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      ' ^ ceJtTnd the men of derby . - ffs hare very great pleasure ia directing alien-. ^^ may call the retractation of Vihcbht the " Nc » More , " while , in defence of the area of i ?* L iredsligbi in the noble sentiment declared in ^ r resolution , to the effect that they would throw s ^ sgcs O'Cossob himself overboard , if he bad te * t p" ^ to it . So that whatever pretensions Y ^ scest » sy h »? e to popular faroar and support , -

      , r 8 admit them to be great , many , and con-| uL > l yet must he rejoioe to find , that if they f ^ tea-fold more numerous , they would not justify * « hu rle , nay , the most minute departure from those Laeipks wbh * Be has laboured « o hard to incul-Sj ! m& which hare cost him so much to dissemi-_ jj . » ad which he has disseminated with such , good rfetf ae to render them proof against all attempts . pont ynin&tion or subversion .

      ¦ jpe have no hesitation in Baying that the ready , u decided , and unanimous manner in which the Secret Move , " has been met , will have the effect of pjnJyang our enemies , of strengthening our ranks , fid of cementing more strongly than ever the -nioa between all real Chartists . It » ppe * rs that Yiscext ' s notion as Ut the iapracgeibilisy of carrying out the plan , was in precise ^ aordwice with our own views ; and indeed , the feat of its being necessary to license a publican , aa

      4 rt of th 9 establishment of Odd Fellows' Halls , ^ ult it such a tremendous expense , and the fact of UjgisCTates refusing to licence those publicans , in ihey shall allow pnWic meetings to be held in the people's buildings ( witness Bradford and Barnsley ) JToBee proves ft ** if the people had property , jiids was likely to be converted into a means of ^ rrriiig the Charter , the middle classes would get Aci of Parliament , either to rob them of the wopeny , or to withhold it from all Chartist purkmm . which would be just the Bame .

      | n conclusion , we rejoice , most heartily , at the gynly explanatien given by Yixcewt , in reply to the jmod sen of Derby , who should commaQd his jtspxi for their true following of his preaching , and iis ihmks for the opportunity they afforded him of letting himself right-We hare a letter from Mr . Sajtdt , of Brighton , aad several others , which we are obliged to keep . ots till next week .

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      ? HE BEGINNING OF THE END , AND THE END OF THE BEGINNING . The difference between English and Irish agitation is just the aboTe . We are in the beginning n ( tie end ; Dai » is at the end of the beginning Les u 3 just have a word ; his faded honour is not irorth more , although that warm-faced patriot , Histeb Thojus Steele , would make a God of the fellen angel- Let ns haye a word upon poor Di . vs latter end . When we last noticed the settlement of a Corn

      Exchange account , it was to express our indignation at the Association ordering the Treasurer to p » j the sum on hand , at the disruption of -the Precursors , say £ 1000 , to Das ' s Banker , and to Dur ' s credit , and which we hare never heard of mce ; and shall therefore charitably make it a * brought forward" in the account settled last week . Hear , then , " ye pillaged English Chartists , " ¦ who giye so largely for political agitation ; hear , ira pray you , the last setilemeut of a two years ' . iceociit .

      Duixl O " Cox > ell , Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer , in account vith the Rojal Loyal Repeal Association of Ireland . DisiEi Da . Daxiel Ca . £ s . d . £ s . < L ToiBioimtcruis- To Humbug S 072 18 1 fared from Pre- " PaiMKf due to eszson to credit Daniel ... 72 18 0 ofAsKciation 1000 0 0 To nceevs since leeejred , u ¦ bted per weekly MtooBt T 00 » 0 0

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      luting a tottle * u Joe Hams Voold say , of £ S 060 0 0 £ 5000 0 0 Audited and found correct , by a lot of master tinkers and taiJors , Corn Exchange patriots . Kow , we have no hesitation in saying , that the Bigfci Hon . Datid Pigot should prosecute these wgibonds , ( halloa , we beg pardon of our Trowfaidgefrit ndsj gentlemen , froxn thus robbing the poor Irii , and getting money under false pretences , However , the account is now settled ; and with it is settled " Repeal" for thepbisett ; which , in Irish ¦ practical" ' diplomatic " Corn Exchange phrase tkjg , me&vs , that that pap of the ould cow i 3 dry , ttd that her udder must be rubbed and softened a

      b « before she can be expected to giTe any more Bulk . Bat what's She fun of the thing ! Why , that in the exact proportion in which the Liberator jkjs the rascal , ( we again beg pardon , ) in the exact sum proportion do the other rascals ( again ! well , we must call a Epade a spade , ) shout hurrah for cnrside . Erery Irishman in England must now turn to our Feciction as to the fate of lUpeai . " It is not to be brought forward this Session ; " nor at all , until Disin . O'Coixell , Esq ., M . P ., and Liberator , and eheap-goTerament defender , has £ 200 , 000 in his Irasnry . and then , hurrah for Repeal ! and hurrah for the £ 200 , 000 , we say !

      HoiPEtH , as W 8 predicted , also has raised his fcniSearion works in Ireland , and finds that they " * 21 bear eight pounders instead of fire pounders ; * " « is , a twelve pounds franchise instead of a wren pouDds ten shillings ; and now Dan will rat ted damn Mokpeth and the Whigs , and , for the kst time in his life , he will most reluctantly be compelled , by his duty to his ' client , ' poor Ireland , to * pe&i despariug'y of our beaaiiful , dear , darling , Tirtmms young Queen . "

      Let O'Coxsor ' s prophetic letter to O'Maixey be read which we this week publish , and also a * ° *? from the World which we subjoin , and then let as appeal to the coel discretion of Irishmen , and *» J iow long will you worship this golden calf E « P »] is giTen up ; and now , " Hurrah for Irish tttetficmres , with no money to buy them . ' Down * i& the landlords , and down with the Whigs . P& I alway 3 told you that Ireland had only texU and her brave sons to rely npon , a , nd was 1 not ri ght ! " ( Cheers , loud and long , and " You Wer *> yon were , you always are ; for , be my eowIj Jon ilwajs have the right end of the purse !")

