore determined w aand by their order , and so well have they done so , that we are happy to add the whole of the masters of Sunderland , except the " miserable minority" alluded to , give the old wages , and are friendly to the union ; as a consequence , they hare got the best workmen , aud are rapidly getting the trade of the small proud faction , whose failing custom will soonte-vch them the folly of their conduct . The tailors of Sunderland , as a class , are a most intelligent and patriotic body of men ; their union has been the means of promoting a fraternal spirit amongst them , cherishing sentiments of manly independendence , ( free from the insolence of ignorance , ) husbandiua their resources , enabling them to main *

      tain eaoh other in sickness , to secure an equitable distribution of employment , to provide for the infirmities of age , and tne calamity of death , ; in short , in various ways , to promote physical , moral , aud intellectual improvement . They have been amongst the first to rally at the call of their oppressed brethren ; they voted and transmuted to Glasgow the turn of £ 10 for the cotton spinners ; and to various strikes they have liberally contributed ; and several times have raised handsome subscriptions on behalf of the victims of political oppression . For those reasons , we consider them now entitled to aid from their brethren , and the working classes generally A few weeks more and the small faction must yield to the claims of reason and justice . Subscriptions for this purpose will be received by the treasurer of the society , Mr . Pentlands , Queen-street , Sunderland ; or by Mr . Williams , bookseller , Bridgestreet , Sunderland .

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      LOOK OK THIS PICTURE , Lore Cardigan acquitted Hpon the honour of all the Peers in England , for shooting Capt Tuckett , with intent to kill him . Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff allowed by the Chief Justice of the Queen"s Bench , to compromise and pay compensation , for a cowardly assault upon a policercan , by which his life was endangered , and his health has become impaired .

      The Hon . Mb . Plu . vkett , an officer , sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment , of which six were omitted by the Marquis of Normanby , for opporing the civil authorities of Wigan , in the execution of their duty , will an armtd force under hia command .

      Daniel O'Coxsell—-whose agitation calls fur the dmumatioaof . tli 9 hor& Lieutenant ot Ireland , ¦ who speaks of an alliance between France and Ireland ; "who libels Ministers , Administration , and all parties but his own , daily ; and wbo threaten * to raise 500 , 690 fighting men—at large , and posse ^ sed of all the Government patronage of Ireland . Masteb Medhurst ,

      defended by the AUorney-General , for the crusl and premeditated murder uf his play-fellow ami schoolfellow , by stabbing him ; whose case was aggravated by proving him to be a most vindictive and re-VeDgeful ruffian;—three years at lar ^ e in priso n , ¦ wilb apartments , and the use of a lathe for turning —the youn *; ruffian , as we are told , being partial to this business . Lord Waldegrave and Capt . Duff held in bail of some £ 200 , to appear to a ciiarge of brutal assault . The Sheriffs of London released from custody for a contempt of the HU ; h Court of Parliament , U'stdistressing confinement SHOi'LD endanger ttteir health , or injure their lives .

      ^ W ^_ W ^ _ ^ _ j * , __ ^ k to .. ^ M # « *« The Editor op the Sun , at large , after telling the people that the Corn Lnws should be repealed by a revolution .

      Lord John Russell , Lord Althorpe , and Lord Grey , ruling the country , although they were in correspondence with associations who attended their meetings with all the emblems of royal destruction , with a King haf ing his head drooping , and tbe bloody executioner armed with the axe ; and who have robbed the poor of their rightful possession .

      In Carbigans case , telling the highest tribunal in the land that the crime of murder would not have involved any moral guilt , but would have been mere calamity .

      THEN ON THIS ! ! Cook , of Mitcheldever , a working man , huDg for " striking" at Blogham Baring , without Injuring him . Robebts , of Birmingham , a working man , sentenced to be hanged tinder an obsolete law , and con * victed upon the evidence of policemen ; while thousands of respectable persons stated that they were rta , dy to make oath that he was not within a mile of tbe p ' aee .

