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      NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL . /• fHE NORTHERN STAR , Pries Fivepenea , will be published on SATURDAY NEXT , the 30 th X Instant , at 340 , Strand , London , where all Communications for the Editor are to be addressed . Or . ^ eTB for the Paper ,- Advertisements , Remittances of Money , and Post-office Money Orders , made payable at the Charihg Ceoss Branch Office , tai-FBARam O'Connor , are requested to be addressed ihu * : — V -Fbabgw O'Connor , Esq ., Northern StarvOffice * 340 , Strand , Londan . " Country Agents will receive their Papers on Saturday morrking , as usual . An Edition , containing the SaturdayVNewB ^ " will also be published for London Subscribers , and to supply Country Agents whose Subscribers may des .-re to have the latest News by . Post on Sunday morning . ¦¦ Private Letters for Mr . J . ishda Hobson and Mr . G . Jot-Tan Harnbt , mutt be addressed to Mr . D . M'Gowan ' s Printing Office ^ J 7 Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London .

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      WELCOME TO THE METROPOLIS . A PUBLIC SOIREE to Welcpn . «> Labour ' s Organ—the NORTHERN STAR-io the Metropolis will be held at the Literary an-d Scientific Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , on Tuesday , Evening , . December the 10 i b . Tea on the Table at Six tffiloog ; precisely . * ' ¦ F&uujus O'CeiflJJOR , Esq ., Mr . J ' pshua Hobson , and Mr . 'G . J / Barney ^ have been invited , aad will attend on the occasion . Tickets Ninepence Eaoh , to b 6 obtained at the ^ Metropolitan Delegate Council ; of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 243 j , Straad ; of Mr . Simpwni Elm Cpftage ^ -Cflinberwell ; Mr . Arnott , Middlesex Place , Somers Town ; Mr . Packer , News Age . ufr , Harrow Road ; Mr . Drake , Standard of Liberty , Brick Lane ; Mr . Stallwood , Little Vale Place ,. Hammersmith ; Mr . Tollman's Coffee House , Tottenham / Court Road j Mr . J . G . Dron , Oakley Street , j ^ ambBtb ; Mr . Humphries , 63 $ , Collier Street , Pentonvilie ; Mr . Sherrard , Secretary to the "W eavers , Abbey Street ^ Bethnal Green ; Mr . Moyer , Paget Place Waterloo Road j Mr . Abbot , Hanover Str . * " * t , Lewisham ; Mr . ' Cuffay , 409 , Strand ; Mr . Fussell , 36 Margaret Street , Clerkenwel ); Mr . V . Pakes , 33 , Devonshire Street , Lisson Grove ; Mr . Pjttenden , " Shoemaker ; Boston Pltoe , Marylebone ; Mr . Parkes , Little Windmill StTeet , Haymarket ; Mr . Ford ' High Road , Knigbtebridge ; Mr . Whitehow , 1 , Newland Street ; Kensington ; Mr . Skelton , Cecil Court ; and at the Institution , John Street .

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      ADJOOTiNMENT OP THE MICHABI , VIAS SBS . SiONS FOR 1 HB TRIAL OF ' BE&OltfS , 6 tc NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , tto . t the Mrghaelmas Gbnsxal Quaivtsr Sgss ions of the Peace , for the West Riding oi ^ the C » un ty of YOEK . will be holden by adjournment , at Sb epfield , oh Tue&o » y , the IOth , Day of Deoe 3 ek 3 b next , at Half-past Ten o'Ciock in the Forenoon , and by further adjournment from thence will be holden at Bbai > pord ^ on Th « ss »» ay , tub 12 m Day o *? - Ds-CEM 34 . R NHXT . at Half-past Ten o'CIook in the Forenoon , FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONS A 8 D PERSONS INDICTED FOR , MISDEMEANORS , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons who staad upon Racogaisanoes , and others haviag business at the said sessions , are rtqiuired to auend the Court . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of FeJony and : VSsdemeanoa from the Wapontakes of Stra ' orth aad Tickhiil , Osgoldcross and StaincrMs , must attend tbe Sessions at SiiRFFi&w ; and thoe * from thft Wapontakes of Stainclvffo and Ewccos ^ . Claro , the Ainaty , A « brigg , and M _ orley , Skyrack aud Barkstonash , being the remainder of the Wast Riding must attend the Sessions at Bradford . A Second Court will be appointed whi * h will pro ? ceed with the Trial of Felons , as soon its a sufficient number of Indiotments h& 2 e been brought into Court * C ; H . ELSLE" ^ Clerk of the Peace . Clerk af the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , l < bh Nov .. 1344 .

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      LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . Notice is hereby GIVEK 4 That the next General Quarter Sessions of tbe Peace , for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of Yoek , will be holden before THoa&s Flowes : Eixis , Enquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Csurt House , in Leeds , on Mondat , the Sixteenth daj of Decbm .-B 3 B , 1 S 44 , at Nine of the Clock , in the forenoon , at which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizance and others having business at the said sessions are required to attend . And Noiiee is herabg also * Cfiven \ That all Appeals , Applications and Proceedings under the Highway Acte tnot previously disposed of ) will be heard and taken at Ihe opening of tfeo Court , on Tuesday , the Seventeenth day of Deqbm » er , provided all cases ojt ' . Feloay and Misdemeanor , skall then have been dispoBed of or otberwisff , ' as 8 « o » aa the Criminal Business ef the Sessions shall ba concluded . . By Order , James RicHABnsos , Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough Leeds , 18 ch Novomber , 1844 .

