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    • THE LANCASTER TRIALS.
    • 01 iuuuun iuaxK i Lord Ashley.—This benevolent and philanthropic nobleman has been kind enough to transmit
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    • THE SOUTHERN STAH. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1843.
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      The Seventh and last Number of this popular work is now published , and on Monday next will be published a Number containing Notes cpon the Trial , and a review of the causes which led lo the outbreak of last year . This Number will also contain a Portrait from a Steel Engraving of Baron Rolfb , which presents a most striking likeness of the " Just Judge , " together with an errata and General Index .

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      TO 1 DB JKDITOB OF THE KOBTHBBH STiB . 3 ) r » a SIR , —Having seen in the Northern Star of yesterday a paragraph annoandng a lecture to be deli-Terro ; n t > e Chartist neTO-room , Wiodybank , Colne , at two o ' clxk oq 8 nna > y next , May 28 th , ana the Council not being vtnrs "who the person is , nor . where he comes from , have determined not lo receive as lectarers any one who has not corresponded -with the anoe : adon previous to the announcement . And farther , any Itctcrus wishing to fljit Coins are respectfully Jnforsp&a vcat they -will be required to correspond "with ae , : s * be tab-Secretary to tbe Assoeiatien ; and if ¦ tr&ii = r . win bertqn : red to produce their credentials : non . _ -: * .- Trill be attended to . 1 > . % i -ir , by inaertiDf the above , you will mnch obh > . : hc Coaddl of the Association . Toms , in the bonds of onion , HE 5 BT Higsos , sub-Secretary , Barker ' s Yard , St . John ' s-ztreet , Colne . Cc . r < ., May 21 , 1813 .

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      50 THE EDITOB OF TBB *>' 0 STHE *>* STAR . Sir —Have the goodness jnst to alloir H 3 to state , thrci-i- - ^ medium of the Star , for the satisfaction of the C iti - -a Green Cba-. tists , that the snm of Ss . ^ i-, in drt ^ . —; irate payments , "was received by ub towards the 1 - -J -- - - - Fund , and which snm will not fail daly to appei - " » "cen the list of ffubscripuona is published . This ¦ ¦; * . * iil appear in a fortnight , at the farthest , Irom ti = vressat da ^ e . Richabj ) 1 Iar 5 de > , Sub-Seerctary . Ekv-u . , May 22 nd , 1 S 43 .

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      ~? THE ZDIIOB O ? TEX XOBTHKKX STAB-£ -1 .. — Oa Monday I was draped before the Oundle Ben- _ c-f viai are called maeistrates , to answer a char *; - _ " sedition . George Walter , a" non-elector of OsE ' . st . complained , gave information , and swore on Tnesvssj . -be 2 oth of April , that on Sunday the 23 d Aprii , s : The parish of Oapthorn , 1 made use ci influti . v . -y Lii ^ nage , and aEoiigsl ether expressions , said , ¦ the Qaten was a poor silly girl , and not fit to gOTerr . ¦ 1 as ^ . u yon that I did not nse the lsngnage here attrii .-: " r' t-i me . Walter said en oath , on Monday , tiytt =: jcl-I the people that the Government was not reprfctcntr . i , and another fclio ^ swore that 1 said that theG-TvJsz-iect stood no chance ticept once in seven years , unless a fool ef a King or Qne&n happened to die . -- n , ~ other fool was about to swear to something , bat I -yi * . v _^ fcd h **™ th rough ecsplaining that this was not £ -- ' " trial , he ( Mr . Knight ) having been in the room ^ Ll ' -ir the Jan witness , a tailor , had been giving his ertdrtee .

      The —called Magistrates » ho should be counsel for such as ny ^ elf , an undefended prisoner , decided that I was - -isl sureties in £ 60 , myself in £ 30 , and two other fereons in £ 15 each , to keep the peace . 3 Jr . E . Hs .: i . t > . -jut much esteemed friend , who was 77 years -f . ; itn Tuesday , came forward with Mr . M . TFynr ^ j , yi-ontaneenaly , tad thna I was liberated ihjettt ? i ^ fciTM * "e *» of three gentlemen , en that day , the 3 '" : ! : -= iant , afttr lying cue night in Onndle Bridewell , <~ ' - prisoners are only ellowed 2 ibs . of white fcifci .- az i cold water without measure per day . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , William Coopeb . WelccE-in-the-Woods , 20 th Maj , 1 S 4 S .

      10 HI 5- GSACE THE DTJKE OF WELLINGTONMt Lord , —Mat it Please Tors Gracz , — Havir ^ Tead yonr reply to & question p » t by the Earl of Roe-rj in the House of Lords , in reference to the agitatisa of a Repeal of tfee legislative Union , and feeling ht-. r - f-It satisfaction at the instant response which yonr Ural ' s unfriendly remark * drew from the lovera of liberty , I may be permitted , thronzh the medium of the Ae > - ~ V .-a Star , to convey to yoni Grace my humble opinit - ' . f year Grace's announcement ; and firm conviction of ; i ^ ireSeaey to suppress the voice of justice which is prfJing its thundering echoes on the guilty « nscifcne ; o ! a ilBve-creating Government

      1 an . vtrfectiy aware that yonr Gn : e is a Daie , aBd eonsttj- * * Jj removed in the scale cf society to a great distance fr m your Gract- ' e correspoiidest ; bnt even on this j-v : ; . t I do not envy your title er the means by which j . u cqinred it- But as I bear the image of your € fod &r , r > - brow , and lay claim for birth to the land wine 1 ' ; - 'i ! seem to forget was once your home , 1 fe * l that I ? zi . not only justified , but th&t it a my duty to do the 1-n-e I can in the canse which , . next to life , a gfT . irire Irishman values most dearly . It is iii > t the first rime thai Ireland suffered ibongh the treachery ol her cliildren , and witnessed the fact cf her Hngrateful son 3 selling cot only themselves but hex , for a Me »; of Pottage" ; nor must yonr Giice be angry if history hand you down to postmty 2 , 5 * n advocate for injustice a-ad a TolnntiLry cxecatiosrr of its edicts .

