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      TFATKBfS' LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . ( LECTUBB V . COHCLUDBD . ) How , then , are we to preserve union T—By vigilance . TJnion is acquired by many and . various ¦ ways—it may be lost by one . We are long before we get unitedire may become disunited very soon . We first associate , that is on sentiment—we next organise , that is on opinion—and at last we act To get others to associate ¦ Witt xu , we must use argument and persuasion—we must convince them flat we are BeeJdng their good , and we must proceed mildly—else they will suspect us of intending their injury , ox at least of seeking our own interests only . When associated we must show them that our plan of organ ' zitiea is safe and sure , and then they will form a good opinion of it , and be " ~ . . ^ ¦ ^ p ^ i ^ ^ i ^ - m ^ m- ^ r ^ r- ' ^^^ ^^ v ^^^ w m ^^ fc vw •**¦ r ^ «^^ «^

      jnanoed to set upon it . Supposing all this done , we Brest -watch frf& a godly jealousy , lest some one , from an idea that his station among as iB not commensurate Tjitii his deserts , or from envy at the superior confidence enjoyed by another , or from some Tain , selfish , or ambitious motive or other—lest such a one raise objections to our plan and proceedings , or to the censorship of our press , and seek to establish a plan or a press of his own , in order to form a party to himself , or at least to retard the progress of our mov ? ment We read in St . Paul ^ account ef the esrly Christians thai ons Biotrephes , " thinking himself somebody , " when , as the Apostle plainly intimates , he was

      nobody—that this person 8 ge got up , and « ii < ieavcnred to create a schism by a new move , but they were few , and those of th 9 weaker-minded sort , that he was able to lead away , and presently he snd bis pirty fell into contempt , while the Christians went on increasing as fiie Chartist * are now doing . 5 t * Pa * l advised to put all such -wranglers cut « T the body , for if they are suffered to oontinue in it , they will never let slip . an opportunity of causing dissension and delay , if not disgust We have to agitate the eonntry . This is surely agitation enough fer us , without our being additionally agitated by agitators in our own body , which is something too agitating .

      W » have been told that it makes no odds how many Associations we hare—that more and better . True , if they -were all composed of the same materialif all acted in concert together , or harmonized with each other like globules of quicksilver , ready to run tfigotKar and BTn « . i ;> RTT » ntf > into one great globe ; and such are the several branches of the National Charter Association . But if all these branches were separate factions—if they were J 3 rring sections , a heterogenous compound—if , like the dissenters from the State Church , they dissented again from each oiher , -what strength would they possess ? What could they do but weaken one * another and strengthen the great enemy of all ? The apple of discord is like the golden apple thrown across the path of Atlanta , who was running a race and would have won it , had she not left the course to follow the apple that had been thrown across her path on purpose to divert her from the more noble ptizs that was in her view—the piizs < jf victciy .

      No matter how many Araoeiations we have ! No matter , then , to which we belong > Now we tee the necessity of vigilance . Whip and Tories are hateful to us , but more hateful should be a aham-Chartut . The scbisHiBtJcs are powerless as open enemies , it is only as professing friends that th « y can injure us . They can do ns no harm ont of our own body , but in it . ifcay may harm ns reach . It is necessary , far the sake of pifesemnj ? oar union , that we be tigHant to detect aD decoy-ducks , aud to discountenance them . The sentinel who gives warning of the approach of an enemy to the walls , or of the presence of a traitor in the camp , does more good with his tongue than ever he did with his sword . All Chartist soldiers should be sentinels , nor should we sleep on our post * . The punishment of a sleeping sentinel is deservedly severe , for by- his negligence not only hia own- life , but the lives of all those whom he is set to guard may be lost .

      We are in little danger from the chief schismatics ; they were found out and denounced , and have not the flaring * ffrontery to come among us . But they have their underlings or understrappers who take up eur cards—who take up shares in our rooms—who get into places of trust : and for what purpose ? They purchase the privilegB of members to dismember us—they join tka office of managers to misman&se us—and they obtain oar confidence to betray us . They use us to abuse us . We may say of them in the words of Pope— " Expose their fib er sophisby—in vain . 'The creatures spin their dirty work again . " Now the best way to disconcert the designs of these pestiferous sentry is for the people to pas 3 votes of confidence in , or approbition of the men and the works which they seek to vilify and discredit j and the best way to deal with the men themselves is to do as the Wise Bornans did in all such eases—affix & brand on

      their unblushing brows so as to mat them out to be avoided and not trusted . So shall "we preserve peace and preserre union . Some are- so wily that they elude detection , or , if detected , they are bo plausible that they escape con--vietion . Double honour is due to >> rm -who discovers one of these smooth-faced , double-faced Jan uses . They can assume as many disguises as Proteus—you think you have got hold of them in one snaps when straight-¦ wap tfcey appsar in another . It requires an eye that eso look quite through the deeds of men to see through these . I have read of an incident that occurred in the American war , somewhat to our purpose . A soldier , appointed to guard an outpest at night , was found killed next . morning—and no noise , no trace of the deed—a second shared the same fate and a third . The fourth resolved whatever he saw stirring to fiie at it . A large hog came out of a wood and approached him—he shot it , and f ound that it was an Indian in disguise , armed with a scalping knife .

      There are another kind of charactera whom we ought to watch narrowly—who by injustice to individuals occasion disunion . I mean those who would quench the lights of others , or make them foils , in order that their o ? n light should " stick fiery oft indeed : " who would pile their own fame on the ruins of others . If there be any such—if we have among us a Goliah of G&tb , whose height was six cubits and a span , and who was sheathed is brass—let as rejoice that we have sneh & powerful champion in cor cause ; but if fed by flatteries , pnfied ont to an inordinate sizs , te forget himself , or , rather , think too much of himsslf , and too little of humbler , but not less honest servants of the cause—if he turn , not against the people , not against

      principle ; but against the friends of the people and of principle , and endeavour to drive away in disgust , or to pTtingrnaTi all whom he cannot make tools or idolt-rs of—shall we stand in awe of such a man ?—shall it be said that he is too high to be called to account ?—shall this leviathan sport himself in the ocean of agitation , spouting up showers of froth , and lashing with his angry tail all who will not follow him , as the little bird follows the cuckoo ? No ; for , if so , the people would truly become bia party and his prey . The great man would put the cause in his pocket , and bid us look at him—he would be like the fly in tbe telescope , we conld not see the mn for Hm —fre "w ^ nld f ^ T ^ e » TV our hopes—keep as from the light—and the Charter would telost

      Now , the people , who are the source of all honour , and of all power—the ptople should do justice to all and prevent injustice to any one—the men of independent minds are the men for the people , and they should be particularly careful to keep such , and to disfinguish them- The people should see to these things for the sake of the cause—for the sake of themselves ; ana , in the words of the Apostle , they should not suffer one man to absorb or to usurp the josfc claims of others , but should render to all their dns—tribute to whom tribute , custom to whom custom , fear to whom fear , and honour to whom honour . Let us beware lest those ¦ who inveigh against the tyranny of Government should seek to ettablkh a worse tyranny of their own . Cromwell pulled down King Charles , but he set him self up io his place j Napoleon dethroned kings , but he crowned hiTngoif emperor . Ah , may we not ask with Syron ,

      " Cm tyrants but by tyrants conquer'd be , And freedom find ne champion aud no child Such as Columbia raw arise when ske Sprung forth a Pallas , armed and undented : Or must such minds be nourished in tbe wild Deep in the nnpran'd forest , ' midst the roar Of cstracts , ¦ where nursing nature smiled . - On infant Washington ? Has earth no more Sneh seeds within her breast , or Europe no such shore ? And now how de we feel when talking of these mat * ters ? do we shrink from the subject with a degree of slavish awe ? If we do , iB not that a sign that despotism has already extended its eagle wings over us ? that the great roc is darkening the air above us , thutting out tbe light of freedom ' s wns , casting its own shadows upon us ?

