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      wonld » b needed , in compariFon to the number ai present in occupation . Again the great command is , * Thon shall labour ;* and would not * rai iie capitalist ba benefited by "boaily exertion , knowing that it is ^ essential to nealth ! 3 ki \ "witho'at pressing thb subject any fortnef , we would ag&nrnrge upon our artizaus the importance of Ep&de iuBbandxy , as "we can produce abundant facts , that whenever persevering individuals and enierpriHDg commnnitiBS have had a fair trial © f the principle , itlas been « rowned with sneeess . TXere areintHmdualiin several of ~ ihe Sheffield Trades , who are partly employed on ihe land , jlm > theib means tlP STJPPGBTiLRE BETTEB THA 5 IHOSE "WHOSE SOLE

      JDEPEOW 5 CE is os iEiiZAS U 30 UE . An instance of this kind presents itself zmong the razor jjrindeis j aporScm of the mEmbers of taw trade -work in the country , and ( with some exceptions ) they are partly ^ mploved in agricultural pursuits . - Tie consequence is , they Ere better—are longer lived—and , in the comforts of life , are superior to the Sheffield grinder , ¦ Jrbo has nothing else but his artizanlaboar to depend iipon for a livelihood . "Fellow Workmen—We -would likewise Enbmit toytmraltsjition , theprDprie ^ of giving assistance to any trade that joins yonr ranis , whenever thB said trade feels it conHsteift -with their interest or duty to try to amend their condition- This might be easily done bj » small trifle paid by each member .

      comprising a general union of trades . For let us suppose there xre ten thomsand workmen in ihe varies iradra of : Sheffield , and these workmen membeis of one general union . A penny from Each member sronld amount to £ 4113 ^ and if this . was continued weekly , for the space of ax months , would amount io £ 1 , 083 63 . Now let the same be added to the moral force that such an unien would be capable of wielding , and we will "venture to predict with nEerrxogeertarniyiha * a better State of things would BBOn be the i&snlt .. "We -would just point ont an example of union and unanimity in the most powerful body of dissenters in this country—we mean the Methodists , who at their commencement were a -despised and persecuted body j but can now assume such an

      attitude = 35 to command respect from lius or anj trther government z and jetthey owe bo ™» n share of their importance to penny-a-week subscriptions . ** fellow Workmen , —In ihu 3 dismisangihe above , we think we hare stated sufficieni to show you , ihat it would be greatly io your interest to come forward and Join us . We &ave the heartfelt satisfaction in teHmg you that we hare already a great majoniyoT the most influential trades with us , and there are several others tnit are nearly ready to declare their adhesion . We trust that m a short time all the trades will form one compact union ' , as

      then * interests mote or less depend on each other . In conclusion , we say we hare performed no more Shan oar duty . Our respective trades naturally ¦ wish for a derelopameni ot owe views , in wanting an organization of all the iz&des . If they approve of ihe sentiments contained is this address , is will certainly limpel us to go on as we hare begun . If ^ ihey di sapprove of them , we shall still enjoy the conscious satisfaction of having served them to the best of our ability . We are , Fellow Workmen , with the best wishes Sot your welfare , *! EbB DiZEGAIE COJOaiTEE OF TBS -ASSOCIATED T&iDES . "

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      1 BE COLLIERS , THE STHIKE , AND "THE "LITTLE-SHILLmG" MEN . We find the injurious effecfa of an * " Extension of Trade" developingthemselvesinore prominently day after day , as the struggle between capitalists and their stares progresses . Not only was the supply too great for the existing demand , but it waa further augmented by the facilities which an artificial Paper Currency afforded the speculators of dabbling in the labour market 5 and as charms are balm to the sonl , and captivating to the mind , we find the old-Paper Currency advocates proposing an extension of this latter evil , as a means of correcting the calamity to fwhiSi , in a more mitigated form , it has led . 5

      ! Ehe cry has been raised that " as Ireland has bet CCoksell , and Wales her Rebecca , why should not England have her Attwood ? " The answer is , England lias her Astpfood , and ia ready to BEEfctitb her . Attk-ood in that position from which his fiwn . timidity hurled him ; but the qualification must fce—not its advocacy of a return to One Pound Notes , ta fhe "little Shilling , " but his return to those principles which he and his party most shamefully abandoned .

      A disordered mnlhtnde will never lack leaders professing an entire sympathy with the sufferers ; while experience must have taught the working cl * £ se ? , that those circnmEtance-made-geiierals , have invariably attempted to nse the soldiers for the attainment of their own peculiar objects . The colliers , appear io us to hare gained experience in the school of adversity . They are dally learning the state of nnoppoE&ble dependency to which they have been brought ; and in each successive failure that dependency is more widely imprinted on their minds . They have discovered that they are mere machinery

      used by capitalists , trho are directed m their specu-Ifttfong by the amount of confidence with which thejean inspire fhe managers of joint-stock paper ; and , jn the-grievance they recognize the working of ihe system by which they are disinherited from any participation of the making of those laws , and in ihe frfm " T'g of ibose rales and regulations ,-bj which Jhar afiairsare ; govenied t and , therefore , instead of skimming ihesram from Ihe surface with a One Pawnd Note , they look for political equality as a means of cleansing the filth from the bottom . Nothing could

      inspire us with greater confidence , or £ 11 us with more joy . than the discretion by which their movements have beeifblthetto marked . The press , bowr ever , is already beginning to associate Chartism with the ** Strike ; " and it becomes our bounden duty to guard our clients against the admission of tiiB Chartist scum into the " wagea ^ -wefl . In the MornmsAdverUser , now l ying before us , "we findthat * a meeting of ooDiers was addressed by Mr , Thomisos , a Chartist . " When the StUlge paiiy Attempted , under the guidance of the League , to enlist the Colliers of Staffordshire in support of

      "free Trade" principles , Tre hesitated not to caution them against the wiles of that party ; and We shall not now withhold our advice Vfhen Eimflar danger threatens the body . Instead , then , of giving our own opinionj as requested by several Corres- ' pondents , ss to the fitness of Mr . Thomason to £ 11 ] the office of s Collier Lecturer , we would refer the ; applicants to those localities where Mr . Tbojllsok j is better know than he is to us . Let them apply to j &b Cbarfet Associ&iioa ^ at ifottiBgham , to their own j party at Iiewca £ tie , and to the peopleof the Vale of j Leven ; the localities where the services of Mr . j

