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    • W,E XEARN from Boulogne- sur-Mer that a few days ago a revenue cutter captured, off Cape Grinez, a boat, with three men on board, containing bales of
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      the League . Ibis raised a prejndiee In the minds of many in the meeting who did sot know me . \ ¦ The meeting concluded at a late hoar , 'when & isolation vu passed in favour of a Repeal ef the Corn laws . -Three propositions -were put at the conelnrion , to be -washed down with shouting . , Three snohis for a Bepeal of the Corn laws . Three shonta tor the league deputies . Three shouts fox the chair , and & regular good one for the . glorious , impartial ^ and liberty-loylng ministers ef the chapeL The meeting then separated . On the day after , I had many of the inhabitants visitingsie , and expressed their disapprobation of the unfair treatment I met "with , and wished me to lecture in

      the open air ; but I was compelled to refuse : for I am worn down to & skeleton , and hardly able to stand up any longer . I -was confined to my bed moat of Saturday ; for I had -walked thirty-one miles the day before , to be at the meeting ; hut , however , 1 took a walk through the town about eight o ' clock ; and ; * to my surprise , I found a great multitude assembled in the Market Place , expecting me to speak . They came round me , and requested me to address them , and I could not refuse ; and in a -very few minutes ' . after I began speaking , I felt as -well as ever I was in my life . 1 -found the late public meeting has done far more than I could have expected in favour of Chartism .

      The town is now placarded with bills , announcing a lecture by me in reply to the arguments of Messrs . Bright find Prentice , together -with a challenge to the League to fair and free discussion . ¦ My dear Sir , —2 believe I have now , taking one day -with another , lectured every day this last fourteen months ; and I am bow fairly "done up" in health . My English friends know how I fared in England ; and I beg to he allowed to say that since I have travelled and agitated in Scotland , I have not { touched the funds of our Association , in any district iif they have any ) , savejand except when among my ¦ warm-hearted friends at Dundee and Montrose . Thus I think I have done as much -with as little means as any man in our movement . I shall now rest upon my oars for a mouth , to get round , sad to firmly establish one or two IHte spots about Roxburghshire , I shall then be xeaoy to serve any locality that may send for me , " funds or so funds . ' * Tout ' s , T . Djcxeusos . CommercM Inn . Kelso .

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      THE STRUGGLE . Whatever notions the Irish people and their leaders may have entertained as to the probable issue of the Repeal agitation in the restoration of the Whigs to power , there can no longer remain any doubts as to the tactics and the intentions of the "Whigs themselves as a body . We needed not the new-born patriotism ef the old members of the old Whig cabinet and their unprincipled followers j we required not the sudden ardour with which the Irish liberal members have been inspired , to convince us

      of the length that this greedy Back of mongrel poll ticians would go , to thrust their muzzles once more Into the mess-trough , or to teach us the amount of confidence which the people could place in -them . Ardour , zeal , and large professions are baits , however , with which the incautious are likely te be caught ; and therefore it has become our duty to float it upon the surface , so that every fish may see the hook and avoid the nibble . We did not require the exuberant professions of Russell , Maciclat , Paxherstok , Roebuck , Charles Bcllkr , and

      others , to convince us of the lengths Jto which the " outs" would go to get "in" again . "We needed not the high-flown patriotic sentiments of the Irish section who reviled us , who coerced us , and who would have crushed U 3 , until erery drop of Chartist blood had been squeezed out of bb , to teach us the effect that altered circumstances will ; have upon vicious politicians . When we bear in mind the funeral procession that bore the bleeding corse ' of Ireland to the foot of the Throne , when the Irish people followed it as chief mourn ere , and the Whigs attired in their Windsor uniform , preceeded it as a joyous festival , we require no further proof of the hostility of that party to the concessions" required by the Irish people- When we bear in mind teat the first act of Lord Plusket , Lord Grey ' s first Reform Lord Chancellor , was to dismiss every Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate who presided over or took part in the anti-Tithe agitation of 1832 , at a time when Siaslkt , the Secretary for Ireland , declared ihat the u total Exnrfenou op Tithes " was one object to be accomplished by the Reform Bill ; when we recollect that the Hon . Pierce Btjiler , Sir Richard Nagle , Mr . Jakes

      Redmond Babbt , and several others , were deprived of the Commission of the Peace for taking part in that anti-Tithe agitation ; when we recollect that without any agitation whatever existing for a Repeal of the "Onion in Ireland , the Whigs gave us the most bloody Coercion Bill that ever disgraced the statute book , by which they suspended Trial by Jury , and substituted that of Court Martial ; when we recollect that they gave us an Irish Arms BUI which differed but slightly from the atrocious measure

      now before the House ; and when we bear in mind that all these cruelties were contended for as necessary to produce a calm in which justice should bo administered : when we recollect all these things , and find after ten years of boasted calm of Whig creation , that the Whi $ 8 have no better stock of complaint than the existence of every grievance which was promised to be remedied , we say they had much better hold their peace . We find an an-: nonncement in the Times of of Tuesday last of a meeting that took place at the bouse of Sir Benjamin j Hall , Whig member for Marvlebone , and a baronet | of Whig creation . It will be found in our eighth ; page , and will be read with the interest it deserves ; ' and most especially the speech of Mr . Wyse , ithe Whig member for Waterford , from which we cull the following sentence for special remark . Mr . , Wt ? b says : " NOW WAS THE TIME FOR ; ENGLISHMEN TO SPEAK OUT . BUT UN-! LESS IT WAS THE WEALTH , AND 'THE ' INTELLIGENCE , AS WELL AS THE NUMBERS , IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT . " It will be further seen that the only resolution of the meeting was to ; present an address to her Majesty praying her to dismiss her present ministers from power . This is ' . the first stone directly thrown from the Whig