      Denunciation has been much denounced ; but is it not the safefaard of Chartism ? It is our duty to denounce all who deserve It , —a disagreeable duty ; bat not the less & duty , —and he who does it deserves all the more praise , tbe more disagreeable the duty is . I do not believe that any one has been denounced without deserving it ; and he who fails to denounce one deserving it , deserves himself to be denounced . Nor should we denounce in soft silken phrases ; but honestly and plainly , I am of opinion with Jnnius on this point : — " For my part , he says , I do not pretend to understand those prudent forms of decorum , those gentle rales of discretion which some men endeavour to unite wi 2 T the couauet of the greatest and most hazardous ftffi » m Engaged in the defence of an honourable-cs-use , I Would take a decisive part I wonld scorn to provide

      for a future retreat , or to keep terms with a man who preserves no measures with the pnblie . Neither the snbmission of cestrtacg his posfc In the bonr of danger , nor even the sacred shield of cowardice -should protect him . I would pursue him through life , and try the last exertion of % ny abilities to preserve the perishable infamy of his same and make ft immortal . " And , -Again he say * , " measures and not men is the common cant of affected moderation ; a base , counterfeit language fabricated by knaves , and made current among fools . Such gentle censure is not fitted to the present degenerate state of society . What does it avail to expose the absurd contrivance or pernicious tendency of measures if the man who advises , or executes shall be Mflfered , not only to escape with impunity , but even to preserve his power . I would recommend to the reader the whole of Mr . Pope ' s letter to Dr . Arbuthnot , dated

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      July 26 tb , 1734 , from which the following is an extract : — " To reform and not to chastise , I am afraid is impossible ; and that the best precepts as well as the best laws would prove of small use if there was no examples to enforce them . To attack vices in the abstract without touching persons may be safe fighting indeed , but i t is fighting with shadows . My greatest comfort and en * couragement to proceed has been to see that those who have no shame and no fear of anything else have appeared touched by my satires . " It has been said , there are no proofs of the perfldiousness of those who have been denounced . But I maintain , and again I quote Junius : — 1 1 _ 1 1 1 . ¦ ' . -

      "That the conduct of these men cames with It an internal and convincing evidence against them . Some men seem not to know the value or force of such a proof . They will rot permit us tojudge of the motives of men by the manifest tendency of their actions , nor by the notorious character of their minds . They call for papers and witn-. fcses with triumphant security , as if nothing could be true but what could be proved in a court of law . " In conclusion let us see with whom we Bhonld unite , and why we should unite . Much has been talked of a union of the middle and working-classes . This may be effected -wheD the middle-classea are reduced to a level with the working-classes . but not before . The workiDg-clasees should resolve to do the work

      themselves without the union of the middle classes , and in spite of their most mean opposition . What do we -want with a middle class ? They only serve as pickthanks' go-betweens , or a fence to the aristocracy Let the working classes unite and they will n « t need help from tbe midiile classes—now can they expect it , if disunited among themselves ? If the middle classes come round to us , they must come behind us . No trusting them to lead , who have always been opposed . If they come on principle , they will come repentant and be glad to be admitted as servants . If the Charter cannot be obtained -without their help , Gon help the Chartists —they will be made mere stalkina-horses . No union •? nth the n : idale class ; but let us have a more complete union of the -working classes .

      Why shooia we unite ? Becense only by union can we carry the cause . Why should we not unite ? Every additional member makes tbe Association stronger , safer . Shame on those who stand aloof . Let us not listen to the bickerings of discontent , but to the cries and groans of our famishing fellow-countrymen . . Let us not pause to differ ; but rash to the rescue of our country . The spectre famine is stalking among ns . Oh , what the factions are making the people suffer . Deaths from starvation—worms devouring men while yet alivehovels , like open graves , where living skeletons lie exposed—women demented , and children crying and crawling about amid filth , and horror , and corruption . Now ' our union is to remove these shameful , these shocking evils ; and who would not unite for such a

      virtueus , each a humane purpose ? If ire have a spark of principle , a spark of feeling , it will blaza out in this most holy cause . Why tbe accursed causers of the misery and destitution that prevails , although their hearts are as millstones , even they are beginning to melt ; they are beginning to see that they have gone too far , and now they are actually subscribing money for tbe relief of the starving ! The best way to remove distress-would be to remove the cause , which is bad government ; but in this they have an interest / in this they live , and move , and have their being . The people must do it . The greatest charity that the rich could do to the poor would be to grant them the Charter ; for it would enable them to render themselves independent , or dependent only on the bounty of

      Providence . But they will not do that ; no , they will , if possible , prevent the people from obtaining that for themselves ; they withdraw their bounty from those whe > seek their rights and view them -with unkindly feelings . Strange charity , t 9 keep causing want and then to dole out little modicums of relief . True charity would free them from the need uf charity . The charities of the rich are but a refined species of despotism—their tender mercies are cruel . The Chartists alone are truly charitable , for they would release tbe poor from tfee charitable care of tbe rich ; they would make men of them ; they put it into their power to make themselves independent , and to " owe . no man anything , but to love one another . " J . W . Battsrsea .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . „ Sib , —I think it is time that we should really take our own affairs into our own hands , and exercise a strict surveillance over every part of Government Our enemies are exhausting every means that priestly cast and political infiaeocd and power can afford , is order to entrap and victimise our best and greatest leaders , and to strangle the giant Chartism ere it puts forth its resistless power . And in the midst Of all Ihifl war of battling interests -we , who ought to bo of all others the most united and firm , are showing signs of incipient distrust and want of mutual eonSdence .

      I have said that we BhonlA exercise a strict surveillance over every part of our system ; and our Leicestershire friends , seemingly actuated by similar motives , have begun so to exercise tfeeaisslvea in a somewhat premature and one-sided manner . For instance , their censure of the Executive in reference to the new issuing cf the cards at the time stated is too severe when we take all the circumstances into account—the multifarious , and unsettled character of their occupations , thtir want of funds , and the fact that very many places have shamefully neglected to pay for the cards when issued . And as the imputed neglect of making a general list , which I should regard as the fault , I think that even that has had too many highly censurable precedents for it in the gross neglect and very mueht- > be-blamsd apathy of the mass of the body for the Executive to be made the scape-goat of the whole society .

      It is notorious enough that tbe plan of organisation has never been anything like carried out in any of the localities except it he five or six places like Todmorden . Tbe much-censured Executive has had no funds wherewith to carry out the plan ; and so far as I know the sub-Secretaries have not sent the names from their respective neigh-bo-orhoods of the -whole of the members . And as to tho finding fault with tbe expenditure , I Co tfiinkthatif they were rather more specific it would net be any worse for any of the parties , especially in reference to postage expences . The Executive have certainly overstepped the bounds of tbeir duty in altering the times ( previously agreed to by the National Dilegate Meeting ) for the transaction of general business . And I caanot see what earthly nee three Btctioual conferences would be of . If there exists any nectisity for anything of the sort , I would Eay , call another National Delegate Meeting , bnt by all means abide by the present plan .