      ThoidlSOS are best known ; and if be sneceeds in j getting such a character from those places as will ' prove bim to be worthy « f their confidence , bjallmeans let Mm have it ; while , Ehoold be fail , he ought not to be trusted with any participation in the \ movement . Xet them s 3 so Inquire of the Chartists . of Bilston and Wednesbury , and-ask who it is that ; lias been instrumental in caasing the People ' s Hall 1 © be taken from them ? We feel ourselves called open to administer this wholesome caution ; one , from the observance of which Mr . Thokasoh can receive no injury ; one , from the neglect of which &e Colliers and the Chartist body may receive

      irreparable damage . We rejoice to find thai otsadrice as to tae appointment of lecturers has been acted upon ; while "R"e are no less pleased to learn that the ungenerous fcVvempt in Staffordshire to make the Strike a mere local question , has been repudiated by the sonnd feeling and good sense of the great body of Colliers , ^ tfineed in their resolution of not limiting their sup-^ to those Immediately connected with their Joc * E * J » This is the true principle 5 and if gener-^ Pjiciea nponj will lead to an extension of that ^" W&J upon -which , together with their own KtoMnaB jilisy muBtrely for succese . That there is ^ hepe wrihemnow at their own trade of delving BBder the earth is self-evident ; and therefore ,

      ^ Daead of delviag in Its bowels like slaves , let thea tn ^ iieir attention to ihe cultiv » tion of its finrface ^ ke free men . The labour to which a collier is Quired fiom infancy particularly fits him for an ^ Qcul turallife ; it is easy , in comparison , more fas-^ Baaag , and far more remunerating than the trade of a eollier ever was , xai far more so than ever it * 31 be again . Gnat however as the importance of file Landed question 13 , an oor estimation ; and fiur' ^ SBgall others in importance as is that of the ^« i ^' e caiarsar j yet , for the present , would we lEca 5 aa 6 ll < l those tiro great questions to ba made of Eecoaa » J tonsideration until that of more immediate * ffil 5 e 9 ueBee , ihe lab-jiv-dependency question , is £ etfi £ * * J the CoIIisk wiia their masters . The

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      earth has belched up many uncultivated slaves . Let thoseupon its surface , who have had bette ^ opportunities of instructing themselves , receive their brothers and embrace them ; and instead of looking upon them as an additional increase to the system-madesurplus-population , let them l ^ ok upon them as an augmentation to that force , which , secing ? abundance in the Land , will increase the demand for ItB application to its legitimate purposes . The colliers are to be won tolthe advocacy of the Land ana Charter qoestion % but they mast be wooed and led by gentla courtship , and not driven by declamation . ; Our first

      step should be to save them from their seducers by cautioB ; our next to win them to ourselves by argument . We desire not to rouse an augry feeling against their masters j while we would place them in a condition to resist their further powers of oppression . In case a speaker should frequently present himself as their instructor , let their leaders instantly and openly through Our columns , or by letter if they prefer it , communicate with ; the Chartist body in those several localities where the character of snch speaker is best known : and until this preliminary step is first taken , we would strongly

      recommend them io discountenance and discourage any alliance with strangers to their body . Of all things let them abstain from private letter writing , and secret associations . Amongst their own order in Staffordshire , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Wales , and Scotland are men of the very highest order of talent , andofunimpeachable integrity . We would , therefore , suggest tbe propriety of their calling a Convention of their own body , to meet in the most convenient place , not sitting beyond three days ; trhoss business it should be to decide upon , and to recommend , some uniform system whereby their operations may be directed .

      So much for the colliers especially ; while our advice to colliers and Chartists is , to beware lest what belongs to other circumstances should be saddled upon the back of Chartism 1 If the " free traders , " or sectional leaders , shoald succeed in exciting the SDgrj passions of the starving colliers , let the remonsirance and the language of their Chartist brethren be— " YOU "WEHE CaXJGHT BSFOB . B IN THE SjO&S THAP J and ire were charged trith-aU ihe cortsequenees qfyour indiscretion . "

      There is little doubt but the old rump of the Birmingham faction will attempt to foist themselves as leaders of the irritated colliers . We caution them against any alliance with any party who would use them for mere class purposes .

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      Straxgb Cokotjct or a Pabson and his Tools , IHE Chubchwabdens . —Some few weeks ago we published an account of a vestry meeting tchich had been called at Sullon to lay a Church Rate ; and which , when it was assembled , was -suddenly adjourned by the parson-chairman on his individual authority . Since then the adjourned meeting Jkzs been hoiden ; indeed too adjourned meetings , us the follovnng account will show : — Tbe churchwardens having given notice tbat a vertry meeting -would be hoiden on the 13 th of Jane , 1843 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of levying a rate of sevenpence halfpenny in the pound , the ratepayers assembled at the time appointed . The Minister took the chair ; and being furnished

      • with b booi D . B commenced -writing in it , without any business being brought before the meeting After some time , he read over the nodes calling the meeting , and then -what tie had > mtten , the pnrport o ! which -was , that the meeting stood adjourned to the 27 th of Jane . On that day the ratepayers . again as sembied , and in larger number * than bBfore . The Minister did not mate Ma appearance ; but one of the churchwardens tools the chair , and -without consulting the meeting -wrote another adjournment Be ¦ was reasoned with upon the impropriety of such conauct , when he declared that it was leiral , closed

      the book , and bid the ratepayers to help themselves —he stood responsible . The other churchwardens took the books * nd went away with them , ¦ According to the last adjournment tbe ratepayers assembled on Tuesday morning last , at ten o ' clock , in larger sombera still ; but neither Minister nor ehureh ^ raidena made their appearance . After -waiting some half hoar in the church-yard , an individual -went down to the Clerk ' s hemse to see what was np . The Clerk said he was just coming to the church ; and come he did , hut not to let the ratepapers into the ; church , bat to pnt the following notice upon the church door : —

      " The legality of the last adjonrameBt having b * en disposed , fr « ab notice will he given ; when we shall be able to lay before the vestry the business for irnich it was originally called . fJOUN KSOWIES DiWBESET , Chmxhirarfens . < Job * BhiebwobthI \ BESJA 3 ii 2 « BUBTOyi , Sutton , August 1 , 18 iZ . " Now the whole of ihis husineis is grossly illegal , afler ihe first assembling of the meeting . At a vestry meeting the -minister , or parson , can legally , assume the cfiair ; but he has no pewer to adjourn , a meeting of his own individual icilL , unless in case a poll is demanded , whent after taking a few votes on the spot , lie may adjourn to another time and

      piece , for the convenience of finishing the poll . But even in that case , if he put the question of adjournment to the meeting , the power to adjourn oT himself is given up- The- conduct of this parson , then , in the very first instance , was grossly contrary to law ; and ihis is , fot him , a very unfortunate circumstance ; for tee have no doubt but ihat he looks upon a great portion of his flock as a very lawless rabble , and turns up his nose—( is it well dyed ? J—accordingly : whereas in this business so far , he , the parson , is the only ** lawless" ragamvjfin in the whole parish . There is an old saying , " like master like man ;" and ihe truth of il was exemplified at the first u adjourned" meeting . " The churdiwarden took