      Yo ; r Grace mast certainly be aware of the fact lhat lrrlar . d never was conquered by force of arms , and thai even the Union Tvas not fairly obtained , and coaseqnenrij ihe Government have no just ciajm to retiin icai which was as illegally acquired , as it 33 frsucniTnily po = sesed . As a christiaa your Grace should be aware of the command "To give evciy one In ? own , " and the precept , ** To do unto others as you wi-uld men should do unto you . " Mother Chure" ojqs all this into jour Grace ' s ears , and your Grace : 2 n-r rubmit to her "Anathema ' onless yon abide by i er injunctiocs . Bnt what signifies ike old lady ' s remoustiance—the political cocseience predonina > : 5 ov-r the religions , and the thunders of scriptural u-nunciationare drowned in the anticipated roar o » artillery , which , usder the auspices of your Grace , threatens to sweep out « f existence the people of a i * rs-cut 8 d country , asd blot out her naire from aznonr .-t the nations cf the eanh .

      VeriJT . yoar Grace mns ; have forgotten the tactics of the General in having thus prematurely exposed jonr plan of action , and by forgetting that prudence is the better part of valour . As a military man , yonr Grace has acted wrong in shewing your weakness to the enemy ; axd , as a politician , I would , wilhou ; meaning any offence , say it is a very noisy but fl } - * d vised exhibition of factions spirit , and is more remarkable for froth than wisdom . Your Grace may have -witnessed the peTformsBce of a farce , entitled Bomba £ tes Fnrioso , " and if so , perhaps remember how the hero of tbe scene hangs up bis boots and vaontingly proclaimsu Whoever does those boot 3 displace Snail meet Bombastes face to face , "

      And then struts off the stage with the little drumiBer < ti hi ? heels beating a march on a piece of sheepskin by vraj of accompaniment to his movezncci . This , i i ; rint , is rather a comical likeness of a General zTt- * 2 . Dote , who has been the conqueror of Jiapoleon , and the instrument ia" the hands of a despot to ernsh the rising spirit of continental liberty : bnt if your Grace will only view yourself ir . the clear mirror of imperishable justice and unsnnicd truth yon will soon perceive the resemblance to be perfect—Whoever will not bold his peace Shall meet old BouB-ast face to face .

      But , now mark , my Lord Duke ! When tie voice of pub-ic opinion shall have concentrated the moral enex £ * 3 of the millions whom you would annihilate , the bombastic threats of the entire host of modern Furio = o « i will be hnsbed ; and when retreat will be necessary , there will be more drummers than one to beat sp the hearts of your dispirited companions to Borne sccti enlivening tone as the " . Rogue ' s march , " er perhaps the more appropriate strain of There you £ 0 with yonr pye out . " This , my Lord Duke , will most positively be tie end of all yonr projects , and 1 vrill now be so plain as to tell yon why I venture to prophesy your discomfiture .

      As your Grace is doubtless conversant with the history of the Irish people , I vnll refer you to its pages for proof whether tyranny in any shape , either political , religions , or military ever succeeded" in its attempts to stale tie cry for justice , or could bind ihe spirit of liberty which soared above misfortune , and £ rew mighty even amid the din of persecution ; and which at this moment , like a harbinger of peace , spreads her -SS ^ is over her devoted children . Your Grace may seek in vain for an example through tbe black catalogue of one hundred years of bitter sufferings , nor will yon find by a reference to the more modern portion of that period , nor even ¦ while your Grace has figured as a persecutor of his brethren , a proof that violent threats or measures save been of any avail , or could either terrify into submission or compel that people to acknowledge the power which crushed them to ba aught save ijraacical and unjust .

      Your Grace ' s opposition to the Catholic Emancipation Bill is stul remembered , and all classes of honest men can Bee in your attempts npon the liberties of the Irish , the certain basis of your own and party ' s abandonment of your position , and unqualified accession to the demands of an iujured and too long insulted people . The opposition and violent declamations of faction against the measure of emancipation , malted away like vapour before the morning ran , and even tbe great General whose titles are written m the blood of liberty ' s heroes , and whose heart u as callous as the iron-boltB which paved his way to a Dukedoa , wa » constrained to yield to the force of public opinion , and acknowledge himself defeated by the noral aught of an invincible people . Tonr Grate will also remember the Irish rjeonla

      feare leaxnad by sad experience , the fact that the Government have invariably , as in the present case , Irs * goaded them to breacbee of the peacs , and then inflicted premeditated vengeance on the heads of the aggressor . History bears ample testimony to the truth of this assertion , nor can your Grs . ce escape the imputation of wantonly throwing down the gauntlet as a stimulus for Irishmen to pick it np . But , thank God , that day is gone -by ; the people have on a former occasion driven your Grace from what yon considered a tenable pt-sivion , and by no other means save moral force , and have little now to dread from faction , whatever shape it may assume , provided they are roe 10 each othtr and the caoso rrhich binds then . Th :- Irish hav <_ grown Bwrs wise and tempsratt , to b « ainud of jour

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      Grace ' s physical display , and treat with merited contempt the efforts of your Grace ' s satelites , to prompt them to deeds which would plunge themselves and country into the horrors of a civil war , and only suit the purposes of the parties who are base enough to propagate it . How could your Grace , as an Irishman , listen to tbe rile and diaboliesl announcement of the Earl of Roden—** That the people of Ulster were still sound and loyal , and ready to do in 1845 what they had to effectually done in 1798 , " when you must know that his Lordbhip meant that thej were ready " to wade knee-deep in Papist blood , " to Bupport a cruel system of Government—to nphold a church ascendancy , and to perpetuate , as a national

      grievance , " the glorious , pious , and immortal memory" of their darling William , the father of the Orange faction , whose "war-cry is , " War to the Papists , and blood to the knife , ' and whose motto ia the two greatest evils of the Empire , " Church and State , and no surrender" 1 The Rodens , the Jocelyns , the Lansdownes , the Dowsshires , and even the sapient Broughams , echo back the cry of extermination , and death , or gagging is to be lavished on all who dare to raise their voice against iDjnstice or breathe a prayer for the success of poor , unhappy , persecuted and degraded Ireland . But mark tfee warning ! The venom of their malice will recoil on their own gailty heads ; and those who in power would bury their assassin daggers in the bosoms of

