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      MEETING of the Shareholders of tae above Company will be held on Thursday EvENrso , February I 8 th , at the Joiners' Hall , High Friar Stbeett . The Chair to be taken at Eight o'CJock . The Attendauceof the Shareholders is particularly requested . By Order ot the Directors . Stores , Foot of Side , Newcastfe-upon-Tyne , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .

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      Just Published , DR . P . M . M'DOUALL'S Plan of Organization , Dedicated to the Working Men of Dundee . Chartist News Agents , and Associations will be supplied with any number , at 6 s . 3 d . per Hundred , on application to James MTuerson , No . 8 , Horse Water Wynd , Scouring-burn , Dundee .

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      ILL-TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOE . MEN OF LONDON ! A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at tho Social Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday , February the . 5 th , 1841 , to receive the Report df Messrs . SPURR , BOGGIS , and Neesom , the Deputation appointed at the Great M eeting held at the White Conduit House , on Jan . tho 4 th last , to ¦ present a Memorial to Lord Normanby on tho TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , now in York Castle , and to take the necessary measures to bring the Cause of the above Gentleman before the House of Commons , with a view to ita mitigation .

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      J . B . STEPHENS . ON SUNDAY , February 28 'h , THREE SERMONS will be oreacWd by Joseph Kayner Stephens , in the Working Man ' s Infltitution , Hyde ; in the Morning , at Half-past Ten o'clock ; in the Afternoon , at Two ; and at Six in the Evening . N . B . Collections will be made after each Sermon , towards the Funds ot the Institution .

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      TO THE WORKING TUBS OF XONPON . A PUBLIC DINNER to congratulate Henbt Vincent , on ' his Liberation from his long Imprisonment , will take place at the White Conduit House Tavern , on Monday , March 1 . Mr . William Lovett , in the Chair . Tickets , 3 s . each ; Lady ' s ditto , 2 s . 6 d . ; to be had at the following ' places : —Cleave , No . 1 , Shoe-lane ; Hetherintfton , No . 126 , Strand ; Watson , No . IS , City-road ; Lovett , No . 183 , Tottenham-court-road ; of the Committee , who meet at the Globe , Shoelane , Fleet-street , every Monday and Thursday Eveaing ; and of the Secretary , H . Mitchell , No . 67 , Red Lion-street . ' \* Every Man who desires io see " The Charter " beoome the Law of the Land , is earnestly requested to co-operate with the Committee in making the Arrangements as effective" as possible .

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      Ai * — The persons appointed as the Provisional Execut ?« proceeded as far as the nomination of candida : es for tie next year ; and , after fixing two different a * us for the election , faded to issue the balloting KstsT&nd nothing farther was beard of them until San for another Delegate meeting . I confess , S ^ nT of the delegate * that . s * t at Manchester , I « s deeply sorrowed to find this . The plan of-• areaniauon " h * d worked admirabl y well as far « if had been carried ont , and the "falling off "by ~ f provisional Executive , at a time most im-ZsrtanU I deemed calculatea to be Tery fatal . I am 5 * a loss to know for what this Delegate Meeting is tures

      Z 0 ? r called , although i have manj conjec ; none r fwhich , however , can Bapport , in my mind , the iL esaty for another Delegate Meeting , and the ISpenee it would necessarily ontaiL e may be desind to bring the " plan" more within tke law , as some Tariety of opinion existed respecting its legality ; but this could have been the *!«{ work < tf l ^ e new E « CQU . > " ^ d thus the ex-SLe of a delegate meeting avoided . I have ihonght , V *> ibere may be a deficiency of funds , but an YZL tl to the country would , I am sure , hare ijSjdied this ; but a delegate meeting could only present greater difficulties in a pecuniary point of W j ! cosi the people of Wiltshire nearly £ 7 to send m npon the last occasion , the distance being great , « nd expenses heavy . This will serve to shew that in

      the " far Wesv there are grew oimoumes attending these iflings . I do not mean to say that delega ^ meetings ire ° ^ * *^ ' ^ e ^ ast e ff eoted incalculable good ; but too often reoeated , the interest Inched to them falls off , more particularly as the M « nle had been led to expect , wuhont fur ther diffijJoSj , the final completion and operation of the plan jjje * dy agreed upon . # I wi = a to be understood as not endeavouring to nick a dispute , or cast discredit , upon the Provisional fvecutive . From what 1 saw of them at the SSewte Meeting , I am convinced Uley are nwsf msqnesticmably a good Ud tine , " and ratrd do all for * he best . Further particulars have L promised : these may reveal matters hitherto mfcnown and unexpected . I am sure , if necessary to the call it is

      Wiltshire will respond , as power-Mt strong , and its sense of justice ib of rapid sroirtb ; bat it must be shown what good is to be effected ¦ what immediate object the delegate * are to hive ia view ; and this in a ma&ner folly to be ^ Yfctre only » few words to address to the ProTi 2 BBal £ xe « rtfr e ' If , aponmatute consideration , H is finnid this Delegate Meeting must be had , saffian innounoement Bhould be giren , to enable the eonsamenciesto make necessary preparations , and £ & * must be no patting off or adjournments from the dav fixed , which was the case once or twioe ere the meeting of July 20 th , 1840 . I sbould recomjjead Monday , the first of March , as the best time , jf ij is found absolutely necessary for delegates to assemble .

      With best feelings to all , and a desire to promote the snee *^ of Qi artism , I remain , Your ' s , obediently , R . K . Phii 3 \ 18 , Grove , Bash , Feb . 9 , 1641 . We quite agree with Mr . Philp in thinking that great necessity should be clearly seen , and shown to exist , before pnfciing the conntry to the expence and inconvenience of a general delegate meeting .

