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      LIBERATION OF FOUR SHEFFIELD u - CHARTISTS . W THE EDITOB OF THI SOSTHBSIt STAB . Six —On Thursday last ( the 19 th inst ) ire had the -jeisnre of receiving four of the prisoners from the J « ol of Northallerton , liberated throng * the intervention of our two members , John Parker and J . H . Ward , vjas , and memorials signed in their behalf , by many afinenUal merchants *» d tradesmen of Sheffield . The jom prisoners are the two Bookers , ( father and son ) , pinthorpe and Beni « ra . All the men appear well , except Pinthorpe , whose neck is swollen nearly eTen with his face , and I hear he is gone into the Infirmary . lbs aboTe information will perhaps interest the readers of the Star and the public ; by inserting it you will oblige , v Tours < kt R . OTLET .

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      TO THE KDITOB OF THE 50 RTHEE 5 STAB . gxR , —I am directed by the members of the National £ 5 arier Association , resident in the aboTe district , to ! inform you that the repprt of Mr . Farren ' s lecture in I jjjt week ' s Star , a totally false . The report says that the subject waa " Themoral and ; social iniproTement of the men of London , which can ! only be obtained by haying a London Journeyman ^* > Tides' Hall" Now , youi readers would naturally ! infer that tho men of BermondBey coincided in the j jbore assertion , that Trades Halls were the only j remedy for our social evils . Seeing no contradiction j irss made by any of the members of the association in i tfce report sent to yon . I

      If ow , Mr . Editor , had the individual who sent that report , reported truly , he would haTe stated that after the lecture a discussion en-ned , in which several mem-> ers and strangers present took part , all * f whom contended that the People's Charter was the only rare remedy for all out political and social evils— that tee < hsrter once obtained , moral and social improvements would immediately follow , and in which the able lec--turer , in his address , distinctly stated . They farther direct me to state that the two last reports of the Berjnondsey Association , they tnoir nothing of , having been sent by an individual , - » bo is not even a member of the association , and that no report can be recognised by them , unless sent by their sub-Secretary .

      Trusting tb-t you will insert the above , as various > ur juit aspersions hare been cast upon us 'or the I remain , Tours , respectfully , In behalf of the Chartists of Bemondsey , J . Mathias , sub-Secretary . < p ^ 5 . I should bsTe stated , that after the discussion , -srtsolcticn dtEouEcing class legislation as the source -of all enr eTils , and pledging to agitate for the Peoples ¦ Cssxia , was unanicioaElj" carried . J . M . BenEondsey , Aug . ISth , ISil .

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      A TOIGE FROM WAE . EFIELD HELL . Prison TVaiefield , August 9 ± 1 S 41 , DEiP . Wife , —These few lines coase -with my kind lore to you , hoping to find yuu in a good state of fcs& ^ b , tut aa for myself I am very indifferent . I cm assare y-u , ay legs swell Tery much ; I hare had a £ T » : ctal if pain in them . On Saturday ni ght last ¦ I was tal . tn Tery ill in my cell with pains in my bo'sreli ; the pilpitation at the heart is so violent that f § r seTeral nights past I haTe been compelled to sit up in my bed ta get a little sleep . I wsnt to Mr . Dunn , the surgeon , to-d&y , at twelve o ' clock , to aft him if be could not gire me something to relieve it a little . He aid , fes , perhaps , he could .

      3 t 5 y brother informed me that it was vary strongly reported in Bradford that I was in the hospital of this prison , and not expected to lire from one hour to another , from tfce t&cts of the Ecgliih cholera . I im not in the hcrpiial at present , and as for the cholera . I h-d plenty of that on Sunday and Mondzy , the 27 th and 2 Sth of June . On Sunday , the 27 th , abect nine o ' clock at nkht , I was taien Tery ill with TomitiDg and pcrginf ; I was drawn into all postures imaginable with the cramp . I commenced knocking at my celi

      dcor by half-past nine , but could get no assistance cnt il one o'doct on ilonday morning , when I was tsteu by cue of the watchmen into one of the dayrooms . I say one , for there are ttre « day wards in the one that 1 was taiea to . I should think there were upwards of one hundred and fifty a . li ill ; some paciDg backwards acd forwards , others were drawn double , and cot a few ¦ were rolling on thtir seita in agony , wishing for death to put an end to their sufferings . Tte G-OTtrno ? , along with the Doctor and other ( . facers , were serving medicine cut to the poor fellows .

      I uEderi&nd the doctor laid the blame upon the bread : the bread had been very had to be iwe sometime prtTioasly , bnt 1 assert that it was the meat that wis not good . I baTe been for mouths together and have not seen as much ftt fis would ccTer a shilling piece , aiid on Sunday the 27 th of June , the meat that I got for dinntr was quite hard and full of blood , but . since then we haTe got ? . new system of diet . On Sunday the first of this month , for dinner , we had some Tsry weak broth with tea cabbages boiled in

      it for upwards of seTen hundred people , -we had half a pound of bread to it Monday , the 2 d-, for dinner , pea soup , with four ounces of bread . Taesday , the Zd-, for dinner , some meat cut into small bits and boiled tip with some potatoes and onions , "with four ounces of bread . "Wednesday , the same as Sanday . Thursday similar to Monday . Friday , alas , we got a few cord potitoeg , no beef , no mutton , no bread , enly a little water , not the best , poured into our pot , just as we had eaten our crabs out of it Saturday , similar to loesday , with this exceptien , no bread .

      I haTe bten informed tkat for the future , we are to be without breadfor dinner on Tuesday , Friday and Saturday , so that under the new system , we are to haTe cue pcucd snd a half of bread less par week than what We had . Fi-der the old prison rnlea it is expressed that the prisoners shall rise when they hear the bell rung at a quarter before six , frcm tie first of April , until tie 3 Uih of September , but this is the 9 th of August , ard we were reused frcm our beds between fear and £ Te this morning , but not in the usual way-of ringing , but by thumping at the doers of our cells .

      Pear Suah , you will mest likely be tff . c . ed fey reading this , tut I cannot keep you ary longer in happy igaoracce , fur I feel thaJ the cursed discipline that is practised here , is killing me \ j inches . It was with < ifctp regret I heard of yesr mother being unwell , but I hupe lbs * by this timetheisina fair way ef recovery . I received the pocket handkerchief yon sent a ' . on ; with the book Mr . Martin sent to me . P . ease to tender my resptcta to him ; gire my kind love to my father mother , br&thtrs , sisters , and all relations , inJ to your pireits , brothers , sisters and all relations , not forgettiug Raihworth , Riding , Button , SsnilLits , and Teli ^ y . S \> no more at present from Tour affectionate husband , John " Walkeb .

      P . 3 . I west to Mr . S . on Thursday to ask as yon requested , for two to wme and lock through the cage at cce time . He will only allow it for ycu and my fstier or nether , bo I fihs . ll expect you aid either my tier or mother on HoDday Soth inst . For the present adieu . God bless you .