      the ; r prostrate victims vrill in the day of retribution , " call upou the mountains to cover them" from the wrath of an avengiDg people . Yoht hostile preparaiionB are unnecessary ; there will not be any more such scenes as 1798 presented . We will have no wholesale murder—no " walking gallows , " or patriots suspended by the neck on Bloody Bridge , with the barbarous inscription of "Durham Mustard" attached to their persons as a proof of the sanguinary dispositions of a regiment bearing the unenviable name of the " Durham Militia . " We will have no more burnings , rapes , and brutalities , B 9 r confiscations of property to enrich the despoilers . Ko , no , my Lord Diike , the " schoolmaster has been abroad , " and tveu the children of the humblest

      peasant are nouiiy acquiring a knowledge of the evils of the past and the remedies for the future ; aud I would say to your Grace , you ought , if no other circumstance induce yon , if the dictates of common sense do not teach you , or shame for being an enemy to your country ' s freedom , make a merit of necessity , as formerly , and grant , with becoming grace , that ja 5 t concession which will not , caJwot be refused when asked for , as the Irish will ask for it , and as the peeple of England and Scotland will ask for it at the same time . Your Grace must aot be deceived . The people of the empire sympathise with their Irish brethren , and forgetting minor differences will , to crush the common enemy , aid them in the

      honr of need , and complete the triumph of principle that right shall aehieve a victory over might , and bury for ever beneath the weight of its own corruptions the evils of misrule and class dominion . If your Gisce will place the two great questions of Emancipation and Reform in juxta-position with the Union , there will be little doubt of the result of your Grace ' s rtflections regarding the Repeal agitation . Let me , therefore , while it is jet time , intreat your Grace to consider that your efforts to suppress the spirit of liberty in Ireland , and through her to rivet the chains of English slavery , are ae fruitless and unavailing as for your single arm to catch the moon and hurl it at their heads , and your hostile dispositions as unnecessary as Ihelajtd ' s claim to ujbkbtt

      is jest . I am , my Lord , Your Grace ' s obedient servant , And one of your persecuted but unconquerable countrymen , Yeritas .

      The Lancaster Trials.

      THE LANCASTER TRIALS .

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION . Bt reference to our present Number , the reader may learn the position of the respective belligerents , and will , doubiiess , without any suggestion of out ' s , dran' his own conclusions as to the probable issue of the struggle . It is our duty , however , as journalists , not only to register our own opinion , but to collate for our readers ail those matters and facts which are likely to operate upon the minds of

      the respective parties . Since we last wrote upon this subject , then , we have had an opportunity of witnessing the amount of respect with which the English SIini = ter ' s declaration of war was received in the Irish camp . We have also the answer given by tbe Ministera of Peace to the Minister at War . We have furthermore the declaration and registered vow 3 of the subalterns of th « moral army of Irishmen in an wer to the anticipations of tbe local blood-suckers . ' We are united , " says the Lord Bishop of Arda ^ h

      — " we are resolved , says the pastor of Mallow —* we are determined , " respond the Irish people . Oar next and greatest consideration then is , how , and in what manner , this struggle is to proceed and terminate . Heretofore the public mind wa 3 led to believe , aad ws were amongst those who gave credence to the assertion , that the question of Repeal was one which may be used according to the caprice of Mr . O'CoxxELL himself ; and , so long as that notion prevailed , the discussion and consideration of the question was likely to be confined within very narrow limits , and , when dangerous , to be crushed without exciting any considerable amount of sympathy for the sufferers . It would seem

      however—and with pleasure we perform this act of justice—that Mr . O'Conkkll , supposing that all Irish redress was centred in the restoration of a Parliament , lent a willing assistance towards the completion of those measures which , in their workings , he was aware would be deiuaive and unpopular . The end being great and glorious—being , in fact , the restoration of his country , and the destruction of the power of that band of surpliced ruffians by whom her ruin was ensured , justify the means—an apology which Churchmen use for the success of the worst of undertakings when accomplished by the most diabolical means , and which we are justified in using when the end is glorious , and the means justifiable .

      We learn , however , from the Freeman ' s Journal , that tbe question is now a national question—one which may be made in Mr . O'Conmkll ' s hands the " Aaron ' s rod , " swallowing up all others ; but which can no longer be made the instrument of extracting boons for the few as a means of satisfying the manj . We are aware that the recent declaration of Mr . O'Coksell as to the means still at the disposal of Government for the suppression of the agitation has caused much doubt and misgiving : and we shall scarcely be saspected of

      too mnch confidence in Dajuel ; but , weighing the matter as a whole , we do not feel ourselves justified in coming to ths conclusion , that the clauses of that speech to which exception has been taken , offered fair ground for impeachment of his sincerity . Mr . O'Coxsell describes the multiplicity of circumstances , each of which in its individual character , swells the nation ' s voice , and becomes a whole in the national demand . ' * One section of Repealers , ' says he , " may be taken from the agitation by such concessions , and another portion by the concession

      of something else ; and thus , by redressing griev- j anees , I may be thereby reduced from a giant ' s j strength to a dwarfish weakness . " In nona j of these concessions , however , which , if granted j to the full , do we recognise one single boon for ] the people . They would be but sops to sections | which , when satisfied , would again letnr * to the i ranks of domestic faction , and whose alliance ! must be preserved at an expense too great even \ for a strong Government . The natural inference , therefore , which we draw from this recent declara- ' tion of Mr . O'Coukkll when coupled with the more recent avowal of the Catholic Hierachy of Ireland , made through one of the most influential of their body—the avo ^ al of the Rev . Mr . Collins , to ^ e ' . hcr ' with the afesta : ion of the Freeman ' s Journal , is \ that Mr . O'Connell r = ed it as a meaas of delineating to !> e Irish rcinj : ' ne multiplicity of ^ vrongs tii'der ' vf wch the satiou fuffc ? vd , and the iiapw-sfouhy ol

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      the English Legislature conceding any such measures of relief as would be satisfactory to the several sections he described , and at the same time palatable to the " imperium in imperio * ' the intolerant rampant State Church faction . His meaning , as we take it , may be rendered thus : —You see the multiplicity of our wrongs , can you redress them , and ensure as against their recurrence ' . ?* -or are you willing to

      place us in a situation in which we may do bo 1 or are you prepared to set the hazard upon a single cast by attacking us in onr fastnesses , by forcing us into a physical resistance , and thus once more raise the bloody standard , which can only be struck by the accomplishment of our country ' s freedom , aud which you have yet the opportunity to avoid by a timely concession to that national demand , which not all tbe powers at your disposal can long successfully resist V

