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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1841.
    • &o 3ftcatuT£ axiu Comsfpoutrentss
    • FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN LEEDS.
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      TROWBRIDGE DISTRICT DELEGATE MEETING . A Ddegste Meeting ww held at Frome , Swaersetshire , in the Association Rooms , on winday morning last . Delegates were present from the following places : — Tbowbridge Messrs . Stevens and HaswelL Bradford Mr- Holbrook . "Westbubt Mr . Tucker . Fbokb - Messrs . White and Haley . Moncktos Detebkl ... Mt . Tudgey . Xdetow Devjolel Mr . Garrett . Melkshax .,.. Messrs . Dowse and Taylor . Wabmisste * Mr . George . MjatB .... . " ~ Mr . Mills . llr . George was unanimously elected to the chair , and Mr . Baswell was appointed Secretary . Letters were read from the following places : — Shaftesbory , Bradford , and the Executive .

      The Chairhah called on each delegate to state what progress they were making in the Chartist cause in their ssreral localities . Mr . StarrEss stated that the principles of Chartism were still progressing in Trewbridge . Mr . Holbsook said that the cause was progressing in Bradford . He thought that the appointment of * lecturer would still be the means of doing much Ifood . Mr . Tvckss . said the cause was going-on well is Westbaiy . They hid thirty new members , but he was sorry to say thai they had got do room to meet » .

      Mr . White said ; hat with respect to Frome he was kappy to say that many had joined them of late , aud Bore would join ; bat the people were bo poor that they were no ; able to pay their weekly subscriptions . Messrs . Roberts and Phiip had paid them ;* visit last week , and had been the means of doing much good . Mr . Halkt Eaid that he thought the distributing of tracts in the different localities would be the means of doing a great amount -of geod , and he should bring-the subject forward at some early period . Mr . Tttdget said that tracts would do but little good in his locality , as there were but few that could read to understand their contents ; but a lecturer would do much better , as he would pare the way for the mind to read . Mr . Gakrett said that he was instructed to tell the delegates that a lecturer was mnch wanted in their district .

      Sir . Dowse , of Melfcsham , said that he felt great pleasure in informing the meeting that -they were doing very well ; they were takin * in members every meeting night , and some Tery intelligent men had joined them ; they hare had a little opposition , bat tast only makes our cause go on the better . Mr . Gkobgs . of Warminster , said that a lecture would do much good , but he was sorry to say they had no room to meet in . Mr . Mills , of Mere , said that they vrcre in a sad state for the want of a lecturer . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That 1 , 200 of the National Petitions be purehased for distribution in this district . "

      a That this meeting approve of the plan recommended by the West o ? England delegate meeting , in the appointment of lecturers for Wilts , Somerset , and Gloucester ; and th « t each delegate present do lay the mitter before their constituencies . " u Tiai each place do send to the County Secretrary , by Saturday the 13 . h of November , of what amount they can raise for the moa ; b . " " That Mr . Clark , of Bath , be appointed for a fortnight previous to the engaging " the regular monthly lecturer . " ' That W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Mr . R . K . Fhilp , are recommended by this meeting to be fit and proper persons to represent the Counties of Wilts , Somerset , and Gloucestershire in the forthcoming Convention . '

      ** That the next monthly delegate meeting be held m the Democratic Chape ' i , Trowbridge , tb . 9 first Sunday in December , at ten o ' clock in the morning . " Eighteen shillings were then Landed in from the diff . rent places for the Executive . A vote of thanks wa 3 then given to the Chairman , to the Secretary , and to the Fro ^ ae friend-, fur their kind accommodation . All letters for the County Council to ho sent to Mr . J . Harwell , 2 , ilorumer-sim ; , Trowing .

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      NEWCASTLE . A letter was received from Jlr . O'Connor , on Satuiday , p . m ., stating that he vr . juld a-i'ire&s a . public meeting , at eight o ' clock tha ; evening , and , notwithstanding the short space ailuived to auue-unce the reemeg , all the seats iu the kcture room , Kelson-street , ( which ean comfortably seat 1 5 i'O , ) was compieteiy filled . A few muiut-: s after e-igh :. Mr . U'Cons or , preceded by the Gisiss Hou =-e Baud , with hundreds of Rood men and true , arrived at the leci-aro-rcom , vr ' aere ho was hailed by ihe most deafening pe&Ls of cheering we eyer heard . Mr . Cvp . rnii . ii 5 was unanimously caikd to the chair , and briefly opeaod the proceedic ^ s by iatroduciag ' M-. SiscLAiB ,, who presented an address from the Chartists of Newcastle : after which

      ilr . 0 Conjcob arose , and thanked them for that address , and said that he considered the confidence expressed therein was more than a- suindent remuneration for all ho suffered for the cause of liberty ; and he looked upon it as an earzesi of what he migin expect in future . On the incarceration of htmseif and his brother Chartists , plain John Campbell declared he had consigned Chartism to a cremature grave , instead of which ho had sees so many demonstrations of the people's at 3 achrno : t to Chartism since his liberation from his living grave , into which he had b ; eu entoirbid for sixteen months , that be was convinced that the ciuse of Chartism had mightily progressed . The first National Petition had cos ; . £ 0 . 000 in getting up , a :-d had oaJy

      some 1 . 200 , 000 signatures , wherein the National Petition of 18 il was an expence of osly £ 37 , and had upwards of 2 . 000 , 009 signatures ; aid he had no di . ubt , vrhca the country is properly equated , that the present petition will exceed 4 ) utu " ' ji 0 signatures . Some ciUht ask him what -vaa the ca-aS 3 of this progression I He would aoiswer a ; cnoe , the general national distress , not local , as some had faUcly represcnied , for many of cur modern political economists ar ^ ue tha . s there must be per-. odical distress in some localities of all commercial nations . He ( ilr . O'C . ) Tvas a prac ' . ical agriculturist , and knew this this island was capable of producing a sufficiency to support- a population of 12 o . 000 . 0 v 0 beinqs , instead oi" 27 , w ) 0 , 00 j ( its present population . )

