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      « TLLIAM PEABCE—THB ASSISTANT RELIBYIJfG OFFICER OF BOLTON . ro rst sdito * or tux xq&tbsax sta * . ^ —Having seen * report in yottf . papw on the oi ^ oB ia Boston , and tfcat report luiTini a teadpM ? of S ate * my disaster , and doing aqn ^ l ? gwai'ijjury , i Cmi take the liberty of contradicting the statement LSid respecting that trf "fra . Peawe- ^ BbV'but I iSyb **** Ua » fl » msndied farirant-l » tl find Liitsted thatthe apptieatfcmmmade to me , and 1 ^¦ jd fcav « visited 4 he « ase . Now I -wiU sfcowto the Zjytoibe datieslsad to perform—1 -will now show to STtLi I bad a » t tbe : power to " TMt oraBefe without £ , iSsni of Mr . Brow * , tba relieving offlow . My Z& * were to stay in tbe office aad neeive app&ea . Hi to Witt and veil _

      r ^ fts . Brown ; I reoattect tbe Ration being nude of the above family to ne , aad JvCrtttfl same to Mm to visit fie told ma in the l&n be had been , aad said U . ww * a a ^ iai they L 7 £ | swwl « ig « i tf » V tbetr paessjat eaala * a . w « e S * Ig * w k- They afterwards mads repeated pressing Z pjjestfoBS > bat Mr . Brows , wbea locking oTsrnry ^ Triw *? 1 drawed hb pa across tbat <* Wince , an * Liu it *** no case . **** 9 ° the following day , a per > KB * d the name ot Beawkk * asd kia wile , brought ^ a to Uw ° ffice > * ° d the miul Pearee seemed to me to t « b » dyiag state , and I said , for God ' s sake , what ^ feyoo broogbt him here for ? "The man appeared lo mab > be dying fbrwant T . took the liberty ofvisiting ( the a&d found them ia

      ^ ce Tsyself , - same day , » ^ L jaable wmditbD . r coald find riotting in Uie cellar r ^ csd inquWng as to aeli wanting * , they had , dy 4 * . » »** earning in . The two . daughters ran •^ | comer of to cellar , sneering and laughing . Now , I Bid , escnot yoo e * rn fa per week ? Ska said , bappj , flay might . Could job sot earn 9 s . ? She- said ^ pjnft . Coold you not earn 15 . ? She said happen $ 0 » ight I merely make mention of this to show ggtihe family wa * in a stale of insanity , no doubt bnt « iu 7 through starvation ; and the same evening I jb 2 > tt » ease knows to Mr . Brown , and told him the £$ e i found them is , and am not aware tfcat any . gg -ns afforded to them .

      Urtj then made application to the Benevolent Society , jai Mt Balshaw , registrar of HrttHfaad deaths , being gjfjeeretaiy , came to me to ascertain if a family of Qte y , of Pearee had made application to me ? I told Urn tbej b * repeatedly , aod be said be thonght it bad vjqb salted ; and I Wld him I was of the same cpinko ; and on the morning be died , Mr . Naiaby , ni-, tf the gnardiaaa , came to the office , and in-( njj ^ d for Mr . Brown ; bat he not being in , he Z jti W d Pdane ! death , and requested me to go jjgg vita him and Mr . Sooweroft , the assistant oTer-, « , to to tells ? . oat of

      ] fonad hix laid on a pair empty looms , there fceng bo other conTenienee , and Mr . Ifaisby ordered me to riirrB them with Ss . 6 d-, and he wonM see Mr . gjjro » boa » it . i ou sot see Mr . Brown till afterj ^ , i told him Pewce was Oead . Be said be had jai been sad reUered them with & *• ; and I told Mm I Ui gxtet item U . 6 d . ; aai he said , bow la that > and jSBjdidm teat Mr . Naisby ordered me ; and he gare juanota for a coffin , and ordered me to look after bis ftftf—« t ; and I did so , and gare la . to two women to ™ thim in hi * coma , asd gare la each tosiz man to airy him to his grare . 1 think the above raets will show to the pablie that w N * " * <¦> ^ attached to me , as I bad no power to roS or revere without the consent of Mr , Brown , the i ^ ierajomcs . Tours ,

      J 0 H 5 Bridge , Late aroistaLTit to Hi . Brown . Xmn&e 2 , ISO . [ The abore would bare appeared a fortnight since tsi tu awi ^" tt t"y mislaid . —Ed ]

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      H 25 SIKGS OF THE SYSTEM I—POLICE LAW . 10 IKS EBITOB . OF TUB KORTHKBS SIXBSf . ~ 1 send yon the particulars of tbe following case , •^ 1 hope , for the sake of humanity , is of rare * « in the records of police TiliaDy and magi * - te » i iijasia . A Jotkh ibont sereateen years of age , samed George 5 * i 'with t » o femaie aeqaaintanees from tbe eoantry , * = « looktcg at the shows at CamberweU fair , Lid his ** «* P ^ f cd of hu Bilk handkerchief . A person ^^ "einj the theft , told the youth , who directly i * " ** tfce thief , calling " police . " A policeman J ^ M g in right tbe thtef threw back the baodker-^ Jiach w aj picked tip by tbe owoer Just as the *** paa came np , who took them both to the station f ^ fcem locked n p ; charging one as the thief , and

      ; « o&tt u the r ^ cciTtr of a stolen hacdkerchitL The jj ^ xa wto ¦ sriuitssed the theft , is named Dotson , a ^ diiik painter redding in CamberweH , and a pergJ ^ ESBst * to »! J psrtjee , - be went to tbe station on ^• e * o gire his te 6 timoD 7 , bnt en his stating what * Jsss tiae fOT ) ^ ^ j , pc ^ ed ^ a-i , ^ d almost down , '' Ptfieeimm , wLo ssid , he was only a Whitechapel ^*^ iffir , and it he did not go about bis business ae ij *™ pt locked ap toa The yoang women informed -w ™ > ^ iiTe » " » tte Hsckney-road , and is a gfa > oadag . aaij hiring a large family , and is highly Pj * oa by aa , j saTe dealing , -with him , for his igntTjal good conduct fn all transactions between r ** When the fether weBt to the station at Camberr **> ™» u toW he must appear * t tTnion Hall next PJ- Jin Dext d&y the father attended with the witness g \ u&sn Hall , bn : were refused admittance by the