      ihe chair . " What tcere the ratepayers doing to let him 1 He had no more legal right to do so than we should have had , had tee cfu . nced to have been strolling through the place . The law of vestry meetings is , that in the absence of the pardon from the chair , the ratepayers shall appoint some ene to preside . The ratepayers , therefore , in Otis instance ought to have elected a chairman , and proceeded to business . Jf the churchwarden had then interrupted the harmmy of the meeting ^ and tried io cause confusion * ihe chairman should have caused him to be removed out of the place , — to a dunghill if the parties taking him liked . The ratepayers having neglected the necessary appointment of a chairman , the churchwarden assumed

      it ; and played- ihe illegal prank of the parson over again . He , of himself , again adjourned the meeting ! More fools the ratepayers io lei him ! They should have laughed at him , and gone io business . If ihe officials would not leave the vestry-book with the chairman , for ihe recording of the business transacted , the chairman should have taken it from . them . Meetings should not be mere play things in the hands of officials . Teach them their proper place , whenever they go beyond il- There is no wonder that tne church'vardens felt themselves compelled io give notice that the legality of . Viese adjournments was disputed , and thai Afresh notice" for a meeting must be given . The conduct , all through , of the parson and his

      tooU was highly illegal . The first adjournment ¦ was illegal , and no future steps could Cure ihe defect . Sad the second meeting gone to business , whatever they had done would not have been worth a straw . ; and so with the third meeting . This Mr . Parson seems to have found out ; and tee have no doubt but ihat he induced the churchwardens io play tiie hutty at ihe second meeting to get himself out of the scrape . ** The legally of the last adjournment is disputed" ' , say the churchwardens . The last adjournment was as legal as the first one ; every whit so . Bui it is convenient sometimes for a law-breaking parson to have a scapegoat to carry off ihe odium . The ratepayers are , however , io have another meeting . " Freih notice will be

      given . " Let them then assemble . Xet them then go io business . If the parson comes io " take " the chair , well and good . If lie should not do so , or if he should again play the prank of ** adjoiirnmeJii" , and leave the chair , appoint me of the ratepayers Io fill it , and go to work . Be not ridden over , either by Mr . Parson or his lacqueys . Johm Hicket , Manchester , has collected for Mr . Mailtonihe sum of 6 s . NW- „ W , Jl&JOK , Bebmosdsbt , w informed that Mr . T . R . Smart , late of Loughhorough , is nxrw at Shaw lane , near Markfield . . ;• Pat-up- — We are desired io notice , lhal unless all persons holding money for ihe late concerts , held at ihe CUy of London Institution , p y the same mto before Wednes

      ihe hands of Mr . Wheeler , on or - day , 9 th of August , they will be published as dejaulters . , ¦ _ LoxxKBits xsd ~ RxFTLis—An lottery and raffle announcements are expressly forbidden by stafute . The insertion of one in the columns of anevspaper involves a fine of £ 100 This is sufficient explanation to our Newcastle friends . Pbess op Matteb has caused us io reserve ihe commvTucatUms of ife . GjLUTTf , GBACCHD 3 , AlR . Stoixmevse , and several others , till 7 tcxt week , Mbs . i oopek desires to acknowledge ihe receipt W £ 2 from Robert Haines , E-g ^ of Ovtndie ; , ' £ 1 JromMr . Wm . Tailoie , Manctteiter ; 10 s . from the female Chartists of Todmorden ; and IQs-frcm ihe Jemale Chartists at Sheepshead .

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      Stabs to Ihkland . —The Sheffield Council again press upon the Sheffield Chartists the necessity of sending their Stars to Ireland . A committee w in attendance at the Fig Tree Lane Room every Wednesday evening , to receive and forward all papers they may be favoured with , Let our Sheffield friends see to ] this ; without any trouble to them the commiiieewill forward the papers , and immense good will doubtless be the result . The Council beg Io acknowledge the receipt of several copies of the Northern Star / rom unknown friends , sent as the Council suppose to be forwarded to Ireland . Our Chartist Jriends in any part of the country who will favour the Sheffield Council with their Stars , arc informed that they will be duly posted to

      Ireland . Papers may be addressed to Mr . John Green * shoemaker , Vme Yard , Hartshead , Sheffield . Mb .. Jthoan Haensy would feel obliged to his friends in different parts of the country , if they would favour him with any local papers they may " take in" and have no further use for when read . Their politics will not matter ; and English , Scotch , Welsh , or Irish papers will be equally acceptable , Mr . H . desires Hum for purposes connected with the furtherance of the democratic cause . Address No . 24 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Road , Sheffield . W . B ., Sheffield . —The lines won ' t do either him or tis credit , if published . A Poob Si ^ kvB in th e Coai Mines , Dockinpielp , tends for insertion an address to Ike coal

      miners that has already appeared in our pages . We think one insertion ought to suffice . Leickstke Democratic Hall of Science . — We are happy to hear that this project is well received by the working people and their friends . We have advice that the society is going on well : that more than one fu&dred shares are already taken . This is cheering ^ Most heartily do we wish that every large town had its Working Man ' s Hall devoted to the Working Man ' s welfare . D . Cater , London . —All is right . It was our mistake . J . Whikdon , Lbs » o » , will see in this day ' s Star

      where he can send his Stars to for distribution in Ireland . He has only to make them up in a cover open at the ends , and adaress them io Mr . Green , of Sheffield . Of course they will go post free . Ouk Clerkentvejll Friends . — We are sorry for their disappointment , but could not help it . We tcere compelled to act as we did . We had no alternative . The press of matter upon us last Thursday was . so great , that reports Jrom a score of places had to be cut down , theirs amongst the rest . We tried to avoid it in their case , if it had been passible ; but could not find matter to displace for them .

      MR . MOIR AND THE Glasgow Chartists— We have recetced a long account of a severe [ contest in Glasgow for the oflke of Commissioner of Police , just now vacant . The Chartists started ihat sturdy democrat , James Moih . This stirred the shams ; and THEY have opposed Moir , wtih a man who had promised him his vote and support ! Trickery the most unblushing has been resorted to . When they saw Moir a-head , they actually got a number of persons tcho had already voted / or Moir to go register their votes for his opponent At the close Moir tews in a minority of eleven A protest has been handed in , and a scrutiny demanded The result is expected to be the seating of Moir by a majority of fifteen .