      Formerly ihe laud hsd been let into saia . l i ' mnis , of from ten to Sf eea or twenty icres . Thc-s , Ljwever , ha-d baen united by the landlords into iar ^ e farms , which were let lor ie = 5 thaa the Siine q-j ' antity of ground , let into sr . all plots , would bring mem . " The reason for this is obvious . ' Yon -are awjre that by the iaw of primo ^ eMiure , the oldest son inner ; -.:, all his father ' s titles and estates . ( Hear , htsr , heir . ) Kow , there m : y be seven or ei ^ ht m ^ ro of the familvj and these have . all to ' be uiovidsd for ,-tbsir leson-as th ^ refcrs are the arr . iy , tfci ravj-, the church , and tJia learned pro Cessions "; bs . t Uis . t . is ^^ all , for they may also have £ ii ! iil ; e 3 to ixs provided for from the sacie b ju-ce . Thus you see the interest cf the ati £ t-3 cracj far letting the land in this -way , that they

      mar hsye a House o : Commons subssrvi ' isi to thtir visLes . Suppose that by ktttng ont ihsix landa in Email portions , tfcty crjald rea-Uss £ lb Ut' 0 , 000 more rent ; yet by having the disporal cf th ^ army , navy , the church , the learned prtfr « s : cr : « , the local authority , in fhf-it , if by harLo ? th » disposil cf all places of uust , they cv . 2 packet £ 2 cO , C-OD , oco a yesr , you es ° how grtat profilers they are- This is the rtosin why there ; ue so few £ 50 UnacU-a * . will , for joa area-o ^ re that they Ere entraiiciiised by the Reform Bui . TLLs is the reason xrhj lacOs ire how let into farms of from tLrtc , f jut or Eve hundred acres , the isnaicid snowing t ' . gti \ rCii that all such ocenpants must Tole m they ukase . anO giTethem & House of Comnions to promote liieir icitr « sts , for so long as property is represented instead o !

      tne people , the owners of that property is tare to ha ^ j de ascendancy . Ta ? same objection is tquilJy Eppiica ble to Hoasehoid Suffraje , for its advoci ' . ta troald ' hiv . one definition for " house" when agitating this subjee ¦ mnngst yoa , an ' , another for li house , " -when pretena ing to pass it itta a \ zw , -which would render it t quail ; unavailable to the people , as they did' the humbug 0 tt > e Keform BUL And , again , if i ^ yicciiUnt Ilonseholi Suffrage should keome the law , tbe landlords soone than be thwarted by the occcpints of hosics , troulc pull down half of the houses now standing—bousi building would become a thin ? almost unknown , whiel ¦ would render mechanics requisite for the erection o booses entirely superfluous , with the txesption of a ftv labourers , who might be employed in pulling down sutl hoases as were erected before the houses becam

      enfranchised . A mistaken ides has txlsted , tkat thi interests of the shopkeepers and the manufacturers ari ifjpntiflfrcl . No idea could be more prepostcr < -. ns , fo jaanufactnrers lire by production—the s ^ . opktrepsn b ; consnicption ; thus you see the more pruduc « d and thi , lea paid for that production , the more profit to th TniHmtactttrer . Kit it is the veryepposite with the shop keeper , for as he depends upon the consumption , th < less paid for labour , the less the labourer can consume and , as a necessary consequenoe , his income is reduced for it is well tnown that trbea work is dnll the fhop deepen are poor , and , 03 the contrary , when trtde I truik , the shopkeepers ean m&ke fortunes

      bat let me show you , ia another instance , the power 0 tto manufacturer , and the tffect of class-legislatioE Suppose a manufacturer , for inEtacce , has £ 2 , 000 lea profit , snd has one thousand mfcn employed receiving 15 * . a ¦ wesk , he tells them he cannot tfford to pay then as mnch as before , and he reduce * them to 13 s weekly » o that by the reduction of 2 s . in each ei their wajts be draws £ 5 . 200 a year , and iuteid of being £ 2 , 00 i oat of poet .-t , by the dulcess of trade , ba actual !' pockets £ 3 , 200 oat of th « price of labour . The shop keepers rcb the workiag classes in a amilar manner , fo : though they pay the taxes directly , ytt the workin / eiasses not enly pay tee taxss indirect J 7 , * hat pay tfc < stiopkeepers a laige per ewtue for doing « o , I

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      excellently Olsstrated ia tbe -case of a good old Irish woman , who ased to Bit knitting in ti » oorner , and made it * rvXt to nae a halfpenny candle nightly , from the 1 st 91 November untai the not of March , lira , Brady , a ^ n goinf over to the absp < rf Mis . Bradlay oa the 1 st of NoTBmber , at nsosi , —yoa b » T « « oom for ya * r candle , sayt Mrs . Bradley ; yea , saya Mxa . Brady , and threw down her lialfpanny . Its a pesay now , « ays Mxa . Bradlay . Is is , nju the other t Tbe wax has broken ont , say « Mxa . Bradley . An muahl bod loek to theii aonla , says Mxa . Brady , are they going to fight by candle light now ? Thus yoa see , for a tax of twenty per cent , laid upon tallow , tbe shopkeeper made poor Mxa . Brady pay cent per cent Mr . O'Connor then entered into an account of bis agitation through Scotland , and his flfmBHwion with Dr . Brewster , which was truly heart-cheering , and was responded to by the most deafening cheers throughout

      As Mr . O'Connor's discussion with Brewster has already appeared , it will be saperfluous to repeat it bere . Mr . O'Connor gave some well-timed hints to the il new more , " which I believe will make them for ever hide their faces in this locality . Mr . O'Connor spoke for two hours and twenty minutes , and sat down amidst the most lively marks of satisfaction , evinced by cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . Mr . Morgan then moved the adoption of the Kational Petition , which wm seconded by Mi Caoss , and canted unanimously . A special driller , who was beastly drunk , made several attempts to address tbe meeting , and arose for that purpose—( we understand his name is Parker ) bat was so drunk that we could sot make out a sen * tence of what he pretended to say .

