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      rVHAT a Madeira climate in England may be X produced by the VESTA STOVE , plants of the most tender kind , requiring warmth , have provecL In sick rooms it has been found invaluable , producing one even degree of temperature throughput the day and night . The Veita Store has no doors , and as there ia not ftny fire in contact with the outer case , warmth is obtained without any of the unpleasant effects complained of in the use of others . The fire can be kept alight the whole season , and the part containing the fire is not open during the time it is replenished with fuel . The fuel passes from the hod into the stove without being seen , preventing entirely any escape of the noxious vapours , and that annoyance from dust which , in feeding other stoves , arises from tho fuel being removed from the bod

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      TO THE READING CHAE . TIST 3 OF GREAT BRITAIN , Whose attention is requested to the following List of Cheap Tracts now publishing , Price One Shilling and Sixpence por 100 , or Five for a Penny , The Question : —WHAT IS A CHARTIST ? - A . NSWERED as to Peinciples and as to Practice . % * The friends of the Charter are earnestly requested to aid in giving this admirable Tract an extensive circulation , A Liberal Allowance to those purchasing to giro sway .

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      NOTICE . A PtJBLld . TEA MEETING and BALL , in aid A . of the Fifnds . for the Relief of the Wives and Children of the Imprisoned Chartist Victims , will Jteheid'at the Social Institution , Hornscy ' s Build-¦ in £ ' s » opposite the Asylum , Westminster Road , on Monday , February 22 nd , 1841 , Tea on the Table' at Six o'clock , and Ball to commence at Eight . Single ticket , to Tea and Ball , ls . 6 d . ; Double Ticket , to admit a Lady And Gentleman , 2 s . Qd . ; Single Ticket , to Ball only , Is . May be obtained » t the following Plaoes : ^ -Mr . Rose , 13 , Milbank Place , Rus-. sell-streefc Bermoodsey ; Mr . James , hair-dresser , 1 , Snovr ' s Fields ; Mr . Frenoh , bookseller , Snow's Fields ; Mr . Wartlen , Temperance Coffee-house , Bsirmondsey New Road ; Mr . Frederick . Hinton , 14 , Alfred-street , Old Kent Road ; Mr . J . Moy , 27 , Edward-street , Blackfriars' Road ; Mr . George Sidwell , 9 , Eaton-street , New Cut ; Mr . Cartling , Temperance Coffee-house , Borough Road ; Mr . A . Bock , 3 $ , HaclingtoQ-street , York Road ; Mr . James , 29 , GJbson-Btreet , Oakley-street ; Mr . Davis , Maguet Coffee-house , Drury-lane ; at the Social Institution , Westminster Road ; and of the Secretary , John Williams , 30 , Devonshire-street , Vauxhall . Tickets being limited , an early application . . is desirable .

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      OLD PAEK ' S PILJuS . THE following Letter from Mr . Noble , of Hull , is well worthy of perusal : — To the Proprietors of Parr ' s infallible Life Pills . Gentlemen , —Since I undertook the agency of this popular Medicine , I can with truth aver , that it bas » to my own knowledge , been a very great blessing to scores of persons in this town and neighbourhood . Indeed , so aumerdus&re the testimonials to the virtues of " Parr ' s Pills" in the cure of inveterate disease , that many persona who had been quite hopeless of any relief , nave obtained a permanent arid perfect cure . To particularise , would be useless ; the case ' s are bo numerous . One person was cured of a bad leg of fifwen years' duration ; another , of Rheumatism of ten years' standing ; others of Asthma , &e ., &c .: these are among the Cures . And numerous are tho cases of relief in Bilious and Liver Complaints , sick head-ache , coughs , colds , and diseases of the stomach and digestive organs , &o . From these facts , more than from any mode of advertising , the sale of the pills is daily increasing ; every persou who has been benefited is anxious to recommend them , and assist his neighbour . —Enclosed is £ 50 , which please send me in Pills by the next cqach . I am , Gentlemen , yours , respectfully , JOSEPH NOBLE , Printer , Bookseller , and Stationer . 23 , Market Place , Hull , Jan . 18 , 1841 . p , S . —I shall be happy to furnish the names and address of persons cured , & . C ., to any who may require it ; letters to be post-paid . Important Caution . —It has been discovered that vile attempts have been made to substitute base imitations for the genuine Medicine : in order , therefore , to protect the public from such imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps have ordered " Parr's Life Pills" to be engraved on the Government Stamp attached to each box , without which none are genuine . Price Is . Hd ., 2 a . 9 d ., and family boxes 11 s . each . Full directions are given with each box . The Life and Times of Thomas Parr , " who lived to be 152 years of age , ( 16 pages ) may be had gratis of all agents .