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      IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN . Messrs . A . 1 SCHWARZSCHILD and Co . tW thS& £ call the attention of their Friends arid the Public , in . general to this Loan , in Which they have a few sbripa to dispose Of , at £ 3 each ,, six for £ 1 $ ; and thirteeu for £ 30 . No other house has remitted so much money to Great Britain , on account of these Loana , and they have no doubt that they will on this occasion receive the unial support of their Friends . The Distribution commences at , Vienna , on the 2 ad <» f Daoember next . ^ ^ r ^ T'J ^ s ^ Letters addressed , Messrs , A . S ^ WA ^^ E ^ tfjtg H ' . , Co . Frankfort-on-Maine , care 0 ) ^/ S ^ -WAiScHlij !^ . i Plough-court , Lombard-street , I ^ o ^^ " wi ) £ " fee ; 4 m * ' ^ j mediately attended jo . ^ Sti ^* f- ^^ F . ^ ^^•^^ Sf )

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      1 ******************** * i TO CORRESPONDENTS AKD CONTRIBUTORS . The Correspondent ? and Contributors to ine Northern Star are reqiested to send their communications , . addressed "Mr . Joahua Hob 3 on , Editor , Northern Star Offing 540 . Strand , London / 1 as early in tbeTreek aa possible . Reports of meetings and ottter transactions occnrring on Sunday or Monday must be in London on Wednesday morning ; the news of Tuesday and Wednesday must 1 » poeitd off

      en Wednesday night ; the new 3 of Thursday , on Thursday night ; and the news of Friday , on Friday night . Thesb DrsiEUcnojfs xpst bk strictly abided bt bj the regn ? ar correspondents of the Star . No excuse will be received for neglect of -duty or a sloTeolj performance of it . It is our wish to male the Star an efficient- organ of the gre * t Movement rwty * lo" 4 eooaplish "thfe vm 'f nvt po oes Rtsr , —and most desire ~ others to do theirs . Let us hare the matter , regularly supplied , and there shall be no cause for

      complaint for ntm-inseriion . Secretaries of bodies of working men , whether banded together as Chartists or as Trades , can aid mseh in serving themselves and Labour ' s cause , if they will act on the instraetiong given above , and send men matters of news as will be interesting to the reader generally , and of service to . their own body particularly . We also invite all friends to the cause of Labour to render their assistance to enable us to make the Star an organ that mil bear comparison with any Journal in the kingdom .

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      . TO THE MOVEMENT PAKTY Mt Fbiktib , —Although the character of man Is supposed to undergo a change every seren years without damage to his consistency , yet I prondly recar to the period of the last seyen years , during which time the Northern Star has b ^ en in existence , as proof that 1 have not availed nyself of the usual license . I iDTite you to read my address printed in the first column of the first number of

      the Northern Star , ana say-whether I have , or not , strictly adhered to the principles I then laid down , as well as to the coarse that I proposed to pursue for their accomplishment . And now after seven yexrs of mnnterrnpted , / unmitigated and unprecedented opposition and - perscution , I thrni ^ I may , withont vanity er presumption ask those who are old enough to remember the then position of political parties in England to compare it with it 3 present altered state , and to say wasiher there i 3 upon record an instance

      of such a moral revolution being worked through the agency of trae single newspaper . In proposing this question to my readers , it is not sufficient that they take into their consideration alone B » course that £ he Northern Star has pursued ; they must also contrast the degraded state of the whole press of England , Ireland , aod Scotland when the Northern Star was called into existence , with the change , thatthat single organ has tfiected epon the press of the whole country . This change is manifest in the several whimsical

      artifices by -which the leading journals of the respective parties are compelled to resort to ' accomplish their party ' s purpose , the most fascinating being mere allurements to seduce the working classes from the attainment of their own object ; while the refusal to nibble at any . not even the most ftKiniting bait , hut proves the determination and steadiness of the public mind . Not the least remarkable incident connected with the Movement since the establishment of tbe Northern S ! ar . 13 the rapid progress made by the working

      elassesin the an of public speaking . I well remember the dimcalty that existed in 1835 , of getting % working man to speak three sentences in pro . posing or seconding a resolution ; while at the present time the difficulty is in limiting them within convenient space . This I look upon as the greatest proof of the progress of the Movement party . By thi 3 mean 3 the people ' s leaders have been pledged from their own lips , and no apology

      has been considered sufficient for the violation of these pledges . Hence , -while in olden times the sbepberd of a flock , —T ? ho was the nieTe dnmbfnglra&n to the herd , —was allowed to lead his followers whithersoever he pleased , —there was no acknowledged test by which to try delinquents , wherea 3 from the circumstances to which I allnde each deserting shepherd is now compelled , when he abandons the fold , to go not only without a lock , but like the Ehepherd ' a dog even without a tan .

      THis then is the great feature in our Movement . The people formerly relied upon Whig leadership : ihey were moved by Whig machinery , and manufactured Into Whig tools , ifow they axe worked in each , even the smallest , locality , by iheir own machinery , directing them to the accomplishment cf those objects which otbera promised , bnt which they alone can achieve . ~ So gTeat charge that lakes place in a country can be "beiieScial to the working classes unless its merits and probable workings have been patiently ,

      deliberately , and continuously discussed . The national Tecogmrion of principles upon Twhich the Government of a country may be safely carried on upon Ine brtaking up of an exploded system , is indispensable to success . Every change should be ¦ well considered before it is adopted ; and to the want of such precaution we are to attribute the failure or incompleteness of the three great changes that hare taken place -within the last centurylamely , the achievement of American Independence—ibe French Revolution—and tbe Eng li sh

      Heform Bill . If the same amount o : discussion "that ha . 3 preceded the change that we seek had preceded those three changes , the Americans , ^ after seventy years , would not have been compelled : Jo associate together / or the purpose of gaining those i popular rights and prmlegts to which , in * jbe heat [ of battle , they were wholly indifferent ,- the ; Trench would not have been carted with a ; middle-clas 3 despotism j and the English would , not have witnessed the anomaly of a majority of ninety Tories in a Whig reformed House of

