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    • TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.
    • SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
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      UNITED STATES . There is little of interest in any of the journals from North America , except the further accounts respecting the differences between the British and United States Governments . The unpleasant , case of Mr . M'Leod , who is still in prison , has not improved in its aspect . And another case , not very dissimilar to it , only of a less formidable appearance , has arise * i » ciTii action far trespass iad . been brought against a Mr . Jackson , the prize-master of a Teasel seized by a British war-bng on the coast of Africa , the Beamre hating been pronormced fllegal by the American courts : Mr . Jackson pleaded but he held to bail

      the orders ef his superiors , was to answer the charge . The rancour excited by the M'Leod controversy seems to hare given a new impulse to the dispute about the boundary . Some of the States had tendered their assistance io the Federal Government in support of the . national "honour . " This quarrel also appears to be reduplicated in an attempt to assert the rights of the Union orw another disputed territory . Small border collisions contributed to foment the bad feeling which prevailed . If the two GoTernments do no ; settle the quarrel soon , mischief may occur which they will bequeath to posterity to repair , if it can .

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      The report that Captain Harvey Tuckett had ro ne abroad is without foundation . Captain H . Tuckett is at present in London . The Cottok Crop or the TJmrsD States . —The accounts received from the United States , by all the recent arrivals , concur in representing the crop of cotton as smaller than had been previously calculated upon ; the current estimates being from 1 , 600 , 000 to 1 , 650 , 000 bales , whilst some of the letters reduce the amount as low as thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand bales .

      Thb Wheat Cbop . —As some apprehension is felt respecting the effect of the late intense frost on the wheat plant , we have token considerable pains to collect as much information on this subject as possible , and feel great pleasure in stating , that the majority of the reports are decidedly favourable , the Dlade being generally described as wearing a-healthy appearance on emerging from its covering of Enow , —Mark L * ne Express . Paris i 5 B Rocbm Railway . —We hear that Mr . Brassey , the great railway contractor , has taken the contract for the whole line at £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , and that he has given the planting and lining of the hedges and slopes to oar townsman , Mr . Rogers . — Southampton Independent .

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      Several persons have been recently apprehended i on suspicion of having stolen the jewellery , to the amount of £ 10 , taken from the premises of Mr .: Howard , jiweller , Manchester . j Tehperakce Societies 15 Losdon . —The cause of i temperance is progressing here at railway speed , and the societies that have been , and are beingJ formed , both in and around London , are almost beyond calculation ; inde * d , to such a pitch of enthusiasm have the majority of its members been wrought , that they even bold meetings in their private houses to confer on the best means of extending their principles still further . Societies are about to be formed in Hampstead , Highgate , Kilbnrn , Ken-Ball-green , &c There are different sorts of teetotalists ,

      all averse to each other ! And this , perhaps , destroys the harmony of it more than anything which its worst enemies could offer , by destroying that bond of union which should ever hold such societies together . First , they are divided upon religion .-The bigotted Protestants cannot agree with the Catholics , though the Catholics would willingly agree with the Protestants ; ihns , we have Catholic and Protestant societies . Then come the Law-church Protestants ( Tories , ) and the Dissentere ( Whigs , & . c . ) They cannot agree ! so here we have two societiesto say nothing of Methodists , Calvinists , and the like . This , however , is concerning religion only ; thera is not so much cat and doe play , a 3 regards political principles ; many of the Wbig 3 and Tories , are " all hail fellow ¦ well met" at their meetings , and so indeed might be the Chartists , if they could bat

      submit to be gagged—that is , not to avow their principles , or contradict any Iie 3 they may hear upon Whig economy ; if they do , immediate expulsion i 3 the consequence . The teetotalists , taken as a whole , though evidently a beneficial society , tell sad lies ; they would persuade you , that by abstaining , you wJJ be a rich man at the end of the year , although to every well-thinking mind , it is evident that the additional taxes , upon tea and sugar , bread , inc ., indeed , everything else , would swallow up all their savings ; and if a Chartist attempts to show this , bang he goes off the platform ; immediately the police-spies are called in , and he is accused of creating a disturbance , with an attempt to break the peace . The formation of Chartist teetotal societies of late , has . however , in a great measure , remedied this evil . The Chartists have now associations o \

      their own , and can express their sentiments as they please , without giving offence to the fanatics who oppose them . The Youths' Temperance Associations . —Time was , when our forefathers paid dearly , and with their life's blood , for asserting their right to meet ; and but for the manly determination they evinced , that right would hare been for ever abrogated . 'Tis true that many an attempt has been made upon it at the present day ; but right and might , on the part of the people , has at length settlea the question , and if we except America , &c , this is the only cocntry in Europe that enjoys the right of meeting to its fullest possible extent . This brings me to the main point of this article . The courage displayed

      by the leaders of the present political , social , ajud temperance movements , seems to have animated thetr eons to emulate them ; and meetings which our ancestors would have thought wonderful , are now got np by boys—nay , more , they have organised Associations which their grandfathers , in the palmy day 3 of Sidmouth and Castlereagh , would bare trembled to have had a hand in . And why ? Because they lacked moral courage , and had too great a respect for bad Iaw 3 . Wales has had its Youths ' Chariist Associations , whilst London abounds with Youths Temperance Associations , the youthful members of which evince a spirit and determination to go forward in spite of every opposition and persecution , that is truly laudable . Let us shew our

      readers how these Societies are formed . We have it on the authority of the members themselves , and can , therefore , vouch for its authenticity ; at the same time , we cannot let the present opportunity escape , without tendering them our meed of praise for their noble endeavour to emancipate themselves from that worst of all slavery—without which none other can exist—mental slavery . And now for the Associations . A few youths , playmates of course ' , disgusted , as they are in many instances , with the drunken vices of their parents , their friends around them , &c , and in others animated by what their * fathers have done in the good cause , confer together ; and after several resolutions on the part of the majority to go on , the boldest of them is appointed