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      OVD PARR'S SECRET OF LONG LIFE DISCOVERED . A MOST singular document has recently been brought to light , and is now in the possession of the Rev . Wm . Arther , of East Peckham : it appearb to have been written by tho celebrated OLD PARR , who attained the almost incredible age of one hundred and fifty-two years , and -who left this document to a relation : it is written on parchment , and although upwards of two hundred years old is in an excellent state of preservation . The following is an extract : — "These do certifie yt ye undermentioned is ye method of preserving health , which by ye grace of Almighty God has caused me to attain to my miraculous old age . Albeit in my youth I was afflicted with ye Bloody Flux and King's Evil , but which all left me by using some dayes ye herbs as herein written . "

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      , - ^_ 1 - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' . - .: .. ! ' ¦ ' " £ : ::: ; : : = : ga : POPUL / iH B&ACK BOOK A . 1 TQ ALMANAC , FOE . 1841 . MR . RICHARDSON begs to state that the ^ mand for his popular Book continues UDabaUj and has now reached higher in circulation thaa ^ S other ARnanac in the Kingdom , —proving that ^ Z People are anxious-to see how the Taxes are sqaj ? dered away npon Placemen , splendid Paupers , gu Government hangers-on ; and , also , how the p £ z are treated by those who plunder them of their h 2 earnin

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      CAUTION TO MEDICINE VENDORS AM ) OTHERS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That byifc recent Verdict obtained by Messrs ^ Mojam against certain Impostors for counterfeiting tluj medioines , all persons selling medicines as and Is Morisos ' s Pills , which are , in fact , mere spnrjon imitations , are liable to have actions brought again * them for every box sold under that name , which ft . tions Messrs . Morison will deem it their duty t »^> force in every case that comes to their knowledge , British College of Health , Hamilton-place , New-road , London , Dec . 29 th , 1840 ,

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      SECOND EDITION !! Three Thousand Copies of this little Poem law already been sold in the County of Durham , fiHARTISTS III Purchase THE DOOM OP U TOIL ; a POEM , Just Published , Price Tfo * pence , Postage Free to all parts of the Kingdom , bj "' An Ambassador in Bonds , " now lying in—— . Gaol , for political truth telling . By enclosing Sixpeuce in a letter , through jib post , prepaid , two copies of the Poem wiU ig delivered , free of charge , to the place directed . Send your orders and money to Williams tad Binns , Bridge-street , Sunderlarid .

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . Price \ & . ljd . per box . nHHIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine tf J . long-tried efficacy for correcting all Disorden of the Stomach and Bowels , the common symptom of which are costiveness , flatulency , spasms , loss of appetite , sick head-ache , giddiness , sense of fnlnes after meals , dizziness of the eyes , drowsiness ud pains in the stomach and bowels . Indigestion producing a torpid state of the lirer , and a constat inactivity of the bowels , causing a disorganization of every function of the frame , will , in this km * excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , b » effeotually removed . Two or three doses wiUeoB . vince the afflicted of its salutary effects . Tha

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      ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , ¦ r TAVING devoted his Stcdies for many Yearsia £ 1 the . successful Treatment of the VEtfEKBA * DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; a ! so ( to the frightful consequences resulting from that destructive practice , " Self Abuse , " may be personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at N #£ and on Sundays till Two , at 13 , TR A FALSA * STREET , NORTH STREET , Oeede , and er « T Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Biadfori , from Ten till Five . .. * ¦* v ^^^ r ^^ ^ f &a v • t ^ - m . W- t

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      ALKX ^ ypHiA . Vale of Leven , Duxbakto > --shiee . —At a meeting of the Universal Suffrage Association , held on the 6 ih February , ie the Democratic Seminary , it was resolved , first , " That the Association tike three shares in the joint-stock printing sad publishing company , as advertised in the Scottish Patriot ; " second , " That we remit £ 1 to the Birmingham Restoration Committee , in order to assist them in their endeavouxs to memorialise the Queen , to restore Frost . Williams , and Jones , to their families , " third , "The address of H . Vincent aad others , upon the evilB of imemperanee , being read to the meeting , it was resolved that we form a democratic teetotal society , in « onnection with the Universal Storage Association . " A great number signed the pledge before the meeting separated . Lastly , a committee was appointed to receive donations of books , &c ^ for the forming of a library in connection with the association . To others we would say , " go and do likewise . "

      BIRBXXNGHATtt . —TOTAL AbSTHTK-VCB CHARTEB AssocuTT 05 . —A meeting wa 3 held at No . 17 , Little Charles-street , when Mr . John White . took the chair , and a discussion took place concerning the conduct of the police lately . The following resolution wa 3 arrived at by the meeting . That this meeting view with extreme regret the disgraceful conduct that passed unnoticed by the police force on Wednesday evening , the 5 th of February . " The affair to which the resolution alluded , was a fight that occurred on Snow Hill , to the great annoyance of the

      inhabitants . No policemen came near , althongh 200 persons or more were assembled together . We cannot but regard this conduct as grossly unjust , aad disgraeefal on the part of the -police , who can be Bent as spies to peaceable meetings of operative Chartists , but who are nowhere to be found when the public peace is disturbed by brutal exhibitions like the one referred to , patronised as they are , by many of the " respectables . " It was resolved that the foregoing resolution be forwarded to the Star and Birminoham Journal .