      Tbuth never tears the Light . —Under this head a correspondent writes from Bishop Auckland , on July 31 st , as follows : — It iB painful to see -what men -will sometimes do , and to hear -what they will sometimes say when under the influence of jealousy . We have had an instance of this lately in the Bishop Auckland district of the Miner ' s Association . We had been almost inclined to follow the advice of Mrs . H . More , and to "let asses kick and puppies bark unnoticed" ; but , lest silent contempt should be construed Into conscious inability to refute , and thus a . breach be made in the Brotherhood , I have thought it beat , to give a statement of the facts of the case . Some persans have been very industriously engaged in circulating derogatory reports

      respecting the Tworthy secretary of this district , Me . Wm . Downs , to the effect tbat be has pocketed a considerable Bum of money , the property of the society . Now nothing short of deep-seated malice could have invented such a calumny ; for on last Saturday a delegate meeting was hoiden at Cockton Hill , to investigate the matter , when not only was the charge found to he false , but his accounts proved to be so admirably kept as to call forth the admiration of the delegates , and a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded him . Let this stop the mouth of slander , and pat the members of the society on their guard against giving credit to every story they hear . By order of the delegates , Ja ) I £ « Ballantvne , Delegate . "

      MB . LOW WAGE 6 COBDEN AND THE AGR 1 CULtraxists- —Mr . Cobden has lately been making great fuss in some of the agricultral counties , taking advantago of the distress and dissatisfaction produced amongst tbe farmers by Sir Robert Peel ' s Free Trade Tariffs and persuading the poor innocents that taeir distress is only to be cured by another and longer dose of the very " medicine " which has produced the general debility and flatulence from which they now suffer . Amongst other places he has viiited Hereford ; and respecting tbat visit we have received the following letter , which gives another specimen of the manifest "fairness" of the " freetrading" < in lies and deception ) gentry : — Sir . —Perhaps you will allow me to state that I met

      Richard Cobden at Hereford , on tbe 26 th ult , and proposed an amendment to their resolution , in which 2 averred that former approaches to free trade had been followed "by sn invariable reduction in prices , profits , and wages ; it was declaratory of resistance to Corn Law Repeal for those reasons , and concluded by recommending the allotment syatetn . The meeting was to begin at eleven o'clock , but as the people took little interest in the Affair , the Leaguers did not begin to speak till one pm ., thus robbing parties of the two hours in which they had a right to reply , by occupying them themselves . Cobden and Thompson were there . Cobden opened , but in a totally different strain of argument to that in which he addresses a manufacturing audience . For instance , in his reply

      to my argument , that machinery displaced labour , he said he employed 600 hands on ten acres of land , to prove his assertion that it did sot . How evasive . I told bim the ' raising-gig , ' 'lewis-machine / and ' perpetual , ' had displaced 170 , 000 hands since 1795 This he -conld not answer . Over-production , be said , meant tbat the people were too industrious . PooD ! said I ; overproduction BieaDS tnat the labour and tsitrgies of a portion of the people have been too long and too partially employed in manufacturing pursuits . That is what over-production means . When a smith has shod all the horses of bJs customers , does be ieep on baniniering red hot iron ? When a butcher has snpp'ied tbe full demand on bim for meat , does be Keep killing on at bis cows , and ltt the betf * poil ? No : these parties turn to

      their large garden , or their plot of land ; nud precisely so must the manufacturers do , or starve . We mnstketp to the land question . Well , 1 had twenty minute * good hearibg , but when I began to pair their nails too close for tbtir comfort , they hatched a conspiracy and got the chairman to ask tbe meeting if I Was not wide of the question ; of course the geese responded to the foxea , and I nad to conclude . Cobden then requested the chairmen to suspend tbe resolution , that he might speak again . This was to draw my machinery arguments out cf them . He and Thfemp-Bon spoke fifteen minutes each , without saying one woid to the question . Tfceir resolution was only just carried ; and thus ended the meeting in -which Cobden , in his own words , used delusion and deception . Faithfully ,

      John W . Clahke . Ledbury , 1 st August , 1841 . Mr . J . Pepper , and ihe Friends at Selston . — They surely never could wish us to Insert the resolutions they have sent . The whole affair is paltry . Surely they conld have managed to settle the business , withont bringing it before the body . It ia trifl . ug to spend tte time ; that should be devoted to tbe advancement of the principles of right , to manifestations of little local querulousness . It is time to have done with this baby play , not only locally , but generally . Jealousy ^ and envy have done more to split up our ranks thau almost any other cause , the strike ploi . excepted ; and envy is hateful , present itself where it may , whether amongst the local

      leaders or amongBt those of a higher grade . The rectification , however , rests with vhe people themselves . As long as they nurture the spirit of uncharitabieness and- hard-judging in their own intercourse ona with another , the ranks will never be free from tbe blight of jealousy . Precaution and watchfulness are highly neceBsary ; but these are not suspicion or ill-vwU . ! A proper bearing one t » -w « p"B another ; a manifestation towards our brother of that confidence and good-feeling which we expect him to entertain for ourselves ; a desire to be just on all occasions , and give j every man his due , will soon eventuate in a better aspect of things generally . When the several members of the great body of Chartists act in this ipirit , they will instantly detect any attempt to wort upon their grosser passions ; And the man who endeavours thus to play witb them Will be soon convinced tbat he muut either instantly

      desist and confine bis exertions to a legitimate sphere of action , or he will : be quietly given tbe " go-by . " This spirit , we are happy to say , is fast extending , let it but actuate all , and we may bid defiance to the envious and the jealous ; for they will then be powerless for eviL Liberation of a " VicTiM . ' ^ -On Saturday , the 12 th of Aug ., one of tbe sirike-plot victims will be at liberty to breathe the free air of heaven , and receive the congratulations of his friends . We mean poor but honest D&whurst of I > = iwsbury . From a notice amongst the " forthcoming meetings " it will be perceived that the Chartists of his locality intend to evince their sense of Ms moral § 5 ; worth and political - goodness , by some mark of public approbation on the dBy of his release . This is welL Such exhibitions do great good , and serve more than one purpoae ; for while they show

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      the man who has braved danger , and heroically suffered to tue people ' s canse , that his efforts and servicea are not forgotten , they also teach the enemy the futility of persecution in "potting down" opinion ; j and they also serve ito bring the persecuted persona and principles prominently before the public , and gives the latter an impetus towards general adoption . Tbe known spirit of the " Dawabury ladB - foibida aU fear but that tbiB demonstration of respect for suffering integrity will be all that the moat ardent friend of Mi-. Pewhurst could desire . OCR Rochdale Friends Und the Victims — Most jreadily de we give insertion to the following from our Rochdale brethren , and would strongly urge their example as one worthy of being universally followed : —