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      . o > TO THE EDITOR OF THE 30 £ TI 3 EB > " ST ^ B . Sir , — I read with great inrpise in your paper of Aurust 7 th , a paragraph , in which 1 am describtd as traTe'iicg into Walts , Bid s-sriLdlicg a Scotch compesiter , csmtd Win . Eiwards , out of h : a money and *¦ card . " Trusting to the weil-icown liberality of tbt Bntiih press , I beg yen will do ejc the justice of inserting the following facts in refrrr ^ ce to the aboTe : —1 fcaTe been employed on the Soiiilxry or . i WcUs Herald during the last two years , ana sdil costume to he so . The man eescribtd as me I btli-. Te to be a man named Ifm . Sce-srsxt , -who is by trade a barber , who wtrked at tLe heuse where I lodged silra B .-nceti ' */ about twelve months since ; tfcs descriptron exactly corresponds with the man I came ; be ltft his employ suddenly , taking -with him a qaautiiy of wearing apparel belonging to me , my icdentares , &c-, besides numerous articles belonging to his emplorer .

      Any person on whom he miybt call would easily detect him by taxing him with being a barber , or requesting him to set np a few lints of matter . Hoping , Sir , you will oblige me with the insertion of tfce aboTe , I am , Sir , Tour obedient serrant , Jakes Houne , Late of . Canterbury . Salisbury , August 30 , ] S 41 . [ vv " e copied the paragraph complained of from B L ^ erpool paper . It msy baTe bten eopied into otbei jxn&ls ; Jir . Home is enuiled to th * earliest contradiction j

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      TO TBB IDIT 02 OF 1 HE > "O £ TflriLV S 7 A 2 . " Brutus had rather be a TiJlager . Than to repute himself a son of Rome Cndtr such bird conditions as these times Is like to lay upon na , " Shakefeare . Sni , —The desi gn of all GoTernment is twofold : r . rst—To protect the people from eacb other ; Secondly - ~ To protect them from foreigners . For this purpose , taws and zrma were instituted . The wises ; and most Tutnous were freely chosen to rule the re * t ; and the |^ ° ple pursued thtir labonrs in peace and confidence . " they found their goTernors partial or remiss , Uiey oad

      « emned or superseded tbtia , and appointed new ¦ o ^ es . If the bad refused to giTe placs to the good , and ltd from bad to worse , the people rose and made an ttunj-ls of them ; for they wonld » ot permit their fOTtrnors to be aboTe the law , and themselres , alone , ««!« it But if faction proTed auceeasf ul it beams ^¦ nny . aad the people were op pieased by the *« 7 power which they raised for their protec-« °° - Then the Tilest portion was selected to o-rerawe tie other—to force their better brethren « wo subjection , and the free labourer m degraded mw BU 7 e . Gtxl help the people that suffered » aoh a K ! e ° r ^ iog » to come to paw!—that did not die

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      rather than s&bmit to tk « yoke ! ( or their oppressors next deprired them of a Toice i » Baking the 1 » vb ^ and made laws to suit their owa plundering porpnes . They appointed their heirs to wsceed them , and thus tyranny followed the natural order of things—sfeTerr became a matter of course . The wealth which haogbty idlers extorted from the humble industrious , wa « laTished luxuriously ; and , in times « f scarcity of work or of food . orwhenoldage . oraccident , or disease , had incapacitated the toilingpeople , they were suffered tostarre . In Tain they complained—in TOin they remonstrated —in Tain they petitioned—they threatened in Tain . What is left for that people to do ? Snail they lie

      down by the way-side and die ? Or try the last resource of outraged and insulted human nature ? Must they obey priests who say it is the will of HeaTen that they should be thus tyrannised OTer ? Or lawyers who tell them that the injustice which they suffer is law ? Or must they obey God and their own souls , which say the land is yours!—die not while yon can lire—starre not while there is food for you , and you are willing to work . They will be told to emigrate—let those who tell them , do so themselTes . The land snd all that therein is , is ours by right , theirs only by wrong . Surely labour ought to live on what itself produced . The land we were born in is the fittest for ns to live in and to die in .

      We belong to it and it belongs to us . It g * re us life ind abo ' ttfd nourish the life it jave . Why are we to be transplanted , or famished by usurping and monopolising tyrants ? Another soil is not so suitable for uswe are Adapted to this . We haTe a right to resist those who would make the land of our life , a land of death , or of suffering , instead of eBJoyment—to resist them By eTery moral means which are safficient ; but , should they be exhausted in Tain , physical force would spring up with a power irresistible as that of omnipotence itseJt Why should there be any emigration while we haTe so much land uncultivated , and while the free importation of foreign « orn is forbidden ? The poor are

      excluded from the cultrrated lands , but haTe they not , at least , a right to the uncultiTated ? The rich , who do not need them , will not cultivate them , nor suffer the poor whose necessities giTe them a claim . Game for tie snpport of the rich is kept and preserved on land which would keep the poor , who , howeTer , aTe punished if they do bnt tread on it Talk of the expatriation of honest labourers . —why U is a sin to transport eTen felons while there is so much waste land in England . Why t ' . oes not GoTernment employ them on our moors , or allot unenclosed wastes to the poor ? who , if they could only keep off the parson and the lawyer , as well as the polecat and the fox , might easily snpport themselTes by their labour , and increase the stores of the country .

      Machines bare been brought to do the work of man , and , therefore , a machine is preferred to a man . But what is to become of our mechanics , who cannot dig , and were they to beg would be pnnished ? They cannot ~ buy corn , nor grow it Say they should turn to soidb other business—to what shall they turn ? Competition has overstocked all businesses both with men and goods . They wander through the land iD search of Wtrk at half wages—the starving Irish underbid them in the sale of themselTes- They find it difficult to work , eTen could they procure eniDloyment , at any other

      trade than that in whi ^ h they have been bred . The Government that turns these men out of employment , whether it be done by beggaring their employers , or by any other means , ought to find tbero work or food ; but it is debating whether the agricultural labourers should not likewise be deprived of their means of liTelihood . So G-avernmefit is Wi . rihy of the name which , in the midst of plenty and wi'h great resource at command , suffers one willing working man to want bread , and clothes , and education for his children : how manj thousands are deprived of all these for no fault of their own !

      Oh I what misery and s ' n our present Government has to answer for!—what sighs , and groans , and tears it has caused—what heart-breaks , and failing intellects , and starvations , and suicides ! Such a Government is most murderous to the souls and bodits of the people . Impotent for good , it can only bring eTil upon as .

      " Tou take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house : you take my life "When you do take the means whereby 1 live . " ATarice and luxury curse ns . Give us agrarian laws , and then rtptal tLe Cjm Liws . But our ( iracchii , are iiLptisoned , and would be murdered if the aristocracy could haTe their wilL Oar factory children are not so well cared for as sVik worms . Qoil intended wealth to come out of the land a' . one ; but it is expressed from the souls ar . d bodies of poor mtn , women , and children , with as little remorse as wine is expressed from the grape . The poor are no more regarded than stocks and stones .

