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    • THE tfOKTHEBJS; STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1843.
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      rr . - . . TH"R TICTIM 3 AHD THB CONFERENCE . TO TTTE SDITOX 4 ) P TO * BOKTHKas STAB . Jt Dejlb Sib , —I iave ponied "With feelingB of sorrow and shame the afflicting letters from the " TlcttmB " confined in Erkdsle Gaol , published in the Star o Saturday last v sorrow Jot lh « ^ sufferings of the persecuted ujeo and tbeir unhappy femTlipn ; and shasie that as a -Gbartfrt I am compelled to plead i ? w # y to the cbsrge-ef neglect preferred against ibe irhole ' body by these truly Ill-used men , "WiQi every irord of your a&miraMe comment I heartily agree . In the name of humanity , for the honour of Chartism , let the Manchester Conmdtfeeheinmediateiy appointed ; ( I trust it isso ere fins } . ; and H any Trietim fend , large or small , is in a » isods % l Mt-CleaTB , lei it be deroted to the frnrmafH-ttfl jeBef cf fi » * mtbrtan * te fannftf * . Snob xellef may "be Jmuffident to meet fiielr -wants ; but if only jarl 3 al , * tilllefcit tw afibrded and toe ^ ufferings of the wives and « bndren of onr i > roOiers be alleviated , if not eaHrelyienioTed . .

      Bat means ought to exist for the regtOar Bnpport of the lamiliBS of the imprisoned Chartists . Sow can Bach means be supplied f Only by the estahiiKhment of a General fund for all . general purposes- I feel assured that any attempt just Tio-sr to raise a Victim Fund by eontribution through the-country -would faO . We must jhrsUuecexai Orgatdzalion ; ami to Jtave ihat we must Jiate He Conference . Tti 4 > ih Tncyitimppa ^ p ^ CTtn and memorials may be got xrp in . befealf \ ot She incarcerated , provided the localitiBB Triers the "Victims resided previous to trial , "will furnish the country "with the necessary information , Tit : —Harms , occupations * and families oftheimpnsoned ttihen a > rf where tried j on vfatieharye ; Una of sentence ; toidtreatmexiin ffool . Ihia information each locality tan easily furnish to tine Star ; having which , I pledge jnyself that petiHonajialUje sent from Sh ^ fflplfl .

      Mr . lyTHiams states that the incarcerated wrote to thirteen different Assodations , requesting their assistance In the getting np of petitions , &c and that four only answered the appeal In justice to the Sheffield GbirBsts , I beg to say that no letter horn She Victims has been received by them . Had there teen , itiwoald haTemet "with prompt attention . Mi . "Wmiams ib of opinion that had each locality petitioned the Government for a remission of punishment , that they { the incarcerated ^ Tronld , toj 1 Mb time , haTebeen at liberty . I am sot bo sanguine as to the results of < nzr petitioning ; still , if it "be as an expression of sympathy on our parts , ttb are bound not to omit tidi dniy . " " Wherever one of the community is oppressed , all are oppressed , " is a righteous maxim ;

      one that should never b % lost sight of ; never neglected to l > e earned trnt to its legitiniat © conclusions by all men professing the pnndplea of democracy . A -word on ihe " Conference . " I am surprised that Bomeof themoat important localities bare neTer yet uttered one "word , . pro or con , on the subject of the Cou-Xerexce .. It Is generally understood that a Conference is to be lolden , and that speedily ; yet only a few places hare expressed their assent or dissent . The great majority , if they approTe , do : not say so ; and if they dirapproTe , they are equally silent This is not Mi . If they deemQie holding of a national < lelegs * ioii necessary , -why sot publish their opinion , as to the date , place , &e » j and if they consider It inadvisable ,

      "Why not * ay so , that those -who are anxious to have a Conference holden may not be led into error under the impression that the project it generally appro-red of ? The Chartists of the following places have not as yet expressed an opinion en the subject z it in Bext Saturdays Star they are still found sOe& \ I implore of them , for the sate of the cause , al once to meet , consider , decide , and publish their decisions : —Birmingham ( the apathy of Binningbam is most astonishing , —the town -which before all others jznnst reap the greatest benefit from a Conference if there ieia ) , : Bristol , Bath , Brighton , Norwich , Isle of "Wight , Xeicester , * Iioughborough , Nottingham , 2 > erby , Uverpool , Uortb lancaahire District , Bradford , p 3 yrTni }» y ^ TT-n ^ fiffr ^ fipifi , Hall , Xcrk , Sunderland , Uew-

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      tastlB , CstTisId , -fee * , &c , 4 t Without further delay Isl ihe decision of each locality : Rrst , as to the propriety of the Conference ; and , if approved of ; Second , as to the place sna date , be sent to iiheStor office hy the 1 st of August , ana the resolutions of each be published in the Star of August 5 th . I see that the 21 st of August ( for such i < the date meant I presume in last-vre * i ' s Ster ) is recemm ended for the assembling of the Conference . I most object to its propriety . in ^ B likelihood aereraa schemes vl Orgsnizilion haTfi yet to be made pnblie , iadndlug the promised , one from yourself , which 1 anticipate -will be one demanding tha calmest and most mature considera-Coil it ariliiot dofor the ddegates to assemble -with their fingea in thfiir mouths . They mustmeet prepared

      to go instantly to -wnrk ; and "mtmng , to work -welL "Weighty will be the responsibflfly of the new " Organizars . " I * t the people see ttiat -fljey take their seats properly instmefced in the-news of their constituents , and competent to the task of framing such an Organiation as irill legaDy protect the people in ttieir stingglo for Jiberty ; and , properly -worked , result in the toffmph of aemocratic xigat and the OTerttro ^ r of aristocaHc opprwiion . lor these reasons I "would again press npon the conctemtion of the people the Wt of September as the most proper data But encs snore , -whaterer be the date , let ma again entreat of xiy Chartist brethren to publish their final decision in the £ to" vfVu-ZSh of August . I am , yours truly , Sheffield , July 24 , XS 43 . G . J . Hakset .