      We somehow seem to be a set of unlucky devils , for we have no sooner got over the " denunciation squabbles , " -and got the bark nicely into smooth water again , than -we run her upon the bidden rocks of some hitherto nnexpiored part of the political ocean , as if we vero npon ~ a Quixotic expedition after ad ventures . I think , Sir , under all the circumstances , that the manner of addressing the Executive adopted by the Leicestershire delegate meeting has not been characterised by that respect and brotherly feeling that ought to be exercised to our ofnee-bearers , when they are men fas the Executive are believed to be ) of sterling and tried merit

      In conclusion , Sir , I hope that this affair -will lead to a thorough t-xamination into tbe -working of the plan of government , and that the different localities will see that it is abided by in their own immediate vicinities , as far as regards giving to the Executive the means to carry on the plan . And it m ould be well , if there is a delegate meeting , if tae sub-Secretaries were ordered by tbe delegates to forward a list of their names and their monies , eay every fortnight . If this had been done , there would not have been any need far our Leicestershire friends to _ make their cemplaint of tbe absence of a general list , toi the General Secretary would have been too often and too significantly reminded cf his duty to have neglected it to the extent complained of . The fact is , if the -work is to be done , we must individually do a share of it , and I cannot bat think that thousands of private members are as culpable as the Executive , even in reference to the general name-book .

      Let us try if we can make this the last stumbling block , and see if we can go on without running foul of anything else , until we run against and completely upset the murderous system that entails disease and poverty and death upon myriads of our countrymen . I sm , Sir , Tours in the bands of universal truth , J . W . Smith . Ratcliffe-gate , Mansfield , July 31 st , 1842 .

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      EATABLES AND DRINKABLES—WEABABLES AND UN-BEARABLES . - Tie play is now almost pkysd ont , and whether it is to be followed by a Tory iragedy , a Whig comedy , or farce , in which a few political " Joseph Surfaces" and modern " Cantwells" will be in the ascendent , or -whether we are to have a serlo-comic-tragic-inelodra mafic afifcir , under the guise of a liberal clap-trap , or whether we , the audience , the gallant people of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , shall , exerting the ; onanimou 8 powers of our judgment and might of our power , drive the whole of tbe humbugs off the boards to take ' refuge behind the scenes , and take possession of ^ he stage ourselves—a Tery , Tery , short time will Bpe&dily determine 2

      Here ' s- a health to the noble trades people of Burnley , and may their glorious example be immediately followed by every city , town , and village , throughout the United Kingdom , and then the People ' s Charter , ( name and all ) will become the law of the land , in spite of all the factions , the oligarchies and hierarchies of the earth ' : But in the meantime the people are starving , and the Cora Law Bepealers , the " League , " would immediately give us bread . Indeed ! Perhapa they will gira . us two pence to pnrehase a big loaf with ? If they would not do that , they would do nothing , and the importation of all the oom in tbe world would be but a mockery , and-would be like sending in herds of cattle to crop tbe herbage of tbe most delicious pastures with-mczz ' es on thtir jaws ! But why not give us s « mething besides a big loaf ? Man cannot live entirely ons-read . and tbe portly forms of many

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      of the "Leaguers" themselves folly testify that a pretty considerable share of the good things of the earth , under the denomination of flesh , fish , ' asd fowl , " are daily immured within the human walls of their " inward" man , and are well soaked and nourished by divers and copious libations of brandies , wines , ales , &o . kc , while the rich . . Leaguer ' s repast usually terminates by a cup of the " pore Mocha terry , " enlivened by the fragrance of an Havannab . cigar l This ia a big loaf witb a vengeance ; and wouldn't my gentleman lick his lips at it , and envy the poor workey his share of the " good things" which God sent for all ( but now enjoyed by a few)—his share of the luxuries baing now comprizad in a big loaf and a draught of the limpid spring , and , perhaps , " if he be fortunate , " a chew of the worst and most taxed

      tobacco on earth , or a whiff of a halfpenny yard of clay , which he mutst have worked and sweated for till nature was fairly exhausted ! And this , is all the " League ' would do for you ? the , scheming , cold , calculating , money-hoarding , power-des \ ring " League , " the refuse of the Whig rump I A thousand times over would we rather be Blaves to the Aristocracy , the Buctinghams , Buccleughs , Sutherl&nds , Richmonds , or Waterfords , than truckle to , or suffer ourselves to be led { that Is their object ) cheated and deceived &y such a band of white . slave-drivers ! We would not deprive them of a single enjoyment , or one article of luxury , but we want to live ourselves , make life a blessing to ourselves and families , icstead of baing what it now is , a scene of privation , toil , and trouble , a very curse , and a perfect htll upon earth !

      Every luxury they may desire , we would not dream of interfering with , but we will have our fair share . They have grasped the lion's , but we are resolved to play the jickall no longer . All luxuries they may have with all our hearts , but the luxury of power , for which they have proved themselves unworthy , they shall nut have . This law is imprinted in our hearts , and like the ancient laws of the Medea and Persians is immutable . If they ( the League ) are sincere , why not join the people ? Why stand aloof and prate about ' corn , when by giving the mass of the people the whole Charter , that would be in their immediate grasp ? Most of them say they are Chartists ; but that it is unattainable at present . Why at present ? Never was there a fairer opportunity to clutch it at o . ce by a sincere and honest union of the middle and working classes . Every thing should be . forgiven if not forgot , or merely remembered to " ware hawk" for the future . .

      What eay you , Gentlemen , of the League ? Dissolve ? Give tbe right hand of brotkerhood to your 8 tarviDg countrymei , and then by being incorporated with the whole body of CoartiBta , you may chance to obtain that power vrhichyour talents and influence may entitle you to . But , as a separate body , never . Open the ports , unshackle the provision laws , away with the customs and excise , give us corn from America or the Mediterranean , Spain , Russia , or Poland ; brandies , wines , and tobacco from France , Germany , Portugal , Italy , and Cicily . Greeoe , Turkey , and the whole of Asia Minos , the East and West Indies , tea from China , and coffee and sugar from everywhere it may be best and cheapest ; then you may be entitled to the gratitude of your countrymenthen "Extension of Commerce" and " Free Trade" can be met on more equal terms—then , by the people possassiog Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , a real Parliament would sae that all were righted , and not

      trampled « n , ^ despised , and laughed at by a few popinjays in a corner ! They may laugh before they are much oluer on the wrong side of their mouths ; and , if they are mad enough to court it , they may have shooting that they little dream of ! Seriously speaking , all tkese things are to be obtained , if the mock Parliament did not intervene and oppose its veto ; hitherto they have been successful in upholding every outrage on common sense , and popular feeling , but the eyes of the working man are now opened , t ever again to be closed in Britain ! A working man here in this city replied to his master , who upbraided him fur signing the petition for the Charter , "What have you to do with it , you have plenty of work ?"• " Work enough , " was the ready answer , " but 1 want my rights ; I want the Suffrage , and , what ' s more , I'll have it 1 " The master turned on his heel , and never Baid a word more . Let the working man answer in this mauncr to his employer , and the latter will descend from their high horses !

      Tho acme of happiness to a working man is to work six days in the week for fair wages , and enjoy himself on the seventh ; but our lordly saints and sinners deny him even thai . The lazzaroui of Naples work two days in the week , and . spend the remaining five in idleness , or pleasure , or as they list . Tlieir wages for the two daya are sufficient to support them for the week , and as they are moderate in their eating and drinking , and not overburthened with clothing , they enjoy tbeir maccaroni , or good wheaten bread , with grapes , figs , and Other fruit in the glorious sunshine of an Italian sky , wash it down Wittl B draught of good

      Now , gentlemen of the League , there would be marts for your wearables , your manufactured goods , besides supplying the backs of your countrymen who , by being fully represented in Parliament , would be in a condition to buy ; and after glutting the home market ( your best customer , ) you might distribute the surplus over the world . Tlitse are the unbearableB of which we justiy complain , and which we are resolved te put an end to . Witb ua , if you willwithout us , as you may ; but with us or without usr ^ - the Peopl «' s Charter will , ere long , be the law of the land . God save the People J J J . A Woolwich Cadet . Cakheater , July loth , 1842 .

      wine , and lay down to "louse" or Bleep as iHdlnation points out ! And yet we pity the poor , ragged , la azarenL The fellows are as happy as the day is long , and much , mucU happieT , and better fed is tho poor , benighted negro than half the working men of Christian England ! We should like to have a contract for brandies , wines , and tobacco with various other eatables and drinkables , and we would be bound to supply England witb good spirita at one Bhilling the bottle , tbe best of wine at sixpence , and good tobacco at tenpence the pound , and realise a large fortune in a few years !