      Tfe do not see the necessity for such a meeting at present ; though we are anxious not to trench on the prerogative of the Provisional Executive . But we have an opinion ; and that opinion is , that the organisation works well ; that it has worked we ]] , and thai h will work well ; that it requires some little modification , which may be given to it by the Executive , as well without a delegate meeting as with one . If , however , the Provisional Executive ihini otherwise , we will gladly aid either them or any delegate meeting which they may call . We e&mot leave the subject , without doing the Pro-Tiaonal Executive the justice of saying , that we believe tie deliy referred to by our correspondent io have origin&ted in circumstances over which they could noi exercise conirouL

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      T . Dtxok . —flu song tront do . 1 L R . S . —We have no doubt the poor married man out of work" spoken of in his Utter , may be imprisoned for kit arrears of bastardy , even wtder tin present bastardy laws . I » T . Closer . —We have not room for his letter . We know of no remedy for the Post-office irregulari ties but that of application to the Postmaster , tckich is , generally speaking , no remedy at ail . We continually receive accounts of corrcspon ~ deuce that never reaches us ; and we have our ' selves posted many letters to various places which ve have every reason to believe never reached their destination . These things have increased much since the establishment of the Penny

      P os t age , and more especially since that of the regiitration swindle . Exi g ejlm . — We hardly know what to say to him . Alldepends upon the exact drcumstancesin which he may now be . In . ssme states of A merica—in Texas , or in Cariada—an agriculturMl labourer , if industrious , is almost svre to live much better than he tan here . But ice are the last to encourage any man io leave " Old England" We wish to tee the people ** live" at home : and , please God , we hope yet to see it . A Cokst . lm Reader , J . T . — His lines won ' t do . J . A&hwo&tk . —Never mind the catchpenny : let it do its do . William Thomas axd Mobgajt Williams , of

      Mertrtyr Tydvil , ha 9 e expended much virtuous indtgnniien on the supposed non-insertion of a paragraph , sent to us last week , about a Paine ' x birth-day anniversary . If they had read the iSmherc Siar , they would have seen that the whole thing appeared just as vre received it : and in a situation where it could scarely have escaped their notice if they had opened the paper atoll . i . Millkb . —Thanks . We do not think it advisable to insert his letter . Petes Hack . etl— We have received Jrcm this person a somewhat lengthy epiMe , in which , the only remark that can fairly claim notice from us is the following : — / remember you asking me , in the

      Music Saloon , why we had taken so little notice of Mr . O'Connor 1 and my answer was , ' The . advice of our London friends' ! " Mr . H . seems very sore at the charge of ingratitude'' being implied , as he itates it lobe , against him and the other cotkm-rpinners , in our remarks on Mr . M'Neit s letter , last week . We don ' t wonder at it . Pesp ' e seldom like to be to'd of their faults . Did Mr . Hackeit ever hear the old adage , u Leu said , % c . " 1 Ovszbvss }> atio > 'al Chabteb Association—We hate received a communication frotn the Council of this body having reference to , and denouncing in severe terms , certain parties in Newcastle We do not Uiink it w ' ue or politic to insert the

      communication ; but we have our eye very steadily upon the movements of the whole party , and of many others connected with them ; and we bid them look abroad for mercy if any foul play be fair ' y brou ght home to tfiem . Meantime , we have little fear of any mu-chiff .- the people are now too wide awake to be tickled and sold at the same time . b Thk Feiesds cp the Charteb" shall appear . J . Baeber . — The report of ilie Paine " s dinner at Nottingham was considerably longer than the paragraph we inserted . We are under the necessity of greatly abbreviating moU if the reports which we receive . Did we not do so , we must leave more than half of them entirely out .

      We endeavour to do as strict and fair justice to all places , parties , and penons as possible ; but we cannot give vp our right of judgment at to the length at which we find it necessary or convenient to yive any communication sent to us . Kicholas Bkagg . — We cannot insert his letter . The Nonnern Star is no vehicle Jor personal iguabbles . Ajcos Shith . —Never mind the should-have-been doctor and would-be parson ' s missive . It is a very harmless bit of heaviness . Glasgow . —Some person has sent us a report of a public meeting held here six weeks ago . It is rathfcr loo old to pass for news . G . C . — We have received a letter bearing this

      signature from Walsall , controverting the statements in our last relative to the proceedings rf the Whig party at the late election . We gave our statement on the testimony of eye witnesses , on whose veracity we place great reliance . wJTPaid Lettebs . —One or two correspondents have thi * week forgotten to My their letters . This is unfair , a * it saddles us with double postage . In JvtoTe * all unpaid letters will be refused , k tLjF HoUinmood . — We have no room . A . M ^ Edinburgh . —Next week . autCEL Rogebs . —We have no room . _ iiISK , BaiTOSS . RlSR . " trrm ' t tin .

      JXRKpiAH CliiK . — We have received a Utter from Stockport with this signature , stating that , in consequence of an article appearing in thisjour-• Ml concerning Mr . Peter Chappel having been declared guilty of defrauding the Victim Fund , < rnd incapable of serving in any office in the Chartist Association , the Committee of the Cooperative Store though ' t it their duty to call a meeting , and to balance Mr . Peter Cluippel ' s accounts , when , after a very minute investigation , they find their affairs to be in a very flourisfiing nndxtion ; and have given to their agent , Mr . ^ nappel , their best thanks . This letter purports to oe turned m behalf of the Committee , and insertion « claimed for it in "justice" to Mr , Chappel . We

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      have great pleasure in learning and making public the foci that the Slockport Co-operative Society is in a flourishing condition ; and use have also great pleasure in learning that the Stockport Cooperatives find Mr . Peter Chappel more trustworthy than the Manchester Chartists found kim . Lakbeth Couiscil . —Report next week . Johh Rcsskll . —The non-insertion of the Leeds Demonstration in a part of the Scotch impression of the following week was an oversight , not discovered until too late to be amended . In reply to his complaints of their reports being shortened , we can only tell him , as tec tell others , that every place must have a little consideration for evert / other place , or the Star would not be vshat it isa perfectly national organ .

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      S . Dobsoh . —The two parcels for Mansfield were sent to the Post-office at the sometime . We cannot account for their not being both delivered at tht same delivery . Mb . Weavbb , Macclrskeld . —The papers were forwarded at the usvmI time . F . W . Sikbom , Bsistol . —We sent them at the usual time . Johjj Thompson . —The papers are posted at the usual time . The cover sent is the same as sent from the office .

      4 . Stubbs , Macclesfielb . —We had not any papers left when his letter came stating the mistake that had occurred . Thomas Rodgbbs . —The portraits of F . O'Connor Have not been delivered Io the agents . J . Millab , Bonbill , will receive the plates he hat ordered m his next panel . T . EvBLBrGH , Loughbobocgh . — We know nothing whatever about the £ l . \ J . Kekdal , Bbadpobd , Wilts . —We had given him credit for them before his letter arrived .