      Mr . O'Connor notified his intention of waiting to assist the Secretary in taking down the names 0 ! such as wished to be enrolled . There were sixty-two enrolled , who paid their contributions and took cards , beside * a good many who ' gave their names , and would call for their cards oa Monday evening . The meeting broke up about midnight

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      THE NATIONAL PETITION . "We must now pipe all hands ; every man must be on deck and perform his duty ; as we must shortly cast anchor alongside St . Stephens , and givo another , and , we trust , a more " telling" broadside from our guns , ( which ara now bettor manned ) than on any previous expedition . The enemy ' s ehip is now in a shattered conditioH , and ought long ago to have been laid in ordinary , if not completely broken

      up . However , notwithstanding her crazy condition , the foe seem still determined to keep her in active Eerriee . The old cretv have paid themselves off , and she is now manned by another who in appearance are more warlike but who are in fact as imbecile and cowardly as their predecessors . This is well known ; therefore their ferocious aspect and bullying tone will excite no fear among our men , who , we are persuaded , only require the word of command to rouse them to duty .

      Our Admiral has been recently inspecting his men in the North , and from the favourable report he has given ue of their spirit and determination , we think all U right in that quarter . Now we call all to be up and dein

      We have seen the Srmnes 3 of our Chartist brethren evinced in the opposition given to the minions of corruption , who have traversed the length and breadth of the land to create division in our ranks . Hypocrisy and sophistry have intruded into our assemblies and baen expelled , covered with merited disgrace ; brute force has raised its blood-stained arm against the adherents of our cause while in peaceful pursuit of the general interest ; and this monster has been compelled to make an inglorious retreat . From this we augur that our men are well-disciplined and that we shall go on from conquering to conquer , and that every attack will place ns more firmly on the vantage ground .

      > V e must now come to close quarters with our antagonists , and , casting aside all their assumed commisseration for existing distress , and all their hollow promises of attention to the condition of the people , pin them down to the only remedy for the evils of the state—the adoption of the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter . "We have had quantum svfficil of professions and promises . We can no longer repose confidence in faction . We demand eqtial justice for ell , and from this demand we will not , cannot , swerre .

      Chartists , you have before you that admirable document , the National Petition , which does unspeakable honour to your Executive , and casts the lauded compositions of oar college-bred legislators into the shade . It ia the production , not of mere theorists , but of practical men , and its every line bears the stamp cf equity and truth . It has beensubmtt ? d to your consideration ; it has been the subject of deliberation at your various gatherings ; it has met with your unanimous approval , and we now feel it our duty to call upon you to consum > mate the work so ably begun .

      Hitherto the Executive have nobly , zealously and faithfully discharged their duty , and now you , individually mu 3 t , and we believe will , perform yours . Let every member of the National Chatter Association take the affair into his own hands , as though the fate of the Petition depended entirely on his own individual exertions . Lot him take a copy of the petition , with sheets for signatures , to his own home , and at each leisure hour Cand alas ! too many of

      you hava too many such hours ) visit bis neighbour ' s bouses and obtain their signatures . Not a street , lane , or alley must be neglected . But mind , let every signature attached to the petition be genuine . We know that Plague" petitions have mergsd from private manufactories ; but we want no fictitious names attaching to our petition ; we have more than the required number of sterling Chartists , and the names of such are now all we require . Up then ! and the

      FOUR KXLLXONS will soon be ia array to the terror ef earth ' s proud tyrants . Yes , the effect ot this your petition will be gall and wormwood to all the despots of the earth , and it will ekia the drooping spirits of every Elave under their fell dominion . A great responsibility rests upon the Chartist missionaries at the present juncture . The effect of

      their industry must now be made manifest by the number of signatures procured in the field of their labours . They have certainly laboured most sedulously in the culture of the minds of the people , and now it may be reasonably expected that the fruit will be produced . They must labour in it 9 collection . Each must be prepared with petitions and petition sheets , and , at the conclusion of every lecture , present their sheets to the audience for

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      signatures . We have always viewed the missionaries as pioneers in our cause , who have been preparing the way for the coming straggle , and most nobly have ( hey done their duty , and having arrived at the present stage in our career , we feel confident they will now be at their post , and lose not a moment in the performance of this their doty . The responsibility rest * not , alone with the missionaries : every local agitator , and every officebearer , must now , without the least delay , use every

      effort in contributing to perfect tbe work . Not a single meeting mast be allowed to terminate without having an accession of numbers to the petition ; and this must be begun ihbtantwu A most stn . pendous work is to be performed within a limited period , and on the manner in which the work is performed , greatly depends the fate of the nation . Diligence and perseverance is now required to give success to our efforts . In the name of a suffering community , we ask it on the part of oar Associated brethren , and we know that we shall not ask in

      vain . O'Connos waitB the fulfilment of your promises , and expects that the various localities , will be propared with their tens of thousands ofrecordedCharti 6 ta as he visits each district . We hear that many , very many , localities are strenuously exerting themselves to complete the required number . We rejoice at hearing of their diligence , bnt we say all , ALL to the work , and let us speedily have that pill for the

      Tories—FOUZt MILLIONS !! That is the number . We must not have less . We are extremely sorry to learn that in one or two localities a few pragmatical and thin-skinned individuals have become incorporated with the Association , and have recently disturbed the harmony of the meetings , by the introduction of extraneous matter ! the venting of private piqaeB , and the ebullition of anger at every proceeding not squaring with their own caprice . Such conduct ought not to be tolerated ; however , as we have good reason for believing that this has been but too frequently the case , we shall , without fear of giving offence , pronounce all parties guilty of such conduct hereafter as the

      most insuperable stumbling-blocks ia oar path . Union is our motto and without it we shall continue in our present abject and degraded state . Those who create unnecessary broils by the introduction of matter foreign to the declared object of the Association , are its most deadly foes . They are not Chartists , in the strict sense of the term . They will , we confidently calculate , be found not only lukewarm in the furtherance of the petition ; but actually to throw impediments in the way . Thank God , this evil is not wide spread ; yet circumscribed as it is , we must caution our good men and true to be on the alert . Admonish tne disturbers , and should they etill remain refractory , then turn them over to their friends—the Whigs or Tories .