      Commons . 3 ? ow it was want of previous discussion—want of the requisite machinery to supply the place of tiiat whieh iad been Tfjected , that caased the failure in those three instances ; and to obviate Ihe recurrence of such a failure upon the next . great change has been my constant aim and object . It is something that nearly all men now admit the - ¦ oundness of our principles , while they justify

      © pposiiioa only on the violence of our language , "There never was ench a paltry subterfuge ; never Such a lame excuse for opposition . ' I will knock ¦ even ibai crutch from nnder ihtm . I am ready to admit that the same discreet language which . Vill alone satisfy the public mind m-w would . - not have been sufficient to create public opinion ' Public opinion must be directed by wisdom , organised by energy , and created by enthusiasm ,

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      That fervid eloquence which originated thought would no ; be tolerated in the direction of . * be pbulic mind . Tins , then , I just i fy that fer vonr ¦ which the . law calls '' sedition , " while I shall n . vw proceed to Baddle it upon the right ; backs . Never did ' Chartist fervonr go to the same extent aa ~ Whig incendiarism , or Utradshaw and Boar anti-Monarohisai . Jt was a lesson * a dearbought lesson , that came from the friendly schoolmaster it is true ; but then those who had inculcated the deceptive doctrine deserted and left their BcholaTs . to bear > he odium of their teaching .

      The fervour came from O Connell ~ who declared that petitions were of no avail—bnt that ; if : he got one signed by 500 , 000 fighting min with an assurance that each petitioner would fight , then he would answer for the success ; from O'Connell who said ihat'his'ira was yet strong enough to wield a sword in defence of his ewairy ' a rights , and that be would-lather see her streams running blood than that her people should longer submit to injustice ? from Attwood , who declared that 100 , 000 armed men ware ready to march to Loadon from Birmingham ; from Attwood , who

      d eclared that" » pon the refusal of tbe demands of IjOOO . OOoVetHioiiers he would stamp his foot , and 1 , 000 , 000 brave hearts , backed by brave hands , would respond to the « all ; from Parson Stephens , who advocated the torch and the dagger , and renounced the vote * from Collins , who recommended us to make hostages of all the magistracy ; from Lovett , who declared that all the old laws must be broken before new ones could be substituted . ; from Vin&ent . who spoke

      of destroying all the aristocracy ; from Richard Cobbett , who told the people in my presence that the day of talking was ever , and that he was ready to tuck up his sleeves and go at it ; from Muntz and Douglas , who went through Scotland establishing rifle corps and selling second-hand guns at half price , and taking orders for the Birmingham Journal ; from William Carpenter , who in illustration of his principles crossed the sword and the blunderbuss over the- chair in the

      Convention , and whieh he said m& bi 3 pbysieo-moral motto ; from Bussey , who was ready to take the command of 100 , 000 men with muskets , but changed the scene of battle to New York ; and from Neesom , whose pride was to declare himself » physical force Chartist . Now , then , my friends , such have been the doctrines inculcated into the enthusiastic unformed mind of Yoang England . The scholars have remained firm to their principles . They have redeemed them from the odium of their teachers , while all the schoolmasters , without exception , have run away from their owb Blink , for which I . and thousands of others have suffered unmerited persecution , while they , without a single exception , have

      found consolation in more profitable employment , and are now our bitterest enemies . The aim and object of those teachers and their new scholars has been to destroy the Northern Star , because it marked their delinquency and denounced their treason . In addition to those enemies , I have had to contend against every faction in the state ; against every newspaper in the kingdom ; against the law ' s persecution ; against Jury class prejudice ; against Judge-made law ; against social intolerance and party bigotry , as tbo object for disappointed faction to fire at ; and though I have been hit bard in tbe pocket , my heart is yet uflpiereed , —my mind , thank God . nnsnbdued , —and my resolution undiminished .

      In addition to these difficulties from without , I have had to contend against the pride , the jealousy , the hope , the folly , and the ambition of every scribbler who thought that he had as good a right to have a paper as Feargus O'Connor : and in every case vrhere the attempt has been made , tbe £ ra ; labour has been to get xid of the Northern Star . Now what I particularly complain of is ' this , —that those parties , both writers and speakers , have always assailed me for assuming leadership and for denouncing apoBtacy—while the object of one and all was to achieve leadership ;

      and withont a single exception they have all turned apostates . I am sure yoa have often been struck vmh tbe folly of patriots declaring that the Northern Star had converted them into traitors . However , what they have succeeded in proving has been tbe justice of that mild reproach which first warned them , and that just denunciation which afterwards and properly branded them . I think that the Northern Star is an exception to all other paperBin this respect . Its columns have been open for the denunciation of the proprietor ; while I defy mortal man to point out one single instance in whieh I have denounced another , until

      the people had marked him with their disapprobation . And mark me well , my friends ; I hold hist censorship and even denunciation to be the right of the press as well as the guarantee for politica l honesty . It is now a year and a half since any man was censured in the columns of the Northern Star ; and yet the grievance mongers keep harping upon the subject . Another charge against the Star is that it has been the sourcs of great wealth to me . Would to God that it nad ; for it would not only have been serviceable to me personally but to your cause as well . However , the time has now come when it is right that my character even in this respect should stand clearly before

      you . At one time , and but for a short time , the . Ftar was making large profits j bnt for every £ 10 profit made by the Star , I then spent £ 10 10 a in supporting victims and patriots , and traversing the country . I refer to those things because I am peculiarly situated . Bnt I should like to know how the proprietors of the Weekly Dispalch , Sunday Times , BeWs Life , the Weekly Chronicle , the Leeds Mercury , the Ttmes , or any other paper would look if they were taunted -with making profit of their concerns . Nearly every man wbo starts a newspaper does it in the

      hope of realising wealth , without any , the Elishte 3 i , reference to publio morals or political principles ; and the moment it ceases to pay , if it cannot be sold , it ceases to exist . On the other hand , from March 1840 Dp to this hour , the Star has not paid to me a fraction of a farthing j while I have paid some thousands to keep it upon its legs . Yon shall not have my word only for this : you shall have it upon the clearest evidence that man can submit from that period . Firstly , then , 1 give you the sworn evidence of Mr . Ardill , who has been my clerk from the commencement ,- ^ which brings the period down to March 1842 , when he was examined at Lancaster .

