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      SiBDtSWORTH CHAKTISTB .- # & «* " » /« " «* « f with an exact address they shall hear from us by prints note wo * the subject pf thewl * tt * r . _ &tov > Chaxtish . —The Gerntnl Ctvunl rta-^ dent iaBradfard , r ^ wsl thal eachjloea&tnehere Ou Chartist * meet will tend in the wmesqfail members , £ * eir occupation , aad residence , with the number of their card . on Atnday next mt latest : likewise ail arrears due to the Council , as the contribution mutt Jmrnedtntely go to the Executive . ¦ ¦ . - — -

      _ . . . i Fsiehs to xhb Pssss wishes to impress vpon the Chartists generally the necessity if supporting ii ^ Ihadee Chro—ti&y which , he say , itili exist * but wants aid . ¦ -- . - ¦ ¦ RgmXD Qutiok . —We . think there hat been quite pioug h upon the subject < tf his letter ,. ( JaiccBPS . —We thankhim forthe considerate tone of his letter , and rcish aU ow oorresppnienUr-mth much leu room for eomplnint ~ -v *> uld he as rea ~ tonable . -...--. :. JqSjc MtrEFra sends % s a statement o / a constable and a policeman entering his haute , between

      flcven and twelve o ' clock at wght ., vnthe 3 G ? A of October , taking away a hag-fork * Ma propertf draw ing him from U » family , and confining him in the " lock ups" all the night , and then liberating Mm in the morning without preferring ant / charge against him before a magistrate . He state * , alto , that he has been since then unable to obtain tha return of the hay-fork which teas taken from his house , He wishes for our opinion as to the legality of these proceedings , and as to

      what steps he mtght to take if they be illegal , as \ he thinks they are . We can scarcel y five en > opinion ^ becausewethinkitprobablethatthere Ttay j have been circumstances connected viih the affair ! which J . M . does not state to vs . ' He does not \ state upon what pretence his homse was entered . \ If the circumstances be just as he has described them , there is no doubt that he has been shame- j fully and illegally used , and that he has good ground for an action for false imprisonment and ] robbery . \ Czi&LSS Duscui . —We do not recollect the t—ovr oft ! : j j i , 1 i ; i i

      }_ tammia&ea&tm qf the IBih of Avgvsi . We never preserve rejected correspondence , therefore have not the copy he refers to . "VFiu Mb- Clkayk , of London , have the goodness to state ahether he has received tin letters from Rochdale : one enclosing a shilling ; the other six ttaaps ? They were posted about a fortnight OffOCemB Chastisis . —We have read and admire the letter they refer to , end ithen we have room may probabl y yet give it in the Star . Xotics . —All Mr . O'Connor ' s arrangements had been Juudly made before receiving the Oldham application for a change of days ; it is , therefore , note impossible to make any alteration . Jt is requested that the Chartists of those places where Mr . O'Connor is to be in the coming week will commtnicate with him at Mr . Heywood ' s ,

      Manchester . \ f— O'Cosaos ' s Ljbxbatio * Medal . —On Satut- \ day next ) each Birmingftam subscriber will receive a medal with the Northern Star ; and , on thefoBoiring week , those of Lancashire and York- j shire ; and , on the succeeding week , all other subscribers will be furnished with their medals . ; In order to obviate all complaints , it is to be i observed , that the price of paper and medal will be 6 ii , and no alteration will be made in the ] price ' to agents—thus they vUl have no reason for \ charging more than the specifiedprice . The Mon- j movth plate is new nearly ready for presenta- j { ton , and will be given immediatel y after the > medal . ' J , T . L . —The advertisement will be 4 * . 6 d , but nannot j be inserted till we have the money . \ I ' j j I i | ! : j : : I I

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      A . Chabtist to thb Bagkbokx , Bxecok . —Mr . HUT * \ teorii on grammar , as he might have seen by the advertisement , are on sale at Mr . John CSeave ' s ! London , and may be had from him by any book- j seller . ' \ LwtDOs . —Mr . John WatUn * hat removed from Ko . j 9 , Beli Yard , to No . 20 , Upper Marsh , Marsh Gate , Lambeth . j Krff Mills . —We have received , on Thursday morning , four large folio pages , closely written on ¦ both sides , which are necessarily , therefore , un j read . [ DaSLastos . —The proceedings of the delegate meeting being entirety ef a local character , we cannot ; find room for them . The secretary must communicele with each of the districts . > RoDnacK Fbazkr . — We cannot insert his letter . BrEXCTGHAjf Discussios Class . — We have no room , j A . CoKSti . Ni Reaseb , Edi ? vBCB . gb , should have given ¦ tu his name .- we cannot insert such statements j at he sends on anonymous authority . j Bobkrt Chalmers xxd Robebt Forbes , of Jlylh , \ Perthshire , in an address to Mr . O'Brien , on his lecture in Sheffield , on the subject \ pf the land , j remark ^ as follow * : — " We deem this a subject of I great importance , and one on which we have bestowed considerable attention , we will , therefore , point out the difference that exists between \ us and you on this subject . We decidedly object i to the principle » f the Government purchasing ) the land for the people from the heirs of \ deceased landlords . This would be Hike the \ giving qf £ 20 , 000 , 000 to the West India planters ! for the liberation of the slaves—a deed which i every true Chartist reprobates—or like some ef \ the zealots of the Church of Scotland—who pro-1 postd the buying up ef lay patronage—or , in j other words , the purchasing what was their own \ right . We hold that every human being has a ' ., natural right to as much of the soil as is neces- say for their support , and no more : and further I wt hold that all natural rights are derived from ' God , and cannot be alienated without criminality . \ The air we breathe , the worshipping of Gdd ac- \ according to our conscience , are also naturai ' i j | ' j

      righii ithieh no man can give away , and no man can take away without crtmxnality . " Jures Pewt . —His letter to Mr . Stansfeld arrived an hour before we went to press . \ Vjl Peplow . —Must stand over . i Htdx Chashsts . —We have no room for the insertion of their letter : we have sent it to Mr . O'Connor , j Bilfast Chartists . —Their address shall appear . \ Castesbcbt Chabtists . —We will send their letter to j the Executive . j G . Black . —flu letter next week . S . Baeilett . —His address to the Char tuts of South' I amptoii next week . ) N . P . !\ icholls . —Must stand over . ; 34 iS Bobzbts . —The batffil for Mrs . Roberts was un- j avoidably postponed to December 7 th . j Casi received by James Guest towards purchasing a man- \ frfor Mrs . Robert * : — ]

      £ i d . The Chartiits of Cheltenham ... 1 0 9 Mr . E . Spiakj „ 0 10 Bafley 0 3 "W . T ., Snettiwick 0 8 6 220 0 0 3 Tictiin Fond , Manchester 0 19 9 379 and a neighbour ... . „ 0 0 6 i

      £ 2 2 3 | i *> turn ., however small , will be thankfuOy received by J . Guest , S 3 , Steelhouse 4 ane , Bimdxgham .