      HAIiTFAX . —John Crossland has been elected Riding Councillor . BTJ 3 &XK . —The cause progresses steadily . At the quarterly meeting of the Association recently holden , new ofScers were elected , and excellent speeches made by Messrs . O'Malley , Brophy , and others . WOODBOTJSE . —A little genuine seed of Chartism was scattered here , a short time ago , by Mr . Leech . We hope that it may produce an abundant crop . UTEWPORT . —Moxmocthshiee . —At a recent meetiug the Chartists of New-port , thanked , by acclamation , the brave men who attended at Leed 3 , to welcome the big-beggarman , from poor starving Ireland .

      WBT-SOEERS 2 T . —Poverty , immorality , and crime , on all sides , seem to increase , the jails bearing sorrowful testimony thereto , nowi : hstanding the increase of Christian churches , chapels , and missionaries .

      WOJ . VERHABSPTON . —At x recent meeting ; of the Wolverhampton members of the National Charter Associatien , to which the public were by handbills invited , held at Mr . Msgg ' s Temperance Coffee House , Snow Hill , Mr . Broadtail in the chair ; the following individuals were , with the uaanimous consent of the meeting , severally nominated for the Council . Messrs . John Wilcox , J . S . Farmer , John Driver , Thomas Dobson , Wm . Hawses , Wm ., Magg , John 3 > ann , Thomas Broughall , and John Maxfield . Mr . Willi&m Mogg was nominated as sab-treasnrer , and J . S . Farmer , as sub-secretary .

      MANCHESTER . —On Sunday evening , the members of the National Chaner Association met in the Tib-street Room , for the purpose of hearing Mr . C . Connor , of Manchester . Mr . Wheeler , Chairman , opened the bosmess of the evening by jemarks npon the death of Clayton , who di < d in the Northallerton prison . The andience heard them amid symptoms of execration , and cries of " Shame , shame . " The folloiriag resolution was moved , seconded , % nl carried without a dissentient : — M Thas the censure of this meeting be passed upon the bsire , bloody , and brutal—tae infamous and cowardly Whigs , for their unfeeling and cruel treatment of political prisoners , and ia no : acquainting the friends of Clayton of his decease in time , so that they might have had aa opportunity of seeing

      him before be departed this world . Hr . C . Connor then rose , amid the cheers of the audience . He commenced by reading a prayer fram Mr . Bronterre O'Brien ' s Poor Man ' s Guardian , which called forth great apala ^ se . He was not come there to spou ; out that dogmatical nonsense which was being put forth ic she various cathedrals in thi 3 kingdom , namely , "As it was in the beginning , ia now , and ever shall be , world without end f for certsm he was that things were no : now as they were at the beginning . At that time there were not 1 , 000 prostitutes patrolling the greets of London : there were Dot at that- time 10 , 000 pickpocket , 10 , 000 servants © at of eiapjoyaeat , 3 , 000 bouses fur receiving stolen goods , eighteen prisons is London and its vieinitv

      52 , 000 beer-shops and public-houses , and 80 , 000 committed for crime annually . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker went on to compare the different ; institutions of the country with what they Ehonid be under a well-regulated Government . He ( the speaker ) would always raise his vo . ee against a system which consigned youth to prison , manhood to earthly heiis , and old age . to bloody basriles . He , for hia part , wanted to see a , system established , where ehfldhoodwoald havemirth , manh » od independence , and old age honour and comfort . He then remarked , that when the late Mr . Wm . Cobbett went to Ireland , he wrote a letter to the people of England , in

      which he declared teat no hac seen his ovra scewara ' a pigs the day before he left England , a ' ud heafflrmad , in the face of Ea ^ -had and Ireland , : ha ; those pigs were better fed , better lodged , and kept fair moru cleaner , thara many thousands of the peasantry of Ireland . ( Hear , aad cries of shame . ) " He then tienouaced tie factory system , as earned on ia this country , aud said it was such as that human nature shuddered lo h * ar a recital of the many tvriisted Jlmbs , broken duwa constitutions , the pale , ghastly countenances , and deformrd cre-ai ^ res , waic ^ ft haa made ; and al » o the foul and filthy expressions which were frequently made usa of in them . He referred also to ihs tendenev it had to increase