      Secretary , and the bonesfest Treasurer . They then call a public meeting by printed placards , some on trust , and others by subscription , amongst themselves ; and none but those who have attended their meetings can tell what ( if we except the awful number of orators ) a well-conducted affair it is . Enthusiasm is of course not wanted , and many of thea , though mere yonths , and those of the indnstrious class , deliver speeches ( of the moment , not Bet enes ) which , for talent and classical reference , prove them not only to be deep-thinking yonths , but shew a deep research , and a denre to do good , which we

      look la vam for from " our rulers . Let them go on stedfastly in their career . Temperance is the foundation of liberty , and we are happy to find that they fear « to-iMiny supporters , not only amongst their e % * cJMt , bat » aumg the middle elasses , many of when attend their meetings , and contribute liberally . We are eisd of- this , " not because we value the luddte ujua man torn the industrious , bnt because ' rejw desirous thai fee good of all classes should be 5 « a '«» « 0 M « C « ause , and that for the social * eaet * and iafUneM of all ; and this , we think , imi ^ m trm ^ mi ^ t rational step , will effect .

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      Cacctow to Benefit Societies . —In a recent case brought before the Court of Requests , Manchester , the officrrs of a Sick aad Benefit Society , were made to refund £ 5 , the full sum being £ S , to a widow , whom they attempted to trick oat of the burial allowance for her husband . The Chairman advised the officers to get their society enrolled , as there was no security to any party as it at present stood , for in all cases the money paid in night be recovered in that court .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1841 .

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      " THERE IS NOT ONE LAW FOR THE RICH AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR !!"

      THE ILLUSTRATION . Iii the month of September last , Thokas , Earl of Cardigan , went out with a pistol loaded with ball , and , standing opposite to a person named Harvet Tcckett , deliberately shot the ball iato Mb body , seriously and grievously wounding him . For this shooting of Harvet Tuckett , an indictment was found by the Grand Jury of the Central Criminal Court in the following words : —

      "The jurors of our Lady the Queen , upon their oath , present , that the Bight Hon . Jamei Thomas Brudenell , Earl of Cardigan , late of the parUh of Wandsworth , in the county of Surrey , » n the 12 th day of September , in the 4 th year of the reign of on Sovereign Lady Victoria , with force and arms at the parUb aforesaid , in the county aforesaid , and within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court , with a certain pistol than

      and there loaded with gunpowder and a leaden bullet , at and against one Harvey Garnett Phippa Tuckett , then and there being , then and there feloniously and unlawfully did shoot , with intent thereby , then and there feloniously , wilfully , and of his malice aforethought , the said Harvey Garnett Phippe Tnckett to kill and murder , against the form of the statute in that case made and provided , and against the peace of our said : Lady the Queen , tier Crown and dignity . "

      On Tuesday last the culprit took his "trial " at the Bar of the House of Lords , for this offence . Witnesses were examined , who proved that his Lordship shot the man Ha&vet Tcck . ktt ; that they saw him do it—that they saw him fire the pistolthat they saw Harvet Tcckett fall to the ground wounded , the ball being lodged in his body . ' Notwithstanding this direct and conclusive evidence , that the Earl of Cardigan did shoot and wound Capt . Habvet Tvckett , their Lordships unanimously declared hin , to be " NOT GUILTY . "

      THE LORD WAS SET AT LIBERTY THE CONTRAST . In the year 1830 , one Hekry Cook , a labeuring man , of Micheldever , in Hampshire , was in the streets daring a disturbance arising out of the introduction of thrashing machines , by the farmers On « Bisgham Baring was also there , employed in what he called "quelling the disturbance . " Cook and he came in contact . Cook , having in his hand a large hammer , struck at Bi . ngham Baring , but did not harm him ; for the said Bi . ngham Babj . vg was seen actively employed in the streets the same evening .

      For this " striking at" Bi > gham Baring , Henrv Cook was indicted and "tried" before the Special Commission sent out by Earl Grkt , to " try" the Agricultural labourers accused of rioting . The Jury—( not the House of Peers)—pronounced Cook GUILTY " 1 ! ! The Judge sentenced him "to be hanged by the neck till he was dead ! dead !! dead !! !"

      THE LABOUB . EB , 'WAS HANGED !!

      THE RESULT . No more hanging of labouring men for " striking at" relations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ! If Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , be at liberty to shoot a man " with intent to kill , or do him some grievous bodily harm , " and not to be hanged , —no more labouring men shall be tucked up " by the neck until they are dead" for " striking at , " — not SHOOTING , mind , —a rich man !!! We are told " there iB not one law for the rich , and another for the poor : " there shall sot be such a measure of "justice " again meted out to the poor , —after this case of Cardigan's , —as was meted out in the case of Cook ! I No ! No ! The rich must not again make war upon the poor , by hanging a man for 11 striking at" one of their order ; if they do , — THE POOR SHALL MAKE "WAB UPON THE RICH 1 1 1

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      SPIRIT OF THE WORKING CLASSES

      THE WORTH OF AN ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASSES . O . vEof our ablest historians has truly said , that" the people are very seldom wrong , and never very long wrong . " Increasing knowledge , and a wise direction of it is , day by day , lessening the frequency of popular error . It has been a fashionable device to cover the deeds of treacherous public men , by proclaiming

      the ingratitude , inconstancy , or inconsistency of the people . This is mere cant ; a perversion of termB ; a mistaking of the cause foz the effect . Never was there a more lenient censor , or a more forgiving tribunal than that of public opinion ; in fact , its very virtue—too much forbearance—becomes its greatest vice . Never has there been one single instance of the people deserting a public man until that man had deserted every principle upon which his just pretension to popularity was based .