      £ ?~ r > " » to said they would be called if they were i •™ . The youth , on being placed before the magis-! >¦ ' GottmghEin , Esq ., was charged by policeman y * = 0 * 7 , STB K , with being a well-known thief ^ T ^^ js ate with the one who had picked his kZV" ®** sppeared to be ceiifirmed by peliceman ^^ ween , lv 7 R , in jlain clothfcs , who stated that i ** i Jea them both in the fsir trying to pick gentle-^ l $ 8 etet * T Ms man was not at the station when * & * £ * *»* made . When the magistrate asked ^ TdTv ^ ^^ t 0 **?• & * y ° utlj > G * ^ 6 Poor ' I Jp ^^ Qkerehief was bis own , and was takes out | C ™ P «* et by the other , and that his father and a r ** - » the robbery were outside , asd would prove r « me . i ^ e magktrate , instead of calling them in ,

      rz ** *? »« enormity of the erime , saying that if ZJ 7-N tz&& by a jory and found guilty they would 7 ~» to be traospotttd , he therefore cautioned him h me witnesses did not corroborate his statemuit , t committed for trial , it would be worse for » jmnT 616 * 016 ^^ Sbt he had better not call them . J ° *« i who was n « Ter in a police court before , was J ™ « « w iflent , which the sapient Solon construed u ^ aabn ** goflt ' " ^ ^ mediately sentenced »** o rnonthf imprisonment in Brixton House of iS ** Tbe father , who had been waiting , with ia ~« f » . oatade the office , in tbe greatest anxiety , J *** ftwr aoUTI , it length iateed their way to the r ~** i wno , on hearing their testimony , « xpre « wd L ^» that he did not hear them before , and g * ° wat it was then out of his power to alter his C ~?> ( the prisoners haTine left the office . ^ but

      , y * oa to come the next day and he would ™ a to make an application to the Secretary of fa , ^** 3 ** liberation . When the father attended fc h ? i T ** ^ he must Set two boustkeepera to * l tfv ^ ' 8 " ¦ PPeawEee &t the Qaarter |^> w be held at Kingston , on tbe ISth of October , a rf ^ 7 aect ^ ^ « n « i < i » . including the exlttLz ! policemea to Brixton and baek , and f J ^ trouble to two gentlemen , who wdi-knew ^ lruitr fema y > »* d readUy became bail , tbe " reieued ; htTiag keen four da ^ B in priton , !

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      bia person OiM&gnr&l by eatUxtg bis hair , his hands blistered by working on ths mill , ml tbe loss of jix shillings and nxpeace , which was taken from him , and kepi to pay the qxperiw of his j actcaratfant aad pmthhrnemi , for haTing bis poeket picked of Usvwa pocket hsadkenbief . . ; Tbe aeedoos were held laat week , the firtht * td ensure jost ioe , employed coonael , and went backwards-aod forwards d * rjif the week with hi » witnewes , &a , ( at the coat of £ i per day , ) who would i » Te tnUy proved his eon V innocence , and ihe Tillany and peTJury of the poiieemen . The ease w called oa late aad abaocfc last on . Saturday , when J . Cotttngham , Esq . evidwtty aabamad of bis oonduct , and wishing to prevent publicity , did not « ppear to support his own conrictkxi , wMch was socaeqnantly quaabed by the beach of macia

      tratea . And this is aU the aattsfretioB likely to b * obtained , bytiie injared fcther and faodly , who faav * iHrtifniiJ niniiiiVnn botb » itmotbrmeettbecxpeb » e » of tbeaxprooaediBgii a » dWhithb * - »* eo « t , independ « ai of tne serloas Ion of time , not leas than £ 20 ; not one faxtfciag of which can ha get repaid , —and baring too more money , it is out of bia power to prosecute the policemen for perjury . Ttor * is , therefore , do posaibOity of Staining the least ndresa for the asrirtta injarj done . Not so the policemen , who bare BoVooiy receired their regular pay , but I understand , also three shillings and sixpence per day fox each day ' s attendance at court ; thus giving tnem encouragement for their iniquity . What can we tbiuk afteztbia , oi law and juattoe ? Yoors is the good canst of Chartism ,

      C . J . M . Thobm . 9 , London-street , London-road , Southwark , October 25 , 184 L

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      MORE CRIMES OF THE TYRANTS MORE HORRORS OP THE ACCURSED POOR LAW . TO TBS 2 DIX 8 R OF TBS WOBTHEB * STAB , Sib , —Allow me to lay before your readers the following compressed statements ( taken from tbe lips of the sufferer ) of tbe tyrannical and cold-blooded persecution of an Englishwoman , by one of tbe soul-leas , heartless despots , who haying usurped to tbemaelTe * the possession of the soil , and driven by their multitudinous acts of robbery and oppression the toll-worn sons and daughters of England to beggary and wretchednesscart ? , when the famishing orphan and the heart-broken widow cry for bread—dare to tear the babes from their

      mother—and dare to immure in their dungeons the unhappy parent , because bet crime was porerty , and her offence tbt > loTing of her children . But why dare the idle robbers do these things ? Because , 0 Englishmen , ye hare become a cold , unfeeling , selfish race—the blood of your Saxon sires stagnates in your -reins—ye croach the neck and bend the knee to a CT 6 W of effeniin&te , Yoluptaous m » ster » , w& » would be u poweiie&s before yon , as the worm is the lion ' s path , if as men , you rose in tbe strength of your moral might , and declared with the " Toice of God" that tyranny should be

      no more . Elisabeth Taylor , tbirtjrsix years of age , a native of Sheffield , was married about eighteen years since to James Taylor , a native of Upper Haadon , near Bakewell , in Derbyshire ; her husband was many yean older than herself , he having served in tbe army about twenty years , and was at the time of his marriage and up to his death la the receipt of a pension of la ^ A per day . He was employed for some years prior to his death at a colliery near Sheffield , and has sow been dead about five yean . Eiisibeth Taylor , his widow , was left with five children , and destitute of means for tbe support of

      so large a family , was compelled to seek parochial relief ; this ehe obuintd , receiving 7 s . weekly allowed by the parish of Upper Haddon , and paid her by the overseen of Sheffield . She continued to reside in Sheffield until the Christmas of 1838 , when the New Law coming into operation in Upper Haddon , her pay was stopped in Sheffield , and she was compelled to remove to tie former place . Here the parish officers put her into a wretched hovel , dignified with the name of a " cottage , " described by the woman as a aost miserable place , the roof being propped up to prevent it falling in upon the inmates , and for this horrid kennel the cold-hearted wretches deducted a

      shilling of the seven weekly , for rent The poor woman of course complained ; all she wanted was to be allowed the 7 s . in Sheffield , where she had hitherto , with bard work and good management , contrived to eke out a decent subsistence . But , no ; her tormentors wa&ted to get rid of her and her children altogether . They therefore insisted that she should go to the poorh » use at Ashby ; she refused to go , when she found she would be veparated from her children ; and her psrsecutors were determined to make her go , the relieving officer , a fellow named Btntley , who is bleated with & mouth from eax to ear , hii outward man being but an imperfect index of tbe devilish demon withindeclaring , in the midst of his abaie , that " he had been many a better woman ' s master , and would be her "a . "

