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      - ^ " ^^ gj i To J . a ELLIOT'S ENIGMA . _ _ - * ,. ^ nfc pering xepbyr * of nrtet summer * en n rt ^ TS tar of the North" it * character * weare , ^•" j ^ tbe nm illuming onr Tieart * with & smile . a / -8 * « M frcwu yortl 1 sendi Barea * * » ** tfkna ! & UDdrcape ifl bailed in mow , 3 £ Tof our Frort shall sera fee lort , ^ I&rfi * people costroU'd by mere mea of straw

      ¦ ft » stona « nd the t emvest , miamoBn iaZnBQtsari , ^ nUrSter ( Joes triump hantly ride ; ^ rcvnerset House , it ' s more snug than the mouse ftfr ^^ n isb Ambassador * side . ^ . PUsBSs lcn ii ' s no favourite , I know , w * T * l with the Queen or her nurse ; v » , £ Sk « y «^ *•** bloir ' ^^" t& steis the strings of onr purse . ' i « these politieal lines , I profea " jo solve the Enigma by the latter * . THOMAS M . WH 2 XLEB . CjgjWet , Kensington .

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      • THE CArSE . Jy 7 vxb— " 3 ! y Native Hills . " U Tiffre fise cause , the glorious cause , Ti Qf reason and of truth ! : V Bs ciartist <* we of equal laws , ? Qf liberty * ° ^ truth . 1 I Ion to s ee the cheerful glow ? ¦ ( fe merry hearts so free ; t ' « Tjere '« i I am , where ' er I go , } B » ciartist cause for me . lten ao esose , the glorious cause , ^ , of eqnl rights to all ; f ^ will bsnUh all oppressive laws r - ^ jyi iii anto freedumeaiL jjgn to see it progress so , ' ~ 0 '« f RI 7 ^^ ^ » " f iere ' er I am , wbert ' er I go , The c&artist cause for me .

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      ' - - - - KEBE ' S TO THE MAN , &C . Tat— " Btstb Old Oat " ggrit * tie nssn , the brave true mm , tffcj fastia vf-iied in oar tmJls so long ; yj ^ Onjd renown the patriot cwra , iiiisB SarOsem Star so strong . Si « 6 fei to fcis foes - shea the people oppose , ijitafts their servile cr ?* r , ¦ fftok defiacce of right , by tyranny and might , Bnt imprisoned cur patriot true . Essies ' * to the nun , the hr * ve traa man , TT )» isssdi by » ur cause so firm ; Siii pBpsrhe , the pride cf the free , irffiTB 12 <* nr hearts so warm .

      jj $ . 3 its thai arenas , when oppression ' s storm jspaid our Convection Band ; Tfbstrsnrys power made our prospects lour , fjstts cor cease did be stand . Pn £ mot there were who , with promises fair , Tbs seeling their own selfish aims ; Tb& ! * k * oxie , thty are fled , in oblivion laid , Beca ? Feargns sviil reisains . Then here ' s to the inan , fcc Ee w thst the poor much wrong did endure , A » bt To * d ihrir cause to assist—To r ^ ore the g » d ways of tha old English days T&Txsb tat ecaJa by labour subsist ; BBJsSBepjssKWi might hath rrinnipi'd o ' er right AM i » jBSdi'd 0 Conco ? the braTe ; BagseBse shall endure , tis Tictory ba sere—Bi&re-sras fonu'd for a

      slsre-Taabm * s to the man , the feravs true ttisti , TFhs stmdi ty oar cause * o £ rni ; & 3 Ipf 9 fper he , the pride of ths free , ¦ Ra iiTES is our hearts so warm . Thos . M . Wheeleh . LITTLE JOH >* FIXAIITY . Ib 3 ? lires a Lord , - whom men may call A Bcsd of mortality ; hi £ ind as well as members small , ILcjfc TTai fs extol the stature tall Of little John Finaliry . ^ r ?® the Bill I fx ray foot , ' * ErthiicEd this sprig of quality ; " Jo fonber nrge the rash purrdt ; 7 ji , pt She Gods of LiiUput . ' Ill ESid oa my finality . "

      Bei Jcin remain'd a yea or so , Pressed to Radicaiity ; liyizh aany said twould proTB no go , AEfi tSumsht this Whisjjah woaid . below IseStiieforfiBality . QrtaaRhalf-refonner'iratB , ¦ - lAj vitnett old Ejilit ^> : ? nsa aobs who wcrahipped , him of late He earn a dochJe dose of hate % l&aitio&mg finality . Ai * eak k those who lea-re Brown S tout , Ana take to Tea-totality , Joitfsfrieads se longer could bold out Aaastthe pressure from without , Wfcki tisieaten'd their finality .

      Bed first the open-question plan * kasha ! f his eoll «*? ues balloty ; uih > u ^ i ill their ranks the moYements ran ; Tet jtIB twaa tcoogit our little man Etid fast his own . finality . &i Wiiaai , Cjaterbtiry too , Aid ete the Principality , 5 o » made Sie bsmsd Whigs loot blue ; isAJtin , at Iwt , began to rue Hjj foa £ aes » for finalitr . 5 s , » We to resist bo more

      0 Gjoaell -wiUi his waiiet , he I Ses to trow up ths franchise door , ! aa fili with Irish votes the floor iaaidcf tHflcaiijy . i te Brii , begins Ms brows to bsnd Is -nsh ax snch rascaBty ; ** . kxa , as many signs portend , «*« ns to male a final tnl 0 : Jiha and fcis finality . Blodnccod .

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      thn « equal , if the law begiat by « ff * iiDg aomo to « njoy tbik right and refusing the enjoyment to others ? It ia the duty of erery man to defend his country against an « namy , < dotylmpoeed by ths law of nature , as well u by that of civil society ; sad without the recognition cf this duty , there conla exist no independent nation and no dTfl society . Yet , how are you to maintain that thta is the duty of eTerymaa , if you deny to some men the enjoyment of a share in maMnf the laws ? Upon what principle are you to contend for equality here , while you deny ita existence as to the right of sharing in the making of the laws ? The poor man has a body and son ! as -weU & » the rJch m&a ; like tb * t Jatter , he haa parent * , wife and children j a bullet or a sword is as deadly to him as , to the rich man ; there are hearts to ache and tears to Sow for himas well a * for the souire thus ean&l . If tluU « ^ nim v . » , ar . j .. »_ . 1 t

      or the -lord or the loamnangsr : yet , notwithstanding this equality , he is to risk all , and , if hs escape , he is still to be denied an equality of jigbts ? If in snch a state of things , the artisan or labourer , when called out to fight in defence of his country , were to answer : " Why Aoold I risk my life ? I b * ro no possession but my labour ; no enemy will take Vh » t from me ; yoo , the rich posstss all the land and all its products ; you make what laws yon please withont my participation or assent ; yoa pnnish me at your pleasure ; you say that my want&f property excludes me from the right of baring a . sh&re in the making of the laws ; you say that the property that I hare in roy labour is nothing worth ; on what ground , then , do yon call upon me to risk my life t ' If in such a case , such questions were put , tko answer is rery difficult to be imagined .