      Sir , —Oa reading your remarks in the Star of Saturday last concerning tbe Victim Fund , and the election of a committee pro . tern , to superintend the management [ of that fund ; and having oerused the two letter * In the Star of the previous week , from Hoyle and Williams , at present confined in K-rkdale gaol , as a Chartist dud a man I blush to acknowledge the troth ipf the charge against ? the Chartists generally for negleot of victimised brethren j yet I feel proud to be able to record that the associated Chartists of Rochdale have rendered considerable assistance to victims not immediately connected with their own town , jwhile the family of the only Chartist victim of Rochdale has a regular weekly allowance from tbe Association funds , which keeps them at least from want . ' Out locality was one of the thirteen whicbJWilliams speaks of as having been applied to to memorialise the Queen on their behalf : and the

      Chartists of Rochdale did not merely signify their intention of complying with the request / but set about the work immediately , and forwarded a memorial to our excellent member , Mr . Sharman Crawford . Our memorial was on behalf of all political prisoners coanected with the strike of August last . Our kiadrhearted female Chartists aent a special ! messenger with six shillings to Williams , of Oldham , the same Chartist that found bis family in such a deplorable condition on his release ; and we gave him rather more , which ; the poor man came and thanked us personally for , with manifestations of gratitude tbat I for one shall not soon forget . This was before the letters of Hoyle and - Williams appeared . I have taken the liberty of saying this much to induce other localities to ' go and do like-Wise '; And let us render what assistance we can to our victims , as I consider ( bey can never be folly recompensed for their sunTdrings ;

      JOKCAN CHADW 1 CK . Rochdale , 31 st July , 1843 . The Victim Fond , and the Victim Fund Committee—We aro happy in having to record that our Manchester friends have done in this matter , just what tbe cauntry expected they would do , — THEIR DUTY . They have with alacrity responded to the call made upon them , and appointed a Victim Fund Committee . The following is the account we have xeeeived of that appointment : — At a meeting of tbe Committee of Management for tbe Carpenter ' s Hall locality , held on Monday evening last , tbe recommendation which has appeared in the Star for two Saturdays past , relative to a General Victim Fund Committee being appointed in

      Manchester , was taken into consideration ; and after & good ideal of discussion , it was agreed— "Tbat we comply with what appears to be the wish of our brethren in the country . " A committee was then appointed , and a highly respectable gentleman of the name of Tatlow was chosen Secretary . All communications for the committee to be addressed to Mr . Wm . Tatlow , at Mr . Budfern ' s , hardware dealer , 18 , Swan-street , Manchester . We can assure our Chartist brethren that the abovenamed Gentleman possesses the entire confidence of the whole of the General Council and the Members of this locality , and we have not the least doubt but the Committee will do their duty , strictly and impartially , in the administration of the funds placed at

      their disposal . The following resolution was also unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the members of the \ Manchester Council , are of opinion that none but recognised members of the Chartist Association , or their wives and ; children , are justly entitled to receive any relief from the General Victim Fund , established under the auBplees of Chartists ; and we call upon the different localities to express 'their approbation ofy or dissent from , this resolution as early as possible , ia order that the Committee may know how to act in the appropriation of the funds , should application be saade from parties who are not immediately connected with the Ch « tlst | agitation , or who were not members prior to their being imprisoned . "

      Now this is as it should be . The Manchester Chartists have gone to work in a business-like manner . They have appointed a good committee , with a gentleman for Secretary possessing their entire confidence ; and possessing , we understand , good business-habits . They have also started a point , which ought to be immediately settled , as a guide in the distribution of the relief to be afforded . The Chartists in their different localities will do well therefore to turn their attention to that point , and comply with the reqaest made . For our own part we would say , be discriminating . Many do not join the Cbartist body , for fear of the certainty of starvation ibrougb

      loss of work if they did ; and who yet are good Chartists' in their hearts ; and would be likely to be tbe foremost in such affairs as August last saw , they not having thebenefitof the counsel and judgement o / an associnted body to guide them through the strong and almost overwhelming excitement Many a one , also , Is too poor fa pay contributions to any society , who would gladly do so , would it not deprive tbe almost empty platter of the foodless children of the crumbs scantily scattered thereon ; and sue }] an one would be likely to , [ be " drawn in" into the " strike mess , " in the vague and desperate hope of mending an awful and unendurable state of things . These fire victims i and we hold them to be as much entitled

      to our succour and support as the best man amongst us wbo bos been so circumstanced as to be able to join tble Association openly . We say , then , that in our opinion , the Committee ought to be left at liberty to discriminate ; to judge of the merits of each case presented to their notice ; and to afford relief to all who have been VICTIMISED , as far as they have the means . Chartism is not exclusive . The favours of Chartists ought not to be exclusively conferred . These considerations we press upon tbe Chartists generally ; and ask them to decide the matter . The Committee , then , iB now appointed . They are ready for work . ; Tbe Manchester friendB have done so far thsir duty ! A duty now devolves upon the localities .

      Tney must find the Victim Fund Committee something , to do . Tbey HVUBt Stek Out the casea . Seek all out ; ascertain all the facts ; collect all the particulars ; name , occupation , situation In life , when convicted , how long imprisoned , number of family , means of living , and actual condition . Send these to tbe Manchester Committee . They can then judge of each case ; and , according to the means they have , afford the neceasary relief . Now thia H a duty which must not be neglected . If it be , all hitVerto done goes almost for nothing . There are ; many pining in want , who do not even know of the existence of either . Victim Fund , or ViCTiH Fund Committee . There are many also wbo would , sooner pine in secret , than make their case

      known of their own accord . All these must be sought out . To seek them out is tbe duty of the Cuartisla in each locality . Let them , therefore , see to it at once . No time should be lost Too much Las been wasted already in forgetfulness . Let tbe Cbarlist Council of each locality from which " Victims" have been dragged , appoint an active Committee , who will engage heartily in the work and go through with it . It will be mainly round and r . bout Manchester where these subordinate Committees will be needed ; Of course they will be required in all places where Victims have been made , unless the Councils themselves do the necessary work ; but it is round and about Manchester where the large majority of

      the cases will be found . Tbe Victims were mainly made at the Special Commissions at Chester , Lancaster > and Liverpool . York and Stafford contributed no mean quota ; but Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool bore away the palm ( Abinger was at tho latter places ! . ' In relation toj this matter , we have received from Mr Cleave the following letter , which we shall first insert and then offer a few words of explanation : — To thb Chutists of Great Britain . -My FaiKMDS , —iln the Chartist Circular of last week I presented you with a somewhat lengthy—but yet , 1 believe , an interesting—statement ; of the history , so to term it , of the Political Victim Fund from Us origia with ; my nomination as Treasurer by the