      \ camp ; and we shall most anxiously watch the Repeal ' agitation to see whether or no it has hit . ' ' If Mr . . Wtsb supposes that the numbers are to be led in the train of wealth and what he is pleased to call the in-¦" telligence of the country , he will find himself most ; egregiously mistaken 1 The wealth is in the industry ' of the working classes , while intelligence belongs 1 pre-eminently to their order . This is a ** ne w move "; ' the newest of the " New Moves , " and one which the i people will require all their watchfulness to guard I against , as emissaries are already sbroad endeavour' ing to prepare the public mind for such a result . The Chartists , however , have now acquired a distinct

      position for themselves as a party ; and it is only by making a proper use of that poshion i that they can hope to exist as a body . Should they now be foolish enough to join in a kind of secondary Repeal Agitation , which would have no other object in view than the restoration . to power of England ' s and Ireland ' s bitterest foes , they shall do so after caution . . Tney shall not blame us for any evajresults that mayfollow As far then as regards the declamation of the , Irish Liberal Members and the hangers-on of Whiggery we jell the people not to be led away by their sophistry , or to be gulled by the \ r insolence ; but . wherever a resolution is proposed to present an address to h ' er Majesty merely calling upon her to dkmisB her present advisera and the Parliament , let them move the following as an amendment : — |

      " To present an address to her Majesty praying thai her Majesty will dismiss her present advisers and call to her Council such only as will be pledged to carry out she details of the People ' s Charterj and to Repeal the LegislatiFe Union between Great Britain and Ireland , in accordance with tire wishes *> f the people of that country ; and further praying her Majesty to dissolve the present Parliament and to issue her royal commands to the several Sherifli 6 f Counties , and to the returning tfficers © f Cities and Borougha , to return members elected by the "Whole people according to Ihe principles laid Sown in the People ' s Charter and demanded by 3 , 500 , * O 0 of her English subjects ; and further praying ; that aO political prisoners , whether at home or abrotd ,

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      THE CRISIS . We know not whether the physician who had foretold a crisis , and who , although he had prophetically described all those symptoms by which its approach , its character , and duration were likely to be characterised , would be held in much respect as ^ practitioner , if , when the crisis was over , he was unequal to the task of subsequently dealing with his patient . For years , yea , for scores of years , " cmises" hive been foretold by our political physicians ; and they have come , some as predicted , Bhewing all the symptoms by which they were to be preceded ; but when the patient waB to be got

      over the purging , the sweating , the blistering , the capping , and the bleeding , it was then that the difficulty of restoring him to health , to strength , and to vigour presented itself . Our present rulers , then , are precisely in the situation of the physician in the latter case . They have blistered and purged , and bled and cupped , and sweated the people , and have brought about that weakness which must ever « follow suoh treatment ; and they are now unequal to the task of restoring the weakened frame of society to its once healthy position- Politicians , however , like other

      professional experimentalists , are unwilling to confes 3 the inefScacy of their own nostrums , and contend that the present condition of the people is a aatara consequence growing out of some natural cause over which practical politics can have no c&ntroul . We know , quoth one , that the patient labours under Church deliriums ; we know saith another , that the patient labours under a very heavy rent pressure ; we know , quoth a third , that the burthens of the state are heavy and hard to be borne ; while a fourth admits that those upon whose industry they must all ultimately fall , have been crushed beneath their

      weight , from the fact of those who represent the property of others having thrown them exclusively upon the shoulders of those who were not represented at all . If , then , these are the diseases under which the people labour , and if the connection between Church and State , which causes the Church delirium , is to be held inviolate , as Sir Robert Peel informed us no later than Tuesday night , there can be but little hope for any abatement in the symptoms of that portion of ihe disorder . If the rent pressure belongs , as we are told , to the "head morals " rather than to the head political , there is as little to be

      expected by way of recovery from that chronic disease . If what is called national faith must , under all circumstances , be upheld , the patient must still coatinue to suffer under that portion of the disorder . It is some consolation , however , to find that things which were scarcely : allowed to be hinted at some few years ago—and for hinting at which some have grievously suffered—are now spoken of , freely discussed , and admitted to deserve that character which good men have suffered for stamping upon

      them . It not nnfrequently occurs that that convenient plea , necessity , must be stretched in a remedial as well as in the coercive direction ; and hence we find Sir Robert Peel ultimately driven to the necessity of making the following admission * He says : " THE ATTENTION OF THE HOUSE BAD BEEN CALLED TO THBKE SOBTS OF IRISH GrIEVAIvCES—THE ScCIAL , the Political , A * d : the Religious . The Social , ob Agrarian , were not new Grievances ; nor was it possible fob thb government . to devise ant immediate remedy fob them ; but if a

      comh 1 ttee had been proposed for inquiky into the Law of Landlord and Tenant he would gladly have agreed to that . " These are the words of the Prime Minister of England , delivered in his place in Parliament on last Tuesday night , —the most important admission ever made by an English Minister , and one which will not fail to have its due and natural effect upon the minds of the working

      classes-Let us see what this admission amounts to . The Right Honourable Baronet tells us the grievances complained of ; but that it is impossible for the Government to devise any means to remedy the' grievances j however he will agree to the appointment of a Committee to hear the grievances which the Committee cannot remedy . The admis-Bion , however , leads us to ask why Sir Robert Peel , as Prime Minister , has neglected to do that which if done by another , he would not oppose ? If a Committee to enquire into the law of landlord and tenant be necessary even for the childish purpose of hearing , Beeing , order ing , and doing nothing , why did not Sir Robert Peel himself more the appointment of such » Committee ! Perhaps the fair answer to this question may go far to exhibit Sir

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      7 Robert Peel in that false position in which the confidence of his party has placed him : a position which he might have held by independence ; apoaition which ! he is about to lose from weakness . Our whole system has become so confessedly rotten that even an honest or well intentibned leader is sure to bring contempt upon himself by the tools that he is compelled to enlist in his service . There is an old and in his case a very pertinent adage : " if you wrestle with a sweep whether you stand or fall , you must get ' some of the soot . "