      FOB TBS COjntrTTKK FOB SUPERINTENDING DAS . '

      CHABXIST WKLCOMB TO LEEDS . £ « . d . From J . Turner , London 0 16 » . a Friend , Manchester .. 0 2 « « . the Dundee Democratic Association 0 10 6 FOB THX ~ WTt& AXD FAMILIES O * TUB INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Working Men ' s Association , Truro .. 10 6 « the Society of Saoemakers , Hull ... 0 20 S _ the Members of the National Charter

      Association , Hall 0 19 6 1 10 0 .. Glasgow—W . Kidd 0 10 do . J . Ord 0 0 6 _ a few Chartists at Shrewsbury 0 10 0 ycra clatton ' s fvnebal . From the Committee of the Relief Fund , Great Horton , near Bradford 0 6 * . Miss Ireson , Mount Pleasant , near Waiefield 0 5 0 _ C Ashton , Birmingham ... 9 0 «

      « a wealefanChartist , Strond ... 0 2 6 _ Leeds , by J . Temple , collected from a few Mechanics ... 0 3 6 From the National Chartist Association , Oldham 0 10 0 „ Class No . 2 , of National Charter Association , Bridgebouses , Sheffield 6 6 0 „ Ouseburn , near Newcastle , being a collection made at the National Charter Association Council Meeting . ... 040

      FOB JACKSON . From Friends at Xnutsford , bat want help 0 2 6 FOB THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . From the Working Men ' s Association , Truro 0 10 0

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      Birmingham , Feb . 7 , 1841 . Sib , —I am quite at a loss to see how any person can ( without a factious desire to construe wrongly ) understand me ever to have said that I would agitate for anything less than the Charter Suffrage . That Charter requiring a residence of three months effects all that caution reqaires ; as such I advocate it , and whether it be called household , or any other name be given to it , I care not , so that it inclndes , a * I have said , every man of mature age and sound mind . Yours , < Scc . John Collins . VS . Will you be kind enough to point out the difference between " my definition of Household Suffrage , " and the Suffrage of the Charter ! John Collins .

      [ We have much pleasure in inserting the foregoing letter . Collins will take our candid assurance that in any observations upon his former letterSj we- were not only not swayed by any factious feeling , but that we made our remarks in the most , friendly spirit , and with the very best intentions . In reply to his postscript , we have only to observe thai , his question though a short one , requires a long answer , too long for our paper of this week , to the exclusion of other immediately important matter ; but we undertake to reply to it in our next , not only we trust to his satisfaction , but to the satisfaction of every man of sound mind in the empire . Had we conceived the least desire to be factious , we might hare commented upon the report of Collins ' s speech as , it appeared in the Leeds Times , before it was contradicted , nor in fact , is there a syllable in onr former comment , ¦ wh ich can be fairly construed otherwise thaa aa friendly . —Ed ]

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      GXiASGOW . —Plundkb . ' Plundeb ! Plundeb J by thjs Glasgow Sbopoc&act . —An extraordinary and unprecedented exposure of & system of robbery apon the public , by the shop-keepers of Glasgow and suburbs , with lightweights , has just taken place before the authorities here , which has created one general feeling of astonishment and indignation in the public mind , and petrified the magistrates at its nature and extent . i » me months ago , a meeting of the inhabitants of Coweaddens , principally Chartists , was held for the purpose 0 : memorialising the magistrates of Glasgow to cause an examination to be made of the weights of dialers and retailers , which , after considerable delay , they agreed to , and appointed proper persons t *> r that

      purpose , and who have already visited the ehopoeracy of the North quarter , Anderston , Parti .-k , Govau , Gorbals , Calton , and Bridgeton . Amongst the places first visiied , scarcely an individual grocer , batcher , or baker , escaped ; ia Bridgeton , for instance , only five or six had their weights correct , and from the appearance of their weights , it is shrewdly suspected they bad got timely information , and , of course , furnished themselves with new ones . The Ex-Provost , a cousequential individual , was heavily fined , his weights being greatly deficient , his stone weight wanted one pound and a half , which , under a moderate calculation , would amount to ten or twelve shillings yearly of a . robbery by deficient weight npon tbe article of oatmeal used by

      a poor family . This man considered himself insulted when he was asked to sign the National Petition , and the church which he attends polluted , because ii was grafted at different periods to the Chartists for meeting * . In fact , with a few noble exceptions , the phopocracy were , and still are , the deadly foes of Chartum . They have , however , got a sad humbling a : present , and their tongues that used to wax , and utter every calumny they could invent against their Cnartist neighbour ? , have ctaeed to perform their base and UDgenerous offices . The fines wbich have been imposed upon them by the Justice of Pe ^ ce Court have varied from seven shillings and sixpence

      to five pounds , the highest penalty allowed by jaw . The grocers , and dealers whe have not yet been visitea , are crowding the office of the adjuster of scales and weights , in order to have their own adjusted , and thereby save the penalty and disgrace , which would follow detection , fto ^ , these are the persons who . fill onr jury boxes , officiate as elders and deacons in our churche *—subscribe their pounds for Bible societies and the erection of new Lurches —while the old ones are not half full—elect our Members of Parliament—and , atier the manner of the Pharisees of old , thank God in public that they re not like these wicked Chartists . —Corres ^ ondent .

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      The Educated Middle Classes . —As Jurymen on Coroner * ' loquests generally consist of members of the middle ratner than the working class , the following remarks may be supposed to apply to the former . class : —At an inquest held last week , Mr . WakJev , the coroner , said that the Middlesex magistrates now required all Christian names to be written in full on the inquisition paper by the jurymen . There was an old Baying , that " the schoolmaster was abroad , " but he thought he was very much"" wanted at home , " for some persons could not write at all , and at an inquest be had recently

      held , only five jurymen out of thirteen could do so . Mr . Wakiey ,. after these observations , signed hi * own name and handed the paper to the jury . Seeing thai one old gentleman detained it longer than he thought necessary , he asked him the reason , ¦ when the juryman exclaimed , " Dang it , I've done it at last ; but I ' ve been so long used to sign my name , which is BeDJamin , ' Ben , ' that I forgot how to go through with it . " All the jurymen having signed , the Coroner , on looking over the names , discovered tha-t the person who had been so puzzled had , &s he said , " done it , " at last by writing " Bengarmwu "

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      Accident fbom an Aib Gun . —A few dayB ago , as Mr . Oastler , of Kirbywiske , near Thirsk , a relation of " onr good King , " was charging ' , by pumping , an air gun , theT > all exploded , and very severely injured him about the hetSftad face , iractuiing the jaw , and carrying away part of one cheek , besides tarious contusions about the body . We are glad to hear there is Borne hope of nis recovery .