      Have yon ever bad any communication ¦ with me relative to the impossibility of meeting my drafts upon you for the support of poor people ? Yes , several times . —You received a general account from Hey-Trood , Cleave , anS other large agents ; and don ' t you know teat I have paid , for Gbutist purposes , upwards of twenty pounds a -week ? Yea , I have received anca accounts : I know we have had large Bum * to pay Mr . Hey wood , running on for week * . Pp yon not know ttiat , on Borne occasions , I in the families

      have incurred that expense relieving of poor people who -were incarcerated . ? Yes . —And sometimes tbe prisoners them selves ? Yes . —Now , have you not written to me sometimes Baying that in consequence of such liberality , you were obliged to dithouour my drafts ? Yes ; I have been obliged to dishonour your drafts frequently , and latterly to stop them altogether ; as we could not pay for stamps else . Dnnug ihe time you were in Y * ik Castle , you did nol receive , but paid , money to the northern

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      Star . —Have net distressed operative * wishing to start in business called on me , and did I not frequently give them a sovereign or two at a time T Yea , —Did j « ever know , daring tbe Jut five ye » rs , a man coming to m © for money , that my band was not in mypecketto give it to him ? I never knew a man to call lot some , withont year giving it , or ordering me to give kim some . And now , for the inspection of the carious , I will allow Messrs . Lovett , Collins , Vincent , O'Neil , and Neesom to examine my books from that period to the present ; and they will learn how every farthing has been expended , and that I bare not received one shilling from the Star , but that I have paid thousands to it .

      You will observe that I deny the right of any man to interfere with the pecuniary concerns of the Northern S ' . ar ; and that I am induced to be thus plain with you , iu order that I may knock every crutch from under faction . If the arithmeticians ohoose to calculate the immense profits of the great national properly , I will give them a clue to it . At the time of the great circulation of the Star , it was impossible for me , ignorant of newspaper business , to manage agenoies in every town and village in the kingdom ; and , therefore , the major portion of the circulation passed through the hands of three large publishers , who were responsible for all their agents and who received tbe papers at £ ) 2 10 a . a thousand , or

      threepence each , while I paid £ 9 5 * . 10 a . per thousand for paper and stamps : thus , with Bpoiled stamps , leaving me £ 3 a thousand to pay all expeuees , while I was allowing £ 6 5 s . a thousand for agency . At that time my expences of publication , were considerably over £ 70 a week , not to speak of travelling expenses , gratuitous gifts , law expences , and bad debts . So that you see what a circulation , without advertisementsi a popular journal must have to keep on its legs . Let me not do injustice to any man . Mr . Abel Hey wood was one of those agents , and the termB were of my own proposing ; and , however he may have realised a profit upon the transaction , I believe that I should have sustained a greater Joss had I not made the contract .

      And here again let me write it down that men aaay understand my position , and that 1 am not ungrateful . Upon three several occasions when I was confined in York Castle , and when Government and society had resolved upon the ruin of the Star , and when I had no means of raising money , Mr . Heywood stepped forward aud advanced all that was required . While in York Castle I had agreed to sell my family mansion , domain , stock and furniture , to a gentleman residing near Lichfield in ¦ Warwickshire , rather than allow the Star to perish , when a timely advance from Mr . Heywood saved it . Now then , what do you say to the great national property ; when I tell you that for seven years I have devoted my every hour to making it what

      it is ; that I have spent my money , my constitution , and my laboar , and not £ 10 during the ¦ whole time upon myself that could be avoided , — and insult anu suspicion have been my reward ? I admit that the Northern Star , since its establishment , might have made a handsome fortune fur a money-grubber . Bnt then with me the profit wa was no consideration—the advance of the princi * pies every thing . I injured the circulation of the Star materially by recommending the formation of reading clubs ; but then those clubs advanced the principles . To sum up then : you wanted a paper ,

      and you have got a paper ; a paper that has withstood all the shocks of friend and foe for the last seven years . And now let me thus test its value , What was publio opinion then ; what is it now ? Who understood the question of labour and the rights of labour then 1 who is ignorant upon the subject now ? and who foroed its consideration , stripped of metaphysical nonsense upon all classes of society 1 and who has stood in the foivmost ranks of the hottest fight \ Thus I put its value before you positively . Now I will test it negatively . What , then , I ask would be the general

      feeling throughout the empire if this leiter was to announce the death instead of the new life and increased vitality of the Star t Let every working man ask himself what feeling would be created npon next Saturday night upon the announcement that Labour had lost its greatest friend , its boldest champion , and only supporter ? 1 can imagine each a feeling but could not bear eucb a shock-I remove the Star to London , becaa-se I cannot now compete in the artiole of news with those papers that are publi hed in the metropolis . For instance , I have to receive the news two hundred

      miles south-east and we 3 t of London , through London , to Leeds and baok by London to the places from whence it came . When the Northern Star was established in Leuds the penny-postage wa 8 inot in existence ; and it was consequently a mere local papsr . The penny-postage and the improved post-office arrangements consequent upon the introduction of railways has made it a national paper ; and the Capital of the nation is therefore its proper destination . In its new sphere nothing BbaH fca- left undone to make it the best newspaper of the day . In London it will have attention aud aid which it could not have at