      Additional soldiers , additional police , additional taxes , are all results and eTidences of a bad GoTernment ; the discontent or the people at home , the contempt of foreign nations ; and , as N tro fiddled when Rome was burnirjg , thc G ^ Tcrnnient which has plunged thenation into this distress , has the audacity to charge the people with it , and enjoys its own follies in the midst of their miseries . The people never cry btf jre they are hurt ; but their cr ies are music to the ears of those who make a mirth of the miseries which they inflict . GoTernment treats the people as the Cockney did the liTe eels in the pan . " See mpp'd 'em o" the coxcombs with a stick , and cry'd , Dotcn , wantons , down . " Our goTernors say , " if you wont submit to us , we will bring in worse devils to pl 3 gue you . " If only the people knew how to be

      free—if they could fight as well as they can work ; but there is no greater proof tf our slavery and supineness thin not being able to rid ourselTes of a GoTernment which , like the old man of the sea on Sinbad ' s shoulders , is not content with merely burthening the people , but strives to strangle them , that pain and weakness may make oppression still more galling and hard to be borne . We feaTe no hope but in their infatuation , which will doubtless unseat them at last They are supported by the prejudices of the middle class , and by the ignorance of that portion of the lower class who are not Chartrsts . Oor aristocracy is more Ticious and contemptible than that which ruined Rome . Not merely fur the honour but for the sake of human nature , we could almost wish that a second Tiberias would arise to decimate them all .

      This being the state of affairs at home , whit is the aspect abroad ? Our governors marched into place under the banner— Btfurm , retrenchment , peace . Their manner of reforming the people is to prevent work and instruction , and then to punish them for idleness and Tice . Their method of retrenchment is to retrench the necessaries ot the poor to add to their own superfluities , and their peace is war with nations unknown to war They submitted to eTery insult from warlike neighbour , ingpeirers , and declared waragainst unaarfike China , because it would not suffer them to poiaon its people . "When France threatens war , they say they feel a reluctance to bloodshed ; and they interfere in the East to

      prevent tyranny which is nothing so grinding as that which . themselTej practice at home . By the same token , France should declare war against our GoTernmentfor tyrannizing OTtr as . They axe allied with the greatest tyrants ot Europe against freedom . True friends of humanity must wish that the people of France and England may enter into an alliance which would make them " confident against the world in arms . " The anger , not merely of mankind , bat of proTidence , is provoked by our governors , and , besides -war , we have plague , pestilence , and famine . Our only safeguard is in their effeminacy , as theirs is in our c / irruptioa . England is liiely to become a wilderness of wolves , or of monkeys .

      And who are those goTernors for whose pleasure we suffer these new and frightful eTils ? Their Tery conduct in obtainirg office showed them unworthy of it , and they use the power gWen them by the people against , instead of fur , thtm . They haTe not scrupled to join the enemies of the people on base terms of common alliance . They haTe set such examples of selfishness and cruelty , that the callons effects have been felt through all ranks of human life , from the Queen to the beggar * babe ; and the Tery btasts of the field and fowls of the air , nay , the liTing things that creep upon the eartb , haTe cause 10 rue their demoralizing ascendancy . They form part and parcel of a system which makes merit a discommendation to its possessor , and which gives that encouragement to Tice which ought to be reserved for Tirtue alone—which completely reverses the Christian system , and yet they profess and call thtmselTes Christians , " as drunkards , in the Tery height of their

      intoxication , exclaim " We are teetotalers . ' "—a system that causes crime and misery , and punishes the Tictim instead of the criminal ; so that conscientious men declare that were they on a jury , and their own sons had been murdered , they could not condemn the murderers , knowing that the horrible system had made them such , and that its cruel supporters ought to be answerable for air the crimts and mUeries it occasions . The basest robbers , the Tilest thieves justify themselves by the example of our present ministers . But , oh ! most lamentably of all is the blindness of those who will not see these things , or who see no harm in them . Tea , such is the deplorable state of this country , and so much do the middle classes stand in awe of the profligate imbeciles whom they ought to check—so much are they duped by them that I should not be surprised if this Ttry letter were deemed seditions * nd the writer were prosecuted by the Vindicators of the law . Justus Rcsticus . ^

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      TO LORD FRANCIS EGERTON , MJ » . FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE . MEPHISTOPBELES— " With medicine and philosophy I uaT « no more to du ; And all thy mtz > , theology , At length haTe wsded throngh ; And stand ft scientific fool , As wise as when I went to school . " Translation of " Faust , " By Lord FbakCIS EGERTOX . My Lord , —When ( in the character of Mepblsto pbelearyou penned these linea , as Lord Francis LeTiaon tfower , and Secretary for Ireland , your dreams of feme , as a poet , were justly small ; bat clrcamstanees , not much redounding to your credit , hare caused me to rake them np from out the storehouses of memory . I bad hoped that Lord Francis Egerton would haTe east cside . may of the follies and prejudices ot fiord

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      LsTison Gower ; bat is this X have- bees- gr&m'usly disappointed . I had koped against hepev . * &d you must now take your position among those off ** . ^» last century , " of whom it may be said , that amid mu ^ y good qualities , " what is bred in the boo * will sera come out of the fiesh ! " Your Lordship ' * dsctarattsa was prophetic , and you may now enjoy the prtTilegB' « t * being classed as " an arfstocntffe / ool I ' The publie press states that ' y » u hara eflfend t * raise a troop of Yeomanry , ready to meet some-expected resistance to the laws . " I am not sstisfied with joar Lordship ' s denial ; and for this reason alone , do I implore you to desist ; and not deluge our commoa country with blood .

      Resistance , to what laws , my Lord ? Some sew laws , nsder some new guise , ready " « ut and dried , " and to be forced down the throats of the people , when the expectant Tories are firmly seated in Downing-street ? My Lord Francis , are you and your Royal Loyal Volunteers actually mad ? HaTe you taken a leave of your senses , or a lease of your lires , for ninety-nine yean of tenure ; became if you have not done so , yeu must be prepared to meet some Tery novel and peculiar modes of retistaxce ? Sir Jonah Barring ton , in his " Personal Sketches , " says of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 . " I was a strong adherent of goTernment , but not a blind one . I could not shut my eyes ; I could net close my ears . Mercy was alike banished by both parties , and the instruments employed , of death and torture , though dissimilar ,

      were alike destructive ; the bullet , the sabre , bayonet , lash , and halter , being met by the pike , the scythe , the blunderbuss , the hatchet , and the firebrand . " Are you prepared to riTal Lieut H , ' commonly called the " -walking ; gallows , " whom Sir Jonah fully describes , and of whom Curran said , that be should have had " a patent for cheap strangulation . " May be yeu intend to act by deputy , and find some substitute for such amiable and christian-liki -ajaxationa ? Ptrhaps you would constitute eTery policefman an " qficio " walking gallows-man , for I am sure that nothing less than the " whole force" being retained for this aristocratical amusement , would haTe the slightest chance of stopping the democrat !* tide , or making England a desert . ' No , no , Lord Francis , if war is to be pro claimed , " a iunie untrtuux , " it will be " war to the pilaco , peace to the cottage , " and your " walking gallows , " " hells , " and other modes of torture and

      extermination may be met , as the Morning ChronuAe asserts , by " barricades , " and the counter-cry of " guillotine a vapeur ! " What is it you propose , what is it yon really intend to do ? Wealth you have in abundance , and all the means and appliances for an earthly Paradise . Thus wealth giTes you immense power for good or eTil ; the latter of which you haTe proclaimed your deity . Dj you not know the destitution , the hunger , the misery , endured by the sons of labour , and the reward they daily receiTe for administering to your aristocratic luxuries ? or are you steeled , by seeing such common distresses , with aristocratic indifference ? Let ma tell you , and I would warn yon and all your class , that power is about to change hands , and that Tirtue and Tice are about to change places , and that future legislation will be occupied in caring for the many , not in providing for the heartless , greedy , and selfish few .