      crane , rice , Jmm ' .-ra . ity , ana prostitution ; ana me con . tani . insi . ini ; Uiuuciice : \ had oa the physical cos-Btitntiou , ami the frustration , to a great extent , oi mental improvement . He thsn drew a picture of a maa who cvtiid . Live his acre of iaad to fall back npon , to keep himself aad fiiniiy comfortable , instead ot" being at the mercy of ihe in obey grubber ? , and master manufacturers . ( . uea . r , hear . j Thespcaser eatereiintoaa able aad eloq-iem defence of his - order ( the working classes ) from tae caiuinaieand as-persons of ihn middle and higher clashes a : to their jgiioraacc , crim i nality , and vice ; and trscec the causes of these with an unsparing ha .- ; d , u those classes themselves ¦ Brao uttered the calumnies He , then , ; n a verv seeling manner referred to ths

      dei ' . h of Cis-Ttoa , which was received with marks of sympathy , and urged his hearers to step out of the routine o ' f tneir former energies for the obtainment of the Caar * er . Frost , Williams , and Jones were looking to th ' -in to ooi&in the Chaner . Thousands of poor perishing people were looking for it as-. tneir only hope , a * id mat patriot , that iearned , abie , true-hcartad Irishman , Feargm O'Connor , whose private hfe bad oeen as amiable and as spotless as his public exertions , had beeu long , arduous , and valuable , —as wsa watching every movement ^ though in the drtary solitary dungeon- -Tae wife of Clayton and others were looking to them ; the widow and the orphan , and the starving peisantrv of Ireland , all , aii , were looking to the ' Cnartisj . s , to free them fr&m tneir slavish condition . . The speaker made a power : ul app » al to his audience , on the necessity o : persevera : ; c « . and sat down ara : a

      acclamations . Permjssiun vras given to any one present to obj-cx te any thing the lecturer had advanced , or ' A a-kiag any questions , aiid no one coming forward , the following resolution was carried unanimously .- — ~ Tnai a committee be formed to receife snb-cr . pv : ons , towards defraying the expences of removing the bt-tiy of our departed iriend , John Clayton , frozn the Waig dungeon , and convey him where ce may be decently interred in his owa native town . " A vote of t . naaks was given to the lecturer , after which the Chairman announced that the proceeds of Mr . Hey wood ' sexhibhioB , in phantasmagoria , were £ 1 4 s . and that he had engaged to fire two more ; the first to be on Tuesday , the 16 th , and the other the following Tuesday . Mr . Buchanan , Social missionary , had , likewise , volunteered to give one , after , upon the same terms . The Carpenter ' s Hall is takeaforthe 20 ih , with the anticipatfon of holding a meeting for the delegates to address the

      people . A £ re * t many Chartist Circulars , both oi English and Scotch , were called for , aad all is goicg oa well . Lecture . —Oa Sunday evening , Mr . Jimes Leech delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture on the preaeus position of the Chartists , and their ftitnre prospectB ; shewing the otter useles ^ ness , foohahBess , and impossibility of a union of the working and middle classes , unless the latter would eome boldly and fatriy out for Universal Saffrage . To * speaker was listened to with marked attention , aad produced a jjreat impression . He concluded by TWMjuaendujgall to become teetotallers , as he himself tod , wiuch sentence was received with deafening eheers . A committee was formed to carry out the recommendation of the editor of the Star , relative to removing tht remains of poor Clayton from a » prison to his own native town , and for this purpose 6 s . wcm collected immediately .

      Fbost , Wtluaig , xxd Joses , —The Manchester Lomnntsse for asasiing in the restoration of Frost , ^ ^ aia ? ? " » 4 "Jt »»» , have received from a few wireworters it ,. 14 ., ind fIom a few friends at Ren-Boaw " 8 beer-bouse Is . Si ; and for which the com-2 m ? F * lbeir 8 incere taaaks , and hope . others Will follow the example .

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      i . _ ¦ - - t . i - 1 ON" » ON \—We are informed that a Social Cdncert will t-ike place on Thursday evening next , at eight o'clock , at Caslin ^ s Temperance Coff ee House , Borough Iload , near the Duke of York public-house , for the benefit of a poor tanner , who is a sincere Chartist , and who has been oat of work for many weeks ; he has a wife ^ ud five starring children to support . CABlilSLS . —Lecick . ES OF Da . M'Bot'Aj * .. —On Saturday evening , February the 6 th , the above-named gentleman delivered his first lecture , in the large lecture room of the Ath « n » um , on the " Rights of Labour . " As we entered the ball , the Doctor was proceeding with his address , which was characterised throughout by sound and rational views of what society ought to

      be under a just and p&ternal government ; he proceeded at great length to shew how the labouring classes lived in -what are now cailed the dark ages , enjoying all the comforts of life , and those secured and held sacred by the Government and magistracy ° ' *^ country ; but now the people were robbed of all those comforts they formerly enjoyed , by the Tery men who ought to be their protectors . The Doctor is a rapid and energetic speaker , and at times approaches to the highest nights of eloquence , more especially in his similies , which are well carried out . His happy and witty illustrations have a striking effect upoB his audience . On the whole we look back upon him is a person well calculated to impress upon the people a strong conviction of what outht to be their real position in society

