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      EDITED BY J . R . STEPHENS . nONTENTS :-I . Thoughts on the Word of God . Vj — II . Hints for Afterthought . —III . We'll di « S 3 one together . —IV . Some Passages of the Life ft London Parish 'Prentice , at Litton and Cresabrook Mill ; written by himself . —V . Tales for Children : 1 . The Rioh Man and his Poor Neighbour ; or , tha Three Wishes . 2 . The Tinder-box—VI . Th » Factory Child . —VII . A Glossary of Terms nofc

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      WANTED , a SALESMAN in the Honlsv Coop ^ bativk Joint Stock Provision Stokes , ia Holdfield Buildiug 8 . Persons wishful for such Situation must apply to John Wood Berry , Croft , Honley , near Huddersfield , on or before March Sih , and if by Letter , Post-paid . The Election to take . place on the 15 th of the sauM Month , and Persons applying and not being corresponded with , need not be at further trouble . Honley , Feb . 24 th , 1841 .

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      SUNDAY SCHOOL SERMONS , BURY . ON SUNDAY , MARCH X 4 tb , 1841 . rpWO SERMONS WTLL BE PREACHED in L the GARDEN-SfREET LECTURE ROOM , BURY , BY THE REV . WILLIAM HILL , Editor of ihe Northern Star , WHEN COLLECTIONS WILL BE MADB IN AID OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL THERE ESTABLISHED . Services to commence at Half-past Two o'clock in the Afternoon , and at Six . o'Clock in th ^ Evening .

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      WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT FOB ? WHAT ARE ITS DUTIES ! READ the exposition of the above questions , by Henry Tincent , in No 5 of THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CXRCUXiAR , Price One Halfpenny , Containing also the commencement of » Series of interesting Memoirs of celebrated Patriots . No . 1 . —Thomas Muir—The Syrian Question—Rotten Nobility—Napoleon ' s Assumption of Supreuw Power—Records of the World ' B Justice—Political Aphorisms— A Song of the People—Facta for Enquirers—Temperance Record , &o ., &c . No . 6 , now publishing , will contain the first of » Series of Original Artioles , by R . J » Richardson , of Manchester .

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      ' . * nrvCAVVOX , frbo said that after the ordinances ^ ordered to be printed , it was fouad that *¦* ^ Wb ira » wy important , had been overlooked . ^ Lts necessary to submit it to the law offioars of B Cro » Bi and tfci * it tra « -which occasioned the ^? H&et acrimonioru dissuasion here ensued between £ Sod of EXETER and Lord Melbocbne . ^ ^• riv to a question from the Bishop of Exeter , at DrsCASSOS said thai , if an address should T ' Jie ^ ed to by their Lordships , praying her Majesty be * firiTs effect to the ordinances , it « rtainly could ** £ don ™ te also intended that , if possible , ad-** j time ' eiould be granted ; upon -which assnranoe * «*<» of Ereter postponed his motion respecting *^ of SU Sulpice until Th uaday , the 4 th of the the

      ^*^ IT 5 dhckst drew attention of Govem-^ ft , a Bill in the other House of Parliament , for irtWOTement of the administration of jostiee in * ljr 5 eqnity , and expressed a hope that proper "" " ^ MkUoB *<> && beawarded to the holders of offices *? Aitisit by that Bill be abolished , u he should T ^ ofTT to iiee so refill a Bill lost for want of such a " ^ T ^ eoBBt MELBOcasK said , he should take car * * V « ju >»* aiion shoald be give * to all who should tixirL ^ P » ° examination , to hare a fair right to it ^ j ^ Lardships then adjourned .

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      HOrSE OF COMMOIsS . —Tuftday , Feb . 23 . { Li . mobpeth presented a petition from Dublin , ^ Z gl by 225 , & 28 persons , against Lord Stanley ' s Re' zLnaa Bill , and in faTonr of his own . P r ^ fcajonmed debate on Lord Morpeta ' B Qualifier-« i aad Registration of Totera Bill -was resumed by vTtoo g , trho was strongly opposed to it , and eonw « 3 ed that the lowering of the franchise in the way ^ L jed -rould tend to a still greater subdiTision of uft&an that which already prevailed in Ireland , and gin , ^ lonnonsly increase the distressed condition of *** £ Tjf g . O'Bkiss thanked the Government for bJbjB tbey had i ntr oduced , in which they grappled with » U **>• di&tulties of this great question . He r « s « red that if the country was appealed to , it -L-m BTononnee in favour of the measure . said he bad looked the

      Sr B- BiTESOS always upon ids . freeholders in former times , as on # of the l « atast corses under which Ireland laboured , and S ^ w by this Bill they would bare a state of things jkf eizrw delivered his " maiden speech" in KMrt of the Billliirfl Holies , said he should support the Bill be-» M &e House , believing that it held out a fair prospect of brinjuij this importaat question to a satisfactory jeitlBaest . tv LifiOT contended that the Bill would abrogate jj « p » T 3 sk » j of Vbe Reform Act , and that there were jrady scffidently democratic elements in the eonstijsjgafT of Ireland , as was amply prored by the fact fiat % o I * ** " * " » eTenty Irish Members sat and voted x the suaeside at the Hon . and Learned Member for

      lit Pieor contended that the Bill of the Xoble Ijrf tl » Member for North Lancashire ought not to is entertained by the House , if it were only upon the pnad that it was confined to registration alone . 2 s R ight Honourable Gentleman then entered into a tocg de fence of the proTisions of the Bill of Lord aarpetfi . sir Wm . Follett objected to this measure as a Tj ^ ent interference with the principle of the Reform 331 , qiti > ylj « ftiTig a constituency in direct opposition a ie principles there hud down . This was indeed jiaaSing Universal Suffrage in the Irish Counties 2 k Bal was also a -notation of the Roman Catholic iaief Act He could well understand how this Bill Tonid be supported by a section of the supporters of ie aU 3 & ty * s Government , but he could not under-Bad bow it could be supported by those who had inn professed to consider the Reform Bill as a final gs&Bgnt of the elective franchise .

      ilt . AUcaitlat insinuated thai the Bill of Lord iadey e » uld be considered only as a disfranchisement £ 2 in di ^ nise , while the object of the measure of his jofc&e Friend ( Lord Morpeth ) was to keep out bad wait , and let in good ones . He denied that the case relating to the franchise was a taek to the Kepentioa Bill , which was professedly the principal aavine . On the contrary , the definition of the francise tu , in his opinion , the Tery essence of the nauare under consideration . At the conclusion ot the Right Hon . Gentlextan ' s Beech , Mr . BiOTHEfilos moyed the adjournment ot i * debate until Wednesday , which was immediately icceded to , and the House adjourned . Wednesday , Feb . 24 .