      Leeds . In London , it will have the earliest parliamentary intelligence , and the moat recent news of every description ; and from London I shall be able to give a portion of my readers two days later news than , they have hitherto had , and to some four days later news . In London the Star will be tbe mean 3 of rallying the proper machinery for conducting the Registration Movementthe Land Movement—the National Trades' Movement—the Labour Movement—and the Charter Movement : -while from tho provinces the Star will be ablfj to give later news than it can at present . The name of the paper will be

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      BRADFORD . —On Sunday evening Mr . G . White lectured in the Association Room , Butterworth-buiidings , to a large and attentive audience , and received the thanks of the meeting . At the conclusion several new members were enrolled . The Chamists of the CentrafLoqality met in their room on Sunday morning . The collectors reported their progress in the enrolment of new members and increased funds . Arrangements were made for the opening of other localities and collectors will be appointed on Sunday next . The meeting id journed to ten o ' clock on Sunday morning . STANNINGXiBY . —On Sunday evening a lecture was delivered in this place by Mr . Joseph Alderson . to the largest audience assembled to hear a political address since 1842 .

      BILSTON . —The Chartists of Bilaton held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , which was well attended- Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to Lord Radnor was read and received with great approbation . A conversation -was bad respecting tbe propriety of a delegate meeting to take into consideration tbe bestmeaos of rallying the friends of the cause in tbe Midland districts . It was ultimately agreed to appoint the meeting to be held at the bouse of Mr . Hall , Dog and Partridge , Dudley , on Sunday , December 1 st , at twelve o ' clock . Delegates are rfquestsd to attend from tbe following places : —Birmingham , Rsdditch , Broomsgrove , Kidderminster , StourbrMgei £ ye Waste , WolverhamptoD , Dirlaston , Walsall , WedneBbnry , and all otber places having the cause of democracy at heart .

      MANCHESTER .- CaKPBNTERS * Hall . —The Cbartista of Manchester beld tbeir usual weekly meet- ' iog In tbe Above Hall , on tbe evening of Sunday last , ' wben the spacious building was crowded in every available spot by a most lespeotable audience . Mr . John Nuttall was called to tbe cbair , who opened tbe meeting by giving out a Chartist hymn . After tbe singing was concluded , the chairman called upon Mr . John Smith to read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to my Lord Radnor , from the Star of Situraay last The reader j was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of tbe vast assembly . The reading being concluded , the chafrmar , introduced Mr . M'Grath , President of the Executiv / if to the meeting , who was received with several rou » a 8 of applause * Mr . M'Orath ' s lecture gave great s » ^ a . faction to bis audience , and all were anxious that that gentleman should pay Manchester another visit s t bia earliest convenience .

      OLOHAM . —On Sunday last , Mr . Wm . Dixon delivered an energetic address in the Cbartir x Room , Gieaves-street , to a numerous and attentive , audience , which gave general satisfaction .

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      NORTHAMPTON . —TJbe members of the Now Locality met on Monday evening last . The Dancombe Testimonial Committee reported , and it was resolved to get up a publio meeting ] for HiSxfc Monday to forward tbe orgecV The subject of an Election Fond also came before the meeting , an <* the Secretary was instructed to coiUmnnicate with thejiiienda in thevarWa towns in tut' county on the subject CAUIBORNE , ( C 0 BNWAi . T ,. )_ On Monday , the llih invtunb , a Chartiat / tea-party took platter in the house of Jamea SkewtB , jun ., at which a goodly number , of both sexes , partook of an excellent te *> when tbe good things bad been disposed of , Mr . Jame 3 Skewea was unanimously elected to the chair , and opened tbe business of tbe meeting by stating thaO- he

      thanked thflm most heartily for the honour they flad conferred upon him and would endeavour to tbe best of bis ability to fill so important an office , fie . wobM commence the business of tbo eveniqg by proposing "Tfc * people , the source of legitimate jx > wer , and may , they by their united efforts coon eiijoy political equality , us embodied iq tbe document coininoDly called the 1 People ' s Charter . * " the toast was . receded , with ac ; claraation . Tbe Chairman than gave the Radical Litany . ' * Mr . Doyle was called npon to ring ¦* The people ' s Charter , ^ after which he spoke to the toast iu an impressive and argumentative manner . He was heartily cheered . The remaining part of tbe evening was spent in social harmony . The company broke , up at twelva o'clock , highly satisfied w ^ irh tt » nigkt ' s tmtertainraent On Friday Mr . Doyle delivered a

      lecture to the inhabitants of Cam borne in a comesrodioua room at the back of the ^ ost-offlce , Mr . James-Skewea occupied the cbafr , and { made a brief but effective opening speech and introduced tbe lecturer to the meeting . Mr . Doyledeliveret an address which'beenpied an boar and a naif , in tbe course of which h * snowed up in a lucid m&nn&r tbe futility of the man ? nostroms propounded by political quacks as a cure for the-many physical and social diseases which sfflict society , and proved the only efficient remedy for tb » m wa » thV enactment of tbe " People ' s iDbarter , " which would give tbe working * classes" of the country the power of sending men to Parliament wbo would feel it to be their dnty and interest also to make such laws as in their operation wonld fully and fairly protect their labour . 5 he lecture guve ereat satisfaction .