      We presume that the same chances may be calculated upon from embracing as from wrestling ; and Sir = ¦ Robeet having embneed the political sweeps of all parties , from the ranting Republican , the revolutionary Whig , and the constitutional Whig , down to the inflexible and stand-still Tory of the olden school , for the purpose of carrying on what he hoped to make a Conservative Government upon the principle of required : reforms , now finds himself blackened by contamination , and damned by expediency . Could he hare hoped for a better result from the workings , the machinations , and the conspiracies to which he has been exposed in the

      Cabinet , not of his voluntary formation , but , of his involuntary adoption 1 When we see the three most important offices filled by pressed men , ' and not by volunteers , we must have considerable misgivings as to their interest in the success of their leader's undertaking . Sir James Grah , m fills the most important office under the Crown ; and it is only by acting in complete opposition to his whole former life that he can hope for grace , for favour , or even for tolerStion from his newly adopted party . He is cold-blooded , cruel , unrelenting , vindictive , and calculating , ; and hates Sir Robert Peel as he hates the devil himself . Stanley fills an

      office only ' second in importance to Graham ' s ; and Stanley , the proud scion of the proud old house of Derby , but bends beneath expediency's sternest necessity in playing subordinate , to the man whose father had the merit of making his own fortune . Stanley hates Ireland with an irrepressible , imperishable , and unextinguishable vehemence ; he loves the Church for the milk that he draws from her pap ; he defends that title which the land gives him as a politician ; he aspires to that elevation and greatness for which blood has been hitherto held an indispensable qualification ; and he knows that Peel has placed an extinguisher upon bis hopes ,

      and fetters upon his eCnigslin K ardour . For these reasons Stanley , too , hates Peel ; while he loves Graham , as in fact our Home and Colonial Secretary may be and not inappropriately denominated the Siamese Youths . Stanley and Graham broke up he Grey Administration : and Stanley and Graham will as surely destroy that of their present master . Seeing the power that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has exercised ,, we must naturally attach great importance to thai ) high office ; and although we believe in the sincere attachment of the quondum republican Lord Lyndhurst , his benefactor , yet do we incline to think that an unchecked

      license to the old republican blood to flow without dread for the loss of the good things of this life would overcome the strong feeling of personal regard . Peel is not altogether safe from the strongest affection which may be manifested , under prosperity , by the political children of his own nursing . Gladstone will stand by Peel as long as Peel can stand without him ; but the moment that the fitting time for separation arrives , that moment will Gladstone breaK from his leading-strings , and with a cool and calculating temper , and with a perfect mercantile knowledge , which so pre-eminently qualifies a man for distinction in this rule-of-threo country , he will

      marohon at the head of the commercial and dissent interest , and , moulding himself to the strongest political party , will acquire the position of leader of the public mind , the object nearest and dearest to his heart . Such then are the materials against which Fbel has to contend in secresy ; while there is no cloaking the hurricane of unpopularity Which is gathering round him irom without , for the very reasons that we predicted long einoe , and which are , for opening the eyes of the people to the fallacies of the itinerant demagogue freetraders . If reference is now made to the letters of Mr . O'Connor upon the subject of the Tariff and the Income Tax at a time when the whole pre ? s of the empire was silent upon the probable result of those measures , it will be seen , that so long ago as March and April 1842

      that gentleman predicted the very " orisis" which has now resulted from those measures , and the position into which tney would bring the Prime Minister . He foretold the very : amount by which agricultural , produce would be lowered , and to which the value of land would be reduced ; while he also predicted that those reductions would be of no value whatever to the working classes , whose wages would be commensurately reduced ; and he further added , that from the Charter alone could the people hope > for any share in any benefit that was to be achieved by the Tariff ; thus not only predicting the ** crisis , " but prescribing the subsequent treatment for the patient . All changes of all sorts , if beneficial , can be only so for those classes who , by representation , are enabled to turn them from general to class purposes .

      We shall . conclude these observations with an extract from a French paper , from which the general feeling of our friends abroad , as to our present position , may be gathered .

      , SPAIN AND ENGLAND . Le Siecle observes , that " Both Spain and Great Britain ate in a period of crisis . " If may judge from appearances , -we should foresee a more extensive catastrophe for oar rivals beyond the channel than' for our national allies beyond the Pyrenees . The agitation in Ireland is snob , that tha entire mass of * tue ' . population is joining in it . OConnell has promised to have 3 , 000 , 000 of Repealers , and he has obtained them ; operatives , peasant ? , lawyers , proprietors , priests , bisbops , all have risen at bis voice . It is easy to Bee that this man is , morally , the Bovereigtfof Ireland , and that with one word be may raise a tempest . ' '

      " O « i the Other hand , of the operative of Great Britain there are 2 , 000 , 000 who are idle in workhouses —in those baatilea for labour where there is no occupation to be had . Tbe official returns of the indigent poor throughout England and Wales for the year 1842 , state the poor within the workhouses to be 221 , 687 ; the exterior poor , 1 , 207 , 402 . "In the same country the picture of corruption la not less hideous than that of pauperism : we have traced it too ? recently to repeat it . It ifl proved that in no country are there committed more Crimea , nor in no country are morals more depraved than in England .

      ' It is there that the Government , the Ministry , the two Chambers , and the Law Department openly practise venality ; it is there that diplomacy is habitually destitute of all good faith ; it is there that there is a virulent dispute between three churches ; it is there that , social order is attacked in its base by the Chartists . Add to all those causes of destruction that the British army , whose province is to secure the administration of the ' laws , is numerically weak , scattered over the entire globe , and is composed in the proportion ef one-third of those Imh Catholics whom they are employed to repress . Do not forget , in fine , that England is crushed under the weight of a debt of more than fifteen milliard ? , and that henceforward it will be impossible for her to add to her taxation .