      "Incases of ciril commotion the matter comesstiil more home to ue . On what ground is the rich man to call tho artisan from his 6 hop or the labourer from the field to join the sheriff ' s pos < = e % or militia , if he refuse to the labourer and artisan the right of sharing in tbe making of the laws ? Why are they to risk their lives here ? To uphold the Iaw « , and tt > protect property ! What ! lays , in , the making of , or assenting to , which , they have been allowed no share ? Property , of which they are said to possess none ? What ! compel men to com ' e forth and rfck their lives for the protection of property ; and then , in the same breath , tell them tha ; they are not allewed to share in the making of tbe Jaws , because , and only beca-Jse , they have no property ! Not because they have committed any crime ; not because they are idle or profligate ; not because they are ricioos ia any way ; bat solely because thej have no property ; and yet at the ume time compel them to come forth and risk their lives for the protection of property !"

      Having concluded thiB argafnenf he proceeds to shew tlmt even

      THE lUTJFEB OUGHT TO HAVE A VOTE . " Onght they to share in the making of the laws ? And why not 7 What is a psuper ; what is one of the men to ~ * whc-m this degrading appellation is applied ? A -er . ' poor man ; & man who is , from some cause -or otLer , unable to supply himself with food and r .-immt without aid from the parisfc-ruUs . Aad is that circumstance alone to deprive him of his right , a right of which he stands more in need than any otLer man ? Perhaps he has , fur many years of bis life , c » ntribnted directly io those rates , and ten thousand to one he has , by bis Iaiwnr , contributed to them indirectly . The aid which , uader snch circumstances , he receives , is Iris rigM ; he receives it not as an alias : he is no mendicant ; he begs not ; he comes to receive that which the law of the country awards him in lien of the largtr portion assigned him by the law of nature .

      " Is is , tu&n , consist-nit "with justice , with . humanity , with reason , to deprives mrai of tho most pr « . cious of his joiitical rigbts , because , and on ' y }< e . 'ause , he has been , in a pecuniary yrar , singularly nnfortnnute ? The Scripture says , ' Despise not the poor , because be is poor ;* that is to say , de ? p ' : 36 him no ; on acccunt of his poverty . Why then Uepnvts him of his right ; why nut him ont at the pile of the liw m account of his poverty _ » There are seme men , to la iure , vrho are reduced to poverty by their vices , by idleness , by gauging , by drinking , by tquandering ; but tte far greater psrt cy bodiiy ailments , by Kisfortuces , to the effects of which all men may , without any fault , aiid even without any foiiy , be t-xpuseu : and is there a man on earth so cruelly uiijust as to wisJi to add to the sufferings of such pirs ^ ns by stripping them of tiicir political rights ? " Bow m-iiiy thousands of industrious and virtuous men hive , wiihin these few y ^ ars , been bmiji ' jt down frum a state of competence to that of pauperism . "

      It is not often , if c-rer , that the unrepresented m&n is s ;> clearly and ably shown to be a slave as in ihe followics iassa- ^ es .

      "WHAT IS A SLAVE i " For , let us r . ot be amused by a name ; but look well int-j the matter . A slave 13 in . the Erst placi , a man who has no prsperty : and property means soniethirg that hs h = a , and that aobmlj can take from him withcat L'b leave or consent . Whatever man , no matter what he r-iay call himself or any body else uny call him , canbave his money or his goods taken from Lia by force , by vijtue of an order , or ordinance , or law , which he ha 3 had no hand in making , and to which he has not given his assent , has no property , aud ismtrely a depository of the goods of his master . A siive has no property in bia labour ; and any man who is compfciitd to give up the fruit cf his labour to

      another , at the arbitrary will of that other , has no property in his labour , and is , therefore , a slave , whether the fruit of hia labour bo takes from him . directly or indircctiy . if it be said that he gives up this fruit of his labour by his ovra will , and that it is not forced from him ; I « r . swer , to be sure he may avoid eating and drinking and may go naked ; but then ho must die ; and on t ' ais condition , and this condition only , can be refuse to give up the fruit of his labour . * Die , wretch , or surrender as much of your income , or the fruit of your labour , as your masters choose to fake . ' This is , in fact , tbe language of the rulers to every man who is refused to have a share in the ™»>^ "g of the laws to which he is forced to snbmifc

      M Bat , some one may say , slaves are private property , and may be bought and sold , out and ont , like cattle . And , what is it to tbe slave , whether he be the property of one or of masy , or , what matters it to him , whether he pass from master to mastsr by a sals for an indefinite term , or bo kt to hire by the year , month , or week ? It is , in no case , the flesh and blood and bones that are sold , but the laboor ; and , if you actually sell tbe labour of man , is not that man o ' slave ; though you sell it for only a short time at once ? And , as to the principle so ostentatiously displayed in the case of tbe black slave trade , that ' man ought not to have a property in man , ' it is even an advantage to the slave to tw private property , because the owner has then a clear and powerful interest in the preservation of his life , health , and strength , and wili , ( herefore , furnish him amply with- the food and raiment necessary for this end . "

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      ROW AT THE TOWN HALL OF BIRMINGHAM . A meeting took-place in the Towc-hall on Friday last , for tie purpose of electing a churchwarden . ThB whole staff of Whigs and Tories were rallied for the occasion , and , at eleven o clock , 3 lr . Gutteridge , a Tory , was placed in the chair , by order of tbe vestry clerk , who stated that Mr . Gutteridge bad been elected to that effiea by a poll , which took place on the preceding Friday . ' ilr . M'Doxxell protested against the whole proceedings , and , after a long speech , proposed that Mr . Alderman Weston should take the chair . Mr . DocglaS ( editor of the Journal J seconded the nomination ,, which was put to tbe meeting , and carried unanimously . Mr . Alderman Weston then stepped ferward to take the chair , but was hindered from doing so by the vestry cJerk , and a pos » e of Tories who had taken possession of ihe gallery .

      A scene of uproar then ensued which beggars description , during which one of the Tories proposed Mr . Boncber as a proper person to become cburehwarden ; it -was seconded by another person , amidst increased confusion and hooting from all parts of the

      building . Mr . M'DOMfELL , after a long speech , in the course of which he denounced the Tories and church party in no measured terms , proposed Mr . George Vernon Blunt as a proper person . ilr . Douglas seconded tha no ^ nination . ilr . George White then presented himself close by tie chair , and was received with loud cheers by the people in the body of the Hall , and the most discordant kisses and groans from the respectables in the gallery . He was about to address the meeting , but was inttrruptsd bv tbe CHAiEMiS , who afked him whether he intended to propose another candidate . Mr . WuiTE stated that he should please himself what course he should adopt , and begged leave to tell the gentleman U ; 3 t he had no right to interrupt him as be vr&s not tbe chairman of that meeting .