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      9 AZSEXTB . —A delegate meeting of the colliera of Mid Lothian , iras held in the Free Mason ' s Hall on Sattcrdaj last , Mr . James Bairns in the chair , the meeting vas ably addressed bj Messrs . Daniells , and Hammond , aad iiie follomng resolutions passed . — lst . » ^ ThaiDaIMetlfl > e 13 ie centre for Mid Lothian " 2 nd . — "That the following persons form tie district committee ; namely , Messrs . Wm . Cooper , Nairn , Young , ¥ bl Fornes , Wm . Sharp , and Thomas jemison / ' 3 rd . — "Thai anofher delej ^ ate me eting beholden on this day week , ( 29 th instant ) , chair taken at hx o ' clock in ihe eTening . 4 th . — " Thatihe thanks of thiB . meeting are dne and are hereby gi- ? en to Messrs . Hammond and I > anIeIIs , forthesr talented and praiseworthy exertions , on behalf of ihe oppressed coffins Of Scotland . "

      PbCGBESS OP TTTR ^ TTfyT » 8 ASSOCIATIOS IH SCOTUlSD . —Meetings of the colliers taYe been held at the following plaeeB daring ihe past -week , "riz ^ Adam ' s-T 4 m ^ W&kTirfiiBB , Wiite-bill , Dnke of Bacelengh ' s coal works , and Trenant , which hare been addressed iy Messrs . Hammond aod JDaniellB . and resola-£ onB passed pledging the men to join ihB miner ' s society . Trenant was appointed to be the centre for East LoHaan , -and a district committee chosen . Mr . Wm , Daniells has now addressed fourteen localities , iwelre of which have agreed to join the miner ' s aseociatioB , So ibe good work goes irayely - on in

      Scotland . - CASZiZSXiB . — -Sksiocs Dispute amoxgst tej Baie-Patkes op Sabit Cuihbebis , withodt . — for some lame "baek . » somewhat serious difference 2 oa existed amoagst the rate-pijers of the aboTenamed pariah 5 sereral < jf the outer , or country townehipa refusing to haye anything to do with the inner townships ; being defcennined to keep their own poor . In consequence of this dispnte , the 3 iagis tr » te 3 -will not sanction a rate ; and the Board of Guardians are clamouring most -vociferously for money from the OrerseerBj who cannot , under the cirenmBtances , set a angle fartning . . A pnblie

      meeting-of tteowners and occupiers of property in the township of Botchergate was held the other erenmg , when it was agreed to try the case j which proceeding , it was stated , wonld not cost more lhan ^ 150 ; and it wonld be much better to expend this sum , than snbmit to the outer townships , which would have the « ffect of doubling the rates for the township of Botchergate . T ± may be proper to state &ax ibe toTTnahips in ine abore-iiamea parish hare beea nnited for Dpwaris of £ fty years , and hare always paid their * qoal share of the rates for toe snpport of the poor j bo that it is more than probable toat the case will be decided against the outer townships .

      He-Cjlptcbe of Lawrekcb Doooam , twt ? Esclpsd Cojcnct . —Oa Tuesday eyening week , the above-named eon-net , whose recent escape from ibe County gaol at Carlisle excited so mnci interest , was brought back to Carlisle in custody of a Manchester policeman . Isappearsirointhe 3 fanc& ££ ler £ ! ua > " < &m , that on Saturday afternoon , the loth instant , Robert Bcthapna , one « r the Salford police beadles , being on -duty 3 d Qiapel-strset , was accosted by a boy apparently aboui sixteen , who said le iad been robbed of seTtrral pounds of money by ihe people where he loo * £ eo . Bohanna , thinking it strange that a lad of ids 3 ears should have so much money , enquired how isoeb , and the lad said abont ISsoyereigna and a £ 6 note , gtsn more astonished at hearing this

      antnai , and nouoiiig the boy ' s appearance Bolianna rtjquirtrd bom to go with : him . After apprehending the Homaai of lie house ¦ where he lodged , Bohanna ¦ w as taking hta- and the boy ^ to the police-office , when the hiwtr , finding ihaibB was himself an object of suspicion ,-wished , as he said , not to pre ^ ., the case , anc wanted Bohanna to release ibe -w » m * x > and let them boii goii" * * bis only strengthened the ^ , s- «^» iaspicions , and lie conreyed both to the SalJord police-office ^ It was found on farther enqniry in the course of the day , thai the lad had chaiifetd £ yb country bank notes , of £ 5 each , for sort i * -ij ; ns , at a shop in Saiford ; and that a number of ihnst soTereigns had subseqnentlj been stolen from his 3 mm , in all probabflirj , bj thehusband of the

      female prisoner , aB he had absconded onlearning his wife w * s m custody . In order to discover -whether any considerable iheft of hank not ' . s had lately been eotom . tttd m asj pars of the country , the Salfprd offit e *> . nxracd to the Hue and &y , and there found id their surprise , that the lad whose possession of ibe money had excited their suspicions , was . no othtT than Lawrence Doogan , who had escaped , as before siated , &oa Collide gaol . He bad marks of tbv biisier on bis chest which had been pnt on when be was placed in the hospital , whence be enacted bis perilous and daring escape ! On Monday be-was laien before the magistrates at the Saiford Town Hali , and in consequence of their order , was con-TeyetL on Tuesday morning to Carlisle . It is belfeTed tbat ibe party with whom Doogan lodged in Manchester , is bis aunt , and ibat the money of which she

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      and herbusband had robbed him , bad been " planted " by him previous to bis first apprehension , and -was procured by him after bis escape from prison . This most either bate been the owe , or he bas oommitted another robbery since bis escape from gaol . The anni at first endeavoured to get rid of the charge made against her by saying tnat tho boy was mad , and had only recently left a mad-bouse , which would also account for bis ball being cat ] so short . Bat afterwards , when it was -evident that the boy ' s in * tellect was in no way affected , she was beard to caution him , that if be persisted in his charge , she would " veacik" everything . Doosan at first denied

      that be was the runaway from Carlisle gaol '; but when be got to Lancaster , be confessed the fact , and spoke freely of hiB escape . He said be bad the utmost difficulty in getting on the top of the spout , that be made ihe attempt three times before be sneceeded . He at last got one leg in , whioh went down the pipe , and so afforded him a purchase to raise himself np . He afterwards reached the top of the wall by a spring , as was surmised . rHe bas further stated that be "dropped"from the first roof to the second , bnt tbat be leaped from the next wall , whioh is a height of twenty feet , and tbat be was so Bbaken and exhausted when he reached the shrubbery , tbat be lay for two boors before he was able to proceed .

      The Tfokthebjs; Star. Saturday, July 29, 1843.

      THE tfOKTHEBJS ; STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 29 , 1843 .