      Ashton , two years in a mad-house , at hard labour , for attending a public mteting , out of -which not the slightest inconvenieDce occurred to the public—not one act of violence—and while they received excellent characters from the prosecuting solicitor , and respectable ; neighbours . j Williams and Davis , ; two working men , kept in Chester Gaol , their imprisonment for eighteen months having expired ; because they could not find bail for their good behaviour , in the enormous amount of £ 2 000 I Clayton , a working man , dies in prison , at tbe nge of fifty-five years , being , from the comTn ' -ncement . afflicted with asthma , grave ! , and rheumatism .

      Frost , Williams , and Jones , sentenced to death , commuted to banishment to a penal colony for telling tha Welsh people to come , unarmed , to Newport , for the purpose of showing thtir number to the Magistrates , and thereby to convince them of the great feeling which existed in favour of the better treatment of Vincent , end other working men , Cbarliat prisoners — the people being mowed down before they made any , the slightest asss< .

      Feargus O'Connor , in solitary confinement for ^ gbtmmmomOm tor ** . posing hia trick * i £ t scheming . Hoey , Crabtree . and

      J . B . O'Brien , sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment , for telling the people ten thousand times , that they bad no fair claim upon the Parliament for redress , until they proved , by the sign manual of a mnj-.-rity of the nation , that a majority -was in their favour j und who has been prevented from pursuin 3 that avocation by which the Editor ot tha Sun makes a livt } Ur hood .

      Poor Holber " r \\ Duffy , Peddie , HoldyoRTH , and others , sentenced to tbree and four years imprisonment in mad-houses , for being entrapped by Government spies , and convicted upon their evidence , and that of policemen .

      In Chartist cases , the Attorney-General stretching the law for blood .

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      to tIie ytqkiltl ^ men of England , , JifiU SCOTLAND . ¦ . Hawicfc . Feb . 22 , 1841 . Mv FilEflD 8 ,- » -You have , no doubt , been enabled to trace , through the columns of the Star , my progress in England aad Scotland . Six months have now elapsed since I began my recent tour of agitation ; and , in Scotland alone , I have delivered upwards of a hundred lecture * . I am not yet tired of talking , beoaose I hare a long debt to settle with the Whigs , and a lifetime will be needed to do my duty to you well , and to do justice to myself fully . in « r / 'v i ,. r ; r . \ in r , ¦ ¦ ¦

      My Friends , yob know well that the body needs rest , and I know well that the mind needs relaxation . A bow which la use * by the hunter , requires to be unbent at times , otherwise , if it is always kept ott the stretch , it will come in time to be useless for shooting with . I was in hopes that every leader , as he was liberated , would come to my aid , and to your aid , and when many were in the field , that I would be allowed a short furlough . I worked double time , and at all times , because few labourers were in the field , and the grain was beading a sickly head into the furrow . The harvest has been truly abundant , but the reaping hook of agitation has rusted beside the half-bound iheaf . This will not do , nay it must not be . I fondly expected that after six months of talk , I might be allowed to change my weapon , and by way of a change , use my pen in the great cause . I must confess I have felt disappointed with the result of my anticipations in Rome respects , and cheered ia others .

      You would have observed that it ¦ was my Intention to have started a paper in Glasgow , and when you are Informed that I bare , in a great measure , relinquished that plan , you will naturally desire me to make you acquainted with my reasons for bo doing ; and also inform you what may be my future course of proceeding during the agitation for the Charter . In tbe nrat place , then , I learned , during one of my visits to Glasgow , that the Patritt newspaper was involved in considerable difficulties ; and being informed that the copyright was vested in the hands of fifty purchasers , who were desirous of relieving it from its pressure , I offered to aid and assist them in so

      doing , by undertaking the conduct of it , or , after a oertaln Interval , by procuring shares , &c , so as to relieve thep flt . ^ h * cha rg e . Various plans were proposed and rejected : ode proposition majift to me was that of becoming ed ^ rf of the Eoiriot , the paper remaining In the possession si certain parties . ¦ I was induced to attend a meeting of the copy holders , on which occasion I offered to become editor of the Patriot in the event of the proprietors not being able to maintain the paper . 2 pledged myself to them that I would , for the sake of the movement , and the credit of my country , strive to establish another , and , if possible , a better organ in its place .