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      GREAT DEilOKSTRATION AT STEPNEY GREEN . On Monday evening , placards having been widely distributed announcing tbe attendance of Feargus O'Connor , ~ Esq ., the assemblage at the open air meeting on Stepney Green was unusually large ; at one period not le £ fl than ten or twelve thousand persons were present , txclusive of the immense number of casual listeners . Dr . Bowkett having buen unanimously called to the caair , opened the proceedings in a very excellent address , alluding , in feeling terms , to the distress

      existing in the country . They were met not for the purpose of riot or tumult , "but to ask and consider the important question , Why Englishmen Bhould be starving in tbe land of their birth ; why the industrious population of the laud had not happy and comfortable homes ; and wiat was the cause wiaicli deprived them of the means of obtaining a livelihood ? The various speakers would by before them a remedy for tuiB disastrous condition of affairs ; and be trusted they would give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing and allow of full and free discussion .

      Mr . Shaw moved the first resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that class legislation is the sole cause of the present unparalleled distress now so prevalent amongst the working and trading classes of this country , and there is no hope of amelioration until the People's Charter become the law of the land . " The question had often been asked hfm , why the early reformers were not now in the ranks of the Chartists ? It was class legislation which hindered them from making their appearance . He recollected some years since listening to Mr . Clay , now Sir William Clay , from a hustings erected on that same green , who then

      stated that he was one of the people ; Vhat he had nothing to do with the taxes but to pay them ; that his purse , his heart , his every energy should be devoted to tbe interests of the people ; and that if chosen to be their representative , he should ever be active in the performance of hia duty to them . Why was not Sir William and their other misrepresentative at that meeting ? It was class legislation that kept them away . Their faces were now never seen by the working men , save when they had a favour to ask . Lit them abolish this bad legislation , and they could elect men who would be firm to their interest , because they would have no interest in betraying them ; and happiness and prosperity wonld be the result .

      Mr . FHAtiER seconded the resolution . When they visited a menagerie , tbe showman always : introduced them to hia small fry befare he showed to them the rarer specimens of his collection ; and it would ill become him as one of the small fry , to take upon him the roaring of one of the nobler animals ; but as fellowworking men he would ask them whether they were content to fee looked upon aa mere animal machines for tbe creation of national wealth—mere slaves to create Individual capital as serfs to the Boil , on whose shoulders others were to climb to wealth and power , as ladders by which their callous-hearted oppressors rose to affluence ; and when they attained the summit of their power they kicked down the ladder by which they had risen as so much useless lumber ? They spit upon and spurned those men without whose aid they would ever have remained in insignificance and obscurity . Ttis was the way in which the factions had ever treated them . He did not boast of superior

      intelligence ; he had halloed and bawled as loud as any man in the cause of these so-called liberal men , thoughtless while he listened to their flattering tale , of the enlightenment and liberality of the working classes , that he was , like the crow in the fable , allowing the bread and cheese to drop from bis mouth into the clutches of these hypocritical flatterer * . Bat a new epoch had arisen in the hiatery of the working classes ; they were no longer to be chained to the' chariot-wheels of those who had enslaved them—they had set up in business fur tkemselves . It was a glorious Bight to sea the giant labour taking up his true- position— -to see the scales of Ignorance and prejudice dropping from his eyes , and the shackles of tyranny , which so long had bound his muscular body , snapping before the exertion of his newly awakened energies—to see him shake off the vermin which had so long preyed upon and disfigured his beauteous frame . The vermin shake and tremble ; they offer him anythicg to retain their

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      position . They ofier Mm cheap corn ; he smells at lfr ~ , . ^ ? fd ^ lfc *¦ chaff fobeerfc ) The working classes had arisen In the moral dignity of their natures , and declared they wouldBubmit to- no compromise ^ they wom ^ faave their ^ rights andnothing less ( cheers . ) They ijere taunted wifo ^ being destroyers ot property , and yet in the midst of the most horrible destitution ! they had been calm and qom as the Bnrofflad bawiu of t&e ooaan—they had been peaceful as the bleating lamb . They had been called dishonest He admitted the

      charge , ^ for they W hp toUedthreuRh the heat of the day ha ^ allowed others to , reap . They had permitted thea wives and children to starve-to be robbed of that / wealth which they were joBtly entitled tb . They had been dishonest , bat they wauld be dishonest no more ( cheers . ) Mr . Frazle * then gave some very amusing anecdotes respecting the cry of dishonesty raised by the upper classes , and concluded by making an appeal to them regarding the coal whippera of the Tower Hamlets , and the little attention or sympathy paid to their claims .

      Mr . J . Campbell , of the Executive , supported the resolution , and made some witty remarks regarding the conduct of Mr . Wm . Clay , ALP . aud enquired of what use it Was for Mia to come there to address the 10 or 12 , 000 men he aaw . aionnd him ; unlesa they determined upon shaking off their apathy , unJesa each man was determined upon doing a man ' s duty ; they were all capable of doing this . He did not want to see them begging of their prond oppressors for leave to toil ; he wisheoV tojee them wipe away the brand of slavery from their foreheads . He did not want to see them the

      mean cowardly slaves they had been ; he wanted to See amongst them a ^ termination to be free- He was n ° lf ^ n to ^ toem listening to the advice of a lot of big-bellied Bishops , to endure patiently misery and destitution here , that they might have roast beef and plum-puddings hereafter . He fished them to get the roast beef and the plum-pudding now , and leave the concerns ef hereafter to the parsons . If any parsons were admitted into heaven , he trusted he should not go there , for he was fearful they and their backers would act as they bad donei here , and turn -it into a very hell . He trusted they stoodforth erect in their manhood * It was not tyrants that made slaves ; . it . was slaves that made tyrants . If they were determined to be free , not all the power of Whig or Tory combined could hinder them from- achieving their object ; it was their own

      criminal cowardly apathy which kept : them in bondage . Tho men in tbe ^ provincua were nobly doing their duty ; they were thirty years in advance of the mtn of Load on . He called upon them to come and join in the glorious movement . If they asked him what movement , he would tell them it was the National Charter Association . ( A . voice , " Repeal the Corn 'laws . ") That was the mbans to repeal them . Any man that asked him to assist in repealing the Corn Laws , and did not give him the power to do it , he looked upon as a very suspicious person , as a dishonest man / a political prig . The Charter would repeal all bad laws . He advised them immediately to join the organization . There were more than thirty different places of meeting iu London , ani if they exerted themselves as men , they ought to have 100 , 000 members . Mr . Campbell sat down much cheered .