      0 . ' Daslel , Dasiel , Dakiel ! your fall is at a * i > a , and a mighry one it will be . You have many to uwmst to settie , aad not one siDgle set-off against ^ nvaonal demands upon your promissory notes * - \ h your trouble we will return good for evil . m "iTe sown the seeds of more oppression , that Jon day therefrom reap an abundant harvest ; but , togh wE HaYK so po- ^ ej , we promise you that

      2 ° die Tories shall not oppress Ireland , nor shall ^ Jsia their strength , lay a finger upon you . Thus ** " ! s hew our power by protecting even you from T enge * nee which you hare been so long bring-J « P ° a yoor devoted head . No , Da * ; they shan ' t « I a finger on you , or else [ We here lay _ * b onr Pea , and significantly place our finger on WttBose , ] what hare

      trrJr . ^^* to expect taif ^ L ? 0111 E ^ cbaDge . The proclamation bas * f from the lips of Mr . CConneU that until g «« * nm of money be Bubscribed , and two milySn . B * ttM enrolled , the measure for which they JWT " k > be forced upon the attention of jeJli « aeiit . This is certainly a norel mode of prog ~* » question , and may—for we lire in an age hn . \ 2 r ? seilt —PWTe eminently successful . Be it gP ^ Tince to watch the progress of erents , and to e ^ m andl » P * rtially report progress . But we ¦ EK S ° 5 h l 0 ^^ oorselTe * that many of our taTTS meDUS—Who % ra e . t huuiw t > icv foal that of

      XKSi ? wehaTe w » My ^ e interest the tfthig tH ^—would desire to haTe our opinion fcaUTKr ?* scheme for adTancing Repeal , and we i . •« pJ V otefearlessl j 5 an < i withoHt hesitation , give Trfflt ^ , ** ^ " ^ ieet to t he plan , and think ii *^ a miserable failure . *» iSeVuT 'f *? ^ * ° i th&t * ^^ ^ 8 » re ?} , ¦ ^ Uon" ~ : ll * nin 9 years a £° ? * a-ir confidence to Tarious persotts who

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      pledged themselves as devoted to the measuresome of whom are bo lukewarm now as tti announce that they will not mention it . in Parliament until two millions of names and shillings are forthcoming ? Is this the manner in which any other great national question is advanced ! What wfiuldliave been the language used at the Corn Exchange had Grattan or . Plnnket refused to proToke a tliKrasBion npon the Catholic claims until their arjpunents in support of religious freedom were sustained by two millions of shilling emancipationists ! Should Hot our popular representatives be contented with the thousands who , not lo « g ago , congregatea * t Repeal meetings , and whose ardour did not oo » l till they Imagined that the agitation for a Parliament in College Green was solely intended to keep the Wides in office 1 *

      - Bat the money ; well , why is so much itooney required ! Counties , towns , and parishes can petition * t a -very email cost , and , thank God , our trusty representative do not need to be paid for their speeches . There is still anothor item of expenditure-the returning of Repeal membenr . Funds would undoubtedly be necessary for this purpose did we not know that monied men can be easily found to start , and that when they do , they will assuredly be made pay . .- " Bat to be brief , will the Repeal Association , to insure the public confidence , and leave no excuse for national apathy , withdraw its countenance from the Melbourne Cabin et , which has / vowed eternal enaiity t » Repeal ! No—who is insane enough to . think it will ! The unfortunate people who nave , heretofore , sacrificed blood , money , and liberty , are expected to do everything , while the place-giving and jobbing "Whigs hare nothing to do except now and then remove the ' old hat from the window , ' and put it round for public pelf . "

      Dan , the World , you see , has found you out ; and we now conclude by wishing you joy of your chum , the Member for Nottingham , Johk Walts * , Esq ., proprietor of the " bloody old Ttmes" and nominee of DAriel O'Coxnell , Esq .

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      THE BRUMMAGEM SHALLOWS AND GEORGE WHITE . Bt our report of the Birmingham procaedingB , in the Town Hall , it will be Been that the tyrants of that Whig-ridden spot have early availed themselves of the excellent advice of " Anglo Saxon , " the pet of the Sun , by arresting and actually dragging . by brute force , from a meeting of rate-payers , one of those very ratepayers , and even before he had moved any resolution or amendment . Now , we ask our Trowbridge friends to find us a Boft name for those murdering rascals , whom , for the present , w « shall thus mildly characterise . We regret that

      n hitk was not able , as he would have been justified in knocking the four ruffians down , who dragged him from the platform . Now , then , we fay more emphatically than ever , Chartists take satisfaction ; allow not a meeting to pass over without moving the Rainsley amendment to any and every resolution proposed by the factions . These are the men , the ruffians , whom Mr . Lovett would conciliate , forsooth ! The businps 3 shan't stop here . No , no . We know O'Consob too well to suppose that he will tamely submit to such an insult being offered to his representative at Birmingham .