      O'Connor ., as you will perceive by the present number , has " laid" the evil spirit in Scotland . Bkewstee , is now stripped of his borrowed plumes , and appears to the world in all his naked deformity ; his race is run , and peace and harmony is restored among our Scottish ranks . May all such dissemblers be as signally defeated , and the like happy results ensue ! These remarks have reference to but very few ; and we trust the hint will have the desired effect .

      In conclusion , we conjure our friends to be firm , vigilant , and determined , and let no artifice of the enemy diyert them from tho speedy preparation of the National Petition for 1842 . Remember that now is the time for work : ALL must work , and we must have , at least , FOUR MILLIONS !

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      The National Petition . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for what they are signing , fie is ready to supply them to the Associations and to individuals at the following charges : —100 copies for 2 s ; 1 , 000 / or 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four columns , and holding two hundred names when filled , may also be had , price 2 d . each . Sfecrelaries and persons who need them h&ve only to send an order addressed to Mr . H ., enclosing a post-office order , or slumps , to the amount , and they may have sent to their address any number they require , on pointing out the best and cheapest route . The Petition and sheets map also be had from Mr . Cleave , London : and Mr .

      Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low as to preclude credit . ( 58 * We would call the especial notice of the Lancaand Yorkshire friends to the above notice . From what appears in another place ., they will see that Mr . O Connor intends to visit them during the next fortnight ; and it will be well for each / own < o be well supplied with sheets for signatures . We must have the 4 , 000 , 000 ! * » * The friends at Glasgow had better arrange for the supply of Scotland with sheets and Petitions . If the other towns would communicate with the friends in'Glasgow as to the number each will require , they cou' d have them from Leeds to Glasgow in one bundle , and then distribute them as occasion served . We commend this to a Glas ~ gow Committee , and our Scottish friends gene ' rally .

      -5—•¦ J . Leach . — We cannot give him the information he asks for . Wm . Cooper . —Although your letters were stamped , they might have been too heavy . O'Bbikn ' s Press Fund . —Received by ihe Liverpool O'Brien ' s Press Committee , from a tailor ' s shop , 12 * . Chartist Blacking . —Roger Finder ' s address is 5 , WentheriU ' s Place , Carr Lane , Hull . Malton . — Wm . Robinson , Chartist secretary , of Maiton , writes us , in contradiction of the statement that application had been made to Earl Fitz-William ' s agent for the use of the public room for the Malton Chartists .

      M . N . — We have sent his letter to the secretary of the institution he alludes to , which will probably have nil the effect he wishes . If the practice be stitl continued , let him write again , and we will publicly denounce it . A . M . — We fear there is no remedy ; if his daughter be not absolutely " destitute , " she can demand no relief , and has no claim on the putative Jather , otherwise than for the reimbursement of the parish . Such are the provisions of the honest New Poor Law . The Poets . — We have a jackass load of poetry that we have not yet had time to read . J . Jordan . —To be impudent is not the way to get his communication inserted .

      An Enginseh , of Bath , need never make up Stars t ; i a parcel and pay carriage for them . They will always go free through the post-office if nothing be written on tliem save the direction , and if they be folded open at the ends . Exchange of Lecturers . —A correspondent writes — " There is one plan which I have for some time meditated on , and which would , I apprehend , be beneficial to all parlies : it is this : —If six separate districts could be formed , which I believe is already done , and could agree amongst themselves to exchange their lecturers every six weeks The six lecturers taking their turns in rotation , would thus le thirty weeks , or rather more than half a year , absent from any one district . Fewer

      than six districts might thus form ; but the more the better . Each lecturer has his own peculiar method of expressing his ideas . Some are humourous ; others grave : some argumentative ; ethers declamatory . It is the same with their hearers : hence the good arising from exchange . All would be pleased and satisfied , and all instructed in the way most agreeable to his natural disposition . North Lancashire is desirous of acting upon this plan , and earnestly solicits the attention of the already-formed districts to a due consideration thereof . It was found to act well in the exchange between Messrs . Bairstow and Leach , two of our ablest lecturers , and could not fail to he equally advantageous on a more

      extended scale . Should any district be agreeable to an immediate exchange of their lecturer with North Lancashire , they can do so by communicating to Wm . Beeslty , chair maker , Abbeystreet , Accringlon . " Mr . Cleave has received , 8 s . 6 d . per Mrs . Dolling , collected by her from a fe ~ v friends at Wandsworth , for Mrs . Front ' s Fund . Stars to Ireland . —Persons sending Stars to Ireland must be careful not ta write on them anything but the address . Mr . McDonald , ofNewry writes us , that the last two months only five Stars have , been received there that have not been charged 2 s . each , in consequence of something being written on them . Air . M'D . wishes to ask

      Wm . Cordeux , of York , if he received a postoffice order from Newry , for 4 * . 6 d ., for the York demonstration , as they have never seen it mentioned . Wigton Charttsts must excuse us , we have no room . The character of Mr . Harney is now sufficiently established . John Holdsworth must not be offended with us : we do not wish to hurt his feelings , but we really advise him to give up writing poetry . John Haigh , of Little Horton , near Bradford , writes vs a simple , touching story of distress , the consequence of tyranny . He has been a labourer at llorton sixteen years , and brought up a family in honourable independence , having had no parish

      assistance , save once , about three years ago , when lying on a sick bed . Being a ( fhartist , he has been proscribed , and unable to find any employment of any description since last Easter . This forced him in the long run to apply to the ** Guardians" who relieved him far three or four weeks , and then forced him , his wife , and three children fr&m the house that sheltered them , on a stormy , rainy day , driving them to Huddersfield , whence they had again to travel on foot to Cumberworth , eighteen miles , whence they were again sent by the Guardians to Kirkheaton , and ¦ ultimately again driven out and returned to Horton . This \ worthy and industrials man , with his family , must now either starve and die , beg and go to prison , or rob and be transported , as the overseer of Horton declares that he will "be rid

      Of the d—dChartistr The Morning Chronicle excuses the peculation of £ 200 , 000 in the Exchequer Office on the plea that the thief was inadequately remunerated for his labour . What excuse would the Morning Chronicle offer for John Haigh if he should walk home , some fine day , with as much provision as would support his family for a weekl There is an old adage which says , "The sauce fora goose should be sauce for a gander . " We hope the Chronicle does not intend toconfine its extenuating doctrine to the Exchequer Office : if so , il is most unjust . But if it is to apply also to the hundreds of thousands of inadequately remunerated labourers , * we shall have less objection ; and we have no doubt that they will cry ont , "A Daniel come to judgment" We advise John Haigh , however , not to act upon the Chronicle's suggestion .