      If we required proof more immediately confirmatory of our assertion , we have it now before us in the full and ample records of public opinion from numerous towns and villages , wherein we find a spirit which not only justifies our encomium , but more than rewards us for all our trouble , anxiety , and watching , for the people ' s cause . These documents bespeak a foregone conclusion , and hold ont a warning to all who shall

      stagger , even by a hair ' s breadth , from the centre of the Charter road . One writer says— " Nay , if O'Coxsor himself , or an angel from Heaven , were to propose a desertion of the Charter , and a resolution of any definition of Household Suffrage , or even Universal Suffrage , with other restrictions than those contained in the People ' s Charter , a Scotch moral-force audience would so far lose patience , as to groan at him , and declare him a traitor . "

      In speaking , then , of an alliance with the middle classes , we must presume that it is proposed as a means to an end . The question which next presents itself is , -what is that end ] As a matter of course , a middle-class Government ; that is , middle class ascendancy—a placing of the whip in the hands of the gentleman ' s gentleman , for the gentleman himself—instead of wrenching it out of the hands of both . This is bringing oppression nearer to the slave , and making his tyrant ' s heart his only court of appeal .

      What doe 3 our present system lack of a middle class -ascendancy in all administrative matters Let us suppose the great manufacturing counties of York And Lancaster ; are they not wholly , entirely , and exclusively , under the tender mercies of middle-class rulers ! Are not our magistrates , the very fountains of justice , of the middle classesi Are not the manufacturers , overseers , and all that race , of the middle-classes ! and do they , in either capacity , furnish strong reasons for love of middle-class rule ! - Are the laws in their hands more mildly administered than they would be in the hands of those a degree above them in rank ; or in the hands of those below them in station !

      What is the great grievance of the Reform Act , as stated by all the popular advocates of labour since the enactment of that measure ! Is it not that it has been a purely middle-clas 3 measure I and are not its fruits daily , nay hourly , felt in the increased , and still increasing , poverty and despondency of the prodncing multitude ! "But , why , "says a blistered hand , from Barnsley , " have we been so often duped ! " and he answers thus : — " Because we had no trial of them , in the first place , and ignorant of our own strength , and of our own neighbour ' s feelings , we became an easy

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      prey , in the yecond place . " Now , this is good sound sense . But , - he proceeds : — Now we have an organ which , God bless it , threatens to desert us if we desert ourselves ; this is reversing the old order of things , and making men honest whether they will ora » . With these and many such ' assurances of public estimation , we feel encouraged the more fearlessly

      to hold on the direct tenor of our course for the full recognition of the whole principle of " Universal Suffrage and no surrender . " Not that other eircnmstances would at all alter our determination . It was the saying of an ancient philosopher , " that he would be virtuous for his own sake , though no one should know it ; as he would be dean for his own sake , though no one should see it . " So we would be honest for our own sake , though no one should approve it .

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      THE WHIG PIG AND TORY BACON . Some of oar cotempor&riec are just beginning to find out what we told ( hem three yean ago ; that the present Government waB the most perfect Tory Government ever yet in office . A Tory Government , with all the sweets of Tory prinoiple preservation , without any of the bitters of responsibility . But our friends judge too much from mere akin irruptions , and fail to look into the patient ' s general state of health ; many appear to think , that , because Peel is satisfied with things as they are , that' ergo , ' there will be no change for yet a little .

      In this narrow view , they lose sight of the lice upon the beetle ' s back in the all-absorbing thought of the beetle ' s self . They appear to forget that Kwatchbull , Goulburn , Hardinge , Tennknt , and now the two Gladstones , together with a whole host of locusts , are not as well able to be satisfied with things as they are so the wealthy Baronet is . Si ? Robert has property to protect , and the lic « have property to get—a very striking difference . Pkel also knows full well that the thick blood of the heir of the house of Derby is boiling in a rival's veins , and that the hollow voice of hunger cries " on , Stanley , on , "from a million helpless dependants .

      Is any man so demented , or so bad a judge of human nature , as not to know that the very thought of Stanley haunts every slumber of the cautious Sir Robert . O , for the house of Derby to play second fiddle to a bloodless leader ! No , no ; it is too much for human nature , and far too much for inhuman nature . Stanley will force Peel , and that ere long , into the very lsp of Whiggery . Did not our wishing-cap inspire us , even before the

      recent tilt upon French alliaace , foreign policy , and Irish Registration , and tell us that Peel sincerely wished the Earl of Derbv in heaven , in order that bis hopeful son , Stanley , may fill his place in the Upper House . In four , nay , three , two years , Stanley will be the brigand chief , and a better his followers could not desire ; he will stuff them with Protestant churches , and wash them down with Papist blood .

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      POOR CLAYTON . We now learn that the deceased Chartist laboured under a concatenation of disorders , from the very commencement of his imprisonment . He was fiftyfive yeara of age , and was afflicted with asthma , rheumatism , and gravel . ' Now , one word upon this . The Sheriffs of London , not" ignorant" or " misguided" men , are confined for a contempt of the High Court of Parliament . They receive courtly visitors , and hold levees every day .

      They have superb apartments , and snehanting exercise-ground . From luxurious living , they become afflicted with ennui , lassitude , nervousness , and repletion . An apothecary tells the House that he thinks exercise is necessary for digestion , and for the better regulation of the liver and the biliary organs , and they are liberated . Clayton has gravel , asthma , and rheumatism ; and he dies in prison at the age of fifty-five . What is the reason of this One was a rich oppressor , and tho other a poor oppressed . It is every day ' s practice to release prisoners in ill health from confinement , although our officials allowed poor Clayton to die , and actually forced O'Connor from a sick bed to a felon's duDgeon , in the very teeth , not of certificates , but of the oaths of two of the most eminent practitioners , and a certificate from their own surgeon of the Queen ' s Bench . _

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      ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT . Of the iniquity of the Keane pension " job , ' * we shall just here observe , that such things , in the teeth of unexampled national poverty , will lead to a demand for a Republic , which it will be found impossible to resist . Voting for this infamous "job , " we find almost the entire " tail" —Messrs M . O'CONNELL , M . J . O'Co > - > ELL , J . O'CONNELL * , W . S . O'Brien , and More O'Ferrall , all in a lump ; while among the forty-three who opposed it , not one Irish member appears . In the majority ,

      we not only find Peel , Stanlet , Col . Perceval , and all the O'Connell's , but we find also the redoubtable Mr . E . Protheroe , M . P . for Halifax ; and for this , ( if there were no other cause of complaint against the nominee of Mr . Coroner Attorney Brewer Stocks ) we call upon the honest men of Halifax to u serve him out . " Here is a mighty pretty " Radical" (!) voting for the robbing of the people to pay £ 2 , 000 for three generations , to a feilow who has been already more than ten time 3 paid for npholding tyranny by physical force .