      She had been about a fortni jht in this hovel , when a cart was brought to take her and her children to the workhouse . She refused to go . It was a wild and atonnj day ; the wind beat , the rain descended in torrents , and the tempest howled around . One of the overseers , more humane than tbe rest , remonstrated against their removal that day : they were allowed to remain over that day and night , and tbe next morning , having embraced her children , the uahappy woman , with a bleeding heart , left the hovel , and traced her steps toward Sheffield . The same day tbe children were removed ; the three eldest were subsequently placed out to master * , and tbe two youngest put into the Ashey workhouse .

      The poor weman was followed to Sheffield , arrested by a constable , aod takes to Bake Well , on a charge of deserting her children . The charge waa laid before one Barker , the autocrat of the neighbourhood , who sentenced her to fourteen daft' imprisonmaU in Derby County GnoL She spent the whole of this period in X / liiary confinement . Ou her liberation she went to the overseen of Upper Haddon . . They asked her would she now go to the workhouse ? She said she would not ; upon which , one of the overseers remarked that " if he was her , he would walk as far as his legs would carry him before he would go . " They told her they had no power to help her sow -, tbe -whole power waa ia the bands

      of Barker . Pour of them being more charitable than the rest , gave her sixpence each , telling her she must now do tbe best she cauld for herself . She cams to Sheffield , and had been about a month residing in the town , when one of the overseers of Upper-Haddon came to Sheffield bringing with him an order for her removal to the workhouse . She refused to go ; and in about another week's time , she was apprehended by a constable , lodged two nighU in the Sheffield lock-up , taken to Bakewell , and again brought before Barter . She was told she must go to the workhouse or go to prison ; she said she would go to the workhouse if she might be with her children ; this was denied , and the poor woman then said , she would go to

      prison . Barker now sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonment in Derby Giol ; three weeks she passed in solitary confinement , and the other three doing washing and other drudgery . By conimaxid of Barker an order waa left with the Governor of the gaol , ordering the poor woman to repair to Chesterfield Bastile within five days after _ her liberation . Of this she very properly took no notice ; but on the sixth day applied again to the overseers . She was again taken before Barker , who ordered her to be locked up at Bakewell from the Siturday till the Monday ; "when being again brought before thia miserable defpo ; , he told net she nuikt take hei children oat of the vprkhouse , or go in her herself , or he would again commit , her to prison .

      Rather than , go to prison again , the poor woman agreed to take her children out of Chesterfield Bastile , whither thty bad been removed during her imprisonment . Chesterfield ia twelve miles from Bakewell , and the poor woman , friendless and penniless , refused to go until the had obtained some assistance ; abe had sat in the outer court about an hour , when Barker came out and asked her , had she not gone yet ? She replied she could not go until she bad got something to help her on the road ; when he told ker she should not have a farthing .

      After some time , he sent an efficer to fetch her into the inner court ; when demanding of her why abe would not go , Bhe replied , &he had been informed she could claim a penny a mile , and if he would not allow her th&t , he must find a cart to take her . The brute told her he " would have her dragged behind a cart uultss she took herself off . " Finally , finding the woman was not to be bullied , lie Bent her a shilling and she deputed . 1 should have mentioned ttat when the vromaa agreed to take her children out of the bastile , Barker told her " if she became troublesome any sore , or left her children again , money was no otjtct to him , and he would follow ker though she went" to the devil . " The unhappy woman went to Chesterfield , tcok her children out of the bastile , and walked to Sktffield . a distance of sixteen miles ,

      without a penny , and her children shoeless and almost ' naked , the eldest , seven years old , walked the whole of ! the way , and the youngest , five years old , she carried | in her arms '; and faint and weary , with aching heart ' and bleeding feet , tbe widow and her fatherless children | reached Sheffield , without a shelter or a home ; this ! was in the moBth of April , 1840 . She now lived nine | months in Sheffield , supporting her children by the 1 labour of her hands , without receiving ; or seeking pariah : relief , when she had occasion to leave the tows for I a short time , she took the youngest child with her . and left tbe eldest with a person whom lo Other dftJS tbe | poor woxoaa cad befriended . She TO abMnt from the I townamenth ; on her return to Sheffield abe found [ thai her eldest child had been taken ill , and by the | parish doctor had been sent to the workhouse . The 1 woman west to the workbovse to claim the

      childthey refused to give it up—next day she was apprehended on charge of deserting her child , lodged in Sheffield lockup , on the Saturday was sent to Bakewell where she was again locked up . On the Monday , four respectable persons from Sheffield were in Bakewell to » r > eak to iitr character , but no magistrate sitting that day , the witnesaei were compelled to return to Sheffield . The next day she was Bent to Chesterfield , when she was committed for trial at tbe sessions . She was imprisoned a month before trial in Derby Gaol , where she was locked up in solitary confinement for

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      tbftt period , was tried at the CtesterQgKL Sessions , ia the month < rf April tort , and awjtanoed to "six months imprisonment and hard labour in the county gaoL" Oi ^ hearing her aentenoa , the poor woman add , ( addressing the Chairman ) , Well , ray Lord , you are not sending me to prison for theft , bnt because I am poor ami carinbt maintain myaeif aid children . " the relieving officer , too ^ rtti-ahnlght y "Bentley , Barker ' s jadcalL was ttte wftoeac against fcer , « M did the utmost bis mallofi could saggest to blacken her character , while she defenceless , and having no one to urge a word in her behalf was again dragged to a prison . Her imprisonment expired on tbe 5 th of October last , when she left the gaol , « nd again treat to BakevetL