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      ~~~ - ~ - ~ - .... . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NOBTHEBlf STAB . Sib , —It would confer a favour upon yonr readers here , if you , * r any of your readers , could , inform them whether it was the Repealers , the Orangemen , or the Precursors , who dashed the windows about O'ConneU ' s ears at Belfast , and hunted Dan oat of the Green I ale , out of his own dear country . Many are of opinion that had he brought the threatened 590 , 000 with him , he would have made aa awkward attack upon the Scotch and English Chartists . Yours , 6 lc . A Constant Reader ,

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      TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Gentlemen , —Many years have elapsed » lnce Britain witntsaed a scene similar to that which took place at Leeds , on the 21 st ult A scene that has strengthened in us the hope long cherished , that this year will not be characterised like the past , by the flagrant neglect of that duty so important to both the employer and the employed , of meeting together and consulting each other on subjects of mutual Interest . A deep chasm produced by mutual pride , prejudice , and iga » nacB , bas Jon ; separated the two classes . We hope the day has at length dawned , that shall see that breach filled up hy mutual necessity , forbearance and intelligence , so as to form a common ground whereon to stand in united opposition against the common foe . In the public interview at Leeds , the unanimous declaration of the Chartist Delegates was , " That the People ' s Charter was the only fulcrum on which the powerful lever of the masses could resk . "

      You will ask , what has given rise to the deep seated and almost universal desire of the millions to establish the principles of the Charter . ' It is not because they are opposed to any number of individuals as such ; it is not because they desire to take away power from one section of the community , and confer it npon another ; it is because the full perception of the evils necessarily connected with that demon-monster—irresponsible power , ( by whomsoever possessed , ) has penetrated inU the depths and dens of poverty , and , enforced in a

      tenfold degree by their increasing necessities , has found a home in every heart , and an echo in every action of the un-enfranchised many . Its wars , taxations , tyrannies , persecution ? , and open enmity to the beet interests of manufacturer and operative have made them miserable , whether it appeared under the name « f Toryism or Whiggery . No wonder , therefore , that in the People ' s Charter they bailed principles which by conferring power on all who are justly entitled to it , shall so controul the legislator as to mate him the virtual representative of the will and interests of all .

      From their thorough conviction of the necessity of a chaDge in the system of government , ( without refere n c e to In d i v id u als , ) they refused you their assistance in the anti-Corn Law agitation ; they felt persuaded that although by a momentary pressure from without , the lion was forced to give up the prey , they had no security that as soon as the pressure was removed , he would not stretch out bis unhallowed paw and take it again , being still possessed of the power . In addition to this , they felt that in their unjust exclusion from the franchise they were slaves ; their

      desire was not to obtain that which would only have made them well-fed ( laves j they dtsired liberty for her own sake ; tbe degrading thought was constantly before them , that they were deprived of a right which a few bricks and mortar conferred upon others , no more industrious , virtuous , or intelligent than themselves . And , however much many may doubt it , there is a deep seated desire among tbe millions to obtain , by the development of their minds , that intellectual and moral ' import&nce , which alone ennobles man , and without which , he is but a worm , however gilded « r however rich .

      Gentlemen , these are the reasons that have given rise to that deep determination of tbe masses never to agitate for any measure short of justice to all . We rtjoiee that the 8 ame effects thnt have been produced in our minds , are now displaying themselves in yours . We have long : deplored the existence among you of a p e culia r sp irit of caste that h 8 B hitherto prevented you from holding intercourse with those whom you supposed birth , rank , or riches bad placed below you . It has prevented you from examining our principles . We fear you have too often cherished jjroundlew prejudices ; believing a press that has always pandered to them

      preju d i ce s , as a means of securing success , and confounding tbe fortuitous and rash conduct of a few men , with the mighty and mcred principles they professed to advocate . Actuated by these feelings and swayed by these erro r * , you have neglected your true interests till , although there is still abundant field for commercial enterprise , some of the richest advantages have been lost never to be regained . We rejoice that in your desire to extend to others their rights , you proclaim that you are wiser to day than yuu were yesterday ; too long have w « all been ignorant of that truth , that to be happy and prosperous , we must be just That to feel all the horrors of bankruptcy and misery , we require only to be selfish and exclusive .

      How little real power does the present franchise confer upon you ? Witness the reception of your anti-Corn Law Bill by your nominal representatives . In truth there is no representation ; yuur power only enables you to nominate , once in seven years , an individua l , who then becomes independent of your opinions , ami too ofren cartless of your interest ? . If there be one feeling of contempt in our " minds for ariy man , it 3 s fur him whe , pewstssing the franchise , louks down with supercilious yride on those who have it not ; his power is but a name ; his pride is that of a maniac , who points to his straw coronet , ami wooden sceptre , and thinks himself a king , though chained and miserable .

      Every day , and every hour , tbe commercial prospects ] become more gloomy ;* universal bankruptcy is inevitable , unless exclusive prejudices are epeedily thrown : away . There is no hope but in a union of the j oppressed classes , to secure for themselves virtual instead of nominal representation . We remain , ' Your unenfra . ncb . ised fellow subjects , ' Joii . v Collins , AKTiiuit O'Neill . The news of the Xew York panic ( come to hand since the above was written ) fearfully verifies it

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      THE MIDDLE-CLASS UNION AGAIN . i i TO THE EDITOR OF TUB fiORTHERS STAB . j February 12 , 1841 . ' Dear Sir , —I am surprised to see Mr . Collies ' s ' name attached to an address to the middle classes , and inserted in tbe Leeds Times ot Saturday last There is ; something more in tbe act than a mere sacrifice of ! private feeling for the attainment of a public good ; and , ! therefore , it is altoijt ther unjustifiable . I sea yon have j received a copy of this address , but have withheld its

      insertion , perhaps , for want of room , perhaps not—no j matter . > The first objection I take is , its being published in ; that paper . And what result can Mr . Collins « -xpect ; from it * publication there ? Can he suppose the Times ! will ¦• Jump Jim Crow , " and come over to the Ciiar- j ter ? I trow not . Does he expect , by this means , to t make known the principles of Chartism among the j middle classes ? I suppose he does . Well , if it so j happen ; for I wi * h to put the best construction I can j on the attempt , what then ? Dots our redemption j depend on this , as the silly Editor of that very erudite j piece of black and white would have us believe ? I 1 aas-wwr , ^ o , no ! no !!

