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      " ** " ACROSTIC . L jfe , what b i * . '—toll and woe ; I Hfernal Whigs have made ft k > ; B lood is on their heads ; and weeping £ ret bedew the sod , where sleeping B ests a vietim . Hark'that cry ! T is from s voice thai cannot die ; y onthful , smiling , LIBERTY . James Clabke . CUrton West , M » y 19 th , 1841 .

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      BBADFOBD ^ -Chusch Rate Meeting . — laodier attempt has bees outdo to lay a churchnte : thousands of Jate-pajers were present on the jggjgoa . The meeting was adjourned from the ygstrj to the church-yard . The Vicar occupied the Ajii , &nd read a something called * monition , pur--oniog to have come from a Rev . Father in God at fort A great deal of habbnb and nonsense ensued . n was tben moved that & rate of one halfpenny in £$ pound be laid . As an amendment , it was moved ft » t do rate should be laid , which was carried by » BHJOTJt y of at least twenty to one . The ReT in what nd bwhom

      Ykv next inquired Banner , a y , ge oliedifice was to be repaired ; when immediately g was moved and carried that tbe " needful" should be raised by voluntary subscription , in which the -mositjonists promised their utmost support . Howem , nothing would suit but a compulsory rate ; and ia accordance with the monition , the churchwardens ] jid a rate . A protest was then entered against the proceedings of these individuals , and a fiery dis-Jsssoa ensued as to whether it should be inserted in jjie town ' s books , which ended by its insertion , , Bd was afterwards signed by a large number of the inh abitants . - -

      IftAKCHESTEE , —On Sunday last , a profession of Modern Druids was formed in Manchester , yi accompany the remains of a deceased brother to iis resting-place . It was truly eheering to witness 450 working men assembled to pay the last tribute , of respect to one of their own order , and to see the solemn decorum manifested by all the body during tbe whole of the proceedings .

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      Exigiatjos . —Three hundred agriculturists from limerick , Tipperary , and Kerry , embarked last mekas Cork , for Sydney . —Dublin PU * i . tt is reported thai the proprietors of the South Western Kail way have taken up the subject of a jiSway to Salisbury . The Tins of emigration still runs strongly towards fi « United States . In the absence of goods s ihe ifcips fill "with steerage passengers . Teb JugibvTg Gazette gives a frightful account rfthe atrocious massacres perpetrated by die Turks jpan she Christian insurgents of Bulgaria . Thb Ctmstituiionnel has a letter which says , * We know not on what authority , that another great Russian expedition is on its march against the UreasiaEs . "

      A steak frigate has been built at Bordeaux for iie Spanish GoTernment , and is just completed . As toon as some guns expected from England arrive fte ressel will be ready to sail for a Spanish port . Thb iBoynASiEas of Staffordshire and Shropshire fad is necessary to blow out forty-two furnaces , by itki many persons will be thrown out of employjsest . Colosel Pasley ' s operations against the wreck f lie Royal George are now going on with great tekriij under Lieut . Hutchinson , as the executive mjrmef-r . The coHFrrmox among the steamers has become K > great , and their numbers have so much increased « f late , that seventeen vessels are daily engaged in ecjrreying passengers between Gravesend and

      Lon-Deaths in the Metbopolis . —The weekly state-Best of the number of deaths , registered in the Betropoliian districts , shows a considerable decrease wmpared with the weekly averages of 1838-9-40 . We AiE informed that the magistrate who , it was aid , offered lo procure the remission of the sentence tf the con- « ict MedhurRt for tne sum of £ 3 , 000 , has bees struck off the commission of the peace . —Times Cerrespondait . La France states that M . Guizot had applied to &e Court of London to unite with France in as-Btbnng an European congress , but that the British SDTernment hid refused to accede to hu request .

      Two corporals belonging to the 26 th regiment , qnanered at Eyases , near Agen , fought a duel a few days ago with swords . They wounded each other at the same moment so severely that one died on the spot , and the oihtr ' s life is despaired of . Is the French Chamber of Deputies the question of a uniform postage was brought forward , wnen the Minister of Finance declared that the Government iid no intention of introducing such a measure into Prance at present . Fxjuie Lxcttres . —Last week two stranger ladies delivered lectures on Tee- totalism in the South Secession meetiiig-houf e , Perth , and so successful had &ej been in making converts , that at the conclusion of one of the lectures 200 females enrolled themselves under the banner of total abstinence by signing the

      A SEXsATios has been created in Madrid , by a roBtmr that an English vessel , captured for smuggfeig bj a Spanish pTeventive-service boat , and earned into the harbour of Carthagena , had been cut art of the harbour by two English brigs of war . A ietteb dated Bremen , states that a vessel be-« B 8 Jng to that port had just arrived there in the earge of a British naval officer , who had captured to off the coast of Africa , suspecting her to be wed up for the slave trade . The merchants at Bremen , it was said , were indignant at the bare susjwiofl of being engaged in such a diabolical com-Berce . Sib Johs Beckett of Leeds , says the Manchester Guardian , Mr . George Jackson the Mayor of Pres-* 0 B , and Mr . Robert Gladstone of Liverpool , have ac& been named as the second Tory candidate , with « . Parker , for Preston .

      Ak rssrsfiEcnos against the oppressive taxation cfthe Porte in Bnlgaria , according to the Leipzic Gssette of May 16 th , is a very serious affair : there ** general anarchy ; and ont of 150 villages near « isa , only twenty have escaped destruction . Sons smugglers on the Swiss frontier have adopted ae plan of conveying light parcels of valuable arti-* w over the frontier line of enstoms stataoDs by * wa of a balloon . They freight the aerostatic ^* ehine with a load of from 160 to 200 English pounds , and then , guiding it by a rope , take advan-** £ e of a favourable wind , and walk with their *« rial vehicle into France .

      It will be gratifying to those who have corres-PO&Qeiits in India to know , that a great inconvenience ¦* 3 Ibe soon done away with—viz ., the obli ? ai : on of P * fiflgtbe postage on this-side , and that in a short Sine postage may be paid both here and in India , ted both on the transmission and receipt of the letters . TsEAsrKE For > T > . —Property to a considerable Qaent has been found lately on the beach near Wey-¦ octn . George Trent , in proceeding homewards * i& his cart last week , saw an old pair of cloth bowers lying on the pebbles . He put them in his tKt , and on examining them , found in one of the Pjwkets a leather note-ease , containing four Bank of

      Mjyand notes to the respective amounts of £ 5 , £ 20 , « 0 , and £ 1 , 000 . The man got the three smaller £ «« cashed the same day ; but the £ 1 , 000 note " <* g such defaced and torn , apparently by long won of the sea , has been sent to the Bank of Engj * so , by whose means , probably , the note may be J ^ ced . There , was nothing abou t the trousers or « 6 note-case to afford any clue to the owner . A . Patsiotic Bill-Sticker . —At Marlborongbj ~«* t , on Saturday , John Speechley , one of the S ^ " ^ of external paper-hangers , vulgarly called " •^ tickers , was charged with having plastered the r ? ° « ers of an empty house in Oxford-street with » a Placards . Hayteg been detected in fiagranti S 5 ' > the policeman took him at once into custodv .