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      MR . BLAKEY AND LORD NORMANBY . In the Tyne Mercury we find the following precious sampleof Whig liberal tactics : — " The Prosecution against Mr , Blakey for Libel . —We are enabled to state that the Marquis of Xormanby , her Majesty ' s Seeretary of State for the Home Department , has recommended the magistrates of Newcastle either altogether to withdraw the prosecution again&t Mr' Robert Blakey , for a libel published in the Northern Liberator , or to allow him to plead guilty , on an understanding that he will not be brought up for judgment . Mr . Blaiey and his friends had applied to Lord Normanby to make this application to the

      authorities of Newcastle . The principal grounds stated by his Lordship are , that the appearances of . the times ainee the publication of the libel have materially changed , and that the Northern Liberator has ceased to exist . We are not aware , as yet , whether the authorities have come to any determin&tioa about the matter . " . Onr object in inserting the above , is not to show that Mr . Blakey has received the least favour and lenity at the hands of the prosecuting Whigs , for in fact there can be no great thanks due to a tyrannical persecutor , for capriciously abandoning his victim , after he has ruined him . From this notice

      however , we learn the lengths to which a Whig Reformed Government will go , to subdue the spirit of the pre » s . Here we are diitinctly and unblushingly told , that Lord Norhanby himself , has become the intercessor with the Newcastle magistrates on behalf of Mr . Blakey , and two reasons are assigned . The first , that the times have materially changed ; the second , that they have succeeded in destroying the Liberator . Now , if the first be a sufficient reason for abandoning a prosecution which never should have been instituted , and , if Mr . Blakey admits guilt by pleading guilty , and , if the material change

      in the times warrants compromise , does not such a change also warrant the extension of a similar indulgence to , at all events , every poor Chartist prisoner ! But what compensation will poor John Bell , the printer of the Liberator , receive for bis six months' imprisonment for the same libel ? Why he has been paid before hand , by the loss of his situation . Thus , in ev « ry instance , it matters not how minute , there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . Why was not pootBell counselled to plead guilty , and thereby save the punishment , and keep his place /

      We are well pleased that Mr . Blakey should have escaped the devil ' s fangs , but we cannot afford to bestow much commendation upon his satisfied and therefore lenient oppressors . The fall of the Libera-

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      ror is a greatefl ^ nefit to the Whigs than any they could possibly nope to reap from , the incarceration of Mr . Blakey , who , in our conscience , we ; believe , had nothing to fear from an honest N « wcastl * jury , who have shown themselves just , honest , an < I top **' tial , upon all Chartist trials , i ^ * ¦ r - »¦• -- - - ¦ " ^ - ^ - ^^^ **^*^**

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      ROCHDALE ELECTION . Lot the elector * of Rochdale look alive . We gave them a hint , some time ago , that Dak and the Whigs would rather Bee the Devil and his tail walking into tke House than see Sharmah Crawfobp . We now tell them that intrigues are going on to prevent it at any sacrifice . We can do no more that Bound the alarm ; let the troops look out 1

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      O'CONNOR IN , THE HANDS OF INQUISITORS . Thb following statement has been sent to this office . We give it as received : — " We , who write this article , are ready to make oath of its correctness to the letter . On Saturday last , the 13 th inst ., we called upon Mr . O'Connor , at an expence of nearly a pound , for the purpose of transacting some business with him . We were

      attended , during our interview by the Under-trovernor , who , after two or three minutes' stay , showed symptoms of impatience ; and , when we had remained about five or six minutes , ordered us to depart . " M What ' s the hurry "I" said Mr . O'Connor . u Well . " said the Under-Governor , "the Governor s at Wakefleld with debtors , and I am obliged to attend to his business . "

      "Well ; " replied Mr . O'Connor , " and do I owe any of you so much compliment as to allow my poor privileges to be further abridged for your convenience ! What are your orders 1 I must see them . And if you are so busy , why not send one of your turnkeys in the Governor ' s absence 1 " The Under-Governor answered that the magistrates' orders were that Me 9 srs . Hill , Hobson , and Ardill , should have each half an hour at a visit allowod . and all other visitors from five to ten minutes ; that the turnkeys did not like to come ; in fact , that they refuse to come on account of the manner in which they are put upon and cross-questioned by the magistrates , about , every word which passes between Mr . O'Connor and his visitors . "

      * Bear witness to that ; two Englishmen ! " said Mr . O'Connor . ' ' , " Well ; so they may ; " replied the Under-Governor , "it's true . " Is this to be borne ; is this to be tolerated in a Christian country , and in the ninth year of Reform 1 ! That a man , for libel , shall be sentenced to seventyeight weeks of solitary confinement , in a condemned cell , over the hospital and the murderer ' s burying-ground ef a felon ' s prison ; and yet subjected to the further indignity of being not only watched , but his every word repeated by hired spies ; asd no doubt arranged to suit the taste of those who thus become parties to and lend themselves to this refinement upon meanness ! O ' Connor is net

      the law ' s prisoner : he is the victim of revenge—an offering at the shrine of the pettiest personal animosity . He has now endured 40 weeks of unmitigated persecution and ungentlemanlike insult . It is now high time that it should cease . At all events , it is high time for every working man in England to tell the House of Commons so ; lest our representatives (!) may suppose that the people are indifferent to his suffering , and may hereafter cits his case as a precedent for like unopposed barbarities . Let petitions be instantly poured iu like grapeshot from every town , village , hamlet , house , and workshop in the kiugdom . To it in good earnest-None can surely refuse this trouble for one who has never thought any trouble too much for the redress of the wrongs of the oppressed .