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      THE GOVERNMENT , THE DODGER , AND THE MINORITY . The principle of the Irish Fortification Bill has been wholly demolished by a majority of 21 . Of the debate , however , we have not now time to say a word ; but judging charitably of the ignorance of the House and the press upon all Irish and most other matters , we can afford to give omr cotemporaries a full week's odds , and smooth the question after their eight days' mangling in our next . For thepresent we need only observe that the artful dodger denies , by anticipation , the propriety of resigning upon such a trumpery question . In faith , Chron . is right .

      The whole , the sole , the only duty of our protectors is to ensure the supplies , and bayonets to collect them . They will not play the part of the well-bred dog , and walk down stairs before they are kicked -down . However , it appears that a dissolution « spoken of , and therefore let the balance of power he prepared with all constitutional means , as our struggles must be fierce and resolute . In fact , it will be our trial day ; and let maudlin politicians censure us as they please for onr mild and courteous designation of high offences , we tell those for whom

      we fight , that from the enemies' fears alone have they anything to expect . Therefore , let them dissolve , and we will publish our paper twice a week , when our motto shall be " have-at-em , " and our demand " give us our prisoners and our Charter . " In no single instance will the Northern Star attempt to conciliate the enemy , so that let those who feel inclined to censure , tako warning " Onward and we conquer , backward and we fall . " No HORE HUMBrG . DeaTH OH LIBEBTY ; AS LIPE WITHOUT IT IS * 0 T WOSTH THE KEEPING .

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      Fsjejtos , —The dastardly animosity of the sneaking wretches who " live on lies and fatten on detraction , * ' and who gloat over every opportunity of punishing a 3 the mo 3 t odious of all criminals by any process or through any medium , the adrocstes of your rights , have made it necessary for me to say a word or two to you on personal matters . The sanctity of domestic and private matters being disregarded by the " educated" and polished panderers to the vicious system of misrule , the affairs of my private household have been dragged before the pnblio in such a manner as to compel me to claim a minute or two of yonr time for explanition . In the Leeds Mercury of last Saturday , appears an

      infamous paragraph headed " Practical effects of Socialist Principles , " in which I am certainly depicted in most unenviable colours . I cannot suppose that this matter was inserted in the Leeds Mercury with the knowledge or consent of its Editors ; 1 know enough of newspaper business to be aware that it might creep ia clandestinely , and I will btlieve , until compelled to think otherwise , that it was bo in this instance . However , their paper of to-day will convince me , A copy of the following letter , to which I mu » t request the attention of my readers , has , I believe , been sent to the Leeds Mercury for insertion , and I can have no doubt of its finding , not merely insertion , but Editorial notice , as'I am sure any such matter has always done with me , and always shall while I have the columns of a newspaper at command .

      THE "REVEREND" MR . HILL AND HIS "SWEDENBURGIAN SOCIALIST CHAPEL . "

      to the editoas op . Ge >* tlemes , As historians and moralists , the position of influential journalists , in the present state of society , is an important and responsible one ; the tone of the public mind being in a great measure taken from their statements of and comments upon alleged matters of fact . It is , therefore , very necessary for the public good and safety that such persons should be men of tound mind and discriminating judgrfient , sot liable to be imposed upen by erparle statements , or false colourings ; it is still more necessary that they should be men of high principle , and strict moral integrity , who wiJl not , under any circumstances , sacrifice truth to personal pique , or political animDeity . It is clearly a contravention of

      all the principles of right that currency should be given to imputations upon personal character , unless absolutely necessary for the public good : even then , no journalist acts justly or honestly who publishes such imputations , otherwise than when sustained by such evidence as may be reasonably trusted . I am perfectly aware , that in the exposed situation which a journalist does occupy , he is liable to be often deceived by the false information which from bad and malicious persons may be sent to him ; and that he may thus sometimes inflict injury unwittingly . In every such case a good man feels pleasure in affording all the reparation in his power . Hence , I feel the greater confidence that in asking you as religious and good men for the insertion of itiia letter 1 sball , in tact , be conferring upon yon a very pleasurable feeling .

      In yonr last publication , a statement appears which 1 must suppose to have originated in false information conveyed to you ; it is calculated very seriously to injure the private character , the p ublic reputation , and the usefulness and respectability ] not of one only , but of many individuals ; and i 5 tnerefore , as one who is affected by it , ask of you tae justice to allow me U > place facts befor e tae public in reply to it ,

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      The statement to which I allude ie headed "Piuctical effects of Socialist pRm « m , E 8 , " and purports to be a record of an application to the Leeds Workhouse Board , and of other matters indireotly connected therewith . It states , among other things , that Mr . Hill , Editor of the Northern Star , is the Minister of a Swedenborgian Socialist Chapel , at Hull , ' that his wife was /' some Bftooths sinee deserted by him , " and that he' » vindicated his eondnot to his congregation at Hullon the principles of Robert Owen ,- " and it is also said that " tfc * Swedenborgian congregation at Hull have nearly all deserted Hill , and their place is now supplied ky Socialists and Chartists . " Now , Sirs , as a mentor and aa office-bearer of the church . worshiDDise under the

      pastoral care of the Reverend William Hill , I have means of knowing that every one of these assertions is entirely false . The church over which Mr . Hill presides as minister—and of » U wh « 66 honest and consistent members I believe him to enjoy the fullest confidence and the most perfect esteem—ia not a" Swedenborgian-Socialist" church . We have no connection , nor nave we ever had any connection , witi the Socialists at all . And as the prejudices of society have been made to run so strongly that the bare word " Socialist , " applied to any person or persons , is accounted opprobrious , I cannot but fear that tbe application of this term to the members of Mr . Hill ' s church ia a malicious as well as a wilful slander .