      * « en called upon for his defence , the bill-sticker " ^ oed a tone of lofty indignation . He said , " I ' m Wa , ra Englishman , and I ' ve a right to stick ¦ * "where I like . " Mr . Long— Yon have no ^** to st ick bills on people's housea . " Defendant tai , mL naTe * ri fch * " ** one the people , t © stick ja ^ j ^ fJ didn ' t put up a notice to' stick no bills / tJT * * right to -exercise the privileges of -our prok ?™ % * * * e * pnblie duty to perform , and in these «« s JSngjiad expects -every man to do his duty . " **• long— " And I have a pnblie duty to perform gw-to prevent the law from being broken . "

      l £ ^ KK . *— oui-Bhcter to Mr . George Kobins , 5 ^ . * Mhps , and Mr . Simpson , and all the great r ** " *** . Hi . do my poblie duty or 111 sacrifice Z ** U on the altar of my country . We are all En ? " " J ^ ' re ffly brother , and I can prove it . " Mr . Whirl y > bot J *** my brother would behave vBnA * tt ° da » tion . Will you promise not to g « J ma V Defendant- " I'll stick to myrightt " ^ i « n g _« Then I fine you a shilling , " Defend-* e * mw » iJro n l ^* y YOU * farthing . ' The defendant ^ " a frojn the bar with the air of a political mar-Bs ' t etv « ' «» finanent in the back cell cooled ^ wnotian . Having consented to mrrender his « i he was relea ^ sd ^

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      Fras . —We iare the painful intelligence to eomfflniucftte of the lotai . destractioa , by fire , of TetcoKhottBe , AepTopertjr of Sir William' Molesm > rtb , BirL , cm IVia » y afternoen last . The house , which was built about seven yew * jince , costHpivarda of £ 5 , 000 lajtg erection . A report waa . ' spread ascribing the fire to he the ' work of an iaceu (? iary , but it has been ascertained to have been p * rely accidental , resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack of ihe flue taking fire . The furniture and papers were saved . — West of England Conservative . Coimcnox of Tkktotalkbs poh Street Pbjjachnre .- —Ai the LoarUm Pottery Police Court on Wednesday , TLomafl Hurley , William Ashford , Richard Horn , and John Kent , four members of a . Teetotal

      Sodety , appeared to answer an information , laid under the 66 th clause of the Stoke Police Act , which charged them with creating or causing a nuisance , by preaching in the open air , * t Penkbnll ton Sunday last . . James'Hope , a policeman of S ; oke , said on Sunday morning last , about half-past ten , he was at Penkhull , and found a large body of people congregated together at a Teetotal meeting . The defendants were all there . They had a waggon and a cart . Hnxley was preaching , between the pool and the barn , on the left-hand side of the barn . The preachers did cot obstruct the way , being on private property ; but the crowd did . There was no noise except ^ " laughter , " " hear , hear , " and general approbation . Nothing likely to cause a breach of the

      peace occurred . The topic generally was to abstain from strong drinks . Mr . Williams inquired of the Magistrates if the defendants were called on to offer any defesee . They had a host of witnesses to prove that there was no obstruction in the road , or breach of the peace . He could show that they were on private land , and that they had leave of the proprietor to use it ; and that he also lent them the cart and waggon osed to preach from . Mr . Aleock and Mr . Williams then called witnesses for the defence . The first was Mr . John Rathbone of Norwood . He said he was a member of the Teetotal Society , and presided at the meeting . They had leave to use the land from Mr . Rhe&d . He would swear there was so obstruction of the

      road . Heard the policeman say , they came by Mr . Rose ' s order to disperse the meeting , and an answer was made , that Mr . Rose must send a note . Mr . Williams said , if the singing in the streets were declared a nnisanee , the children of the charity and Sunday . schools , in which thej all felt great interest , must be stopped , which would be a circumstance much to be deplored . Mr . Joseph Davenport said , he was employed in keeping tha road clear . There was room for a carriage to pass . If any one stopped on the road , he requested them to move nearer the waggon . Now and then a few stood , but they were

      not generally on the road . There was six or seven yards between the waggon and the road . Mesare . Wm . Tams , John Brooks , Wm . Woolliscroft , Win . Cotton , Luke Carter , R , Vivian , George Salt , aud Thomas James , were successively called , and spoke to the orderly state of the meeting , that they did not consider that there was ai > y obstruction of the road , or any nuisance whatever . After a short consultation with Mr . Broade , Mr . J . Harvey said the magistrates were of opinion that the defendants were guilty of creating a nuisance , under the provisions of the Police Act , and they must pay a fine of la . each , and the expenses .

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      FROST , O'CONNOR , RIDLEY , AND THE MAN-DARTN AFFAIR .

      TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQUIRE . -.- " False accusations can be nobly cleared . " Sir , —In the letter addressed to me in the Star of the 2 Uth inst ^ if you received mine of the 18 th . you have allowed your feelings to overpower your judgment or not allowed justice to take it ? true course . London , May 18 th , 1841 . " Deab Sir , —In compliance with your request , I send the particulars of ray interview with the steward , Mi . JDouglas , of ihe ship Mandarin , in St K&tnerine ' s Dock .

      " It was on Tnesday evening , the 13 th instant , at the Social Institution , Whitecbspel Road , "being delegated to a public masting there ; Mr . Douglas sought an interview to gain Mr . Loretfa direction , he having a private verbal message to Mr . Lovett from our friend Frost- I did isle Mr . Douglas if Mr . Frost had not sent & Biersage to any other person except Mr . Lovett ; and , in particular , I named you and your conduct en Mr . Frost ' s triaL Mr . Douglas replied no v for it was Mr . Frost ' s opinion , on going out , that you -was in the pay of Government I asked what did he think Mr . Frost -would say now when he heard you was in prison , and under the power of the same Ministry ? Mr . Douglas told me he dtubted not Frost ' s opinion was altered before ; this : be heard something to that effect before he ] eft New South Wales for the East Indies .