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      A trve Chartist . —Thanks . Fraginus . —Certainly not without your wife ' s consent . You ought not , in fact , to think of it . If your wife have been a bad one , you should be thankful to be rid of her on such easy terms ; if otherwise , you are a Wretch to wish it . Gainsbro ' . —The Chartists here complain that the booksellers neglect their orders for the Northern Star , and wit > h an agent appointed . Let them fix upon some eligible person , and recommend him to the office—he shall have the papers on the same terms as all other agents .

      T . W . — We perfectly agree trith him , that it is both "perfectly ridiculous" and " savours much of despotism" when men , professing to advocate equality , expect to be themselves always the fore horse ; and wax angry if "their every word be not plainly laid before the public , tr the name of other individuals meet the reader ' s eye before their own , " S . P ., Kidderminster . — We cannot find room for his address . Thomas Beer recommends deluging the "House " with individual , family , and trade petitions , at the rate of 5 , 000 a week , as a plan , simple iti itself , but truly constitutional , and , above all , effectual ; if not in carrying the People ' s

      Charter , in putting a step to the many noltces of motiom that are entered night after night , whilst their doors are closed to the voice of the people . " Parody on the Bonnets of Blue will not suit for publication . , ' ¦ An Oastlehite thinks Easter Tuesday would be the best day for the Oastjjer tea parlies . Washington . — We do hot know enough of the circumstances to answer his question . The individual prevented from delivering his political sermon might be a competent or a very incompetent person to do so . We certainly do not thutk it either prudent or right in any associated body of Chartists to prohibit the preaching of political

      sermons as a general rule . A Leeds Chartist . —The subject has been taken up by Mr . Collins himself . James M'Phebson , referring to the Birmingham obsequies in honour of poor Clayton , who was there denominated "the first Chartist victim , " ¦» ' reminds the people that this is not the fact : he claims that honour for poor Shell , who was butchered at Newport . J . G . Kihker . —Tlie persons who framed the resolutions which he sent to us must wait our time . At a fitting time we may tell them all about it : at present we do not see it necessary . "The Transportation of John Frost" in our next .

      Amount raised for Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill . — Money received by John Craig for the payment of I ' eddxe ' s Attorney ' s Hill , and paid to Air Jackson , of Fork , by Mr . John Ardill , of the Star Office . — £ s . d . Raised by Subscriptions at Leeds ... 0 8 6 Received from Mr . Hatfleld , Dewsbury ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 Received from Mr . Burnett , Bradford ... t ... 10 0 Received from Mr . Steels , Pudsey ... 0 16 0 Received from Mrs . Peddie a Postoffice Order for , 200 Received from Mrs Peddie an Order on tlie Star Office , tat money sent to her , to the amount of 2 6 6 Received from Horton o 5 o

      £ 7 2 0 for which sum a full receipt was granted , the amount claimed being £ 9 lbs . Ma . James Ibbetson . — We received a letter from this gentleman , too late for notice in our last , emphatically denying the charge which has been made against him of refusing to sell tickets for the Goose Show to the Chartists of his neighbourhood . He had no tickets but half-crown , eiyhteenpenny , and five shilling ones ; and these he sold indiscriminately to every person who applied for them . Address to the Commons House op Corruption in our next . J . Jones . —The Fleet Papers are published bv John

      Parry , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand . They are not stamped ; but can be sent through the post for a penny . Joseph Hawksly , file-cutter ; Henry Taylor and Henry Satterthwaite , comb-makers ; William Spencer , leather-dresser ; John Moor house , awlblade-maker , all of Sheffield , desire to have their names appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . John A . Lawson , Sheffield , wishes his name to be appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge . The following Pkrsons desire to have their names attached to the article which lately appeared in the Star , on the questions of Chartism and Total

      Abstinence , signed by Henry Vincent , $ 0 . ;* - Williau ) Worsdell , sub treasurer ; Samuel Healey , sub-secretary ; William Padget and Roger Pinder , councillors ; JosephScholey , Cornelius Toy , Launcelot Toy , James Endrick , George Gray , William Gray , and William Webster , members of the Hull National Charter Association , a (( of whom are zealous advocates for the Charter ' , and four of whom are distinguished members and advocates , also , of the Hull Temperance Society , and all of whom are members , and form the Committee , of the Hull and East Riding Chartist Total Abstinence Association .

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      Mr . Hknbt Botinktt ; Bradford , Secretary ; of tfut Council of the National Charter Association , 1 desires his name to be appended to the Tempe * « tnc « Address of Mr . Vincent , S [ C . KfeiGHiET . — We have not room for the Jonathan Wild paragraph this week : it will keepr ; in G . $ HOMPSpK . —Both the cases have appeared in the ' ¦ ' Star . ¦ ¦ - - ¦ ' ' ¦¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ' •¦ ¦ . . ¦¦ ' " ¦ ¦ : . " ¦ ¦' : ' ¦ ' . >¦¦ : John Kerr aki > Johh BrjcHABMt . —We think it fast not to publish their letter : we have no wish to injure any one—not even ihe ungrateful . Samuel Gobdon . —We see not what we can do in his case . Joseph Hatfibld . —i /« letter is excluded for lash of * ^^ l ^ l ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -fc **» ¦ i ^^^^ m *~^***^^~^^ -. ¦ ' ' »¦— ¦ i ^

      • room . ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ « Temperance" axd ** Th « Dbunkabd ' s Grave ' shall appear . Portska . — We shall have something to say on this affair ; bnt not this week . ¦ . Spectator . —• We have , no room . J . B . Grimshaw and Thomas Brown . —ITu cannot answer either of their questions : none of the money came here . G . W . — We havenot room at present . WitTSHiKB Covticih—Their address nemt week . "Somwkt oif Buonaparte" i # not bad ; but it will not suit our columns . Wiluam Thomas and Morgan Williams . —We received their letter affirming that the paragraph , about which they had previously complained , certainly did not appear in those copies of the Northern Star of February 6 ih . which they

      received , and enclosing svmuar testimony jrom several pertons . We can only account for it on the supposition that the second or third editions of the paper must have been , in that week , sent to Merthyr Tydvil , instead of the first . Paragraphs of mere local interest are often taken out of the first edition to make room for later matter . To convince them that the report was inserted , we have posted a ftaper of that date to Morgan Williams , in which he will find it . Since writing the above , our Clerk has informed us that , on that occasion , the papers for the agents named in the letter of W . T . andM . W . were not posted until after the first edition had been all sent off , cash not arriving for them till Friday evening , instead of Wednesday , This explains the whole matter . lndhew Kennedy . — We shall have a word io say upon ihe matter of his letter .