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      THE KING OF HANOTER .. Tse Star cannot be considered : a fashionable paper ; while those journals tbat profess to lead the fashion of their several parties , feel themselves as much compelled to study the cat in which we dress political characters , as tailors and dressmakers feel the necessity of studying tbe Parisian figures which regulate onr London fashions . It is now some weeks since this country was honoured by the presence of bis Majesty of Hakoysb . We were aware of tbe connection that existed between this illustrious individual and the Orange

      faction in Ireland . We were also : aware of tbe secret oaths by which that faction is banded together , We were cognizant of the fact that the object of tbat faction ever bas been , to maintain an nnjuBt ascendancy over their Catholic brethren , by an adherence to those principles , fostered and encouraged throughout the long and unholy reign of that monBter Monarch , Geobge III ., who for more than sixty years ruled Ireland by coercion . This hellish faction is nnited by a secret Bolemn bath , whioh we

      published some time ago , by "which they pledge themselves to wade np to their knees in Papist blood . A section of these monsters , rejoicing in the title of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association , have taken advantage of the presence of the English Hanoverian , and have made bun tbe organ for expressing tkeix devotion to ihe principles in whioh they have been bred , and to maintain which they are ready to die . The following is tbe history of the transaction : —

      "TflE Kisg ot Hahotbb . —Tbe folio-wing reply from his Majesty to an address of congratulation from the Dublin Protestant Operative Association was read at the weekly meeting of that bady yesterday evening , tae company standing during toe reading of the letter : — "' Gestxemem , —I bare received , with peculiar gratification , the loyal address of the Dublin

      Protestant Operative Association and Keformation Society , congratulating me on my return to my native country , -which yon , as Chairman and Secretary of the Society , have transmitted tome ; and ! request you to express to its members my thanks for the mark of esteem and attachment they have thus shown to me ; assuring them that I sever did , nor shall , deviate from those principles in which 1 have been brought up by my late revered father , George III .

      "' I remain , gentlemen ,. * ' ¦ Your affectionate friend , " Ebnest . " St James ' s Palace , July , 15 , 1843 . " * To the Chairman and Secretary of the Dablin Protestant Association and Reformation Society . * " Tbe contents of this letter drew forth load cheers and Kentish fire , which continued for some minutes . " It was then moved that lbs letter with -whieb tbe Association were honoured by the King of Hanover , -with the address accompanying it , should be handsomely framed , and suspended in the chamber of the Association . ; " Tbe resolution was passed "with acclamation . '

      Before we offer a word of comment upon this correspondence , we feel ourselves bound to make a passing observation , upon ihe manner in which the glad tidings of Orange-confederacy hare been beralded forth by the Times newspaper . Of course it wonld not have been good tact , or even decorons , to have made tbe King of Hanovkb tbe principal feature in tbiB resuscitated monster ; and therefore we find it crawling , members and body foremost , and the hoary head following after . The Times tells ns of Ibe new hope that has sprang oat of the tardy vigour of the Grand Jury class : and

      then leads us on to tbe full cup of joy contained in the above announcement , tbat the King of Hahoveb " still preserves , and never -mil depart from , those principles in which be has been brought up by bis late revered father Gsobok IIL" What is this , bnt a fulfilment of onr prediction that bis mission here at this particular time was of a political character ! What is this , bnt the insolent protest of a foreign despot against those alterations which have been made in our institutions for the avowed purpose of rendering the principles innoxious wbicb tyranny held in tbe ascendant daring tbe sixty years calamity tbat this country suffered under tbe

      tyrant rule of tbe revered father of the illustrious Ebkest 1 ! We would ask . bas tbe arm of England become so paralysed , or are the people so oppressed as to look for a remedy in Hanoverian interference 1 Is tbe English Minister so tamely submissive U to tolerate this strengthening of the old connection between a foreign despot and tbe domestic faction of Ireland , in tbe bope that fresh confusion may cover Ministerial weakness ]? or will he still allow this rival monarch to beard bis Royal Mistress , and divide allegiance with ; her , in the bope of mounting her throne , through $ he blood shed in another Church and King war ! ?

      What , we again ask , iB tbe cause of thelong visit of the King of Hakover to this country ai this particular crisis 1 Why those incessant fetes , luxurious banquets , and captivating pageants , provided by bis illustrious kingship for the staff of bis Church and E 3 n « army 1 Why thoBe peculiar notioes of Mb kingship in the Times newBp&per , which although published under tbe bead of the King of Hanover *' are yet broken into paragraphs , in whioh we learn all abont , not "the King of Hanover , " but THE KING ?"

      Suppose tbat the revered father of tbe revered Ebhest bad lived and reigned during the late visit of the King of Pbbssia to tbis country , would such announcements , referring to tbe visitor , have beeen tolerated 1 When the King of Belgium visits this country , in every line of every paragraph he is styled , not as " the King" but as the " King of Belgium" ; and wben addresses are presented by societies , or corporations , to foreign potentates who may honour us with their presence , they axe invariably confined to an expression of respect for the

      individual ; and never before bas it occurred tbat a section of Her Majesty ' * " most loyal subjects" have presented an address to » foreign-monarch reprobstory of iho policj or tbe acts of Her Majesty ' s Ministers ; sever before bas an equal piece of audacity been committed as tbat to which we refer as committed by this most insolent visitor ! Has ¦ he fecundity of England ' s young Queen placed the legitimate grasp of England ' s sceptre so far ont of the reach of the next in succession , that other meanB must be resorted to , to gratify the ambition of < mr pensioner !

      If we are wrong in our conjecture , no damage can occur from our error j while , should we be Tight , we hasten to communicate to the Throne-Hunter , tbe fact , that ibe first overt act committed , arising out of such a conspiracy , would ] be followed by a manifestation of popular feeling in favonr of " THE QUEEN" against "THE KING , " as would teach him the poor value of bis war of strife , and tbe insignificance of that faction upon which he must rely for success . We have had more than enongb of " £ ie principles of bis revered father" ! They have been buried in ^ KseanB of blood I The very recollection of them and bir o cansiB a nanseons loathing , and , leads to recollections by no means

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      flattering to tbe living prototype of that execrated monarch . ; Pan any doubt now exist in the mind of the most sceptical as to the connexion existing between the Orange Irish Grand Juries , the Orange Irish Operative Associations , and the Orange Foreign Chief of those illegal bodies I It is some six or seven weeks since we furnished the Times and the world iwith tm notions as to tbe part which Ernest ¦ and his staff would take in the Repeal

      agitation . ] They have been perhaps rather hasty in the developement of their re-organization ; and from it we infer tbat tbe Orange faction in Ireland but awaits the completion of the Arms' Bill io demand from the English Minister the reoonquest of Ireland ; the penalty , in case of a refoeal being , a threat to hoist the Hanoverian standard , around which the ; church militant would flock as a noble army of martyrs .