      " This is all that was stated concerning yourself , and I thought proper , in justice to you , to bave the first opportunity of making the statement , because I felt Bure that Mr . Lovett , on seeing the steward , would make all inquiries about Mr . Frosfs opinions on that unfortunate affair , which cost him his liberty . " The steward requested me not to make any statement abeut him in public , because it would tend to injure him in his employ : that is the reason I was not at liberty to state the steward ' s name or occupation on board the ship in Convention . I was at liberty to tell

      any of them in private , and have done so . Morgan Williams , of Wales , went on board the ship with me on the Thursday following , and heard from the steward the same : Dr . M'Douall has been since ; and I feel convinced , if yon have a desire to know any further regarding our unfortunate friend Mr . Frest , the steward will answer if you write to him . The ship is fitting out to carry emigrants to New Zesland : it goes from thence to New-South Wales . Mr . Douglas offers to take ont to oar friend Frost any parcel or any letters that may be entrusted to his care .

      " Mr . Frost had about fifty letters he intended tegive to the care of Mr . Douglas ; but the doctor of the ship , from his kindness , gained on Mr . Frost ' s feelings , and be gave them to the care of the doctor . Ton may £ uess who had them from him , be being in the employ of Government . "Mr . Douglas stated that Frost , Williams , and Jones were well when he left them ; they were well treated out by all , and wtll received by the Governor . Frost is a clerk , Williams an overseer , and Jones a schoolmaster . " I hope this win find you in good health , and shall feel happy when you are again among us . " I remain , " With all respect , " Truly yours , " K ¥ FFT RlDLET .

      " 55 , Old Bailey , and 19 , DOyley-street , - Sloane-street , Chelsea . " Since writing that letter I have obtained the name of ihe introducer of Messrs . Smart , Skevington , and myself , to Mr . Douglas the said steward , which introducer is James Wilkins , 18 , Vincentstreet , back of Shoreditch Church . Remember I have not seen him to hold any conversation , and remember he was present with the Steward before I saw him and after I left him to address the meeting . I appeal to all men present at that meeting if I did not dwell solely on the injustice done by a base GoTernment to Frost , O'Connor , O'Brien , and all our injured brethren . You may ask why did not Mr . Smart or Skevington hear the conversation ? The answer is , the meeting was waiting , and they the country delegates appointed to address it .

      Now , Sir , to your letter in the Star . I will not enter into controversy with you , the injured persoa , J about blunderbusses or internal machines at work ) against yoa ; let them be bo . Justice is your ^ sword ; love to your unfortunate and degraded i fellow men your armour ; noble actions and iatentioDs your shield ; with these will you gloriously < triumph . Yon say I am your accuser , and your feelings being " wounded with injustice , you direct a plain statement given word for word as it took place , in order to make me so . Did I not consider you ' firm in your intentions ? Did I not consider yon to be surrounded by foes \ Did I not feel

      convinced I have taken a true course to stay all that may be made a handle against you ? Did I not know what ever may be the opinions formed cow , I have done good for the future , I never would have given the statement publicity . You say I interrupted the business of the Convention upon almost the last day . This I deny . I was called npon twice to make a statement of my interview , and lastly , the Chairman stated he was ready to receive it . If I was not in order , the Convention could not be so in allowing and calling onmeto make it . I say after they entertained it , they were much to blame in not allowing me to finish .

      After the word horrid in your letter , you eay why not Btate that first ? My answer is , it was my duty to give the report word for word , after the manner the conversation took place . Now , if the statements of Mr . Frost ' s opinions be true or false , you and the world have them just as I received them . What is in the private message I ksow not , it was thoughts on that and the position of all parties that brought me . to a determination to give my report publicity , and I did it , knowing I may stand repudiated for the present , hut no one can handle it to repudiate jou for the future . In your letter you go over all the actions coupled with your ' name , that prompted me to ask the question , oe it judicious or injudicious time will show . I have no desire to Bupport"the value of my information . I have given the name of my introducer ; I now * ask" him , through this letter , if I have made a false or just statement of the interview , I request him to affirm or deny it .

      You Bay you will give £ 1 , 000 if T prove to ihe patistaetion of Collins , HetberingtoB , or Lovett that you have ever in jour life been guilty of one act of deceit or treachery to your own party or your political foes . My answer to that is , let those who nave a defcire for yonr £ 1 , 000 and to destroy your fame do it . With respect t ? the three names quoted , Mr . Collias 1 never saw to my knowledge till he appeared in Convention ; Hetherington I never tpoke to four times in mr life , was never in a Ehop of hisj in my life ; Lovett I never

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      Bpoke to , nor do 1 pertonally know him ; M much for me - being connected with any P * rt or portion of men . in new moves , cliques , or factions . Yonr letter makes the foulest charge against me that one man coald make against another , if you will insist that in giving in a report , I make a charge ] I positively deny it . You have the portion in the statement that bean honour to vou ; that clears yon . Is it not ia the question pat , 1 what did he think Mr . Frost would say now , when he heard you was in prison , under the power of the same Ministry ! . The r « ply was , lift doubted not Frost ' s opinions were altered before this . He heard something to that effect before he kft New Soath Wales for the East Indies . " After this explanation , it most give on its own bearings of merit or demerit the truth of my intentions .: . ... ,,.:..

      I now with pain touch on Mrs . FroBt ' s letter She does not consider my intentions good . Morgan , of Bristol , and Morgan Williams , of wales , I donbt not will prove the . desire of my intentions for good , if they appear to have worked evil . Now , Sir , you have received the whole statement—the true statement ; and if you require any information regarding my character , private or public , I shall , on being requested , gladly zefer you to persons of standing and reputation in society . If you can receive at my hands any other service to do justice and honour to your name , pray put me in the way to perform it . The only circumstance that I can call to your mind regarding me is , I took the chair at a public meeting in Chelsea , for your attendance , sixteen or eighteen months back .