      Mr . Gcttebidge then insisted that Mr . White should produce in writing the substance of what he intended to say before hi should allow him to proceed . Mr . White replied , that the man who foisted himself oa the meeting as their « faa ± nnw , appeare * to him to be the most ignorant fellow he bad ever met ; be was determined not to fee interrupted by him any further , and should take the sense of tbe meeting , whether they would hear him or not He then wished all those who desired that he should speak to hold up their hands . iXearly every hand in the body of the Hall was then held up ) . After which , Mr . White addressed the meeting , amidst the yelling and hooting of tbe respectable , aod the cheers of the working men . St . C rtTTEfciDGB then laid hold of Mr . White ' s arm , and enquired whether be was a ratepayer , and vas answered in the affirmative . The Vestkt Clebk . stated , that Mr , White ' * aa » e was not in tbe great boek , and maintained that he had no right to speak . "

      Mr . Whits stated that be was determined to speak at that meeting . He understood that the Town Hall b * d been denied to the working men , mi as long as thatTefuial was persisted in , he was determined to make use of it <» tholibebalTon every opportunity that offered . If saeh men as Me&sn . M'Dcnnell , Dovflas , Edmonds , and others had gone honestly with the working classes for the removal of all grievance * , they xwed not

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      be engaged In snch paltry battle * ai the presents and attbongfc the parties opposed to tbe rate bad for their object merely the abolition of Church Bates , he wished to do away -with every rate and every law -which was not passed "by tba express will of tho voheU people . ( Load cbeem > -Here was a body of men who professed themselves Christians and lovers of tlie poor , who shewed their Christianity by trampling on the fan-. < UmentaJ principles of tbeir creed , by endeavouring ts rob them according to Jaw , and take advantage of « .- . .

      Sturges Bourne ' s Act , which enabled a rich man to give six votes to enable Jhem to accomplish such robbery . They had , therefore , proved themselves to bo no Christiana , feufc a horde ot venomous reptiles . < Here tbe hisses and confusion vreresucb , that not a word more could be heard , the working men shoufmg , " Go on , White , give it them , " and there 3 pectabks bawling out " He ' s jnst liberated from prison , " " No Chartists . " Gutteridge tbon shouted for $ e police , and intimated to Mr . White , that he would order him into custody If he persisted to speak . ) '

      Mr . White defied him ; and said he was determined to stop there all night , or have a hearing . Some rough compliments then passed between the quondam Chairman and Mr . White , the latter persisting in his determination to speak . Mr . Gdttbridgb then called on Mr . Alston , the magistrate , to protect him . Mr . Alston stepped up to Mr . Whits , and informed him that he was a magistrate , and that he insisted on him to desist Mr . White answered , that he did not care what he was , he was determined to exercise bis right , and would not be bullied ont of it by any man , and then proceeded to address the meeting on the villany of Whig and Tory Government , and the necessity of union amongit the working classes to rid themselves of their united robberies .

      Mr . Alstox again interrupted him , and stated that if he persisted in his determination he would order him into custody . Mr . White stated that he might do as he pleased ; be should not leave that place until he had finished what he meant to say . A posse of police then made their appearance at the top of tbe gallery , headed by Mrfbr Shaw , superintendent , who niaUo up to Mr . White ,, and informed him that he must desist , or he should take him into custody . Mr . White'told him tha " fhe would not desist , and was proceeding to address the meeting , when he was seizad by four policemen , dragged ont of the gallery in tho most brutal manner .

      and xonSaed in t&e Couunitte « -room , ' where about forty policemen were awaiting the ordors of their masters to quell tho ' mob . ' . The uproar and confusion that followed baffles all description . The woiking men rushed in hundreds from thu body of the Hall expoetljjg to see Mr . White removed to prison , and with a Uetcr ^ iinatioa to rescue him . They snrrounded the various doors and outlets to tbe Town Hall , aud gave vent to their feelings in curseS loud aui deep . The proceedings of tbe meeting were completely stopped , and alter an hour and a half 8 uproar and confusion , the meeticg was adjourned to tha following Friday ; after wliieb , Mr . White was liberated ainiiKt the cheers of the thousands who awaited his release .

      ^ Commodore Napjeb dineil with tho Navy Club , at the Thatched Honse Tavern , on Thursday , the 22 J ult . Admiral Thompson was in tho ohair . Mr . Dur a , the persecuting suitor of Mi 83 Coutts , has commenced proceedings a ^ aiust two of the Middlesex Magistrates for false imprisonment . Joseph Loveli ., the man who last week slipped under the wheels of th « Eastern Countie 3 Railway train , from which he had just alighted , died on Saturday . The Magistrates of Bri ^ htoa have refused to sign an order ior the payment of church-rates , ou account of their doubt as to a technical objection which had been made against the rate . The Churchwartieus threaten their worships with a mmndamus .

      U . nder ths hkad of Portrjaouib , tho Brighton Gazette fcays—'" i ' here is a report thai the Warspito , 50 , is to be l ' onlr . vith commissioned here , for the broad pendant of C . immodoro Sir Charlas Napier , who i 3 to have the command in tho Pacific . " Suicide at Sea . — Captain Ardent , of the brig Elizibctn , of London , bouud for Quebec , died on the I 8 ih nit ., at sea . He had made repeated attempts at suicide , by cutting his throat , aad jumping from the vessel . Rcpeal . —Lord Ffrench has resigned his offices of Depnty Lieutenant for the oouuty of Galway , because Lord £ bri ;; gton declined io appoint his 6 on , the Hon . Thomas French , an avowed and active Repealer , to a eitnihr sitnation . —Dublin Mail .

      Mb . Abthvb Peubijt , late Major of Dublin , arriveU at Hew York a few duys back with his two sons , and a day or two after hia arrival he was arrested under tho Stilwell Act for abolishing imprisonment for . debt and punishing fraudulent deb ' . urs . The case is undergoing investigation . Two B . AVESS wore seen , a few days since , fighting in the air , near the mouth of ( he river Yeaim , &ud at length fell together to the ground . An observer hastened to the spot , aud secured them both while they were thus hotlj staged , and locked in each other ' s claws . — Western Luminary . New Association . —A sew Association , oft&edilM " Political Institute , " held its second sitting on Wednesday week , at HoiboroBars , when it discussed the uecessity of diminishing tho immense and increasing iufljence of the aristocracy .

      Dangerous Fheak . —Two sailors were fined 10 s . each at Union Hall Police-office , on Saturday , for jumping off the Greenwich train whilst fcoing over Bermond ^ ey Bridge at full speed . The fine would have been heavier , but the sailors pleaded ignorance of railway affairs , as they had just lauded from Valparaiso , and bad never ridden in a traiu before . Christian Names . —A Cabinet order at Berlin exp laius th&v in the ordinance issued tome years ago , by which the Jews are prohibited from giving Christian names to their children , that those only are to be considered as prohibited names either derived from the name of our Saviour , such as Christian , Christopher , & . c , or which refer to some dogma of the Christian Church , such as Renatus , Anastas , Baptist , and Peter .