      BlOBSLEY . —The Chartists of this place held a grand tea party in tbe Association Room , Brookbottbnv , Mossley , on the evening of Saturday last , wben the working men and their wives enjoyed themselves with " the cup which cheers , bat not inebriates . " Tbe room was tastefully decorated with evergreens and the valuable portrait gallery , presented to the subscribers of the Northern Star . At about i eight o ' clock , the company hiving done ample jaslioeito the good things set before them , tbe tea equipage was removed , and Mr . Robert ; Bauomot , of Waterhead Mills , was unanimously called to the obuir . Tbe Chairman gave the first seaticsent —> " The people . " Mr . Win . Dixon , of Manchester , responded . Song by Mr . ' Evans , " Tbe X < ancgshire Witches . " The Chairmanjthen g « ve " The Charter .-may it soon become tbe law of tbe land . " Mr . Dixon responded t » the sentiment . Mr . Bell sung in

      gallant aty / e , "Tbe Condition of England . " 2 &e next sentiment given from the chair was " Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and may they soon be restored to their country ; families-, and friends . " Mr . Dixon responded . Recitation by Mr . Wild , " Patrick ' s-Lament for bU Country . " Thanks were thenvoted to the ladies and tbe singers , and the following resolution waa passed : — " That the than&s of this meet-Ing are due and are hereby given to tbe proprietor and conductors of the Northern ; Star , for tbe able and masterly manner in which tbe poor oian ' s rights are advo-1 cated and defended by that ; paper . " Mr . Dixon , in the name of tbe proprietor and conductor , briefly acfenowledged the compliment , and moved the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman which was- agreed to ; after : which tbe meeting broke up , highly , delighted with tbe evening ' s entertainments . I

      To ihe Chartists of jEngland—My Friends—On Monday night I lectured a second time at Paisley , on " Free Trade . " The meeting was a large , one , Mi . Campbell , Chartist town councillor , occupied the chair . I spoke nearly two hours ,, and challenged discussion , but with tbe exception of a few silly objections made by some individual in the body of tbo meeting , all paesed off quietly . I enrolled several new members , and the meeting broke up perfectly satisfied that " cheap bread" meant low wages . On Tuesday evening I delivered a lecture to an attentive audience in Anderson , Glasgow , on the " Rights of Labour , " in which I pointed out tbe power of capital over labour , and contended that until laboar was represented iu the legislature , it never would be protected—protection

      being tbe end of all just Government . Tue chairman made a very able and eloquent appeal to tba . peraous present to join the Association , wbicb numbers of them did . Ou Monday I proceeded to Ghrvan , a small and miserable town at tbe extremity of Ayrshire , and in the evening lectured to a large audience on the "Right of the people to the franchise , aud their fitness to exercise it" Mr . M'Kay , a very intelligent working man , was chosen to preside , anil opened tbe business in a few appropriate remarks , after which I proceeded to argue the question , and succeeded , I think , in- proving ibat the people wore by no means as intelligent as they ought to be ; yet the very fact of their

      contending for tbe Charter was a proof that they were far in the advance of the present electoral bady * who , bo their own disadvantage withhold ! it from them . As usual , I called for discussion , but all present seemed to be of my opinion , and consequently no opposition was offered . On Thursday nigbt , I again lectured to a Urge audience at Girvan on machinery , Mr . M . ' Kay was called to tbe cbair . I delivered a lengthy , address , but could not provoke opposition . Tbe population of ( Jirvau is exclusively engage ! in band-loom weaving ; taree-fourtbs of them being natives of tbe North of Ireland . They work upon ah average fifteen hours per day ; the average wanes tot which amouuta to n . hnnt 5 i . 6 d . a week . Their condition Is- wretched

      beyond anything I have yet seen in either Scotland or England . I found amongst them a fine body of real good Chartists , wbo appear to be really enthusiastic in the cause . On Friday I had the pleasure of addressing a large meeting in the I Town Hall of May bole . Tbe audience was composed exclusively of working men , wbo appeared to take a deep and lively interest in wbat I advanced . Here , as at all tbe otber places where 1 have yet leetured , I formed a locality of the National Chatter Association . On Saturday , I" lectured to a good meeting at Kilmarnock , on the Repeal of the U nion . The strictest attention was paid throughout and my address seemed to give general satisfaction . With the assurance that all will be wdl again oa this side of tbe Tweed , 1 remain , brother democrats , yours , sincerely , TUOS . CLARK , j

      BACUP . ' - Frost , William * , Jones * a * h > exjjs —Oa Monday evening last ; a meeting was held in t-he Association Room , for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty for the immediate release of the abovenamed individuals . Mr . Tngg wai called te the ebair . The Chairman opened the business of tbe meeting in a neAt speech . Mr . Barker jmoved the ihBt resolution , which was— " That we , tbe inhabitant * of Basup , in public meeting assembled , taking into consideration the cruel and uijuut weans leaortec ! to by the late

      Whig Government to bring about the commission and inhuman sentence passed on tbe exilei patriots , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , are determined never to rest satisfied until they a ? e restored * to thew homes , families , and friends . " M * . Bmitb , of- Todmorden , supported tbe resolution in a powerful spe « eb . Ths second and tbird resolution * were mowed by Mr . Smith and Mr . Shackleton . Thalmemoriai was supported by Mr . Philip M'Oratb , wha made ono ^ of the moat powwfa ^ speeches ever heard In this place , the meeting broke up , highly gwAlHea trlth th& nigbVe jwoceediag .

      XiOMOON . —Frost , Wiu . iA . ias , and . Jones . —A crowded meeting was held in the Hall ,. Turnagaialane , Skiuuer-streefc , oa Tueada * eveniag , November 19 th . ; Mr . 6 . H . Tucker ( was unanimously calied to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings , and announced Mr . Feazgus O'Connor to move tho fiftt resolution as follows "That this meeting views with deep regret , the . continued expatiaation of those patriotic martyrs ,. Frost , ? Williams * and Jones , and hereby resolves to memorialize her Majesty to restore them to their , country . ; , families , aad . friends . Mr . Feargus 0 * Conn «" , on rising , was greeted with loud and long continued cheering—^ applause ) . He said , my friends , 1 diffes from sour Chairman . He says he -does no * know why Sir James Graham , cannot see grouuda-io recoauaend her Majesty to grant a free p ardon . Now , 1 can conceive -why he don't think any beweat man worths —( hear , hear ) , There is no » lirect analogy between the oases of O'Conuell