      " In Spain , on the contrary , if there exist some ot the causes of the derangement whieh Is visible in England , there are at least unity of religious faith , richness ef soil , which is sufficient for the wants of ail , in general an honourable character , and a material force resulting from her admirable position between the two seas which join tbe banier of the Pyrenees . " 'She prosperity of those two nations is necessary for tbe future j tranquillity of Europe . Whatever may be our cause of complaint against the most powerful , we trust that j both may weather the crisis ia which they are at present placed by useful reforms . Spain will draw the strength she requires from her own vitality , and ] England , endowed with inconteatible energy , has need only to enlarge the popular rights [ a order to maintain herself for a long time against the weight of her tottering empire . ''

      W,E Xearn From Boulogne- Sur-Mer That A Few Days Ago A Revenue Cutter Captured, Off Cape Grinez, A Boat, With Three Men On Board, Containing Bales Of

      W , E XEARN from Boulogne- sur-Mer that a few days ago a revenue cutter captured , off Cape Grinez , a boat , with three men on board , containing bales of

      cotton-thread , times , and stockings , amounting in value to £ 10 , 000 . Each bale had straps , so as to make it portable as a knapsack . The boat and its freight were brought into Boulogne , and sold on condition of the goods bein # re-exported .

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      _ } THE MARYLEBONE DODGE . It wiU be seen from an ] announcement made ia oar present number that the meeting at Sir Benjamin Hall ' s house was but the precursor of a public meeting which is to be held on Monday next , in the borough of Marylebonej ostensibly for the purpose of discussing Irish grievances , but in reality with the view to restore the Whigs to power . If Marylebone , however , claims any political pre-eminence in its representative quality for having returned a fighting sailor and a Whig baronet , it is also distinguished for having throughout ( the most trying times preserved a high character for public principle and political boldness . Under these circumstances we might well afford to leave the Whigs and their followers to be dealt with on Monday next by the

      working classes , who , while m power , they bo cruelly deceived and brutally oppressed . As however we are aware of the nse that will be made in other parts of the country by a Whig triumph in Marylebone , and as the local drones may have a blighting effect upon the local bee 3 , we would strenuously recommend ] the friends of freedom in the Charter , to send their battalions from all parts of London to aid and assist ia making tho triumph of democracy so complete that its enemies will not

      again dare to mock us by false promises , and so woo us that they may be able to crash us . Marylebone has been the ; scene of many a glorious Chartist triumph ! Let that of Monday be added as another to the number ! The riding-school , the workhouseyard , the institute , and the several other places of meeting , have frequently resounded with the shouts of triumph : let them be heard again on Monday , and let the amendment , jwhich we have elsewhere recommended , be committed to the bands of the Admiral and the Baronet as the sense of the men of Marylebone , to be delivered into the hands of the Queen . And let them see that this service on

      their bchilf shall be as well performed as those which they boast of having so faithfully rendered to the electors . Above all llet them take care and have fair play : and in order to ensure it , let them appoint an honest , brave , and cool-headed working man tc take the chair . SurelyL if the meeting is for the benefit of the peopls , this is a step that all parties must acquiese in ! The time is come when Chartists must not only be watchful but brave ; as the

      people may rely upon it that those who lay claim to extreme j liberality , are as much opposed to the Chartists and their principles aa the most rampant Tory to be found on earth . We must now organize ! organize . ' ! organize . ' . ' ! fora dissolution of Parliament ; and should we be driven to another election under the old system , we must take advantage of the pressure of tbe times to insure the restoration of all expatriated Chartists , and the emancipation of the imprisoned : while for the general conflict we must so marshal our forces as will ensure the return of Isuch a knot of veritable

      Chartists as will sit with the Speaker and rise with the House , pledged to the non-eleotors by bond and oath to restore their trust when called upon , as a means of ensuring the honest discharge of those duties which they undertake to perform . There would be no better commencement to suoh an organization than the triumph of Chartism amid the general confusion of politics ; and there would be no place which could give greater influence to that triumph than the adoption of the amendment we have published , by the good people of Marylebone . It would give both factions a taste of that share which < the people themselves intend to have in all future changes , while it would inspire the Chartist body with a new hope and vigour for the coming campaign .

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      -THE LEAGUE TRAP TRIAL . Tug people have , in another part of oar present sheet , the Treasurer ' s balanco sheet for the defence of the victims of combined tyranny , treachery , and folly ; from which they jwill see that this splendid struggle seems to havejbeen achieved on the part of the people at the small cost of less than £ 600 . This , however , is not the case by any means This is the sum for which the people have been taxed for defence ; but they will observe , that

      the Balance Sheet contains no item of a single farthing in connection with the defence of Feargus O'Connor , William Hill , or the Messrs . Scholbfif . ld . Each of these parties paid hia own costs ; aud they amounted to no inconsiderable sum . Of Mr . O'CoNNOR ' sactuallossandcost , anidea . andbutavery faint one , may be formed ) from the information given in his letter . Of our own costs we say nothing . Mr . Scholbfikld ' s we know to have considerably exceeded a hundred pounds—bard money paid down , besides the enormous loss to him and to the public involved

      in the sacrifice of his valuable time—every moment of his wakiug hours being occupied professionally ; great part of which exertions « re gratuitous among he poor . This excellent and truly philanthropic patriot was most unfairly dragged into *• the mess " , without any participation of his own , aud sacrificed to the tune of this terrible loss by parties who now give out that ho has " made a good thing o it . " We take , therefore , this opportunity of doing an act of justice due to Mr . Scholefild ; stating what we know to bo the ( real facts of the matter . Not one farthing of public funds has been

      appropriated to the defence of Mr . Scholefield or nis son . He has not in any way received one farthing from the public , properly so called . While Mr . S . was in the New Bailey Prison , a few private friends , members of his own Church and congregation , projected a subscription of their own ; they got up a tea party at the Church—the proceeds of which , together with other subscriptions from individual friends , they presented to him , less as a help for his expences than as a mark I of their personal esteem aud a testimony of their gratification at the successful issue of the struggle in which he had been so

      unnecessarily involved ; the amount of this subscription was about £ 30 , which is all fiheaid that Mr . S has had towards the heavy costs and losses which he has endured . i We trust that he will Forgive this unauthorised public mention of the facts within our own know ledge . We thought it no more than right not only to him , but all parties , that the people who hare heard of his " making a good thing of it" should know of them . j Let not the people however suppose that this