      A Chajutablb Wish . —At ' a Tory festival in Bcccles , reported in the Standard , tho Chairmau , Sir T . S . Gooch , Bart ., spoke his mind in these terms : — " If he had had his wish , Mr . O'Connell would have been hanged long ago . ( A laugh . ) Ic might be thought an uncharitable wish , but it came from the bottom of his heart . What a happy thing it would be to see him and many more dancing upon nothing . " ( Cheers . ) Dcsdee was disturbed by a riot on Sunday night week . The pohoe arrested three drunken men at & public-house ; and a mob collected and assisted one of the prisoners to escape from a window . When tho other two were taken into the street , two or three hundred men made a furious attack upon tho police ; but after discharging several voilies of stones , four of them were seized , to &hare in the captivity of their drunken friends . They were taken before the Magistrates , and sentenced to heavy fines or imprisonment for sixty days .

      In oua last we stated that Zaphania Williams and four convicts had run away from Port Arthur . It appears that Williams , who ia an overseer of the coal-mines , found in the bush a boat , and tha convicts who had concealed it knew that , unless they forced him away with them , they would be discovered ; so they took him away with them , and at the first house he came to after leaving the remainder of the men , be gave himself up , and is now in gaol at Richmond . We are glad to hear the conduct of Williams , since his arrival here , has been extremely exemplary . We have heard that somo of the Canadians have escaped from Green Ponds , nnder rather extraordinary circumstances . —Hobart Town Advertiser . November 24 .

      Desperate Attempt at Suicide ok Biackfriaus-Bridge . —On Friday night , the 23 rd n ) J ., between seven and eight o ' clock , a middle-aged female was observed by police-constable - 371 , to mount the parapet of the north-eatt side of Blackfriars-bridge , and , before be could reach her , she precipitated herself into the Thames . Some men who wera on the pier instantly put ofNo her rescue , and succeeded in gaining her apparently lifeless body , and conveyed it to toe Glaziers' Arms , ( receiviEg-house ) , Waterlane , where she was promptly attended by Mr . HatcbinEon , surgeon , of Farringdon-street . In the coarse of an hour , she was so far recovered a 3 to be enabled to state that her name was Ann Baines , and that she resided at Cow-cross , Smithfield , but had no relatives or friends in London .

      Stmpatht with Great Criminals . —On Wednesday , the day of the fair a ; Foix , Pierre Sard * Tragine , the Alpine brigand , was publicly exposed according to the terms of his sentence . The executioners of Toulouse aud Foix were both present . These men , who have effectually stopped the career of Tragine by executing the sentence which the Court passed upon him , were for somo time occupied in collecting the sous which were thrown down for the criminal by numbers of the spectators ; and it was remarked that several crown pieces were actually thrown down for him . It was stated that several persons , who were a 3 hamed to be seen giving themselves , sent their valets or tenants to give five-frano pieces to the unfortunate Tragine . A countryman present , in making an appeal on his behalf , said ,

      * ' Give Bomething for the man who was a good father , a good husband , who was not a robber , ( but was the victim of his f&te . " Side by aide with Tragine was Jean-Petit-Boy , also sentenced to " exposition" and seven years' imprisonment , in Fei » ra * ry list , tor tbe crime of incendiarism . This man , however , was not the object of public charity Everything for the great criminal , bat nothing for tbe obscure incendiary . ; and it . appeared indeed , from the circumstances of this occasion , as has often been said , that if we wish to excite interest , sympathy , and even enthusiasm , we must commit great crimes , when we shall not be without some applauding hands , nor fail to meet with juries who will discover in our offences " extenuating circumstances . " —Paris JounuU .

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      The ToiraicMioNS . -the Wfc of the fortifications of JP « r t » hard been commenced amaft » neonsly on every point . Upwards of lt , tOO workmen wer « engaged on Friday and Saturday last , find ( tw contractors were enjoined to prosecute the ? . works with aJl possibl y activity , and < o apply foV military labourers jftfa y could not proenre *\ sufficient number of cmW Thi » V eat ; eon ^ urae of workmen , and the concentration of ttoop * around Pans , had already produced a considerable * ise in the price of botchers' meat , which ^ w as now ' nearly placed beyond the reaoh of i the lthdatihgoizaael ? iR « t » £ . wa » # rtuna , tely & » ing , th « 4 lb loaf of the first quality selling for selling for 5 id ., . .

      Scarcityof Potatoes . —A week or two since there jfas a soa-reny-of potatoes in the county of Waterford , to such . an extent that the agent of the Mining Company oflrdaud , which employs a great number of people at the copper miue 3 of Knoc , kmanon , found it necessary ^© import a cargo of potatoes , and to forward ^ supply of oatmealfor immediate use . Li the neighbouring oouuty of Tipperary , too , it appears that some apprehension begins to prevail reRwdine the stock or potatoes , and the peasantry are , resorting to intimidation , in order to compel landholders to charge Bonwlhiug like a moderate price for ground let out tor the growth of this esculent :., " : 7 Collision pf two Ships at Ssa . —A- collision between the J . euhe Flifie , a JjVehchi eloop , and the Ann Jane , £ rEnghsfr * rig £ « 0 ok ; plaoo at eea , off . * lamborough . Head . oniMoiidaSjweek . Thft sloop Wd a crew of aix on . board-theSaiiitor . sanate . three

      seaman , and & cabia boy—valB ^ ffruckagainst the brig ; two of whom P ^ iihmOpr ; " £ ji she We " nt down head foremost , ^ hilst eB ^ itoamd ^ JotdffKio the shivered ri ^ gm / c tf ft * : trig , and . w@ » % rt »! i : The bowsprit ot the brjg was carried ayayJajW her stem was completely drivenin , arid ; BheWJtotely ^ aved with diffioaity : Th » sloop and cargo allifaluedat £ 1 , 500 . ,. . ; : '¦ . ¦ ¦ - - !¦ ' ; . * ;•; 1 » b * ' . Usi . no O ^ cene Latovica- in the Si Abets . — Elizabeth Sicilian , a middle-aged and very respectably-dressey ^ woinan , the wife of an opulent tradesman residing" in the ^ ' nietropolis , whoso bloated And dissipalajH look indicated an inordinate propensity for stam drink , was committed for one mouth to hard laaWff- in the New Westminster BrideweH , for nsinjflfjqwsdene language ui ^ jttarahall-atreet , Golden-sfaare , on Friday evening , % hile In a beastly state of ifttoKication . Thw-wr ^ igW . woman is the mother of amne and numerous tmmm ..: ; ..