      The Chairman put the resolution , -which was unanimously Carried . ^ v- - Mr . BLagicmoee moved the adoption of theNational Remonstrance to the Commons' House of Parliament . He was proudto Bee the Sim and noble stand which the working men of Great Britain were making in behalf of the Ciiarter . They had petitioned the HouBe of Commons time after time untilvpetit oning ha < i Eecome useless . Were they still to continue in their miserable destitute condition , seeing their -wives and children starving around them , and their only consolation was being congratulated by their enlightened legislators on the patience , -with which they bad borne their misery ? He asked them , as working men , would they stand this any longer ? Would they not raise a

      determined cry against it ? Would they not Joinin the cry which was advanciD ^ / rpm nort h and fro m south , from all parts of the kingdom for ju&tico and freedom ? If they united as men , in six months time they might obtain the Charter . Of what avail would be a repeal of the Corn L ^ wa wi Input pbliticalpowtr ? Their beat artizansand mechanics were fast emigrating and taking their knowledge to other lands . They claimed in the remenstrance no more thiin every man had a right to demand . They had been driven to tbe- most appalling depths of misery , vice , and crime by their class legislators , and they must obtain a Parliament , based on the principles , of the People ' s Charter , ere they could obtain liberty or happiness , or make themselves and families happy and comfortable . ;

      Mr . Faibchjld had great pleasure in seconding the remonstrance . The present House of ConiiuoBs h ; id told them in the most emphatic manner that they were not worthy of consideration , they had Bent a pptition signed by nearly four millions of persons , and What WaB its fete ? it was laid under tbe table and then kicked out of the House . He would say to them in the words of the late poet laureate , Soufcby , ' Petitioning for ' justice was weak ; the sovereign people should demand justice . " Mr . Fairchild then went into the : Corn Law Que&ttfin , and stated it was his opiuion that the great majority of the League were wolves iri eneep ' 8 . clothing ; they would give them the appearance of cheap bread , but

      would tie their hands behind them bo that they could not obtain it ; thoy well know so soon as you obtain political power down goes the landed aristocraoy , the millocracy , and all other inonopoliesV They say the people have bad leaders ; I aek them ia the Charter bad ? ( no ) . Then why reject it , but-that . ' they may still keep up the abominable system of class legislation , which enableB them to riot in luxury and keeps you in poveity and idleness ? If y < u had a good form of government would it be allowed tbntona man should have an income of £ 67 an hour ? uo , the very Idea Was absuid . He emphatically calleii upon them to stand firm by that code of laws , the People ' s Charter , which he v « m convinced would speedily be the iHw 6 t the land . :

      Mr . Cleave stated that he should , not have intruded upon their meeting had he not have b&en especially ' deputed to read a letter from Mr . O'Connor , detailing the cauaeof his absence . He was well aware the men of the Tower Hamlets wanted n « strangers to instruct tht m in their duty . The last speaker had spoken on the folly of appealing at all to the Commons , and stated they should memorialize the -. Queen .:. This also they were prepared to do . They intended doing all that their position required . They had first petitioned ; then they would remonstrance ; then pass a memorial to the Queen : and if that failed , do all that men should

      do who were determined to be free . They would theii unitedly demand that which none but crawling slaves and petty despots would withhold from them . It had been well observed that crawling men , —if men they could be called , —made the tyranta who oppressed them . Mr . Cleave then stated bis sorrow that they had not a room of their own to meet in , where they would bo free from the fangs of : i vampire police , lit . C . then alluded to the artifices of the cheap-bread system ; aud concluded by calling upon all to join the ranks of the National Charter Association , and never to relinquish one iota of the principles of the Ciiatter .

      The following letter -w ? . s then read from Mr . O'Connor , and was received with loud cheeva : — "London—Sunday . Mr Friends , —I came from Nottingham on Thursday last , for the purpose of attending the ' < Stepney Green" meeting , to -which I stood pledged ; but the writfor Nottingham beiDg issued on Friday night , and being pledged to render all the supijort in my power towards the return of Mr . Sturge , who has unequivocally pledged himself to the whole of the Ciiarter . I feel bound to redeem thatpromiaa . "Had I remained for the Stepney Green meeting , I could not have betn at Nottiughum to do businesa until too late ; and you must all bear in mind that , some weeks since , I addresseJ a letter to the Chartists , wherein I stated , that all engagements pending should give way to the Nottingham election , should that come suddenly upon us ; it lias come Buddenly ,. and I must redeem my pledge .

      "You are aware the leading Whigs have entered into a most dishonest and indecent compromise with Mr . Walter , whereby to secure themselves from diBr grace , and to secure the seat of Sir John Cam Hobr house . They have had the damning effrontery aud , Piesumption to hand over- —in as far aa their power laythe whole " Liberal" constituency to the service e , f Mr . Walter !" ' ' "" ' ¦ " - [ . ' : . ¦ - : " . VV- ' v-,- ; . ; ' / - ¦ ¦; ^ ~ " The electors and non-electors do me the honour to think , or rather to say , that my presence and assistance will go far in exposing this unheardrof piece of political delinquency ; and therefore I feel assured that any present at the Stepney meeting , who may feel a momentary disappointment from my absence , will say thatiio course was left lopen to me , bub that of hastening to Nottingham , and there taking my stand in the front of the opposition to united Whiggery arid Toryism . I start by the night train on this ( Sunday ) evening , to be at my post on Monday morning . ;

      " This explanation will , I trust , plead my full apology for absence . ; " And now allow me to make a single observation upon what should , In my mind , receive your best consideration-while assembled . 'I think that is a damnabledoctrineqf ' SirJames Oraham , that a constable has a perfect right to constitute himself judge as to what constitutes a legal meeting , or to form his own opinion ae to what seditious language means , or what may lead to riot or breach of the peace ; and that the Bqundness of such opinion is to be tested by the subsequent -verdict of a jury ! -Now , allow me to make a few observations upon this atrocious doctrine . In such case the witness being the co » isid 5 / e , and his act requiring a verdioti / f guilty against theaccused to make it legal , has a direct interest ; in making for himself the

      slroiigeit poisible case . But I will even put it more forcibly for you . Suppose at a Corn Law League meeting , that One of those blood-thirsty incendiaries , who are using all and every means to induce a starving people to fight , that they may run off -with the spoils of war . I say suppose that , like Mr . Taunton . of Coventry , these men use language which would indeed be sedition , and suppose n . constable should use his judicial discretion and arrest . him , I ask / in such case , Of what party would the jury consist who should try the accused ? Why , of Cora Law repealers , of course ; and whe would acquit the prisoner , though he should directly incite to acts of blood and violence . But if tho same jury was impanneled to try a Chartist for . much milder language , they would find Wm guilty . Thus you see that in thei one case the verdict of guilty against a Chaitisfc prisoner

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      would make the constable's act perfectly legal , * hile the verdict of not guilty against a Corn Law Leaguer would make the same ietillejgaL Now herein yon have the fact fully established that there is one law for the Corn Law repealers and another iaw far the Chartists , and further , you have the reason why the Government will not try the . question of legal arrest by a constable against a Corn Law repealer—because they could not get a jury to convict ; and you may rest assured that the local authorities ( who were

      the very parties that persecuted the Chartists ) will not institute proceedings against the violent' repealers , because they are of themselves ; Always bear in mind that many of those who are no w so loud in their complainta of distress , are the gorged leeches whe have Hugked labour ' s blood , and who persecuted me and others for defending ite lights . Thexefore meet them , battle them , and beat them ; and ere long we will create a public opinion stronger than the law ' s oppression , and a public feeling more ^ powerfpil than the ipse dixti of the minister of an oligarchy .: '