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      John Cadley , Bilston . —Yes i the small copies 4 % d . each . Ilis report ought to have reached us last aoeek . , . . Anolo Hibehkics is quite mistaken m supposing that his plan would be any remedy for the evil justly complained of by our compositors . We have no disposition to impose any tax upon any body , but we think that while tne are doing ail we can to accommodate the people , toe have a right to expect some little ezhibition oftheaccommodaiing principle in return . The matter ¦ : ¦ ¦ :. is ump ' y for the consideration of , our correspond ' ¦ ¦ ents whether they wish their communications to be attended , to ; % f they do , they must write only on one side .

      Gbacchus must excuse us ; press of matter has driven by his communication , though v > fi have not lost sight of it . , J . R . Richmond— £ fc letter ha * been forwarded to the Secretary . Dkmocbatb . —WIp never heard of a census of ihe whole world being taken . Most works on Geography give estimated tables of the population of the different countries they describe . Mrs . Flynn , Bbadfobd . —Mr . Alderson has received , for Mrs . Flynn , Is . lOd . from Mr . Idson , ofManningham , and Is . from Mr . Amity of Manchester Road . Mr . Alderson will receive , at his shop . Bank-street , subscriptions , for Mis . Flynn , who is now in great need of re ~ lief—her husband lying in Leeds . Infirmary ,

      with his leg broken in two places by an accident while going on a delegation to Leeds for the Chartists of Bradford . A Friend to the Charter , Loughkea , next week . Clerical Indecency . —A Correspondent at Huddersfield sends us , under this head , an indignant exposure of an outrage upon the morals and decencies of civilized soeiety , recently committed by a clergyman in that neighbourhood , under the guise of sermonizing upon a portion of Scripture . He states his manners and language to have been totally unfit for description or publication , and says that such was tlie impression produced upon the congregation , especially tlie

      female portion oftt , that numbers left the church in the middle of the sermon . Hyde Chartists complain of repeated disappointment from lecturers not attending to their engagements . They have been disappointed so frequently , that they can never calculate upon a lecturer until they see him in the town , and they attribute to this much of the apathy complained of in the people of Hyde . This is infamous , and must be immediately remedied . No man ought to allow his name to be placed upon a plan , and then neglect his appointments . Stanningley- —A correspondent writes us that a lecture was delivered here , but he neither says when nor by whom .

      Manchester Demonstration . —At the late demonstration , parlies from Macclesfield , Keighley , and Preston called upon a gentleman of Manchester to borrow money with an understanding that it should be remitted as early as possible . He therefore calls upon them to make good their promises . Birmingham . —The Frost Committee ' s correspondence next week . The Address to the Polish People next week . Robert Chalmers akd Parks . —Their address must stand over . Alva Chartists . — The person about whom they write is not in prison . We have heard , recently of his being at large , and not very creditably

      occupied . Patrick O'Higgins . —His letter was received too late for attention this week . Il shall be inserted in our next . Richard Wakeham , 5 , Broad-street , Golden-square . —The letter from Helston has been received , but must stand over for the present . Thady Cafferky , of Ballaghaternine , county of Mayo , Ireland , will be thankful to any Chartist who will send him a weekly Star . Wh . Tillman must stand over . Wm . Hodgetts . —Thanks for the report of the villain Harrison ' s trial and conviction . We may use it another time . F . W . Smith must stand over . Grkenock Christian Chartist Chuech must stand

      over . Forest Gray must stand over . Spectator . — We have not yet had time to read tlie very long letter for which he asks a corner . Joseph Johnstone . — We have no room . James Dixon must stand over . J . D . Edgar . —There is no reason why the Charttsts of Neiceastle should not meet in as many different places as may suit their convenience , and be still all joined in the National Charter Association . There seems to be a misunderstanding on this subject in many places . We must try to correct it . J . M . Sheffield . —ilr . O'Higgins lives at 14 , North Ann-street . Dublin . H . CRESS well . —Tha writer in the Northern Star who signs " Gracchus" is not Mr . John Waikins . Chartist Blacking . —Roger Pinder , 5 , Weatherall ' s Plate , Car Lane , Hull , desires us to achiowhdge the following list of monies due to the Executive from the sale of his blacking : — b . d . Mr . Harris , Hull 0 10 Mr . Nicholson , ditto 0 5 Mr . Rippon , ditto 0 5 Mr . Amblin , ditto 0 5 2 1 If this honest Chartist was properly supported , he alone ought to be able to support the Executive . ' —Ed . Peter Uigby must stand over . George Beere must stand over . Joseph Woodbuffb . — Yes .