      I will not follow the heartless example » f the person whom you have permitted to drag , through your columns , the domestic afflictions of Mr . Hill before the public gaze , gratuitously ; but I must make some reference to them in order to be understood . Mr . Hill was unhappily circumstanced ; and , finding himself forced into a position , of which it seemed to him right that he should give some explanation , he acted in that manly and straightforward manner which has characterized all his dealings amongst us ever since we have known him . Without waiting to be called to an account by others , he summoned , by special circular , the members of the church together , and " vindicated his conduct , " but not" on the principles of Robert Owen , " as yonr iuformaat maliciously and falsel y tsserts . Mr . Hill made no

      allusion or reference to " the principles of Robert Owen" at all . As a Christian minister he addressed his own people on Christian aud scriptural principles ; and he appealed not to " the principles of Robert Owen , " but to the doctrines ot the church and tbo truths of Revelation . Mr . Hill ' s " vindio * tion" was heard by the meeting ; Mrs . Hill wtf present , and her statements were heard also . Many * of her statements were contradicted instantly by respectable members of the church then present . Other statements she avowed herself capable of proving , if time should be allowed her for the production of evidence . Time was allowed . With Mr . Hill ' s full concurrence , the meeting was adjourned that she might have time . The adjourned meeting was holden , and Mrs . Hill , who had had written

      nonce of it specially sent to her , failed to appear or to adduce any additional evidence , or to furnish any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . Mr . Hill , on the contrary , produced letters from various persous , besides oral testimony , disproving effectually various atrocious charges made against him by Mrs . H ill , at the former meeting , and which , having had no notice of them , he was then unprepared to meet , otherwise than by counter assertion . With Mr . Hill's full concurrence , and at his suggestion , the meceting was again adjourned for a week , and Mrs . Hill Was written to by a gentleman who had warmly interested himself on her behalf , informing her of the adjournment , and requiring her , in the name of the Church , to substantiate her statements by the production of the evidence , which at the first

      meeting she had declared herself to be in possession of . The adjourned meeting was again holden , and Mrs . Hill a ^ ai n tailed either to appear—to authorise any other person to adduce the alleged evidence on her behalf—or to assign any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . The discussion had now extended over the full space of four weeks , and of course it had occupied , during the intervals of the meetings , a large share of tbe attention of the members , all of whom were deeply interested in it ; and amongst whom , therefore , the whole subject , in all its boarings , was fully canvassed . The Sunday afternoon following , April 18 ' . h inst ., was the r « gular meetiDg of the Church for discipline : at that meeting , therefore , the subject was resumed , and the following resolutions were adopted by the Church : —

      " That t&kiog into iis most serious consideration tbe events which have recently transpired , and tbe statements mode by Jlrt . Bill , impugning the moral character of our beloved and esteemed minister , tbe Rev . William Hill , and also impugning the moral character of several members of this cburcb , which statement * Mrs . Hill declared herself in a condition to prove by tbe production of certain letter * , which she stated went in her possession , but incapable of being produced , unless sufficient time for their production was granted , they being then at Leeds ; and taking also into consideration that , in compliance with this apparently reasonable demand , the meeting at which these statemenu were made was adjourned for a fortnight , in order to give time for the forthcoming of the said letters , and which adjournment was with the perfect and unsolicited sanction and concurrence of our

      esteemed putor ; and further , taking into consideration the fact that at the said adjourned meeting of the cburcb , Mrs . Hill nut only failed to appear , but in a letter addressed to Mrs . A clam , stated reasons for her non-appearance , which , upon investigation , turned out to be utterly groundless , failing also to send the alleged letters to lay before the Church , which , had any such letters been in her possession , she clearly had the same means of sending as of communicating with Mrs . Aclarn ; and considering , finally , that the Church gave imperative orders to Mrs . Hill , through Mr . Firth , her

      friend and advocate , to prortuc * the said letters , sending them to the said Mr . Firth by return of post , with ¦ which order of the Church Mr . Firth promptly complied , but which has received no manner of notice from the said Mrs Hill , except in a private letter to Mr . Firth , in which a reason fur the non-production of the letters is assigned , -which it appears to this meeting Is atterir destitute ot truth , and only prepared as an evasion to suit tbe purposes of the moment , and to effect , if possible , a breach between our respected minister and the flock committed to his charge ; this Church resolves that it is its most deliberate and

      decided conviction that the several charges and allegations made by the said Mrs . Hill against the said Rev . William Hill , and various membtrs of the Church , are entirely false , and without the least foundation . And while the Church thus solemnly records its judgment before the Lord and before ruenT it also desires t » express to the said Rev . William Hill , its venerated minister , its undiminished confluence , affection , and esteem ; expressing at the same time its deep sympathy with him as a man , a Christian , and a minister , under these most distressing circumstances , and tendering to him its warmest thanks for tbe assiduity , core , and pastoral diligence with 'which , at a most serious sacrifice of time , health , and pecuniary means , he has watched over its interests , and has endeavoured to promote and secure its prosperity , for a period of more than four \ ears . "