      " Let your motto be Liberty ; your aim , Union ; your means , thb Chaktkb , ; and your end , Justjce for one and all , for the rich and the poor . Join no party in the state , but receive the support qf all , of all classes who go with you for the Charter and its name . " Trusting that you : will ^ express yourselves . " boldly as Englishmen , but legally as Chartists , upon this subject ; and that you will never stir one hair's breadth out of the straight Cbartisfc tract to follow the false lights of any , ; . ¦ ¦ : , ¦ ¦' ; ¦ . ¦ ; «• I - am y ' : ; .. , .: ; .: " : ¦; . - ¦• .., " Your faithful friend and servant , "TBAEQUS O'CONNOE . " The Remonstrance was then put , and carried unanimously . ; . .: \ ¦ ¦;; ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' : : > ¦ : ¦' ¦¦ ' ' ¦ .- ''' Mr . . DuFPlEtii moved the National Memorial to the Queen , in an address replete with calm and deliberate reasoninff . ' -: ¦;¦ : : . .. " -. ' : ¦¦¦¦ ¦' ¦ :. . ;¦ ¦ \ -

      Mr . Farrer seconded the Memorial in a forcible address , which , drew down great applause . . MhBRANNON ably Bupported the Memorial which was unannnously carried . Mr . Feazier moved , and Mr . rtLiNGWOBTH seconded , ^ vote of thanks tc < ft > r . Bowtetc , their truly liberal and worthy Chairman , which he acknowledged m a neat speech . . ' .. ' The usual quantity of entnusiaBtio cheering was given , and the immense assembly quietly dispersed . ¦

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE " NORTHERN STA . R . 7 BY CHARTIUS . ¦ ¦" . . . . . No . i . . ' .. . ; ' . . ¦ ¦ ;' ¦ ' : LADT ALICE LISLE . —A TALE OF THE LAW . Strictjustice on offenee , Where men ate made so iiable to exr , ; ¦ .. ¦ ' Is cruelty . . '¦¦¦' " " ' • '¦ , .. .. . - \ When Moninouth was defeated , King James sent Judge Jeffriea to try the rebels The Judge had a military , as well as a judicial commission given him ; and , indeed , his proceedings were more in consonance with the bloody spirit of ihartial jaw than with the milder temper of the « ivil laws . Fear had made the King cruel ; hie refused the most presainesolicitations

      on behalf of the Duke , and was equally vindictive upen hia . foiiowers . He styled Jeffries' bloody a > ' siz ? B hia ' *• campaVgn in the westi" and well did they merit that name . So far from aoftening the rigour of ; the law , the zealous Judge fitrdtched it beyond its extremesi ; letter ; npt content with punishing ; the ringleaders , fee condemned many of the deluded people , and a train of prisoners -were marched after his carriage to grace his teiumph . By this severity ho probably expected to please his royal roaster ; but it is full as probabJo that he gratified his own brutal disposition . If he intended to strike terror into tho hearts of the disaffected , he Lad lost his aim ; for they were moved to indignatioii by that sttongeat incentive—pity .

      ¦ Thi first yictini of Jeffries ( we cannofisay of the law , ) was Lady Alice Lisle , an aged widow , whose husband had been one of Cromwell's adherents , and was a Judge under the Protectorahip . His property had been secured to her by the / indulgent Charles" 11 . ^ and , grateful for this favour , she was a royalisti or , at least , neutral . Being an Anabaptist , she had become acquainted with one of the preaciera of that sect , named Hioko , who had iubsequently joined Monmout& ' s army . During that unfortunate Duke ' s invasion , Lady Alice was residing in London , but after his defeat she went down to her own countiy house in Sonthamptonshire . ¦ Being under the necessity of hiding himself for the part which he had taken in the rebellion , Hicks , on her

      arrival , sent to ask leave to shelter himself in her bouse for awbile . She judged that biB extremity had made him ask this , and , without making any inquiries , but prompted merely &y her pity for distress , ' / ' and her respect for him aa & preacher , she granted his request . Accordingly , Hicks , guided by one of his religious followers , hnmed punn , went at night to avail himself of her Ladyship ' s . bumsne hospitaUty . A- fellow of the nnme of Barter , of ; whom they had Inquired the way , suspecting some secret motive , betrayed tlieui to a Colonel in the King ' s army , who ; ¦ went early next morning , aud took them priaonarg . Lady Alice Lisle was tried for harbouring Hicks ; there b * ing a statute which adjudges death to any one found guilty of knowingly harbouring a convicted traitor .

      Let us enter the Court andi see the trial of this Lady . Judge Jeffries sits upon the judgment-seat , clothed in a scarlet robe and ermine tippet , and looking as an owl with the huge wig in ¦ which his r wisdom Is housed . There is a emirk ef malicsous conceit playing about the coriiers . of his iaouth ; his hard eyes glow "with vindictiye fiatisfaction , and his whole appearance answers to the description of the great image of the authority whose deeds make angels weep . We shudder rs we look at hlm > and turn with sympathy to behold the poor priBOner Who is at the mercy of such a Judge She is plainly dressed a 3 becomes her religious persuasion , and looks the respectable old lady ef those homely times when ladies were their own housekeepers , and prided themselves chiefly on their domestic economy .

      She wears a biack Bilk sacque or long loose body-gown , with White pinners across her breast , and a low-crowned bonnet , resenibling those worn by " quiet ; quakere 3 se 8 . ; s Her hands are clasped upon her breast , and she sit with resigned composure as though she were in a place of worship . She is to be tried , for what I Let us hear t ^ e indictmont—tbe Clerk of the Court drawls it out with a mechanical tone . It charges her that not having the fear of God before her eyes , but beiDg instigated by the devil , she had with .-drawn her allegiance from the King , arid with all her might and influence had striven to raise a

      rebellion against bim , to subvert the government , to deprive him of his crown end dignity , and to put him to death . Horrible accusations , and deliyered against her witb . terrible sblebriity . Poor old woman ! there she sita , timid by nature and nervous by age—gentle in disposition and charitable by religion—fitter to fondle babes than lead rebels to the slaughter of a king . and the destruction of his kingdom . A lawyer will s&y , these are me » e words , of courso , n&t Intended to signify any > thing . It may be so , but why then are they uttered , and with such s&lemn formality too ? Such bo-play is enough to ; frighten a poor prisoner into fits , arid to impose upon the judgment of the jurors ; !

      The immediate charge to wh , ch the lady will be required Jo make answer is , that she had secretly , wickedljf , and traitorously , given meat and drink to John Hicks , well knowing him to ^ be a false traitor , When asked . ' it she was guilty of high treason , she truly said " No . " And when asked how she would be tried , she vainly said , V By God and her country . " They had already acquitted her , for whp that reads his Bible but knows that she would be rewarded in Heaven for what she had '' one ; and who , that has a cbheclence on earth , but feels that she deserved such reward . The law termed her humanity , wickednesslet us see tte humanity of the law . " God send the © a good deliverance ? ' says the Clerk . Daniel was delir vered out of the lion ' s den , but Lady Lisle is in a court

      of law surrounded by lawyers . The jurors have been sworn , and look like men convened on : a repngnaat duty . The spectators are awed ; by the panoply of justice and the terrible show of lawyers , and listen with deep but ' . silent interest . Hush ! tho prisoner speaks . With the dim look and tremuleus voice of age , she says she is hard of hearing , and deBiiea that some one may stand beside her to tell her -what ia ^ said ; herrequeBt is granted . The counsel for the king opeps the case ; had he been a man , one look at the infirm old lady , arraigned for her humanity , would have caused him to fiing down his brief ; but he wa 8 a lawyer , and he

      aggravated her case as much as he could . He said that siie was the widow of a rebel , and that Hicks had bt'en ona of the most active instiuments in tbe late rebellion . He was interrupted , by the prisoner ; yrho eaid with hohiest warmth thiat gave energy to her feeble voice , " Rly Lbrd , I abhorted , that rebellion . " And indeed she had cause , for her son bad fallen while fighting for the King . Jeffries immediately stopped her . Without giving her her usual title , be said bluntly , "Xoek you , Mrs . Lisle , you shall be heard when it comes to your turn . " He went on to inform her of the usual method of proceeding , and told her with a sneer , that she need not fear but justice would be done to her . ¦ ¦ _