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      A Hawick Chartist . —The next will be announced as soon as the necessary number is complete . FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ S . d . From Clerkenwell , London , Id . per week subscription , collected by H . Si . 6 3 „ Mr . C , by H . M 0 S n « fi

      FOB R . J . RICHARDSON . From the Chartists of Alva 10 0 * . Brington , near Daventry , per Wm . Darlow and D . Marks 2 4 ~ Whilton , ditto ^ ditto 5 0 7 4 Postage and Order ... 0 4 0 7 0 ,, Hawick , being proceeds of a ball ... 0 19 2 FOR STARS TO IRELAND . Sheffield 0 1 0 meia 0 1

      From J . M ., crom j . so .., one u FOR B . M DONALD , LOUGHREA . From Hugh Donohoe , London , 5 0 ^ C . H . Cock , ditto 0 2 0

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      On Tuesday evening , a large muster of the " workies" had in tho Music Hall , to hear their friend and champion detail the glorious triumphs of Chartism during his tour in the North . Mr . O'Connor's visit was quite unexpected . He " dropped on us" all at once . There was no time for either preparation or arrangement , as he only came into Leeds on Monday evening . The placards were therefore only posted on Tuesday . Notwithstanding , howeyer , this want of notice , and notwithstanding that a' money impost was necessarily laid upon the people ; for the defraying of expences , the Siloonof the Music Hall was filled ; not to overflowing , but as full as it could be

      to be comfortable , with the hardy sons of toil waiting to hear the words of instruction from their beloved chief . When we entered tbe hall , a little before eight o'clock , O'Connor was just coming in , and the cheers reverberated through and through the building as if the very roof should crack . After the cheering had somewhat subsided , Mr . We 3 tlake was , on the motion of Mr . Andrew Gardner , unanimously called to the chair . The Chairman opened the meeting in a few brief and appropriate observations ani then introduced Mr . O'Connor to the meeting . The cheering again prevented him , for some time , from being able to proceed . At length , however , he got leave to speak , and in his usual strain of overpowering eloquence , castigated both factions for

      above two hours . Wo shall not attempt an outline of the speech . Suffice it that withering sarcasm , keen reproof , and well directed invective , were not more freely and deservedly lavished on the props and pillars of corruption , than were the just powers of description and deduction employed in demonstrating to the people from all passing circumstances the improved position and prospects of the Chartist e&use . Much interest was excited by his glowing descrip tion of the ¦ sober enthusiasm" of the Scottish Chartists , and the ignominious and disgraceful rout of Brewster , the state priest . We h&ve not often heard a more fierce burst of execration than followed on his mention of the filthy local organ in which O'Brien was last week described aa having come

      upon the platform at Huddersfield ** drank , and no mistake 1 " At the conclusion of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , Mr . Andrew Gardner moved that FeareusO'Connor Esq . do represent the Leeds Chartists in the forthcoming Convention . Mr . F . R , Lees rose to second the motion of Mr . Gardner , and spoke in a most effective manner . After detailing the grounds on which he asked for their support to the proposition that Mr . O'Connor should represent them in the forthcoming Convention , he entered broadly into the question of Labour versus Capital , stating that Mr . O'Connor was at the head of a new school of political economists , which took the first element , labour , into their calculations , and , bo doing , arrived at quite different conclusions to those who arrogated

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      to themselves exclusively that designation . Many were the works that bad been professedly writte on political economy , most of which he had read ; and from Adam Smith downwards to M CulloeL every one of them left oat of their M science" the principal element ; not one of them considered LA 300 B as at all involved or at all connected with their theories . This was the reason wfiy & * application of their principles to practice had produced such mal-arrangement and disastrous ^ effects . Ho also successfully combated the pet cry of the praoticals , who eaid , " * It ia impossiblefor you to carry the Charter for a Ion ; time ; bnt if you will join us for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , we can soon accomplish that object , and it will be anlimmediate measure of relief . " Granting , he said , for the moment , that it would be a measure

      of relief , a position that was more than doubtful , —he would ask the most sanguine of them if they could hope so to work upon the Parliament as to carry the measure in less than two years ! He held this to be impossible : bo that the measure of relief would not be so immediate after all ! and this measure , paltry and insignificant as H would prove to be , would have to be carried at an . expence of means , and time , and money , that would carry the Charter itself , which would place the people in a position to upset every monopoly , repeal every bad law , and secure to themselves their share of the benefits resulting from such repeal . Ha therefore urged them to agitate for the Charter , and secure for themselves the full measure of their rights Mr . Lees was loudly cheered throughout the whole of his excellent speech . The motion was put and carried unanimously .

      Mr . O ' Connor thanked the meeting for this mark of confidence ; declared that he should be happy to serve them ; that he was aware that the danger o { his position would be much enhanced after tht 4 , 000 , 000 of signatures trere obtained ; but that h « was not the man to shrink from his full share of the responsibility be had helped in creating . This declaration was received by the meeting with the most enthusiastic cheering . Mr . O'Connor then announced himself ready to enrol the names of every one present wishful to join the Charter Association ; and fifty names were immediately handed in . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings .

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      LEEDS . —The Committee for the O'Brien Presi Fund met last Saturday evening , when it was resolved that a notice should be sent to all the Char tist papers requesting all who hold monies collected for the above purpose to be kind enough to send then to the Star-office , on or before Dec . l 3 t , when they will be handed over to Mr . Brook , Secretary to the Committee , and by him to Mr . O'Connort account . Resolved further , in accordance with aa arrangement of the Committee with Mr . O'Brien , that Mr . O'Connor be requested to pay to Mr . O'Brien , or his order , the money , whenever it shiD have accumulated to the sum of £ 20 .

      [ In reference to this resolution , the Clerk at thu office begs to request that the respective sums it sent at once to "Mr . Brook , secretary to the com * mitlee , " as it is quite unnecessary that they should pass through two hands previous to thtxr reaching Mr . O'Connor ; and as he ( the Cleti ) has already a great'amount of labour impoyj upon him in attending , gratuitously , to the many funds and subscriptions sent to this office ; 1 ht people will , therefore ote that whatever monk * are subscribed for the O'Brien Press Fund must be sent at once to " Mr . Brook , secretary to iht committee , and by him to Mr . O'Connor . " We

      hope this arrangement will be strictly attended to , that no person may have unnecessary trouble , —Ed ] Death from Destitution . —On Friday , the 29 th ult . A mau applied ai the workhouse for relief , and after waiting three hours , he was told that there were so many cases before him , he could not be heard that night ; be had better go home and come again on Wednesday . He Said if I get no relief before Wednesday , I shall want none ; and the man died ou Sunday evening , and was buried on Wednesday Ought not some inquiry to be made into these pro ceedingsi