      " That Mrs . Hannab Hill , now a member of this church , has conducted herself , during several months past , in a manner utterly at variance with the truth and sincerity of tbe Christian character j and that she is especially guilty of a breach of moral ordxr in the following particulars : —First , in that sfce has made charges against the moral character of the esteemed pastor of this Church , which she has in every instance failed to prove , although ample time and opportunity have been afforded her to do bo ; Stcond , in that she has used her utmost endtavours to wound the peace , stab the reputatation , and destroy the character of several members of the church ; against any and all of whom she has made , directJy or indirectly , the most serious charges of moral delinquency , failing at the same time to adduce a single shadow of evidence against them ; and third , in that she has , by thus doingall in het power

      to blast the reputation of the minister and members , sought the overthrow of tbe peace , credit , and prosperity of the church , and been guilty of ljing , slandering , and malignant persecution to a most alarming extent Under these circumstancesthe Church deems itan imperative duty to demand from the said Hannah Hill , a full and ample recantation in writing , of all tbe infamous and unfounded allegations recently made by her , in reference to the above-named persons and things ; the form of such recantation , with an apology to the parties aggrieved , to be drawn up by the Rev . William Hill and signed by the said Hannah Hill , on or btfore the 28 th day of this present month of April , iatue presence of the said Rev . William Hill and three attesting witnesses ; the document when signed , to be placed in the hands of the Church on the 2 nd day of May now next ensuing , to be printed or otherwise disposed of as the society shall determine . "

      An amendment was moved on these resolutions , to the effect that the further consideration of the subject be adjourned for another fortnight , to give Mrs . Hill more time ; . but , so satisfied were the church that ample time had been given , that on the question being put , only oue person , besides the mover and seconder , votfjd / or the amendment , and ( hat one was one of -the persons against whom Mrs . Hill's slanderous averments had been directed * These statements have probably prepared you to expect a contradiction to the assertion of your informant about the " congregation having nearly all

      deserted Hill . " Gentlemen , my official situation m the church en ' Able 3 me to know that this is false . This painful business has been thoroughly canvassed amoDg the Members , but not one single name has been withdrawn from the church roll , and , so far as I know , not one single person has been absented from th ' j congregation through it ; on the contrary , many members now attend the meetings of the chur ch who did not attend them previously , and the- / e have been placed on the nomination book ot tf . e church , ( during and since the conclusion of this unhappy investigation , ) no fewer than twenty-two candidates for admission to its fellowship and

      com-. , ... These facts I submit to you , and to the public , sb an ample reply to the charged made through your columns , both against ! oux esteemed , thoujlbi calum-

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      niated minister and the church committed to hie charge i ttfese facts I submit to yojur consideration as gentlemen , aa Christiana , and as public instructors who are bound to judge faiily whatoomes under taew notice—to judge not only fairly but charitably in all personal matters where they have only an opportunity of bearing the statements of one party ; these facts I hope you will allow not only to exonerate the church frorf the charge of * Socialism , " but also to evince the confidence which its members still repose in the man who has watched over their spiritual interests for more than four yeara- ^ who baa done bo not only without cain . bat at a moat

      serious sacrifice o ( health , and time , and money—and under whose ministerial care the imabers of the church have been more than trebled , exclusive of those now on the proposition roll . In my own name , then , and in that of the church of which 1 am a member and office bearer , I claim from you aa honest and conscientious wen the insertion in your next paper of this statement of facts , as a correction of the false and scandalous imputations of your last , to which it makes reference ; and I further claim as an act of justice , the name of the person who furnished the information contained in that scandalous parajprapb .

      Trusting that your own sense of honour and honesty will enforce my demand , I am , Gentlemen , Yours , &c , James Boungbrokb , Senior Deacon of the Christian Cliuroh , worshipping under the pastoral care of the Rev . William HilJ , itHuli . No . 80 , Chariot-street , Hull , April 28 th , 1841 . Supposing , now , that my readers have read Mr . Bolingbroke ' s letter , I have only to add thereto that iito the unhappy differences betwixt me and

      my wife , I presume they will not expect me to go more particularly her * . I wish not to triumph over the defenceless , jtdr to insult the fallen . I shall , therefore , forbetf l ^ jfo into particulars , unless dragged into 1 wb 0 ? Suffice it that I have not without good ftMia , after seventeen years' endurance , placed Bty «« u in a position so painful as that vftiich I now oeettpy . In explanation of the fact of my wife seeking relief ai the Workhouse Board , bo malignantly paraded by the Mercury , I give the following letter , sent ia accordance with its date to the proper officer : — Northern Star Office , Leeds , Saturday morning , March 27 , 1841 .

      SlB , —Z regret exceedingly to be compelled to trouble you upon a most unpleasant subject—unpleasant at all events to me . —1 have the misfortune to have a wife , whose conduct bas been , for some time , such as to preclude the possibility of my living with her . In coniequenge of which I have , for tbe last six or seven -Weeks , absented msyelf frem her ; placing my two Children ftt boarding school , with Mr . and Mrs . Rhodes , of Armley , where they now are ; leaving her quietly In possession of a good hoaae—No . 25 , Templar ' s-strtet , welt and handsomely furnished , and supplying her regularly for her own support with sums ef money varying from ten to twenty shillings weekly . Latterly , however , she has been so outrageous that I thought it nboessaryto notify to her brother in writing , on the 16 tb

      inst , that jn case of her continuing to annoy and molest me In the way she had systematically done , till then , I should be reluctantly compelled to withhold farther supplies of money which was only used for my annoyanee and injury ; and leave her to seek . her remedy by application to you . Her conduct since then has apparently left me no alternative , but to abide by the terms of that notice , However , I have thia morning again applied to her brother offering to enter into mutual articles of maintenance and peactfulness . If this be declined , it is probable that she will apply to you ; and if she do , I authorise you to relieve her to any amount not more than seven shillings weekly , and I will reimburse you , and secure it in any way which to you may be most convenient .