      These remarks and offer of mine were very cordially received . In process of time , circumstances transpired which led me to believe that the Patriot-would and must go down . I then hastened to fulfil my promise , by issuing a prospectus for a new paper , and I am happy to say received the most liberal and flittering encouragement . I then left Glargow for the Border , and for Newcastle , Carlisle , < bc . During my absence , and after the issue of my address , it appears that the hopes of sustaining tbe Patriot revived , and very praiseworthy exertions were made to preserve and continue that organ .

      Amongst other things , a proposition has been made to raise shares for tbe support of the paper . This last resolution on the part of tho Central Committee decided me in relinquishing the idea of establishing the National . 1 st , a company was formed for printing , and is to be called "The National Printing Company ; " 2 nd , new shares were required for the Patriot ; 3 rd , my plan was before the public also . This would look something like competition in the market . Some one scheme , or all , must be Injured—purhaps the cause also seriously damaged ; what course could I adopt ? Throw « verboard my plans , and leave the fiold open to the others , still pledging myself to start a new paper if the Patriot should at any time cease to be .

      I could have started the National easily ; but I should have been taken by the bund by oae party , and my lugs cut from under mo by another . I have no ambition to meddle with the press , except it be to serve tbe cause . That 2 can easily do , by writing lectures on various subjects , instead of speaking them . It is my intention , therefore , to place my lectures in writing , and on all subject ; , bufore tbe Working men , in a very cheap form , aud on the earliest opportunity . I will give due notice of niy intentions in that respect through tbe Star . In the meantime , I shall proceed to Manchester ; and should I find circumsianetjs to favour me , I shall mest likely otnilnu my future labours in the ciruss to that district , in which I first began tho public agitation , where I met frith bo many kindred spirits , ami where I hope to see the good old banner unfurled und bailed to the mast oncu more . This tinio we must not be beaten . *

      I trust , my friends , that the reasons I have offered regarding tbe National will have their weight , and that my conduct tothat respect will meet with your approbation . Wherever I may speak , or whenever 1 may ¦ writ ^ ,. yon njyjferest assured- that I will always be found yO 6 * sai&feuB ^^ VBflvpSvj ^ Qttwi ^ rj' ^ MiQL Znivu - ~ &nav -1 ^ rhi at the btpnning , on trial , in prfcon or- out of it I nem iriU minoe matters with tho enemy—a whole victory or none—the . . " whole hog , " but not one-half of it—the whole Charter , but not the ghost of it . 2 have fought bard for thy Charter ; I have talked hard fur it ; I have suffered imprisonment to preserve the entire principles of it ; and I am not the man to swear and forswear—to promise and unpromise—to demand and not have a taste .

      We most understand each other clearly at this important crisis ; and if there be one rotten egg in the basket , test all , aud out with the swimmer . We must trust each other , or we can have no real union at this eventful ntument . Up with the Charter , then , at evury man's nose ; and wherever you see the sharpened visage of a middle-class Jew , thrust the whole hog to his snout , and tho rascal will run if he is not a priest , in tbe latter case , tbe sooner you save your bacon tue better . I dislike to encourage suspicion iu the public mind ; but when a Whig is going to bolt , you must look after your purse . 2 should regret sincerely the desertion of the least man from our ruuks ; but be the miscreant the least or the greatest , 1 hope that the curse of a disappointed people may fall upon the first one who shall accept or ask us to receive anything short of the Charter : may the curse of God pursue him , and grinning infamy be the statue over his grave . I remain , My dear friends , Your sincere and devoted advocate , P . M . M'DOUALL .