      Lord Starlet postponed the second reading of his Kin Begistrauon Bill until Friday , not with the iatcrion of then brinsisg it on , but be should by that Ssse be prepared io say when he would bring it ixv&rd . The discussion upon Lord Morpeth ' s Bill was then isumed by ilr . Beothkriox , who britfly contended that it would gire general satisfaction to the people rf England and Ireland , and unite the two countries in a closer and better understanding thim tft ^ . which had heretofore prrraiied . Jdr . ilitss centended that the present Bill had bsea brought forward , not with any hope or intention tat it abouli become law , but with some ulterior Tkw , of which they were all at liberty to judge .

      Sir w jl ^ xebville , m reply to the argument of Lrd Stanley that if this framckise was given t « Ire *' Vsd , it must be extended to England also , observed S » t he had never heard it urged as an ohjectton to an ££ i « h Bill that its benefits ought not to be given to Ss ^ iaad , because they would , in that case , be obliged ; k 3 ^ nd it to Ireland . < Mr . Sergeant JjlCK . so * very warmly eulogised the 5 « ea of Sir Wm . Follett , and said that he never was i tan ittTprised than at hearing it replitd to by the Ea £ i Eca . Gentleaiaii opposite \ itr . Maeaulaj ) , " m a ; Bseci which he must characterise as a mere piece of , tzpj and froihy declamaiuin . i Ej . slaszt was ef opinion that the £ 5 franchise i vm too low , but still thiy ought to go into committee , ' u the principle was good , and by mutual concession , Sej mki ; be enabled to adopt a proper amount of nine cpon whiea to found thtir right of voting .

      ilr TS £ siGE& observed that , if the present BiJ i vasdsfeaied , i ; did net follow that the evLs of the pssea : ijtiem of registration would act be corrected , Si , in that eTent , his Xoble Friend . Lord Stanley ; ijsil paseTtre with his measure . Hr . C Bcu . es was satisfied that , howfever bad might kite Bill of the >" oble Lord sSaudey ) , it possessed as ^ wdstinmg feature of having forced the Government , « EE 2 ? in a good one . The Hon . Gentleman en- ' oaTTced to show that Lord Stanley , by his Bill , did fcb « the Iriih franchise , though by a very roundabout a : ifi » very highly oHsctionable manner . ' ixxzs

      ^ r G-Eahajj said , the proposition of a £ 5 ; 3 » £ is = for Ireland was a concessioB , on the part of ar Gsrsranitnt to ^ he Hon . and Learned Member for Jaia , aad as confessed he had the most evil fore-« 2 Ep of ike minner in which it wouJd be applied if Ps&d , for the H-jn . ilember for Dublin had sput . n * op ! idUynpon the subject of separation , as they aa beea tireateced irith ir tiat aight by the Hon . ^> s for Liskeard . In order to show Low far the & ! T aasaent had , according to their professions , diswaged the agi- ^ tion of the Repeal of the Union , the £ ? S Hob . Baronet referred to the 38 members who , « . lS 34 , vo * * d for a Repeal of the Union , and showed ^ aanj of them had received very valuable sppo in t-¦«^ J , ud the judicial office of Chief Baron had been J f — ¦ ¦ w » tfA lt VAJ ^^ hl ^ F ^^ WftA ad to

      ' »™^ » » ^^* A *« A ^« v ^^ ^ ilr . OConnell , who had , however , declined £ * £ , as he ssid himself , " the judicial office should » Polluted ia his person . " He took down the word * *« Sae , and thought them a very singular complil ^* ° ^* Sovernment which had tendered the office J * o *» eesp&nce . He wonld , for his own part , cling *«* newas of Lord Grey , resolved to resist toe £ *»¦ of that democracy which , unless checked , T *« orenhrow the institutions of the country , - ¦ nag the crown itaelf in the general destruction . *^ Sheil challenged the Right Hon . Baronet who r ^ jaststt down io deny , if he eou d , that althoogh ^ v jTo wiug hi to the

      * adherence Refenn BUI , he ha / J , ^^ Ka at Stroud , declared that he was one of a J * « S « of twelve who had been appointed to c « . n-Z ^« > ad bad actually reported up « n , the propriety g ^ Paog t he Ballot TLe Right Hon . G « nUeman 1 « 2 S ? 11 to tuten a charge of inconsistency upon Stsr !? ' " * ^* T ! n * beenhimself the party to estab ^ ** ubeo « ncial interest" franchise in the Reform * * h »« * *** no-w Xfz&t to be superseded by the a . tenant" franchise , which he had previously , * office , repudiated . C ^ * of the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s speech , «•» adjourned . ^^

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      C ^^ . —Ever since the breaking np of the Nation *] 5 * ^ ° ^ ; ile onfonanate correspondence that te rf *^« wixt Dr . Fl ewier aad F «« kus O'ConiB ^ J ? 7 b « renuineid in a Btate of apathy ; J «* m ^ f ? u 8 * iia reviving under peculiar ans-^» crrcamstances . That independent body of jj ^ J « tord wtinen of this place , have foimea ^ f ^ a into classes »> f Uuxiees memben w a . liif l ^™ saosenptions are twopence per week , one jq S ^ wa fund , which u intended to mist in * t t ^^ fi ""^^"" ed Whig victims for espom-** E ? S 3 ;» ?***> * ^ other wwards pur-*» Wd « ° l ihern &ar » *«• * e . Their meetings ^ t t ? 1 memb e /« b-ouse al ^ rn » tely , every 5 « " rtS !? - ^ ° i ? nte . ^« trade , to join them ,