      Is answer to bar question of ' < What most she do f Barker told her , she must take Her children out of the WorkJwoae , or must go iniheraeif , * w they would give her Bathing . " 8 * a meat to CbemterOtdd , took oat bur children , and ia n * w , living in Shef&fiid without < n > eanjr to help her in the shape of parochial relief . Such is the tale , alas too true , of persecution and suffering borne by a sister woman ; Loo * here , mea of England—ye , -who sell yourselves to uphold with your courage and your Wood tbe robber-class , that thus tramples onyour order—look at this tale of misery and woe , and Mush that ye can be aneh slaves as , spaniel-like , to lick the rod that strikes yen . Oh eonld the soldier have riMB from his cold and silent grave , to have witnessed this persecution of his sorrowing wife and little

      onesnow tramping weary miles with sinking heart and bleeding feet , bow separated , the wi ^ ow in tor prison cell of bowers—the orphans in their bastile homewould not the soldiers' hrtrt - have swelled with hate , revenge alone eeuld have quenched ? He had beroe the weary march under torpid heat— 'mid frigid cold—hunger and thirst had been his portion—death in every horrid shape he had encountered "mid the battles shock and the bloody conflict ' s rage . He returned to the land of his fathers , one of " the broken tools that tyrants cast away "—and when his sands of life were run—alas he knew not that those for whom be bad spilled bia blood would award a felon ' s fate to bis wife , and the " bread of bitterness" to his children—he knew—he knows it not , he sleep * sound , tis welL

      Bnt 0 Englishmen , which of ye after reading this , will volunteer to shed your blood for the support of your country's tyrants , when such is your reward ? Which of ye , rather , will not swear unceasing war to the ncconed system , and war with those who uphold and profit by Its hellish abases ? Elizabeth Taylor , the subject of this letter , is now residing in White ' s-lane , near Wainwright ' s Brewbouse , in the Park . If any of tbe female readers of the Star c&a give her , or recommend her to any work in the shape of washing , for such good service she will be grateful She asks not charity , she only desires to

      support her children by the labour of her hands , and tbus be saved from a repetition of the horrid persecution to which she baa been subjected . From inquiries i have made , I have every reason to believe her a sober , industrious , trustworthy woman , and certainly the unconquerable spirit with which she has battled with her persecutors entitle her to the admiration and support of all who can appreciate that courage that quails not before haughty wealth , and that independence of mind that is not to be subdued by the oppression of triumphant tyranny . I am , Sir , Yours ia the cause of justice and right , George Julian Habnby . Sheffield , 48 , Nnrfery-street , Nov . 14 th , 1841 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THS KOBTHERN STAB . Si a , —Although most of the Dublin newspapers reported a speech of Mr . O'Connell's , wherein he described me as an enemy to my country ; that I not only voted tor tbe Tories , bat accused him of being a '' knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion ; " in fact he held me up to public ridicule and scorn , that ia to say , as much so as he could , yet the papers refuge to publish my explanatory letter . I therefore am obliged to beg that favour of you . It is quite true that I did write opposite to Mr . O'Connell ' s name on the " whole ticket ; " a knave IK POLITICS , and a HYPOCRITE IK RELIGION . I did not add these words to his name till after mature oansideratlon of his career ; however they are not original . The late Right Bev . and ever-to-be regretted Doctor

      Doyle , Catholic Bishop of Kildare , was the author of them ; and the Bev . A . Fitzgerald , president of tbe College of Carlow , has more than once written that Daniel O'ConneU is a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . And in a letter written by Mr . O ConnelTs kinsman , Mr . Finn , and dated Feb . 9 th , 1835 , the motto is "Daniel O'Connell , a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . " " Andrew Fitsgerald" Thus , you see , I am bub a mere plagiarist , though I know tbe terms apply with as much truth and justice as ever words applied as expletives of the character of any man . lam , Tour obliged and humble servant , Patrick O'Higgihs . Dublin , Nov . fi . 1841 .

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      Toioe wm lost amidst Ihe general . Uence of others . m * \ PE 32 ' tba PoUl * Peoptoia endgratiort , feel » * ° & ****¦•¦>• ^* forward ta tfie name o ( Him who ! aerfdeth «* to y < m ; hi ihe name of the only togs ! soverejgs of «^^ tr ^^ «» illie W 6 plebri * olaiid , - to aceotapHah the dnty fowaken 6 y-others . The memory of tfte S 0 th of November is dear to tt « , ' 'befaiuse the memory of out past deeds keepi still present In our mindi , our sacred national doty , which Is-to Hv « and be ready . to die for the welfare of mankind , T * e a * mory of the 29 th of November U dear tio us , tMeaose we bate tjrraaujvand became It was that day , that we raised our sword ia tha nan * of freedom , aad'tf that please * any tfnuboK not , w # , th « Polish people , intend tooehbr ^ thea ^ ve «^ . « r t 3 u | tgMrt ; dajU - ^ i of

      People ^ f Great Britain j whenumi beard the treaty of tfae littr '•* July , « w « Ud » ot think that it reaUjrwp » eeent « t jour natioBalito * Hng « to * a ** l » km tyrant . You toveyoar :. rational fllUtentM ; therefore w « cannot thfe * thai ?« wUtatbrthft aggraudfeewwit of the pow « which hath no nearer neighbour ia 'Asia , after the &U ofXiwfcev . tfaan jpjFr-aonearw compatfe * on the ee * thaa yoa-r-ao richer prey Jo the world for its hungry eatoUitea ^ than ypn-f and whose aim is murder , rapine , and destruction J You wish to fee fa * , and we could not believe that you might become friends o { tbe murderers of other people ' s freedom . You hate your own tyrants ; therefore we could not believe that yon might be the allies of * he most wretched tyrants in tbe world r

      We believe you to he free from tbe bloody stain which covers the allies of the tour European tyrants , and we invite yoa to be present hj your numerous and tone friends , at the commemoration of the event which at least retarded , if it did not prevent , tbe conquest of Europe , under the moot despotic yoke of the Emperor of Russia ; an event which by the dispersion of the free people among all the oppressed people of the world , was perhaps , in the hands of proviaenoe the means of uniting- their wutnal interests into one common ; and indissoluble bond ; an event which , ' perhaps , was but the precursor of the general freedom of mankind . .... The anniversary of the Polish revolution is to be celebrated on the 29 th of November , 1841 , inPorUea , Portsmouth . - !