      aow , it it > evident Mr . C . thinks so , or he woutd not j have consented to be a party in such an affair . So far , j then , Mr . Smiles and he are agreed . Whether snch j an address be beneficial at all , is unnecessary to discuss , J having already been settled by our friend , O'Connor , and others—at least , to my satisfaction . There is , j nevertheless , one great error into which Mr . C . has 1 fallen ; it is that of seeking to continue , in existence , j an evil , for the purpose of obtaining a good ; and that ¦ this evil is the Times newspaper , will require but little argument to prove . What is worse than a false friend ? Has it not employed all its worst energies to malign Chartists and misrepresent Chartism ? Have not its columns been J filled with hodge-podge stories hatched by our enemies i for our destruction , and this , for the purpose of making ¦

      a party of its own to fall back upon for an existence , in tbe most unprincipled manner , without watch it mast have given up the ghost ? But , what is most strange , after giving the principle * by which it is supported , their death-blow at the late noble demonstration , and , as if purposely to keep Mother Goose on her legs , Mr . C is induced to eend one of a aeries of addresses to be published weekly in the Times—to cater f 01 its readers— to supply the plaee of the editor ' s insufficient and dry " grey goese quill , " and furnish the me » as of puffing the " ware" in flaming placards through every town and village , by tbe stirring appendage of a respectable name attached to a " Chartist address ; " when , by a well-merited silence , and contempt of such a slanderer , according to his d « - serts , it

      might" Doubly dying , have gone down , Unwept , unbonoured , and unsung . " It miffht , I * ay _» ye , more , it Tvould . What was it previous to the existence of the Association ? Worse thau nothing—a losing concern . One o f two t hin gs , but for this , then , must have happened—either what I nave just mentioned , or a thorough change of politics ; perhaps another out-andout Chartist paper would have been the consequence . Bat thus encoaraged i Mother Goose may drag on harassing , as usual , the front and rear of our good cause , by her wishfwashy , balderdash , instalment nonsense , the Chartists to have the peculiar gratification of reflecting that one of their own body ia tbe cause . I would not like t ^ be the man . '

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      Had Mr . Collins spent bis time in devising means for more effectually uniting the working classes among themselves , there' would hare been something like consistency in the employment . This is all every honest Chartist ought to seek , and all he need seek . For , this accomplished , we have then all the sinew , intellect , Independence , and honesty necessary . Supposing this were the case in Leeds , wbich contain * 82 , 120 inhabitant * , out of ¦ which , number there are 61 , 675 , . or more than three times tbe number of the working class to that of any other ; and if the large towns of tbe country average aa equal number , and the whole country anything near it , what man of common sense will continue for a moment longer to prate about the strength of the aristocracy , or middle class , or both , when put in competition with working men . ' Tbe strength or power of those two classes , ia comparison , Js only powerful in

      money , low eunning , selfishness , and trickery—whose znagio inflaenoe Ue& chiefly in bribing and corrupting their devotees ; and surely we have had enough of this . I ' deny that they possess an equal amount of intellect for sound political purposes—they have not a tithe of the material—if they have , where is it ? They have long bad the power , where an its manifestations ? But allowing there is no particular want el this on either side ; we want virtue and honesty more than any thing : and I tell them plainly they have bad a fair trial—they have been weighed in the balance and foand wanting—they'll be tried no more—and no mistake . I say to working men , stand it out > you have them on your own terms . Do it yourselves and it will be done to your satisfaction ; let them bat touch it and it is corrupted . Do it yourselves , and yours will be tbe honour—seek their aid , in their way , and all the honour und profit will be theirs ; the labour and disappointment , only , yours .

      I would here conclude my letter , but I am wishful , ifyou can spuewm , of offering a few remarks on another snbjeet , so unsparingly maltreated by our friend the Times , whenever opportunity serves ; and that is , what the editor and his friends call the " madness and irrationality" of Chartist denunciation of the middle and upper classes . A man who Jives in a glass house should be careful about throwing stones , lest his own windows be broken in return . Who were the first offenders ? The middle classes or tbe Chartists ? Who promised all , and then would give nothing ? Or , rather , something a great deal worse than nothing ? The middle classes . Who premised as Reform , and said we should not have it , terming us idle -vagabonds—progressive reform , and

      then swore finality was fairest—stood and looked on at our crippled trade , and consequent hunger and starvation of tens of thousands of industrious artisans—robbed of the land , rights , privileges , laws , protection—punished for poverty as for crime , immured in damnable skillygolee traps , which are also of their erecting ? Who , in eight years , have added seven millions to the national debt , with increase of taxation , and every oppressive and available aggravation , and yet remained deaf to tbe wail of the suffering , the petitioning ot the mild , submissive , tame , and patient people ? Who was it , I ask , did all this , and now complain ot being roughly handled—in words only ? Who t Why these same middle classes . Good God ! then they are no wiser yet , with all they have seen and

      feltnot convinced that their crimes deserve punishment , tbe immaculate gentlemen ! Had any single individual , on his own account , inflicted a thousandth part of the Injury upon society , with one voice -of execration , like tbe yell of so many demons , they would have dragged him to the gallows and hanged him by act of parliament , as being unfit to live . But now , forsooth , because , in a body , with power and acts of parliament , and juries in their hands , they rob on a large scale , and commit slow rhurder to boot—they are not to be censured—not to be called by their right names , and held up to pnblic scorn and indignation for the purpuse of being shamed out of their crimes , by the men they have injured and continue to injure—by the relations and friends of the murdered , without being set down as " mad and irrational . " Had not mild rernonrtrance been tried , there rufght have been some excuse fer this fault-finding of theirs ; but they know full well , nothing short of open rupture could attract

      attention , and therefore the necessity justified the course pursued—patience and long-suffering could bear no more—no wonder the volcano broke out—no wonder " breathing thoughts and burning words " were applied ; and but for the real and genuine Christianity of the oppressed—had they done as they were done unto , then , they would nave given an eye for aa eye , and a tooth for a toothmeasure for measure : they would have " losh'd the rascals naked round tbe world . " But , no ; they knew better ; they know better ; they forgave , they do forgive ; and yet , I cannot promise to impenitency a continuance of such forbearance ; let the amende honourable be made , and all will be yet well . Let the upper and middle classes do it ; as do it they must ; they h : \ ve much to repent of , and much to be forgiven ; let them merit this forgiveness by conceding equal rights on equal terms , and oar brotherhood is formed . Until then , Mr . Editor , I am their enemy .