      We believe that the Duke of Wellington alone has had the sagacity to see through the covert intentions of the Pretender . He baa abstained from recognising tbe necessity for his Kingship ' s long sojourn in Pauper-Land . He has thrown a cold glance uponbim , and has received his preferred attention with chilling indifference . We do not wish to hazard the chance of libelling a Monarch with whom England is at peace ; but our allegiance to tbat throne from wbicb we are said to receive protection demands the caution which vte , now give . We have every reason to believe tbat the leaders of the

      Orange faction are in daily communication with the Illustrious Hanoverian , while the tone of their organBiswell calculated to arouse a strong feeling of High-Church indignation against her Britannic Majesty . These things are well worthy the consideration of the British Minister ; and should not be wholly overlooked by the Irish people . A foreign Monarch is amongst us , who lives upon English industry . He is hated by the English people ; he has insolently declared himself ready to maintain principles to destroy wbicb England would have hazarded a civil war ; he has entered into open communication with the Queen ' s enemies ; and if the result should be disastrous , the Minister who must bear tbe consequences , cannot plead ignorance of Cumberland ' s intention .

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      THE COLLIERS . The Times bas not only got a spy in Rebecca ' s camp , and a spy in the Irish camp , bnt it further appears Vhat the tk fourth estate" has got a spy in the Colliera camp in South Staffordshire . We lean from that agent that the case of the miners , both masters and men , is of a nature calculated to lead to gloomy apprehensions ; and he seems to look opon any settlement of the dispute as hopeless . Capitalists , in their magnanimity , have declared that they would refuse £ 50 , 000 as a Government

      loan , at one per cent , 03 a means of relief ; while their nationality was roused to indignation by the Pbbkieb ' s suggestion of Emigration as a means of correction . : Tender-hearted souls ! compassionate philanthropists 1 lovers of your species ! weeping advocates for the sufferers' distress ! at what an , opportune moment have all these finer feelings of your nature burst through your black hearts 1 ! O , as we predicted before tbe Coal Conference and the Iron Conference , the tender-hearted masters had no thought of self , but all for their suffering clients !

      As we anticipated , they reminded the Prime Minister of their own loss of capital , as a national calamity ; and of diminished wages as a natural consequence . So the black men having refused Emigration ; and the loan : and the whitemen having turned a deaf ear to " Free Trade " and Twenty Shilling Notes , the Conference ends just i where it began , having produced no other effect than of increasing the deadly feud between the Tory Whites and tbe Whig Blacks . " There Sb no possible remedy "—' there is no chance of a settlement , " says the Times Reporter . We

      think , however , that we can suggest a plan more wise , moreconstitutional , just , and satisfactory , than any that has been proposed on either side . It ib this . Let the Prime Minister send a Commission throughout the Iron and Coal districts , and let tbat Commission investigate the causes of distress and apply the ' proper remedy . The distress will be found to exist in the protection which the law a

      their life ' s blood ; and let tbe Commission make a fair adjustment of the wealth created by labour , taking care tbat the capitalist shall be remunerated for bis riskl&nd speculation , while the men shall not suffer from bis injustice and tyranny . It would not be & bad -division of property unjustly amassed , as that of Mine Owners has been , to divide tbe whole into ten shares ; leaving one share for the master , and nine shares for the men who made him rich . This may be called the * levelling system . " Tbe friends of injustice may call it what they please , while we recommend it as a just mode of settling the differences between the Miners and their slaves .

      We are glad to find that even tbe Times is compelled io congratulate the Colliers upon their peaceable demeanour ; and we would strongly impress upon them the necessity of persevering in that course ; forbad as the law is , and rotten as the Jury-class are , we would urge upon them the desirableness of rather relying upon the law than upon their physical strength . ; The trials at Lancaster have taught the working classes of this country to have more reliance upon the law ; and we have endeavoured to persuade them that the application of a very small portion of those funds spent in dissipation and wasted in folly , spent to attain legal redress would be more profitably expended than if laid out in the purchase of muskets , and all the munitions of war .

      Let the first act of tyranny attempted by the masters , be met with legal exposure by the men ; and we will answer for it , tfaftt the clubbed pence of the many , if judiciously expended , will gain a legal triumph over the pounds of tbe few . We have thought it necessary to add this further word of caution to our advice of last week ; and shall conclude by cautioning ihe miners , firstly , against holding secret meetings of any description ; and , seondly ,

      should any such be held by their body , not to be entrapped by tbe BophiBtry of the Times Bpy , who may gull them to-day with the plausible notion that " publication of tbeir grievances is the thing most necessary ; " while to-morrow he may appear in the witness-box to give evidence against them . The principal witnesses produced against the Chartists during ibe years 1539 and 1840 , came from tbe ranks of the reporters of the aewapapel press .

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      ORGANIZATI ON . Undek this head we shall give no further instruction to our readers , than merely to direct attention to the great importance of the subject , and to convince them that upon its wise completion depends the success of the democratic catne ; We can well understand the importance which a working man , destitute of the means of existence , must attach to the establishment of those principles that hold , put the promise of relief . We can make mil allowance for the suspicion created by delay ; we caa account for the feverish , aaxietv vrith -which every step of

      every leader is watched ; and we can scarcely complain of the dispondency created by protraction * However , in taking a whole view of the subject , we are entitled to consider what has been done , what was expected , and wherein we have failed . The great good achieved by the democratic party is best demonstrated in the rapid inorease that it has made within the last two ' year * in its numbers ; but still more in the advance of its principles , and the enforcement of them upon those sections of society who have heretofore rejected discussion , from a conviction that the corrective power of " physical

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      force" was at their command , and was a good substitute for argument . The pabllc mind has run beyond all those limits arid barriers by whioh law had confined it for Centuries . In ihe race , tit has far outstripped the democrats of the old school ; while it has modestly inyited those who lagged after in the course , to keep pace with public opinion . Now and then , if it has bolted , by bursting out into sudden outbreaks , or senseless emeutes , although its progress in wandering may have been checked for a moment , yet have all

      the powers arrayed against it been unable to drive it back to a single point , beyond that from which it had broken ! After the law had taken its vengeance in 11839 and 40 , and when the Whig ATTORNEr-General boasted of his " triumph over Chartism , " the principle rose from that spot where it had been momentarily entranced ; and instead of retrograding , advanced to that point were it was able to meet its persecutors in the field 1 Though destitute of the representative quality , it was able to force the Whig enemy from his position , and consign the faction to oblivion !