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      WHO BROKE THE WINDOWS AT BELFAST TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN STAR , t rib , i have your paper of the 13 th instant now before me , in which . there Is a letter of inquiry , from "A Constant reader ? " who wishes to be informed , whether it was tne Repe&lers , the Orangimen , or the Precursors , who dashed the windows about O'Connell ' s ears at Belfast ? " ; If you have not given the information required , 1 would beg to inform yeur correspondent , that it was the honest , industrious , poor classes of Belfast , who committed the deed , as they ore determined not to be galled by the Big Bejrijarinan , who derives a large income from a populati « n , the North excepted , who have been well described by Cobbett , as being " worse fed" and worse kept , in every respect , than English pigs .

      As 1 generally receive the Star , from a friend in Sheffield , once a month , I hepe you will insert this communication , if you have not already explained . 1 remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , A Paddy , Tired of the monopoly and grinding of " the respectable . " Dublin , February 20 , 1841 ,

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      FEARGUS . O'CONNOR TO THE WORKING CLASSES , ON THE EVE OF A DISSOLUTION . [ . Reprinted from the Northern Star of Sept . 28 lh , 1839 . ] My Friemds , —I address this letter to you for two reasons—the one of .-a public , the other of a personal , nature . I address * you publicly , because you now stand in the very foreground of agitation—because you have evinced great courage , prudenee , and forbearance ; and , consequently , ate deserving of public thanks . Sheffield i » now the Birmingham ot Yorkshire * . Sheffield bad a long sleep , but has arisen refreshed from b « r slumber . Such are my public reasons for addressing you : those of a personal nature arise from the kindness and affection which you have ever manifested towards myself ; and more especially , upon my recept visit as a candidate for the representation of your mat county . r ' . ¦

      My object , upon the present occasion , is to point out our immediate position and prospects . 1 have very frequently told the people of this country that the existence of three political parties is incompatible with the existence of order . Let us , therefore , consider tbe respective strength of the three parties of the state ; and see which of them is most likely to be driven from the political field , and how their destruction is to be accomplished . The Whigs , being iu power , we will take them first . They represent no party—they represent no principlethey cannot hold a single public meeting—they cannot carry a single measure , without the assistance of the Tories . The House of Commons is supposed to act as a corrective upon monarchical ambition ; and yet

      the present Government , commanding the preae / it House , represents the will of that one person only upon whoso ambition it should act as a check . If anything was meant by the Reform Bill , it meant destruction of Toryism , and complete annihilation of that faction ; and let us consider how far it has answered the promised end , and why it has failed in its object If the House of Commons was a fair representation even of the electoral wfll , tbe Whigs could not hold office ; and for this simple reason—tliey d » not represent two-fifths of the electoral body . When the present registration shall have been perfected , we shall have Jba 4 eight registrations since tho passing of tlie Reform BilL A man of sense would naturally say , that if the right of the master should be revised ever )'

      year , the tenure of the servant should be revised also . However , we will contrast things as they stand under the present system . In 1837 William IV . died , anditwas in the power of the Government to have continued the then existing House of Commons for six months after the demisebf tbe King . This constitutional stop would have matured the electors of 1836 , and would have thereby furnished the most complete representation that existing circumstances admitted of . They felt conscious , however , that perfidy , treachery , and deceit had excited popular disgust against them , and therefore they found it necessary to disfranchise the registered electors , from a dread of popular hatred . The present

      House of Commons , therefore , after the present year ' s registration shall be complete , will be an unconstitutional body , holding power by usurpation , and only representing the will of the Sovereign . The vast changes of property—the transfer of estates—and the thousands of intellectual houses which are annually built , make it absolutely necessary , as long as property is tbe standard of representation , that they should bo represented . Tbe change "which has taken place in seven years , in publio opinion , should also be represented . Now inventions , innovations , improvements , and changes should likewise be represented ; but they ore not

      The Whigs , then , etand thus as regards tbe constituent body . The electors of 1832 , 1833 . 1834 , and 1835 have voted ; the electors of 1836 , 1837 , 1838 , and 183 d have not voted , while the Irish electors have died a natural death . That great changes would take place upon a general election , no man can doubt ; for we find tbe fact unblushingly told in the newspapers , that the transfer of a large estate ia the county of Durham from Whin to Tory hands , will throw the representation of that county also into the hands of the Tory . This is only one of ten thousand instances . Such is the present condition of the Whigs , as regards the electoral body .