      " All right is might , the rest ' s a fable , Alike in physic , as the moral world ; When heads grow soft , all power becomes unstable , The God from off his tripod ' a headlong hurled . " U . S . 8 . Lord Francis , you are about to spring a mine that will shiver you and your brother nobles to atoms ; you will raise a moral earthquake that will cause the beldest and mo . it reckless among ye to tremble . Read this extract from an address of the " National Executive , " in the Northern Star ot August 7 th : — " Factions may despise our power , class representation our petitions and complaints , and add to our injuries and distresses ; let them dreani on and be infatuateil as the imbiciles of France were . The mandate has -lone forth , and their doom is written . ''

      Tou would seek to perpetuate at all hazards y * ur long reign of robbery and Tiolence , but you will have no longer to deal with an ignorant and dtluded people . Whigs or Turks , mock patriots , hollow friends , or opsn traitors , stand now before the tribunal of public opinion , and are at once denuded of their tinselled frippery and humbug , and the " ass " is fully revealed when stripped of the lion ' s skin—you cannot deceive , you cannot cheat ug longer , and the Chartist press has completely sealed the doom of both factions . ' Some silly scribblers among you prate about the " insufikiency of food' and " redundant , " and surplus population and like the Hon . and RsT . Baptist Noel , arc driving us all into the " siave mills" and "factories " to rtliere the lund . ' . '

      Now , Lord Francis , are yon aware that race-boraes , hunters , riding and driving horses , with no small proportion of Sir Felix Booth ' s sleek bay horses , with fox-bounds , greyhounds , and other hounds " omne quod genus , " consume as much food , or more , Uian the entire population , and that this " redundant" or " surji ' . us" " population " would gladly cultmte your parks and pleasure grounds , i which haTe been principally robbed from them by enclosures and swindling acts of the legislature ) and would partake heartily of your good cheer in Tarious shapes , such as Tenison , pheasants , partridges , moor game , hares and rabbits , poultry , fruits , and vegetablts , with a whole host of et ceteras , and ( which at present they nevtr touch ) with which our Island abounds , and which

      would certainly relieve the land were « , more equitable diTison to take place . Look at ycur pasture lands , producing ' pay , ' &c for cattle , and think also of the corn consumed by them . In Mr . Hcrapath ' s celebrated letter to the Duke of Wellington , a few years back , he states that each horse on an average consumes as much corn as would suffice for rive persons , that lit , two men , two women , and one child . Now we hare three millions of horses in the Unittd Kingdom . Suppose we say three mill . ons [ I think there are far more , but I forget Mr . Hera path'a exact figures ) , why that alone would suffice for fifteen millions of the population and putting

      the grass lands , * o . out of the question that alone would relieve the land to some ex' . ent could we but induce our cattle to emigrate instead of our artisans and labourers . Tiil these things are remedied , let us hear no more about " insufficiency of food , " or " redundant or turpius population . " 1 fully think that we could supply 1 " # millions with abundance ; there is ample for all to Htb in comfort or eTen luxury , and the home market would speedily divest our speculating millowners of any great danger of any OTer weening surplus of manufactured goods . Till we , the people , are well houxd , vxll clothed , and icell fed , there can be no sympathy for " great commercial reforms . "

      My Lord , you and your " clique '' are strtTing to reduce England to the level of Ireland , and indeed you have ntarly done so . If the Irish haTe deToured seaweed , and nettles , we cannot like Nebuchadnezz ir , exst on " grass , " and should you try it on , the chances are that your Lordship will not liTe in clover for any very great length of time . I must quote Sir Janah Barrington again , and in page 3 S , toI . 3 , 1 find the follow , ing : — " The practice of horse medicine is indeed bo completely revolutionized , that gas , steam , and the cbeiuistry of Sir Humphrey i ) j . Ty are resorted to for the morbid affections of that animal , in common with those of a nobleman . The horse now regularly takes his hot bath , like my Lord and Lady , James' powders , refined liquorice , musk , calomel , and laudanum , with the mosi

      " elegant extracts , " and delicate inftsions . As if Gulliver were a prophet , he literally described in the reign of Queen Anne , both the English horse and Irish peasant as they exist at the present lime . If the lodging , clothing , cleansing , food , medicine , and attendance of the modern Hoynhymm be contrasted with the pigstye , rags , filth , neglect , and hunger of the Yahoo , it must convii . ee any honest neutral that Swift ( that greatest of Irishmen ) did not overcharge his satire . The sum laTished on the care of one Hjynhymm for a single day , with little or nothing to do , is more ( exclusive of the farrier ) than is now paid to five Irish Yultoosfor twelve hours of hard labour , wherewith to feed , clothe , lodge , and nourish themselves , and probably five wives and tu-eniy or thirty children for the same period into the bargain .

      There , Lord Francis , there is a pretty picture for the " Liberator" to gaze upon , and you and your rampant priests would give , "justice to England" on the same terms . But more of this anon , " For when we ' Te trampled on the fat ( errtslrial , We'll pay deToirs to gentlemen celestial . ' " M . M . SBut you shall not make England into a den for "Yahoos" while there is any life-blood throbbing through the reins of the present and rising generations . The iron has entered deeply into our souls ; and there are thousands who , like myself , haTe sworn to lire free and under equal laws , or perish .

      1 am no enthusiast . I hate politics without some definite gain to be obtained ; but I lore the soil that gave me birth , and abhor tyranny , injustice , and oppression whereTer they may raise their accursed heads . The Tories may mock themselTes with the idea of a reaction in their favour ; the Whigs deceive themselTes that a better registration will put them all square again , and the Ballot be a panacea for all our woes . There is some " balm to be found In Gilead ; " and 1 wish they may enjoy It Spain is setting a noble example to surrounding nations : she is taking ont the sting from the Tiper " Superstition , " and relieving the Priesthood from any interference in tenestrial cares . Should Louis Philippe send any of bis ruffians to counteract Esparttro ' s enlightened views , 1 hope , as the Times avers , that the latter will " shoot them like dogs !"