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      kva —wm ihe Alva Chartists please to direct us what U > do with the £ l they have countermanded the payment of . To Agksts . —Those A penis who desire their parcels ef m edals and p lates per Mr . Cleave or Mr . Heywood , fcad better send us word , in order that the required xxmber may be sent to each . FOK THE EXECUTIVE . _ _ £ * - d . " ^^ . D ^ apooinnuiatDrogheda ... 0 10 - far Chsrfiju of Brirtol , per B . Gibson 0 5 0 «• & > ger Pinder , blacking manufacturer , Hull 0 2 1

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      J EeDS .-Masos ' s Stbike . —The Commfttee »« on Friday evening , and the minutes of the «« m eetinK ianng been read ana confirmed , a de-|*» npn j rzB » ppointed to wait npon the Moolders ' *?« etj . An internet could not be obtained that « " » K , but the applicative of the Committee -w « J »»* n into consideration , and a delegate was apjwmtedto wait npon the Committee at its next P nag- The Secretary also read a letter from the ¦ wns of London , acknowledging the receipt of r oe irom him , and transmitting to the Leeds friends iw cu-enjar ^ issued by the masons , whieh were ownbuted to such members of the Committee as

      »** geQ to introduce them into rarions shops in the 27 &nd nmghbonrhood . An address to the trades « tt rjot Britain and Ireland waa then handed np to t ^ c ^? n * n » whicn ^ w mbseqnently read by the m » aeeretary , together with an aecount of receipts r ^ J ^ wiraeBeBts , from whkh it appeared that 5 W * - ? were £ 1 » 147 3 s . ; the expenditure n . w ° 5 " nd .--leaTing a balance of £ A $ 19 a . Id . i ^ j ^? ^ ereniag the Committee again assembled , ¦™ « e Secretary reported that he had reoerred a ™ w iroffl London , enclosing a few copies of the ^ f 8 to the trades which were eagerly taken by I *™** aetiTB members of the Committee . The or aad of

      ™^ s several trades extatsave shops wT . f " i and measures recommended which , ^ " 7 . carried out , wOl bring the subject of the ko « fenly before the whole working population tn 7 k V ? 00116 ^ * 1 »* some sabseriptions amounting " woDt lhrteen EhillingB , werereceired onSatnr-^ ^ f * ^ and that the Council of- the Leeds ESP ** tad kindly granted the use of their room iW meetings of the Committee , it was also rer * nkl" *** ^ Chairman and Secretary be appointed T ^^ Baaavtes todraw npaniddr eBs to the trades of Jf « B and the public generally , and the Chairman , * **??* confirmed the proceedings of the previous *» eung , fl , Committee adjourned to Friday even-Tgl- V fejin o ' clock . Persons duly authorised " ¦^ ki at the Association Rooms , on Saturday even-

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      ings , to receive subscriptions in aid of the men engaged in the strike , and to afford information to Boca persons a * may require it ag to the ptogrecs ef the tarn-out . . Addnst of Ae Mason f strike Cowsniilee . BaETHHEK , —SDgaged «¦ we are in endeafonring to * u pport our brethren , the moss of Loadon , recently employed at tha New Honael of Parliament 1 b thetr rigbteou straggle agaiait the bretat and iahamao eonduet of AUaa , thdi late teemait , wbon mmaalf « m > duet la apparently approved of by their marten , Meant . eriaaeQ and Fete , we deem it oar duty to invite job special attention to th « present Important eoateit between oppressed labosr and uorpiof eapUaL - It sppean dear to oa that the present eoateit lnTdlTei eonaeqaencei of the deepeet ioterest and Ut&est impor

      taaoe to the wbol * of tbe trades of Great Britain and Ireland , tince , should it terminate in the forced snbmUrion of the men to their tyrant employer * , rach MtemiuUn would unquestionably be followed by » TCgBlat aad Byftematie attack npon trade * nnioni , so that the only bmreiet acaiiat the despotism of the employen misht be thrown devn ud em £ n&r W « pt away . . ¦;¦¦ ¦* Under theee eireamstaneei we deem It thalnjperaUvi doty of every working man to come forward and boldly declare hU sentiment * at this mementons crfsfs of hb cooBtrys fate . E « peciaUy would we direct attention to tbe following particular * ;— >