      The Tories , accustomed to use the old machinery of abuse for the preservation of dominion , found very little difference between the management of anti-Kelorm and Reform elections . Property being the only thing represented , and that party possessing the greater share , which , added to their greater watchfulness of , and attention to , the registrations , has made them much more than a match for the Wbi £ s . We learn this fact from the result of tbe recent si ugla elections , where tne Tories have cither triumphed , or mode the victory of the Whigs an omen ot coming defeat . It is admitted now , upon aty bands , that a general election would give to tbe Tories a larger , a more venomous , a more churcli-loving , and life-destroying majority than they have commanded in the House of Commons within the memory of man . The Tories , who could not , with the House of Lords well disposed to them , stop the progress of Reform in 1832 , could repeal the Reform Bill in 1839 . In this contest I Ieavo our party out of 4 h » y ^ ion-ajtojfetber .-aad'tawply ^ how , that as

      regarded the Reform constituencies , the Bill intended for the destruction of Toryism has but increased its power , and added to its strength . If we want another proof of reaction in the mind of the electors , we have only to look to th « annual corporation returns , and there we find Toryism carrying away the annual honours from tn # Whig normal scholars . In corporate elections , which are annual , the Tories , without the slightest assistance from the unrepresented classes , are gaining strength at the rate of twenty-five per cent per annum ; and all that they require to obtain , an uninterrupted possession of these preparatory seminaries of corruption is a majority of the House of Commons . I mention these things to show that the Whigs have been beaten by their own measures , and 1 write to

      you , to counsel you and to caution you against a single step which may relieve the Whigs of the odium , and throw tho disgrace upon our shoulders . If we were to join the Tories , or give them the slightest countenance , it would not , on the one hand , moderate their enmity against popular liberty , while , on the other band , it would furnish a pretext to the Whigs , that Radical unrepresented support , rather than the imperfection of the Whig Reform Bill , hod established the ascendancy of their enemies . If the Tories beat the Whigs with their own measure , tho Whigs in opposition will not bo less craving after pelf , and in less than two mouths' probation upon the bleak side of the Treasury , all the violence of the persecuted Chartists would fade into utter insignificance , compared with the hungry bowlings of the revolutionary crew . Then once again shall we see the black flag—the monarch ' s drooping head—and the

      executioner ' s bloody axe demanding a renewal of the Whig lease of Downing-street , and then shall we take care that every man of twenty-one years of age shall bo a party to the bargain . When you look bock , and consider that we have never held our real position in society till now , but have always been used to grace the Whig pngeant , one moment's reflection will tell you that standing alone , the only party who dares to meet—the only party who dares to speak—the only party who defies persecution—that we are one of the two parties whose power must be acknowledged . Upon the next General Election , the Whigs cease to exist as a party ; land upon the consequent following agitation , the Tories will degenerate into a faction , and a . very few of the jmost wealthy will remain as a memento upon tho opposition benches , whose only business will be to gratify their own ambition , by enti « avouring to affright the representatives of the people with tho bloody ghost of Toryism .

      Men of Sheffield—The game is now in our hands ; the ball is at our foot . If we but play and kick them as our enemies deserve , tbe next General Election should furnish from 400 to 500 Radical members . We must be prepared to stand alone . In Sheffield you will do your duty . You have Crabtree , Gill , and others , in whom you can repose confidence . Invite them as candidates—return them as members— -and , having done so , chair them through your town , exhibit them ia populous places , and proclaim them tbe representatives of your will . For one moment imagine what must be the result of this cheap * experiment . It will cost you but one day's attendance at tbe hustings , instead of days of ceaseless agitation . It places you at once iu the ascendant It gives you a majority in the representative body ; and if England , Ireland , and Scotland , are not prepared for such a step , then do England , Ireland , and Scotland deserve the chains of eternal slavery , which their task-masters will impose upon them .