      Birmingham Conference down to the present time . I trust that that statement was perfectly satisfactory so far as I am individually concerned , however general BDdjust the dissatisfaction which we must franJrly acknowledge ODgbt to be induced in the minds of every humane Chartist at the almost criminal disregard which it evidences to have existed of the bitter sufferings sojlong endured by our " Political Victims . " It is now my desire to confer with you upon tbe best means of disbursing , without further delay , the too trifling fund which you have entrusted to my keeping . It ia indeed alike necessary and proper that a correct understanding should exist between you , as tbe subscribers , and myself , aa the Treasurer of the fund in question : —in fact , that our relative duties to each ether , and to tbe viatins , should be so clearly defined

      as to preclude the possibility of subsequent cavillings I perceive that the Editor of tbe Northern Star entreats you to establish a " General Victim Fund , " and to entrust the disbursement of that fnnd to a committee consisting of , and appointed by , our frisnds at Manchester . Toj { he former suggestion J answer that these is no occsion for " establishing , " while there is a necessity for upholding a " General Fund . " The Birmingham Conference did establish such a fund , but you have not ; supported it . Your delegates laid the foundation , b $ t you Save neglected to rear tbe fabric . To the second yart of the proposition ( the vesting the distribution o | f the funds tuc'usively in the hands of our Manchester friends ) 1 ( to certainly demur . But previously jo advancing my objections to such a proposal , I must assure the Manchester ' folk , ' iu all sincerity , that ; I am not iuuuuic&d by the slightest

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      . _ . --distrust or antipathy to them . I appreciate as highly as any man can , their undaunted and consistent devotion to our common caust I can dwell with , satisfaction upon their past efforts , and anticipate with confidence tbeir future exen . ons against tyranny . I cannot , thererV re , hesitate in affirming my belief that —if entrusted with [ the duty—they would disburse tbe Victim Fund with the ucraost impartiality . With this emphatic disclaimer of any distrust ia tbe integrity of our " good friends and true' * at Manchester , I will now , very briefly , tell you why I dissent from their appointment as a " General Victim Fund Committee . " ] 1 st . Because I am of an opinion that the appointment of a General Committee for the management of a

      National Fund should emanate from a National Conference , and not from * a local body . 2 niily . Because I cann ' ot but feel tbat the appointment of such Manchester ' Committee , having an exclusive controul over the fund , would virtually set aside my appointment as Treasurer by the last Conference , and would be a de facto ' vote of " want of confidence" in myself personally , j The Editor of tbe Star will probably say that he also approves of the appointment of a Gineral Committee by the forthcoming Conference , but that the immediate wants of tb . 9 Victims demand tbat we should not defer , even for a ] few weeks , the distribution of the fund in band . And so sap I ; but this does not prove tbe existence of any necessity for there being a

      Committee at Manchester , and a Treasurer in London . Cannot , I ask , the Manchester folk , and , in fact , the people of every other district , form their local Committee , seek out the ] Victims , and then forward to me ( as the duly authorised Treasurer ) the names of those Victims , the terms of their imprisonments , the number , ages , and circumstances of each family , and such other information and suggestions as may be requisite . This course onqbt to have been adopted long since , j and you—the people—ate to blame it has not been ; so . Let it now be done , and I will immediately convince you that my only desire is to have the fund applied to ita legitimate purposes . But I do think that ] I am fairly entitled to some of the pleasure of distributing the fund in return for

      tbe trouble which it has cost me . I must really remind you that within the past twelve months upwards of six hundjed pmmds have passed through my hands by way of subscriptions for " Defence and Victim " , and other funds ; but principally for the former . This fact alone must shew these funds to have coat me much time , and no inconsiderable amount of labour—not to mention money frequently expended for paper ! postage , and so on . I have received not hundreds , but thousands of letterseacb letter containing } a remittance by way of postoffice order . It waa necessary tbat I should sign each of these orders , and procure payment from the General Post-office , jl need scarcely toll you that this alone required hundreds of walks—in the course of tbe year—from my j house to St . Martin ' s-le- Grand , and consequently occupied many , many hours that

      otherwise would have been devoted to my own affairs—and "to a man , of business time is money . " But this was not all . j There was also the labournot a trifling one—of entering each subscription into a book kept for that purpose—and then copying out the list every week for publication in the Northern star , and in tae Evening Star , bo long as the latter existed . If you had bad a proper Organizition all this would have been the duty of ( a regularly salaried Secretary ; but in the absence of such an officer it has been done by me— -or by parties ^ employed by me—without receiving , or even desiring , ona farthing . Is it not natural , then , that I shoald demur to a proposition which would deprive jnie of the only reward I covet —tbat of having a voice ( such as I maintain my appointment by the Conference entitles me to have ) in the distribution of a fund which has already required from me tbe sacrifice of bo much labour and time ?

      It is said , that with the truly benevolent there is as much pleasure in giving us in receiving . So I anticipated as much delight in disbursing as in receiving your subscriptions . If , then , the fund is removed to Mrnchester , you . deprive me at once of this roward , and my pleasure . But , I shall be told , tbat my personal feelings ought not to interfere with a public duty . True , vety true , but cannot both be regarded , without doing injury to either ? Have we not as good , as faithful , and as z ? a ! ouB friends here , in London , as in tbe provinces ? Have not the . people as much confidence in such men as Wheeler and Cuffy , and M'Gratb , and O'Connor himself , as in those } of Manchester ? I repeat that I esteem highly } the latter , but I have equal respect for the former . Aye , but then the Manchester Committee could ascertain what victims there

      are . Who doubts this ? Is it not their duty to do so ? Cannot they so enquire now , and forward the result of tbeir enquiries , and tbeir recommendations , to me ? They need only do this to ensure all that can be required . If it should be then found that I hesitate to perform my duty , I can very speedily be sent " to the rigtit about , " and a more trustworthy treasurer appointed ; but I cannot see why even the appearance of confidence should be withheld from me . I am j bold enough to say that not

      one wan can challenge a single inBtanee in my past conduct with reference to this matter as meriting distrust iu the slightest degree . When the Conference assembles , I shall be prepared to render them an account of my stewardship , and to abide by whatever decision , they may come to on this subject ; but during the brief period tbat will intervene between then and the present time , I must , in justice to my cbarge and to myself , desire that atl Bubscriptio as—by whatever party heldfor the Victim Fund be forthwith transmitted to

      me aa the Treasurer of that Fund ; and 1 must also most earnestly impress upon all the necessity—nay , more , the duty—of forwarding me alt the information that can be collected as regards the victims . Let there be no delay in supplying me with such means , and such information , and there shall not be any delay in supply ^ suc / i assistance as ( he fund will allow . Let taeh of you see to the immediate performance of your own duty , and yon shall not bave any opportunity of charging a non-performance f duty up&n Your friend , and fellow Chartist , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , Joun Cleave . London . August 1 st . i&iZ .