      Robbery , and Remorse . —Jiu&'White , a middleaged woman , reeeihly jrr-the sejpceot" Mr . Woodall , a woollen draper , ijr Bi * hojSga . te , London , was charged at Worghip-str ^ et pohoe office , on Saturday , with having stolen somo ^ late and other property , belonging to her masterAShe was moved by rcmor 3 e to give herself ' into * rhe hands of the police the previous evening . ' Her natter had previously to the xobbeipr put great confidence in her , aud treated her wHJj . -great kindnjas . , 5 he waa remanded until to-day ( Saturdaflik . t / , Emancipation of JEWS .- ^^^ Htap eror of Russia has reiolred to ewanoipate ^^ KTeVfs in his empire " as soon as intellectual in ^ HHm and civilisation

      shall be so far advanced ai ^ HHtem that this great boon may be beneficial , ta ^^ H | ye 8 . " ' Two hundred new schools are now orgfl ^ Hr MeaWres are in progress to invite to RussiaItPSl foreign countries , especially Germany , themen ' TTOTafeat Govbfvmeat Efhooli denoted head uiastervjteachors , &c , to manage the several primary anf learned establishments , since qualiflod persoas & *» not at present to be found among the Jeira . in i / tlro empire , The number of Jews in Russisfc . and Pj&land id about MB tfti ft A . A . a ^ _ , r _^ . ^ M . M *^* A ¦ ' " ¦

      2 , 000 , 000 . '• . : ,.: jT . ' Manly Conduct ; . of HEffnr Hejhehtngton . —Oh Friday , the 23 iinitaHt . -soflie tools' of tho dastardly persecutors A'Mr , ljotheringtoncalled uponhim in h' » cell ( No . 7 , eutrauwi 4 ) at tho Marsh&l 3 ea , or Queen ' s Bvnch Prison , to iuform him- that ho mifths leave his national apartment , if Iri would consent to be bound , haud and foot , for a ewtain period ; cr , in other word ^ , to " find seonrity in the amount of one hundred pounds to keep 0 ie , peace" ( which ho has never broke I ) . towards his sovereign Lady the Queen , h $ r crowii and dignity (!) . " The substance ot Mr . Hetberingtou ' s reply to this offer was truly a noble one : — " When I go forth , I shall go free ; I wili not submit to be shackled by any government . "

      Who ' d ha' th&bght it!—The Anti-Corn- Law League finding that the intelligent men of London are not to be caught by a cry . of' cheap bread , " haye set their trap with beef aho , hoping that this " double attraction" will be more enticing ; in other words , they have called in their bread petitions and sent out tome beef aud bread ' ones ; '" Petitions J , o t ' ae House of CommonB , for a repeal of the tax on bread and beef , wait here for your signature ? ' Let them " wait , " for if theso men were reaffjf friendly to ypu , they would not thus fool away bolh time and money ,, but go for Universal Suffrage at once . , Hurrah for the Charter ! get but that , and that will get you plenty . . :

      The Convict LoNQLjpr . —It was stated on Saturday last in Westminster ,, upon excellent authority , that a pardon had been forwarded from ( ho Hoaiq OtBfte , for Harriet Longley , with oi'darjj ^ at ahfe should be taken care of until the GoTBrfim ^ obtairrcd ¦¦ whrn' -Brttablo ' place tj ^ Ki * Wt t ig » St mxe iQ ^ H protection . The Governor of Newgate gives her %

      most excellent character , and eays that hor conduct , while in oustody , was most exemplary , and that fcter demeanour for propriety surpassed that of any woman that has ever been in his custody . The unfortunate woman is unceasingly lamenting the death of her wretched offspring , aud states that tho dreadful act was committed by her in a fit of insanity , when she found that nature had dried up the source which was to have given support and strength to the little victim . Lovelv Woman . Mary Ann Webster . was charged , at Hatton Garden Police-office , on Saturday , with being drunk and disorderly . Mr . Combe asked her how long she had been out of the House of Correction ? Defendant— " Yesterday morning I

      was liberated . " Mr . Combe^— " And how soon did you get into the Station-house ? " Defendant— "In the afternoon of tho same day . " Mr . Combe— "Can you tell , within twenty times , how often yon have been committed to the Houae of Correction 1 " Defendant— " Truth requires no embellishment , and there being no necessity for lying , I answer you candidly that I cannot . " Wadding ton , the gaoler , said she was the most extraordinary character he ever met with . Ever since she was twelve years of age she had led an abandoned life . She had been in his custody nearly as many times as there were days in the year , and on no occasion had he conveyed her to prison without having been obliged to find her some article of dresa to cover her nakedness . After

      locking her up he had frequently , on visiting her to remove her to tho prison van , found her atark naked ( she having , in the interim , torn into shreds every article of her dress ) , and he had then , by main force , to strap something about her before she waa removed to pridon . Mr . Mallett . the clerk , observed that when she was in the House of Correction she was constantly receiving additional punishment for ill treating somo of the turnkeys or her foilowprisoners . He very much questioned her sanity . Mr . Combe inquired if she were willing to gointoa workhouse , and she assenting , he ordered her removal to the poor-house in St . Paucraa .

      LonD Cardigan and the Commander in CniEF . The following order has been issued by the Commander-in-Chief , on the subject of the punishment on the Sabbath : — " Horse Guards , 22 nd April , 1841 . TUe attention of the General Commanding-in-Chief has been called to the punishment of a soldier of the 11 th Hussars , in the Riding-house , at Hounslow , on Sunday , the 11 th of April . It is well known that it is not the practice of this country to carry the penal sentences of the law into execution on the Lord ' s Day i neither is it the practice of the army , whether employed abroad or at home . The General Commauding-in-Ch » ef is , therefore , surprised that an

      officer , in tbe situation of Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a regiment , should have carried such a sentence into execution on Sunday . The General Commanding-in-Chief desires * that it may be clearly understood that the sentences of Military Courts are not to be carried into execution on the Lord's Day , excepting in cases of evident necessity , the nature of which it cannot be requisite for him to define . By command Of the Right Hon . tho General Commanding-in-Chief , ( Signed ) John Macdonald , Adjutant-General . " This is a grave rebuke , and people ask whether Lord Cardigan can stomach it , and remain in his command . Our belief is , that ho will be found as callous in bearing as inflicting ignominy .

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      CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF TROWBRIDQE . Gentlemen , —A 8 a portion of your address , which appeared in The Sun of yesterday , is directed immediately to myself , I deem it necessary to offer you a brief explanation why I am not a member of your Association , and why the National Association for Promoting tbe Political and Social Improvement of the People i » formed . Jn tbe first place the plan of the National Association was written during the first few months of our incarceration in Warwick Gaol , long before your Association was formed , and would have been published had we been allowed free communication with , oar friends . '

      On onr liberation from prison onr plan was published in the pwaphlet , entitled " Chartism , " and at different public meetings Mr . Collins aad myself avowed our intention of endeavouring to form an Association upon that plan as Boon as our health and circumstances permitted . Different plans and projects were promulgated at that period , for carrying ferward the cause of Chartism ; * ne was for establishing a morning paper , another a national press , afters for exclusive dealing , others fox joint-stock stores , and others had projected and taken some steps towards forming tbe National Charter Association to which you belong . Oar plan for obtaining the People ' s Charter by fcmfiA a&d mmd means , by the erecting of ball * , the

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      establishing of schools , tfee rbrdattoV of libraries , and by every nieatw seefcmg to- raise tbe intellectual and moral character of our brethren , « Mte approved of by the press in general , as well a » by the thinking and reflecting portion of Chartists , Instead of \ being made a legitimate subject for discussion , trap-onl / made the subject of contempt and ridicule ly the people ' s organ , the Northern Star , the editor ot which designated nation education as a ¦ national jaekasa , " ano ! without condescending to review or rebut tho argnmtsntA we bad adduced , hinted that our plan wa » altogether worthless , as The Sm , the Chrahi&e , « h 4 other portions of the press had spoken favourably « f it