      Love awd Fbatebnitt The Chairman of the meeting , ( Signed ) Piontkowski This 24 th of October , 2841 . Polish Barrack * , Portaea , Portsmouth , The Secretary , ( Signed ) Letejewsk . 1

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      o TO THE EXILES OF ERIN . " O my oppressed fellow Slaves , let me On thifl Occa sion coo jure you to look Into the history of your mis governed country . " My objeet being that of directing the attention of the ill-used and much-abused Irish working men to ihe real cause of their degradation and misery , I shall not hesitate to quote from the writing of a man , " a native of Ireland , " who I believe was sincerely attached to the land of his birth , and gloried in the name of Irishman , Mr . John Barnard Trotter , private secretary to Lord Castlereagh for twenty-five years , whose duty it was , at the time of the parchment ce-mpaot , called the Legislative Union , to keep a registry of the names and destination of tbe base betrayers of their country ' s confidence and honour , aad consequently of the peace and happiaes of her people , writes as follows : —

      " No nvaa could be more opposed te a Repeal , of that parchment compact than myself . Like many of my fellow countrymen , I was given to believe that It was by the unanimous consent and approbation of the friends Of both nations that the Irish Parliament should be moved to England for the purpose , as was then stated , of cementing both kingdoms more closely together , but experience has long since taught otherwise , and Ireland will never improve or emerge from the miseries under which she labours , until her metropolis ia again the seat of her legislation , or that an equal distributien of the laws of ( England shall be fully and impartially extended to her people . "

      Sobs of Erin , I have no doubt these words were penned with sincerity , but , however we may admire the writer as tbe friend of bis country , let us not be led away in pursuit of a shadow ; let us enquire what the laws of England are , whether they can be impartially administered , and whether the English as a people , really , are themselves happy under those laws ? It is not my intention to lead the readers of this address into a long iab&rynttv of reasoning . That , in my opinion , would be a waste of bo much time . I shall , therefore , state a few facts by way of solving these questions . The present Government asserts that the Whigs have left the financial affairs of the oountry in a most awful state . Tbe Whigs declared , previous to losing the entire confidence of the people , as shown by

      the last elections , th » t some liberal system must be adopted to relieve them from their financial embaraasmenta . The merchants deslare their enterprising spirits are clogged by the oppressive laws which bear on trade and commerce . The poor steal to . secure a home in a prison , or die in the streets and cellars , in preference to throwing themselves on their acknowledged right , —the poor rate , which the householders declare they can no longer pay . And all this has happened under a code of laws which Mr . Barnard Trotter would have fully and impartially administered to Ireland , as a panacea for her accumulated wrongB , woes , and miseries . Thus it is , my friends , we are ever deceiving ourselves and each other by looking at mere present effect , instead of going to first causes . O , but , says

      some good meaning fellow , Mr . Barnard Trotter says one of two thiags , either the laws of England Impartially administered to Ireland , or Dublin made the seat of her legislation ! Good easy man ! was it not once tbe seat of her legislation ? Did not the eloqueKoe of her patriotic orators adorn aad honour her senate ?—that senate which , composed as it was , " with some honourable exceptions , " of treacherous miscreants and peculating gamblers , seeking to repair their broken fortunes on the ruins of their country , Bold her liberties to those cursed tyrants , whose diabolical councils were working out the destruction of the freedom of Europe . This brings me at once to the " bone of contention . " Does Ireland want a Parliament ? Or does she want justice ? Does Bhe -want an ' assembly composed of lawyers , reverend rogues in robes , sailor and soldier officers , state paupers and pampered aristocrats ? or does she require a deliberate assembly , representing the public mind and will—an assembly of men whose

      knowledge of the wants and wishes of the people has been acquired through a free intercourse with those classes who alone in reality feel the want of legislative protection ? Sons of Erin , be not deceived . What would the Repeal of the Union be but a restoration to Ireland of her former tyrannies ? Just look at the conduct of the Irish Members in the Union Parliament Is it honourable , is it liberal ? Ah no ! and rest assured , the men who con vote against . the liberties of the people of this or any other country , will ; sever hold themselves ready to give freedom to tbe enslaved millions of their own nation . Depend on it , my friends , the rain who can play the tyrant in one place would act in like manner , under similar circumstances , in any other . The men who , for expediency , will truckle , and pander , and sacrifice their honour for interest , emolument , or through ambitiofi , will never be found legislating for the general geod . No , no ; they will ever be found partisans and exclnaionlsts .

      What hope , then , for the oppressed millions of Ireland lathe Repeal of the Legislative Union , unless Ireland ' s first Parliament be elected upan the principles contained in the People ' s Charter ? for , be assured , if the ancient nobility of Ireland could bo disgracefully dishonour themselves and country by bartering her nationality for gewgaws and titles , the tolling millions have little to expect from those laaded proprietors who have become not only alienated themselves , but , to cover their shameful apoatacy and renegadism , have circulated the damning calumny , that " no man of capital dare venture bis life and property amongst that abused and degraded people . "

      Was it not enough to despoil a people of All the physical comforts of ita industrious members ?—was it not enough to consign them to woe and want—to give them up to the sword , and the wrath of the fanatic—to scatter amongst them the seeds of religious discord , and hand them over to the retaliating vengeance of bloated bigots , who , whilst they preached " peace , peace , " exulted in their black and midnight murders , gorging in tbe blood of the victims they were constantly sacrificing to Moloch , and making humanity worse than fiendish ? Alas ! no ; it required one more act to complete the wreck of a people proverbial for their hospitality . That act of refined cruelty was the libellous stab infiioted oa the character of the honest Irish labourers : " No man o f property dare trust himself amongst them . "