      Like the Rev . J . R . Stephens , he enters into all the ramifications of society , and shows , that except the Charter secures to the people , good food , good clothing , and every other comfort , it is not worth having , at the same time he contends , that the Charter will be the best security to those blessings . He exposes with a masterly hand the villany of those who have plundered the people , and is not over s ; rapuious as to the names he gives them . The following is a brief sketch of the lecture . I demand for the people of this country good wages for their labour , and plenty of leisure time to spend those wages , in food and recreation . I demand a provision for them , such as they had in former times , and which must and shall be secured , before there shall be peace in the palace .

      I have examined the ancient records of this country , and find that the people were protected—they then had a back stay and it is only when this is the case that there can l # security for the throne ^—but if that protection be -wholly removed , I would not give two year ' s purchase for the institutions of this country—nor the stability o £ the crown , "which onght to be founded on the affections of the people . I demand good wages for the people , and short hours , so that their leisure time ni 3 y be usefully and pleasantly spent in improving their minds and making them what God intended them to be , but thoss things can only be secured by placing in their hands political p * wer . I have discovered , that there -was once a priesthood , who voluntarily gave up the benefits of the Church lands , for the benufit of the

      poor . In Scotland , in the abbey of Arbroath , they received at . one time vrhat wan equivalent to £ 12 , 000 at present , in tee shape of wheat , meal , meat , &c There were only twenty five old men to eat up all this supply , which "was given to the poor and necessitious The black Earl of Douglas , -with 1000 of his folle-srers , remained there twelve months and could not consume the supply of bread , beef , mutton , fish , &c . In 1530 , the abbots turned out their money and purchased food for the poor ; twenty score of oxen and tisb , and other Jaings in proportion , &s ninch as would now satisfy the ¦ wants of the necessitous in twenty parishes in Scotland . The then king visited this pls . ee , but could not with all his suit , diitiinish the supplies . Torn your attention to that great reprobate George the Fourth ,

      the money expended by that royal beast in his mission to Scotland surpassed all that has been given to the entire poor of that country , and half the poer of England . Should an Archbishop visit joa now , he -would scarcely leave a pig in the stye , nor as much meal as would enable yon to sing " Britons never shall be slaves . " Ne man can make me believe , that the priests are all inclined to assist the poor , with all their professions of charity , yet they would die through their vexation if they -were compelled to assist them ; now the property of the Cimrcn is as if it had ail flown awey from this country . If a working man should take the road , be will observe the priest ' s sign board as he enters every town aad Tillage—•• Vagrants and bezears are not to h& reHeTed : ••—yet they have the

      best houses &n 4 gardens in the piace . It never entered into the heads of iho ancient priests , that there was a division of parishes in beaveu . If they saw a p « or maa suffering from want , they instantly gave him food . God himself has proclaimed the rights of the poor . The tithes were brought in biskets , and pUced on the altar , and the priest had to declare before Almighty God , that he would reserve a portion for the Levite , the widow , the fatherless , and necessitous poor of the land . I know of no book , except the Bible , -which so c' . e 3 rly and distinctly points out the rights of the poor . Lands were given to toe people , and the priests were not to have gold , nor any other property , but what belonged to the Lord . The ancient abbots did divide ths fruits of the land amongst the necessitous poor .

      who had a right to this property . In those days , the working man had cot to -want , but proceed to the Church , and get sufficient food for his support . Having proved that tb « s Church lands belong to the working men , and were given to the Church for the benefit of them , he asitd , but what has now become of those lands ? 1 will tell you . Little Lord John Kusselialias Jack Ketch—lias & good portion . I would ask the Bedford famiiy , what they have made of the lands which they have ribbed the poor of ? Lord Egiinton , too , had got three large estates belonging to Ktlvriilen Abbtj " , which furnished him with the means of carrying on the broom-stick affair . What right had Fox Maule ' s father to the lands belonging to the- abbey of Arbroath ? Ir , dteJ , nearly all the aristocracy have