      Now , my Lord Francis , I must quit you ; but believe me that something must be rotten in the " State" when one , like me , who bas been partly educated at the Stale ' s expence , renounces the prejudices of bis class , and dues to avow himself a Chartist .

      My Lord , I have the honour to remain , Your Lordship ' s mest obedient servant , "A Woolwich Cadet . " Chichester , August , 16 , 1841 .

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      INVITATIONS TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . Sib . —Tbe enclosed should have been sent you agreeable to the date , and . its not having been so was entirely a fault of my own ; U escaped ray memory until my son , in writing me on business matters yesterday , inquired if I bad sent the document . I hope you will notice it somewhere in tha Star ot this week . I am , Sir , Yours respectfully , John Smart . Peterhead , August 2 Srd , 1841 .

      Sir , —At a general meeting of the Aberdeon Charter Union , held in their hall , 38 , George-Street , it was unanimously agreed to Invite you to visit Aberdeen , which I now do , and the Charter Union will endeavour to have , waiting your arrival , twenty thousand signatures to a petition for Universal Suffrage , and the immediate release of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Sir , I remain , Yours respectfully , By order of the Charter Union , George Smart , Secretary . Aberdeen , August 12 , 1841 .

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      LONDON AND ITS SUBURBS . Middlesex Delegate Meeting . —On Sunday last this body met at its usual place . —Mr . Worthington was called to the chair . The minutes were read and confirmed . The Observation Committee reported progress , and brought up the address to the country . —Mr . Goodrellow moved , and Mr . Wilson seconded , the adoption of the address , which was carried unanimously . A long conversation , as ta the best and cheapest means of publishing the address , ensued . — Mr . Wilson moved— " That the portion of the moneys , which is for the Executive , be requested to be sent

      from the localities to the delegate meeting , to be by them forwarded to Manchester . —Mr . Mills aecanded the motion . —Mr . Goodfellow opposed the met ion , as calculated to give uneasiness to the localities , if deprived of their present control over their funds . —Mr . worthington supported the motion , as likely to be a saving to the body generally , inasmuch as one post order would be sufficient , and postages would be saved . The motion was ultimately adjourned , for the delegates to obtain the decision of their constituents . — Messrs . Ridley and Watkins gave in a report of their visit to the coppersmiths .

      Coppersmiths and Braziers . —This body met on Friday evening last , at their room , the Gulden Lion , Fore-street , City . The Chairman opened the proceedings by calling attention to the present wretched condition of the working classes , which arose , he felt convinced , from a long course of bad legislation , and the want of unity on the part of the people . Messrs . Watkins and Ridley addressed the meeting , the former gentleman taking a retrospective view of the efforts of Dan O'Connell to put down Trades' Unions . Mr . Ridley produced a specimen of the bread eaten by the farming men la Wiltshire . Mr . Goodwin addressed the meeting at some length , after which a vote of thanks was given to the visiting delegates , and the meeting separated .

      THE MaSONS . —This body met on Saturday last-Mr . Scott was called to tLe chair . The minutes were read and confirmed . The delegates to the Cou-ty Council gave In their report . It was reaolved— ' That one of the Executive be invited to come to London to assist in getting up the trades . " Mr . Wilson proposed " That the Executive be requested to send Mr . Leach . " He did bo because Mr . L . bad more knowledge of trade transactions than any of tbo other gentlemen . He appeared to htm ( Mr . W . ) to be the person best adapted for the office . The motion having been seconded was met by an amendment— " That the selection be left to the Executive . " On being put , the motion was carried . It was resolved " That the books of the Association be audited once a month . " It was stated that all persons could be served with all publications through Mr . Watkins . Mr . Wall then lectured on the present position of parties , and the meeting separated .

      East-End Shoemaker . —This body met on Sunday evening last , at the Northern Star Coffee and Ale rooms , Golden-lane , Mr . Chambers was called to the chair ; the rules ef the Charter Association were read , and a resolution w « passed , "That in constquence of the infant stage of the association , th « deputation to meet the stone masons , so as to call on the other trades be postponed , and that the masons be politely informed of the same . " SAINT PaNCRaS—The Chartists in this district , held their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening last , Mr . Hornby in tke chair . The news of Mr . FearguJ OConntr ' s release was heard with much pleasure , and gave rise to geatnl congratulation .

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      STOCSPORT . —Mr . Charles Davies addressed the ChMrtuta ot this torn , in the Association-room , Bomber * s-brow . In the course of bia excellent address , he dwelt at great length on the necessity of the people becoming united , in order to defeat their enemies , and contended if there was a firm union amongst the working classes they would be able to achieve their object , in spite of all the factions power which might be arrayed against them . He likewise made well directed remarks

      on the base Coni Law repealing parsons , and warned his bearer * against putting any trust in such an illiberal body , who refused to hearths people ' s delegates . He had heard working men say that the parsons bad great influence in the- country ; if they had influence , it was what the work-ing classes gave tbcm , and looking to parsons to do- mytbing , would o »! y be tantamount to neglect on the port of themselves . At the conclusion of the address , Mr . Cuter moved the following resolution , which was seconded by a person in the body of the meeting , and cawried without a dissentient voice : —

      "That the thanks et this meeting be tendered to Mr . Davies , and a voter ef thanks be given to Foargus O Connor , Esq ., for bb-aWe , argumentative , manly , and convincing reply and confutation of the- fallacies set forth in a pamphlet by Knon Noel , respecting the land ; and that the working classes be recommended to read it , and study the subject for themselves , and thus fortify tbeir minds with facts and with truth , and prevent either the tools of the Whigs , Tories , or pretended friends from leading them astray by unfounded and futlacioos statements , such as those recorded in the before-iaentioned pamphlet . That we the Chartists of Scockport , from this time , set aside all bickerings and squabbles of every diacription , and unite ourselves firmly , and press forward in pursuit of those rights which have never been shewn not to belong to as by nature and nature's God . " A letter was then read of which the following is a copy t —

      TO MR . WRIGHT , WHARF-SEBEET , P 0 BTW 0 O » , STOCKPORT . Sib , —I this day received your very kind letter , bearing date the 12 th instant , and believe me , Sir , I , nor the friend of the People ' s Charter , never once thought that the English people were our enemies ; but on the contrary , I , and they , have ever looked upon that people as suffering from the load of oppression , like ourselves , and it is from a conviction of this , that we have united together to co-operate with you and your compatriots throughout England and Scotland , and I feel confident that by your sending the . Star , or any other Liberal papers to Ireland , thatthoy will continue to advance the cause still more than it lias already done ; therefore I shall be most happy in receiving any thing which our friends in Port * ood may please to favour the Association with . This has been a glorious week for Ireland . The great Agitator has denounced us , on Monday last ,

      at hid repeal-humbug ; meeting . We have published three letters in reply , one I , Mr . O'Higgins another , and the Rev . Mr . Ryan a third . They will all appear in the Star of next week , and I am sure you will be delighted with them . In fact , all Ireland is in a blaze , and if I mistake not , all the " Liberator" can do will not quench it ; but , on the contrary , like oat Kilkenny coal , when it becomes dark , the people throw water on it and then it burns bright In conclusion , Sir , let me tell you and the friends in Stockpott , that Dan ' s denouncing us this week , has caused persons to come forward that were our enemies , and enlist in our ranks , and I have now before ine a list of more than thirty names , who are to be proposed to-morrow . Hoping that you will make this known to your friends , I am , Sir , Yours , respectfully , Peter M . Bropiiy .