      i 1 . In order to sustain the mason * , funds are sbtot lately necessary , and for this purpose we call npon all | trades'societies , persons employed in extensive estab-Ushments , and the public generally to appoint delegates to act in eontteetion with the committee , and to collect BubscrlptionB from the men engaged in their respectSve establishments and places of business , in order that the men engaged in the strike may not be compelled to ssrrender by a want of the necessary means of support The importance of this ia no clear , that we should deem it an insult alike te your feelings and understandings to tAi one word further upon this part of the snbject 3 . We deem it highly important , that a public meeting or me tradet of x « eed 8 worthy of tbe importance of j the gr » t metrwpoiia of tbe West Riding of Yorkshire , ( should be convened at an early day , in order that i public opinion may be fully and freely expressed on this ! important subject , and that your sentiments may be i made known throughout the United Kingdom . j Let Yorkshire do its doty—let Yorkshire speak out i with a voice to make the tyrants tremble , and the cause f Is won . j 3 . We respectfully urge apon your attention the 1 necessity of strengthening , by every good and proper means , the ~ existing Trades'Unions , and the establish-I ment of such in every branch of industry where no ; Union at present exist * . We urge upon erery one of i you who is not already in union , the necessity of Instantly connecting yourselves with your various Trades ' Societies . i T > eep thought and long experience have convinced us of the utility and advantages arising from the principle of union , properly acted upon ; and the events of every day deepen the conviction in su minds that nothing short of a national combination of the trades can effectually protect the rights of labour , ox preserve our country from impending destruction , Lastly , we beg of you to deeply ponder the present state of public affairs . Recollect that machinery is continually increasing in quantity and in power , that while all you eat and drink and wear is heavily taxed , you have to compete with a power which neither eats nor drinks . Tbns the wealth of the country is continually increased by your skill and industry , while at the same time you who create all the wealth are becom-Ing every hour more miserable , destitute , and dependant We pray yonto lay these things to heart ; to think of your own condition , the misery of your wives , tbe forlorn condition of your children , and the gloomy j prospects for the future , unless a change takes place . 1 And we ask you to unite with your countrymen in their straggle to obtain those political and social rights under which alone Great Britain can become free , prosperous , and happy . Signed on behalf of the Committee , T- S . Smith , Chairman . John Mklson , Secretary .

      LONDON . —Thx Masons' Stbjks . —An adjourned meeting of trades delegates , was held at the Craven Head , Drury-lane , Mr . Butler in the chair ; the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting , which being confirmed , the chairman read an address from the masons , and an accompanying balance sheet , from which it appeared that the Bum total subscribed by the trades and friends , amounted to £ 541 Is . 0 ^ d ; amount received from the General Union of Mason ? , £ 606 Is . 11 . Ad , making a total of £ 1 , H 7 3 s . ; their expenditure bad been £ 1097 3 j . lid . leaving a balance in hand of £ 49 19 s . Id ., independent of £ 100 which had been received by the Executive of the masons from their brethren in Scotland ; the chairman also read from the Sun newspaper , a denial bj Allen of the charges made at the Crown and Anchor , against him ; also their reply , challenging Messrs . Grissel ] , Peto , and Allen to refer the matter to arbitration , rn order that the truth might be ascertained , to whieh Messrs . Grissell and Peto replied , " that the men struck withont first acquainting them with their grievances—that their complement of men was now made up , and they should not trouble themselves further on the matter . " A large amount of subscriptions was handed in from various trades , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Wortbington ( mason , ) Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and other gentlemen , after which the meeting adjourned . We received a long report of this meeting on Sunday morning , which by some means was mislaid , and was not discovered until the Star was nearly ready for press .

      BXANGHESTKfcL—Tektotxlism versus Moderation . —This town has again been placarded , announcing two discussions between Mr . Lomax , agent to the Temperance Society , and Mr . Rorrbotham , the defender of the little drop . The first came off on Monday evening , in the large room , LeTCT-Btreet . At the conclusion of the debate the sense of the meeting was taken , when only four hands were held np in favour of the leellt sup , and all tbe others in favour of total abstinence . On Tuesday evening , the subject was upon the Scriptural bearing of abstiaence ; and the sixth night ' s discussion was finally concluded by the passing of

      the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , drunkenness has been , and is now , one of the greatest evils that afflicts society ; that it has had a tendency to injure it religiouslv , politically , morally , socially , locally , and nationally ; that the principle of total abstinence is both safe and practicable , and well calculated to remove one of the most destructive curses to society ; therefore reason , common Bense , Christianity , philanthropy , and patriotism , at once call upon every true lover of Bociety and his fellow creatures to give up the use of intoxicating drinks , except as expressed in . the temperance pledge . And this meeting sincerely recommend the principle to be adopted and carried out generally . "

      A Tea Pastt am > Ball was held in the Hall of Science , Camp-field , on Wednesday evening , for the benefit of the Masons . The arrangements were excellent . After tea , upwards of 200 were admitted at sixpence each to the ball . A full band was in attendance , and the amusement was kept up till a lite hour . BUBNliET . —A detachment of the 60 th Rifles are now stationed at the Barracks , Burnley . A female , employed about the mess-room , who kept company with & private of the 60 th , named Morris , had also attracted the attention of a Lieutenant named O'Grady . of the same corps . The consequence was that Morris was jealous of his officer , and had notified his intention at murdering them both , unless the intimacy betwixt O'Grady and the female was discontinued . On Sundav evening ,

      between the hoars of eight and nine , O'Grady and tbe feinale werejn company in bis ( O'Grady ' s ) room , and it is supposed Morris was watching their movements . O'Grady was leaving his room , and was met by Morris , who immediately pushed him baek , and inflioted a mortal wound in O'Grady ' s belly with a carting-knife , the bowels protruding from the wound . O'Grady gotont , and went to the messroom , and sunk down , exclaiming " O , Major , I am murdered ! " In tbe meantime , Morris proceeded with his work of blood , inflicting two stabs in the body of the female , which proved mortal ; and then turning the instrument of death against himself , he inflicted four desperate wounds on his own body , and immediately expired . The female died about three o'clock on Monday morning , and Mr . O'Grady died about ten o ' clock . The three bodies were laid in the Barracks , awaiting the Coroner ' s inquest .

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      BUODERSFiELO . —A publio meeting was held on Wednesday evening last , in the Associationroom , Uppexhead Bow , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition , which was dose in the usual manner . Messrs . Feargus O'Connor , Thomas Yevers , and Edward Clayton , were proposed as fit and proper persons to sit upon the forthcoming Convention , if elected by the general body . After which the followiBg resolution was unanimously agreed to : —Resolved , That this meeting views with astonishment and disgust the paragraph in the Leeds Times of Saturday , the 6 th of November , reflecting upon the character of O'Brien , and charging him with drunkenness ; and , furthermore , that the Editor be requested to contradict , or allow the same to be contradicted in a straightforward and propermanner ; or , in case of refusal of jostice being done , proper proceedings be taken against the responsible parties who sanction such disgraceful proceedings .