      One of the greatest difficulties that the Repeal party will have to contend agaiust in England , is the ignorance of the English press upon the general question . It will be difficult without the assistance of that power to convey the fact to the minds of the English middle classscs , that a great portion of their burdens are occasioned by this expensive Union . It may take some time to convince the English working classes that in consequence of this very Union , the Irish emigrants banished from . their own country , are not only competitors in the English labour market—that

      they are recipients of between twenty millions and thirty millions a year—but that they constitute a large reserve for the English masters to fall back npon . " O ! " says one sapient writer , " capital will never flow into that country so long as agitation is permitted . " "O ! ' - ' says another , and we confess with more plausibility , " what , repeal the only bond of strength you have , when ycur greatest curse is domestic discord ! " In answer to the first observation , we reply that the Union ha 6 so paralysed industry and abstracted capital ; that the domestio tyrants have so abandoned their trust , leaving their

      duties to be performed by land-sharks and lawsharks ; that penury , want of tenure , want of law , want of security—and not agitation—forbids the capitalist to venture upon speculation . Talk of danger , indeed , when we find that the heat of the torrid , and cold of the frigid zone—that dread of raging civil war—the distance of country and the disadvantages of clime are no barriers to the English speculator . Moreover , has Ireland never been tranquil \ aud have her peaceful invitations never been accepted by the English capitalist ? Has any Government , the moist paternal and fostering , tried these means of preserving peace and upholding dominion , the paltry exercise of which is looked upon as a palliative and last

      resource , instead of being relied upon as a means for preserving power 1 The only capital which can be successfully expended in Ireland is the capital of Irish labour expended upon Irish resources ; but this ever has been and ever will bo rendered insecure and abortive so long as Government patronage and Church preferment remain more lucrative than landed property let at rack-rent , and abused for the purpose of forging votes , by which Government Patronage may be upheld , and which can only be destroyed by restoring to Ireland that protection which will cousist in an honest emulation to be the first in moral example , domestio culture , and national improvement .

      As to the second objection , and which appeared in an aniclo in last Sunday ' s Dispatch , and which we are willing to admit , is the most powerful that has as yet appeared in opposition to the Irish claimswe answer thus—the domestio disunion by which Ireland is afflicted , is a consequence of that Legislative bond by which the wealthy classes of both countries , and especially the united Churches , are bound—that the objeot of the English Minister , and of the English oligarchy has ever been to uphold imperial unity by domestic disnuion , whereas the overpowering weight of popular opinion brought immediately to bear upon the acts of a domestio Legislature , would have the instantaneous effect of paralizing the arm

      of faction and of creating a strong bond of union as the only means by which this power oould be preserved and profitably used . We are aware that all the objects likely to be achieved by a Repeal of the Union are sot calculated to wed a plundering aristocracy to the measure , any more than the Reform Bill , which threatened destruction to tho Tory party , was calculated to win the affection of that body . So it ever his been , aud eo it ever will be . A great organic change or administrative improvement , be the anticipated results ever so beneficial , will have their supporters and their opponents—those who support expecting some advantage—thoBe who oppose expecting some disadvantage .

      Upon the Repeal of the Union , however , wo put a very different construction , because we defy any man of common sense to point out ono single grievance which it would be likely to destroy , and which should continue—while furthermore we contend , that by that measure alone , that is by the Repeal of the Union , can the connexion between the two countries by possibility continue to exist , while under its influence all the grosser prejudices of

      a domineering faction would be placed in abeyance , and give way to the exercise of calm reflection and honest conviction . However the struggle may terminate , reason and justice point out our course , and the course of the people . Whether tho invaders tender the olive branch , and thereby save all the horrors of a civil war , or whether the natives , assailed in their peaceful camp , are compelled to return the charge , our cry shall be " Union and victory—peace and courage . "

      We say to the Irish , forget not the all-absorbing interests that are at stake . Remember that you are Irishmen !—that Ireland is your country , given to you by your God , with his command that you "honour your father and your mother , that your days may be long in the land which he has given you . " We say to Englishmen , there is a oneness , an identity of interests between us , the Chartists of England , and the serfs of Ireland ; and we should be guilty of an abandonment of duty , of gross inconsistency , were we not to aid them in their struggle for freedom . Prejudice has kept thousands of our Irish brethren aloof from us ; but let ua not practice a conduct towards them which we pronounced unjust when evinced towards us .

      O'Conneul is now at the head of the brave Repealers ; he has unquestionably taken a bold stand , and we must not be idle because of his past history ; but we ought , and must , strive to remove every stumbling-block that may impede the onward progress of the chariot of Democracy . We know that many still suspect the sincerity of O'Connell ; and we shall not at present touch upon the ground whereon such suspicion is founded . We

      are willinK to think better of him , and to believe that he is in earnest ; that ho does , at all events , mean the thing now ; we put the best constructions npon every man ' s acts and explanations of which they are susceptible , and we see bo reason why Mr . O'Co . vneh should form an exception to the rule . But , even if there were the best grounds for distrusting Dak , we entreat all lovers of the cause to bear in mind the fact that

      THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND ARE DETERMINED ; they are not joking about it ; they are seriously bent upon repeal : they have O'Connell at their head with his own consent ; wk are in duty bound TO ASSIST THEM IN THE GOOD FIGHT J AND

      IRELATsD AND ENGLAND COMBINED WILL MAKE DANIEL KEEP HIS POST . Keep him at the head , and he cannot retreat , save into the aims ef a people who , at all times , know how to repay a traitor . We implore , therefore , of all Chariists tosuspcrd their lg . scions , and give O'Connell and Inland what they arc each entitled to—the former a fair trial , and th ? latter their cordial help and co-opera' . iou .