      ?« Wnf , w tUeir own respecuTe bodies . ^? iu * u * ^ l « e ' o « 8 < w ield at tie ? W 7 iiT ^ ^^^ p resident to tbewxaMj , *»^ S w 61 Of ^ bruaxy , when the ^ orMmi m ^ SHlJv * Otiier trade 8 * ° * ad d 0 likewise , i **» KiH / Ti 5 '~ 4 t a general meeting of the ! ^ w m $ * Wor ^« Man ' s Had , it ir a * ! be ^ L ? ? P ° » tbat » funeral sermon 1 * thV ? v 1 D lhat P *^ . ° Q SoBd * y , March *«* eSffi C 1 * » one «> f the Whig Hells ; also , i * fclrrfv ** ^^ " ^ ^^ * e sermoa * 5 "W « RB ^> 'lrido Jp &Dd eluid ; » nd that Mr . ^ S * KS ^ ° TeE < ien , be solicited »

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      IEEPS , —Tqiai AesriMBfCB Chabiee AssoaAnojf . —At a meeting of US Association held at Mr . Joseph Oldroyd's , Quarry Hill , after the business of the society was gone through , and the members had congratulated each other on the opening pros * pacts of future usefulness , it w&s proposed by Mr . Joseph Parker , and seconded by Mr . Wm . Hick , that the school room , No . 82 , High-street , be used , at present , on Sabbath days , as a lecturing and preaching room , and that our highly respected friend Mr . T . B . Smith , from Hall , be solicited to _

      deliver a lecture on Teetotal Chartism , in the afternoon of Sunday , the 28 th inst ., to commence at halfpast two o ' clock , and also to preach a sermon in ihe evening , to commence at six o ' clock , Mr . Skith , being waited npon for this purpose , consented , providing a congregation could be secured : on the assurances of this being given , he stated that his text in the evening would be from Acts , iv . 32 , " And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul : neither said any of them that onght of the things which he possessed was his own : but they had all things common . "

      Meeting of Chartists . —At a numerous meeting of Chartists , on Monday evening , the chairman ( Mr . Roberts ) read , from the Northern Star , the Address to the People of Great Britain in favour of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , which was warmly received . It was resolved that our friend , Mr . Hill , should be requested to insert the address again , together with a list of the names of the Committee , and the proper address of the secretary , as some ot the names of the committed were entirely omitted , and a wrong address to the secretary , owing to some inadvertency of the gentleman appointed to supply the Star office with a report . Mr . Westlake was then introduced , and gave nis first of three lectures on the democracy of Christianity , after which an animated discussion ensued .

      LOHPOJT—To web Hamlets National Chaster Association- held at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , Feb . 16 , Mr . J . Hart in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed . The council ordered the secretary to write out the petition from the Northern Star against the New Poor Law Bill . On Sunday , the 21 st , Mr . Parker gave an excellent lecture on " the Principles of the Charter , " to a full meeting , which gave the utmost satisfaction . The lecturer said a box ought to be placed on the table , to be called " Feargus O'Connor ' s Demonstration Box , " to help the Tow « Hamlets' men to go down and welcome our champion on his liberation .

      Petition Cohsuttke . —The London Chartists seeing the necessity of some system being adopted , whereby the friends of political freedom in th « metropolis ' , may have an opportunity of presenting petitions for the People ' s Charter , the political victims , < fec , without the loss of time generally attendant upon the getting up of such petitions , have called into existence a petition committee , whose duty it shall be to prepare petitions for individuals and publto bodies , and to see that they are duly presented . The said Committee having met , consider it their duty to call upon their Chartist friends to lend their aid by every means in their

      power to carry out the above important object . As the duties of the Committee will be somewhat arduous , they trust they Bhall be provided with funds necessary , as the labours of tne Committee cannot possibly be effective without the sinews of war . The Committee meet every Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleetstreet , at eight o ' clock , to receive petitions from individuals aad public bodies , from any part of the kingdom- Thomas Mills , Tower Hamlets ; Samnel Ford , Kensington ; Robert Southcombe , City of Westminster ; John Murray , Borough of Marylebone . J . W . Parker , City of London , Secretary , pro . ion ; John Rose , Bermondsey , Treasurer .

      NEWTON- HEATH . —The cause of Chartism is prospering gloriously in this village . Mr . William Shearer lectured on Saturday evening last to a goodly assemblage . After tke lecture , a number of the members and frisnds formed a mutual improvement cla&s : the nrsi subject considered was , " What benefit would Universal Suffrage be . to the -working classes I" Although this was tho first Question , yet the manner in which they treated it might have done credit to legislators . MAKCHESTER . CHABTIST SkMIOHS . An eloquent and impressive sermon w&s preached by Mr . Arran , of Bradford , in Carpenter s Hall , on Sunday afternoon , to a crowded congregation . In the evening , Mr . Hill preached to an over-flowing and apparently well satisfied congregation .

      A numebous and enthusiastic meeting was holden at Carpenter ' s Hall , on Satarday evening , Mr . Butterwprth in the chair . The meeting , though called without notice , consisted of upwards of 1 , ( M ) persons , who were addressed by Messrs . Marsden , Wall , Skevington , Connor , and others . A strongly worded resolution was adopted , affirming all the principles of the Charter , and pledging the meeting to their obtainance . HLVWOOO , —On Wednesday evening , the 17 th inst ., Mr . Bairstow lectured at this place . He commenced by a few remarks on the wages of the labourers on the Continent , and those of the labourers of Great Britain , contending that a repeal of the Corn Laws would never better the condition

      of the working men of thiB country , until they had the power of electing their own representatives , by which tkeymijgbt protect the vaJne of labour . Ha also laid bare the clap-trap schemes by vrhich the stock jobbers , money mongers , cotton lords , and hireling ruffians had been trying to draw tie people from the Charter . STOCKPORT . —Mr . Hill lectured here , by invitation , on Monday evening , recommending temperance , union , perseverance , and sound political information , as the only and surest means of obtaining the People ' s Charter . The room was densely crowded , which made it like a bath , although capable of holding 1 , 200 persons . The lecturer spoke until he was completely drenched with sweat , and exhausted , and then sat down , while Mr . Bairstow

      ( who had jast returned from a meeting of the Com Law ftej > eakrs , k > which , being called by circular , he bad b « en refused admittance , though presenting his circular at the door , ) addressed Vbe meeting for some time , afier which Mr . Hill came forward again and spoke at some length , recommending the erection of convenient meeting rooms by the people ; and especially enforcing it on the CoartiBts of Stockport . He was listened to with the greatest silence and attention , interrupted only by repeated bursts of applause ; at the conclusion , a vote of thanks was given him amid the acclamations of the assembly . On leaving the room the people crowded round him to get a wag of his hand , and to express their gratification at this , their first personal introduction to him .