      Alas ! poor old Ireland ! thou sister of afilioted Poland ! tbe hearts of the Chartis t * bleed for thee . Bnt , sons of Erin , mourn not ; ruminate no more on your miseries ; but energetically seek redress . Do this , and Ireland shall yet be free—aye , and thy muchloved sister also , degraded Poland . The much-loved harp shall yet be taken from tbe green and drooping willow—shall yet be strung , and boldly struck ; whilst the valliea and the hills , melodiously reverberating , shall musically respond to the enraptured and ravished ear in bold invigorating

      tones—•« Erin , mavourneen I sweet Erin go bragh !" Yes , my friends , Ireland ' s poetic harp BhaU yet be heard melodiously sweetening the hoar of joyous respite , when the unsophisticated and nutip labourer shall , after , his day tt cheerful toil , be engaged In the evening ' s rational amusementswhen Pat and bia Shelah shall on the green sward of Shaanon ' s Banks , sing sweetly the melodies of bye gone days . But ere this fond dream can be realised much , very much misery has to be endured ; the song of friendship may again be sung with an anti-christian

      spirit by many a wily logue to win the way to confldeuce ; many a knave may yet be fattened with tbe richness of tbe land , purchased with secret service money , and make bis way to the cheerless hearths of tbe unsuspecting ( because innocent ) and confiding lover of Mb country . But 0 , beware . Irishmen ; your weak part is well known to your enemies ; your love of country , the facility with -which you are txdted when that string is touched , exposes you to much danger , and lays you open to the well-concerted plans of your designing enemies . Guard that point , Paddy ., as you

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      would have yoar wives and daughter * ipard their chastity . Flank ft right and left with iober discretion and mature Judgment ; let bat yoar enemies make a breach then , aad they have secured at bat » the devil road . U > join cWef citadel , the heart of heart * , which their buefoi pre » fn « wm aoon corrupt' BemewVer ifyOTbiyel ^ yow Flt ^ et ^^ O'Connors , yoar anfort ^ uiate oou ^ tryhu also produced her . Castiereaias ' and her . tft 3 onneir « , fit names to be assodatod With ttte rbllow&g fmmorfcalised heroes of Irish stfcaervleucy and ^ n ^ iish dishonour . " ¦' ¦ '" ¦ ¦ : \ . - ' - ' v ';¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦' ¦ ' ; ¦ ¦• . '¦ ¦ * - - - 'wk ^ fTtiaiiKv ¦ . -i- - - , No . S , Conb ^ itreet , Kmtteford-road ; ManfcheBter . ' . ; '' V ; . / fri CTo , i * . contiHue < ij [; s . .: '"'" / ' .- ¦ "' . . '' ¦

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      BIRMINGHAM-FROST'S COMMITTEE . The following memorial was gent to tbe Home Office tnB ^ half ^ i ^ fiy ii . F « ost » WiUiams , andJpaw iri , ; TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE SIB JAM £ 8 GRAHAM , SBCBBTART OP JBTATE FOB TH * HOME DS-. " " pA B ^ KBR ^ " ; , : ' : . '' - ''' - : ' ' ¦ We , the General Committee of Birmingham fot Che Restoration Ht - 'Frost , Williams , anA Jones , beg to approaob yoar Exoslteqcy , ia the < aote < rf justice and humanity , in behalf of the said John Frost , Zepbaniah

      Williams , and William Jones , praying your Excellency to give yoar most serious attention to the eases of the three unfortunate men above-named , as they are eaaes of extreme hardship , and eases whereon you Excellency might exercise yoar high privilege of recommendation to mercy , with honour to yourself and satisfaction to Ihe whole country . TMb Committee pray yoar Excellency to recommend the above-named men to her most gracious Majesty ' s consideration and mercy . We found our hopes on the following . facts , viz ! : — ~ '

      1 st That two out of the tiue * Judges before -whom tbe men were arraigned , decided that there was no law to send them to trial for high treason . ¦ - ••'• ' ' 2 nd . That the prisoners' counsel made an objection to the ' trial on account of its illegality , aid six-Judges were of opinion that the objection was legal ' in point ot law , ihe only ; doubt being as to tke > time the objection was made . ¦ ¦¦; ¦¦ ¦¦ ' '"¦ ' ' - ' ¦ ¦{' - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . '; 3 d . That much anflertog wasctased to the men by the special commission and their hasty removal in the dead of night , without being allowed the consolation of teeing either their wives , their children or their friends . This committee feel confident that now prejudice baa wasted away , yoar Excellency will not saflRsr the wrong that Is done to continue one raomeat The ' facts above named , hare induced u as a committee , to endeavour to obtain justice , where so much injastioe has been done . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦' ¦

      We wish to call tbe attention of yoar Excellency to the faet that this committee have seventy memorials , most respectfully worded , passed at pubtfs meetings , and signed on behalf of the inhabitants , and , although at great expense , this committee seat a deputation to present thia same to her Majesty , yet they were not allowed . . , This committee will hand these memorials to your Excellency for presentation , should you think proper to support their prayer , and this committee doubt not , that a majority of the jury who tried the unfortunate men would again recommend them to mercy .

      This committee fully trusting in your Excellency ' s love of justice , aad knowing the bitter and virulent feelings of many persons at Newport , and in the country , do respectfally press this point , that your Excel lency will , by granting the prayer of this committee , ensure to yourself the respect and gratitude of millions of oar fellow-countrymen . And may the Government with which your Excellency is connected , never so fax forget the interests of the industrious millions , M to N > fuse their prayer for justice . And your memorialists will ever pray , &c Signed on behalf of the committee , T . H . Shand . John Wilkinson , Joint Secretaries . Committee-room , Oct . 2 i « t , 1841 .

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      TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE LORD . STAN-• liEY , M . P ., FOR THB NORTHERN DIVISION OP THE CODNTY OF LANCASTER . 11 The individual who is trained to buy cheap , sell dear , and seek for individual benefits above his fellows , is thereby degraded , is unfitted to acquire ' superior qualities , ia deprived of the finest feelings of our nature , and tendered totally lucompetttkt to experience ths highest enjoyments of human existence . " Robbk ? Owen . My Lord , —While reading overtrhaVis' termed a verbatim report of your speech mad £ in the Sbire-Hall , Lancaster Castle , I saw in it the following words : — :

      " The hardship of breaking through old habits'and driving the labourer from bis country cottage , to be put up in some confined alley of a manufacturing town , where be is compelled to seek , amidst filth and misery , so different to what he has been aceuatomed , at beat a mere subsistence . " MyJLnrd , bow different such language , when contrasted with tbb language of a Noble Duke , higb is office : he said , " There was no distress In the country , " while you , my Lord , admit that we in manufacturing towns , are " put in confined allies , amidst filth , and misery , " and that the country labourer is bnt at best badly situated ; for yon say , "he has been accustomed to a mere subsistence . " One Noble Lord Duke says " no distess , " while another Honourable Lord , ( on the same side of the House , ) proves the distress to be universal .