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      > i J . Shesrahd . —His notice is so expressed ; that it is impossible for us to say whether he intends the meeting to be on Wednesday or Friday next . . Jujuus . —His " plan" is received , and will probably appear . Caroline Ma-kia Williams . — We admire our fair friend ' s object in the communication she has sent us , and the honest xeal with which she seeks it j but we fear that the mind of the Chartist public is not disposed to appreciate it . The Demonstration Defaulters . —Mr . Rnffey Ridley writes in reply to Me > srs . Cator and Ford , insisting that they , and not the parties to whom they may have sold tickets , are responsible for the ' val le of the tickets . He send * also a

      balancesheet , from which it seems that Mr . Ford is mdebted to the amount of 11 * . 6 d . Me really must have no more of this unpleasant personality . A Constakt Reader and Chartist , Edinburgh , should have given us his name . Mk . John Peppeb writes to say , that on the 30 / A of A pril , while preaching in the open air , at Hiden Hill , he was subjected to gross annoyance and insult from a policeman , who encouraged some blackyuard fellows to disturb the congregation , by talkhig and jabbering , saywg that they had as much right to talk as he had . Ultimately they were obliged to give up the meeting . Another meeting was held subsequently in the yard of a good man , named Al ' orris , who , himself standing

      at the gate , kept out the police and their myrmidons , ant . so enabled the Chartists to hold their meeting peaceably . Morris was afterwards severely bullied and threatened by some puppy who called himself " Mr . Cook , the magistrate . " The Chartists of Tiverton have had printed very handsomely , in green and red letters , Mr . VHiggins ' s collection of " legal and other opinions on Chartism , " fr > m the Star of April 22 ud . They suggest a like course to all Chartist bodies . Bristol Chartists . — We have not room for their address . They will see that we have announced their purposed delequte meelhia .

      James Hirst , Hevwood . —Mr . Cleave s lists are always inserted as they reach us . Thomas Stabkky of Stokk upon-Trent , wishes us to slate his claims on the Chartist public for assistance . He was arrested in September last ; bail was refused fo <• him ; he was tried in October last and acquitted ; his defence cost him , £ 50 out of his own packet ; and he is , besides this , minus 35 s . as Chartist Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Liverpool . —His letter is received . If he will oblige us wi . th his address , he shall hear Jrom us privately . Charles Thorp , Birmingham . — We really cannot answer the question which he has propounded lo us : we have no data on which to rely .

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      - ^ A . Subscriber , Ashton-under-Lyne , baa in the Subscription Lists all tbe information that we can give him . All has been noticed that has come to this effiee . FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ s . d . From the Chartists , Morley 6 4 6 „ an old Radical , Leeds 0 0 6 „ S . Tudgey , Monkton Deveril 0 3 0 „ the Chartists of Mere 0 2 6 „ Thomas Girret , Kingston Deveril ... 0 0 4 „ a few Constant Readers , Middleton , near Manchester ... ... ... 0 5 0 _ four Chartists at Sheernesa , Kent , ... 0 9 4 „ the Whole-Hog Chartists , West End , Leeds ... 0 6 10 „ William Johnson , Leeds 0 2 0 _ a friend , Leeds .. 009 „ Calico Printers , Belfleld Hall , near Rochdale , per Mr . Hill 0 15 10 „ two friends at Bury , per Mr . Hill ... 0 2 6 _ Bolten— profit on twelve hymn booka bought at Mr . Hill ' s lecture on Monday evening ... 0 16 _ Rochdale—profit on thirty-six hymn ~ boobs bought at Mr . Hill ' s lecture on Tuesday evening 0 4 6

      01 Iuuuun Iuaxk I Lord Ashley.—This Benevolent And Philanthropic Nobleman Has Been Kind Enough To Transmit

      01 iuuuun iuaxK i Lord Ashley . —This benevolent and philanthropic nobleman has been kind enough to transmit

      tne sum ouo puuuu " mr . > raoireej to Richard Pilling , of Ashton-under-Lyne . The gift was entirely voluntary on the part of his Lordship , no solicitation having been made to him whatever . Tbe letter bearing the post office order states that Lord Ashley was exceedingl y well pleased with the speech which was delivered by Mr . Pilling at Lancaster . MbrdkR—As a man named Mahony , from the neighbourhood of Listry , was retiyning from tho repeal meeting at KiHoi-gUn , ou Sunday uight last , ho was waylaid and miaUcied . It is said that he ) -: jB = eif had been seven or ei' ; H yt ars a ^ o implicated m ihe fKath of another person ; and it is supposed that tho fTh-irrts of that p > isi .: > v . p aked their ven-^ eauci oahini wiicmhey . f mid ,. im alono ami iu . ' eir power . The uiur . cruri luvo aot as yujboen discovered . —Kerry l * o » t .

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      £ 3 5 0 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES GRA . HAM . Sir , —As the subject of the factory question comes on for discussion in the House of Commons this week , and as facts are very valuable , and particularly on such an agitated subject , on which there are 00 many different opinions , you will perhaps excuse me taking the liberty of addressing 70 a on this very important subject , and pointing out to you that the present bill , now before the House , with its twelve hours' clause , actually means sixteen and ¦ half or seventeen hours per day .

      And now , sir , to the proof . On Friday morning last , I arose at four o ' clock , am ., for the purpose of ascertaining what number of factory workers passed % certain inlet into the town of Bradford , at a certain place , within one and a half miles of tbe town . I took up my station at five o ' clock , and the first peruon that yassed me was a female , who was going to her work at six minutes past five o ' clock , and then they passed me in rapid succession until ten minutes to six o ' clock ; the whole number of factory workers who passed me during the time was three hundred and forty-six , and Oat of that number three hundred and seventeen were females .

      Now , Sir James , a grsat number of these people had to come , before they reached me , a distance of two miles , and some of them more , so that they would not have been in their beds , that morning , later than halfpast loot ; , o ' clock ; they then have to work until halfpast seven o ' clock at night ; so that it would be impossible for them to reach home until nine o ' clock at night , leaving seven and a half hours for sleep , recreation , education , religion , and for learning other domestic duties at home , so as to make them useful members of society .

      Now , Sir James , to make this case doubly sure , I have this day enquired of one of the females who past me oa the morning alluded to , and sbe informed me that she got up at half-past four o ' clock in the morning , and reached horn e ngain at nine o ' clock at night ; thus leaving seven and a half hours out of the twenty-four . So that , instead of the present bill before the house being a Twelve Hours' Bill , to those parties it is a sixteen and a half or seventeen hours' Bill . And , pray remember , Sir James , that out of those 346 , no less a number than 317 were females , who have that distance to travel through the stormy blasts of winter , sometimes wet to the skin , and then commence working with their clothes drying on their baeks : and this is only one inlet into the town of Bradford—there are abou" twelve altogether .