      I will watch their motions , and give timely warn lag ; bolder and firmer toe mare I am oppressed . lam , dear Sir , Without disguise . Yours , affectionately , WiLLiAH Hick .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —In consequence of the quantity of Important and interesting mutter with which you are constantly supplitd , by your very numerous and intelligent correspondents , from every part of the Kingdom , I have hitherto abstained from obtruding myself on your notice ; but I cannot allow the present opportunity to l > xsB without doing you an act of justUe , which gratitude prompts me to perform . I return you my sincere thanks and heartfelt acknowledgements for the zeal and ability , but , above all , the honesty with which you have ever supported the claims of the working unenfranchised order to which I belong , but more especially for your recent conduct in cba ) l « ngin ! f the enemy to an open combat with the Chartists of London . I thank you , as though the struggle was made

      for myself alone , and there was not another to reap the bent fit : and I will fight as hard to gain a victory as if there was not another to help me . Each for all , and all for each , is my motto , and tke grand secret of an imperishable union ; and when this principle is understood by the toiling millions , rampant tyranny will hide ita head , and tbvy obtain their natural rights . It is already known and acted on in London , by a sufficient number to present aa impenetrable front to bricks and mortar . You have thrown down the gauntlet fur the London Chartists ; and when I say I thank you for that , I know every one will say aman . But will the Fox and Goose Club , or him who was invited to piny the first fiddle , or any other of the minor performers at the great Leeds concert , take it

      up ? No , I hay no . I am sorry to say bo ; but it is my solemn conviction , arising from the fact you have already stated , that we ore too well garrisoned to allow them any chance of victory ; and they know it , and are too crafty to risk a defeat . Believe me , a M P . at the end of a man ' s name has lost all tbe influence it once possessed over the minds of the people ; and nothing but sterling honesty of purpose , and a constant pursuit of principle , can command attention , or gain respect And hence it is that the great thimbletigjuggler , O'Connell , who . says tho pea is under the repeal thimble , the Household Suffrage thimble , or an y other thimble , except the right one , would no more show his apostate head at a public nwetins here thaa

      I tiare put my hand in the fire . No ; a year ' s rint would not induce him to face the London workies . The bare announcement of such a thing would be the signal for a general muster of tbe trades , whose enemy lie proved himself to be by his crafty endeavours to destroy the Unions . I , therefore , take it for grunted that neither , tbe ht-ad nor the tail will venture aa attack ; but if they do , we are well pr < pared to meet it . Our various places of meeting are like so many martello towers round the metropolis ; and , with twelve hours ' notice , we will fill the largest place they can find with those who may not be " reasonably deemed" qualified to expose the mockery of Household Suffrage , and put to flight the Household troops . I am . Sir

      One of tue Slave Class , Richard Spuhr London , 91 , St . John ' a-strcet , Smuhfield Bars , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .

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      Edinburgh , 8 th of January , 1841 . 15 , West Kichulond-street . The following letter from Mrs . Peddle to Mr . Burnett , ot Bradford , has been handed to us for publication . It forbids comment We dare not trust ourselves to speak upon it 1 Sir , —I am favoured with yours of the 5 th lost , and feel much gratified with the sympathy you expressed for my husband ; and shall give you , as briefly as possible , an account of his present situation and sufferings , for the information of yourself and your friend , Mr . Wm . Martin . You would , of course , see his letter ia the Northern Star of Sept . 5 , 1640 , ' to Lord Normanby , which gave a particular account of the barbarous treatment of the tread-mill , whereby he was often compelled "to suck tbe perspiration from his shirt , for a momentary relief . " In addition to tbe dreadful details of that letter , which met with no notice nor redress from

      MR . PEDDIE , IN THE WHIG HELL HOLE , AT BEVERLEY .

      his Lordship , a friend addressed a letter to the Northern Star , extracts » f which appeared , October the 17 th , under the title of " Horrors of Whig Prison Discipline , " giving an account of an illness which he had ensured for twenty-eight dnys , in which be contemplated the return to health with some degree of horror , in the expectation of being again put upon the mill , and to the mill he was sent accordingly . It was imagined by bis keepers , that his illness was feigned , in consequence of which he was cost into the dungeon , or black-hole , a place without even a stone seat to sit upon , destitute of furniture , having neither bedstead , form , or stool ; bo that a person confined in it , must either walk , or sit upon the floor . In this place he was confined all that day without food , water , or light Next morning , ( Sunday ) he was visited by the Qovernoi and the Chaplain j tbe latter of whom administered to him taunts Ia place of consolation , and acted

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      as one labouring under the same impression as the others . And , indeed , he left my husband with the impression upon his mind , "That the Rev . Gentleman and others , had considered bis death as likely to take place , and were , amongst themselves , preparing for it" Snch are his own words . After being thus confined and barbarously treated , until suffering humanity could bear up no longer , he was at length removed from the damp dungeon , and proper medicines administered to him , and the Governor was at last forced to confess , " That had they thought him so ill aa he now in reality was . he would not havo been

      there at all ; but that the ; had acted under an impression that he was saying he was worse than he was , which he believed not now to be the case . " Yet , under this impression , was Mr . Peddle condemned to a solitary dungeon , and the most inhuman treatment , and was given to understand , 00 his ooavateseenco , " That so soon as the surgeon reported Mm fit for work , should he agafa refuse , under similar circumstances , he would be taken before the magistrates , who would order him thirty days confinement , or to be well whipped , " Upon this threatened infliction of the lash to a political prisoner , I need make no comment

      A letter received from him ou the 18 th December nit , gives the latest account of his sufferings , which I shall give you in his own words : — " I have suffered much since I last wrote , but whether it arises from a confirmed stomach complaint , or is , ia fact , the effect of the mill upon my system , I , indeed , cannot say . But I will Cornish you with facts , and you can judge for yourself . "This day seven weeks , exactly , I was well in health , with the exception of the pain in my knee , when I was put upon the mill . I bad suffered from my knee much . I had been on it only two or three days , when my appetite and sleep , in » great measure , left me . I was seized , after some days , with a dull , heavy , oppressive pain ia my breast , with occasional sickness . In this

      state I remained till I left the mill to write my petition . For some days I thought myself better ; but I got again very sick , and vomited severely ; so much so , that I required the aid of the surgeon , who ordered the proper remedies ; and what did me more good than any thing , some tea once a day . In a few days I got better , and yesterday three weeks , I felt better than I had done for months , and had that day , for the first time for weeks , estea a full dinner . On that day I was again put upon the mill . That night I was in a state of exhaustion truly distressing . For three days the pain in my knee was extremely severe ; bat since I have suffered less on it , thaa for months before . My appetite agaia left me . Sleep almost banished , I have not been one day entirely free from sickness . I again