      To conclude , oar cause requires union . I feel proud , in one respect , that my statement has drawn forth a glorious account of your exertions on that unfortunate affair . You have laid before the public a statement that will give fresh vigour to our oause , fresh excitements to our principles , and remove from the minds of many doubters , entertain ing suspicion . Your account of that trial will redound to actions there stated . Now , Sir , to conclude , I belong to no faction—you ask for an answer , and you have it . I do not ask for grace or favour at your hands ; let my actions stand on their own ground . I request you to disprove the truth of my statement , if found , on investigation , incorrect , and remain Your s , respectfully , Rufft Ridley . May 25 , 1841 .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE . From the 23 rd of February to the 24 WA of May , 1841 . Dr . £ . a . d . Feb . 28—Money in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer 0 18 Ratcliffe , after a lecture by Mr . Leech , per Richard Hamer 0 7 2 « . Newton Heath , per David Whittaker and Edward TraviB 0 5 2 I March 2—Nuneaton , Warwickshire , proceeds of a few Sunday evening ' s readings of the Northern Star , per T . Winters 0 10 0 „ A Republican at Castle

      Dor-! ringtou . 010 j « Mr . Hardy , of Stapleford , per ! Mr . Sweet 0 0 6 .. 3—From Irvine , proceeds of a lecture , by Dr . M'Douall 0 15 0 - Trowbridge , and the Chartists j of Warminster , per John Moore ... 6 4 9 -. 4—Tenth subscription of Smiths and Engineers of the East District of London , per an enemy to oppression ... 17 0 ^ From Sunderland , per J . Kainsley 0 16 6 ~ 13—MaryleboneandPad-; dington Victim ; Committee ... 0 14 7 I „ Collected by Mr .

      ] Churchyard ... 0 10 0 ! ~ ProfitsnfaConcerton j Thursday , Feb . 18 tb , 1841 , ... 3 8 1 4 12 8 _ Fourth subscription of a few flint shoe-maker 3 of the East District of London , I per Wm . Holliday ... 1 0 0 j _ 26—St . Paucras Political Victim Committee , per Mr . Wall 5 0 0 ! - Mr . Arnold , of Nottingham 0 6 0 ! „ From N . C . A ., of Middlesbro' 0 15 0 -. 30—From Westminster Victim Box , per W . Y . Souter 0 10 0 I „ Proceeds of a tea-party at I New Pellon . near Halifax , ! per John Cockeroft ... 1 2 0 ! April 11—From E . Clayton , of

      Hudders-, field , per Mr . Campbell , 0 6 0 I - Eleventh subscription of the | Smiths and Engineers of ! the East District of Loni don , per an enemy to 1 oppression 1 10 3 j - From Burrhead Benevolent j Chartist Society , per Mr . Pearson 10 0 ~ From Worcester N . C . A ., per J . Blackwell 10 0 -. From Leicester , per John Seal ] to Mr . Hey wood 0 10 0 From Chambers ' s Werks , Car-1 lisle , per John Bell .. 0 7 6 i ~ StroudN . C . A 0 3 6 I ~ Per Mr . Bartell and a few

      friends 0 0 6 f ~ From Croydon , per W . Hodges 0 6 0 i ~ Norwich , per Samuel Goat ... 0 14 0 J - Birmingham , collected from a few friends , per C . Steward 0 3 6 Trowbridge , collected by E . Payne , per J . Biggens ... 0 7 0 ~ Trowbridge , by the members of the democratic chapel 0 3 0 | ~ Honley , by J . W ., from five ( friends 0 2 6 ! ~ Honley , the Easter penny col-! lection 0 2 6 ; ~ From Mr . Maddock ' a sale of Mr . Cleave's pamphlets ... 0 2 0 ' May 5—Westminster , the penny subj scriplion 0 18 0 > ~ From St . John ' s , in Westminj . ster , per George Taylor ... 0 5 0 f -. 14—From Northern Star office ... 76 0 2

      Total money received by the Committee 101 IS 10 Total money paid by the Committee 44 4 1 Money in Mr . Heywood's iands , as Treasurer ... 57 11 9

      Cr . March 9—Mrs . Hawarth , of Denton ... 1 0 0 Mr 3 . Armitage , of Stockport 10 0 Mrs . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Whareham , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Johnson , " ditto 10 0 _ Mrs . Livesey , of Manchester ... 10 0 Mr ? . Barker , ditto 10 0 ~ Mr . Timothy Higgins , of Ashton-under-Lyne ... ... 100 „ 30—Mr . Howarth , on his coming

      out of Chester Castle ... 100 ~ Mr . Harmatage , ditto ... 100 .. Mr . Johnson , ditto ... ... 100 Mr . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mr . Whareham , ditto 10 0 Mr . Livesey , ditto « ... 10 0 _ Mr . Broadbent , of Ashtonunder-Lyne ... ... 1 0 0 Mr . Duke , ditto 10 0 Mr . Carrier , of Trowbridge ... 2 0 0 Mr . Crabtree , of Barnsley ... 1 0 0 Mr . Hoey , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Ashton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Smethies , of Bradford ... 19 0 Mrs . Hutton , ditto 1 t 0 Mrs . Holdsworth , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Brooks , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Walker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Benbow , of London ... 100 ~ Mr . Charles Morris , of Bolton ,

      ( released from Kirkdale ) 1 0 0 Mrs . O'Brien , of Lancaster ... 100 Mrs . Peddie , of Edinburgh ... I 0 0 Mr . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester ... , 10 0 Mrs . Fodeu , of Sheffield .-100 Mrs . Booker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Clayton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Holbury , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 -. Mrs . Penthorp , ditto 1 0 Mrs . Duffy , ditto 1 0 O Mrs . Marshall , ditto 10 0 _ Mrs . Bennison , ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . Barker , of Manchester ... 10 0 Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham 10 0 Mrs . Brown , ditto 10 0 Mr . Weevers , of Macclesfield 0 10 0 .. Mr . Dan . Bell , prisoner , Kirkdale 0 10 0 . Expences of Committee in rent , paper , &e 14 1 £ 44 4 1 Audited and found correct by Jakes Leech , Robert Green , TnoMUkS Davis , ¦ Abel Hkywood , Treasurer , Samuel Chamberlain , President , Petes . Shobbocks , Secretary .