      Men of Sheffield—The press , which has deluded our opponents by laughing at our weakness—by denying our union and our strength—the press , which is the index and the horn-book of both the factionswill not be able to blindfold the several candidates , who themselves shall be mode witness of their own defeat No act would so far tend to give the enemy ocular demonstration of our power , ot their weakness , and newspaper deceit Now , my friends , I shall conclude by imploring you to stand alone ; and we then must triumph . I thank you—from my soul I thank you—for the powerful , the orderly , the splendid demonstration jof Monday night last It will long be remembered in

      Sheffield , which I have now made the key to Yorkshire , attd with which , I pledge myself to open the locked-up treasure , for the benefit of the human family . I implore yon to watch well the manner in which tbe Whig and Tory press will dispose of that night's proceedings ; whilst such an exhibition ia favour of either of the factious would have decided the destiny of the nation . Go on , good men 1 onward , and we conquer— backward , and we fall ( Gin tfie watchful and perfidious enemy no bandte over you ! Break no law ; and in a very little tim « , you will make laws which no man will dare to break with impunity 1 I shall be-amongst you from time to time ; for I have vowed , if 1 stood alone , to accomplish the great principle of Universal Suffrage .

      I am , Tour faithful friend and servant , Pbarods O'Cosnob Utds , September , 28 , 183 » .

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      The wife of William Griffin , of Birmingham , wai safely delivered of a fine girl , on the 9 th of February , who was duly registered , in Sfc Mary's district , Helen O'Connor GrirSn . , Alexander Hurst , of Uby , lately had a son christened John Frost Ann M'Douall , daughter of Michael and Ellen Green , was baptised at St John's , Roman Catholic Chapel , Wigan , on Thursday , the 18 th instant , by the Rev . Mr . Morau . January 31 st—At Carlisle , the son of Hugh and Ana Smith , of Brown ' s-pourt , Damside , was duly registered in the name ef Thomas Feargus O'Connor Smith . On Wednesday , the 27 th of January , Jane the wifa of William Barnes , was safely delivered of a son , who was duly registered , at Chowbent , Atherton , Feargu O'Connor Barnes .

      On Sunday , February 7 th last , the daughter of John and Mary Haawell was christened at the Wesleyan Chapel , Bradford , by the Rev . J . Boyd , Jane Feargas O'Connor . The congregation was fa a regular twitter at the evident embaraasment of the minister . Same day , George Henry Vincent , eoa of W . " « Jil Charlotte Smith . James Haswell "Was also christened Henry Vincent Haswell . Joseph Hanney was also christened Frederick Feargus Hanney . , An infant , the son of Joseph and Grace Phillips , has , this week , been duly registered Joseph Frost Phillips .

      A boy , the son of David and Nancy Brear , of Bb > kenshaw , was duly registered Henry Vincent 0 Connor Brear . The man in office , who is paid for bis work , asked several questions as to the reason of their giving the above name ? Having been answered , he said be would not have called him after an Irishman . We suppose no questions would nave been asked if be had been named " Marcus , " or after the framer ef the New Poor Law BilL Born , on the 6 th of February , and christened sb tha Christian Chartist Church , Greenock , on Sunday , the 14 th current , Neil Thomson Hillous Homey , son of Neil M'lntosh , boiler-maker , of this place . Tney » ung patriot ia named after Mr . Thomson , Chartist preacher after bur worthy townsman and brother Chartist republican Mr . Hillous ; and lastly , after that nnflincnin f republican Julian Harney .