      ¦ Dunn was the first withess called agaisBt her . Jeffries had been previously informed that he wonld be a very unwilling witnefcs , and therefore he began an extrajudicial charge' to . him , in order to frighten him into compliance with his purposes . As Dunn was the messenger sent by Hicks to ask Lady Lisle ^ s leave for him to harbour in her houee , he waa the most important and Indeed the only witness whose testimony could convict her of knowing that Hicks was a tin * claimed traitor , and therefore , Jeffries took espefittl pains to dun him npon this subject ; for upon her plSi vious knowledge of Hicka' guilt , depended her crfmin atity in harbourinfi him . But Dunn was hot / to btf

      dunnedont of hlBintegJity . Partly out o ! leliglonB reverence for , Hicka , wbp was Bis spiritBal , paatoty and partly out- 'dt regard to the [ hoapitableojd I ^ dy , Dann waareaolTOd-rW ^« ay no m 6 re than . 'W -coold help . Thipking ^ t" Data ' s puritanical principles might make ^ Bta sifflKStiUonii . Jeffries , ^^ after vainly attemptfng tojfrlghten ^ im by threats ; of bodily punishment , began ¦• * % » " ¦ " trj * p ! what influienco threats npon his soul woald iave . Ho told bim that he wanted jtbe truth Bgainst the Lady , not lies in her / awBr ^ to , wanted do •' Hieksying , ' ^ be said , hei wondered that 0 od had not ; Btruck ^ Buch- ' a gross prewioatoi InW helL : The vitness remained fitm ; and Jeffries hoping that if the prisoner ipoke to him Bhe might fajionscLously comaiit

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      herself , asked her if shehad iny q ^ gons to put to Dunn , bnt ahe replied in the negative . Enraged at hia disappointment , he told her , she was ~ no doubt glad that Donn had sworn to the truth of a lie in her behalf . Again he assailed Dunn , abused him personally , and ridiculed his religion ; but ^ 1 In vain . 'Barter vsras now called . This was an IgnoraBt fellow , who -was pleased- with fafs importance * on being made a witness , and proud of being asked questions by a Judge . He would have told anything , but he had nothing to tell , except that he had been laughed at , for , like Scrub in the play , he fancied tiiattbose who laughed , were laughing at him ; Pleased with the fellow for affording him this slight clue , yJeffries readily laid hold of U . and , turning to : Dana , asked hlra-what

      they were ! talking about when they laughed . Dunn said he did not know ; whereupon the Judge conjured him by all that is sacred to tell the tiutn . and denbunced the most dreadful effects of the Divine ^ vengeance upon him , if he did not tell it , suddenly concluding hia long string of obleBtations by quickly- asking him— - What was the buBiness that he and the lady were talking about when they laughed ? " I cannot give an account of it , my lord , '' was the steady answer of the impeiietroble Dunn . Tie Lord Giiiut Justice leaned back in hia aeat , and wiped the ¦ -sweat : off his brow , uttering at the same time ; tkesa broken exclamations- ^ " Oh ; blessed God—was there ever such a villain on the face cf the earth ?—to what timer , are we reserved . ' ^—Then , Bharply turning to the witaess , he

      asked bim if he believed in God ? Ihinn replied in the afiirinative , and . the Judge proceeded— - " Dost thon , then believe that He can enduro a lie . ' —that he knows thy thoughts— 'that He could aink thee to h % ill this moment for a lie ?'' . The witness Beemed moved by these solemn inquiries . He looked down , and shuffled hie feet Jeffries perceived the impisiEaioa which he had made , and , with a consuniniate . . artifice ,-began to soothe and coax him . *' , Friend , " said he , in an encouraging tone , deceive uot thyself , " &c Dunn held his head aside , as if ke was c ' onsidencg- Jeffries recapUulatMallthathadbaensaid by himself aud the other witnesses , and charged him with the evidence that had already appeared , in order to force more forth ; but in vain . Dunn kept sUence . ; Jbffries then tritd to

      ina-nne the minds of the spectatoxa in the court , representing Dunn as ah odious character , and hintisg that be Would ; find no mercy here nor hereafter for his obstinacy . He appealed to Heaven against ^^ him , and invoked its condemnation wpoa him ; aud then , in a solemn tone , required him , in God ' s name , to t « il the truth . The ^ ^ witnes * was perplexed , and , ^^ knew not what' to say . " Good Gud 1 " exolaimed ; Jeffriea , " was there ever such an impudent raoc 3 iJ" He then in-Binuated that his silence would do the lady harm , for , he said , it was enough to convict her . Dunn said he did not wish to favour her . " Then favour , thy own soul , " . said the : Judge ; arid , with an air of friendly condescension , he told him , f » You Bbculd not have asked me the question twice I . would have told you

      without , being obliged to tell ; but you have boen sworn , and yet you Will not speak . " The witness / more softened by these mild expressions than by threats , said , "Ask me again , and I will answer . " Jeffries eaw the favourable , impression he had made , and wishful not to take advantage of it t » o prematurtly , he ecdeaveured to stfengtbenit . Before he put the question he premised that it W 3 s out « ta tender regiird to Dunn ' s eoul , that he wished him to speak truth , and no- ; from any desire to hear the prisoner criminated by it , and then asked him tbe question in a persuasive tone . Dunn said solemnly and sincerely that all the lady bad asked him was , whether he knew that Hicks was a Nonconformist . This -was not the answer , that Jeffries expected , and , exasperated by what he considered an evasion , he told some one to hold a candle near Dann ' s " brazsu face , " in the hepe of disconcertiug him , so as that he should say , not what was true , for he had

      already said that , but what Jeffries wanted him to say . Here let us pause a moment . Surely a Judge ought calmly to deUben » fe upon facts elicited by counsel from , "witnesses , and not endeavour to extort evidence in prejudice of the prisoner . If he act as a counsel at aU » & should be as counsel in favoui of tee prisoner . In cases of the worst ciimes , and where the evidence is direct , he \ eught to lean to the favourable side , much more so in mere co ' &structtve points of law ; What shall " we- say of Jeffries , who used every artifice which his superior Knowledge of human nature dictated to him , to intimidate , to wbeedlei or to fascinate a witness : into false testimony , in order to convict an innocent and charitable old laoy ? It . ia a wonder that any witness can be brought to attend in court , for he ia brow-beat by counsel , jaud stands , as it werei in a pillory , to be pelted at bytba "bullets of the braiu . "' ' - \ . '¦ . ¦ '' o- . \ . -. V - . - . / .. ; - " . . - ¦ .-. '¦ ¦'¦¦ ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      From the London Gazette of Fria \ ty , July 22 . ¦ . ' ...: ' . ; BAKKRUPIS . r ' , ¦ : ¦ ' . : ' - ; - . ' Richard Cooper Gray and Honry Trimbey Gray Grosvenor-place and : Marine-place , Coniniereial-road , East , and Tipper Stairiford-rtrret , BlccltfrJar ' B-TOad , rope-makers , to Eurrender , Aug . & , Sept . 9 > at twelve o ' clock , at the Barkrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Church ; Spital-square ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Bekhex . Thomas Hentpn Wbodj Raneiagh-road . Pimlico , engineer , Aug . 8 , at twelve o'clock , ¦ - 'S ^ pt . 9 , at two , at the ^ Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Holnier , Bridge-street , Southwark , ; official assignee , Mr . Tarquand , Capthall-builuings . ¦' :