      What then , Sir James , is to be done ? Are there to be no feelings of humanity shown to the female portion of society ? Are we still to ba worse in England than the black slaves , or is there to he some amelioration in the long hours of the factory working population ? Sir James , do consider before the twelve hours clause passes ; and follow the example of the noble-minded ABhley , in endeavouring to shorten the hours of the factory workers , by getting inserted in the bill a ten instead of a twelve hours clause ; and I am sure . the blessing of God will follow your humane and charitable act .

      Sir , I have been engaged this last week in canvassing this subject among the mister manufacturers of this town , and a great number have signed a petition for a Ten Heurs' Bill , considering how it was once opposed by them ; but numbers declare they will never sign a petition again on any subject whatever ; they say a deaf ear is turned to all petitions , and therefore it ie of no use whatever . Ana when one individual master manufacturer was asked to sign the petition , he said , " Yes , I will ; but them d—d thieves in London ( alluding to Parliament ) will never pass it until there is a sword taken to them . "

      Sir James , what a horrible state of things is this to be in , and all because attention has not been paid to the petitions of the people , and this , too , from the middle class , ( and the working classes are tbe same . ) They say let Parliament make laws as oppressive and tyrannical as they please , there will soon be an end to alt law makers , for we might as well petition the rock of Gibraltar as the House of Commons . Now , Sir James , what is to be done ? Is a deaf ear still to be turned to the cries of those that cannot help themselves ( the factory workers ) ? Are the petitions of tens of thousands that have haen presented on this important subject still to be of no avail ? If so , then I have no hope for the country . During the last election I laboured hard to place you and your colleagues in office ; but if this is to be the or . ler of the day , then farewell conservatism !

      I am an elector of tho borough cf Bradford and for the West Riding of the County of York . I have wronght in the factory cause these last six or seven years , —I am not , tbevefore , ignorant of the workings of the factory system . I kave superintended a Sunday School belonging to the Church of England a number of years ; and , durine ; that time , have visited many of the death-beds of my Sunday scholars , who , when I first knew them , were as blooming in health as the flowers in May ; but I can testify that the long hours of factory labour brought on consumption , and soon laid them on a bed of affliction , which ended in death . Do then , Sir James , as you have the power , intercede for the poor factory workers , by getting inserted in the Factory Bill now before the House , ten instead of twelve hours' clause ; and that God may prosper your work is the hearty prayer of Yonr obedient servant , Squire Auty . Manchester Road , Bradford , May 22 , 1843 .

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      Manchester . —On Wednesday evoning . Mr . James Leach delivered a lecture in the Brown-street room , subj-ct , " No Monopoly and Fiee Trade . " Several persons asked questions of the lecturer which he answered to the entire satisfaction of the au ienco . After isvhioh a vote of thanks wa * given , to the lecturer , and a vrry handsome collection made j for the Victim Fund , whin the people separated . Middlv . ton . —Tho ChaTtists of this place held j their usual wetkly meeting in tha Astociat'oa j Hoom , Miil-stivet , on Monday eveniag hst ^ Aikr : iho business oi' tlie Association was % 'H < . \; - tluv ^ ' . 1 ,, 1 several uoy membeis were enrolled . j

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      BIRMINGHAM . —A meeting of the Gsneral Council was held at ABbton-street , on Sunday Mr Thornton in the chair . The minntea of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , a letter was read from . Me . George White , -when it waa resolved that the friends of that gentleman should be called together on Wednesday evening next to form a committee for the purpose of collecting subscriptions , so that he may be enabled to keep himself during his incarceration . Mr . John Masort addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of the working men of Birmingham , at Duddeston-row , on Sunday morning last , and another in the afternoon , on the ground belonging to tbe People ' s Hall , which gave general , satisfaction to the multitude assembled .

      Birmingham Chartist TailObs . —A meeting of the Chartist tailors was held on Monday evening , in the large room of the Royal Oak Inn , Little Charles-street , for the purpose of hearing a lecture by Mr . John Mason , on w the duty of Trades' Unions making common cause with the millions of their suffering fellow countrymen , to procure their amp le share of representation in the Legislature , as the only means of guaranteeing for their labour and skill an equitable remuneration . " Mr . John Burton was called to the chair , and opened the meeting by briefly stating the business of the evening . H 8

      then called on Mr . Mason , who , in a clear and spirited address , proved to the satisfaction of big audience the utter impossibility of tho working classes receiving any permanent benefit from , or protection to Trades' Unions , until such time as the whole people have the control over the making of the laws by which they are governed , and which could not be until the People ' s Charter was tho law of the land . The thanks of the meeting having been given to Mr . Mason for his able address , Messrs . Burton , Neale , Valoise , Wycombe , and Taorp were elected as committee of management for the Association .

      DUBLIN . —Irish Universal Suffrage Association . —At tho usual weekly meeting of this Association , held in the Great Rooms , North Annstreet , on Sunday last , speeches of the most conciliatory character ware delivered by Messrs . O'Higgins , Dyott , &c , on the subject of Repeal and a determination evinced by all present to aid and assist their countrymen in the present struggh for nationality , while as Chartists they firmly believed that even that chango would bo inadequ ate to the wants of the producing classes , and would continue to contend for the adoption of the Charter , till that document became the law of the land Mr . Hill ' s last article on the Repeal was read , and loudly applauded ; and an English gentleman who was present , in handing in his subscription , decl&red that the unanimous feeling of his Chartist brethren was with the Irish ; they were willing to forget and forgive all , and join in the general exertion for an extension of human rights .

      NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met at the Democratic Chapel on Sunday { morning , Mr . John Skerrett in the chair ; the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a petition be presented to the House of Commons relative to the treatment of Thomas Cooper , who is now confined in Stafford G % ol . That a camp meeting he held on Nottingham Forest on Whit-Sunday , when Mr . Bairstow and several other speakers will address the meeting . " An able and soul-stirring address was delivered in the above chapel on Monday eveni Q gi by Mies Eliza Blatherwick , to a crowded audience ; after which a collection amonnting to 63 . 3 jd . was made in aid of the Sunday-school held in tne above chapel established by Misses Abbott .