      &y Lord , having by way of contrasting the contradictory testimonies , or speeches of two High Lords , digressed a little from my intended subject , ( I do not call it so much a digression , ; permit me most respectfully to enforce upon your attention tbe same , viz ;—what we term " competitive cheatery , " with the effects it produces upon individuals engaged therein , and upon society generally . . : . My Lord , about twelve years ago , I knew a man who was then a journeyman weaver , ( my present profession ); he got married ; hia father-in-law gave him a few pounds , after which be began to buy cheap and sell dear ; he bought what we call old iron , that Is stolen yam aad weft He then went to Manchester market , undersold the honest manufacturer , and got a greater

      profit . This is what I call buying cheap and selling dear . Now , what effects did such conduct produce upon the man engaged therein , and upon hand-loom weavers generally ? It made the man Into a cheat , liar , rogue , and a receiver of stolen goods . If he was buying anytblDg , he would cheat eitber-in tbe quality of the article , or quantity , or amount of money If be was Belling anything he would tell lies by saying he bad given a counting-house price for bis yarn , when at the same time he bad only given a back-door price for it He was a rogue , for he bated bis weavers sometimes 3 d . per piece , when it has never yet been proved that cloth of such quality sold at 3 d per piece less . He was a receiver of stolen goods , for he did not « are how

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      became at bis yarn ,, so that he had a prospect « f keeping himself out of the hands of bis thai Majesty ' s peaee-bfilcera , . ¦¦ - . ,.. ¦ . ' . ' ., ' . " :., ¦ -y- , / ,:: ¦ ¦; , ,. ' ¦ ' . Thus , my Lord , tjbe man unitAonWimhtA got . about " ten thonsand pounOa , jpnd allbiaboatfivajeara . Th ^ ttaa ' lltnW , f 6 $ : % pjiiat : h ff $ worked ; fo ^ bim ,. . when , ' Initead 6 fgeUing at least throe ' ents of weft at , t \ x ^ fi \^ 4 : T ^ Jo ! g 9 ii ^ ^ B ^ i ^ o ^ c ^^ : ^ . . Now 'tt ^ L 6 rdv ; I have given ^ yon some ; of the aoaet * . such eo ^ uc jt pjroduoad , aooou . t £ e iad ^ vidoal , * wgaged x tUtotefti : : » 6 ) frI sbaBrivey ^ so ^ of ^ effi ( ft » it ^• n > . daoedtt ^ n hand-iooia ws ^ verffeMraUy . . > . In ' the , firstplaoe , if Ujere was , a , slack market Ib Mktuiie » f « r . the ' cheat , , T 3 «»; fi ^ aiidljhaxipcelTerof stole * go ^ c $ * $ ^ jp ^ tt ^ aiPW ife 1 ^^^ have iartA&L&z tJri ^ rf clflSi . ifiBr Wt 6 * i bat both of

      < n ^ nfactttrersj come home , and reduoethe wa ^ e * th « baad-loo ^ wTBater . , ' ¦ . . . " .. - ' , " " " ; jV ' . V , t must beg leave to state one , thing , my Lord , rht-ithat the receiver of stolen goods has always been tb * most desboas of reducing the wages of workpeople , not caring , for any of its ponsequeaoes , either npon master - w aervanti ¦ . : ' ' ¦; : ' ¦ . ' . ' " - '¦ ¦ .. . ' . ; % . " . But , my Lord , I mast go on tolling yoa about thia V competitive cheat He got tired with miuinfacturing , hand-loomxlptb , arid applied his capital , to the manafactute of cotton yam ; in other : words , he was a mattes cotton-spinner . He built a , large mill , eaipioyq a good many bands , and is now a eompetlUve tyrant I was . in the same town at the late election , and what do you . think , my Lord , that he then did ? He forced his hands , as many aa could vote , to vote according to his wish , or be discharged frem employment , besides for » ' « Ing the said hands to takje j £ lp and £ 1 » per annum houses , to be paid for out of 10 a . and 15 s . per week wasea ; - . ¦ ' . '¦ ¦" ¦ . ....:, ' ... ' ' , "

      My Lord , I m , ust acquaint you with another circumstanefe connected with this gentiemanV efaaracternamely , he does ai ) that he can to detect men of hig trade , i . « ., receivers of stolen goods . " MyXerd , a working man cannot get work unless he will take a miserable hat In some confined alley , which will take the one-balf of his wages to pay bis rent ¦ . ' ' ' . ¦;' ¦; . '' ;; ' : My Lord , you must by this time see that persona acquiring wealth by unjust ( although legal ) means , necessarily beodme petty objects—objects worthy of nothing but hatred from every honest man . They will employ «' eelf-acting" mules to be sBperintended by asses , alias slaves ! by which means , eleven cotton spinners out of every twelve are turned out of employment They will employ steam looms to a great rate , so that in many mills there are worked one-flut , twenty * four yards long , " per minute , in each miU . .

      Twelre hands , by the assistance of our present improvements , will turn-off as much worJc in one month , as used to employ owe hundred hands twelve months in in the printing business . My Lord , I once beard a song about chipping , or pulling the skin , off potatoes by steam , but I think :, competitive thlevei } have not yet come that" rig . " My Lord , I shall now endeavour to shew you some of the effects , such competitive conduct produced npoo society generally . . In the first place , my Lord , I must tell you , that we

      possess a power for the production of cloth equal to twelve hundred million human hands , yet many of ns twenty six millions who are " pent up in some confined alley , " are wandering about in rags , and kalf naked , and cannot mend ourselves . An old woman , next door to me , ( hand loom weaver ) has to work sard for 3 s . 2 d . a week , out of which has to go la . 3 d . for rent , 7 d . for coal , flour paste , tallow , j » oft soap , and candles in winter , 6 d ., ( Christ said" when night com « th no man worketh , " but as . onr modern rulers are forcing us w work by artificial light , ) washing soap , needles , pins , thread , and matches Id .