      Chabtist Sekmo * . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Bairsiow delivered a taiented and eloquent sermon , in the Chartist Room , Bumbar ' s Brow , from Paul's discourse to the Athenians , on Mars Hill , " God baih made of one blood all na : ious , to dwell upon the face of the earth . " The Large Room was excessively crowded , and the attention of every one rivetted ; and the meeting collectively appeared highly interested and pleased with the intellectual treat . The following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That we , the working men of Stockpurt ,

      knowing the factions that are opposed to our interests ,= and seeing , as we lately have , the mean and dastardly attempt of a few individuals in the north to bring that noble advocate of the people ' * rights , the Northern Star , into disrepute , that we do hereby tender ' our increasisg confidence in that paper , and the able and talented editor , the Rev . William Hill , and the proprietor , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " At the conclusion , a considerable sum was collected towards the expences of the demonstration , and a great number of members were enrolJea .

      TOBK . —At the weekly meeting of the York Chartists , held on Tuesday evening , in the large room of the Fat Ox Inn , a vote of thanks was proposed , and carried with applause , to MesBre . Burley and S ; uart aad the brave men who so nobly supported them at the Whig hole-and-corner meeting of Friday . Resolutions were also proposed and carried ati&nimonsly , expressire of the determination of ihe Association to- Bupport no election candidates but such ss pledge themselves to support the People's Charter ; and of their firm determination to adrocate Universal Suffrage and No Surrender . Several new members were elected . ThemeetiDg broke up at half-past ten . From the spirit evinced at this meeting , it is evident that the cause of liberty is making rapid progress in the City of York .

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      I . ONOOK . —Scmjat Meetings op thk Working Classes . —A large meeting was held last Sunday evening , at the Working Men ' s Chapel , Dockhead , Bermondsey , when , after tea , the meeting was addres&sed by two of the society , on the evils of monopoly , especially the monopoly of the heavenly treasure to be founi in the Bible , and which the priests , in the present day , -say that they are the only repo-Bitory and distributors of ; wh « reas , the great Creator says , Let the word of the anointed dwell ia you richlv in all wisdom , teaching and admonishing

      one another ; ' and if the people will be rich in their minds , and free themselves from ignorance and superstition , they must lay in a store of useful iuformation , aud be all mutual distributors , instead of supporting the priesily monopoliier , and not be like anio the old proverb , ** Buoh priest such people , and the people will have it so / ' As the promoters of these meetings are giving information , free from sector party , we hope the Chartists , Teetotallers , and all liberal-minded friends to the spread of truth , will give them their support . —Correspondent .

      g ^ pwspp CAHTXiEi—Attempted Suicide . —On Monday last , * poor woman , named Nancy Hall , attempted to cut her throat . Medical examination proved the wound to have been but trifling .

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      SXJUnHSBJtAXTD . — Tahobs' Strike in Sdwdeklakd . —The tailors of Sunderland have , during the last week , issued » very exoellent aad sensible address , explaining ( he nature aad origin of their dispute with their masters . We hare not room to insert the address in full ; but , in order to let their brethren and the working classes generally know the merits of the dispute , we have made the following statements : —The dispute began with an employer named Dawson , who , we understand , is a most evangelical minded person , refusing to pay the wages given by other masters . He , by his meek and holy acts , induced other two employers to join him ; and they all proposed a number of petty deductions from the prioea paid for the manufacture of certain

      articles of cloth . To shew the petty nature of their conduct , and the meanness of spirit displayed by them , it is sufficient to state the deductions , which are : —td . on waistcoats , trowsers , and breeches ; 6 d . on boys * jackets , and 8 d . on Taglioni coats . These deductions , though individually small , would , in the aggregate , reduce the wages of the workmen 3 s . per week . The workmen , notwithstanding no ded action had been asked by the other masters , rather than incur the risk and unpleasantness of a strike , proposed to submit to one half of those reduced payments ; but Messrs . Dawson , Inaith , and RobBon refused . It was then clearly seen that they had another and ulterior object , which was , to destroy the union of the tailors which

      existed in the town ; these despots hated the idea and name of union ; they claimed the liberty of exercising their own will uncontrolled , save by their own consciences and interests . The men therefore determined to stand by their order , and bo well have they done so , that we are happy to add the whole of themasteraof Sunderland , except the " miserable minority" alluded to , give the old wages , and are friendly to the onion ; as a consequence , they have got the best workmen , and are rapidly getting the trade of the small proud faction , whose failing custom will soon tevih them the folly of their conduct . The tailors of Sunderland , as a class , are a most intelligent and patriotio body of men ; their union has been the meauB of promoting a fraternal spirit amongst them , cherishing sentiments of manly inUfrpendendence , ( free from the insolence of ignorance , ) husbanding their resources , enabling them to

      maintain each other in sickness , to secure an equitable distribution ef employment , to provide for tne infirmities of age , and the calamity of death ; in short , in various ways , to promote physical , moral , aud intellectual improvement . They have been amongst the first to rally at the call of their oppressed brethren ; they voted and transmitted to Glasgow the sum of £ 10 for the cotton spinners ; and to various Btrikes they bare liberally contributed ; and several times have raised handsome subscriptions on behalf of the victims of political oppression . For thase reasons , we consider them now entitled to aid from their brethren , and the working classes generally . A few weeks more and the small faction must yield to the claims of reason and justice . Subscriptions for this purpose will be received by the treasurer of the society , Mr . Pentlands , Queen-street , Sunderland ; or by Mr . Williams , bookseller , Bridgestreet , Sunderland .

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      LOOK OK THIS PICTIBE , Loud CtRDiGAy acquitted upon the honour of all the Peers in England , for shooting Capt Tuckett , with intent to kill bim . Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff allowed by the Chief Justice of the Queen ' s Bench , to compromise and pay compensation , for a cowardly assault upon a policeman , by which his life was endangered , and his health has become impaired .