      Ltpto * . —On Friday , the 12 th inst ., Mr . West , the West Riding Missionary , gave a soul-stirring address to the Chartists of this place ; after which Beveral persons came forward , and enrolled themselves as members . LEICESTER . —Our number is now S 70 ; an increase of forty within the week . Mr . Bairstow preached to a crowded audience , last Sunday night , and Mr . Henry Vincent lectured to two thousand of the middle and working classes , in the New Hall , oil Monday night .

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      MANCHESTER . —On Monday evening , ft meeting was held in the Tib-street room , called for the better organisation « f the members of the town . Mr . Melville rose arid tobmjtted *> plan for considerattto , which certainly is an admirable one , the result of many vteekt labour . The man whoudrewit tip , ' has beeajn every street , alley , and . eraany in this extensive town , and it is so arranged that two hundred men can canvass the whole town any Sunday morning in four boors . The meeting was addressed by Dwiavan , SUnsfteld , Murray , Nuttall , and others , and the plan was passed . ¦

      DraoKSTBAXioif CoMMinKE ^ -At a meeting the above committee , the following resolutions , were agreed to : —lat . Resolved , That all persons holding books , aad set bringing them forward oa . San .-day next , shaU 4 * exposed , either through the Star , or in the different association rooms in town . " 3 d . Resolved , " That this Committee meet again on Sanday , the 21 et inat ., at five o'clock in the evening , at tbeaasociatieu room , Tib-street , when it- is hoped that all members of the committee will be present . " 3 d . Basolted . That th * resolutions now passed , be Bent to the £ / lar , and the Editor be requested to give them a place if possible . " -.

      Tib-Stbeet . —On Sunday evening , there was a very numerous attendance in the Chartist Room , Tib-street' Mr . Murray , an Irish Chartist , was oalled to the chair . Mr . Rankin lectured on the jjeneral'dis tress of the country , which he attributed to class-legislation ; and argued that nothing short of . an organised change in the system of representation would benefit the great mass of society . The speaker occupied about half an hour . Mr . Griffin followed up the same subject from statistical documents : he was listened to with attention , and

      received the plaudits of the meeting . At the close of Mr . Griffin ' s address , ihe Chairman made some observations on the yiUanous manner in which the character of Mr . GriffiD had been attacked by the Whig aad Tory press of Manchester . He defended him from these attacks , and said it was a duty the Chartists owed him to stand up in his defenoe . Several other speakers followed in the sane strain , and a resolution of confidence in him , brought forward by the Chairman , was carried unanimously amidst most enthusiastic plaudits . Mr . Griffin returned thanks , and the meeting broke up .

      Tib-stbkst , Manchester . —In consequence ofthe insecure state of the room in Tib-street , the Chartists of that district have taken the large Teetotal Room in Redfern-street , Miller-street , which will be opened on Sunday ( to-morrow ) afternoon . It is expected that Mr . Duffy , from Sheffield , will address the meeting in the evening . SALFORD . —Mr . John Leach , of Hyde , lectured here on Sunday night last , to a numerous and respectable audience . The speaker shewed it an able manner , the necessity of aa union of the labouring classes , to obtain tho ^ e rights they have so long been robbed of by a plundering aristocracy . The speaker concluded , by calling on the audience to join the National Charter Association , as being the

      only means by whieh they could redeem those rights that have been so long denied by both Whig and Tory factions , that have so long ruled the destinies of this kingdom . At the conclusion , a resolution was unanimously passed , "that the thanks of this meeting are doe and hereby given to the trades of Aberdeen , for the manner in which they received F . O'Connor , Esq ., the champion of the peopled rights f after whieh several new persons enrolled their names on the books , as members of the association . The men of Salford are hard at work , preparing to adopt the National Petition . A requisition is got up , calling on the Boroughreeva and

      constables to convene a public meeting in tbe Town-hall , calling on the inhabitants to adopt the National Petition . A deputation waited on Monday on Joseph Brotherton , Esq ., M . P . for this borough , to sign the requisition , but the Hon . Member positively refused to sign the requisition , stating as his reason that be never took any part in calling public meetings of any kind . The men of Salford will know how to deal with this . The Chartists of Salford meet in . their room , Great George-street , every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , for discussion , on the principles of the People ' s Charter , when any person will be allowed to take part in the discussion .

      DOlfCASTER . —On Monday last , the Chartists of Doncaster had a splendid tea paaty at tbe house of Mr . Henry , a veteran of ninety-eight , and one of the many Irishmen who are now exiles from their native land . He was personally acquainted with those two nobles of nature , Roger and Arthur O'Connor , and often when speaking of them the big tear trickles down his furrowed cheek , and though old , yet his ardour for the liberation of his country is unabated . After tea was over Mr . Charles Buck * ley delivered a neat and spirited address on the misery and privations of the working classes . In the course ofthe evening , a variety of songs , duetB , &c , amused the company until late .

      BIRMINGHAM . Fbeehan Street Meetings . —An enthusiastic meeting was held at the Chartist Room , Freeman-stnet , on Monday evening . Tbe meeting was chiefly composed of tbe parties who attended Mr . White from the Town HalL Mr . Walter Thome was unanimously called to the chair , and on Mr . White making his appearance , be was loudly and repeatedly cheered . He addressed the meeting at great length , and described the blood-thirsty conduct of tbe cowardly manufacturers and shopoerata , and informed them of the transactions that occurred in the organ gallery , which it was impossible for the body of the meeting to hear . He again hurled defiance at the assassin " Plague , " and thanked the brave Chartist body-guard who had stood by him at their

      own peril , and declared hi * determination of meeting the vile impostor * whenever they called the public together . He animadverted on the conduct of some professing Chartists , who remained quietly at the back of tbe gallery whilst toe lire or aim , and tbe few friends who surrounded him , was endangered . He then entered into a description of the base means which the Whigs would resort to in order to thrust themselves into office , and called on the working men to have nothing to do with such characters , and concluded amidst enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Mason then addressed the meeting in a most eloquent speech , and informed the meeting of tbe villany which he had witnessed at the Anti-Corn Law meeting , and applauded the Chartist body for the noble manner in which they

      had floored the cowardly impostors . He was loudly cheered by the meeting . Mr . Barratt then addressed the assembly , and proposed that a committee should be formed for the purpose of finding out the person who bad knocked Mr . White's hat out of his band . A committee of five were then appointed ; after which the sum of twelve shillings was contributed for the purpose of replacing his loss . The Town Hall affair hu filled the Chartists with energy and enthusiasm As soon as the attempt of the " Plague" to play the physical force game was properly understood , not one of the cowardly crew was to be seen in , or near , the Town Hall , whilst cheers for the Charter and O'Connor

      resounded through the various streets at the time that Freeman-street room was crowded . At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was given to Messrs . White and Ma * on . Three cheers were given for the Charter , three for O'Connor , and three for White . When the meeting was about to separate , deputations arrived from various public houses , which were filled with Chartists who had retired to refresh themselves after the Town Hall uproar , to see whether Mr . White wai safe , as they were not aware that he bad gone to Freeman-street , so that instead of injuring the Chartist cause , as anticipated by the " Physical-force Plague , " they have cemented them more strongly together .