      During the short breathing time allowed by their Tory successors , Chartism made another rapid stride in advance of sectional opinions , until again the power of the law was called in , in the hope not only of arresting our progress , but of driving us back to advance no more . This crusade , like that of ihe Whigs , did stop the movement for a time , as far as physical display was concerned ; but THOUGHT went on the while ! and it is

      in order to give expression to that improved thought , and that we may start from that spot at which we were last entranced , that we would now impress upon the Chartist body , the absolute necessity of deciding upon such a system of Organization , as / may be a fitting main-spring for working the improved machinery emanating from improved thought . We are glad to find that the whole country , without a single exception , has responded to a desire for such a system of Organization as shall be suitable to our improved condition . Thus we show tho one thing needful for the gathering together of our strength , while we would justify delay , by pointing attention to the struggle that we were engaged in ,

      and the power of the enemy opposed to us . No man in his senses could , for a moment , have anticipated that the garrison of faction would have surrendered at the command of those who struggled for eqaality , without expending its last shot . Whoever imagined , when the stake was Liberty , and the enemy those that revelled on its prostration , that the struggle was to be an easy one % Reflection upon these points , together with the effect that Chartist principles is now producing all over the Jworld , will lead thie most zealoua and entbusiastio to the conclusion that unpardonable delay has not taken place . On the contrary , every attempt prematurely made to force the machinery of public opinion beyond its legimate limits , has had ihe effect of retarding our movement . "

      Our strength consists in the one great whole now formed of public opinion . Seven years ago , public opinion was as a riddle , through which the varied notions of sections of society passed ; while now it is as a machine , through which notions have been winnowed , Chartism falling in a heap like corn , while all opposing dogmas have gone as chaff to the wind . Seven years ago , we could not bear a single desertion without anticipating a strong diversion in favour of the dogmas of the deserter ; while now , the , [ Shepherds walk out from the flock without being followed by one in the fold . Although , then ,

      we cannot point to any distinct act , whereby our positive strength may be measured , yet we may triumphantly refer to the hopeless position of those political traffickers , who cannot now , as formerly , rely } upon the instability of public opinion as a safe scaffold to personal aggrandisement ! We will not offer such an insult to the righteous principle of democracy , as to attribute its improved position altogether to the numerical Btrength created by national pauperism ; but we would rather suppose that ; its progression has been a consequence of its exposition , strengthened by those discussions in

      which unsophisticated working men were able to defend it against tbe sophistries of the prejudiced and bigotted . We are not quite sure that tbe present strength of public opinion is known to any man living ; and it is because we anticipate the development of its improved condition , from suitable Organization , that we the more anxiously look for this means of action . That the stirring events now passing should have failed of producing gome effect upon the public mind is not to be supposed ; and can only be accounted for by a deficiency in our Organization , which bas latterly deprived us of the capability of laying it weekly before our readers . For these reasons , 'and in order that we , who undertake to give expression to the public voice , should critically

      understand its power ; and feeling convinced that a want of tbe real knowledge of the popular mind leaves even us in ignorance , do we attach more than ordinary importance Io the forthcoming Conference . Between this and the time of its assembling , lot the people themselves instruct their delegates upon the present state of the public mind ; let the delegates chosen by the people give expression to the people ' s voice , and , not to their own opinions ; so that public opinion thus collated may be reflected , as the dial by which the public mind may be set and regulated . To such a chaage we look with intense anxiety ; while we shall proudly and cheerfully herald forth the improvements that have taken place , even in the midst of oppres&ion and persecution .

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      How : to tell a Talk . — 'In the Star , a week or two ago , we announced ( hat Miss Susanna Inge had objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s venturing to suggest , that a certain person should be elected General Secretary , pro tern ; she averring that many of the Chartists would be inclined to vote more according to Mr . O Connor ' s inclinations than according to their own judgment . Out of that announcement some " suck mug" or other , who sells his brains to * " parly' for a couple of pounds per week , has manufactured the following very pretty story \ which will , no doubt , "' go the round " . We have seen it already in the Birmingham Advertiser and the Nottingham Journal : — '" The He and She Chartists . —A regular split has taken place between tbost * two sections of Coartiats , in consequence of Mr . O'Connor taking upon fttmse . / the ofide of dictator , in appointing anrt ohganizikg THE NEW CHARTIST EXECUTIVE . Misa ttar ; Ann Walker and Miao Susannah luge are the leuders in the opposition to Mr . O Connor oa this point . Miss Inge bas put herself prominently forward , and bas expressed Hers If determined to break a l&uco with the t'Lion of the North , on his assumed right so to do , as ehe says it is quite at variance With the principles of demoeracy laid down by !>'"•• a »» d approved of by tbo female CQarti » t » x > s unt-xpeoted opposition on tho part ° fcia quondam female admiroM , ha » quite Siaconcened the leader of 'the vftfole hog Chartists .

      Is tt any wonder that the middle classes should have horrible notions respecting Chartists and Chartism , when mendacity like this is regularly served up to therni Masters' Care por Workmen — The Iron Misters have been to Sir Robert Peet to tell him of the oppressed condition of the working miners , and oj the great danger to society , arising from their es tranged feelings . We wonder whether they told Peel of such inst . nces pjy si generous care" and "kindly ferlinff" as the following I or whether it was ] necessary to go to Robert Peel to prevent their occurrencet

      We have received an authenticated letter , alleging rather singular act of inattention by the emjiloyots to the employed . A rope : happening to break une dayilaafc week , in the ButterJey pit , by wMeh tbe miners ascended to the mouth , no rope was substituted by the ' agent ; and THlttTYFiVE workmen he-MaINED BELOW , many of them without Jvod , fob . tud SPACE O * TWENTt-TWO HOUKS . Tueir # w , then flocked around the pit in a state of exciumient , until means of deliverance came . —Nottingham Re .

      view . Samuel White Slave , Mellor . —Any of the large Portraits or Plates can be had on the terms he enumerates : subscribing : to the Paper jor 5 /^ weetis ^ , and paying for the Paper and Plate , ichrn had , [ one shilling . Of course , if there be uny po , t . age charge , that is » 't addition . H . A , Donaldson , Warwick . —Received . } Mav perhaps , be used on another occasion .