      THEN OK THIS ! I Cook , of Mitcheldever , a working man , hung for " striking" at Bingham Baring , without injaring him , Roberts , of Birmingham , a working man , sentenced to be hanged under an obsolete law , and convicted upon the evidence of policemen ; while thousands of respectable persons stated that they were ready to make oath that he -was not within a mile of the place .

      The Ho * . Mb- Plu . h-KETT , an officer , sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , of which six were omitted by the Marquis of Nonnanby . for opposing the civil authorities of Wigan , in the execution of their duty , wih an armed force under his command .

      Frost , Willjahs , and Jones , sentenced to death , commuted to banishment to a penal colony for telling the Walsh people to come , unarmed , to Newport , for the purpose of showing their number to the Magistrates , and thereby to convince them of the great feeling which existed in favour of the better treatment of Vincent , and other working men , Chartist prisoners — the people being mowed down before they made any , the slkhtrst assault

      DaMEL O'CONSELLwhose agitation calls for the denudation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , who speaks of an alliance between France and Ireland ; who libels Ministers , Administration , and all parties but his own , daily ; and who threatens to raise 50 » , 0 » 0 fighting men—at large , and possessed of all the Government patronage of Ireland . Master Medhurst ,

      Feargus O'Connor , In solitary confinement for eighteen months , for opposing his tricks and scheming . Hoet , Crabtree , and

      defended by the Attorney-General , for the cruel and premeditated murder of his play-fellow and schoolfellow , by stabbing him ; whose case was aggravated by preving him to be a most vindictive and revengeful ruffian;—three years at large in prison , with apartments , and the use of a lathe for turning —the young ruffian , as we are told , being partial to this business .

      Ashton , two years In a mad-house , at hard labour , for attending a public meeting , oat of which not the slightest inconvenience occurred to the public—not one act of violence—and while they received excellent characters from the prosecuting solicitor , and respectable neighbours .

      Lord Waldegrave and Capt Dvff held in hail of some £ 200 , to * pptar to a charge of brutal usault . The Sheriffs of London released from custody for a contempt of the High Court of Parliament , lestdistressing confinement should endanger their health , or injure their lives .

      Williams and Davis , two working men , kept in Chester Gaol , their imprisonment for eighteen months having expired ; because they could not find bail for their good behaviour , in the enormous amount of £ 2 . 000 . ' Clayton , a working man , dies in prison , at the age of fifty-five years , being , from the coramencement . afflicted with asthma , gravel , and rheumatism .

      The Editor of the Sun , at large , after teHiDg the people that the Corn Laws should be repealed by a revolution .

      J . B . O'Brien , sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment , for telllDg the people ten thousand times , that they bad no fair claim upon the Parliament for redress , until they proved , by the sign manual of a waj irity of the nation , that a majority was in their favour ; and ¦ who has been prevented from pursuing that avocation by which the Editor of the Sun makes a

      liveli-Lord John Russell , Lord Althorpe , and Lord Grey , ruling the country , although they w « e in correspondence with associations who attended their meetings with all the emblems of royal destruction , with a King having his bead drooping , and the bloody executioner armed with the axe ; and who have robbed tbe poor of their rightful possessUn , IN Carsigan ' 8 case , telling tbe highest tribunal in the land that the crime » t murder would

      hood . Poor Holberr * . Duffy , Peddjb , Holdforth , and others , sentenced to three and four years imprisonment in mad-houses , for being entrapped by Government spies , and convicted upon their evidence , and that of policemen . In Cbartist cases , tbe Attorney General stretching the law for blood .

      not have involved any moral guilt , but would have been mere calamity .

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      TO THE 'WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND . ' ¦ " ,: Hawlck . Feb . 22 , 1841 . Mt Friends , —You hare , no doubt , been « nabled to trace , through the columns of the Star , my progress in England and Scotland . Six months have now elapsed since I began my recent tour of agitation ; aad , in Scotland alone , I have delivered upwards of a hundred lectures . I am not yet tired of talking , because I have a long debt to settle with the Whigs , and a lifetime will ke needed to do my duty to you well , and to do justice to myself fully .

      My Friends , you know wetl that the fcody needs rest , and 1 know well that the mind needs relaxation . A bow whiofa is use * by the hunter , requires to be unbent at times , otherwise , if it Is always kept on the stretch , it will come in time to be useless for shooting with . I was in hopes that every leader , as he was liberated , would come to my aid , and to your aid , and when many were in the field , that I would be allowed a short furlough . I worked double time , and at all times , because few labourers were in the field , and the grain was bending a sickly head into the furrow . The harvest has been truly abundant , but the reaping hook of agitation has rusted beside the half-bound sheaf . This will not do , nay it must not be . 1 fondly expected that after six months of talk , I might be allowed to change my weapon , and by way of a change , use my pen in the great cause . 1 must confess I have felt disappointed with the result of my anticipations in some respects , aad cheered in others .

      You would hare observed that itwasniy intention to hare started a paper in Glasgow , aad when you are informed that I have , in a great measure , relinquished that plan , you will naturally desire me to make you acquainted with my reasons for so doing ; and also inform you what may be mj future course of proceeding daring the agitation for the Charter . In the first place , then , I learned , during one of my visits to Glasgow , that the Patritt newspaper was Involved in considerable difficulties ; and being informed that the copyright was vested in the hands of fifty purchasers , who were desirous of relieving it from } ts pressure , I offered to aid and assist them in so doing , by undertaking the conduct of it , or , after a certain interval , by procuring shares , dec , so as to relieve them of the charge .