      Steelhouse Lane . —Public Meeting . —Brutal Conduct of the Anti-Corn Law League . —At a meeting of the members of the National Charter Assoeistion , held ab the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , on Tuesday evening last , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : —Resolved , " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the brutal conduct ef a great number of gentlemen connected with the Anti-Corn Law League , at the meeting held at the Town Hall on Monday evening last , must stamp them as a party with eternal infamy ; they have attempted to take the life of Mr . George White , at a time when his friends did not anticipate danger to his person , and were beyond the reach of rendering { aim assistance , only seven of them having gained admittance to tue Organ Gallery ,

      although it is capable of holding several hundred persons , and was crowded on tbe occasion . ' * The following is a specimen of the brutal and indecent language used on this occasion : — " Murder the rascal . ' " " Throw him over ! " " Tear him limb from limb !" " Knock his b y brains out ! " * & They also robbed him of his hat and silk handkerchief , and shortened tbe gas when Mr . White was surrounded by a large number of the parties who had made use of the abeve expressions , from which their motives may be fairly judged . The conduct of Mr , Joseph Stnrge on that occasion was worthy of his previous good character , and merits tbe approbation of all good men , for which we return him our sincere thanks . In vindication of our character , as lover * of truth and fair-play , we beg leave to state , that Mr . White was duly authorised by this Association to propose Mr . Follows , of Monmouth-street , as Chairman , he having been previously approved of by a Committee formed of

      Deputation * from the various Chartist bodies in this town ; that our object was to secure full , fair , and free discus sion , without having tbe slightest intention of hindering any man from fearlessly expressing hi * opinions . A report having gat into eircoUtion that Mr . Brown was connected with our proceedings , we think it bat justice to ourselves to state , that Mr . Brown had no connection whatever with ihe National Charter As sociation , and that any part which he has taken was not sanctioned by u » as a body . We likewise think that if such outrageous conduct be persisted in by the Anti-Corn Law League , public meetings will be a scene of outrage the most fatal to those liberties held to be so acred and inviolable by all lovers of truth and justice ; those right * bo dear to every Englishman , the privilege of freely and fearlessly diseasing all public grievances ; and that unless such savage conduct be promptly checked , there is an end to all real freedom of opinion . —By order of the National Charter Associa tion , Sauvel Pa vis , Chairman .

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      A Public Mbbttng . —Alarge and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Chartist Boom , Fnenwn-ctnet , on Wednesday eveaiag ,: Mr ^ . Hopkins in the obair . The meeting waa addrewM . WrMr . j . M »» on in * strain of impassioned eloquence , feTdQnJL sii * pas * ed . " After the transaction of varf e ** tasfavs connected with the A ** > e ^«< ttone ^;^^ - DEPTTORp . -A . IeotoreJ ( yra »( deliver « d at the Anchor and Crown , New-street , on the 9 th instant . byMr . Keene . ^' . : " "';• :: ' .- ' ^ v ^ v ¦¦ ¦ . •¦¦ t . & * P £ & Evjwikg ;^ iiwlewus . meeting was held at thePilo ^ m ^^ p , ; - ;¦ . . ;' . ; . - " : On Mwaur , at tbe Anchor and Crown , where a lecture was delivered by Mr . Brown , from Walworth , upon the principles of the Charter . A reso lution , deploring the distress of the metropolis , was passed , and pledging , the meeting to support the Charter . ¦ . '¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . v- ,. .:. » •¦ • ¦ , ¦ : ¦ ,:

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      10 THE CHARTISTS OF MANCHfSTJBF * AND . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ ' : " . " , . ¦'" . DISTRICT . ' : ' . / ' ; ; ' " ¦ ' ¦ . . ;¦¦" . '" " BftOTHBR CBABT 18 T 8 , —Ijk gives meJnunlte pleasure to hear that the Manchester Town Council have determined , and -are making aH Wewary arrangement * to have , at least , no fewer than 100 ^ 000 signatures to the National Petition- .. This will require exertion . ' Every man must be at his post Sheets and beaming * should be procured at phe >; there raust be no neglect on the part of tbe various committees , ' no bickerings , no fal ling out We r ? uat have union , harmony , ' exertion , activity , and perseverance . But why do I surmise ? In answer fo the various appeals relative to the late demonstration in honour of Mr . O'Connor , you came forward , and nobly did your duty . The procession was

      such a one for splendour , number , and order , as was never before witnessed in Manchester , and " for which you have my sincere thanks . ' I am certain that on this occasion also yon will do your duty . 1 have been repeatedly asked how petition shee t * could be obtained ; and I am happy to inform my friends of Droylsden , Ashton , Stockport , Heywood , Mlddleton , &c &c , that a large number of both beading * and sheets hare arrived at Mr . Heywooffi , Manchester , for the convenience of the whole district Call meetings Immediately , and adopt the petition , and begin in good earnest , and never cease till the 100 , 000 name * are honestly' and fairly attached . You will thus win another moral victory . —I am , ' Brother Chartists , Your obedient Servant , Wm . Geipfin .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND . Brethren , —The Aberdeen Charter Union have seen with regret , that Mr . Brewster , with a total disregard to every principle of truth , has made the assertion in his speech at the opening of the debate in Glasgow , that he , Mr . Brawster . defeated O'Connor at Aberdeen , by a majority of twenty to one . Now , the Acts or the case were as follows : —For Mr . Brewster ' * resolutions about fifty hand * were held np ; for Mr . O'Connors amendment , about five thousand . Signed by the Council of the Aberdeen Charter Association , Jambs M'Pherson , Archibald M'Donald , Chairmen . Geokgb Smart , Secretary . John Frazer , Treasurer . John Smart , William Largue , George Nicol , Robert Findley . David Wright , John Taylor , James Elriek , James Brown , James Russell , Thomas Trotter , John Troup , James Grant , John Dawson , John Legge , Jebn M'MUlan , John Milne , George M'Intoab , Duncan Nlcolson .