      Balance Sheet , or indeed that all the costs of defending all the prisoners , cover half a tithe of what the people have been robbed of by this transaction . We must remember that the people pay for prosecutions aa well as for defence ; and the cost of these we have no means of correctly ascertaining . The Special Commission was £ 7 , 013 13 s . Id . This alone , without saying anything of Lancaster or the Queen ' s Beach parts of the business , which would be still more heavy . Probably the amount ofj money wasted by the Government in this prosecution wiil exceed £ 20 , 000 . To this must be added the amount lost in

      labour , in the comfort fof ruined families , and in the derangement of all the affairs of society ; which is beyond estimate . When the people consider that all this was cheerfully spent on the forlorn hope of crushing the Charter agitation , they will bo able to form some estimate of their own value , and to estimate also , at something like their own worth , tha reckless , mouthing bull-frogs , who would risk all upon " ihe hazard of a die ; andi when they have " thrown ? the die , and lost !—run away from the payment of their own share of the

      demands of fortune in a losing game ! Let the people rest perfectly assured that their cause is never safe in such bauds ; and let ! them beware how they agaiu trust it in them . Had the sober advice , of those who looked before them ,, been taken , instead of the wild ravings of mad fools , or worse , all thia expenditure of money , suffering , and privation , and the taosi serious blow that our cause has had for years , would have been entirely avoided . It 13 some consolation , however , to see that , now , when the mischief has been done , the eyes of some are being opened ; we have always hopes

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      of a man who ia willing to profit by experience ; and hence we derived some pleasure from the sorrowful letter of Mr . John Leach , of Hyde , inserted in our present number . John Leach was among the foremost of the deluded , and he has seen his folly , and has the manliness fairly to acknowledge it . This is as it should be , and sets a man in his true position . There Is

      no man whose judgement is infallible ; and hence he is the wisest man who is willing to profit by experience . Tha experience of John Leach has been somewhat raugb . and we have no doubt that it has done him good . We sincerely trust that hia feeling and manly appeal for the restoration of hia faintly will be responded to with true Chartist feeling ; and that he will learn practically that tha people love a warm hearted and frank hearted man .

      To The Chartists.

      TO THE CHARTISTS .

      My Friends , —I have before been pnt to the extreme pain of referring to the differences which exist between me and the Editor of the Northern Star , with reference to Dr . M'Douall . I had reason to hope that if those differences could not be reconciled , you , would be spared from the frequent recital of them . From the article which appeared in last week's Star , however , under the head " Notice to Correspondents , " my hope in conciliation was wholly destroyed ; and no alternative remains to me but that of publicly expressing my disapproval of tbe

      course , and disbelief in the charges against Dr . M'Doual . Nothing can be farther from my mind than for a moment to deny the right of every man to express his own opinion fully and fairly ; and in order to set myself right with the public , I shall exercise that right and I trust calmly myself . I do not then subscribe in any , the most remote way , to the denunciation of Dr . M'Douall . For myself , I will add , that 1 respect him for his talent , I honour him for his patriotism , and I have fall confidence in his integrity , while as a friend I have the most affectionate regard for him . With these feelings , and entertaining them I trust

      Btrongly , I could not submit to be branded as a hypocrite for tolerating abuse of him , or as a tool , not being able to resist it . I feel convinced that I have taken the proper course for the protection of my own honour and my friend ' s character , by thus taking the earliest opportunity , after tho recent pro « . vocation , for making this explanation ; while at the same time I am resolved that upon the issue no contingent evils shall spring . You are not to infer from this that any other difference whatever eaists between me and Mr . Hill ; while he , I feel assured , will concede to me that right which he has very freely exercised himself .

      From my disinclination to say more upon painful subjects than is necessary to serve my immediate purpose , I abstain , for the present and for ever , from further reference to this most of all painful

      ones . And remain your faithful friend , Feargtjs O'Connor .

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      shall be restored to their families , their country , and their friends , and that justice shall be done to all those who have unjustly suffered legal persecution for demanding a . redress of those grievances which are now generally admitted to exist . " If the recent discussions in the House of Commons upon the subject of Irish grievances has taught us the amount of justice which that country is likely to receive > t the bands of the Tory Government , it has further taught us that as the cricket system is to be played , the Whigs are better " out " than * Sn , " watching the wicked In their day , the

      best evidence that could be adduced for the coercion of Ireland was one old ballad ! while taking advantage of Whig ; pfecedent , the Tories rely upon a whole book of songs . The only difference between the two parties iB this : that while the Whigs were " in , " the Tories not only did not oppose them , but joined them In their every act of recklessness I while upon the contrary , the Whigs , when out , " are upon the watch , and give us , at all events , the benefit of their opposition . $ he English people know that the Whigs and Free Traders would squander blood and treasure to any amount before they would consent

      to enact the People ' s Charter . The Irish people know that they have pledged themselves to resist the Repeal of the Union to the death ; and from this knowledge the people of both countries must come te the conclusion that any junction between Chartists and Whigs must be destructive of Chartism ; while any coalition between Repealers and Whigs must annihilate all hope of Repeal . Justice to Ireland cannot be recognised in patronage ; it can only be developed in representation . Justice to England cannot be recognised in the principles of Free Trade , or ChHrch Reform : it can only be effected