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      A VOICE FROM WAKEFIELD HELL . House ot Correction , WakefleW , 15 th AprU , 1841 . Dear Sir , —Befog permitted only once a month to have any communication with my friends , I am , as may be expected , neatly ignorant of passing events . However I am informed that that curse of Chartism , disunion , exists to a deplorable extent This ia procisely ai the enemy could desire , they know that union is strength , and therefore will exult in our disunion . I have long lamented tbi » * vil , and would most willingly sacrifice , my evn feelings on particular points , to obtain union ia our ranks .. Ql this the enemy in Banuley axe perfectly aware , having dragged me out of my own house there in 1829 , under a charge of sedition , for

      having at a public meeting recommended union as the only mean * of destroying tyranny , and Jtaviog at the name ti rue proved the necessity of such union , and referred to history for glorious examples of ita uprooting despot ism and oppression . Admiring aa I do your unparalelled exertions to ameliorate the condition of the working classes , and feeling convinced that those exertion * emanate from the purest and best of motives , I deeply regret that the bitterness of your confinement should be augmented by the insidious conduct of pretended friends . I must , confe&f that I have not agreed with every action of your political conduct , bat J have never for one moment doubted the purity of your intentions , and the greatest fault that I have been able to detect , has been what I then , and at this present moment consider , a too extreme desire to conciliate ken . who Jiaoe on all occasions evinced any tiling out a friendly

      feeling towards you . I watched with painful feelinga the conduct of Lovett , and the Working Men ' s Association , during the late agitation , every action of which exhibited a SECRET , but persevering and implacabl enmity towards you . Whether yon observe 1 this or not I am unable to &ay . However it made a deep impression upon my miud , and when I visited London , whilst the first Convention was sitting , I embraced every opportunity of satisfying myself why such feeling did exist . I shall not refer to the many convincing proofs I received of their malignity towards you , and will only add , that after remaining in London altogether about three months , and associating during that time with a great number of as good Cbartlsts as there are in England , I was extremely glad to find that this ungenerous and unjustifiable feeling , was confined to Mr . Lovett and a few of his immediate friends .

      The above remarks apply in part to Mr . Collins also , &s the whole tenor of his conduct , after the Birmingham rapture , was any thing but generous or friendly . Being extremely desirous , Sir , for union , I rejoiced exceedingly in your noble and disinterested conduct on their behalf , when they were committed to Warwick Castle , concluding in my own mind , that the exertions you made on that occasion , would obliterate from their minds any petty feelings of jealousy that might have biassed their better judgment . Bub , Sir , judge of my surprise , on learning through the medium of my friends that these two individuals , backed by a few others , have most treacherously concocted a plan for the ostensible purpose of knowledge Chartism , but for the secret purpose of removing you out of the way ot Judas O'Connell .

      I have been nearly ten years a prisoner under this and my former conviction , during which time I have suffered every privation uad hardship that the refined cruelty of man can devise , yet I solemnly declare , that with the exception of What I have felt on account of my family and relations , that I have experienced more regret on this base attempt ,, than I have on any circumstance that has occurred during the whole period , excepting also , of Course , the unfortunate Welsh fiffair . Feeling confident that the ingratitude of such conduct must wound , tola certain extent , feelings Already harassed and oppressed by dreary confinement , ( and I know that no man living can be more sensitive than yourself , on questions of honour , consistency , and independence of character , ) and , having witnessed your extreme desire , by indefatigable perseverance in the most disinterested actions , to keep them above suspicion ;—I know Sir , that you must have felt intensely on the subject

      I do not , Sir , write to flitter ; it is a mean and grovelling despotism unworthy of a man ; but I think that it is equally mean and grovelling to - withhold tha sentiments of one's mind , because in giving utterance to them we are compelled to spesk in praise ; neither do I write to have my opi . iious published . My only motive in writing is to express my indignation at the base conspiracy , and to assure you , Sir , that it is my firm belief few men in England could be found to possess such unworthy motives , as Lovett and Collias appear to be actuated by .

      I regret such disunion occurring , not because I think they possess any interest to injure you , but from a conviction that such divisions retard the cause we all profess to admire and advocate . The real intentions of those individuals must be manifest to all , since the old crotchet of moral and physical force bos been so very properly buried in oklivion . Hence they are compelled , for the effecting of their sinister designs , to introduce some new subject of contention . That their principal object is to ruin if possible your hard-earned reputation , and universal popularity , I cannot for one moment doubt , neither can 1 imagine that they will succeed . The base attempt will recoil on their own Leads , or I am much deceived in my opinion of the Chartists of England .

      I have above expressed my pleasure , that the old bone of contention iabout moral and physical force ) is buried in oblivion . Beit although I am pleased such is the case , 1 cannot admit , what may be inferred by such a confession , that I imagine moral force in itself , can or ¦ will be sufficient , taken in the sense that some people define it in , to bring about the objects we all have in vievr . My sentiments on the above foolish distinctions , remain precisely the same as when at liberty , from a conviction , that the oppressors of the country will never do justice to the working classes , only through the fear of something worse ; yet such is my ardeSt desire to witness the downfall of the present odious and exclusive system of class legislation , that 1 am as willing as ever 1 was , to assist' in every moral effort that is made

      to accomplish it , without any regard to my own judgment , which tells me that the people of England ( and when I say England , I mean th < s whole empire ) rmiBt be prepared to take their rights before the " powers that be" will grant them . And this is what I call moral determination , and not moral and physical coivardice , about which so much has been said , to answer certain purposes . And yet , although I am become , through continued oppression , almost impatient for retributive justice , and ray soul pants to nvenge ray own and my country ' s wrongs , and , as God lives , I would prefer a glorious death , to a life of wretchedness and slavery , still I am willing and desirous to bury my own opinions for the sake of union with those who may entertain different views , and who may , in consequence of never having been subjected to the same insults ,

      degradation , and refined cruelties as rayaelf , be more patient . Perhaps I have already occupied too much of your time ; nevertheless I must draw your attention to a subject that I think might be attended with very beneficial effects , if carried out . Men unacquainted with the social and domestic condition of the working classes , imagine that they , as a body , are contented with the present state of things , and if left to their own judgment would never contemplate a change , I have beeD told so by many respectable individuals . And this opinion is formed of tlieir contenttdKess by their apparent apathy in not enrolling themseves as members in Chartist Associations to any extent . I must confess , the objection at first view appears somewhat plausible , but when we enquire into causes , we discover the injustice of such a eonclusion .

      We all are very apt to . say , that man is the lord or master of all created beings ; whereas were we to speak the truth , tbut this would be confessing our own weakness , ) we ought to say that woman is . It is true , man is the ostensible being that encounters the . toils , dangers , and hardships of this life . But , Sir , woman is the secret influence by which men are propelled onwards , to brave dangers and even death . This I think few jneu will deny , but some I know will exclaim , "O but I never allow my wife to t xercise any controul over me . " This may be true ia a few instances ; but take the great body of mankind , and we shall find that woman , by her endearments , and timid , but fond and unaffected solicitude for our well-being , directs or controuls the whole of our actions .