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      DEATHS . On the 14 th inst ., at Thirsk , Miss Janei Wainfc eldest daughter of Mr , John Waine , corner , aged On * S 15 th inst ., at Sowerby , Miss Martin , aged PO -VAfLTg ' On Wednesday , the 17 th inst ., Mrs . Margaret Oliver , of Barnard Castle . Same day , Mr . Durham , of the same place , very suddenly . On Sunday last , Mr . Robert Hantef , of

      SUafortb . ¦ ¦ - - ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦ .,, . On Monday last , of » ruptured blood xessel , which caused death in a tew seconds , Mrs . AMmJCfafaan , , of Barnard Castle . ' ' ' . ^ 7 ^ ** -c * 4 lte * Same day , Mr . Thomas Hemfe » JBm 1 iu WMMfcT ^ j | place , very suddenly . ¦ # ^ K ? 3 a ^ £ jf '/ -ii £ «^ v * On Tuesday Ias 4 af ter a Kn | fc »^^}» % \ JV 26 years , Mr . Arthur Wood ^^ rWOTW * ^ -I the youngest son of Mr . ™^ J * # P& » tf ^ W £ | Inn , Micklegate . . V . < p % > s ¦ ""? V . * ' *?^\ f / &i .

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      TO THE XDITOK 0 ? TUB MOETHSSN STAB . 8 ir , —I presume you have often yourself seen that my countrymen , though fond of talking of liberty , ¦ would yet , in the jpreseat day , as in Charles ' s time , side with the Crown itself in defence of arbitrary power . I had recently a strong proof this base feeling , thus : —Having , with some other friends , immediately upon Mr . O'Connor ' s imprisonment , got up a requisition to have the Northern Star taken into tbe Dublin Library Society , in ITOlier Street , in this City , we found that the Roman Catholics , to a man , refused to sign the requisition ; aud , not satisfied with that , vented their filth against that gentleman .

      Probably the circulation of the Norpiern Star through Ireland would effect some change . As for the Irish press , witfa , perhaps , the exception of \ he WorUi and one or two others , it is the concentration of erery thing mtan , base , and treacherous . I am , Sir , Your most obedient and humble Servant , Dublin , February 20 th , 1841 . I » N .

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      COLLINS AND O'NEIL

      . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEBN STAR . Sift , —It would bo premature , at present , to pronounce a decisive opinion upon the motives by which Collins and O'Neil are actuated , in issuing their " Addresses to the working classes of the United Kingdom . " Ambiguity is evidently one of the ingredients of which their addresses ore composed , yet something like the cloven foot appears-to "the people ' s eagle eye . " They talk ot the Chartist ' s motto being , " With yon if we may , without you if we must " Now , Sir , having been in the ranks lo&g before , and ever since , the names of Collins and O'Neil were known in the political arena , and having been in as close connection with the fustian jacketed Chartists , I deny that such ever ur ns , or now is , the mstto of th » Chartists .

      " With yod IF WE MAY t" Good God 1 talk of this being the metto of ihe Chartists after being so of ten victimised by the party alluded to !! We have not forgot the you in tha days of the Bill mania—we have not forgot the doings of tbe you throughout the whole agitation , for the Charter . We know the trickery of the You which originated the " Reform Festival " in Leeds ; in short , we have hod " our eyes open" to all tbe jugglery uf the profitocracy ; and , in the name of the working men of the United Kingdom , I tell Collins and O'Neil that , in spite of their undefined nonsense . about Household Suffrage , our motto is Universal SUFFRAGE AND NO Sl / RRKNDER . And , in reference to the middle-class menwe have only to say , " With US , ifvwiwiU , without you , if you choose . "

      I need main no remark on the alliance desired by the faxes , as the people , tbe " workies" ore wide awake , and , certain patriots will labour in vain to form a onion between the profit-hunters and the productive classes , at the expence of the least scintilla of Chartist principle . We will press onward , but we cannot afford to take one retrogade step . Yours , trnly , WU . LIAM RTDER , Leeds , Feb . 34 th , 1841 .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR _________ J - — ¦ " " - ¦ ¦ " ¦ , .,- ,. . J •* i . tv i ¦ -, - ' -. - ¦ -L-jsu .

      The Catholics In Dublin.

      THE CATHOLICS IN DUBLIN .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1098/page/5/