      Various plans were proposed and rejected : one proposition made to me was that of becoming editor of the Patriot , the paper remaining in the possession * f certain parties . I was induced to attend a meeting of the copyholders , oa which occasion I offered to become editor of the Patriot in the event of the proprietors not being able to maintain tbe paper . I pledged myself to them that I would , for the sake of the movement , and the credit of my country , strive to establish another , and , if possible , a better organ in its place . The » e remarks and offer of mine were very cordially received . In process of time , circumstances transpired which led me to believe that the Patriot would and must go down . I then hastened to fulfil my promise , by issuing a prospectus for a new paper , aad I am happy to say received the most liberal and flattering encouragement

      I then left Glasgow for the Border , and for Newcastle , Carlisle , fee . During my absence , and after the issue of my address , it appears that the hopes of sustaining the Patriot revived , and very praiseworthy exertion * were made to preserve and continue that organ . Amongst other things , a proposition has been made to raise shares for tbe support of the paper . This last resolution on tbe part of the Central Committee decided me in relinquishing the idea of establishing the National . 1 st , a company ¦ was formed for printing , and is to be called " The Vational Printing Company ; " 2 nd , new shares were required for the Patriot ; 3 rd , my plan was before the public also . This would look something like competition in the market Some one scheme , oi all , must be injured—perhaps the cause alas seriously damaged ; what course could I adopt ? Throw « verboard my plans , and leave the field open to the others , still pledging myself to start a now paper if the Patriot should at any time cease to be .

      I could have storied the National easily ; but I should have bees taken by the hand by one party , and my legs cut from under me by another . I have no ambition to meddle with the press , except it be to serve the cause . That I can easily do , by writing lectures on various subjects , instead of speaking th « ru . It is my Intention , therefore , to place uiy lectures in writing , and on all subjects , before the workiDg men , in a very cheap form , and on the earliest opportunity . 1 will give dne notice of my intentions in that respect through the Star . In the meantime , I shall proceed to Manchester ; and should I find circumstances to favour me , I shall meat likely confine my future labours ia tho cause to that district , in which I first began the public agitation , where I met with so mauy kindred spirits , aud where I hope to see tbe good old bauuur unfurled and nailed to the mast once more . This time we must not be beaten .

      I trust , my friends , that the reasons I have offered regarding the National will have their weight , and that my conduct in tbat respect will meet with your approbation . Wherever I may speak , or whenever I may write , you may rest assured that I will always be found the same in principle , energy , and faith that I was at the beginning , on trial , in prison or out of it I never will mince matters with the enemy—a whole victory or none—the " whole hog , " but not one-half of it—tbe whole Charter , but not the ghost of it I have fought hard for the Charter ; 1 have talked hard for it ; I have suffered imprisonment to preserve tho entire principles of it ; and I am not the man to swear and forswear—to promise and unproiuise—to deiuaud and not have a taste .

      We must understand each other clearly at this important crisis ; and if there be one rotten egg in the basket , test all , and out with tho swimmer . We must trust each Otber , or we can have no real union at this eventful moaient Up with the Charter , then , at every man ' s nose ; and wherever you see the sharpened visage of a middle-class Jew , thrust the whole hog to his snout , aud the rascal will run if he is not a priest In the latter case , tbe sooner you save your bacon the better . I dislike to encourage suspicion in the public mind ; but when a Whig is going to bolt , you must look after your puree . I should regret sincerely the desertion of the least man from our ranks ; but he the miscreant the least or the greatest , 1 hope that the curse of a disappointed people may fall upon the first one who shall accept or ask us to receive anything short of the Charter : may the curse of God pursue him , aad grinning infamy be the statue over his grave . I remain , My dear friends , Your sincere and deroted advocate , P . M . M'DOUALL .

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      WHO BROKE THE WINDOWS AT BELFAST TO THE BDIT 0 R OP THB NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I have your paper of the 13 th instant now before me , in "which there is a letter of inquiry , from " A Constant reader , " who wishes to be informed , " whether it was the Repe&lers , the Orangemen , or the Precursors , who dashed the windows about O'Conhell's ears at Belfast V If you have not given the information required , I w 6 nld beg to inform yeur correspondent , that it was the honest , industrious , poor classes of Belfast , who committed the deed , as they are determined not to be gulled by the Big Beggarman , who derives a large income from a population , the North excepted , who have been well described by Cobbett , ob being " worse fed" and worse kept , in every respect , than English Piffs .

      As I generally receive th » Star , from a friend in Sheffield , once a month , I hope you will insert this communication , if you have not already explained . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , A Paddy , Tired of the monopoly and grinding of i " the respectable . " Dublin , February 20 , 1841 .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO THE WORKING CLASSES , ON THE EVE OF A DISSOLUTION . iBeprintcd from the Northern Star of Sept . 28 / A , 183 » . ] MX Fjhends .- ^ I address this letter to yon for two reasons—the one of a publio , the other of a personal , nature . I address you publicly , because you now stand in the very foreground of agitation—because you have evinced great courage , prudence , and forbearance ; and , consequently , are deserving of public thanks . Sheffield is now the Birmingham of Yorkshire : Sheffield bad ¦ long sleep , bat has arisen refreshed from h « t slumber . Such are my pablie reasons for addressing you : those of a personal nature arise from the kindness and affection which you have ever manifested towards myself ; and more especially , upon my recent visit aa a candidate for the representation of your gnat county .

      My object , upon the present occasion , is to point oat oar immediate position and praspects . I have very frequently told the people of this country that the existence of three political parties ia incompatible with the existence of order . Let u « , therefore , consider the respective strength of tbe three parties ot the state ; and see which of them is most likely to be driven from the political field , and how their destruction is to be accomplished . The Whigs , being ia power , we Will take them first The ; represent no party—they represent no principlethey cannot hold a single public meeting—they cannot carry a single measure , without the assistance of the Tories . Tbe House of Commons is supposed to act as a corrective upon monarchical ambition ; and yet

      the present Government , commanding the present House , represents the will of that one person only upon whose ambition It should act aa a check . If anything was meant by the Reform Bill , it meant destruction of Toryism , and complete annihilation of that faction ; aud let us consider how far it has answered the promised end , and why it has failed ia its object . If the House of Commons was a fair representation even of the electoral will , the Whigs could not hold office ; and for this simple reason—they d « not represent two-fifths of the electoral body . When the present registration shall have been perfected , we shall have had eight registrations since the passing of tbe Reform Bill . A man of sense would naturally say , that if the right of tbe master should be revised every

      year , the tenure of the servant should be revised also . However , we will contrast things as they stand under the present BjBtem . In 1837 William 2 V . died , and it was in the power of the Government to have continued tbe then existing House of Commons for six months after the demise of the King . This constitutional step would have matured the electors of 1836 , and would have thereby furnished the most complete representation that existing circumstances admitted of . They felt conscious , however , that perfidy , treachery , and deceit had excited popular disgust against them , and therefore they found it necessary to disfranchise the registered electors , from a dread of popular hatred . The present