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      Ratheb Wabm . —Some of ihe leaders of the Irish Repealers are extremely fearful of an alliance with the English Chartists ^ because , they say , they do not wish to be mixed up with the " doctrine of Physical Force' \ which they falsely and iniquitously ascribe to the \ Chartists : i . e ., they falsely and iny quilously put a construction upon the Chartist feeling with respect to the right of possessing arms , and using them } n self-defence . But while they thus manifest ] an outward anxiety not to be classed with the "Physicals " , they can occasionally turn out pretty strong threats- We here give a specimen , from toe pen of the Editor of the Belfast Vindicator ; ' and ask our Chartist friends what this man , this Vindicator , would have said , had a

      similar paragraph appeared in the Northtern tttar on the occasion of the Stephenson ~ square onslaught , or the Hall of Science outrage t Let it never be forgotten the Stephenson ' s-square bludgeoning teak plate before [ the eyes of both Magistrates and Police ! Score * of the latter "force" were on the ground ; land they never lifted a finger to " protect" those who were being shamejully maltreated with pokers and bludgeons ; nor did the Magistracy interfere . The occasion which has called forth the threats of the Vindicator was not more tf brutal ') nor more * 'bloody" than the Stephenson ' s-sQuare butchery . Let us see the terms in which the Vindicator speaks of no ' * protection " when he and his friends are left to su ffer from

      it : — Last night , we witnessed sufficient to make na repeat that , if the Government do not promptly interfere , the Catholics most and will defend themselves . We—who are janxious for peace—who glory in onr obedience to the law , the Queen , and O'Connell—WILL DEFY QOVERMENT prosecution and Orange atrocity . AND TAKE OUR STAND AMONGST TflE POOR AND HITHERTO DEFENCELESS ' CATHOLICS , if , after this day , there be not something better than our Peelers—and the disjointed force ( each being a mere ricketty automaton ) called watchmen—and the paraivb soldiery now here , to protect ] as . Defend the people , on the people must defend themselves ! If that imbecile old fool , Lord De Oret , were removed from this country ; or if—in tbis particular locality—we had again such a magistrate as Mr . Coulson , we should not have to write , as we do now without confidence in the local authorities . Mr . Coulson

      was a Tory , bnt he was a fair and honest magistrate . Would to heaven we had him now . Must the ptqpit , we ask tbe authorities , be driven to defend- and to avenge themselves ? If so , we shall be with THEM III ¦ This is pretty stiff ! We wonder whether the " physical force" hating Vindicator could cull anything like it from the pages of the ' * rascally Northern Star" ? There has been no portion of the Irish subsidized Press so vehement and so unprincipled in the raising and continuing of the infamous cry of ** Physical \ Force" applied to the Chartists , as this same Belfast Vindicator . He has done'it to prevent the otherwise inevitable junction between the working people of England and Ireland ; and the consequentwverthrow of the infernal THING

      which crushes ( hem into the earth . It is but right to let the deluded see the barefaced dishonesty of the deluder . j This Chartists meeting at the T . S Duncombe Inn , Nottingham , have sent 6 s . to Mrs . Cooper . G . Groundwater , Leith — We are thankful for his attention . Were all our friends in different parts of the country as alive as he has proved himself io be in this instance , by sendiny the first and most full account h q could procure of the lamentable wreckof the Pegasus Steamer , the " People ' sPaper " would many a fame be more interesting to the people than it is . } Ve commend his example to general adoption . Verified accounts of ** accidents by flood or field"or narrations of extraordinary

      occur-, rences , shall always meet with the best attention we can bestow , and have that prominence that space and circumitan ' ces will permit . Robert Ridsdale , SLiNGiBr . —We regret we cannot give his letter \ but it is rather too ' peppery . Mr . Smith is an old weather-beaten Radical ; and though he may disagree with us on the Land scheme t from a misapprehension of our reasons and purposes , we believe him to be sincerely honest in the expression of his opinion . 1 Of course we can have no objection to a fair and candid examination of his reasoning and statements ; and would not refuse insertion to such a papery were it Jorwarded . We must , however , pause ^ ere we give insertion to Robert Ridsdale's somewhat rude assault .

      A Reader . ^ —H or ^ ks on Geography are very common and very " cheap " . Any bookseller almost can show him n Jrzen ; and he can " pick and choose " . The pric- < J Justice Brenan ' s work on Punctuation is 2 s . Gd I D . Cater , London , has only sent pay for the two last insertions . I He should have enclosed , with his first remittance ^ pay for the first insertion . J . H . Clitherob . — We fear the question might be considered insulting . Besides , if it should be even true that the gentleman he names indulges in the sneate-producing habit , making a public parade of it , can only } have the effect of weakening the force of a well-timed energettc appeal on a question ef confessedly high import . For ourselves , we believe that the gentleman in question is "tee total " from tobacco and snuff 1 , as well as from" the not

      and the pipe " . [ G . J . Harney . — We have reserved his criticism on the plans of Organization for future opportunity . We are making a collec tion of such , as they come to hand ; and after the promulgation of our plan , when it is read $ , shall serve them all up at once , that the countryjmay have before it , at one time , all that has been said , to guide to a decision . Wm . Horneb , Oldham . — Of course we shall forbear the publication \ of the letter now sent , until the result of the " thorough investigation" he speaks of is communicated , to us , when we shall endeavour to do the O . dham Chartists justice , if they have been at all wrongedl At the same time we must say , that the impression on our mindfromreauing the