      On my return from Cornwall I received a letter invftiug me to join- your association , wbkJv I refused to d » on thegrwind » 6 f iflegaUty , at the same time referring them to iicts of Parliament ' by wfcicfr tb * y Were shown that all who belonged to them v »» ro sabject to transportation ; a risk 1 did not choosetommv Abont the same time Mr . Collins called tfie '• attention of the Editor of the Star to the subjeci of the illegality « t 'the Charter Association , and the necessity of eauttoxuog the working classes on the aubject The persons engaged oa that paper sub « qtte $ tly wrote to Mr ,-Place of London to ascertain tbe state-of the law on th » subject , which tbat gentleman readily furnished them with , but several wecju were suffered to elapse before asp notice was tafcen or warning given , when Mr . Place ' * article * appeared vrithoiit tho least acknowledgment of tha author . ' . '

      ' - ¦¦ Aft alteration waa subsequently made in the pla » of your Association , to make it more conformable to < law . Hawiar that baa been effected I e h * U not liazird an opWSoai . ; suffice it to say , I have not aeen sufficient in-. jltti ^^ ats ' if l your objects , nor that : line of © ond >« ct pntsned by those who rule its destinies , to warrant me in joining them . •;¦¦¦ ,- ¦ . Believing that the principles of Chartism are purely democratical , calculated to . benefit , all classes , and not tlie working classes excluaively . ^ , cannot agree with tbe general denunciations against all kinds of union with the middle classes , nor do I approve of the abase , calumny , and despotic conduct which . ha . v 6 Kcen . tlybeea put forth against all those who think a union of all classes desirable . ' ¦ f

      It has bea » stated , by the editor of the Star ( doubtless with the view of exciting the prejudice of the working classes ) , that the plan of ear ABsociatioawafi concocted by Messrs . ' Hume , Roebuck , and O'Connell , when be knows to the contrary , that it is ictird jar word suek as appeared in our pamphlet , which waa written under cireuuistancea of deprivations and sufferings in the cauae of the people . But even if it was the production of the greatest enemy of the people , its origin is of little rpoment ; the great question f « r consideration isfc-ahjuld it beuaBt the people poiitically ^ and sociall ^ yif the " people themaelvea resolved to carry it into yricjlco ? V - Our pfab has been said io be put forth " as a secret

      move . " In answer to which , I embrace , thia opportunity of stating that similar means were taken to ascertain the opinion of all the known and active Chartists of ths kingdom respecting ' it , as . were taken to obtain the signatures to the Irish address ^ icli was put forth previous to the meeting of the ConVjption . Copies of % y « e sent te all the Radical , tVofting Men ' s , aud Chatter Associations throughout the kingdom—the addresses of which we could obtain—as alRoto the Members of the late Convention , embracing the originators of your Association . So that not only was tho -wiriest publicity ' given to it , tut ample opportunities afforded for layiug it before your Association or ar . y other body of Reformers .

      Thoso who have appended their names to tbo addrcre and plan of the National Association are desirous of a union embracing persons of all creeds , clasats , and opinions , who are desirous of promoting the political and social improvement of tbe people ; and if tho members or Council of your Association approve of our objects , and the means wo havo put forth for the attainment of the People ' s Charter , we shall bo gliui to enrol them as members ; aa also Sir It . Peel , Lord J . Russell , or the Duke of Wellington , if they choose to join us . A t all events , we claim the same right to put forth pur views , and to form a union upon our plans as you have on yours , the Scotch , on theirs , or any other bo » iy ;« f Reformers ; and little can be said of the democratic feelings , the intellect or moral principle of ttn > 33 who denounce as " thieves , traitor 3 , aud liars" all who differ from them in opinion or mode of action . I reinain , your obedient servant , ; W . LdVETT . 183 , Tottenham Court Road .

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      his ink earned reputation gives fonte to bbexumfc Theeyof " niegti&r do « aot appear t * t « to bi of any force . Everg Jstoeiation io cany the Charter & iUegal For tho slave to » e « k fox freedom is coatrarrtir law . Recent experitnee has proved that with an A * 3 *> tocratlc Judge sad , middle eiasa Jury laws ' can easily be found suited to their pwrposest Still we beliove , for we oavi > swticed a change in tbe political atmospbere , that if if » pursue onr objects without violence , or the threat ol it , w » shall * be able to overcome and neutralise adi opposition . ' ¦ M « st cordially do we oppose tha forming another Association aa proposed fry Mr . Lbvett j and we earnestly trust that he will pause before going farther zn h i * project ; it is calculated to engender a eplrit of " ptvrty f in oar ranks , and to encourage-th « idea that

      vr » are divided ia opinion a&totfce nieona to be einptoycd to flbiain our common object—that there etKimraiforc Chartists and pfiytical force Chartists .- The fact i » , and no one knows- ; this better than Mr . lovett , tlai upoaWia insraJ fore * and pbyaica * force question , ¦ wfeatev « r difiertace * th « r » may formerly have been , We a # » no , w all agreed . The trials , the feet thai *> hn Frost ban exile , aa * many of our besB friends-art in prfaon , have taoght o * wisdom . All of us agree witU Hsi Lovetfe in looking to aoral force alone for the aecom- ' plbhroent of oui objects s and Mr . Lorett agre « s withn * a the abstract iqjat , no > only of a nation but even « f aa indiTidaai , to use physieal force oraDyotherforceto obtain emancipation &oni slavery . It is waong , therefore ,

      toencourage or sanction the idea tbat ' we are tuo bodies ^ Lovett Chartism , and CKCoaner Ciaartisni—that there isadifference of opinion where nono to reality exist * The praise of Daniel 0 'GoBnell la indeed aheavy stigma-~ a dis |{ ra « e , however , which we admit Mx . lioveu iss not entitled to ; but it -will be , well f or him to leam caution from it . Virtue of a high order can alone survive the infliction ! © t Mr . Lovett ' a : plan itself wehave before expressed our favourable opinion—Indeed the very means that it coatemplates were contemplated ! by our representatives y bat we desire nost * emphatically to record our opposition to the adoption of any plan whatever , however gosd , that is not first recognised by the National Charter Association . ¦ . ' .. - . ¦ . ' '

      We now turn to a subject which baa occasioned nst much pain . Via aUtuie t& the intemperate language with which . Use AdUresa of Mr . Lovett has been treated by Mr . Hill ; the editor of the Northern Star-That paper is the only generally recognised organ of ths Chartist body , and , to some extent , all are involved in its errors who do not protest agsiiut them . We desire , therefore , to state the regret with which we have lately observed in that paper whaV we cannot but consider a spirit of iutoleruuea towards every opinion-bot that of its editor . The day ef dictstion is gone by , the great " we" no longer blinds us to the fact that it is but » - fallible mortal that guides the editovial pen , and thougn . we freely acknowkilge tbe services rendered to the ? People's Cause by , thu NorOiem Star , and we do . tfiis tbe moro freely , inasmuch as those services havswi ! to « a liberally and generously responded to , we think it sight to recommend to Mr .-Hill the adoption of a less bitter style towards those with whom be may conscientiously differ . . . :