      This at once accounts for the apathy that so many men unfortunately manifest . towards their permanent interest . And when we examine the social condition of the working and middle classes of society , we find that the poor man is entirely dependent upon , the middle class mau for employment , and consequently for his bread , of which the eppressprs seldom fail to deprive them , should they dare to think and act for themselves ; and we know also , that the middle classes of society as a body , are as deadly enemies to the poor man ' s rights as the worst of the aristocracy , or our base and vacillating Government .

      Now , Sir , being aware of tbis , and knowing also , that a number of individuals , in consequence of daring to profess Chartist principles , have been deprived of employment , sod lell to starve , aurronnded . with famishing wives and children , unassisted , allow me to ask , is not this quite sufficient to deter others from becoming members of a body « o peweebted , and so regardless of each others' wall being ? This bas created a feeling of dread in the minds of vices and mothers , lest they should be subjected to . the earoe hard fate , and therefore they exert all the . influence tHey possess to keep their husbands from joining out ranks ; Hundreds of individuals , ia all parto of England , have confessed this to mo ,, and very naturally expressed their fear of bringing ruin upon their families , ¦ ' ' :

      But , Sir , all this might be very easily remedied * nd an irresistible impulse given to the cause . In pp-fee-: mer period of the wcrld have the working classes possessed such means of accomplishing it ; many persons ; wtre they to hear this ossertioB , would doubt . its correctness ; but they must be very ignorant of past events , not to perceive that it is strictly correct ; in the possession of a newspaper , regardless cf frowns or persecutions , that fearltariy exhibits to public view and contempt , private oppressors as , well a » public despota . This mighty defence of industrious poverty , hacked by a fund to relieve the ' victims of petty tyrants , would speedily remove this great drawback to union i and a very small sacrifice , if we can call such a trifle a sacrifice , weekly from each individual , ¦ would provide an ample fund , to afford a comfortable and sure mainte-

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      nance for all who may in future be thrown oat of employment , or persecuted purely for their political principle * . I ara given to understand that there Is an Executive Committee in Manchester , belonging to the Chartist body of England . This Committee could transact this additional business also ; and the Chartist ' s associations in each town could stand foe local committees , to investigate and report , to the Executive Committee , any ciicumitancea of local oppression that might occur in their different localities , and which report should be a sufficient authority for affording relief according to the nature ot the case . This simple plan would also instantly do away with the necessity of so many different collections , which in themselves are a gnat

      injury to the cause ; as all persons who may nave a claim u ? on the sympathy of their fellew Chartists for assirtarjae under oppression would find no difficulty in obtaining sneh . The Star would give publicity to all the transactions ; and thousands who are now held back , through fear of starvation , would immediately join our nudes ,- and those women who have hitherto kept their husbands at home , when they saw that their children and themselves were not likely to want for bread , would urge them to join their fellow men in obtaining justice from the common enemy . Assistance abonld be extended in the same manner to our persecuted brethren in ill used Ireland ; when we should be abk to give the death blow to the further deceptions of the charlatan , O'Connell , as our principles would rapidly gain ground under such circumstances .

      This pun may appear impracticable to some , but 1 am confident it could be accomplished with the greatest ease imaginable , if the Chartists are willing . [ Ashton next proposes a plan of raising money for the above desirable object , namely , by a penny subscription , and then concludes thus ] : — . Trusting that what I have said will be sufficient to draw your attention to the subject , and that you will triumph over all your enemies , and live to see all your benevolent intentions towards the working classes carried into effect , I remain , Sir , Your uncompromising and sincere Friend and Admirer , Wm . Ashton . To Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., York Castle .

      [ I have read the above letter with great pain and pleasure—pleasure , in deserving the confidence of my old friends ; and pain for the keen and cutting censure which it conveys . Yes , it is keen , and for this reason . The very day before poor Ashton'B trial , he made a tenth attempt to put ihe on my guard against several parties who have since tried to injure Die ; and , instead of thanking him , I rebuked him most severely , when he turned and said , "Well . Sir , you may live to repent . " I bave lived to repent ; but it is of my injustice to poor Ashton , to whom I cheer / ulJy tender my contrition . —FEARGUS O'Connor !

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      DUFFY , THE LIBERATED CHARTIST . The following letter from Duffy , to his son a » Carlisle , has been sent to us for publication : — Sheffield , May 16 th , 1841 . MY Dear SON , —I have the gratifying pleasure to inform you and my friends in Carlisle , that I am ( thanks be to God ) once more enjoying the fresh and cooling breezes of liberty ! having been liberated on the 12 th instant , on account of the bad state of my health . I had been confined in the hospital , as an invalid , since the 10 th December , 1810 . I am happy to inform you that I am in a fair way of recovery , and what ia still better , that after being confined in silence aad having had to endure most cruel hardships for the space of fourteen months and seven days , and although i am much debilitated and all but dead , my persecutors have not been able to obliterate from my heart and mind one single

      letter of the glorious Charter ! No ! never , never ! I repudiate the new Whig movement of Lovett , Collins , and Co . and will , as soon as my health permits , boldly take my stand on the rock of liberty , advocating until the death the rights of the people . I am , my dear Son , most thankful to you for your noble and patriotic efforts to rescue me from my late bastile ; an event which will make you still more endeared to me than ever ; and though yon bave neglected me by letters , you have nevertheless done your duty nobly ami affectionately . I hope you will excuse the shortness of this letter , as I assure you I am scarcely able to hold the pen through the weakness of the netvea . Believe me to be , my dear boy , Your affectionate and distressed Father , Jam es Duffy . Hurrah for the Charter l

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      IRISH " REPEALERS" AND IRISH CHARTISTS IN MANCHESTER . On the subject of the late disgraceful physical-force exhibitions in Manchester , we have received the following correspondence for publication : —

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Will you bave the kindness to give insertion to the address sent you , and to the enclosed letters ? to prove to the enemies of Universal Suffrage that we want . fair play and free discussion . Your obedient servant , John Campbell . Salford , May 14 th , 1841 .

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      ^^ ANSWER TO ELLIOTS CHABADE . « y dear friend Elliot , your charade , as you call it , I will answer , though it be but ahy ; . t « m mistered by time , and I am no hand at ryhme ; Bat I guessed LIBERTY . Philo . Darlington .