      robbed the peop . u to a greater w lesser extent . Ic regird to religion , 1 wish to see perfect liberty of conscience . I sptak not . for the purpose ef curtailing the belief of aEy onr—but to show you who have be . n ihe robbirs . 'When you pull down idols , you should Dot rob the paople . In thus advocating the ric ' ats of ths poor rcan , I canaot help glancing s .: the en ' scts of the present system , which has entailed misery and -wretchedness on the poor of this land . If the people had the church lands alone , they would prevent a va . «* deal of the misery which at present exists . In contending for the principles of tke Char ter , I consider it my dury , first to make you acquainted vriih your rights—s& that -when you get the power , you may be enable 1 to secure them , when the

      power 33 put isto your hands—without this power , it sxiuH be vain to u . lt—and it must be had by the combined energy and force of the people You have lately had a courting match at Lteds , which 1 could scarcely ursderitir . d . The resolution passed there might hav- been a very different one ^—if tae Chartist leaders ha-. l known tatir own strength , they could have carried a resolution containing the -whole principles c'Dtaine'l in t . ^ c Charter . I know the design of those Household Suffrage humbugs , and I am determined at ail times to expose them . The sole object of Hume , O Connell , and oth-rs , is to give what thty are pleased 10 call HuusehoM Suffrage , and to throw the Charter overboard . Of what use would a vote be , if

      the people could not choose tne men they thonght best qualified to serve them ; and , without they have that power , the thin ? would ba of no ass . Hume has given notice of a motion t . j give lodgers a vote . If I had stopped in Cheater Cattle , I would have had the benefit of it ; bat it will he all a humbug . Jos Hume is a "Whig-Kadlcal—one half white and the other blackknavery oa the one side of his head , and folly vn the other . Nothing , I trust , will satisfy the people short of the Charter . Ti ; e more you want oC a Government , the more you should ask for . We have been standing like the nian ia the moonlight—the people are the man , and ths Government the soaiow—if the substance moves on , so will the sbaio-w—but if it stands still , so will the shadovr . If the Government still

      continue to reiuse us taa Charter—I vdil go farther and unfold tae binner of republicanism . ( Immense cheering which lasted for some minutes . ) If they won't give us it now , they will very soon find it expedienVto do so . We -will , -with the Char ter , secure the rights of the poor , and be able to prot-ct their wages . In the records of the county of Berks ., I find a table , by which the vrjures of the working man were regulated . Tha quartern loaf was taken as the standard , the number of the family -was also taken , and what they coaid earn by their labour , and the number of thillings they could produce in a week . If a maa had a -wife and one chi ! d be was cot to receive less than ten shillings ; if two , fourteen shillings and sixpence ; if three , seventeen shilling ! and sixpence ; if four , twenty shillings ;

      and so on in proportion . Thi 3 was offering a premium for young men to get married , and to increase the population . In those days the wages of the -working man were always steady and secure ; be was to have , at least , seven pounds of butcher's meat in the -week , with vegetables and other necessaries ; good clothing , and a go » d supply of chamber linen . Where is the chamber linen Dow ? Why , if there is any at ail amongst the workiug people , you will find it at ttw sign of the three balls , s ' umbering in seme snug comer -with an elegant ticket at the end of it . What has become of the beef ? There is still plenty , but yon get precious littie of it ; it goes into the hands of your masters , and all the tit bits are seised by the overgrown parsons . It would be & curious census to take an account of the flitches of bacon and hams which are in the country ; very few would be found in the dwellings of the "Working men . What joiner ever thinks now of putting crooks into the ceiling of a working man ' s cottare ;

      but that of the parson is studded all over with them , as if he -wen going to hang up the sin » of the whole nation . Now , wa have Marcus ' s plan of painless extinction , for the poor man's children . If the scoundrel who -wrote that book had shown his face among the magistrates of Berks ., he -would have been pot in the pillory or the stocks ; but it is not a bad recommendation , if properly applied . The bees , after they have laboured a whole summer , and perceive that the drones increase—they assemble , march them out and destroy them , because , if they did not do that , they would soon eat up alL So it should be with the idlers , or donothings of society . I should like to see Marcus's plan adopted in this res < > ect , for it -would only be retributive justice . The Doctor then Trent on to urge the people to unito as one man , and be determined to obtain the Charter . A vote of thanks was then given to the Doctor . The hall was -well filled soon after the commencement of the lecture , and it wiU hold , a : leasr , a thousand persona