      applied to the surgeon , bare taken medicines constantly , also tea in . the afternoon ; bat I am getting no better . It is impossible for me to describe what I have Buffered . Were you to see me sometimes at night , the state I am in Would melt the heart of a savage . ( Not an English one , J . A . ) You may form some idea from the fact that , at this cold and inclement season of the year , my body , from morning to night , is literally covered with , and very frequently pouring out the perspiration as rain . I for three weeks post , have not gone to bed with a dry shirt , except the night when I put on a clean one ; and very frequently my shirt is , iu sober reality ,

      as wet as from the -washing-tub , although I work without my jacket , with my neck and breast bare . In this state am I locked up without fire or light , in a cold cell , where I lie in bed fer hours trembling , before I can fall asleep ; and when I awake , which I generally do about twelve o'clock , my limbs are stiffened , and my breast and head in a state past my powers of description . I yesterday saw the surgeon , who has ordered me from the mill for a few days . The consequence will likely be , a partial restoration to health ; when I will , by being put upon the mill again , have to chance a renewal of my sufferings , until at last my constitution finally gives way . "

      In addition to this , I may state , that by the rales of the house , he is not permitted to receive tbe visits of a friend , wife , or child , unless in case of dangerous illness , supposed unto death , which must be certified by the surgeon . Now , as he is upwards of two hundred miles from his family , it is not likely that he could derive any advantage frem that solitary indulgence , were such an event to take place , as he might be dead and buried , before their arrival , and them lose the opportunity of ascertaining the cause of death . No letter is allowed to pass the portals of his gloomy abode , without being inspected by the governor , chaplain , &c . It follows , therefore , from this inquisitorial power , that should a prisoner be treated with illegal severity , that the groans of his distress will not bo allowed to reach the ears of bis friends . Ia many cases , his letters have

      been re-written over and over and over again , before they -were allowed to pass from his cell ; and , even then , those passages obliterated which did not suit the taste of his gaolers , and where he might state the trnth plainl y , which , in short , renders truth almost a dead letter . In one case , upon the very first letter he sent to Edinburgh forme being stopped , in which , "hebad described , " according to his own words , ' and truly , the severe discipline of Beverley House of Correction , " he was informed by the Visiting Justices , that no letter written by him , likely in any way to cause reflection upon the character ot the establishment would reach his friends ; and subsequently he was informed by the chaplain , that " it now formed part of his duty to read all his letters , and that to reach their destination , they must be very moderately written , and be very proper indeed . "

      " Now , eo long , " be observes , " as snch restrictions ore imposed , and the other rules rigidly enforced , as they are to the very letter , the friends of the prisoner can have no assurance that the letters they receive contain true accounts of the prisoner ' s health , treatment , &c , which can only be the cause of ranch sorrow anil anxiety . There is another practice I speak of , from my own experience , which exposes the prisoner to much danger from cold , that is , even at this season , when upon the mill , my clothes are never dry ; and to be then locked up with every pore of the body open , in a cold cell , without food , must be dangerous , passing over many other grounds of complaint . "

      He also justly complains of being restricted to write only once a month . He goes on to say : — " By the rules , I am only permitted to send to my wife one letter . 1 month , which I feel to be a very great hardship indeed ; and I believe that it is the first time apolitical prisoner has been so circumstanced . My wife is a woman of an extremely delicate constitution , and bad health ; and the very best medical aid has left her in an extremely delicate and precarious state . The anxiety , therefore , that I feel on her account during the month is painfully intense . " He is also debarred from making any allusions to Government , or using any obnoxious expressions towards them ; consequently , he can give his friends no account of his apprehension , &c without developing the wicked and disgraceful spy system , to which he has become a victim .

      As a proof of the frivolous and vexatious nature of these restrictions , a letter was stopped because it cited the following , from the 10 th of Isaiah .: — " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees , and that write grievousness which they have prescribed , to turn away the needy from judgment , and to take away the right from the paor ' of my people , that widows may be their prey , and that they may rob the fatherless . " This wa 8 , by the magistrates , construed into a reflection upon the Government . Several other letters , on equally trifling grounds , were objected to , and delays of the moat vexntioua kind took place every month , nntil on the 18 th of September last , a letter which he had written me , and

      in which , to use bis own words , he had " studiously avoided every subject that the authorities had restricted , " ( which was afterwards admitted by themselves . ) was not allowed to be forwarded , but was sent to London for the opinion and edification of the Homeoffice ; whence , after a detention of three weeks , it was returned , and allowed to be forwarded as unobjectionable . My letters , on the plea of containing some trifling news , such as & notice of an expedition to China , &e ., and tbe progress of Collins , White , &c . in Scotland , wero also withheld from him . Indeed , at one time , it was within a few days of tbitt « months that he hail been allowed to receive any intelli genc e from Edinburgh .

      It would flU a volume to state nil my fiusbnnrf ' s sufferings in his horrible place of confinement . It was his wish to have these printed , in the hope it might stimulate his friends , in their exertions on his behalf , on the meeting of Parliament ; but the great txpence r « nders tliis impracticable . But I hope enough has been suid to excite sympathy . I h ope , therefore , that in memorializing her Majesty , that you will not only pray for a mitigation of his punishment , —in particular that the felon ' s treatment of the treadmill may be prohibited—but that he , may be removed to York , Lancaster , or any other place of confinement , where the prisoners enjoy a milder treatment , and that he may be placed upon the same footing as other political prisoners , convicted ftt the same period ; which might prove the Ministers of the Crown aTe not desirous to inflict a punishment which humanity cannot bear ; nor to administer the rigours of the law at the expence of the lift ) of the prisoner .

      You inquire if Mr . Peddie has stated anything conc e r ni n g poo r old Drake . In his last , he mentions a very strange circumstance—the disappearance of his fellow prisoner and companion in misfortune , Old Drake ! on the 13 th of November . He has made repeated inquiries after him , bat has been refused information . Once , in passing Drake , having spoken a single Word to him inadvertently , he was sent to hisi bed supperleas . I remain , Sir , With much respect , Jane S . Peddie .