      and t bat of Frost ,. Iu Ireland they have an Appeal to tb . e House of Lords ; bat in . English cases , the app eal mast be to tbe fifteen Judges . Had Frost been gu'Mty of murder » Sir . James Graham would have se en re » 6 « a for ¦ recommending him to mercy . Her Pjost gracious Majesty , who can do no wrong , and her ministers * who can do no right—( laughter ) , —are not equal in deeds of mercy to the French i despot , Louis Philippe . ) Notwithstanding there hav » i been a royal raarriaue , royal births , royal chwateninR 8 , royal and imperialiviaitiMgs , &c ., &c . ; and the example of LouiB Philippe , yet our uujustly and illegally convicted friends , are still in the land of , the atien-Oiear , hear ); . Ho ( Mr . O Connor ) saw Mr . Duncombe the other day , when Mr . D . stated that he had forwarded a considerable number of memorials to Sir J . Graham , who had sent him his 1 compliments , and oouldjseeno reason to recommend I them to merev . Bnt that ought only to induce them j to preaa forward with : redoubled energy . In the

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      ? 0 g 22 S *^ &fc event of a general electforff , i f ft * 6 ihet voice wa * raised he hoped the workiflff classes irou'ld raisetheirs . He had travelled the « oftutfj recently tor the borders of Scotland , and everywhere fuund that the feeling of affection and regard for i ' rost and his co-patriots w ^ 3 as strong as ever—( lond cheer *) . In South Shields he found two vessels bailt / one the Feargus O'Connor of 600 tons burthen , the other the Jorn Frost , of 400 ions burthen j and these vessels would be chartered to bring back their frionds eoon , as the publio roico must soon overcome the cruel obstinacy of the Minister—( loud cheering ) . Mr .-O'Connor continued to say that ha was credibly

      informed that Sir Jastea Graham , relying on Ministerial strength , and baeked by tho Whigs and the League , intended , durag the next session of Parliament , to introduce another Masters and Servants * Bill , of a far more hidewre character than the last —( tremendeas groans and ' . iussgs ^ The people most therefore be up and doiajr , . and exhibit a dogged , aetermmod , persevering opposiefca to it —( great cheering ) . Backed by _ the- people , he would boldly strifeagalasttbe monster ; BilMhear , bear ) " ;—bnt with p * . without thepf . op ) e , be would resist tocne last —( tremendous cheering ) ., Ha was determined , come prison , come deck , ooas& «» ffpfii ' ffiat Laboa should not be taken by surprise —{ immense aDiiiausei .

      ive « Saturday week ; tbe 80 th instant , Labour ' s organ , the Northern Star , wptrld be published" ia London— ( thunders of applauses-arid he promised t ^ m he would take care to keep the caseoi Frost , Wjliiams , and « Jx > nea promtnently befere " the publi © —( csteere ) . He had a largo bo-tof nrtmoritria at his residence , sent to hira- to present persona )]^ to her Majeaty . Now , he woald * ba ? # pir ^ ased a jwdrt drosa and sword , and gone like ai " ptonbtoxee ChartiE * to the Queet ^ -Clanghter)—S&t Slr"J ; Graham politely - isformed him ttett there wwld be ncmqre evees , and ) hence b ^ tiVfr . O'C . ) wa ^ pCTveuteoV ? rpin laying them-atthe feet of the Queen .- ititeTrades ' -jrew now beginaingtostir . Thank God fbritjand he hoped itf see tnreugh Labours' Parliament , a thorough oaioa of an , , by whr * 'thw woaldbi'enaWe ^ 'U risisiall aixi

      every attempt at oppression . Air . O'Connor retard amid lonS-ana proloEjsed oheerftor . toy . Farrer aerom ^ : the motioia . - Mrr F ; Gdddfellwr ais © ab ) y and ¦ oortWly supported theTcaohjtiott , whieh -was carried ) unttiimously * . Mr . StaUwood read " the Memorial and moved its adoption . Mr . Sardener seconded ir » Mar . J , H . 3 K ? Bairstow > , in riswg to suppwrt it . was ^ receiTed miji tend ch eer ^ lag , and deliverertr a- most doqjJeht' address , which ? was enthuaiasticaH y » ppl&s « fcd . * The ' medwrial wasunanimously adopted ; Mr . Shaw / moveiV" That the memorial be signed by the Chairman , aad placed ' in the hands of T . A Duncom * e ,, &q . M . fVor presentation . " Seconded- by M * . Wheeler , supported by H . Rosa , and carrried unanimously . A -vote of " thanks was given to-the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      GhASGOW : —For some time past , excepting & comparative few of the most Jflalous friends of the pause , Chartismmigfe * be saii * to bSBfleep&igia < M 8 ' once stirring locality . This did hot arise from any want of lovo to the principles . The people of SiMgowand the surroaadicgdistricis have never chaujJRd their opinion as to the necessity- for obtaining xha Charter ; but , from various cause ? ,-they were beeioning to despond of erer seeisg ; its , or anything approaching to it , obtaiaed in their day . Hence the present calm . If any one should feel inclined to dispute this , I would juat recommend them to calf * pablic meeting for any party purpose , at ah hou *' when the workiag classes can attend ; - and as sure as tbe buu goes his coarse in the firmament , so sum vrtll they find tbtsir mistake . Whatever little hesitation existed amongst us , has , to- a very

      considerable extent , been removed iy the very judicious coaduct of » he Executive , in sending ourtalented young friead , Mr . Claris to Scotland . Whenever he ( Mr . Clarip has had an opportunity ¦ of fatly explaining the views of the Executive , as to the future line of polisy which they intend laying before , and recommending to , the serious consideration of the people , there has been but one feeliBg-expressed—namely , universal acclamation . The people have now got something to grapple with ; aad as the time for operation approaches , I have no doubt whatever but the people will arouse from their present apparent slumber . The Glasgow Coucwl-, anxious to afford the people an opportunity of expressing a . decided opinion upon the plan-about to berecomaneaded by thw Executive , ba ' voreall ' ed a public < meating , which , is-to be held to-morrow ( WedD ^ sday ) faTOning , for that especial ' purpose ^ at which- Mr . Clajrk is to be