      Now we must beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of purpose to induce , a feeling of " want of confidence '' in Mr . Cleave bb Treasurer , or even of casting any , tbe least , slight ^ upon him , in proposing a Committe at Manchester for the disbursement of the Viciiu Fund . In making this suggestion , we but suggested what was done in 1839-40 . Then Mr . O'Connor was treasure ^ to the " Victim FUND . " THEN was a Victim Eund Committee appointed in almost tbe same manner as now , and under almost

      similar circumstances , and for similar reasons . To tbat Committee was accorded the confidence of tbe Chnrtiat body , same as now ; [ and to that Committee Mr . O'Counor , as treasurer , transmitted the monies in bis hands just as they needed them . It was considered no slight then . We could not , in proposing ihe same machinery over again , intend slight now . What we bad iu view was , io get some one to work Cases of gross and indeed criminal neglect were fairly brought home to the Chartist door . Men had been allowed to suffer for eleven months without almoBt a hand

      being raised to aid them , or a voice to comfort . Their wives and families have had to endure all the horrora of actual starvation , both iu the BASTILE and out . added to the painful pangs of separation , and the regret and shame tbat their natural protectors were in prison ! When this fact was brought home , cur ears burned on our bead for very shame that we had neglected OUR duty , in not rousing others to tbeir duty long since . But there was now no time to lose . Every hoar wasted added to the disgrace already heaped upon all . j Considerations of personal etiquette never entered our head . Wo proposed that which ' seemed moat likely to accomplish the end wanted , —relief of the suffering . We proposed the means we did—because we knew they had worlted well

      and satisfactorily before . ] To the objection that a Gbnehal Committee for the disburstnent of a National Fuud , should proceed from a National body , anil not from a local one , we fully accord ; and bad it as fully in view as Mr . Cleave when we suggested that tbe Manchester Committee should be appointed pro . tenu Pro . tern , for what ? For constant sitting ? For a constant disbursement of a National Fund ? No jsuch thing . For tbe immediate relief of the NEGLECTED victims , who were starving when j money was in hand subscribed for their relief ; while , as was well put in tne resolutions of the Hnadersfield district delegates , " means for the establishment of a Permanent

      victim Committee could be devised by the National Conference , when it assembled . ]" The manner ia which our proposal , for the establishment of this Committee , pro . tern ., has been received by the country at large , makes it , for all purposes , as good as if appointed by tbe Conference itself . Nearly every Chartist locality have voted tbeir acquiescence with it ; not onl has voted against it . The present and last week's Northern Star affords as good an expression of Chartist jnation&l opinion on this point as it is possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly leokj upon the appointment of that Committee , and the duties assigned to it , to be as national as it can be .

      Wa care not who has the honour of giving the relief , eo that it be given . This point may fee easily settled between the Manchester committee and Mr . Cleave . We advise them to look more to accommodation than to honour . If it will conduce to the furtherance ox business to have the means of relief on the spot where they are mest nee « l £ d ; if it will be better to have them at hand , where they can at once be given over to the parties without ] expense ; if this will be any benefit , we would advise that the arrangement be made , irrespective of other minor considerations . It may be the best course to collect all the information , and send it up to London , so that the payment may be made direct in eactt indwidnal case . Of Ibis we will not judge , leaving it to be determii ed on by the patties Lamed . No doubt they will determine on 'the . least expensive Jcourso ; for the fund is but small , and will not afford much for postages . We bave before ossiirned s reason a conclusive one with us , why we suggested Manchester as the locale of the Committee : because from and around Manchester

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      the miln portion of the victims have been dragtfrd / and because there , on the Bpofc . are the main of the wives and families of tho victims to be found who need relief . We allude to this matter again , for fear that it should be for one moment imagined that we did not name London from anyfaelingof w . int of confidence , or o'f " aa much confidence"ia Lott ! jd as Manchester meit No eueb . idea crossed or entered the mind . In the proposal , wo had merely the object to be accomplished in view , and the means how best to accomplish it . W < j trust our inrnd ia not so filled with petty little jealousies ; with paltry desps ' sablo suspicions , as to cause us to look more at one locality than another , except for business arrangement and

      accommodation ; or to be " all bristles up" if our own favourites are not invested in office . Tbe London men are as much worthy of confidence as clio Manchester men . The London men have nobiy done their duty in this very matter of the victims , as our sheet of tbis very week testifies . They furnished relief to the " conspirators" while ic town , to the amount of about . j £ l 2 . They have purchased furniture for George White to the amennt of about £ 5 ; besides a weekly allowance averaging about 12 s . They bave also given £ 1 to Mr , Railton towards redeeming his tools , in addition to their support of the Ck-noral Fund . They bave in this , perhaps , done their duty as well , or even better , tban any other locality ; and for it they deserve all commendation , and have ours moat

      heartily . But still it does not follow , tbat because Manchester is named as the locale of a Committee for business accommodation , tbat therefore " want of confideace in London men" is implied . No such thing ! We must get over these suspicions of one another , and these jealousies as to who eh&U be honoured with particular appointments , or we shall never know peace . There is by far too much sensitiveness on these matters between the " London men " and . their country brethren . Tae fact is so ; and ifc is to be deplored that it is so . " London wen" have tbeir peculiarites ; and so have the " country-men "; and until each learn to know one another , and to bear and forbear with each other , suspicion and jealousy and ill-feeling is sure to be engendered and

      manifested . Let us all try to harmonize ^ and not to drive assunder . Le iving , then , the question as to tcho shall send ot give the monies into the bands of the needy to bo eeltled hereafter , let us again urge upon the country at large to see that means ef relief are aff . rded , and that they are instantly applied . Isaac Koyle has had no relief yet ! Isa . ac Hoyle s family kave hart no relief yet . Ho has been in prison nearly twelve months ! Sj has James Williams , William Booth , and Thomas Ogden ; and they are all similarly circumstanced . Is it not time Chartists were at work ? Then there is Cooper and bis wife . There is Richards ; and God knows bow many , to be ferreted out of their obscurity , and their wants

      attended to . Remember the charge of Hoyle and Williams against you . They charge you with having showered your favours upon some fx < w wellknown characters , and left others to die , neglected . Remove this stain . Provide the means of relief for all . Let all share your bounty , as fat as you can . Treat all alike ; and if one has to go short , he cannot upbraid you with selection and favour in the disbursements of your , gifts ,- for in that case all would be short alike . To our own appeal let us add tbat of a well-known friend , as follows : — For I was hungered , and ye gave me meal : I icas thirsty , and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger , and ye took me in :