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      PETITION SIGNATURES . TO THI BD 1 TOB 07 THE MORTBER !* SMB . " Many hand * make light work . " Sir , —Permit me to lay before you numerous readers the following plan for causing the National Petition to be cheaply , speedily , and effectually signed . Let twenty thousand individual * , throughout the country , purchase each a petition sheet , capable of holding two hundred name * , which will coat but twopence , and let him get it signed by his friends , acquaintances , neighbour * , and others ; thus securing four million of signatures in a short time , without employing men at a considerable expense ( as has been usually done ) to stand in the street * getting signatures . I would add , in conclusion , that the Chartist who wonld not give himself this slight trouble , or incur this trifling expense , in endeavouring to secure his own and hi * country's freedom , is unworthy of the blessing which the " Charter in operation" would confer upon him . Yours truly , in the righteous cause , Arthur O'Neill . Manchester , Nov . 15 , 1841 .

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      HARBOROUGH UNION . TO TBE ED J TOR OF THE NOBTHBBN STAB . Sir , —We take the liberty of writing io inform you of the treatment we have received in this place . We will now state to yoa the case of J . Conquest , an inmate of this place , who , on the 19 th of August , at breakfast , for speaking to one of his children , was dragged by a policeman , and confined in a dungeon for twenty-seven hours , on bread and water . He was then taken before Mr . Rookesby , a magistrate and chairman ofthe Board of Guardians , where Mr . Warburton , the master , was allowed to rake up what charges he liked against him , and Conquest was not allowed to refifte him , bus when he was malting his defence , Mr . Warburiton was allowed to interrupt him , and when Conquest appealed to Mr . Rookesbv . to Btop him . he flew in a great passion

      and cried out" Stand back fellow !" When Conquest called his witness , W . Stafford , Warburton was allowed to interrupt him . When Stafford spoke to the magistrate to 6 top him , he arose from his chair , in a great passion , and striking the table with his fist , and looking at Stafford , spoke to him saying , If you do not mind , Sir , how you give your evidence , I will commit you V * When Stafford asked him if he had not sworn him to speak the truth , and he would speak nothing but the truth , Mr . Rookesby Baid , he should not believe one word he had spoken , and then told Conquest he should commit him to prison for fourteen days , and looking him in the face said he was satisfied he was a desperate character by his taking notes ! when Conquest exclaimed , " Good God , Sir , is knowledge become a crime ! " but received no answer .

      Wo will now state to you the case of Samuel Dawes , an inmate of this place , who gave a man who was going out a shilling to bring him an ounce of tobacco , but when he came back , he was not allowed to see him , so he gave the change and tobacco to the master , who never gave it to him . When Dawes left the Union , he asked the master for the money , but received for answer that he might think himself well off , that he did not punish him for it : he never gave him the change or tobacco .

      An inmate of the name of Haddon , was confined in a dungeon , for the space of one month , locked down to an iron ring , without shoes or stockings or any bedding or covering : he could not lie down , and had only bread and water the whole time , in the midst of the severe frost and snow , last winter , which perished his leg ; and he is at this time a cripple . For the great crime of getting out of this place to obtain eome food , he received this punishment . We have rales , hung up in our day room , stating the time of rising to be seven o ' clock , and for going to bed at eight o ' clock , —which our master breaks when he thinks proper , locking us up by half-pait six o ' clock , like so many felons , and abusing us in the most disgraceful manner .

      On the 22 nd of October , all the able-bodied men were ordered before the Board of Guardians , where Mr . Commissioner Weal asked the reason why they did not break one ton of stones per day 1 The reply was , they were not able to do it , on the diet they received . He rep li ed , Let me tell you ,. you live well here ; and unless you break the quantity of stones ordered by the Board , you will be sent to Leicester tread-mill 1 " The men were then ordered

      out . We received our dinners , and went again to the door of the Board-room , and were tola we could not go in . We sent oar message in , by the porter , —that we were not able to do the task of work , and if we were to go to gaol for that which we were not able to do , we would rather go that day than Btop any longer . Here is the dietary for able-bodied men and women ' . —Eight oz . of bread for breakfast , and seven for women . On Sundays , Tuesdays , and Thundays , five oz . of meat and one pound of

      potatoes , for dinner : for supper the same days , a pint and a half of broth , six oz . of bread for men , and five for women . On Mondays and Saturdays , one pint and a half of potatoe soup for dinner . On Wednesdays and Fridays 14 oz . of suet pudding , for men , and 12 oz . for women : for supper , 6 ox . of bread , and one oz . of cheese for men , 5 oz . of bread , and one ox . of cheese for . women : boys above nine years of age , the same as women : ander nine at discretion . And a nice little mess it is : the allowance of oatmeal to make the " rot-gut" is two pounds and a half of flour for seventy pounds . We wish . Sir , this to be made known to the public ; for the truth of which we write our names ,

      Joseph Conquest , Willlam James , Thomas Luinoler , Willuk Stafford , Geobge Colejkan , Samuel Dawks , ( his mark ) Richard Haddon , ( his mark ) Geobge Turaland , William Wesson . Market Harbonugb , Oct . 31 , ml .

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      TO TUB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Having read a report of the meeting held at tbe Crown and Anchor , on Monday evening , the 8 lh Instant , and partially reported in the Star of the 13 th , I find that you , taking for granted the report sent for insertion to be a correct one , very justly remark , in a note of comment , on the mistakes the author of the address fell into , as well as express your surprise that Mr . O'Brien should have received an address of which the words " there never was a press that really represented tbe working man , " formed a portion . Now Sir , io ] justice to O'Brien , in justice to us , injustice to the cause , I feel it to be an imperative duty on me , as Chairman of that meeting , to state thus publicly the case to be diametrically opposite .