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      J . Arahur Carlisle . —The Wilton parcel leaves at the same time as the one for Carlisle . John Morgan , Brecon . — We have not one copy of the Star for January 9 , 1841 . A . Nealb , Derby . —Send the dates of the papers wanted . W . Tippin , Bingley . —Papers can be posted for Ireland free at any time , same as jot any part of Enqtand . John Clay . —The order to stop Coklough ' s papers cam < i too late . M'DOUGALL AND MESSRS . JaCK AND CuBRIB , GlaSgow . —Their letters came too late for the papers to be posted at the usual time . Alexander Finlay . —Send the particular address , and the plates will be sent . W . I ) . E ., London . — -Tes . J . Wass . —Yes .

      J . Horsfall , Honley . —The delay complained bj it with the Post-office : the papers were posted in time . Wm . Foley , Cork , has not sent his address with the money . F . Andrews . —The paper was posted . FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR SUPERINTENDING DAN . ' B CHARTIST WELCOME TO LEEDS . £ s . d . From W . Young , Wifcney , Oxford ... 0 3 6 ^ H . Griffiths , London . ; . ... 0 0 6 ... Lepton , per J . Shaw » 2 6 .. a few friends at Honley ... 0 5 0 _ Halifax , per Mr . Crosaland ... 0 5 0 .. A middle-class man , at Bradford , once an admirer , now a hater , of Daniel O'Connell ' s policy 0 10 „ a few friends at Morley ... 0 5 0

      FOB THB WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Torryburn Chartiat Association oio o „ Mrs . 8 pence , Dundee ... 0 £ 0 From the National Charter Association , Derby t 6 4 FOR MRS . FROST . From the Members of Dawgreen National Charter Association ... 5 .. Thomas Barker , Chesterfield 0 0 7 FOR MRS . UOLBERRY . From the Charter Association , Dawgreen 0 6 0 for Clayton ' s funeral . From the members of the National Charter Association .

      Barnsley Oil S „ James Botterell , Preston , neat Brighton 0 2 0 M Daniel Friend , do . ... 0 2 0 „ H . Griffiths , London 0 2 0 „ Lepton , per J . Shaw 9 2 6 .. Dawgreen , by the Charter Association ... 0 5 0 „ Campsie , near Glasgow ... 0 7 0 FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE ACCIDENT AT CASTLE DOUGLAS . From the National Charter Association , Dawgreen , near Dewsbury 0 5 0

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      " Pray that the right may thrive ! If ever I return to you again , I'll bring you comfort . " Shakspeare . Passing through York on a journey to London , I paid & second visit to the chief of the CharfiBts , in his Castle , or fortress of freedom . The Under-Governor , in answer to my application to see Mr . O'Connor , asked me if I had any business with him . I told him my business was to pay my respects to him . After a little demur , he led the way , and we followed him into a long , narrow , aad lofty stone passage , which is furnished with a wooden shelf , extending , breast high , along one side . On my first visit , this shelf held a number of block pota , filled with a kind of alime , and ranged in a row , with a piece of bread beaide each , intended for the dinner of the felons , who stand while

      partaking of it A man was walking from the further end of this passage . I did not particularly notice him at first , but , on meeting him , we mutually recognised each other , and my hand was cordially grasped by Mr . O'Connor . He immediately led the way up several flights of stone stairs , until we came into a dark passage , in a corner of which he opened a door , and we stood inside of his cell . He pointed to a pan upon the fire , and said , " There's my dinner . '" Our host did the honours of his prison-house like a gentleman as he is , and , after he had closed the window , which had been opened for the admission of free air , we all sat down , except the turnkey , who stood in an angle where he could see and hear every look and word that passed . There were several bird-cages in the room , but the songsters were mute . Not bo , Mr . O'Connor— " he sings his bondage freely . " The solitary system has not silenced him .

      I wish that those who are the most bitterly prejudiced against Mr . O'Connor could have half an hour ' s conversation with him ; it would go far to remove their prejudices . I own myself somewhat of ft physiognomist , and I never saw a countenance in which good sense , good nature , and honesty are more pleasingly marked . Mr . O'Connor entertained ua with joking upon the pitiful indignities to which he is subjected . He is not allowed the company of the vilest felons , lest he should contaminate them , I suppose : they are more favoured than he . He is compelled to take turns with them when he takes exercise , like " ride and tie , " as he humorously observed . Nay , he must even wait and watch for the use of that closet wherein devotions are paid to tbegodde 8 s Cloacina .

      Now , it is not the under Governor , nor the upper Governor , but the Governor of all , Lord Normanby , whom we must despise aud detest for this abominable treatment of a man as much superior to him as virtue is to vice . When the Ceurt paramour , Mortimer , imprisoned King Edward II ., he employed two villains to break his heart , or turn his brain ; but all their efforts proved fruitless . More wearied with persecuting , than their victim with being persecuted , they at length put a period to hia existence by the most Barbarous murder on record . O'Connor ' s tormentors have been equally zealous to degrade him , and have been equally unsuccessful . Who does not see that they would murder him in an equally barbarous manner , If they did not dread the retribution which soon overtook Mortimer and his tools , Maltravers and Gournay ?