      William Wood , Picket-street-chsnibers , Strand , Aug . 10 , at two o ' clock , Sept , 9 , at twelve , at t he Bank , rupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Columbine , Carlton-chambera . Regent-street ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-iane . /; - : ¦ ' : ; . ' -. : % . " . .- V ' : ¦ ' ¦ : ;¦; . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' '" Thomas Chapman , Tottenbam-coiirt-road and Kentisatowu , dairyman , Aug . 10 , at one o ' clock , Sept 9 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt's , Court . Solicitor ^ , Messrs . Rutter ami Trotter , Ely-place , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Grsom , AbchurcB-Iane . Chatles King , Joseph Eiandell , and D ' . vid Henry Kingi l | erncr ' 8-Btreet . Oxfbrd-street , jpaper-stainers , Aug . 12 , at eleven o ' clock , Sept 9 , at one , at the Ba-krupt's Court , Solicitor , Mr . Djerr Ely-place ; rfficial assignee , Mr . Edward's , Frederick ' s-place , OldJewrv . ¦¦ - : : ' - . : ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ,: ¦ . ¦ : ; " ; - " '' ; ¦ . ' . ¦

      Henry Westwood , Wolverhampton , steelyard-maker , Aug . 17 ,-at threo o ' clock , Sepfc ; 9 , at one , at the Swaa Inn , Wolveihampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Wright and Smith , Golden-square ; and Messrs . Manby and Hawksford , WolVerhanipton . . : Samuel Sedgley , Dudley , Worcesterahire , grocer , Aug . 17 , Sept 0 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Swan Hotel , Wolverhampton . SoUoitois , \ Mt . Johnson , "Verulatnbuildings , Gray ' fi-inn ; and Messrs . Robinson and Fletcher , Dudley . ; : : ' . ' . ' .. ; ' ; ; ^ - : Thomas Clarke , Rugby , Wat wiekshire , mercer , Aug . 17 , Sept . 9 , at eleven 6 ' ctocSi at the Spread Eagle Hotel , Rugby . ' Solicitors , Messrs . Austen and Hobaon , Raymond-buUdingsi Gray ' -iina : ;/ and Messrs . Benn , Rugby . ; .: ¦ - . " ' ¦ ¦ : ~' : " ~ y . ' :: ¦ '¦ ; ' ¦; " : ' ¦; William Stone and Robert Blake , Brktol , taiJor ? , Aug . 5 , Sept 9 , at 11 o'clock , at the CommerciaUrooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Measra . Gregory and Sons , Clement ' sinn ; and Messrs . Williama and Birker , Bristol . ;

      James Fitton , Bol con-le-Moors , Lancashire , smallware dealer , Aug . 23 , Sept . 0 , at ten ; o ' clock , . at ; the Swan Inn ,. Bolton-Ie-Moore . Solicitors , Mosars . Chilton and Auckland , Chancery-laae ; and Mr . Hilton , Bolton-le-Mpoxs . ¦;' ; . -V Gharles . Lewis Wren 3 hall , tiverpool , dealer i music , Aug . 9 , Sept . 9 , at one o'clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool ,. SolicitorB , Messrs . Clarke and Metcalfe , Lincoln ' s-inn-Selds ; and Messrs . Jones and Williams , Liverpool . v . ' " ¦¦ . " :. '¦ ¦ :: ' : ¦/"¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ : - '¦' : ¦ : /" : :: . Jame 8 Wat 8 oaisan ., and James Watson , jun ., Wathupon Dearne , Yorkshire , corumon-browers , Aug . 10 , Sep 9 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Towa-fcall , Sheifield . Solicitors , Messrs . Battyo , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Sbackleton , Leeds .

      Jonathan Skeltoh , Gainsborough , Lincolnshire , miller , Aug . 8 , Sept . 9 , at eleven o ' clecK , at the White Hart Inn , East Retford , Jfotiiigbamshiro . Solicitors , Messrs , Shearman and Evans , Gtay ' fi-inn-square ; and Mr . Spun- ; Gainsborough . V' ' Francis and Edward Arthur , Birmingham , coach * makers , Aug . 8 , Sept .: 9 , at one o ' clock , at tueWateEloo-rooins , ; Birmingham . Solicitors , Mr . Stafford j Buckingham-street , Strand ; aud Mr . Harding , Birmingham . . ' . " . '¦ : : .. . - .. - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ - ... / ; - " ' - ¦ ...- ' .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' : PARTNEBSHIPS DTSSOLVED .

      Catlow and Smith , Colne , Lancashire , cotton-manufacturers . T . Livesey and Co ., Alkrington and Manchester , coalmastara . C . and J Hattersley , Sheffield , spindle-manufacturtrs . Boyes , Burrell and Co ., Liverpool ; , ship-brokera : P .. Taylor and : Co ., Cbadderton and Manche > ter , flax-spinners ; as far aa regards J . Taylor ; ' ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ . ' ¦ : ' . '¦ ¦"' . - ••; ¦ . ' ; -:. -. ; "' . " ¦; ¦ ¦' - ' . ; . ' " ¦ : ¦ - ; ;

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      From Pie Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 2 . -. . . ; ''' . ¦' ¦" . ¦ ¦¦ -i \ BiNIcitUPl ! S .. V . -- ; - . ' .: : ; . . - John Ivery , builder , High Wyoombe , Buckingham , shire , to surrender , Aug . 11 , at half-past two , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of- Bankruptcy , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane , oflicial assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Ashley . Shoreditcb . v :: % -: ¦ ; ¦ --Hchrj John Watkinsen , cardmsker , Hightown , Yorkshire / Aug . 2 ; and Sept . IS , at ten , at the George Hotel , Huddersfield . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher ,

      and Sodlaw , Chaucery-. ' ane , London ; Mr . Mighdva , Brighpu ^ , :: yorkshire :. ? . . ; V . ;; - ; ..: ;"; ' . r ., ; - ; . /¦' :- / - - ! -. ¦ .. Charles Bindley and Francis Copland , coach makers , Birmingham , Aug ; 19 , and Sept . 13 ; : at the Watorloo-^ joms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr « Alexander , Southyl ^ eii . EinjBb . ury-sqnare , Middlesex . . ;! -, ; ... . - ? I ^ HjOTaas Collet and Jd » ph ^ Smi ^»«? . *^' " P * nner 8 » 'dswife Yprkshire , Ang . 12 ; and 8 e |» t W » at twelye i at ' tfiS ' ' Cbum ^ slonW-rpoma ,- ' i IlfeedB . ; Soliclt 6 r 0 , Mr Hanipsod , > iancheBter ; Mesaa . Adllugbm , ; Qjcegory , Faulkner , and Follett / Bedford-roWiLondoa .

      WUiiam W »« & plumberV Manchesteri Aug 22 , and Sepfc ; 13 , at ten , " at the Commissioners' -reoma , Manchester . Solicitor , Mr . Hadfleld , Manchester ; Mearss . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , King ' s Bonch-walk , Temple , London . v -,:. ¦ ¦ . ; ' : •; : ;¦ ::.,,. ; . ¦•; ¦ : ; v ' ¦ : ; . ; ::.. ; . Henry' Hiton , bleacher . Over ,, Darwen , Lancashire , Aug . 23 , at ttiree , an 4 Sept 13 V ? t eleTen , it the Commissioners ' . rooms , Swan Inn , Balton-le-Moors . Solicitors , Measrs . Milne , Parity , Milne , ant \ Morria , Temple , London ; Measte . ^^ NeyiUe r AiMwoirth , and Beardflworth , Blackburn . : : ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1173/page/7/