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      EAST iONDON . —Chartist Total Abstinence andMut * al Instruction Association . —Oa . Wednesday week , the monthly meeting of its members was h ld at the Association Room , 166 , Brick-lane , Spitatfieldg , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . " That this meeting is of opinion that it 18 the duty and interest of the Chartists of England and Wales to imitate tha Chartists of Scotland , by adopting the teetotal pledge for one year at least , and do further earnestly recommend its adoption without delay . " 2 . * That tha thanks of this Association are eminently due ,

      and hereby givm , to Mr . J . Cleave , for the great assistance he has given since ho beeame a member of the same to the present time . " 3 . " That this Association do immediately establish a benefit sooiety , on the Birmingham plan , and that all abstainers from intoxicating drinks be eligible to become members of the same . " 4 . ° That it ia the duty and intention of this Association to use its best effort « to support the Northern Star , on account of its advocacy of the people ' s rights , and the cause of temperance . " 5-' That the foregoing resolutions be seat to the Star for insertion . "

      BRISTOL . —Things are looking well here . Publio meetings have been holden in several wards of the city , at which it has been resolved that a lecturer shall be retained to agitate the city and suburbs . TRURO ( Cornwall . )—The cause is getting nicely on here . At a meeting of the members of thy Truro . Working Men ' s Association , on Monday last , it was unanimously resolved that £ 1 be Bent to the committee for the management of the funds for the support of the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists . Likewise Its . was voted from the funds to be sent to the National Executive Council ; and

      it was also resolved that the members do become cnroll « d in the National Charter Association . Our numbers at present are but small , but we are in hopes of our labours proving successful , in drawing others into our ranks . We have also voted 10 ? . to be sent to the " Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee , " and we have petitions in course of signature , which , when filled , will be seut to the above committee , to be presented to the Queen by three -working men , being in our opinion the best representatives of our cause , our feelings , wishes , wants , and grievance ' s .

      GAIWSBRO ' . —The standard of Chartism has been uplifted here . At a recent meeting , a subscription was entered into for the incarcerated victim ? , and three rattling cheers were given for O'Connor . RUG 3 Y . —Mr . Henry Candy , who was requested to agitate the three counties of Warwick , Stafford , and Worcester , arrived at Rugby on Saturday , from Nuneaton . On Monday night , we got up a meeting , which was well attended , and ho gave us an excellent lecture ; when , in a most able manner , he fully explained the principles and object of the People ' s Cbarter , to the satisfaction of his hearers . He

      concluded by an affecting appeal to them , exhorting them from that night forward to be up and doing , and join in the holy struggle of right against might . He sat down amidst the most enthusiastic applause . Several gave their names in to become members . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer ; the health of Mr . O'Connor was drank with the greatest enthusiasm ; and also , " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and their Fpeedy return , and the liberation of all the incarcerated victims . " The whole of the evening ' s proceedings were conducted with the greatest propriety . The seed sown will be productive of great good in this Tory and priest-ridden place .

      MANSFISLTJ . —Since the inhabitants of this town have been favoured with a batch of the " New Police , " it has become matter of doubt with the " unwashed" whether , in the event of their walking up the street , they shall be allowed to return again the samo way , as the town crier , among others , has been prosecuted for the atrocious crime of standing in the streets of his native town . However the prosecution broke down , aud the blue coat was found not altogether " iiy . " The Chartists have established , is MansneJd , a kind of debating society , and opened a reading room , both of which are well attended .

      SCOTCH CHATlTISItt . —MOVEMENTS OF MB . Harsey . —On Monday tvening , Feb . 1 st , I addressed & most magnificent meeting in the Thistle Hall , Dundee ; I pretend not to give any particulars , as , In the Dundee Chronicle , will be fennd a report of the meeting , which you will probably transfer to your columns . " Bonnie Dundee" is now at tbo head of the movement in Scotland . Chartism is there all-powerful and all-triumphant : tbeDemocraticCouncil , representingand supported by the several Trades' Political Associations , virtually commands the town ; the Chronicle , in the bands of the Chartists , has already made their

      influence to be felt ; and that organ of popular rights , once firmly established , ( which it may be , if the men of Dundee are true to themselves , ) will be an all-potent engine for good in the national cause . I may add , that thrice on the Sabbath-d 3 y , each week , do hundreds of the toiling classes listen to the eloquent strains of our leal-hearted friend , John Duncan , poured forth in vindication of the eternal rights of man . For the first time in Dundee , the poor and the oppressed have " gospel preached nnto them" in reality , by one whose character may be summed up in these few words : —he is " bold enough to bs honest , and honest eneugh to be bold . "

      The day may be distant , -which it probably is , -when I shall again visit Dundee ; but wherever my desticy may bid my pilgrimage , it -will be with feelings of pleasure I shall summon up the recollections of the paat , and -with pride bethink me , that I enjoy the confidence , and have the warm wishes , of its " honest men and bonnie lasses . " Wednesday , Feb . 3 d—Crossed the Tay to Newport , and ( passing through Capar-of-Fife ) after a walk of eighteen miles , reached Kettle , where , at eight o ' clock that evening , I addressed a very good meeting in the school-house . Kettle-bridge ; that veteran in ths cau 3 e , Mr . Alexander Henderson , presiding as chairman . Tke invaitable manner in which he scourged the " black slugs" justly entitled him to the applause his townsmen were not slow to award . Thursday the 4 th—Left Kettle , passing through Falkland and Strathmiglo ; after a walk of sixteen milts , reached Kinross .