      House of Commons , therefore , after the present year ' s registration shall be complete , will be an unconstitutional body , holding power by usurpation , and only representing the will of the Sovereign . Th « vast changes of property—the transfer of estates—and the thousands of intellectual houses which are annually built , make it absolutely necessary , as long as property is the standard of representation , that they should be represented . The change which has taken place in seven years , In public opinion , shoald also be represented . New inventions , innovations , improvements , and changes should likewise be represented ; but they are not

      The Whigs , then , stand thus as regards the constituent body . The sleoton of 1832 , 1833 , 1834 , aad 1635 h&ve voted ; the electors of 1838 , 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 have not voted , while the Irish electors have died a natural death . Tbat great changes would take place upon a general election , no man can doubt ; for we find tbe fact nnblushingly told in the newspapers , that the transfer of a large estate in the county of Durham from Whig to Tory hands , will throw the representation of tbat county also into tbe hands of the Tory . This is only one of ten thousand Instances . Such is the present condition of the Whigs , as regards the electoral body .

      The Tories , accustomed to use the old machinery of abuse for tbe preservation of dominion , found very little difference between the management of anti-Reform and Reform elections . Property being the only thing represented , and tbat party possessing the greater share , which , added to their greater watchfulness of , and attention to , the registrations , has made them much more than a match for the Whigs . We learn this fact from the result of the recent single elections , where the Tories have either triumphed , or made the victory of the Whigs an omen of coming defeat It is admitted now , upon all hands , tbat a general election would give to the Tories a larger , a more venomous , a more church-loving , and life-destroying majority than they have commanded in the House of Commons within

      the memory of man . The Tories , who could not , with the House of Lords well disposed to them , stop the progress of Reform in 1832 , could repeal the Reform Bill in 1839 . In this contest I leave our party out of tbe question altogether , and merely show , that as regarded the Reform constituencies , the Bill intended for the destruction of Toryism haa but increased its power , and added to its strength . If we want another proof of reaction in the mind of the electors , we have ouly to look to the annual corporation returns , and there we find Toryism carrying away the annual honours from the Whig nwraal scholars . In corporate elections , which are annual , the Tories , without tbe slightest assistance from the unrepresented classes , are gaining strength at the rate of twenty-five per cent per

      annum ; and all that they require to obtain an uninterrupted possession of these preparatory seminaries of corruption is a majority of the House of Commons-I mention these things to show that the Whigs have been beaten by their own measures , and I write to you , to counsel you and to caution you against a single step which may relieve the Whigs of the odium , and throw the disgrace upon our shoulders . If we were to join the Tories , or give them the slightest countenance , it would not , on the one hand , moderate their enmity against popular liberty , while , on the other hand , it would famish a pretext to the Whigs , that Radical unrepresented support , rather than tbe imperfection of the Whig Reform Bill , had established the ascendancy of their enemies . If tbe Tories beat

      the Whigs with their own measure , tbe Whigs in opposition will not be less craving after pelf , and in less than two months' probation upon the bleak side of the Treasury , all the violence of tho persecuted Chartists would fade into utter insignificance , compared with tbe hungry bowlings of the revolutionary crew . Then once again shall we see the black flag—the monarch ' s drooping head—and the executioner ' s bloody axe demanding a renewal of the Whig lease of Downlng-street , and then shall we take care that every man of twenty-one years of age shall be a party to the bargain . When you look back , and consider that we have never held our real position in

      society till now , but have always been used to grace the Whig pageant , one moment's reflection will tell you that standing alone , the only party who dares to meet—the only party who dares to speak—the only party who defies persecution—that we are one of the two parties whose power must be acknowledged . Upon the next General Election , the Whigs cease to ex ' iBt as a party £ and upon the consequent following agitation , the Tories ' will degenerate into a faction , and a very few of the | niost wealthy will remain aa a memento upon the opposition benches , whose only business will be to gratify their own ambition , by endeavouring to affright the representatives of the people with the bloody ghost of Toryism .

      Men of Sheffield—The game is now in our hands ; tbe ball Is at our foot If we but play and kick them as our enemies deserve , tbe next General Election should furnish from 400 to 600 Radical members . We most be prepared to stand slooe . In Sheffield you will do your duty . You have Crabtree , Gill , and others , In whom you can repose confidence . Invite them as candidates—return them as members—and , having done so , chair them through your town , exhibit them ia populous places , and proclaim them the representatives of your will For one moment imagine what must be the result of this cheap experiment It will cost you bat one day ' s attendance at the hustings , instead of days of ceaseless agitation . It places you at once in the ascendant It gives yon a majority in the representative body ; and if England , Ireland , and Scotland , are not prepared for such a step , then do England , Ireland , and Scotland deserve tbe chains of eternal slavery , which their task-masters will impose upon them .

      Men of Sheffield—The press , which has deluded our opponents by laughing st our weakness—by denying our union and our strength—the press , which is the index and the horn-book of both the factionswill not be able to blindfold the several candidates , who themselves shall be mode witness of their own defeat No act would so far tend to give the enemy ocular demonstration of our power , of their weakness , and newspaper deceit Now , my friends , I shall conclude by imploring you to stand alone ; aad we then mast triumph . 1 thank you—from my soul I thank you—for the powerful , the orderly , the splendid demonstration ; of Monday night lost It will long be remembered in

      Sheffield , which I have bow made the key to Yorkshire , and with which I pledge myself to open the locked-up treasure , for the benefit of the human family . I implore you to watch well the manner in which the Whig and Tory press will dispose of that night's proceedings ; whilst such an exhibition in favour of either of the factions would have decided the destiny of the nation . Go on , good men ! onward , and -we conquer—backward , and we fall 1 Give the watchful and perfidious enemy no handle over you ! Break no law ; and in a very littto tim « , you will moke laws which no bum will dare to break with impunity J I shall be amongst you from time to time ; for I have vowed , if I stood alone , to accomplish the great principle ot Universal Suffrage .