      In the first place , the address cinnot be considered other than a personal address , inasmuch as it was not submitted to the meeting for approval . And of this omission Mr . O'Brien made good use by stating at the opening of his speech , that had that address been put he should have opposed it , word for word ; therefore , not considering it the address of the meeting , he should repudiate it as one every way calculated to injure him , and justly , in the opinion of his friends . I also beg leave to state that even the resolution embodying the wishes of the people to present him with a press , he would not allow to be put , and actually tore it in the presence of the meeting .

      This , Sir , I trust you will consider a sufficient answer to the latter clause in your comment With the first part I have nothing to say , and as the reports of that meeting were not taken by the accredited London reporter , I hope the public will see into tbe motives which could induce any man , as a reporter , to withhold that portion of Mr . O'Brien ' s speech which would at once shew the very consistent manner , the honest and patriotic feelings with which he repudiated that address . By inserting this in your next it will leave me room to declare myself te be . With the greatest respect , Yours very truly , James Edward Naglk , Chairman of the Meeting , And Member of the Chartist Association Marylebone .

      [ We are very happy to receive and give insertion to this letter . We did not receive the report of tbe meeting from our own reporter , on aecount of the meeting ' s haviDg been called , we think most improperly , on the same evening as that for the benefit of Carrier , to which our reporter was previously engaged . A personal friend of Mr . O'Brien , from Brighton , being in London at the time , kindly offered his services to report O'Brien ' s meeting ; and as our reporter could not be at both places , we were thankful to accept his offer . The reporter did not send the address ; he merely stated that a congratulatory address was presented . Perhaps he might not intend the address to be inserted , and that may aecoant for hi * not having reported Mr . O'Brien ' s repudiation of it s of that we can know

      nothing . We received the address by the same post , from the Secretary of the O'Brien Press Committee , with infcrmstion that it had been adopted ; we therefore naturally # oneluded that it was intended to accompany , and form part of the report , and ordered it to be insetted accordingly . The report was inserted as we received it , word for word , without any curtailment , or any addition , but that of tbe address , whieh , as we received it from the Secretary , and a * he stated it to have been adopted , we neoessarily rappesed to be ta « address referred to by the report ; and as we had received no communication from M * . O'Brien , or fr « m an y of his friend * , relative to bis repudiation of it , we were compelled to treat it as the address of the meeting , and as having been received by

      O'Brien , , . . Since the receipt ofthe above letter , and the writing of these remarks , we have received from a member of the Committee another letter respecting this matter . He says : — " In the first place , it is asserted that the address read at the meeting was not o verbatim copj » of thai passed by Mr . O'Brien ' s Committee on the previous Thursday ; it having been , according to the assertions of several of my brother Commitleemen , ( I was not present at Us passing ) altered in the very part upon which you have so justly commented . Eft . JV . & ]

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      THE POOR MAN'S COMPAKIONt OR POLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , CONTAINING , in addition to the usual Almanack U Matter in the Calendar , the Epoch * of the Chartist Agitation , the Dates of the Spy Outbreak at Newport , Dewsbory , Bradford , and , She&eld ; tha trial , conviction , sentence , and transportation , of Frort , Williams , and Jonea ; the trials , sentence , incarceration and liberation , of F , O'Connor , Esq ., for libel ; aud the trials . and imprisonment * of J . B . O'Brien , and other Chartist Leaden .

      In addition to this is given , in a tabular form , valuable information as to the quantity of Land in the United Kingdom , cultivated , uncultivated but capable of improvement , and unprofitable waste ; capabilities of the Soil of Qreat Britain to support three or foot times its present popuiatifla ; summery of the resources of Great Britain ; summary of the Members of both Houses of Parliament ; habitable surface and population of the earth ; population , per square mile , of each country in Europe ; comparison ol the number and income of the . productive and unproductive classes of society ; ' nutritions matter in food ; the number of the religions denominations of the world ; the British

      Coinage ; the Trade of Great Britain for the years ending January 6 th , 1839 , 1840 , 1841 ; the Population Returns for 1841 ; the American Population , the Trade ofthe United States ; the INumber . of Promissory Notes in Circulation ; Comparative Table of the Dura tion of Life ; Amount of Poor Bates raised during the years 1838 , 1 8 39 , and 1840 ; and an abstract of the Report of the Registrar-General of England , showing the vast superiority , in point of health and longevity of the rural over the manufacturing districts , and the deplorable state of ignorance of a vast proportionof the couples married during the year ending June 30 , 1840 .

      These Statistics , an followed by the official state ment ef , the Amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of the People during the years 1838 , 1839 , and 1840 , shewing in each year the excess of Expenditure over Income ; also the amount of taxes raised during the year ending Oct . 16 th . 1841 , and the official statement of their general expenditure The Jpplioation of the Taxes is shown by detailed statements of the cost of " Royalty" per day ; the

      amount and annual cost of the " National Debt ; " the cost of the " Queen ' s Ministers ; " cost of " Law , " io the annul salaries of the Judges ; cost of " Standing Army , " and amount of "Dead Weight , " with the picking * by the Parsons oat of the Army Estimate *; coat of " Navy ; " cost of" Police ; " cost of " Crime ;" cost of " Education ; " cost of " Church ; " cost of " Poor Law Commission ; " cost of the " Opium War ; " cost of the " Public Offices ; " and the cost of " Espionage and Spyism . " In addition to the above ii also given THE BLACKLIST OF STATE PADPERS , Classified and analyzed , setting forth the sum each one receives annually from the Taxes ground ont of the bones and sinews of the Poor , ( who are " thrown upon their own resourses" ); and the total amount each one has received from the date of grant up to the year 1841 . Next follows the Condition of the People who pay the Taxes , as depicted by official personages and those who deny the poor political power . Tbe whole compiled from Parliamentary and ether documents ,

      BY JOSHUA HOBSON , Publisher of the Northern Star . \* One of the best classified and most complete and cheap Political Almanacks ever offered to the notice of the public . Price only Three-pence ! Sixty-four pages of beantiful Letter-press , stitched in a Cover ! O Ask for Hobson ' s Poor Man ' s Almanack . Leeds : Printed by J . Hobson , Northern Star Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; In Manchester by A . Heywood , Oldham-street ; and in Glasgow by Paton and Lore , Nelson-street .