      I am not desirous to have the mutter made more disagreeably public than can be avoided . Sincerely regretting that I should be obliged thus to trouble you . ' " I am , Sir , yours , &c . Wm . Hill . To Mr . Mason , Believing Officer , Leeds . P . S . If I have not addressed the proper officer , you will probably be so obliging as to hand this to the proper party . My address—5 , Market-street , Leeds . The result was that she did apply at the Board , aa Btated by the Mercury , and that on their informing me thereof , I immediately arranged with them to pay ten shillings weekly to her brother , besides supporting my children , who remain at school .

      I presume that I have now said at least enough to convince you that the atrocious paragraph which has rendered this explanation necessary ought never to have been published . It is a violation of every principle of decency supposing its statements to have been true , but when thus fraught with falsehood , and involving not my reputation only , but that of many other parties , it is infamous , and might wcll justify an appeal to the protection of the lawwhich , bad aa it 'X doea furnish a remedy for outrages like these , when it can be found to be administered honestly . This resource I shall take to vsry reluctantly ; but if , which I cannot suppose ,

      the Messrs . Bainei refuse to insert Mr . Bolingbroke's letter , I shall certainly have recourse to it . One dirty villain has eked out his version of this unhappy affair with a much larger share of malignant invention than even the Mercury . Him , as " fit food for sharks" alone , I have handed over to my attorney who will deal with him as his tender mercy may dictate . Like proceedings I shall institute against the proprietor and publisher of every paper into which the libellous paragraphs may be copied , or which

      may insert similar ones after this date ; or which having copied it previously to this date refuses now to insert the contradiction and explanation . Doubtless , the rascally tools of faction think this fine pie ; but I can tell them that if they dip thoir fingers too deeply into it , they will find it rather high-seasoned . 1 ask no favourable construction of my conduct from any one . I ask only for myself as for the people , justice ; and , asking not more , I hope that I have no disposition in any capacity , public or private , to offer less , or to take less .

      Let me , then , be as rightly understood by my political friends and followers as by my religious ones . I have submitted my whole conduct to the investigation and censure of my Church , who have had the best opportunities of knowing and estimating me : their sentence is seen in the resolutions contained iu Mr . Bolingbroke ' s letter , and the y have the means and opportunity of personally knowing the truth of the whole matter , much more accurately

      than any etcparle or written Blatemeuts from me could give it . I offer their satisfactory exculpation a . s the ground of my demand that this private and family affair ef mine shall not be made a pretext on which to injure O'Connor and the Star . Claiming for myself , what I am ready to accord to all others , the full measure of right , I am an unalterable advocate of Universal Suffrage , And the People ' s ready sorvant , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star Office , Leeds , Saturday , May 1 st , 1841 .

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      POST-OFFICE OBDERS —All persons sending money to this Office by Post-office Order , aro especially requested to make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill , as , by a recent alteration in the Post-office arrangements , any neglect of this wonld cause us a great amount of trouble and annoyance . Infamous attempt op Messrs . Whttb and Saltek TO STOP AN ANCIENT K 1 QHT OF WAY ACaOfcS Notting Valb ; by employing the KwuV Police to " siop whom they please . "" Mr . Editor , —I sent you a full account of the abovr > named atrocious proce « dings for insertion . You havo given a very Imperfect summary of tbe vtlr ole in " Answers to Currespondeiit !! . " Pterhapa yon

      will allow me to make it more plain ky laser ting the present , which I have made as brief aa / . possibly cail You say I call upon the workin g men of London to aid me ia breaking through the attempt of atessrs . Baiter and others to J ' tqp the right of road ( it ' should have been path ) Which tho public have always had across what is now called the Victoria Park * (?) , in Notting Vale ; though yeu do not state where Notting Vale is , or in what part the path \ n question lies . "VVhcn I state that the Valb is adjuining the Pwldini ; tori side of the Hippodrome , it will be a sufficient g , uide ; and as f <* tbo path—tho free svud ancient fQO'path—it « ver has aud ever must fawn , a continuation to that ' nut-brown line of rural liberty , ' - running from PaddiPKtos , ttuoug h Jackson's mjfl part of Wise ' s

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      fields , and leads , aslant , to a stile situated within a field ' s length « f Notting Bara Farm , Silter ' s residence , and from thence to Wonnholt Common , dec I therefore call upon every person within , at least five miles of the spot , to preserve this highly necessary thoroughfare , by not giving it up . Never mind the police : your business ia to defend yonr rights ; their ' a—and I have it on their own authority— 'to insult whom they please . ' Again , exhorting von to avert your independence as men , and not submit like slaves , " I remain , your ' s respectfully , "Henry Gbiffiths , " No . 3 , Philpot-terrace , Edgware-road . "

      Ant Chartist Fbiknds who have the Northern Star qf December J 9 , 1840 , and u >\ n cut out the Memorial of Birmingham , in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , inclose the same , per post , by theQln of May , directed to Mr . James Guest , Steelh » use-lane , will be rendering great service to the cause of the committee . —T . P . Green . Mas . Clayton . — The 12 s . from Leicester , last week , ptr ' Alri Cooper , should have been , " Leicester 63 ., and Ansty 6 s . " G . J . Habnby . —The Chartists of York would feel obliged if that gentleman would forward a note , addressed to W . Cordeux , 26 , Micklegate , stating token he will be in York , and where they may write to find him . Mb . H . Hethbuington . —By Thursday ' s morning post , we received a long letter from Mr .