      A Chartist Tea Party will take place in Mr , Bean ' s rooms , Parliament Row , Nottingham , the proceeds to go to the Local Victim Fund . Tickets may be had of Mr . John Mitchell , at the Democratic Chapel ; Mr . Rogers , No . 11 , Narrow Mann ; Swan ' s Coffee House , Drury Hill ; Rollett ' s Star Coffee House , corner of Q , ueen-street ; and of Mr . Thomas Stunford , 27 , Oldham-street , at ninopence each . LONDON . —At a Pr / Btic Meeting of the Chartists of Bloomsbury on Tuesday evening , at theit new room , 23 , Chapel-place , Mr . R . Clinch in the chair , after the usual business was gone into , a resolution was carried , calling upon the Finsbury Conference Committee to meet at the above room , on Thursday next , at eight o ' clock , to come to a final settlement . Mr . Watts is particularly requested to attend .

      Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting was held at the Carpenters' Arms , Briok-lane , Mr . Ogden in the chair . It was unanimously agreed to hold a public meeting next Snnday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely , at the above place , to take into consideration the reorganization . The members are earnestly requested to attend . At a Meeting of the Young Men ' s Locality of the National Charter Association , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Dyer in the chair , Mr . W . Sprigmore moved , and Mr . Mallard seconded , " That a committee of five persons bo appointed , with power to add to their number , for the purpose of raising funds for the support of Mr . G . White , during his stay of eight months in the Queen ' s Bench . " —Carried . It was also agreed that 2 s . 6 d . be given to the Committe from the funds of the association . Messrs . Bateman , Sprigmore , Mallard , Dyer , and Humphries , were appointed .

      The South London Locality met at the Rotunda i as usual , on Monday last . Considerable business was transacted , and it having been intimated that Mr . O'Connor was not a member of the General Council , Mr . Knighton , after eulogizing the patriotic and noble conduct of our tried friend , moved" That Feargus O'Connor , Esq . be nominated as councillor , " which was seconded by Mr . Morton , and unanimously carried ; after which , ' Mr . J . B . Smith delivered a talented and effective lecture on oar present position . Dr . Lobski , Mr . Skelton , and Mr . Knighton subsequently addressed the meeting , which did not terminate till nearly 12 o'clock . It was announced that Mr . Stallwood would lecture on Monday next ; Dr . Lowski , on Monday week , and Mr . Knighton on the following Monday . Three new members were enrolled .

      Repeal of the Union . —Mr . O'Connor lectured on this subject , on Wednesday evening , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , to a crowded audience . We have received a very long report of his lecture , which we could not , under any circumstances , make room for in our present number ; it shall appear in our next . , SHEFFIELD . —Mr . Harney delivered an address in the Fig-treo Lane room , on Sunday last . Repeal . —The English masses are up and doing . Tho government has dared to threaten Ireland uritn new ooercive restraints , and while Ireland nuria defiance in tho teeth of her mortal for , the hngnsn people cry " forward " to the rescue . National antipathies aad bigocted prejudices , the disgrace of our fathers in days gone by , are buried and forgotten m the shout of fraternity raised in answer to the'mserable threats of Peel and Wellington . On

      Monday evening last , the discussion on the wrongs of Ireland" was resumed . The Fig-tree Lane room was crowded almost to suffocation . A large number of the sons of the Emerald Isle were present , rreviousto tho chair being taken , Mr . Royston reaa the leading articles from the Northern torandtte Nation of Saturday last ; the sentiments of DOW were loudly applauded . At eight o ' clock , Mr . Clayton was called to the chair , and opened tne business in a neat speech , picturing the wrongs 01 the Irish people , and the duty of Englishmen ai « - ing them in their righteous struggle for eeugovernment . Mr . Edwin Gill then moved , seconded by Mr . George Evinson , the following resolution : — " That this meeting views with sorrow and mdisna-ion the oppression to which the people 01 Ireland have been subjected for the past seven centuries—an oppression which , in the name 01 tne present generation of Englishmen , this meeting reto

      pudiates aud condemns ; and , considering it o « ¦ tu « bounden duty of every lover of liberty to aw the destruction of despotism , no matter in what country , or under what form it may exist , hereby expresses its sympathy with tho long-suffering sous 1 of Mia , and solemnly protests against any coercive interference , on the part of the Government , with tne just , necessary , and constitutional agitation for a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " Mr . Harney suggesred that , before putting the resolution , it was desirable that some of their Irish friends should oe

      heard . Mr . M'Gowan , an ardent and enthusiastic Repealer , addressed the meeting in eloquent ana pathetic term ? . He described the wrongs ot nis countrymen , and invoked the aid of all good patriots to as-iist them . H * was heartily and deservedly sheered . Several othws of our Repeal friends foliowed , after which , Mr . Julian Haniey SP 0 ** great length in support of the resolution . Tne resolution was then put and carried by acclamation . Three aoul-stirring cheera for Repeal and three tor the Charter closed the proceedings .

      Stockport . —Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingh * ffl > lectured to the Juvenile Chartists on Tuesday evening , sublet , Self-improvement . The meeting was a crowded one ; the old commodore drew their attention to the illustrious men who had risen from the humble walk * of life , and urged them to prow by their bright example , and inflexible perseverance . He related many pleasing and highly instructive anecdotes of Cobbett , Wm . PenD , Dr . Franklin , Sir Isaac Newton , Sir Oloudesley Shovel , Capwift Cook , Nelsou , Dr . Carey , Bloomfield , Clare . Burns , Furgus ? on , Allen Ramsey , Hardy , Home TooKe , Thelwall , and others , and wound up with a touching appeal to the passions and feelings of his youthtni auditors , which told well . The meeting was a very good one a ) well as very spirited .

      Tox > MOTiDr . N . —Mr . John WftM > delivered aa . > nterfJingand instructive lectuie to a wry numerous ami attt :: t ; ie audience , ou Wednesday nigtu , aw 17 .-h , in tho Odd Fellows Hall , ana ga ^ noaer&i ' ¦ msrac-l-n . He also aidre-sed an ou : o ? door meeting on bur day last , at Siudley Fib ,, which , ufeys into coi .-idaation tho raia < h < U vx-nti .. ued 10 i- » " 1 .,-a-rly t "« whole ot " the day , auu ii \« srtati « litanca ilery . O ; « a ^ v ery numerously atte > .. »?(! .

      The Southern Stah. Saturday, May 27, 1843.

      THE SOUTHERN STAH . SATURDAY , MAY 27 , 1843 .