      No . 4 , Wormwood-gate , Dublin . Dublin , August , 14 , 1841 . The following resolution was then carried unanimously : — " That this meeting having heard the letter from Mr . Brophy , of Dublin , beg to express our satisfaction with his conduct in exerting himself to establish a society which has for its object the universal rights of man , and likewise to inform him and the friends of liberty in Dublin and of Ireland generally , that we as working men would rejoice to hear that every man of good morals and of sound mind arrl proper age , was possessed of his political rights . " The report of the meeting held in the Hall of Science waa read from the Star , and it was resolved " That we condemn the exclusive conduct of the parson league , and fully agree with the resolutions which were passed upon their conduct by the people of Manchester . "

      NOTTINGHAM —Mr . Bairatow delivered a lecture on the { 'resent and future prospects of the country , to a numerous and attentive audience , on Monday last , in the Democratic chapel , Rice-place . The First Midland Counties chartist Camp Meeting—On Sunday , according to announcement , the first Chartist camp meeting waa held , and commenced a little after nine in the morning , when it was opened by Mr . Dean Taylor giving out the Associated Working Classes Hymn , by Draper , after which , Mr . Russell read a number of letters upon the movement , from various placeB , especially from Ireland , which gave ample satisfaction . Mr . Cooper , from Leicester , preached a most impressive sermon upon the necessity of all feecoming labourers in the cause , from— " The

      harvest truly is great , but the labourers are few ; " at the conclusion of which , Mr . Taylor gave ont—•• Men of England " ye are Slaves , " by Sankey , which was sung with spirit and feeling . At the conclusion it was announced that Mr . Taylor wonld preach in the afternoon , and also Mr . Simmons . Mr . Cooper preached again in the evening , at six o ' clock . In the interval a number , who bad brought their victuals with them , staid upon the Forest , spread their cloths upon the green earth for a table , and partook ot the tyrant ' s allowance to bis slaves ; but how gratifying was the sight to witness the hundreds coming forth in every direction , and climbing the Forest sido , to hear the living word . The afternoon labours were commenced by Mr . Ru 3 sell giving out a hymn , " When the

      kingdoms of the world , " &c . after which , the preliminaries being gone through , Mr . Dean Taylor preached from , " There is onebo'Jyand one spirit ; one Lord , one faith , one baptism / ' and notwithstanding the rain at intervals fell heavily , the whole mass appeared fixed t » the spot At the conclusion of his rery impressive discourse , Mr . T . gave out the Chartist Hymn , which was sung with spirit ; after which Mr . Simmons preached a short sermon , showing that the fall of the factions was at band . In the evening , at six o ' clock , Mr . Cooper commenced by giving out the Old Hundredth Psalm , and then lectnred from a passage in Isaiah , and during his sermon , be gave a beautiful history of the doings of Princes and Priests in England , from the reign of

      King Alfred to the present time ; indeed , his discourse was such as will never be forgotten by those who heard it . A collection was made atter each service towards the missionary fund , and for the distributisn of democratic tracts , which amounted to £ 3 . Mr . Cooper then gave out the Chartist National Anthem ; when Mr . Doan Taylor briifl / addressed the assembly on the nature of euco meeting ? , hoping the country would follow the < simple set first at Nottingham , which was irteuded to be but the forerunner of others of a greater extent . He also referred to the Manchester Convention of Sectarian Priests , and pointed out the course of action that the Chartists must pursue- Mr . Sweet read a letter from Father Ryan , in last week ' s Star , when Mr . T . concluded . Mr . Russell again addressed the people , showing them the secessity of

      coming forward in large numbers to join tho Association , which atone would enable the County Executive to send out talented lecturers to the Tarioua localities ; and now , although in the afternoon the weather was unfavourable , the people came in their teeming hundreds , and in the evening , at meeting time , it rained heavy , still the people came , and stayed , believing the weather would clear op , which it did until after tho meeting was over . Numbers came from a distance , some as many as sixteen miles , ao great were their expectations , and they were not disappointed . May all the towns in the country do likewise I Indeed the most fastidious reasoners at present seem inclined to favour Chartism , finding , upon inquiry , that its foundation is good , having for its object the carrying out of flrsi principles .

      BEESTOV . —On Monday evening last , this place was visited by Mr . Dean Taylor . It bad leng been in a state of apathy , but it was aroused by his lecture , and an association was formed at the conclusion which promises to do well . NEW UBNtfON . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectured here on Tuesday evening , in his novel and we may say original style , upon the principles of the People ' s Charier , during which he showed the superiority the Chartists possess above all the factions parties in the state . An association will now be tormed at once .

      NEW RAfiFORD . —A lecture was delivered here on Wednesday evening , by Mr . Dean Taylor , upon the principles of the Charter , during which he gave both Whigs and Tories such a casiigation as they seldom receive , after which ha cleared the characters of the Chartists , and defended their conduct in their helping the Tories ; he did thii in a humourous style , as if holding a dialogue with the Whigs . A number joined the association at the conclusion of the meeting . LAIHBLfcY . — -This retired country village was visited at last by Mr . Dean Taylor , when s > mest splendid meeting was held in a large room that would hold 400 ,

      which was crowded to excess . There Is a Chartist band in this place , and it played through the village and conducted Mr . T . to the room , who , by request , explaiued the principles of right and justice as contained in the Charter , in a most talented and masterly style . A spirit of enthusiasm prevaded the meeting , such as it is seldom our Jot to witness . A number came forward at the conclusion , and enlisted in the cause of Chartism . It was really astonishing to know where the people came from in so abort a time , and in so small a Village . It is intended to bold a tea party in honour of O'Brien ' s release at this place , of which due notice will be given .

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      At Kirkaldy , in the beginning of last century , there was little done in weaving linen cloth , ticks , &o . In 1736 the number ot yards manufactured amounted to 1 / 8 , 000 , or fully lot ) miles . The quantity manufactured in 1841 at Kirkaldy s , nd thrre adjacent towns , is about 25 , 000 , 000 yards , or 14 , 000 miles .