      by popular representation . We have thought it essentially necessary to be thus explicit upon the subject of this new dodge , because we are aware that at a time of general excitement those who are not steady in principle will be easily warped to the side of extravagant profession ; and that the Whigs and their emissaries will have reconrse to all available means for creating a reaction , base d upon extensive promises , no man can doubt . If , however , the people suffer themselves io be duped , they will learn their first lesson in ' folly , from the spirit of vindictiveness which will be evinced in their annihilation

      as a political body . Should tkis trick succeed , the insincere of all parties would allow their senseless , frothy agit&tfon to subside into a temporary calm for ihe purpose of bringing their united forces to bear against Chartism , which contains the only whole political principle worth contending for . We have now done our duty ! ft is for the people to do theirs !! and if evil should come from neglect of our advice , let tbe charge be saddled upon those who read our warning but eschew , our counsel . We feel convinced that many warm-hearted Irishmen amongst us may be led away by a belief that tho Tories only stand in the way of a Repeal of tbe Union , and that

      consequently every act of , opposition to them is calculated to advance the question . Our hope , however , is in the belief that Ireland herself has achieved too much strength , and has arrived at too supreme a knowledgeof her own powers , to waste that strength and power in so slight a triumph as that of knocking down the Tory *» wicket" and placing the "bat" once more in the hands of those whom it cost us so much trouble to bowl out , " and who , while in , pursued a career of "base , bloody , and brutal recklessness , unparalleled in the bloodiest annals of the bloodiest country . " : — ^ ^ .

      ;The Eortherlf Star.! Saturday, July 15, 1843. J

      ; THE EORTHERlf STAR . ! SATURDAY , JULY 15 , 1843 . j

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      IO THE EDITOR OT THE S 0 BXHEB 3 StiB . ^ Dexb . Sib , —! Tbetown of Ktlao has oeen . placarded ; TPith bills of various Hzas , calling a public meeting , to ' ke IieM in-Ore Secession Chunk , onTriday evening , the 7 ih of Jnly , -when John Srigot , 'Esq ., and Archibald < Prentice , Ssq trouia attend and aiSiiss the meeting ) on the working of the Corn I&ws and the depressed 1 condition of agriculture . ^ Farmers "were invited toattend to comaoer " what is the cause of the had state ' of the agriculturists , and what is the remedy ? " Some j ef omCaiartist friends sent mB-B bill to : Edm&nrgb , and ] invited me to attend , -srbich accordingly I did- The i meeting tras addressed hy the aforesaid gentlemen , who I offered to zssirer any questions , and enter into any J explanations on the subject before ihe meeting . When i the Ems arrived ! roeeind addressed the meeting , and : made some observations on the injustice of the Corn ] lavs , "which ! saM was wrong , but not ** the cause of i the present depressed condition of agricnltnre , * ' bnt the cause lay more at tbe door of the maunfactaring speculators , who , by their greediness to gain large fortunes in a ihort time , had reduced the artzxn and labourers from comfort io starvation ; that no " two ¦ wrongs could evermats one right ; " and the question of Com Ism ttbs only the vrar-cry of ihe great meantfa&vrcrs against the greai lan&ovcritrs ; neUhtr party intending the people to have the smsUert part of ths spoil when the battle was won . The audience cheered me for these aentimento , "when Mr . Prentice arose to ask if I Traa an inhabitant of the town , and intimated W Oie chairman that & would be necessary that m ; name and occupation should he ascertained before I was allowed ta proceed- The question fras then asked me , if I \ ns a -farmer , to which I answered in the negative . The league gentlemen then pointed out a note at

      the bottom of the placard , stating that "the dentation "will have ^ leaaure in replying to any questions put by fanners : —and , as I was not a farmer , I * ould * not 1 » allowed toadnEBSsiijeineefcig . Tothis I said , " the placard calls a public meeting on a pubBe qnesdor affecting the "whols T ^^ nTi , and , aa one of the public , I claim a right to show-why 1 differ with tie deputation from the Xeajoe . " 33 ie audience applauded ray xemaxk , and eies of " beariiuv" * made the chapel ring again , and made the two leaguers looi fit to burst with zage- I to aDoTPed to proceed , and was showing that a lefiocSInn d the labourer's Tr ages , of say 3 s . per week on fear mSBojrs ol labourers , xobDediheHolEe ilslfcet of JP 32 ; SuD , Do 0 5 n one year ; and inatthe manufacturer found it . his interest to employ iron and steam instead of men ; and I -was proceeding to ask how much eggs .

      , i batter , asd cheese the steam engine consumed from the j Home MarieV ? when 1 was interrupted by Mr . Bright , j TTliosaia they only camB -there to answer questions , and those put by farmers only . The chairman then desired my Bornei and aa soon as I toldhiHi , the deputies pnt their heads together andieemed in mi ghty consul- ' tatioB and grave discourse . The rhwwmn was instructed > to stop me from speaking , and confine myself to asking ¦ fcrief questions . Accordingly I consented , and asked if ; the manufacturers had not increased their Huc&iner ; and reduced the wages of their workmen ? and as the ; workman could only purchase food according to the amount of wagesie received , would not tha reduction of the labonrer'B wages be felt bj the Home Market ? - Mnsthe not purchase lessfood , or pay less far it , jnthe same ratio as his means grew smaller ?