      Naked , and ye clothed me : I was sick and ye visited me -. I was in PRISON and ye came to me . Brotheb Chartists . —Permit me to ask , how is it we have been so forgetful as to overlook so important , so imperative , a duty as that of providing for the families of our persecuted brethren ? Shall We attempt to palliate our neglect by any little evasion or excuse , or , like Mr . Harney , honestly and at once plead guilty to the charge ? Remember this is not tbe time for excuses . Away with them ! there should be no such word in your vocabulary ! Guilty is the term : and reparation should be the ; penalty for your apathy and neglect . Are yoa really Chartists ? Are you men who sincerely wish to obtain what you profess to seefe ; * o pull

      down the Stronghold of oppression and establish upon its mips tbe immaculate throne af justice and truth i Are you philanthropists , or are you Christians ? Then prove yourselves worthy your high pretensions . Do sot let a Chartist who has strangled with yon , and wbo is suffering for hi » advocacy of , and fidelity to your principles , pike neglected in p rison ; or tbe partner of his sorrows , the wife of bis bosom , the children of bis love , perifih whilst you can , nay , ought to protect ! It is a mockery to cry put against oppression if you permit your victims to suffer the oppression of their enemies , and at tke same time oppress them with the weight of your beal or appahent ingratitude . It is folly , to say you ate lovevs of

      humanity unless you take effectual steps to relieve the sufferers . Let us give tbe world a convincing proof of practical Christianity by adopting the moral virtue of the "text" with which I have headed this appeal . Let us do this , and still we shall only have done our duty . Our political brethren in distress ought to be as dear as our natural relatives ; for , let me ask , why do our friends suffer 7 Is it not for seeking our redemption from tyranny and misiule ? Surely , as men , you will not close your ears against the " dungeon ' s VOICE , '' or listen with indiffeaence to the cries of tyrant-made orphans for bread ! Will you , who are fathers , hesitate to j » ia in so holy a work , when you reflect that your

      "prisoners " have also children -whom they love , but of -whom oppression has bereft them ? Ah , co ! When you are anxious to supply tbe wants Of your own children , REMEMBER TILE LITTLE " viitims . " who , although innocent as angels , are compelled to share the punishment irfiicted on their parents !!! Will Chartist mothers , and females refuse their aid when they coll to mind the " garret ' and the " bed of shavings , " and piGture to themselves the vast amount of bodily and mental suffering which must iu this cast ; bave existed ? No , no , it cannot be I Forbid it heaven ! There is , I am persuaded , little fear that appeals of tbis kind will be mode in vain , or that the '' victims" of [ oppression—the martyrs to our

      cause—shall still suffer at our hands . Stir yourselves then , and give proof of your zeal ! Let every locality , both female and mole , do their duty . You can easily , by your united efforts , though ever so humble your " mites , " place those unfortunates beyond the reach of starvation and premature death . Let every man and woman wbo is a Chartist immediately ( and I beg leave to request they will hot neglect it ) , pay into the Victim Fund of their several localities at least one penny aa a first instalment ; and admitting that only twenty thousand , which is only a small number of oat strength , would do so , there would be afc the expiration , of one short week the veiy handsome sum of £ 83 6 t . 8 ( 1 .

      available for present use ; this sum , with the £ 30 iu Mr . Cleava's hands , and £ G 14 a . 2 d . in the Star office , would make £ 120 0 a . 10 d . ! and who amongst yoa , even the poorest , would feel the loss of a ienny upon such an occasion ? I implore of you / to take this question into immediate consideration . It is one which justice , honour , virtue , demands you should look to ! And , above all , it is by such generous support of yonr suffering friends you will and c * fl only obtain your darling object , the Charter . Chartism is note suffering , and militant ; and why should you not make it triumphant ? W . H . Clifton .

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      ^» fhe Is . 6 d . from London , and noticed as for the Defence Fund io the Star of July 6 lb , was for Mrs . Richards . D . Harkoweb . —Four shillings and fourpence . VICTIM FUND . ¦ £ e . AA Friend , White Lee Side 0 2 6 From a Friend , Knaresbro ' , per J . Dooker , 0 0 4 From the Chartists of Morley .---066 FOR THE DEFEJiCE FUND . Dawgreen , near Haddersfield , collected oy David Gtedhitl --. 050

      Disgraceful Usage Of Paupers.—On Wednesday Last A Poor Woman Who Has Been Living At Stanley Appeared Before The Wakefield Board Of Guar-

      Disgraceful Usage of Paupers . —On Wednesday last a poor woman who has been living at Stanley appeared before the Wakefield board of Guar-

      aian 8 tor renel when tbe overseer of Stanley said that the woman and her children had been removed to the parish to which she belonged ( rWderfieid ) , and that on her arrival there the Ruddersfieid relieviDg-officer had placed her and her children in a cabin , in which there was only a straw caattrass and no furniture , along with a man , and she was told that ho must remain there , or if she was dissatisfied ahe must s © back to Stanley , whither she returned . Ihe woman was qaestioned by the board , and she said , weeping , that such had been the case .

      Appleyard , the overseer , was directed to take the woman before the Hud ^ ersfield guardians . Mr . Craven said , that at the last Pontefract sessions a similar case came- before the grand jury , of which he was one . It was then stated in evidence that the relieving officar of Huddorsfield had actually given a female pauper a ticket for lodgings in a common bro ' . hel ! and also that the relieving officer was in the habit of paying , the lodging account at brothels for the paupers seat there ? Comment on such a case as this is out of the question . We could not hare believed tbat such a monster was in existence . Will any father support a law which gives to snch inhuman brutes as this man suoh power ?— Wakefisld Journal .

      Accident . —A few days since a dreadful accident happened in the family of Mr . Durrant , of Mayfield , near Bristol , from the incautious use of fire-arms . It appears that a son of Mr . Doirrant ' s was in the fruit-garden , attached to the house , ehoating small birds , and his sister , a fine young woman , about eighteen years of age , was walking nnpercciTed in the grounds , when her brother level | £ di * 14 gun to shoot a sparrow , and the uafc ^ ritaA tV TO §^ g \ m \ y who was hid by the hed ^ aflyfewqa ffitraj&nfjSfcp the charr o in her face . Sha ^ wis carft ^ tf .-w ^^ MSrinto the house , when in addit ^ B't ^ roljhet'iBjwr ^ Xv ^ discovered that her right ^ ''W ^^« Hai 4 r « flr i ' " ! Vr ^ Vy ^^ v * * 0 '^ 1 ' u ^ Ifili

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1224/page/5/