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      UNCLAIMED PBOPEliTY IN THE INDIES . ; . . , ^ OWE HTJUDItED PAGES FO » SIXPENCE . ., ; : / . lyfANN'S YORKSHIBE AND LANCASHIRE HISTORICAL ALMANACK , FOR 1842 ^ contains M ^ ka Account of UNCLAIMED LANDED AND OTHER PROPERTY FOR , WHICH CLAIMANTS ARE WANTED ; A continuation of the only Authentio List of Money in the Funds ; Disputed Peerages ; Extraordinary Wills ; Claims to Large Es&tes , and other matters of a similar nature Alsp'ilhe xuxfaX Alinanaefc InformatioB ; the Weather ; Predfction * . ^ Tide Tables for London , Liverpool , and Hull ; Remarkable Eclipees of the Sun ; an -Account or * tte ' Four hew Planets , Veita , Juno , Pallas , and Cores , their iri gtityAj ^ every month in the Year , aad otbir Important Meteorological and Astronomical Information . Also , the Stamp Duiles and Assessed Taxes , tae Minii »| ry ; i ^ don ftmk ^ ' v ';;¦ :, ; ' ' ;¦; ' V V ™ . V . v - ' . . \? .-V . " ¦ ; . ' / ' . 5 ; - ' ; Printed and Published b ^ AucB Mahn , Central i Market , Lteds ; J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London ; and Sold by all Booksellers . . ! . . ^ : . ¦¦ . ' ¦ ..::-- ; : ¦; ¦¦ . : i .-. , - % Persons residing at s > distance from any Bookseller , mav 6 end One Shilling in a pre-paid Letter , and an Almanack shaU be sent , postage f ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦' - ; ¦ • ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ . ' '¦ ' ' ' " ' ' ! '" ' ¦ ' ' ' ' ' ' ¦ ' ' * '' ¦ '•¦• ' - j ' ; '¦ ' ¦¦"• ¦ ¦ ' ' v- il ' . .. - >

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      jilt . REGINALD JOHN RICHARDSON ., ; IS HE A TRAITOR 1 TO IHK KDITOB OF THE NORTHERK STAR . ' Siav—lam a Chartist to the backbone , and an old politician ; I have been a quiet looker on and not much of a meddler in the Radical ranks for a great number of years / I have read the publicationsi of Cobbett , and Cartwright , and Wooler , and Sherwin , and Carlile , and Hone , and Carpenter , and Mayhew , and O'Brien , and Bell , and a hast of others ** too numerous to mention . " I have known mueh of what has happened in the Radical agitation to which I refer . I have often had to lament and deplore the disastrous consequences resulting from the treaohery , and dishonesty , and envy , and jealousy

      amongst the radical leaders as they have respectively sprung rip and acted , some their little part , and others their great part , in the aotive drama of Radical life . Some of these consequences have been so direful and so disheartening , that I have had to mourn in my inmost son ) , and straggle with myself whether I ought not to give up all hope of man ' s amelioration from such ft source . I have more than once been made to doubt whether the means or the- instruments were calculated for the accomplishment of the object in view . O , Sir , 1 have had to weep over the disunion produced by the treachery and jealousy of leaders ! Think not , therefore ; that I am going to foster a

      quarrel by tbe queries I Bhall put before I end this letter . No , Sir , such is not my object . I merely wish to know whether certain charges brought against one of our leaders be true or not ; for if they are , no man can again associate with or countenance , either in publio or in private , the individual against whom they are preferred . Whatever may be the consequences to the cause or to individuals , we are bound to oast a viper from us , not nurse it in our bosom . I have refrained from putting these queries for sometime . The individual whom they affect , Mr .

      R . J . Richardson , has been placed in unpleasant circumstances . I have waited until he has been released from arrest , ( for to prison he has not been ) , and until his appeal to the public , under these circumstances , should have been answered , before I interfered in the matter , which a feeling of right prompts me to take up . Now , however , ia the time to make a clean breast . Now my queries must be answered , or Mr . Richardson must be content to be considered guilty of that which shuts hint out of the society of every honest man . My queries , then , are these : —

      Is it true that Mr . Richardson went to Liverpool to give evidence against his brother Chartist , Christopher Dean ? Is it true that he waited there five or six days for that purpose , and received £ 6 6 s . for his expences from . the prosecuting attorney , for his attendance ! Is it true that he told the Manchester friends , in excuse for the postponement of his lectures , then advertised for delivery , that he had to go to Dublin , and that he represented himself as being off for that city , at the time he was waiting in Liverpool to give evidence against Dean I Ib it true that the constable who apprehended Dean told him that Richardson had been paid a sovereign for pointing out the house where he ( Dean )

      was to be found ! These charges , [ Sir , are made—publicly madeagainst Mr . Richardson . He has not yet met them . I consider him bound to meet them . Therefore , I again emphatically ask—are these charges true or false \ If true , no spy or informer in the country is one-hundredth part so despicable as the man to whom they apply . If false , it is due to his own character that they be instantly met and refuted . Mr . Richardson is aware that these charges are made , and hb is bound to meet them . It" he do not meet them , the only possible inference is that they are true . I am , Sir , Yours , respectfully ,

      A Radical of ths Old School . November 15 th , 1841 . [ We had supposed that in the controversy between Mr . Richardson and the Manchester Chartists , ( in which we certainly do not think that Mr . Richardson cut an enviable figure , ) this unpleasant discussion might have been ended . We have declined inserting several communications very severely reflecting on Mr . Richardson , because of our decided objection to these matters of personality ; but the present writer puts the matter in so simple , and yet so powerful a light , that we felt bound , in justice , not less to Mr . Richardson than to the publio , to give the letter , that a fair opportunity may be afforded to Mr . Riohardson of giving some publio explanation on this matter , which must otherwise sink his character in eternal infamy . —Ed . N . S . 1

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct405/page/5/