      , , letter now sent , \ is , that the spirit in . which they have entered upon the task of " investigation" is not the proper one , under the circumstances . ' They seem to forget that the parly making the statement to which they take exception , is in prison , and can only retail what-is communicated to him , as to what is passing in the outer world . Opportunities to " examine both sides of a question" do not there exist : and any reproof , therejore , for not having done that which it « tras almost impossible to do , is only evidence of a wounded feeling , which loses sight of the peculiar and painful position of the deemed offending parties . The statement may be incorrect : if so , a bare narration of the facts will be alt that can be needed to set the matter right , without

      the employment of one single word calculates to add one single pang to the horrible amount » f suffering the imprisoned are doomed to endure . Wingate Grange ] Collier x . —The dispute between the workmen and the coal-masters at this colliery , relative to ihe sufficiency of the wire-rope used for raising the coalffom the bottom of the pit , and for the descent and ascent of the men employed , is still undecided . As toe have aforetime detailed , it has been before the ' Magisterial Bench ; and two men have been by them committed to Durham Gaol for refusing to work ; the ground of their refusal being that their lives were not safe when trusted upon the rope in question . In reference to the dispute * and more especially in reference to a statement that

      has been published relative to a test made , as itwas averred , with the consent of both parlies , mas ' ters and workmen , by a Mr . John Clark , engineer of the DeptfordXlron Works * we have received a communication which we shall presently give , staling , in the first instance , that in the published acconnt of such test issued by the masters , it is distinctly set forth that the rope tested was a portion of that used at the } pit , cut off for the purpose ; and that « . " a strain ' of 10 , 12 , 16 , and 18 tons was successively applied ) , at which test , after raising up the lever , it , broKe at the clams . " The opinion of ihe engineer is , " that the rope is as safe as any ever put on a cpal-vit . " In answer to this . tAe men have published a reply . They state that they

      never gave theirlconsent for Mr . Clark to make the test he did ; that they we > e no parties to the arrangement ; that their employers alone invited Mr Clark 10 ' inspect the rope ; and that when he aitetiri * d xijr of the man were delegated to confer toilh him , and after hearing his answer to a question they were / oj put to him , to communicate that answer co the body , who would then decide whether tlu > v would l > e fnriies to the testiing or not . A Mr . Armstrong , ire presume a manager , would not allow Mr . Cark to answer the question . That question simpy was : would he TEST THE hops upon

      the PUi . LfY » vtR the pit , or not . The workmen aUosuy : — Our employer took about six feet of a wire-rope from tbe 8 tur « houa « to \ the Iron Works to get tested without our knowledge . This piece of rope did not belong to the warking-rvpe f Tais pit-co of rope brofce witn the fc-st of tlight * . ru tons . Oar employer proposed btf . ru the j nHKistrates at Durham , to test the ropt » with twenty tons . This he now refused to do ! We oppliea io the nmuUtrates for redress , bnt in vain ; w « applied for tumtnonsea , bat could not obtain any , Ttva of onr men are incarcerated in Durham mm ) , for ! not venturing their lives upon the

      rope . Is this justiee ? We newer r ^ qu ^ tW Mr . Clark to give his decision . We d'RtijicUy rinay , all kno * ledKo of the testing of the rope , till we received a parcel from Mr . CJark with the decision I dated tho 15 . a of July , and we recejvoii ic . » n the I 4 tb , therefore wa would ask the public how this occur * . Our employe * promised ps six half-harrels of lain to return to work , that we might again / enturp our lives upon the rope . This gift we refused , determined not to he won over by any such turaus . [ We will return U work when the rope is tak * n 6 ff . and out wages are paid . The rope is split in ma ^ y piaoes and bound round with bandages of wire . 1

      This is certainly a viery strange business . The men aver that they dare not trust their hve * upon the rope ; that it is unsai . ; that it is split ; and they have offered to stand by ¦ - fair test of i ' s capabilities . The masters cail in a man to make such

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      test . They refuse the men ell hand or lot in the matter . Their official will not let an answer put by a deputation from the men to the Engineer be answered . A portion of rope , not belonging to the working-rope , is taken away from the storehouse of the worke , to be tested by Mr . Clark e at his Iron Works , the men not being present during sueh test , nor any knowledge of it communicated to them , until Mr , Clark's dec > sion t that the tope was sdfe t was sent dated one day after that on whieh it was received ! In the account which the Masters circulate respecting the matter , they distinctly state that the proposition to submit the question of the sufficiency of the repe to Mr . Clark was made by the workmen ! and that he attended at the calling

      as referee between the parties ! The men , hoicever , seem determined not to be cajoled ^ either by pretended tests or specious statements . They are determined to try to " buy justice . " The ¦ ordinary Magistracy have refused it ; and they wish to seek it in a "Higher Court . " For this purpose , their brethren in other parts are rendering them aid . We have before given insertion to statements of sums of money subscribed ; and we art now requested to publith the following list of monies which have been received since the last list appeared : — Sento Wingate Colliery £ l 103 9 d . PMington 10 a 7 d New Durham 4 s Shi . Rainton 6 s lOid . Sherbura Hill £ 1 12 s 9 d . Belmount 7 s Id . " Haswell

      £ 3 17 a 6 d . Strotton £ 2 3 a . Newbottte and Shine ? Row 10 a . Hough-hall ( hoffal ) 10 s 6 d . Shincliff 10 s . North Hetton 18 s Sd . Sacriston 8 a . Waldridge Fell 13 s 3 jd . Pelton Fell 9 s . o £ d . Lamley £ 1 2 s . Leezingtborae 15 a Sd . Shildon Bank 108 . Goppy Crooks 6 a . Black Boy £ 1 . Friend Is . Wingate Friends £ 3 8 s Id . Trimdon £ 12 0 s Id . Castle Eden £ 11 2 s lOd . Cassop £ h Kelloe £ 5 . Elemore £ 215 * 6 a . Thoraley £ 2 9 a 9 cL Quarrington Hill £ 2 5 s 6 d . Hough-hall £ 2 2 s 2 dL South Hetton £ 1 19 * West Hetton £ l 6 s 3 d . Hetton 12 s . Various cart loads of provisions have likewise bees collected , and bestowed on the Wingate men , by the ladies of tbe neighbouring collieries .