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      PRESTON . —HARRISON , nw Sn . a Tanr Caught is ma ovrs Trap . —At the Town H * tf » Preston , on Friday , Mr . German being the presiding magistrate , Harrison was brought up in costodj » along with two boys , apparently about fifteen jean of age , on a charge of stealing ' a mare , the prbpenr of Mr . Fawcett , on the night of Monday lasti from a field in Ribbldton Lane . A policeman front Blackbnrn stated that Harrison had given inform * - tion at their office , last week , that he suspected some part / intended to come over to Blackburn with some stolen property , and that he would keep av look out . Accordingly , he came on Tuesday morainar , the 17 th irist ., and informed them that fie bail

      watehed two boys from Preston with amare > wniea he suspected was stolen , and gate information where ! they were to be foutd . The police went to > tha place pointed ont by Harrison , and found theboj * and mare in question , who were taken into custody .. When questioned » 3 to their possession of the mare > they Btated that Harrison had given them the mars to drive to Blackburn , and that they knew not to whom it belonged . Harrison informed the polios tkat this was a fabrication , and that if they , til * police , acted properly , they would have the boys remanded for a day er two , when , no doubt , areward would be offered tor the mare , and they woaM make a good job of it . Information being given to the Preston police , Harrison was taken int »

      custody , and the owner of the mare having bees bund , the boys , who had been separated since beingtaken into custody at BiackbHrn , were separately examined , and stated that Harrison came to them on Monday last , in Preston Market Place , and asked them if they woald take a horse to Blackbora for him , and that he would give them a shilling each with meat and drink , for their trouble . They agreed , and he appointed to meet them near the County ArmB , at ten o ' clock in the evening , where they found hint' with the mare . He then handed tha mare over to one . of . the boys , and gave him 7 d . to pay the toll-bara , ordering them to start immediatelT —that he would be there as soon as them . Ha overtook them on the road , and told them to stop at

      the place where they were taken into custody . A man . of the name of Lupton was brought as a witness * who stated that he saw two boys drive a mare ont of a field near Ribbleton Laae , on Monday night last , that be watched them near the County Arms * and that he met Harrison , whom be informed of tha circumstance , and that Harrison wished him to sea what they intended to do with it , which he agreed , to do , and they watched them to Blackburn . Ott cross-examination , he admitted being in conversation with Harrison on Monday , the 16 th inst ., and that he had been imprisoned for sheep stealing . Tha magistrate admitted the boys a 9 evidence , wlio were each bound over to prosecute at the next Prestoa Sessions , when Harrison was finally committed foe trial .

      EDINBURGH . —City Election . —A pnbha meeting was held in Whitfield Chapel , on Thursday , the 19 : h day of August , Mr . John Watson in the chair . The election committee reported all their transactions relating to the election of Colonel Thompson and Mr . Lowery ; the Secretary , Mr . C . Anderson then read the minutes and correspondence of the Committee , and a letter from Mr . Roebuck , whose opinion was that the return of Macauley and Craig was quite legal . A letter from Mr . Hildyard ( furnished by ~ Col . Thompson ) wasr also read , stating that the election was null and void . The Committee have abandoned the idea of contesting the seats , seeing no good to result from it , even if Micauley and Craig were unseated , as there would

      require to be a new election . The Assistant Secretary , Mr . Goldie , reported the state of the funds showing a small allowance due to the Treasurer . It was moved and carried unanimously , That the report be approved of . " Mr . Anderson then Buggested the propriety of inviting Col . Thompson and Mr . Lowery to an entertainment . After some discussion , Mr . A . moved that they be invited to an entertainment , which was seconded by Mr . J . Grant , and agreed to . Mr . Blakie moved that it be a publio soiree , which was seconded by a gentleman in tho body of the meeting , and carried unanimously . Mr James Hunter moved "That Mr . E . P . Thompson

      ( Col . T . ' s son ) be included in the invitation , " which was seconded by Mr . J . Brooks , and unanimously agreed to . The Election Committee were then empowered to get up the necessary arrangements , and chat they get up the invitation in the form of a requisition , on the understanding that all who adhibit their uames thereto bind themselves to purchase a ticket . Mr . Anderson meved"That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Col . Thompson for his exertions in this election affair , " which was seconded by Mr . J . M'Donald , and carried unanimously amid loud cheers . After a vote of thanks to the Chair * man , the meeting separated .

      RICHMOND . — Election ot ? a . n Aij > erman . —At a meeting of the Council of the Borough of Richmond , on the 20 ch inpt ., Leonard Cooke , Esq , was elected Alderman of that Borough , in the room of John Hutton , Esq . > , deceased , Ou Mouday last , Mr . John Ascough , was elected one of the Council , in the room of Leonard Cooke , Esq ., who was elected . Alderman on Friday last . The Weather and Crops . —We have had veryfine weather during last week , which has brou-hfc the crops ' of corn rapidly forward , there are soma fields already cut , and if the weather continues fine , the harvest will , in a few days , become general ia thi 3 neighbourhood . We had a few fine samples of new oats in our market on Saturday last , particularly one belonging to Mr . Chapman , of Blackwell near Darlington , which was sold to Mr . Ralph ; Miller , of Maske , near Richmond , for 3 d . 9 d . pecbushel , the bushel weighing Bit . 31 b .

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      Whig Patrowaob ih the Navt . —Admiral Superintendent Warren ' s son has the Magiciennft ; Lord Minto ' s nephew has the Spartan—be was aimidshipman five yean since ; and Lord Minto's soa-Charles is to hare the Yolage .

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      Cobbett ' s Description of thb Whigs . —What E hope that whigs would act an honest part ! Hope tc > get on by uniting with them ! They are sometimes enemies , sometimes friends , sometimes neutrab , sometimes one thing , and sometimes another , like other factions , but always perfidious . Always greedy , cowardly , and cruel also ; but their great and never-wanting quality is perfidy . A Rat Barrack . —Mr . Russell / the eminent provision merchant of Limerick , has a " rat barrack ** on his premises . It is about twelve feet long and six feet broad , and the walU about four feet high , with a coping stone , on the top , that projects a couple of feet inoide the wall—the inside of the wall ia full of holes that just admit a rat ' s body , leaving his tail

      outside—the whole is covered with old boards ; thera are two passages for them to come outside into tha yard , where they are fed and never disturbed ; the : consequence is , they never go . into his store where the bacon is ; once every three months he closes tha holes that communicate with the yard—he uncovers the walls , and the rats all run into the holes in the walls ; their tails are "hanging out , " when a man . goes in , takes tbem one by one by the tails , and throws them into a barrel , when they are all destroyed to leave room for a fresh supply . —Argus . ' — [ The Editor of the Brighton Herald , after giving this paragraph , slyly asks if something of this soxV would not be found very useful in the House of Commons . ] . * ... .

      Day Mail from London . —At a meeting of tb * Council of the city of York , held last week , that body unanimously adopted a motion made by Mr . Bellerby , that a memorial be presented to government in their name , praying that a day mail may be established , whereby that part of the community interested in trade and commerce would have facilities in correspondence of which they are at presentdeprived , and consequently thereby greatly inconvenienced . The expence of such a mail would be » mere trifle to the Post Office , and would prove of great importance to the inhabitants of Leeds , Hull , Sheflield , Newcastle , and a great many other trading towns , as well ' as York . We trust that the inhabitants will folio w up this matter .