      Leeds Winter Fair . —This fair commenced 6 Monday morning . The show of horses was as nstiil miserable , there not beinx a decent nag of any sort to be seen . The beast market was almost as fed . A man , an adept at knavery , contrived , on Monday forenoon , to sell two beasts , which did not belong ( 0 him , for £ 32 , and having got the money he bolted . The unlucky purchaser , on attempting to drive any his bargain , was stopped by the real owner ; the seller has not been since heard of . The statutes , on Tuesday , were well attended by both we and fsmalo servants , and we believe tmj succeeded in getting hired ; the demand for good

      servants being equal to what it has been for some time . In tha pleasure fair there wag amusement in abundance . The chief attraction , however , wsa Wombwell ' s collection of wild beasts ; but besides Womb well ' s there were two or three smaller col lections . There were great crowds to look at them outside ; but we have not heard that they had any of them any extra success . As usual , the pick pockets were in attendance , and sundry handkerchiefs and other articles changed pockets . We h « 9 not heard of any yery extensive transactions in this line , the police being on tho alert , b y whom several practitioners were seized and locked up .

      BIRMINGHAM . —Masons'SritiKE .-AnAdjourned meeting was held at the Grand Turk , Bdlstreet , on Wednesday last , at which a number 01 delegates from the various trades and other parties friendly to the strikoof the London stonemasons attended . Mr . Roddis , stonemason , wa 3 calW to the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved cf . ^ Dele gates from a great number of trades attended , who all promised further support . The meeting was addressed at great length by Mr . George White , and a committee was appointed to arraogo for a pubus meeting of the inhabitants generally in order etui further to render support . The sum oi £ 16 Us . was handed into the treasurer . The committee meet evoy Saturday evening to rpecive subscriptions ; and meetings are held every Wednesday evening , at the Grand Turk , Bell-street , to which all friends a » e invited . :

      BRADFORD . —Important to Voters-On the 23 rd ultimo , an action was tried in the Honour Court of Pontefract , brought by Mr . T imothy Ingham , auctioneer , &c . against John Robson , jnn- » objector general on behalf of the Whigs , for comj pensation for loss of time in attending the Revising I Barristers' Court for this borough , at great incpnt venience to sustain bis vote ; the objection being waived immediately on the plaintiff presenting Binself to support his qualification . The case , whi « n occupied the Court a considerable time , was

      -conducted by Mr . Clarkson and defended by & * Crossley . It appeared that nearly three hundred i objections had been indiscriminately made by . iw I Whigs , and in the case of Mr . Ingham without any ; inquiry by the defendant as to the propriety of tnfl I objections ; he was informed that compsnsation would be claimed unless the objections were wtt ' drawn previously to the Court day . Mr . MarsMtfi the Judge , took time to consider of this novel «*> and on Monday last delivered judgment in favour « tbe plaintiff , being of opinion that he hadcleaiJJ made out a case calling for damages .

      Horton . —Highway Robbery . —As Mr . Jota Hardy , farmer , of Little Horton , was returning home late on Saturday night last , was robot * of twelve pounds and a few shillings ; the money belonged to a lodge , the Independent O 1 " ^ Gardeners , held at tho Black Horse Inn . He * » within forty yards of his own home , when m w ? way-laid by four villains , who threw him dotro *^ stopped his mouth to prevent him crying out . lW got clear off with their booty , and are not known . Lnw-MrtrtR .. —FRTfjHTPiir , ArrrnENT . —On Fnp *

      afternoon week , a boy named George Saeard oaa his skull dreadfully fractured by a stone falling oflj of the side of a pit , belonging to Messrs . Lean »»» Co ., B y erley Iron Works . No hope 3 whatever a » entertained of his recovery . _ . Workhouse Maltreatment . —Last week , » P ? ° * orphan boy , namad Killerby , was found waaderuj | about this neighbourhood in a dejected state , *»» whom , it was discovered , had escaped froB •»» workhouse , in consequence of being flogged . S 6 ' ^ persons saw and examined the child , whose B »* £# * j carcase , from the head and shoulder of tnele »«»* downward to the thigh , presented a shocking sj » £ tacle of barbarous treatment . He was taken » w «

      Court House , and left in charge of the autnonuw » and , on Friday last , the case was investigaw ^ . 'g the Board of Guardians , when , we are i ^^ f ^ l turned out that the workhouse master ""^ evening chastised the poor lad for previously . *^^ ing himself , or committing some other trivial w" £ gres 8 ion , and on the following morning to ^ fK master , " ( a pauper , ) had taken upon himseU tow the unfortunate truant ; eo that , with M ^ g upon stipes , the poor fellow had received ^ " ^ unmerciful infliction . The examination D J {* Guardians of the Door' ended in their admomsm « K

      the cruel wretches . We should like to BOJW gave them authority to lift a hand - ^ fWJJJafr helpless victim of a bad system ? How « effi * " * the members of the Board visit the wor » w ^| and whether their regulations justify such pono ^ for , whatever rule the lad may have broken , wa » £ j with or without reason , we csnno ^ believe ^ workhouse masters and pauper-teachers *™ £ l limited authority to inflict corporal ^^ E . , Probably the Guardians will publish " »«*" ! & ations ( taken in writiug ) and let tho wte"P * j ! tjafc . Bradford have an opportunity of expressing w « ropinions upon the conduct of their servants . - ¦ — BEVEBU 3 Y .-Mr . StaUwood *?*»•* JMj * principles of * tbo People ' s Charter , » . »*? ,, . & Market-place , on Tuesday evening , ana »* . ^ 0 tho Pack Horse Inn , where the Nation * l rw » was read and adopted .

      The Northern Star Saturday, November Is, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , NOVEMBER IS , 1841 .