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      ¦¦ - ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ .-.. . - ¦ !¦ . »¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ - 1 ^ 1 I . IJ ^—TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHER ? STVR . Sib , —It ia with reluctance that I am oSHgcd to asfe you to insert -what merely relates to individuals , in the columns that would be better employed in conveying more useful matter to yonr numerous readers . Bak being convinced that it is due to myself to offer some remarks on the observations of Mr . F . O'Connori , in bis letter in yours of last week , about the report * that Mr . A . Duncan and ! sent to the Star , I vrouMraeelve it as a favour if you would insert this In jour joupat Iu enumerating the sacrifices he has mad « for the people , Mr . O'Connor complains of having had to pay £ 10 for those reports , and says that he bargained tot news , and that we only seat our own speeches , and observes that it is bat just to me to say I thought I

      wm writing according to contract .-:- The a&air wat thus : —Duncan and I had arranged , before the closing of the Convention , to go round Scotland if we could find means to * do so . Mr . O'Connor had stated in the Glasgow Convention , that he would give ten shilling per column for Chartist news from Scotland . He also told me he would give that sum when I went to Ireland ; we therefore calculated that what we got for reporting our meetings in Scotland , added to wha assistance wo would get from their proceeds , would enable us to carry on the agitation . We sent about two columns per week , mostly containing reports of from four to six meetings . We reported the speeches of others always in preference to our own , and also gavt the weaver ' s wages , state of trade , and ef the Chartist

      cause , when we could get them . There were distinct reports of the proceedings of the Convention that safe at Newcastle , and of meetings of the trades out of ¦ work at Dundee ; in fact , the accounts of matters wen as much condensed as any that appeared in the paper . After We had sent upward * of ten columns , we sent in to Mr . O'Connor an account requesting £ 5 . we got no answer , and it proceeded nntil it was twenty * four columns ; by this time we had written him three er four letters , and 110 answer . When in London , at tbe Convention that sat last Christmas , I met Mi . O'Connor near Cbvent Garden ; Mr . Dowhirst and Ma , Hodgson , delegates from Bolton , were with me ; before I had time to speak in the matter , he reverted to it himself , and stated he had ju « t received all our letters at once , and thanked me for the manner in which we had done their business , and said he had sent orders to the ofiice to settle it There was £ 6 paid by

      the office , when it ceased , saying they had received no orders from Mr . O'Connor . Afterwards a letter waa sent saying that ha had allowed £ 5 , and claiming tbe balance . There -was no complaint of the nature of the reports made then , until deeming it our right , I persisted in nrgiDg . our claim of £ 10 , when , after much delay , a-paragraph from Mr . O'Connor appeared ia the Star , not one of the most handsome 01 •¦ delicate , stating he ordered £ 5 to be given me . Though not liking it , I did not say anything , but when the subject is again and again ; brought before the public , I think I should do so . . I have no wish to detract from any favours Mr . O'Connor has done to the cau . « e , ot its advocates individually , but most assuredly I never received any from , him ; on the contrary ; I have not been used even , with the courtesy given to others of his agents . Yours , ROBERT Lowest .

      [ We give this letter , because we are determined that no roan shall have a right to complain of ill-usage from the Northern Star , though we are really unable to find in it anything but a confirmation of Mr . O'Connor's statement , that ten pounds were actually given for the speeches of Mr . A . Duncan and Mi . Lowery ; save that , in the last line , Me , Lowery discovers that he has not been treated with the" courtesy given to others of Mr . O'Connor ' s agents . This obliges us , who have the responsibility and management of Mr . O Connor ' s business , to explain what this " want of courtesy " is ; and how it originated . In the early part of 1839 , Mr . Lowery was connected with a person . named Rucastle , in a news-agency at

      Xewcastleupon-Tyne . They were supplied with paper * from this office , on the guarantee of Mr . Blakey , then proprietor of the Northern Liberator , until they had contracted a debt to the amount of between £ 40 and £ 50 . The consequent of this was , that when Mr . Lowery again began to sell the Star , he was supplied for cash only . This is the wont of courtesy complained of by Mr . Lower ?; ¦ while upon Mr . O'Connor ' s port , he has to complain that though bis clerk has applied many times , within these two years , to Mr . Blakey , upon the subject , yet has he not been treated to the courtesy of the slightest notice . We should not have alluded to this part of the subject but for Mr . Lowery ^ own observati on ; but surely ever *

      man , having common notions of right and justice , will admit that Mr . O'Connor acted most honourably in hot deducting the £ 10 from a larger debt due . And , in truth , we are at a loss to guess at . Mir . Lowery's cause of complaint . Me O'Connor was . not enumerating the sacrifices made by him ; he has always said that the success of the cause has more than repaid him ; he was merely explaining the difficulties in the way of having his speeches reported for payment , compared with the facilities which the Star now affords to others with profit ; and , we ask , could terms more complimentary be used , in the mode of illustration , than

      these used-by Mr . O'Connor towards Mr . Lowery ? Mr . O'Connor never lost an opportunity of praising Mr . Lowery , and ha even said that he paid the £ 10 with pleasure , convinced that the reports did good . But let it be understood , once for all , that Mr . O'Connor has to pay ready money for every stamp he uses , before they leave the Stamp Ofiice , while the common usage of the trade ifl three months ' credit . All agents undertake the sale of the Star according to the rules of the office ; nothing la requited of them but payment according to those rules ; and nothing beyond the rules of the ofiice bos ever been required from Mr . Lowery . —Eds . 1

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      Christened at the Darkhouse Chapel , ' Coaeley , Staffordshire , on Wednesday , the 3 rd instant , by the Her . £ > . Wright , Selina Frest Williams Botley , tfc » daughter of James and Emma Botley , iron monlderv ; The infant son of Robert Grey , tailor , South ShieMl was duly registered on the 8 th of January , by til * name of John Frost Grey . \ " a Sarah , the wife of John Johnson , late of Maoolesfleld , weaver , was safely delivered of a son , on the 8 th of January last , and wa » duly registered Robert FeaxgM O'Connor Johnson .

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      ? — MB . D . O'CONNELL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOHTHBBN STAB . SIR , —I see from Mr . O'Connell ' s speech at Leeds , that be attempted to account for his absence from the Leeds Demonstration , by saying that he was dotained at Belfast by some irregularity In tao sailing of the packet , and by a horae breaking down on the stage between this and Annan . What happened at Belfast I know not , bat this I do know , that the break down did not detain him five minutes ! . ' What vile shifts do rogues and cowards resort to . I am , A Hater of Huhbuo . Dumfries , 4 th February , 1841 .

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