      3 dx . Bright attempted to-shew there was more money paid to TP » TT " fr ffai"Qg labourers now than in 1770 ' ( when you know , my dear sir , there was less -inaTiTifnctaring andltS 3 poverty )! He " attjempted to seem" to imftgrsjand-my arguments as condemning all machinery ; and-on tkis dap-trap he became vsery eloguent—proving ' that we coald not exist without michkiery * Df somesort ; j even if it was a needle or a pin , Zor-which piece of , 2 mmbug the audience gave him a round of applause . . 2 « ow Sir , it has so often been declared , times

      -without number , £ bat we are sot against machinery or ths invention Df machinery , Irat seek to have machinery ; directed to benefit the community and not to starve them to death ; and as all who take an interest in public questioDs must ds well aware of thia our i j ^^ niBg , -what think 7 ^ «* E » " friend" who passes - fcra gentleman , who could condescend to prop Tip " a MEbs ; cause hy Bach a harefaeed prelotding to mis- j Bn ^ KSanasn ^ KumeBt ? I tan only say 1 pity the man -Knoconiaiise such xurerorioymans ! | I had onl jlflifi opportunity to put two ^ ueBbons , and ;

      xoOTpratumiy ' ttecpfr Mr . Bright took tcree < raai- j terser-so . Iwur in » pljfeg to mj tost question , to-¦ precjafie Xbs pcssaraTily of mj aEking any more j and ! Saafly told the meeting that ii was vtry probable I was j Jala "by the l&n&orrvoa to do their work in opposes

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      TISIT TO THE " CONCORDltTM" AT HAM COMMOK , SUBSET . BT G . JOCOB HOLTOAKS . jBvery attempt to demonstrate the possibility of increasing the znm ef linwim happiness is a tribute to TflSukini Whether such attempt succeed or-whether it fails , It is sHl an offering at the shrine ol human improvement . The residents at the . tt « tti Coomon Concordium believe that men would be healthier in frame , and more refined in thought , vrere their diet more simple , and less yimmfl- They believe Association to be conducive lo personal happiness ; and Co-operation to "worldly prosperity . Believing so , like true reformers" they endeavour to act ent their belief

      Afe-a- dayagpl tad the pleasure of Tinting them , "When I foundliflie to « ensn » , ana much to commend . As 1 am fax from m > miring the opinions of the Conoordists , I may be supposed Impartial ia what I say in favour « f then- doings . What they mean by "divine sutures , " " spirits /* harmonies , * " and so forth , I am utterly unable te comprehend , Bnt their habitation , thfsir manners , and their intentions , I can understand . Tie other speculatdona may be very correct-, but I will confine myself to what comes within the compass of my capacity .

      The Concordium is a manstoa 0 ! moderate xoa , in a Jjeauiafnl situation . The yards STB spacious and clear ; the gardens extensive and improving . Some of the -rooms in the house aregente * lly , and all are comfortably , furnished . Shower and plunje baths are at-the service of all . A printing office is attached to the premises , in 'which a portion of tftB members are employed . Others are occupied in Jtailoriiig , agricultural , and « 5 Tn ^* T uaefnl departments ; and I must add , that all look-healthy and appear happy . 'With the practice of the Concordists there u mixed ¦ op much self-denial . I use the term in the worldly sense . Be it remembered that all is not denial which

      fop world ib in the habit xd calling by Hal same . I question sot that the jAern Spartan was a happier man than the volumptious Greek . The diet of the Concordist is plain , and purely vegetable . Tbe Epicure would turn away from their Itomelj meal ; bat Jet 1 dm remember that fhsj wonld wffrwi sX Ms disease-en ^ eii dering dish . Their diet has perhaps a homely appearance ; but the health that accompanies their repast is a Jar more lovely sight than the fever and bile which creep round the gourmands' fiesh-filled-plate . They vho provide food Set their appetites instead of appetites for their food , are strangers to ths zast -with -which temperance and exercises , sit down to the-plainest ftre . In the words of . his translster , Creech , Horace

      amgs" Why , Sir , the pleasure that ' * is gating knows Is not in th meat , tut in thyself alone . Slake exercise thy sauce ; let thit * x » te : ! For a fisarny rand a sqneasy appetite If or trout , nor tench , nor oysters can delight . ' As in diet ,: so In dress , the Concordists consult the attainment of health . In person { he young men appear rather the followers of lycurgus than the -votaries of pleasure . This is honourable to them . They chitfiy Y £ ST beards , -vnA hare much , to encounter in ilie -way ef ridicule for tlua peculiarity . Bat they &pp&as io ttiffife With Bulver that " St is alaree io talk of Independence , while ever ; man is the slave of his neighbour ' s opinion . * ' ~ We have a strange propensity to ridicule the slightest deviation from costumes worn and h&cknied , however harmless in itself that-daviatica may be . We often spend more satire on our neighbour ' s innocent eccentricities than -on tie pernicious vices o ! half the nation .

      In what I observed at the Concordium there -were j many things to . be amended . Bat I allow that these ' arenot of great weight It is to be considered that the : crpyriTiwrt : ia in an incipient state . It would not be fair to criticise , as though time had been afforded to ' reach perfection . It is progressive . A friend- who ac- j companied me , testified tLat he had visited the same ^ place some twelve c 3 * *** ago , and w&a surprised at ' the improvement tha-i _ au taken place , j The Concordat * have a particular object in view : and 1 5 n fOTpTngnHrt g an fftpir plans , arrangements , and ] modes of living , I have deemed it a duty to keep this -. object always in view . As in the works of literature , ' so in experiments in science , the rule of Pope should be ' tbe guide of our judgment— " In sU respects regard the writer ' s end j ** Since ikvpp ean eompass more than they intend . " - '

      Tbe intention of tie Concordists is excellent ; and th ? yr Experiment a most -useful -one . Hence I should be ) snore sroaeus to help the amendment , than enter upon j the condemnation « f what may be defective . j It ia true my Tint was short , and my obserTxBons f therefore few . But I endeavoured to compensate by * Tfcflpnrfr tie want-of more extensivB opportunity . I personally examined every department ; and all I saw ' was tHre ^ i and creditable , ily ignorance of , what I might not have seen d&es not afieet the truth of what I ' , did see . > t"T as others have given their first irapressions of this place it is eqaally fair that 1 should give ¦ hubs . ( 3 Br . "W- J- Fox has said lhat " to the world , failure is often troith moQ than sneeesa . ** This is a strange , but j tme , assertion , it Is aa important question , -whether j we ST 8 steeped in eonv ^ nfcionaliaxn and shackled with ensiomis Id be unable to throw oS our artificial habits , j of

      return to the simple ones nature , and soil progress m intelligence . Much has been said of the merits or Cooperation ; but little has been done socially to test its Vnnfifri it is an interesting problem yet to be solved : and it is not too much to say that the progress of fanmunty hangs upon its solution . Failure or success ¦ w&l alike settle the point Svasst will determine the way mankind are to . take ; and faikcre will prove that they must start is a "new direction . The Concordists are one part ; who are labouring to furnish this information 5 and whether their experiment succeeds or * not , ttey merit esteem and deserve encouragement .