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      Salford , May 8 th , 18 U . Sir , —I address you as an Irishman by the request of the Itish Chartists resident in Manchester , to know whether the Repeal Association of Manchester approve or disapprove of the brutal conduct of the parties professing to be Repealers . The Irish cannot for a moment suppose that such conduct meets your sanction ; the conduct alluded to is that Messrs . Doyle , Donavan , Connor and others were brutally and violently thrust off the platform when about to move an address to the Chartists of Newry , and threats at cold-blooded assassination thrown out Hoping that you do not identify yourselves with such proceeding , you will immediately answer this letter , in order that steps may be taken to prevent an improper impression going abroad . The Chartists of Manchester would think themselves disgraced if they would attempt to disturb a meeting of Irishmen seeking a Repeal of the Union . The Irish Chartists could not take more honourable steps than these . Let your petition for Repeal but come out , and you may calculate on every Chartist signing it . I remain , my dear Sir , A sincere lover of liberty And your fellow countryman , John Campbell . Mr . John Kelly , &c , &c .

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      Manchester , May 10 th . Sir , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter bearing reference to the meeting that took place in the Chartists'Rooms , on Wednesday night . As to any disturbance taking place in any meeting in which the Repealers are concerned , I assure , you it bears as injurious a tendency upon the Repeal Question , as to any other , for all the repealers require is , » fair field and no favour , and an open , manly , and rational discussion j but this I assure you , wherever there is an attempt made to vilify , calumniate , or otherwise injure the sacred name : of Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., we are determined to attend to rebut such infamous charges by every legal and constitutional means , and then appeal to the sense of the meeting . You mention that we may calculate npon having the signatures of the Chartists ; we would naturally , expect that they would sign any thing that would benefit their fellow men . Allow me to mention that the repealers signed the petition for the Charter , and also in their meeting rooms introduced the petition for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and had it signed by every person in the room . Any further information that lies in my power , you shall have any time , and 1 have the honour to remain , , Your most obedient servant , John Kelly , Secretary , 34 , Cable-street , George ' s Road . Mr . Campbell , Salford .

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      Salford , May 12 th , 1841 . Sir , —I reply to your letter of the 10 th vnst ., and agree with you that violence most injure aliWthe cause of Chartism or Repeal ; but , Sir , your letter is both vague and unsatisfactory , —Inasmuch as you do not repudiate , the violence before alluded to , you neither sanction nor censure the proceedings which took place on Wednesday evening-last . I can only say that I am almost confident yon disavow such brutal conduct . Large bludgeons were brought , and I verily believe had I not told the chairman that he would be held responsible for any violence that might occur , I do sincerely consider that some of onr lives would have been sacrificed . Hoping that you will send me an immediate and explicit answer , is the request of ' ¦ ¦ Your very obedient servant , John Campbell , Secretary . Mr . John Kelly . P . S . —Oar correspondence will be published .

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      . : March , May 15 tb , 1841 . SIR , — -I am rather surprised at ^ you not understanding my letter ; allow me to . teH you there is nothing more repugnant to my feelings than , seeing any meeting disturbed ; but I am sorry to say that is net the case with the ChaTttsU ; for they never seem to be in their element , ! unless when disturbing- meetings . You mention there were , bludgeons in the meeting on the night ; if there was , they were in the hands' of your party , for I am confident there were none among the Repealer * , for I was there from the commencement until it was concluded . You mention that our correspondence will be published . I am quite agreeable , but I hope you will publish it in fall , and not omit a word of mine . And I remain , Yours , most respectfully , : John Kelly , Secretary . To Mr . John Campbell , Salford .

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      ADDRESS OF THE IRISH CHARTISTS' ( XT MANCHESTER TO THE CHARTISTS OF NEWRY , AND , THROUGH THEM , HO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . Fellow-Slaves and Couktrimen , —We , yota brethren , exiled from our fatherland , deem it to bo pur most sacred doty to-address you on the reasons why we are become proverbial f « being wanderers over th * face of the whole globe , and also to endeavour , in the plain and homely language of trath , to point oat to you the causes of the distress and misery that stalk with fearful and destrnctive strides through the length aad breadth of our unhappy country . We are ef opinion that every evil to which the Irish working classes are subjected to arises from the faot that a few concoct and enact the laws under which the whole of the people have to live . Having set out with these premises ,, we shall proceed to demonstrate them . ¦ : ' ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ :. . ¦'¦ " . " ' .

      It is hardly necessary to revert to the invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century ; we will pass over all the evils to which our coon try was then subjected , ' and at ones come to the period of what is ¦ falsely termed Ireland ' s greatness ; premising that , if there i « any great ness , it ought to be that which would place the pro dacers of wealth on an equal foeting , in the eye of tha law , with the proudest and most haughty in the land . Fellow-countrymen , was that the case at the epoch of the volunteering ? Were the producers of wealth , we emphatically ask , treated as men or as slaves ? The vacation is easily solved . .

      We are continually told that under an independent Parliament Ireland progressed in wealth to an extent unparalleled in the annals of the countryN Again we ask the question , did the men who grew the food , who built the houses , who manufactured tho clothing , who manned the fleets , who filled the armies , and who protected the nation , participate fairly in the wealth which they produced ? We unhesitatingly and decidedly answer no ! If they did , why were not the Catholic emancipated ? why were , they allowed , by this very independent Parliament , still to labour under tl : eir dli abilities ? and why was it Mt to the United Parliament to remove these disabilities from the vceaMiy GahoBc&i while the poor and oppressed portion of that iarge and numerous body-still labour under them T Why , we ask again and again , was this the case ? Simply , because the people of Ireland had not a voice in the making of the law .

      We now proclaim to the people of Treland that a moia venal set of miscreants ( with some very few honour * able exceptions ) never existed than the nicknamed Irish independent Parliament . True , they were very independent , very patriotic , when their own interests were concerned ; but as to emancipating and elevating the condition of the labouring population , such a thought they were never guilty of . In the midst of this a few noble , daring , ami genuinely patriotic spirits conceived the project of making Ireland a realty independent nation .