      Changing the subject of his insulting usage , which I had listened to with a head drooping with indignant shame and sorrow * the true , though entitled , nobleman before me , reverted to the cheering prospects of Chartism , which evidently console him for all he suffers . I mentioned the idea which some entertained of a junction with the middle classes . This he demonstrated to be impracticable and impossible . The middle classes are now the mob , and were they sufferedU lead , they would lead us backward , instead of forward . Seeing that the Tpeople will be victerious , they will follow like vultures , foi the sake of prey , or , like the fox that stole the prize from the exhausted lion , like Jpdas , they would come with a kiss to betray us ; but we must bid them get behind us , for they savour not the Charter .

      " Snail we , who atruck the lion down—shall we Pay the wolf homage ;—proffering lowly gaze And servile knees to thrones ? No I—prom before you praise . " We had not sat above a quarter of an hour when the under Governor said , " Come , gentlemen ! " O'Connor accompanied ua aa far as his prison chain would permit

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      I was taking a wrong turn in tlie ' intricate Staircase he put me right , and smilingly said that he ms bettet acquainted with the place than I . I ' asked him if bt had any , commands for idadon , and he told mo t » make use of his name toJSdnkey , whom , ! am sorry t » say , i < very unwell at present . He Baid , at parting that ten months were over ; and I heartily wished that the next eight were « o too , for t felt' muc k grief in being obliged to leave such a man in such a placer ¦ ' "" '' " ' ''; " . ' ¦¦ "¦' ' ' ¦ " .. ' ¦¦ The under Governor had inquired my name of Xk friend who accompanied me , awton beiag told that it was Mr . Watkins , from AUlaby— «« Ab 4 "< , » id h » , " that is the chap that wrote in the northern Star that I was a spy ; I've a good mind to give him a blo ^ gng no for it . " " " r *^^^^^^^^

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      MK . LOWERY .

      TO THB BDITOK OF THE HORTHBRK STAR . Srar ^ In anBwer to your remarks in your last ; aa to my having , in conjunction ,, with Mr . J . Rucastle , of Newcastle , contracted a debt of £ 40 with the Star office , I beg distinctly to state that , whatever Mr . Rucastle said to you I know not ; but , most assnredly , I never . was a partner with ^ im in that newB agency , or shop , in Grainger-Btreet . Newcastle ; that 1 never authorised him to say to you or any one else , that I waB so ; that the Northern Star office and all other places that supplied that shop with goods , supplied them to him and in his name . and that if he said that I was his partner , he told a lie . . ;

      That I never had any interest in that shop , nor was it ever agreed that I should have any interest but that of my wages as a hired servant to manage that shop ; that of the time it was open I only was in it four mouths as a servant , and did not get half the money due to me for my wages of service ; and thai after I had left , Mr . Wm . Thomason was hired hi my stead , and continued in it until it closed ; in confirmation of which , I can show any one the copy of receipts and expenditure which L took from the shop book when I left . That all monies received in that eh op were taken by him , kept and disbursed by him , J . Kucastle . That no creditor ever deemed , I was » . ; partner ; in proof of which , not one , ual even the NorthemStar ever sent me a bill , or notice , or said they had a claim on me .

      That as soon as ever I found that J . Rucastle was in your debt , and that of others , and had otherwise used the monies that should have paid you , I then left the shop , and wrote to Mr . Blakey the state of its affairs , declining to continue in it ; and thea learned that I had been imposed on by Mr . Rucas tle , when he told me that Mr . B . w&s going as a partner with him in it , and that Mr . B . never had had anything to do with it than as a well-wisher . That the advertisement in the Liberator of me ¦ being the seller in that shop , which I allowed for the purpose of benefitting its retail custom , could not be imputed to me as desiring to lead any

      creditor wrong , for it never was concealed that I wm not a partner ; and when I wrote them , it was for him , and by his orders , and they all knew I was not so . I even did not contradict that advertisement after I left ,-and Mr . Wm . Thomason was the seller and Mr . R . aud I were not on Bpeakable termj , lest it m ight be thought a spiteful attempt of me to Bpoil the trade of the shop by withdrawing mj friends from it ; and the advertisement was continued even after I had opened and advertised a shop of my own . Yours , Robt . Lowert .

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      LOCAL INTELLIGENCE OMITTED LAST WEEK FOR WANT OF ROOM ,

      Huddersfield . —Middle-Class Mercies . —Apooi man named Robinson who has a wife and six children dependant upon him , who has had no work of any eonBequence for the last three or four months , and whose family is at this moment pining for the coni mon necessaries of life , had , on Monday last , hit house entered by the harlequin deputy constable of EUand , and another nondescript of the same cut from Greellsmd with him , who seized the clock , « fiddle , a chair , and four historical pictures , for the enormous sum of five shillings and three-pence poor rates , due I suppose to the triune Devil King . Out of the monsters who seized the goods , wanted to take the child ' s cradle , though he saw the babe sleeping on the lap of its mother .

      Meeting of the Guardians . —The Guardhuu made a poor muster on Friday ; they are so tired of their accursed work that they would gladly give it up , but for party feeling ; it is , withal , so expensive an affair . The cold hand of charity doled out a few paltry pittances to many who had travelled great distances ; some from Leeds , and others had to return , unrelieved , to cold cuts and empty cupboards Many are compelled to have recourse to beggary which is becoming practised more and more every day , as the poor wretches are verging upon the appearance and wretched condition of the Irish par santry . There cannot bo a doubt but that it will increase until we become little better than a nation of beggars and swindlers . A discussion took place between Mr . Anderson ( who proposed an addition