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      The Carpenter ' s Hall Chartists , Manchester —This morning ' s post ( Thursday ) brought an address from the Council of the Carpenter ' s Hull Chartists , in reply to the notice in last weeks Star affecting them . 31 r . Hill , who is personally alluded to in that address , has been this wzek in very indifferent health and so much engaged in making preparations for his tour through the country ^ that he has spent scarcely any lime at the Office ; and consequently the entire arrangement , and indeed management of tfie paper has fallen upon my shoulders . I have not an opportunity just now of consulting him ; and as I presume this address will not be inserted without explanatory remarks . I have withheld it for the purpose of putting it into his hands . In thus acting I assure the Carpenters Hall Chartists that I have no intention either to offend or to interfere ; I merely ¦ act as duty dictates , under the peculiar circum-. sianees . J . HoBSON .

      William Pairburn , Wbdnesburt , desires all who may have monies in their hands , for the aid and assistance of the law-made widow , Eliis , to send an account of the same for publication , that the amount collected may be ascertained ; and the money applied , either in one way or olher t to the relief of the present pressing necessities of the toidow ' s ease . CORRECTION . —In'Mr . Cleave ' s list of subscriptions lad week , one item was set forth as from Mossley Lincolnshire . It should have been Lancashire . The MaRYLebose Cbaktisis desire the address of Mrs . Richards , as they have some money for her . A ' Sincere Friend , at Usworth , writes to the

      pitmen . of the Tyne and Wear , bearing testimony to their great and glorious demonstration of Saturday last , when , as he says , " 'five-and-twenty ~ thousand men , with their sixty or seventy banners fluttering in the breeze , and accompanied by their bands of music * assembled to hear front one another the cause of their manifold griev ' ances . But while he is pleased to be able to re-. port most favourably as to the general order and decorum of the precession , he must reprove for a practice at the meeting , which , if not stopped on future occasions , may lead to great mischief . He speaks of the practice of drinking on the

      ground , from ale-carls and waggons ; and the practice of the bands playing while the proceed ings of the meeting are being carried on . Both practices , he says , interferes with good order ; and give the enemy occasion to speak ; while the former m » y be used by the designing for the accomplishment of most nefarious schemes to defeat the object of the working men . Amongst a sober people there is tittle chance of a riot or tumult being incited : with a tipsy crowd nothing more easy . He would advise that the parties calling large meetings should see to these things for their own protection .

      C . F . Stollmeyer . — We will see what can be done in our next ? Henhv HiGiOs , on behalf of the Chartists ofCelne , writes to say that William Smith , who was arrested during the strike-outbreak , at Skipton , in August last , and sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment in Wakefield House of Correction , will be at liberty again about the middle of August next ; and his friends are desirous to give him a public entry into ihe town , as a mark of respect for his virtues as a \ geod [ citizen , a good father , and a good Chartist . To this end they deserve the co operation of every lover of right . A meeting is to be holden in the Chartist newsroom , Windy Bank , on Sicnday , July 30 fA , to

      make the necessary arrangements . E . Wilks , Cheltenham , desires us to answer the following question . — " Which are the cheapest and best books to give an ignorant person a general knowledge of his rights and duties as a citizen- ; the object , nature , and duty of Governments ; the rejorms necessary in our Govern , ' ment ; and the way to get it reformed ; and some general knowledge of Political Economy ? " The works we would recommend are , Paine'a Right ' s of Man ; Paino ' s Dissertation on First Principles of Government r Paine's Common Sense ; Fame's Crisis ; and Paine's Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance : also Cobbett ' s Legacy to Labourers ; Cobbett ' s Poor Man ' s Friend ; Cobbett ' s Paper against Gold ; and Cobbett ' s Advice to Young Men . For the " Reforms necessary in our Government" read the People ' s Cnaner ; and , "for ] the way to

      get it Reformed" attend to the teachings of the Northern Star . For a general knowledge of TRUE Political Economy , read Bray ' s Labour ' s Wroags , aud Labour ' s Remedy ; Watts ' s Fact 3 and Fictions of Modern Political Economists ; Atkinson ' s Principles of Political Economy ; Gray ' s Social Sys-¦ tem ; Gray ' s Remedy for the Distress of N * - . tions ; Oastler's Fleet Papers ; Owen ' s Memorials to the Allied Sovereigns ; and Owen ' s Developement of the Principles and Plans of Home Colonies . Mr . Witkes states that he asked the question of the Editor of the Noaconfbrmist ; but received for answer that "he could not . answer . " Above he has our answer : and if t when he has read and grounded himself in the principles they all teach , he is not a wise man on the subjects enumerated , it is not in the power of existing books or books reading to make him so .

      J . L . Ambler , Ambler Thorn . —We are sorry that we cannot oblige him ; but the calls upon our space are so many and so urgent , that it is very tittle indeed we can devote to mere Essays or Duquisitions on abstract questions . We rather prefer matter that } elates to present and immediate practical results . Isaac Hoyle , Kirkdale Gaol , shall have attention next week , Robert Ashfortb , BiRWVGUKU . — We know not of the Advcrti-ement he writes about . He had better cons' - It some of the faculty in Birmittgham . We are not friendly to Quacks . J . M . Lk * cii , Hide . — We cannot afford space for his fatty adlress to the master- manufacturers and shopkeepers of Hyde . We would advise him to deliver U to them orally .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1221/page/4/