      The result of the plans of those ardent minds led to tho unfortunate insurrection , and treasonable , too ! Why treasonable aud unfortunate ? Because unsuccessful . What was the difference betwixt Biam ^ t and Washington ¦? . Simply this : — Emmet failuii : Washington succeeded . Theone was lauded U > the skies SB a patriot ; the other was hanged as a traitor . But so long as the human race shall exist , the namo of Emmet shall go down to posterity in company with those of Ep . wrinondas , Leonidas , the twe Gracchi , Rolia

      Bohvor , Washington , Tell ; Tyler , Wallace , and other noble and benevolent minds who cou'd lotl for the misfortunes of the great family of man , an . il shed ' s halo all around them . And execration shail everbe the lot of the wretches- who would dare to bieathea sentence against their immortal reputations . Well , now that we have cast a glance at the insurrection , ( andi mamy of us witnessed its failure . ) we ought next to inquire , has the condition of the working men of Ireland been beneflttesl by any change that- has taken place since ? Let the present condition of the people

      answer . But , some ot you may say , what has this to do with the question ? Wo answer everything ; because our object in addressing you is to congratulate y-u iu you * sacred struggle for liberty , and to Bhow you that there are many of your . countrymen in the country , who are sincerely anxious fo assist you in propagating tltti principles of eternal truth and justice . Do yoii imagine that if the people of lrelaud had had Universal Suffrage they would ever have allowed the Parliament to leave the country ? Do you think that if tbe people had Universal Suffrage ,-they would endure to h - plundered by a bayonet supported State Church ? D ^> you think that if the people had Universal Suffrage , they would permit £ 125 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum to be spent by

      the absentee nobility' of the country , in tue pnrliem of St . Giles , or the brothels of tbe continental cities f Doyouthinkif thepeoplehad Universal Suffr . i ^ 'e fcheState Church would have in its possession 665 /^ 74 acres of the best land in Ireland ? Do you think that if the people had had Universal Suffrage , parson Ky i er would have escaped the band of justice ? Most cr . uainly not Do you think if the people had Universal Suffrage they would have to live on a sort of seaweed , called wore , and on nettles , and other unwholesome herbage , while the very same year there arrived from Ireland into tbe port of Liverpool alone 98 , 00 * fat oxen , l-. v-. utfOfiti sheep , and 376 . 000 fat pigs , upwards of 12 . < 00 cwts , of flour , besides oatmeal , eggs , and various nthe * sorts of good and wholesome provisions ; and tho real

      owners of it , the working men of Ireland , and theie families , were actually perishing from hunger in the midst of the provisions which they themse ! vft » toiled for ? Most decidedly not . Do you think if t !? e people had Universal Suffrage , they would toil for a i-ruel , ontlchriatian , and unjust task-master for 4 d ., (!••! ., 8 d , or 10 c ) . per day ? Certainly not . In fine , do you suppose that , if the wh » le Irish people had the power ; to choose their own Parliament , they would not compel the Parliament to make good and just lavrs for all the people ? Certainly this would be the case . Tis for this reason the Caartists demand Universal Suffrage ; fa order that that which concerns all should be transacted by all . We demand Annual Parliaments in Order that we may displace the bad servants , and retain tho good

      ones . We demand tbe Ballot to protect the poor man in the exercise of his vote . We demand that there be no property qualification- in order that we inay have tbe power to choose our servants from any port of the community we think fit ; and that a poor man , if he be virtuous and honest , may ite chosen in preference to a rich man if he be an immoral character ? We demand thai our servants should have a salary commensurate with their services ; because no person will perform his iabonr so well as the individual who is paid for it We demand equal electoral districts , in Order that there may be a member for an equal number of inhabitant .-. Such , fellow-countrymen ; are the principles laid do u n in that everlasting document the People ' s Charter . Its views extend alike to England and Wales , Scotland and Ireland ; to . Protestants and Catholics ; to Slethoaists and Cilvinista ; to Christians and Infidels ; to Jews and Gentiles ; to the Black man and the White man . Ia fact it says to all men , " Tou are all child run of the

      same Almighty Father , and therefore you nil onghtto be protected by the law ; and that yon may he protected by the law you ought to have the power to make the law . " By Universal Suffrage is meant that erery yonng man of twenty-one years of age , and unstained by crime , ought to be eligible for any political office in the state ; that the poor men , as well as the rich men , ought to be fit to serve as Jurors , Magistrates , Town-Couacii Men , Mayors , Boioughreews , Sheriffs , Members of Parlia ment , or any other office , from that of Prime \ iinist « , or Attorney-General , down to the most-aumblft office hi the state . In fact ,-the reason why we are contending for Universal Suffrage , is , that the labour of the working-man may be protected ; in order that poverty , vice , immorality and crime , may disappear from cm- beloved country ; in order that , under proper institutions , we may be restored to our . Country ; and tkit when oar spirits shall have returned to Him who gave tiwm to as , our bodies may be consigned to the bosom of uor Common Country . ,

      " Is there a man with soul so de .. d . Who to himself not thus has said , Tbis is my own , my native land ? " You are told that if you had the Parliament 1 b Dublin , all things Woutd go , well agaia . Have not we the Parliament in this Country ? And what tbe bettes are the labourers ? The condition of the working classes in this Country is getting worse and worse ever ; week , although we ^ ave the Parliament : The fact ie , theia » teresta of the working ; classes are never thought cfia that house . And ' wo would wish you to bear in mind that the interest of the producer is the sam < in Ireland aa England . The woTKhig man ought to huvu what he produces ; tho beautiful principle laid down ty Saiflt Paul , ought to be carried out , viz . ; "He that ;? t > es not work , 'neither shall he eat i" ' . Also bear in mind that a great deal of the miseries of Iwjand have been brought on by renegade Irishmen themBeivts .

      We can mention one as a specimen—the infamon Castlereagh , he of whom the immortal bacu of Ubertr , Byron , said , in speaking if Ireland gave him exis tence— ' * ' If she did , let her rong-bdasted proverb b <> busbed . Which proclaims that from Erin no t * p : ile caa ; spring ; - ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ "' . - . ' ;¦ - '" ' - See the cold-blooded serpent , with venom full fiiwhed , Warming his folds ia the breast of a . King !" . In conclusion , Tallow us , Chirtists c-f rfcWiy , to re > mark , that some of the most ardent spirits iu iLo Gtuajbu

      ilst ranks are Irishmen : ' yf * , therefore , teu ^ r oe * heartfelt gratification and , n < 6 t to yon only , l > wt also to the men of Golden Lane , Dattlin , Who have raided tbe flag of democracy onc 4 tuoWin Ireland ' s metropolis QoontayonhavaTiegan , ' agitate , ^ tato , ' agitate , mitti tbe knowledge of omr holy Charter—our . ^ mortal Charter / snail wend its way , oVe , r" every pla " n , vaUey bog , and momrWiu , . into every # ty ; and -: iowri -until Irishmen shall be what they Ought to be , fre « awa and then we will realise the Wjsh of IrelauO ' a band , Thomas Moore— ° , "' . ' '«• That Ireland mast be First flower of the earth , and first gem of the ace »"

      We remain , ; . . .. F . e . llow-cottntrjmen , YOUB SXNCEtlB WEtL-W 18 HERS 19 TUE HOXX * Cacsb o * Chartism . Chartist Association Rooms , Tib-street , Manchester , May Stfa , ISO .

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