      Iii the Northern Stctrpt the 17 th inntant , there is an editorial article abuuuuitig irom first to last , and in every variety of low phraseology ,, with charges * ad imputations of fraud ' , falsehood , and trickery against Messrs . lovett and Collins . We believe these charges and imputatioKs to be utterly unfouutied . . We ; desire to record our conviction , that nyt a bhadow ol proof has been productditbat Messrs . Luvett ' and Collins ever sanctioned any movement for any suffrage hhoit of that comprised iu the Carter . Alt Uitsir declarations are opposed to any suffrage , less than . the Charter Suffrage ; and we believe , ' and we oast-rt , that the veracity of these gentleipea is as unimpeachable as that of Mr . HU 1 . ;* . '¦

      Besides the injustice in the particular instance to which we are now referring , we belitve that the spirit of invective and dogmatism which has lately huilied the pages of the NorihernSiar , and damaged its purity , is in a general SMise unwise . For the purpose of obtaining permanent unity , it is deairablo rather to encoarago and wurt freui -tlioae Vvho have proved that they vafne ^ oiir principles' by . . their sufferings in our ctuse , those differences of thought which , by forcing inquiry and investigation , are the surtst and soundest preludes to unanimity and success . We have ever beeu among tbe foremost to oppose any union with the middle classes , compromising , or appearing to compromise , the principles of tbe Charter . The anti > Corn Law lecturer has indeed appeared in our county , but we lmvt > mot him , and conquered him : not

      resulting to idle clamour , but arguing fairly and calmly the justice and propriety ' of the working-classes restraining their tfforls , in the first instance , to thur own political emancipation . But . howtvtr « trongly we deprecate tiny going over to tho middle classes , we are equally strong ia bur opinion of the folly of preventing their coming over to us . Many of them have long been favourable to our principles , though retrained by various circutustanctsfrotn being forward in the struggle —many of them are &nffuring , keenly though secretly , under the thousand ills comprised in the phrase " commercial distress ; " and thousands that sever thought before , have been compelled to the wholesome but painful process by tho increased burthen of taxation . Tbe conviction—1 MMOBTAI , HONOUR TO ZH 0 SB that wnoUGHT it . ' — -that Chartism will never raiae its hand for any change short of the Charter , has dono itr work : in as there is tm « asin « ss asd f t deelia . for change ; a growing fancy that there is something wrong ;

      a fear too , shadowy and indistinct though it be , that when " thrown on their own resources , " they , like tha pauper , must in their latter days be separated front their wives and children , be coffined by contract , and be huddled together in the union grave . Their mental shackles aro falling vft . Tallow-chaadler and chtesemongor—a subject for a picture—are discussing " first principles . " We hail these signs with eotisiactionthey are the result of political light , the work of our own bands , aided by the circumstances which , having first ground us to destitution , are now , by their retributive operation , bringing them to their senses . We hail with gladness their approach to reason , and H is because we desire their further advancement in political knowledge that we deprecate all language that is merely abusive or violent . They are apt to think , and we confess a leaning , in * this instance , towards their opinion , that hard and harsh expressions are seldom resorted to except where there is lack of argument

      Besides the subject into which we have gone at length we had intended to speak of " Chtistian Chartism , " and other phrases by which our objects are mystified ; but our letter is already too long and we forbear . To us all these distinctions seetn very nonsensical . The Charter—neither uioTe nor less—as a means of universal happiness , is what . we seek for ; and convinced that our claim is founded in justice and truth we know that it will ultimately pievail . Every jjerson should be at liberty to advocate the Charter or any peculiar views that he considers calculated to advance its progress ; bub he ought not to make those peculiar views a ground of distrust ot hostility towards others who have arrived at their conviction by a different road . " Christiamsnt , " " Tc « totalism , " and the other " isms , " ( we forget them just now , ) what are they but the various paths tending to and terminating in the same glorious . Temple of Liberty , Chartism ? Why then quarrel with eaca oiher—what can it possibly matter how we get there so ihat we get there ?

      Our own opinion is that Chartism and Christianity not only support each other but are identically fee same j but seeing that wherever tho holy name of religion enters , discord , by some unfoztnnate necessity , is sure to follow , we would rather recommend its avoidance in general discussion . Let us learn from the harmonious conduct of the "Clergy of all Ddnominatfons , " wheu temporalities axe attacked , to act in the spirit of unity and the bond of peace . In " spirltualitiea , " indeed , they tolerate every grade and shade of difference ; but in temporalites—tithes , dues , pew foes , and so forththey are , as one man—firm as rocks— -immutable and immovable . They are all true to'the . Catholic . faith . Ciiartisra is onr TEMPOBALiTY ^ to eave us from want and tho workhouse—our Easter dues , onr Voluntary offering , our Tithe commutation . Let us first get that , and theu we can quarrel ourselves to peace . We very iuucb . dob . bt tbe policy of confounding Chartism with matters to which it does not necessarily # r properly belong .

      We conclude , then , in the earnest hope that the originators of the Aidress signed by Messrs . JLovett and others , will feel it right to postpone their project till it has received the sanction of our Representatives—the Natiuual Charter Association ; and that in the mean time they will do all in their power to discourage , by their , writings and conduct , tbe supposition that there is any division in onr ranks . . To Me . Hill we tender our thanks for bis services , and hope that he will receive our advice in the spirit wlyeh , actuates us in giving it—the sincere desire to pare off from our advocacy all that Is wrong or unaeeaily . Our polemical friends at Birmingham wiU » we hare , no doubt , understand us : the thing , indeed , Is tooplain for a mistake : we caaaei afford io 30 into cedstiastkal matter ! just at present .

      To all eur friends In the « aase of TJniwsal Freedom we conacientieusly tender rar advice to . encourage towards each other a spirit of forbearance ^ aud to suppress every tendency to divisioa . Etente are wortoDg . for n » more rapidly , or rathe »» more exteasitxtj / , than the wildest speculation ha » reached . We mt 3 t keep oarmen together—helping the weak—urging the slack , restraining tbe free , and quarrelling with none , A great portion of onr battl * te / being fought ty the power of pnblic opinion settng on . « 1 L The Stock Exchange—but enough— aU Ugaufatm-viell . . . " . . . . ' In the ewnest hope that we may soon be able to congntulato eacb . othf ^ r on the consummation of our wishes , -we bee to sutecxibe onrselves , ¦ Tonr ainoere fcicudi and feUow 4 abonw » In the cause of democracy , Edwab p Paths . James Watm . Joseph Biaamit , . James . HtJLBE&T , WH . MAM HiBBQWJ , - : - ' Isaac Lestkb , , ' . ¦' .- , ¦; . ¦ ¦¦"' :. : Jamk 8 Haswkli ^ , vloe-Presldent , John Moobb , sub » Treasurer , : ; HknSi Adams , wb-Secretary , ; . .. ( Councillors of the National Charter Association . } Trowbrldge , l ( Kb April , IS 4 L