      Legal Extortion . —Under the head " Rules or the Bar , " the following specimen of legal extortwa appears in the London papers : —** In one of th » cases -Nisi Prius at Gloucester Assizes , only one ? counsel was engaged on the side of the plaintiff . Mr . Sergeant Ludlow , who was on the other side , objected on the part of the bar , as a poLit of privilege , that in every defended case there should be a junior council employed as well as a leader . This being ; coincided in by the bar generally , the case was stopped for a moment till the attorney for the plaintiff handed a brief to a second council . "—Is it not monstrous that the course of justice should have bees , stopped , even for a moment , byi this conspiracy to extort mone y from a poor devil of a client , not nen

      enough to pay two of these cormorants of the Jaw f Suppose a body of labourers were to 'strike , in a > similar manner and refute to proceed with work wbicl * . they had stipulated to dounlessagreater number were employed—what would be the consequence I WHy the police-constable would be called in l and the meit lugged off to prison for illegal combination . Ife would be difficult to find a grosser case of combination to raise wages than the above . A Co 0 *** tabs a brief , and engages to conduct a case-most probably one of the m «* t simple nature-he prepares himself , and is about to perform hist contract , when some of the same - ^~ hi ^ PJ sharp-set barristers , looking . about hke Bha » k »

      fur » brief—stop him and declare ne snau not proceed in his work till one of them is aBsociaved with him-tUl he bas somebody ^ assist ht » is doing nothing , or next to nothing 1 And , that thai piece of extortion may be duly executed , the ea *» is stopped—the springs of justice cease their aettea for want of oil—mignty justice becomes inert and powerless , till the poor client has put his hand iat * bis pocket and pulled forth the golden coin that is to remove the clamourous gang who have throat themselves before the . justice-seat 1 If this "Rnl » of the Bar ** is to stand good , how atrocious to panda the poor labourer or manufacturer for acting on th * same principle in the disposal of his labour I

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      TO * HK SDITOK OF THE NORTHEItN STAB . _^ " The virtuous man , Who , great in his humility as kings Are little In their grandeur ; he who leads InvlnciWy a life of resolute good , And stands amid the silent dungeon depth * w °£ ^ wV eari ^ thaa the tremWing judge JK&ftS ? venal power , vainly strove To bind the Impassive spirit . "

      Shbliby . . Jlt \~~ Wbo * V T 6 aAtnetoeontroverttbletruths set forth by you under the title of Medharat , " in your lMt tF ^ ' * lt& » ttt feeKngthatMr . O'Connor has been treated with a degree of harshness , croelty , and intolerance , wWeh no sophistry of the Noble lords , or special pleading •* Bonest Jobx » ( Query ) , can justify by the letter of the - law" or defend on the ground tt " expediency . " The barbarous treatment of pofitrsal prisoners bas converted more men to- ehartfara than the factious » dream of in their p&IIosophy ; " and thousands-aye thotsands—who are now lukewarm or iattififerent to the Charter will be found enlisted under ite banners , when our leader , patriot , and philanthropist , shall emerge from his dungeon at Tortc , a , living testimony of the cruel malignity which " power , likedesslatingpestilence , " has piled , with unrelenting ferocity , upon the head of him who sought f «* freedom and light to the disenfranchised and oppressed .

      But the question for our serious consideration is this , What are the means to be pursued by the people to prevent the " powers that be" from enacting the same atrocious line of policy , and pursujng the same evil and accursed means to re-prison those who have lit the torch of freedom at the altar of truth , and defended , by their eloquence , and purse , and persons , almost ( in many instances ) even unto death , your cause and mine ? Is it just , I ask , or honourable in the disenfranchised millions to look calmly on , abetting by our apathy the oppressor , " omnipotent In wickedness . " Arouse then , my countrymen and countrywomen , from your indifference to the fate of our chiefs who have suffered unjustly , and are suffering unheard-of cruelties In the dark and loathsome cell , fur daring to attempt to establish the rights and liberties of the sons and daughters of England .

      I have the honour to subscribe myself , Sir , an admirer of your fearless and Incorruptible paper , the Northern Star , and an undying hater of oppression in every shape , Matthew Green .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Friends . —It is now only eight days since the new issue of cards took placo , yet nearly 4 000 have been issued already . Everything bids us progress : fresh town ? joining every day ; the members of the Association are outviring each other in forwarding our sacred principles ; and I request that in those towns where there are Chartists— but who as yet have not joined ns —that they will do so immediately , and write to me at No . 18 , Ailderly-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Salford . I also

      would feel obliged to the tallowing places to communicate with me immediately , viz : —Keighley , Hunslet , Yorkshire ; Heanor , Breaston . Castle Dmnington , and Melbourne , Derbyshire ( Mr . Doan Taylor can impress on them this matter ); Sandwich . Nantwich , Nliddlewich , Northwich , Tintwistlo , Glossop , Wimlow , Cneadle , Haz ' . egrove , and Bre < 1 bury ( Mr . Joseph Carter will see to those places in Cheshire ) , Bilston . Groat Horton , Colne Midgely , Thorton . WakeSeld , Dudley , Southampton , Porthampton , Portsmouth , Newport ( Isle of Wight ) , Haworth , Haslingden , and Uanisbottom .

      JThe above are but a few of the towns where there are Chartists ; let these places immediately begin to act and unite together . They can have their cards , and information given , by writing to me . John Campbell , Secretary .

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      RAILWAY RETURNS . We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal railways of Great Britain for the week ending en the day of the month prefixed to each . The return applies only to railways with a revenue exceeding £ 1 , , and includes the money received for passengers , parcels , carriages , horses , mails , and merchandise : — Aug . 13 . Birmingham and Gloucester ... ... £ 2 , 177 14 . Glasgow and Ayr 1 , 250 14 . Paisley and Greenoek 1 , 075 7 . Grand Junction and Chester audCrevre 10 , 603 16 . Great North of England 1 , 451

      15 . Great Western 14 , 582 13 . Liverpool and Manchester 5 . 648 14 . London and Birmingham 17 , 692 la . London and Black wall ... 1 , 256 19 . London and Brighton 1 , 713 17 . London and Croydon 1 , 005 14 . London and South-Western 7 , 175 9 . Manchester and Leeds ... 5 , 082 14 . Midland Counties 2 , 854 14 . Newcastle and Carlisle 1851 15 . Northern and Eastern 1 , 053 14 . North Midland 4 896 16 . York and North Midland 1 , 831

      The following calculation of the last weekly returns of thirteen railways , 1 , 142 miles in length , will be interesting to many readers : —Number of passengers on twenty-one railways , 293 , 295 , consequently , the total for the week must be above 400 , 000 The receipts , for passengers on thirty-one railways , £ 74 . 399 9 s . 9 d . j ditto for goods on twenty-flre railways , £ 15 , 039 4 s . 6 < L Total , £ 89 . , 14 s . 3 d . This is an average of £ 78 10 s . per mile per -week . The traffic , therefore , is certainly at the rate of more than three millions a year , and carrying fifteen millions of passengers .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct394/page/7/