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      THE " DOGBERRIES "; COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ; AND NATIONAL EDUCATION . In our Parliamentary notices , our readers will find a report of Mr . Doncombe ' s motion for enquiry into the conduct of the gang of insolent Whig Squires and Parsons who defile the " Justice Hall " of Cheshire , and their myrmidon Burgess , of Knutsford hell-hole ; of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s motion for a Bill for the better representation of the people , and of Mr , Roebuck ' 9 motion on the subject of National Education . These are all important subjects , and we had written an article on each , but find that the length at which we give the Irish Repeal movements leaves us no space for their

      insertion . Our readers will peruse the speeches on the respective ) motions of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Crawford with great interest : the former especially will furnish to them yet one more proof , in addition to the countless list already chronicled , of the very spirit and embodyment of middle class sympathy , and Whig preference for democracy ; yet another proof that tho Charter must be had—the people must have power to appoint their own magistrates , and to control as well as make the laws for their own government—before they can find a ghost of a shadow of justice . The insolence of those Cheshire Whig Dogberries is really unique .

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      FURTHER BALANCE SHEET OF THE VICTIM FUND COMMIl'TEE IN LONDON UP TO WEDNESDAY , May 24 th . RECEIPTS . £ a a Mr . Bateman ' s book 0 5 2 £ Mr . Shaw ' s do i 10 0 Mr . Dunnage do 0 3 4 Mr . James do 0 2 6 Mr . Charles do . of Bow 0 9 8 Mr . Skidmore do 0 2 0 Delegate meeting , City 0 5 . 0 Paddington locality ... 0 4 0 Golden Lion locality , per Mr . Cuffay ... 0 1 6 Mr . Marden ... 0 0 6 A Working Man , Windsor 0 6 0 Mr . Rowland , Coggeshall-street 0 10 £ 3 10 8 £ EXPENDITURE . Paid to Mr . Cooper ... , & 15 0 Paid to Mr . Richards ' 0 1 . 5 0 Paid to Mr . Harney 0 7 0 Paid to Mr . M'Cartney 0 7 0 Paid to George White 0 19 0 Overpaid in , iastaccouat ... 0 0 6 Expences ... ... 0 0 2 £ 3 3 8 In hand 0 7 0 £

      £ 3 10 8 £ Friends . —Desirous of assisting this committee in giving some kind of permanent support to George White and others of our persecuted countrymen in London , are requested to meet the committee and add to its numbers on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Hawkins , Crown and Anchor , Farriugdon-street . By order , R . Ridley , Secretary .

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      : ¦ — - ¦ •* SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . GENERAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FOND . £ s . d . Previously acknowledged 491 15 11 | A few Flax Dressers , Belfast 0 6 10 Ludworth , Derby 0 18 2 Mr . J . Russel 0 10 A Friend ... 0 1 0 Mr . Hennins 0 10 Mr . Caughlan ' s book , Stratford 0 5 9 Mr . Henna and Friends , Somers Town ... 0 8 6 Mrs . Dugly ... 0 10 ¦

      Mrs . Thwaites 0 10 Mrs . Pratt ... 0 1 0 Mr . Larking and Friends 02 3 Mr . J . Hetherington 0 0 6 Daw Green , Dewsbury . 050 Carlisle 10 0 Backup 0 10 0 Mountain , Yorkshire 0 9 0 Retford ... 0 8 0 Kirkfortharfews 0 5 0 Cheapside , near Burnley 0 5 0 Wellinsboro' 0 10 0 Mansfield , Woodhouse , 4 th subscription 110 Shoulder of Mutton , Barkergate ,

      Nottingham ... 15 0 Burnley ... 2 0 0

      £ 502 11 . 113 FOR M ' DOUAL . £ B . d . Harmonic Meeting , Feathers , Warrenstreet , St . Paucras 10 6 Member * of Democratic Association , Sheffield 1 17 6 Female Members of Ditto ... ... 0 7 6

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      THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . We give the following letters just as we received them . We dare not trust ourselves to write a word of comment—not a word!—We only say , readread ! " Stafford Gaol , Wednesday , "May 17 th , 1813 . " Dear Hill , —They are murdering me ! Skilly , potitotB—rotten ones , tool—and blue bread , we are to live on ! I am amv I waa nearly mad yesterday , and could not forbear shouting ' murder . ' No books—no writing ! My p > or wife , I fear , ia dead , for they will i : ut tell me a syllable > For God's sake , alarm—alaun !

      "This ia a stolen letter . They will not let me petition ! " Your'a affectionately , "THOUAS COOPER . " "Dear Hill , —This letter was conveyed to me by ' sleight ot hand , ' with another one . Tbe other letter developcs more particulars of his ' being nearly mad . ' From what I hear aud see in the other letter , I fear that should ha remain two years in this monstrous bell , surrounded by tyrants such as the present turnkeys are , that ha will be mad , stark mad , or dead , « re the time is expired !

      "Saturday , Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , he submittt-d to tbe gaol diet , at least , be ate just as much 1 as kept life in him Oa Wednesday morning , the pride of his soul arose , ' and he determined to have food , or perish in the attempt ! " He first spoke to the officers . They refused to ask the governor , lie then rushed past them , and made his way to tho governor ' s office , and demanded an interview . The governor took no notice of him , when he seized a bludgeon , and played on the door until he broke it . The Governor then came cut , and , in a frightful manner , told him that he should have coffee , dec- ; but before anything waa bronght him , ha

      was taken to chapel—being then as mad as ever any one was in this world . The moment he saw the parson- he darted across the chapel , caught hold of him , and demanded of him , as a minister of Christ , that he should see him righted ; and otherwise behaved himself so that the parson was uearly frightened to death ! Cooper was at last carried out of the chapel raging stark mad ! and was subsequently placed in tho ' black hole ! ' from which they were soon forced to release him , as his cries and tbunges were so awful . Immediately two doctors

      visited him , and they were very kind to him , and recommended that he have milk , butter , a quarter of a pound of animal food daily , &c . ; while the Governor went to Sir James Graham to know what was to be dona . This ' struggle' has nearly cost him his life ! He is now so ill that he cannot Bit without an arm chair ; ami complains of violent pains in his bead and back . I aupposti they mean to drive him mad and murder him ! I could write a great deal more , but I am unnerved at the thoughts of it . You may publish the whole of this , if you like , as coming from me . "

      Wo suppress the name of our Stafford Correspondent for a very obvious reason . Read , read Stir , stir : Mr . Duncombe in waiting for petitions .

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1214/page/4/