      I am , Your faithful friend aad servant , Fbak « u » Q'Conhob Loeds , September , 2 » , 183 » .

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      The wife ot William Griffin , ot Birmingham , wac safely delivered of a fine girl , on the 9 th of February , who was duly registered , in St Mary's district , Helen O'Connor Griffin . Alexander Hurst , of Uby , lately had a son christened John Frost Ann M'Douall , daughter of Michael and Ellen Green , was baptised at St John ' s , Roman Catholic Chapel , Wigan , on Thursday , the 18 th instant , by the Rev . Mr . Moran . January 31 st—At Carlisle , the son of Hugh and Ana Smith , of Brown ' 8-court , Damaide , waa duly registered in the name ef Thomas Feargus O'Connor Smith . On Wednesday , the 27 th of January , Jane the wift of William Barnes , was safely delivered of a son , who was duly registered , at Chowbent , Atherton , Feargm O'Connor Barnes .

      On Sunday , February 7 th last , the daughter of John and Mary Haswell was christened at the Wealeyan Chapel , Bradford , by the Rev . J . Boyd , Jane Feargns O Connor . The congregation was in a regular twitter at the evident embarassment of the minister . Same day , George Henry Vincent , son of W . awl Charlotte Smith . Jamea Haswell waa also christened Henry Tincen * Haswell . Joseph Hanney was also christened Frederick Feargug Hanney . . An infant , the son of Joseph and Grace Phillips , has , this week , been duly registered Joseph Frost Phillips .

      A boy , the son of David and Nancy Brear , of Birkenshaw , -was duly registered Henry Vincent O Connor Brear . The man in office , who ia paid for his work , asked several questions as to the reason of their giving the above name ? Having been answered , he said h « would not have called him after an Irishman . We suppose no questions would have been asked if he had been named "Marcus , " or after the framer « f the New Poot Law tillL Born , on the 6 th of February , and christened at the Christian Chartist Church , Gretinock , on Sunday , to * 14 th current , Neil Thomson . Bilious Barney , son of Neil M'Intoah , boiler-maker , of this place . The ywing patriot is named after Mr . Thomson , Chartlstpreacher . after our worthy townsman and brother Cbarust republican Mr . Hillous ; and lastly , after that nnflinfihtng republican Julian Harney .

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      DEATHS . On the 14 th inst ., at Tbirsk . Mifl » J » ne Waiafc eldest daughter of Mr . John Waine , comer , aged . 2 U years . „• ' ' , ., ; »» ' t . * OnthelSthiort ., atSowerby , Miss Martin , aged JPO vAaPH Uu Wednesday , the 17 th Last ., Mr » . Mar « aret Ohver . of Barnard Castle . . Same day , Mr . Durham , of the same place , rerj suddenly * ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ On Sunday last , Mr . Robert Hunter , of Stanforth . . , On Monday last , of a ruptured bloodvessel , which . caused death in a few seconds , Mrs . Alice Clarksou , of Barnard Castle . '

      Same day , Mr . Thomas Hendon , of the mum place , very suddenly . On Tuesday last , after a lingering illness , aged 26 years , Mr . Arthur Woods , of York , printer , the youngest son of Mr . Woods , Ksg ' t Heu Inn , Micklegate .

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      •^¦ v COLLINS AND O'NEIL . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NOBTHSRN STAB . Sir , —It would be premature , at present , to pronounce a decisive opinion upon the motives by which Collins and O'Neil are actuated , in issuing their " Addresses to the working classes of the United Kingdom . " Ambiguity is evidently one of the ingredients of which their addresses are composed , yet something like tbe cloven foot appears to "the people ' s eagle eye . " They talk of the Chartist ' s motto being , " With you if we may , without you if wa must " Now , Sir , having been in the ranks long before , and ever since , the names ot Collins and O'Neil were known in the political arena , and having been In as close connection with the fustian jacketed Chartists , 1 deny tbat saga evtr tmu , or now it , the matto ot the Chartists .

      " With TOU IF WE MAY ! " Good God ! talk of this being the metto of tbe Chartists after being to often victimised by the party alluded to !! We have not forgot tbe von In tho days of the Bill mania—we have not forgot the doings of the you throughout tbe whole agitation for the Charter . We know the trickery of the iov -which originated the " Reform Festival " in Leeds ; in short , we have had " our eyes open" to all the jugglery of the profltocracy ; and , in the name of the workisf men of tbe United Kingdom , I tell Collins and O'Neil that , in spite of their undefined nonsense about Household Suffrage , our motto 18 Universal Suffrage and no Surrender . And , in reference to Uia middle-class men we have only to Say , 11 With US , if f « % will , without YOU , if you choose . "

      I need make no remark on the alliance desired by the foxes , as the people , the " workies" are wide awake , and certain patriots will labour ia vain to form a union betweea the profit-hunters and the productive classes , at the expence of the least scintilla of Chartist principle . We will press enward , but we cannot afford to take one retrogade step . Yours , truly , Williah Rider . Leeds , Feb . 24 tb , 184 L

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      THE CATHOLICS IN DUBLIN . TO THK EDITOB OF THX KOBTHEKN STAB . SIR , —I presume you have often yourself seen that my countrymen , though fond of talking of liberty , would yet , in the { present day , aa in Charles ' s time , side with the Crown itself in defence of arbitrary power . J had recently a strong proof this base feeling , thus : —Having , with some other friends , immediately npon Mr . O'Connor ' s imprisonment , got up a requisition to have tbe Ntrthem Star taken into the Dublin Library Society , in D'Olier Street , in this City , we fonnd that the Roman Catholics , to a man , refused to sign the requisition ; and , not satisfied with that , vented their filth against that gentleman .

      Probably the circulation of tbe NorVitm Star through Ireland would effect some change . As for the Irish press , with , perhaps , the exception of the World , and one or two other * , it Is the concentration of every thing mean , base , and treacherous . 1 am , Sir , Your most obedient and humble Servant , Dublin , February 20 th , 1841 . L . N .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR 5

      This Day Is Published, Pkice 6d. Thb March No. Of Thb People Magazine,

      THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , Pkice 6 d . THB MARCH No . OF THB PEOPLE MAGAZINE ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct368/page/5/