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      FREEDOM . 'reest ^ thy nsme > how dear to all "wore oppresskra ' a banefal thrallr «* e * kt eauctry , and the crowd " *¦!* Sate freedom arj alond . |»* ar to those who feel the chain , 2 " « » to data their rightj again , jr * « ao , &am persecation ' s haad i ^ fc tte / Btt f 4 h . t £ gf maa . dem&ad ! I f ? -J * a {* aetic ! press [ ^ = f opJ-Tessors ; tetk redress : 5 ^ w «> « a « t ? rise ! defend ^^^ eaw-the desyofsend . ' ^^ on- s banaer * hall be furl'd ¦ RW * crated " w ' 4 . 0 i . ; : r f * f * ha 11 ao longer swzj ; j * **** & * , ttai glorious day ^ : I fe ^ ^ th cheerful voice , ' I * 4 £ « S " ^ tyrsats Ie 3 Te ^ field . I iiiffi ^« h « Jl fill « ar l » le 1 I Wwv ^ loTe « b » a « mile , I S * 1 n « ^^^ freedom ' s tree I **?!•* ' ^ - p * pi * *«* '

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN , AND . M 011 E ; PARTICULARLY TO MR . Jl ILL , THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , AND : MB . WILLIAM LOVETT . Friekds , —We , the undersigned , residing at Trowbridge , councillors of the National Charter Association , desire to address you , believing that the circumstances urging us will , with all fair and candid minds , be a sufflcient juatVftcatiott for c « t doing bo .

      The last saonttj ; has . ridvolopcu an apparent schism amongst our best friends , accompanied with language so coarse , violcnt v aud , to our minds , utterly uncalled for , as to give some gronnd fortbo triumphant aasertlotrof our opponents , &at CbaTtiara , Inateailof being a t « s » f ^ Tinr ( i «? sjrfl 5 rt > 4 hertrto < o r is reaUy an -apple ^ . discord—a watchuvrd of sirifa and scurrility . Men whom all of us Lava delighted to honour , wliom we 1111 hnii dUTi iffniMMtinii . nij theirKleasa from ^ rison , havo been designated , in our" ^ c % fy ° TBew » i » per orgu&i as thieves , traitors , & £ d liars ; and thai ; , not only without editorial censure , but even with implied approbik : Uon . Can this be right ? Does it not imply either a premature recklessness of praiso nearly allied to folly , or a wantonness of reproach that savours little of

      consistency or charity . Again , we read that a fierce war of opinion , disfigured by bitter sarcasm , challenges to discussion , 4 c , is waging in Birmingham and other places , as to the connection of Chartism and Christianity , or something of that sort ; engendering feelings of hatred that are far from being akin to the sacredness of our cause , or the purity of our Objects . Is not all this melancholy work ? Holding up a man in triumph on a Tuesday , and knocking him down on a Wednesday ; calling him " god" one day , and " devil" the next Christianity aad- Chartism set fighting against each other—the strength , the men , the principles , that ought to be banded together in holy union against the common foe , wasting their vigour , lent to them for the benefit of mankind , in childish quarrels and disgustingabuse ?

      Let us examine into the circumstances on which all this bitteriv . S 3 and inconsistency is based , and see whether they are necessary and proper . First , we begin with the circular Address of Mr . Lovett and others : — " To the Political and Social Reformers of the United Kingdom . " With the spirit end purport of that Address -exceptin one particular—we fully agree . We concur with , tbat Address in the belief that we must become our own social and political regenerators , or that we shail never enjoy freedom . More especially dp wo agree with Mr . Lovett in " making the Charter the Polar Star of our agitation ; " and we cordially unite in tho sentiments , that " having truth for its basis , and the happiness of all for its end , it needs . not the violence » f passion , the bitterness of party spirit , nor th . e arms of aggressive warfare for its support ; its principles need only to be unfolded to be appreciated , and being appreciated by the xiajority , will be established in peace . "

      Nor do we altogether deny that " we have wasted glorious means of usefulnees in foolish displays and gaudy trappings . " Oui concurrence with this sentiment , however , must be a qualified one . We incline to the belief that theso displays and trappings , and oven the " passienate invective , party spirit , aud personal idolatry . "however unsuited to our present advanced position , have often ; under Providence , been the means of encouraging a social'and inquiring spirit , and waking up honest ignorance from its hereditary torpor . Many , we

      believe , that are destined to play a high nnd-glonous part in our emancipation from , slavery , first heard the truths cf Universal Brotherhood—were first aroused U a seuse of their degradation , tbeir rights , and theiT strength—in conjunction with bands , banners , music , and processions , and the othtr gewgaw puerilities so cunuingly designed for ouv abasement The toys have become objects of our contempt , but the lesson they helped to teach—let us speak of them gently then —is destined to conquer the system of ages and thepre * judices of a world 1 . ...:. ' . ¦

      Nor do we find fault with the plan proposed by the address . District halls , circulating libraries , missionaries , tracts , and so forth , all aeem to us well calculated to encourage and ensure an tnlightened public opinion ; to fortify and consolidate tho strength" of our friends ; and to . mitigate the fears of those who oppose us from not understandingour objects . _ _ : Bat then-Hjnd here we . come to the point to which weailuiiedat the outset , and on which we altogether diiler from Mr . Lovett and the four other gentlemen acting with him in tho address . They propose to establish an Association to carry out their plan . In this we think them altogether wrong . We do not call them '>— our injustice would be greater than their deficiency of judgment if we were to call them— " Thieves , liars , and traitors , " but we think ^ that they have committed a great error , find tho sooner they acknowledge it the better we shall think of their sincerity and consistency . . ... - ¦ ¦ . : •¦• ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ; ¦ / ¦

      . , _ . We have an Association—the National Charter Assooiation—chosen in the most . fair and publie manner , and all but universally recognised as toe Bepresentatives of the Chartists of Great Britain . Already has this body met aid acted ia its representative capacity ; and we may refer to the seal with , ¦ which one of their : laws . biis been carried out—that of enforcing on every public meeting the Charter ¦^ to . , ^^ flto- » a proof , and a strong one , of oar faith in , its ^ f * * To these eur Representatives—the National Qharte * Association—Messrsi ; Lovett , &o ., ought in ( mroptoipn Jtnt to have submitted their plan ; it would have been received and discussed with , all tUe respect and consideration it « o well merited ; and , if there adopted , would thus bave been girded with a moral atrengtii that would have far to secure its success . , . . '¦'

      gone .. , ; Of the National Charter AsssciaOon , we the write * of this letter , are couoclllors 1 and we cannot reftato from an opinion that aU good Cnartiste will soon l ^ numbered in our lists . We sincerely regret to learn that Mr . Lovett Is not a member ; more particularly ai

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      To The Councillors Of The National

      TO THE COUNCILLORS OF THE NATIONAL

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1107/page/3/