      Our Correspondent also states , that the President of the Miners' Association , at Wingate , was turned out afftii house , by order of the Master , on Wednesday last . The house belonged to the Colliery Masters . Since that time one of the employers ' tools has had an interview witn the Presidentt stating thai if he will but use his influence to get the men to work ( after having been off five weeks ) he shall not only have his house again ^ but one of the best situations in the Colliery into the bargain ! This was 10 be kept a profound secret . He , however , has resolved not to make merchandise of his principles or his fellow workmen * s confidence . J . Chadwick , and the Rochdale Friends . — They have mistaken the whole matter . In the first

      place , we ho d it perfectly " justifiable" to withhold any " remarks" that we may deem calculated to have an injurious tendency upon any portion of the associated working class . There have been divisions and ill-feeling enough produced among the different sections of the army battling with corruption , ignorance , and misgovernment ; nay indeed sadly too many and too much of both . We hold ourselves " justifiable " in discountenancing every thing tnat can by possibility produce misunderstanding or alienation of feeling ; and as long as we have the power , we shall use the discrimination we possess to this end , regardless whom it may displease or offend . The truth of the statement ia question was not disputed : but from the very way in which it waa stated , ifcwas apparent

      that the act complained of was that of thoughtless giddy youth , " without premeditation to disturb ;" and we felt that it would be uojuat to so place THE body before the public , that the whole should suffer for the foolish indiscretion of a few . At the same time we were anxious tbat the "few" should be taught tbe impropriety of tbeir conduct ; or at least know the construction put upon it . To tbis end , we sent the statement in question to the officials connected with the body impugned , requesting them to institute tbe necessary inquiries , and , it toe allegations were true , to expostulate with the transgressors of decorum . In so doing we are sure we acted best for all parties . Nottinghamshire Chartists are reminded by J .

      Boonham , that tbe answer from Mr . Doyle respecting his lecturing in their district is favourable ; but that he cannot commence his labours until they severally furnish their quota of funds . He earnestly urges upon them tbe necessity of prompt action . We are sure this mention of the matter will be enough to cause them to perform their duty . J . M . Leach , Hyde . —We wish the Star was large enough to contain all tbe matter sent here far insertion ; and amongst tbe rest , the addresses to different localities . If it were bo , we Bheuld have pleasure in publishing many ol them ; and that from our friend Leach should have a place . As it is , we are obliged to exclude many ; aud his must share tbe fate of the rest . We must , however , notice that Mr . Leach

      calls for Stars to send to Ireland . His address is 82 , Charles-street , Hyde . Robert Burrell , Greenock . —His communication is reserved for future use . A Constant Subscriber , and LOVER OP " SlAR " - light , Tyldslet , is informed , and ought to have known , that do notice of a forthcoming meeting is inserted in the Northern Star unless it bears tbe signature of the sub-Secretary of the locality where it purports to come from , or is sent by one of our own appointed Correspondents , who ia expected to make himself acquainted that " all is right" before be transmits it We know of no " General Lee" of

      Ashton-under-Lyne ; and think his notice a very suspicious one . A Friend , Dukenfield —We do net know the law be speaks of . We know tbat the practice of opening houses for the sale of Table Beer , at iA < t a qaart , is much followed is tbe West Kiding of Yorkshire , particularly round and about Dewsbnry ; and understand that no licence is required ; nor any restriction as to boars of closing . Whether there be a special Act , or any clause of an Act , authorizing this ; or whether Table-beer be exempted from tbe operation of other Beer Acts we cannot say . Allen Davokport . —Received . Shall be used some

      day . Mechanic , London . —We cannot spare room . Wm . Major , Ber&iondsey , asks " what has become of tbat indefatigable Chartist , Smart , of Loughborough ' ? We cannot say . James Macphsbson , Aberdeen . —We shall reserve bis letter till we see Mr . HilL In bis absence we cannot decide upon the matter , not knowing all the facta of the case . D . Thompson , Manchester . —Next week . . Wm . Mathew , of Chelsea , and George Stdrge , of Brompton , write on behalf of the Chartists of toe Brompton and Kajghtsbridge locality , to say that they highly approve of our suggestion , that a Victims' Committee should , be appointed by the

      Manchester Chartists ; and that the moment such Committee is formed , they will transmit to it 10 s . from their local funds . This spirited example ought to be univempy copied . J . Peppwi , Silston , should put his notices into shape for print , and not entail unnecessary trouble upon others . George Motham , Hyde . —We cannot " satisfy the young mind " , " aspiring" thongh it be , by the insertion of tbe lines sent . B . Humphries , for tbe framework-knitters . We otnnot find room tbis . week . J . Colqphoun , Glasgow . —Reserved tor next week . George White , Queen's Prison . —Reserved for future occasion .

      The Victim fund . —The response made to tfee flppe&I ' of tho suffering bat neglected victims of persecution , as evidenced in Our columns tbis day , mast be gratifying to those who made it , as it affords proof tbat many of tbe Chartist body needed but to be reminded of tbeir duty to erase them to take the proper steps to perform it . Still , that response is not what it ought to have been . Many and important localities , in a Chartist sense , do not seem to bavoiivan considewj * the matter at hi : »» d " »* Victim Committee is not yet appointed . For tbe latter omission it is easy to supply a satisfactory reason . The Manchester Chartists would , 00 doubt , scarcely feel themselves jasti-. fled in taking sneb a step as we last week sugfjeated , without Waiting to see whether , or not , that

      suggestion would be approved of by the country generally . They have , therefore , prudently waited- ; and our present sheet affords them evidence tbattbat BUngtstidn is approved ; for while there is from many iiflaeatiul and important Chartist districts strong resolutions in support , aud even calls upon the Mancnester men to take tbe step , not one single line foe any one single place has been received , at all questioning the propriety of the step . We therefore bold tbat the Manchester Chartists are now perfectly justified in appointing the Victim Committee pro tern . Nay we hold tbat it is a duty expected from them oy their brother Chartists throughout the empire ; and we implore them not to let another week pass without its due and full performance .

      Bat while we can thaa readily satisfy ourselves as to the reasons that probably have induced the Manchester Chartists to defer , for ene week , the appointment of stub , committee , we cannot find any excuse for those who nave neglected to respond to the heart-rending appeals made to them by the sufferers ia Kirkdale Gaol . Surely an expression of sympathy , at least , might have been afforded , wbiie means were being tie vised to render that sympathy operative to the relief of tbe starving and destitute . This was the least that could have been Hone , to save Chartists from the chares of indifference t <> crying appeals from tbe neglected and pouqottbh . Let us bopa tbat the next week will see every locality olive to tho disgrace that bangs upon the body generally , and active in taking steps to have it

      removed . * Last week we aske , . if there was not a Victim Fond in existence ? It the monies bad been disbursed ? If s » , who to t If not , why not ? Thi * day ( Xnuraday ) baa brought us an answer from Mr . Cleave , tha treasurer , which we rjincii regret that we cannot insert entire- It Li however impos&ible to do so , at tbis late I'our . It has been dfctMne < S we b \> ppes& , to be " set" for tta Chartist Circular ; for it is sent to us in " proof . ' It wyoli occupy near two columns

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1223/page/4/