      present , m order to lay the viefrs of tk » . Executive as fully as possible before the meeting . The Marplots , who expected' to see tha- people of Glasgow divided upon-tbe question of a National Association , will 3 nd their wiefead designs blasted . Opposition to the National Flaa of Organisation ,. qo the part of some , was consoiaatioas ; bat there were other mischief-seekers , whose object was- the destruction of any ^ r ev erything with wnich thename-of Feargns O'Connor might be connected * The honest will now usite , and will rejoice at the disappointment of the uaprincipJed tools of faction . I « see , from the would-be organs of Gomplete Sag&ge , thaVSsurgd and Crawford are to bft at Edinburgh ! early in December . I havo heard nothing yet * a » to theii *

      intention of coming io Glasgow-:: if tbey should come , what desolation will meet their eye ! : Where now are the champions of all that was ** noble" and "pure" ! the men wbo " could cot associate with , the unprincipled O'Connorites . " I hope the moral will not bo lost upon Sturge . Lefrbiaivbear in miri 4 that tbe last time he was in Glasgow a soiree was got up for the ostensible purpose of assisting to pay off tbo debt due to Air . G . Ross j . but up to this Say neither the public nox Mr . Rosa -know anything respecting that soireeescept thatiS took place . Not so when Duncombe and O'Coanor were here . From , £ 25 to £ 30 vrss then handed over to Mr . Ross . Alas ! the ioperfeocicas of human nature I Let Sturge keep his eyes open , or-perhapa they maj be opened 1 ' or him . *

      IiIVEHPOOIi . —/ jSpablic meetHH ? of the inhabitants of Liverpool was held on Tuesday the 12 ih a . whe _ n resolutions were-passed to ~ mea > MriaJ . ise her ' Majesty for the immediate restoration ei ' tbe exiled patriots , Frost , Williams and Jones . ¦ SroCKPORT . —Mr . D . Donovan , x > £ iJiai ichesteat lectured here on Sunday night , epoa t 2 » d ifferenc * between Federalism , aad Repeal . Mr .. D . was lis » tened to with marked attention ,, and his address seemed to give universal satisfaction .

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      iil Agents ot ihe " h out HERN Stab " ¦ will please to address their orders for nest -week ' s papers , and afterwards , to " F . O'Connor , Esq ., Noktjlern Star Office , SiO , Strand , London ; " and as there are always difficulties in the "way of getting ont the first nnmber of a paper , eren in London , we have to reqnest that the Orders may be forwarded in good time .

      •'To Agents.

      • 'TO AGENTS .

      On The Removal Of The Northern Star From Leeds To London.

      ON THE REMOVAL OF THE NORTHERN STAR FROM LEEDS TO LONDON .

      The Northern Star, And

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , AND NATIONAL TBA DBS JOURNAL . The principles of the Star will be—the Six Points of the People ' s Charter , name and all : the only difference will be the substitution of entirely new type , and no change of conductors . The price of the Star on Saturday next , the 30 th instant , will be fivepence . Aad if I am aked the reason why , my answer is , because less will not pay . Increased rent , increased salaries , and other improvements alone would justify the rise ; while I do not think

      that one reader of the Northern Star will object to bear his fair proportion of the burden of supporting his own cause If this was not necessary to { secure me against ruin , the Star against failure , and tbe cause from the consequences of two such calamites , I should not have proposed it : and the only apalouy that the reader will require is , that it is indispensable . The price of the Dispatch and of the Weekly Chronicle is six pence . The Northern Siar shall be a bettor paper than either . And you have the reliance upon me , that should the rise be profitable , every farthing of it

      shall be expended in the advancement of your principles . On Saturday next , as you will learn from the announcement made in tho proper place and form , the Northern Star and National Trades Journal will be published at No . 340 , Strand , London , where all letters from agents must be addressed , and all money orders made payable to Feargus O'Connor and addressed to him . All communications for the paper , must be addressed to the Editor , Mr . Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand . All private letters for Mr . Hobson

      and for Mr . George Julian Harney must be addressed to the printing-office , No . 17 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . And now , my friends , a new scene opens upon me and upon our cause . For seven years the Star has been conduotedat Leeds ; andupon leaving that locality it is my pride to say that although I have many political eaemies , I have never made a porsonal foe—nor has any single act of mine , as a gentleman or a politician , brought reproach dishonour or disgrace upon you or me . HopiDg that

      I may never outlive the confidence that I have so hardly-earned , I now open an account for the seven years to come , trusting that it may be as satisfactory as the seven which have just expired . If I was to write ten Stars tull I could not explain to you the difficulties and obstacles that have been thrown in my way , 'and that I have boldly encountered and overcome . I am prepared for labour , for hardship , and frugality : and as I have resolved never during life to live upon other resources than my own I have a right to secure myself aud jour organ against all the assaults of faction .

      Let this my aceount for the past and prospectus for the future be read at your meetings . And if one score of subscribers in any one locality shall grudge to bear their portion of the national burthen , the Star shall remain at its former price , and I will still struggle on to maintain its footing . No man has ever heard me puffing the Northern Star or recommending it in preference to any other paper : but afcor sevon

      years of bustle , battle , and struggle , I now in vice you to rally round those principles of which the Northern Star shall be the unflinching advooate . You will henceforth find your old friend in its new sphere to be everything that the lover of justice and freedom could desire . I am , my friends , Your faithful andobdt . Servant , Feargus O'Connor .

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYMTISER .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1290/page/1/