      The Chartists here are not a large body , but though few are true . I addressed a , very good meeting ; at the close of my address , it was iutimate . l by tha chairman , that a proposition was under the consideration of the Council 'in the event of an election ) to introduce to the counties of Clackmanan and Kinross , William Devonshire Saull , " Esq ., of London , as Radical candidate , in opposition to tha Whi ^ t-sol and placeman , Admiral Adam . A resolution was passed at the meeting , inviting Mr . Sauli to explaia his views and principles upon public su ' jects , particularly a . s to the People ' s Cbarter . I may here mention that the Kinross Chartists have commenced the necessary stups toxards the erecting of a public hall , which , once accomplished , will enable- them to laugh at the petty tyranny of the idiotic , knavish " respectables , " whose attempt to " put down" Chartism only exhibits their own impotency , and the strength of tha principles they vainly contend against .

      Friday the 5 ; . h—Left Kinross , passing through . Dollar , and Tiilicoultry ; after a walk of eighteen miles reached Alva in the- evening . Saturday tha Cth—Addressed the Alva democrats . Here , as at Kinross , the working men have had many difficulties to contend with , consequent upon the want of a place of meeting ; Lut " first of the brave , foremost of the free , " has long been the character of the men of Al-ra , an 4 not disgracing their name , manfully have they gone to -work , shares nave bten taken , the cash gotten , and , within a week or two , will commence the erection of their own hall . This is good . This is the right way of fighting tke battle ; would to htaven that the Chartists of every other town would " gu and do likewise . "

      Alva , with Kinross , is misrepresented by that Whig hack the " gallant Admiral , " of cat o' nine tails notoriety ; rumours are afloat here , that upon a bone being flung to the drivelling old quarter-deck tyrant , he will make way for that very personification of all rascality , Fox Mnule ; but let mo warn the Fox that 'twill be no child ' s play at Dollrvr , the day he exhibits himself upon the hustings—if he shall dare—the Alva lads are preparing , and by all their hopes of " happy homes and a ! tar 3 free , " by all their hatred of tyranny , and heartfelt detestation of tyrant ' s reptile tools , have they sworn to " maul © his r . osa l "

      Petitioning for the Charter . —The annual farce has been gone through by her Majesty ; and the rival factions have again met , not to redress grievances , but to Sght for power . During the recess it was agreed by the delegates , who met at Manchesur and Glasgow , that petitions should be presented to the representatives of the middle classes , ia St . Stephen ' s assembled . There are some who have been disgusted with the treatment the people ' s petitions have received from Honourable Members ; and have , therefore , determined to petition no more . We cannot think this wise or politic . This form of expressing our epiuioas is a right which , aa Britons , we ought to prize . It legalizes our meeting * , and gives assurance of safety in our attempts to spread our principles . It is a means of keeping the agitation before the publio mind ; and if it should not alarm or convince our sapient

      legislators , it is , at least , an excellent instrument by which to annoy them ; and ,, above ajj , it fa a plan so cheap and simple thai it interferes not with any scheme that may be proposed or carried into eflect by our more obdurate friends , who have determined never to petition . Throughout this session let us petition . Petition in thousands , and iu tens of thousands , as communities , associations , and individuals , till the walls of the House shall re-echo the words—Universal Suffrage , the People ' s Charter , Justice to O'Connor , Frost , and his companions . Let the Central Committee of England and Scotland take ap the subject ; let the districts prepare petitions foe their Members ; and let every Chartist petition fcy kimself , and thereby prove that we are the majority—that we are determined , and that it will be dangetoas much longer to resist the righteous demaads of t , united people .

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      HiOTTRAltt . —Mr . Charles Connor . t > f Manchester , delivered two very interesting lseturea here , thenm on [ the 28 th of January , In his second lecture , on the 4 th of February , he took a rapid view of the money that had beeu expended in supporting the strikes that have taken plaoe in England and Scotland , since the year 1625 . and shewed in glowing terms the result that would hare been produced had it been spent in buying the waste land , and building houses thereon , and placing the poor , industrious classes in them , to till the land . After a vote of thanks to Mr . Connor for his able lecture , he urged on the people to come forward and join the National Charter Association , as the only means of gaining their rights . The Association have great pleasure in announcing that they ar » progressing in their numbers rapidly . ¦''

      The Vesta Patent Stove, 70s. Plain.

      THE VESTA PATENT STOVE , 70 s . PLAIN .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct366/page/2/