      of £ 20 to the collector ' s salary ) and Mr . Pitkethly The salary , had been formerly £ 120 , but had been reduced in June last to £ 100 . Although there wm a determination to vote for the £ 20 iacre&se , amongEt a considerable portion of tho Guardians , it was fully determined that it would be impolitic , as they were so near the end of the year , to put on that which they had knocked off . So the unfortunate collector is left at starvation point , to get through the winter aa well as fee can . A spirited discussion followed upon the subject of the payment of the Huddersfield workhouse bills , in which Mr . Pitkethly strongly denounced the conduct of Dent , who was the person who had been the offender , and who had advised Messrs . Brunton and Poppleton to

      keep possession of the house . A division took place , when there were against paying the account 11 , for paying it 7 ; and one neutral ; but they have paid a portion of those same accounts , and during the time they were being contracted , above thirty persons were sent into the house , principally from other towns . Thus , as is very general in other cases , the ratepayers of Huddersfield are to be taxed with the good lodging md washing , for all those , aud the townships to which they belong are to go scot free . This had been the intention of those Malthusiana ; they thought Huddersfield was in too great prosperity , and tnat-they could put a clog to it ; and the law has given great power . For instance , Huddersfield has five Guardians , who represent a

      population of- upwards of 20 5 0 l 0 ; and of paupen 2 , 0 b 7 ; and the average or call of £ 1 , 158 11 s . 6 g& , and that paid up when the last yearly abstract wa < published , and overpaid £ 207 18 d . « d . Thus each of the five represents above £ 230 of rates , while the Chairman ( the Reverend Mr . Maxfield ) representsan average of only £ 30 19 d . Ofd ., being £ 200 less than the Huddersfield Guardians do individually , and that township owed more than the amount of their call . They owed the Union £ 33 ; thus these , little trifling corneis sent men to swamp us , and they also prey upon Huddersfield . At the same time , Golcar ( Bull Briggs ) owed £ 237 , and the whole call upon them is only £ 169 14 s . $ ifd . Honlr owed £ 312 3 s . 3 id ., and their call was £ 224 19 s . 8 jd . Linthwaite owed £ 196 , and their call is £ 1 « - Meltham owed £ 282 , their call is £ 138 . Wooldale

      owed £ 143 ; South Crossland owed £ 114 ; Slaithwaite owed £ 156 ; Lindley owed £ 152 ; Lepton owed £ 102 ; and many others in asimilar condition . If Huddersfield would hold her hand , and take the position of others , and owe more than her average ^ all the Bastile Guardians , Commissioners , &n < j Assistant Commissioners , with Neddy Baines , Low Finality , and the master , penny-a-line Chaawics » together , could not keep this Union together on » month ; it would , at once crumble into dust . The following notice was placed upon the book fo * next meeting , by Mr . Pitkethly : — " To move . that Mre . Ainsworth , and the Master and Matron of the Huddersn eld Workhouse , be called before the Board , and examined " as to whether she has been guilty ( as

      has been oharged ) of Bending George Woodcock , a child aged seven years , weighing 41 pounds , and measuring 41 J inches in height , to Thornhill , upon aa engagement with a collier , to labour in the coal mines , without ; the knowledge of the overseers oi guardians , or any one in authority ; in order that , » found correct , she may , for such inhumanity to aa unprotected child , be reprimanded , and fortbwitn discharged from her office . " WiGAsr . —On Sunday , the 7 th inst ., the large room of the Commercial Hall was nearly filled by the persons who were present to hear Mr . Isaac Barro *» of Bolton , preach a sermon . Many of the middw classes were present . In the evening , Mr . Barrow delivered another sermon , which produced a very good effect on a numerous assembly . —On Monday evening , the 8 th inst .. Mr . Bairstow delivered an

      able and argumentative address , which lasted for nearly two hours and a half ; Mr . Hystop , draper , was in the chair . At the conclusion , thanks were given to the Chairman and Lecturer , and three oheers each for O'Connor , Frost , Williams , ana Jones , and the People ' s Charter . —Oh the Tuesday evening , Mr . Leech addressed a very numerous assembly , at great length , and was enthusiastically cheered throughout . Mr . Dixon also spoke , in biB usual eloquent manner and moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting is of opinion , tha * the conduct of the Government to that noble champion , of the people , Feargus O'Connor , iB unjusti illegal , and cruel in the extreme , and will cause tW Government to become much more unpopular than it is at present ; and we pledge ourselves to use every legal means in our power to cause an alter *" tioa to take place forthwith . "

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      The late Fire at Manchester . —Several persons were charged with stealing various pieces of goods at the late fire in Manchester . One prisoner h »<* 170 pieces in her house . Two of the number were committed for trial , and the remainder were oM ' charged .

      Calomal Ana Tt^Rofcmrial

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      To Readers And Correspondents.

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

      Second Visit To Feargus O'Connor.

      SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR .

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      CANADA . —Private letters have been received from Canada which communicate a fact of great importance . Sir James Stuart , the Chief Justice of Qaebec , is said to have resigned hi 3 seat in the Special Council of Lower Canada , of which he was the president . At all events , he is no longer Lord Sydenh&m's chief adviser , bnt ha 3 openly disagreed with the Governor-General , aad quitted Montreal for Quebec . The particulars of tae difference are not yet before us ; but we should not have mentioned the circumsttuioes unless assured of the perfect accuracy of the above statement . —Colonial Gazette .

      NEW ZEAI * AND . —The intelligence from New Zealand is deeply interesting . Colonel Wakefield had returned , to Port Nicholson , after having established the most friendly relations with the Governor ; a task of delicacy which the Colonel appears to have executed with his usual businesslike tact . On his return to the South , however , he found the settlers in a state of the utmost excitement , about the arbitrary proceedings of the N # w South Wales Government in relation to land-titles in New Zealand . They felt that their property and all the

      fruits of their exertions were threatened ; and , f nil of alarm and indignation , they were preparing to resort to some extreme measure , such as abandoning the colony , and escaping from persecution by removal to some region independent of England . Colonel Wakefield succeeded in allaying these extravagances , and ia directing the activity of the colonists to the more practical object of counteracting the effects of ignorance and the land-shark interest in Sydney , by rational but forcible representations .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct367/page/4/