      Helheringlon , which should have been inserted this toeek had we received it a day sooner ; but as it is impossible for us to prepare a reply to its slutetnents and assertions at this late period of the week , and as we certainly shall not suffer it to appear ^ in our pages unaccompaniea by such repl y , its insertion is deferred till our next . If Mb . Black , or any other Chartist lecturer of the right sort , could make it convenient to favour Monmouth with a lecture , they have an excellent room , which will hold upwards of 400 persons , and would feel grateful to hear him . Samuel Kilbuen , of Desborough , Northamptonshire , withes his name to be inserted as a Teetotal Chartist . John Samuel Gee . —Yes : Mr . Hill has published a Grammar , which may be obtained from Mr . Uobson , and all booksellers .

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      R . F ., Salop . —His letter has been forwarded to Mr . Cleave , London . Abel Goodhall , Heckmondwike , will receive the plates ofF . O'Connor , for Mr . Chadwick's subscribers , in time to deliver with hit papers on May Wh . Mum ' s , of Kilmarnock , plates were sent to Paton and Love , Glasgow , on the 6 lh . H . C , Bristol , will be entitled to the forthcoming plates if he continues ; but cannot say for the last , as he does not say when he commenced . G . White . —The Ids . was noticed . W . tUYNES , Teukshury— Write to John Cleave , I , Shoe-lmne , London : he supplies Mr . Clark . Several op our Aoenh complain of not having their papers according to order . If they will not order in time , they must take the consequences . POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION

      FUND . £ S . d . From Bridlington , per Mr . Tate ... , ... » 3 „ Tillicoultry , per D . Gray ... ' ... 050 _ a mental slave at Chepstow 0 1 1 „ Stowe , of Leeds 0 0 3 _ two friends to the cause at Cullam ... 0 l 0 „ T . C . Spencer , Devizes 0 0 9 .. Desborough , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 6 _ Middlesbro' National Charter Association , per J . Hollinskead 15 „ New Pollen , near Halifax 0 6 0 „ Horbury , near Wakefleld 0 10 7 „ Pontypool , per T . Parry 10 _ MerthyrTydvil . per-E . Williams ... 1 0 „ Norwich , per 8 . Goat 0 18 * M the Doura Chartist Association ,

      Ayrshire 0 5 9 „ Preston Chartists 0 10 * . a few friends at Oldlands Common , per T . W . Simeon , Bristol 0 16 „ Hawick , per J . Hojjg 10 0 ., the Birmingham National Charter Association , per G . White 10 0 Hyde per J . Rather 0 2 « „ Mr . Dale , blacksmith , Bretfcon , near Westbury 0 2 C FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Association , Liversedge 0 9 5 „ D . Hipgood , Howde , near Devizes ... O S „ Desborough , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 6 „ J . T . Mills , Clerkenweli , London ... 0 16 ' . » tbe Chartiste of Preston 0 16 0 M Wm . DryBdale , Duofermline 0 * 4

      FOR MRS . CLAYTON . Ftom Tillicoultry , per D . Gray ... ... 5 « A Kensington , per Thomas Wheeler , the proceeds of sermons , less expences 19 0 „ Southampton Temperance Association , per J . Kussell 0 10 0 „ Horbury , near Wakefield # 1 6

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHBRN STAB . Sir , —Allow me , through the medium of your paper , to pay a sincere tribute of respect to the memory of James Sharrock , of Wigan , one of tho vendors of the Northern Star , who departed this life deeply and deservedly lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances , on the nixht of the 19 th instant , after lingering for some years with declining health . As a firm and consistent Republican , he stood one of tbe foremost of the present age . He was also a man of extensive information , bad a superior knowledge of the aristocracy , and the abuses under which the

      industrious classes of the three unhappy kingdoms have long suffered , and of tbe direful effects of servile oppression and misrule . His mind was patriotic , generous , and humane ; and be has undergone mueh hardship in aiding und assisting the lovers of republicanism to expose the errors of a corrupt system of administration , and in circulating useful publications , calculated to free the working classes generally from that thraldom and miserable state of existence which he had long been the victim of . He was a kind father , an inoffensive and obliging neighbour , and * good husband ; and , perhaps , a sounder and more zealous politician and advocate of tbe rights of man never breathed the vital air .

      Such , Mr . Editor , was the individual of whom I write . If , therefore , pure merit ever desenced a place in your valuable journal—if the tear of heastfelt sorrow and sincere esteem ever , fell from the eye of gratitude for a worthy character , the deceased , Janes Sharrock , of this borough , deserved that tear ; and ss he has been an honest vendor of the No rihern Siar for years , through good and evil report , : it will only be an act of justice and humanity in you to give this humble tribute to his memory a place in this week ' s paper . His funeral was numerous } y attended , on Sunday , by the industrious classes , t ? ie most useful and most respectable portion of the 1 ? uman race ; and a general feeling of sorrow and resp * ct was manifested while the venerablo remains slowly j . noved to the spot where he is interred , in St . John ' s Ch' ipel Yard , in Wigan . There let him rest , in undisturbed repose , While o ' er bte grave the soft breeue gently blow * ; Whilst his kind spir' , t , free from toil and pain , With seraptis dwelt j , and we our rights maintain . J . B TH . Hill Cottage , near Wigan Lane , Wigan , April 2 G , 1841 . « wSa > . ^ fc 1 1

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      PROM Q' jh LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , April 27 . Tub Minist rt . —Ever since the defeat of the Ministry ou M ionday evening upon Lord Ho wick's amendment , the members of the Administration have held fr& quent meetings . Yesterday , a Council was held , a' , which all the Cabinet Ministers attended , and ' which lasted for three hours . To-day , also , a Cou ncil was held ; and the result of the Nottingham e' lection , coupled with the defeat on Monday night , will , it is thought , induce the Ministers to get tli' . ough the " Budget" as swiftly as possible , and thv t dissolve the Parliament .