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      OTJH BERTH DAY . With the present number commences the fifth volume of the Northern Star . It is usual , at the occurrence of such epochs to take retrospective and prospective views of the position occupied by a journal , and it 3 party . We have no room for the task , pleasing as might be its execution . The fair form of Chartism , which at our birth was bat indistinctly to be traced amid the chaos of the conflicting elements of party and of crotchetmongering sections , has now grown out into such l&rge proportions , that

      our great difficulty is to steal from it even this ' inch of room' on our sheet to point to the fact ; to point to those fair proportions as , in great part , the result of our own watchfulness and care ; to point to oar past , as an earnest of onr future career ; and to renew our covenant with the people , requiring from them , as a duty , to continue to uphold us in the performance of onr great duties towards them . This they have hitherto done , and nobly : we doubt not that they will henceforth do so , because we know that they are jnst ; and we require them to desert ns the moment we desert principle .

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      THE MASONS' STRIKE . We have received , in reference to this subjeet , the foUorving letter from the Chairman of the operative masons of the metropolis : —

      " TO THE KPITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . " 6 , Mason-street , Lambeth , Oct . 31 st , 1841 . v " Dear Sir , —I find in your columns of Saturday a letter , purporting to come from a Mr . Watts , containing certain allegations which , in my opinion , ought to be corrected , as they are not strictly true . " Now , Mr . Editor , the masons never made any complaint as a body in reference to tbe Star , as you inserted every article which they forwarded to yoa . The body of masons had no desire to make Their strike an editorial squabble : all they asked from the London press * and from you was full and fair insertion , as Messrs . Grissell and Peto publicly denied those charges which the masons had made privately to them .

      " There are , amongst the turn-outs , men of all opinions , religious and political ; therefore the public will see this is not a strike of the petition-carriers , but of all . With respect to the statement that twenty-four of the masons have relinquished the Star , I do not believe it . I have a higher opinion of their judgment and good sense , and being continually amougst them , I never heard one individual say he would give it up . I , as an individual , am indignant at the conduct of Mr . Watts , in sending forth this libel on our discrimination .. " Hoping you will give this insertion in yonr next , in order that the public mind may be disabused , ¦

      " I beg to subscribe myself , " Your obedient humble servant " And constant reader , " Robert Macdonald . " P . S . —One word relative to the strike which still continues , but which I doubt not will ba brought to a speedy andsuccesful termination . Already have the trades of London subscribed , nearly £ 400 , and the Scottish Association voted us £ 500 ; thus the public will see , that the sons of Scotia , and our English fellow-tradesmen , in conjunction with the simultaneous meetings , aud our invaluable institution , will ultimately secure a speedy victory . "R . M . "

      We perceive that Mr . Allen , the foremau at the New Houses of Parliament , has put forth in the Sun newspaper , a deni&l of the various charges made agamat him by the men . If Mr . Allen ' s character of himself be genuine , he is a most meek and godlike personage , much injured and calumniated ; but he must adduce better evidence of his inuocence of the disgusting crim « 3 oharged on him , than his own denial in the Sun newspaper , before he oan porBuado us in the country to believe that a large body of men would sacrifice the comforts and convenience of employment in opposition to him . We are borne out in this view of the case by the following letter from the masons' body , published in the Evening ' s Sun of tho same day as Allen's denial of the charge : —

      " CHALLENGE TO MR . ALLEN , FOREMAN OF THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . " Sir , —Finding in the morning edition of The Sun this day a letter from Mr . Allen , denving the charge made against him on Friday night at the Crown and Anchor , we beg leave , through tho medium of your journal , to again challenge Mr . Allen to come forward and prove that these charges are not true . We are willing to submit the case to arbitration , and Mr . Allen can bring all the evidence that he can produce that the charges are false . Now , Sir , it is quite clear that to submit the

      case to arbitration is the only just means that can be adopted to prove the truth or fallacy of those charges . If Mr . Allen be innocent , he need not shrink from public investigation . , " However , if he refuses to accept this challenge , the public wiU at once be convinced that the charges brought against him cannot be refuted " Signed , on behalf of the Operative Masons , M Robebt M'Dokald , Chairman . " We perfectly accede to the opinion that , if Mr . Alleh does not accept the challenge , it ia because he feels conscious that the charges against him cannot be refuted . .

      We weald impress upon all the . trades throughout the whole empire that this is no trifling matter . It is a trial of the spirit and determination of the workmen which will decide their future fate ; and if they suffer the masons of Loadon to be beaten in this struggle , they must expect , and will deserve , to have like modes of tyranny developed in every trade and every place through the whole country . Let there be no apathy then ; let every workman consider himself deeply i eiested , and lay his shoulder firmly to the wheel *

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      BIRTHS EXTRAORDINARY . " Buckingham Palace , Nov . 9 » * This morning , at twelve minutes before eleven o ' clock , the Queen was happily delivered of a Prince , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , her Royal Highness the Duohess of Kent , several Lords of her Majesty ' s Most Hon . Privy Counoil , and the Ladies of her Majesty ' s Bedchamber , being present . " This great and important news was immediately

      made known to the town by the firing of the Park and Tow « r guns ; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon , at the Council Chamber , Whitehall , it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen ' s safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales , and the town of Berwibk-upon-Tweed , on Sunday , the Uth of November , or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same .

      M Her Majesty and the Infant Prince are , God be praised , both doing well . "— London Gazette Extraodinary . We givo the above from the Times of Wednesday morning . From the same page of the same paper we give also the following : — "On the 25 th of December last , FIVE WOMEN WERE CONFINED IN TWO BEDS , IN THE SAME ROOM , and THREE

      WOMEN WERE ACTUALLY DELIVERED IN A SINGLE BED AT THE SAME TIME . Proper attention was not paid to tliem , and one woman having died in her ACCOUCHEMENT ( we know not whether upon the same occasion ) , no inquest was held , and no notice was taken of her death . " We exhort our readers to look on both pictures , aud then on their bended knees to bless God for his merciful interposition in the preservation of Royalty .

      Feargus O'Connor In Leeds.

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR IN LEEDS .

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      A THE NORTHERN STAR . ,-,.. .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1135/page/4/