      Thk pbesentweek has been dull in the metropolis , so far as regards meetings on any particular Bubjy / ; t of public importance . The Petition Committ' e held its weekly meeting last evening , at the Di * ^ atch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Mr . Si * ipson iu the chair . A letter ( enclosing a petition ) to is received from tkat devoted Chartist , Walter y iason , of Norfolk , in which he stated that he had ' , wenty-eight toore petitions ready on behalf of the incarcerated victims , and that be was desirous the Committee would inform him the test way of getting them presented to the House of Commons . The Secretary ( Mr . Bails ) was directed to afford the required information . The Committee h * ve engaged * room at No . 55 , Old Bailey , next to the britisb Coffee Housefor the sittings of the CenventJon . —

      , Mr . Parker reported his interview with Mr . Duncombe , respecting the returns named in the Northern Star . Several petitions were received on behalf of Frost , O'Connor , the Charter , &o . The Committee , on separating , agreed to re-assemble at two o ' clock on Sunday next ; and it was requested that all communications ior the Committee might be addressed to the care of Mr . Wm . Balls , 13 * Back-hill , Hattongarden , London , ( pre-paid ) . It is to be hoped tne friends of the Cnarter resident in the country will assist the Committee by getting up as many petitions as they can on behalf of the victims ; each petition bhould be signed by from four to twelve individuals . Humanity demands that exertion should be made on behalf of those inoarotrated . patriots who are suffering in Vae peopl e ' s cause .

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      MITCHELL'S NARUATiVE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Jit Dear . Sib , —I write at the Governor ' s request , to tlesire that no more of Mitchell ' s narrative shall bo published for the present , as its publication may frustrate the ends of justice . I beg also to correct a mistake which appeared in tbe Leeds Mercury of last week , and which , being an unusual occurrence with that paper , did not a little surprise me . For tho -Mercury ' s satisfaction I beg to inform hU readers , that , the confession was made to the magis trates ; that die facts were told by Mitchell to his companions while in the condemned cell , and when Mitchell

      had no hope of any commutation of punishment ; that he , Mitchell , subsequently to bis pardon , being in th « yard with Liveaey , one or his companions in the condemned cell , requested Livesey to take down hia narrative in writing xeith a view to its publication , as the only reparation he could make to society for Ms past Hfe , and with the hope that his confession weuld break up the gangs to Which he belonged . Livesey did write it down and read it over to Mitchell , who also read it himself , and signed his nam * to it Livesey then threw it over to , my . yard , and I gave it Mr . Hobson at Livese ? and Mitchell ' s request ; and now , what says Mr . Baine * to his friends ?

      Mitchell ' s father came to York , when be nvit announced that his son had confessed to being concerned in a thousand robberies , and Mitchell on beiot ; questioned made some excuse ; I heard that he denied it ; and when the Governor next visited my cell , I requested of him to pnt the question to Mitchell , which he did , and Mitchell repeated the confession , and said that he did say and still said that he was at a thousand robberies and more . Now , Sir , he said so in my presence ; and when he said so , Livesey said , " nay , John , not t \ thousand , Ud , that ' s ten hundred . " " Well , I know , " replied Mitchell , and / was at uiore , since I have been always at it . "

      And now , Sir , I repeat thrt Mitchell ' s life has been the most extraordinary race of profligacy ever yet published to the world , and I desire that all the rest shall be suppressed until justice shall have taken its course . The many names contained in the sequel of the narrative , must not just now be published . Youre , faithfutly , F . O'Connor . York Castle , 28 th 12 th month . P . S . I am at a loss to know what has produced He . Balnea '* strong sympathy for Mitchell .

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      Nottingham Election , Tuesday . —We have fought the battle and won the victory , and our French opponent has taken French leave of the electors . He resigned at two o ' clock , when th « numbers were , for Walter 2 , 018 Larpent 1 . 722 Majority for Walter ... ... 296 It is a glorious victory , won against all the influence , intimidation , and coercion , of the Treasury . The people are in the best humour , and nothing like disorder has oeen witnessed daring the day . On . Mr . Walter ' s return to his inn , the immense crowd

      who accompanied him in grand and peaceful procession were addressed in appropriate speeches by Mr . Roworth , Mr . Eagle , and several other of his friends . About half-past one o ' clock , Mr . Larpent retired from the hustings , and , as he proceeded to the Exchange Rooms , was most vehemently groaned by the mob . It so happened , that as soon as the assembled multitude had despatched the unhappy candidate , Lord Rancliffe ( his friend and proposer ! entered the town , and on his passage through the streets to the White Lion Hotel , the Whig quarters , was treated with similar marks of popular indignation . —Times Correspondent .

      LiVEEPOOL , Tuesday . —Shocking Mbbder .--A 4 an early hour .-this morning , a report of fire-arm * was heard in the house of a respectable cotton broker in Portland-place , Ever ton , and upon an alarm being given , aud the bed-room of the master of the house entered , it was found that he had shot his wife and child ( an infant ) Surgical assistance was immediately called in , but the lady died immediately . The child . is living . Misfortunes in trade are said to have caused this dreadful act .

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      The Funeral Of James Sharrock, A Vendor Of The Northern Star.

      THE FUNERAL OF JAMES SHARROCK , A VENDOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .

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      The Editor Of The "Northern Star" To His Readers.

      THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR " TO HIS READERS .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct377/page/5/