      I think she is matched with a vengeance , when she only gets for a hard week ' s work , 3 s . 2 d ., out of which must go all the above itiems , via . two shilliogs and ninepence , leaving only flvepeace added to her one shilling she receives from her parish to live upon—that is twopence farthing per day . . My Lord , when I take into accouat the reductions the hand loom weaver has had to suffer within the last forty years , 'tis almost enoagh to drive me mad . I will give them to you as they are connected with tha necessaries of human life . In the command of Wheat my wages within the last forty yearve have been reduced . .. ... 3 , 500 percent Butter ... 800 do . Butchers' Meat ... ... ... ... 800 do . In the command of Rent Money ... * , 5 oo do . Potatoes ... ... ... ... ' „ , 800 do . Salt equal to what it was in 1802 .

      So that you see if duty was taken off the importation of foreign grain , In a few years we should lose the benefit of sneb a change , therefore the anti-Corn Law League is nothing but a humbug league . My Lord , the above reductions average about 2 , 080 per cent My Lord , do not think me an apelogist for the Bread Tax ; no : I would , by virtue of an Act of Parliament ( the People ' s Charter ) , annihilate It , and for ever . My Lord , in consequence of the above-mentioned reductions , the landlord ' s Income has increased mere than £ 10 , 000 per' cent within the last eighty years—I mean so far as the hand-loom weaver is concerned . My Lord , in a few weeks t shall again address yoa upon competition and monopoly . Till then , my Lord , I remain , Yours in the cause of truth , And a friend to tbe People ' s Charter . Petkb Riget . Preston , November 7 , 1 SU .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Fellow-Slates , —We your representatives consider it tobe our duty to address you at tbia momentous crisis on-the important part you are called upon to act at this critical era , In the glorious movement for universal freedom . ' , It has been wisely determined by the Execativa Committee , that a Convention BhaU sit in London to iraperi&tend the presentation of the next petition . They have appointed that Lancashire shall send two members to tha Convention , one of which South Lancashire will have to elect ; therefore , it now xtdk with you to carry out the measures with spirit and promptitude .

      That this may be done with effect , let every member at once set about tne work ia earnest , by applying t « tiie Council for petition sheets and books , to solicit subscriptions for the support of the men you may choose to push forward this extraordinary movement on behalf of right against might . Visit evtry honse ia your respective neighbourhoods , get their signatures , and solicit their aid in raising the necessary funds to carry the business through ; yes , yes , there must be no squeamish objections ; the time has arrived whea all must work , and that vigourously . Four millions signatures ate to be raised , and South Lancashire must maintain the proud position they have so losg and so nobly held . We your representatives have pledged our faith on your behalf , to have the ; necessary funds in readiness to support the Convention by the time that body ia called together ; and having great confidence in you , we leave the matter entirely in your hands , well knowing that a hint to the wise is suf « flcient . = ¦ ¦ . , . , ¦ : •• '

      We feel sorry that so many disappointments should have occurred by the ' lecturers , by their not attending to their appointments , bat ws believe that effectual means have been taken to prevent the recurrence of the evil ; and -we trust that each lecturer will see the necessity of attending punctually to his duty , for we are satisfied that one "disappointment is calculated to discourage the persons attending to bear the principles of Chartism expounded ; let each buckle on his armour afresh and return with renewed energy to the work . " Onward" be the motto of each workman . ' Sons of toil , it is high time to be up and doing , for the enemies of labour are continually making encroacferaen ' s upon ita sacred' rights . . Witnessthe coses of the boilermakers , bookbinders , and stonemasons of London ; the weavenand spinners of Stockport ; yea , witness the poverty , want , and distress amongst the working classes through * he whole kiBgdom .

      Is there less produoed that the producers of all wealth should be thus steeped in ; wretchedness ? Certainly not ; there i * enough for alU-aad enough for each , but tbe grasping hand of avarice , protected by class legislation , has seised upon the produce of y « ur bands , and appropriated it to the use and abuse of tha Idle drones of society , leaving the sons of toil to feed upon tbe veriest garbage . Arouse yourselves , and work while it is day . We advise tlie General Council , in their various localities , to appoint deputations to visit every village and hamlet in their neighbourhoods in which the National Charter Association is not established , aad try to spread the principles of Chartism Into every nook and corner of our Isle . Tracts would be very good things for the introduction of the deputation to those places in which they are not acquainted with any known Chartist

      To all the villages in South Lancashire in which then is no part of the Association , we have to inform the readers of the Star that if they will communicate to Mr . James Cartledge , 34 , Lomas-street , Bank Top , Manchester , when it would be likely that a deputation could meet a few of the working sen in one of their own houses , he will communicate to the nearest portion of the General Council the wishes of all parties applying ; thus tbe cause of truth will spread from town to % village , and from village to hamlet , uatil every son of toil snail have embraced in tbe firmest and closest principles of his heart the glorious doctrines of equity and truth , making tbe graven image that has been and is the idol of the ruling few . to Taniih , " And , like the baseless fabric of a vision , Leave not a wreck behind . " ( Signed ) Oa beha / f of the delegates assembled , jlENRT STANSFIELD , Wilium Gbifpin , ' James Cartiedgr , StcwtajBh ^^ ^

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      ra Tax mrroa of ths kobxheex sii . E . Bo , —It has been remarked that truth always gains tf ititf *•*"" _• sad that the maxim has been well posadBd , was pet beyond the posaibQity « f a doubt a fcv days ago bere , by the opposition offered to the pad of Chartism , oa tbe part of the Rev . Dr . Coen , ( cvaented prelate . It mast be ia the recollection a * y « readers that the eloquent and learned prelate ojajtbi Chartist ages * B . MacdoBneH ; and , on the fdniagSBaday spoke from the altar upon the prisdplesflf tbe Charter , but instead of condemning them , as as ^ bad ac pected he would , be spoke in terms highly afme sf them , and admitted that if gained by legal ai ftsstitTrtrrml means , could not rail of being of tbe nst « tadvantage to the country . The Galieey Adver

      £ * r , a obscure Tory paper , euloglzad in a subsequent nate , his- lordship , acd at tbe same tiaae , vilified in Ss v t gross Tnuwngr , another reverend genUesian of 2 atB » m , bfaase , as tbe tying editor falsely asserted , &t fis ^ tt Ber . Dr . Coest bad deUvered " a withering afmcirtkm against the Chartists , and highly ealegirad Ss insert Tory administration , - while his lordship mdUKcb . thing , but said " that tbe Whig ministry hi 1 te wfil but wanted the power , while tbe Tory siafey bad the power , and that time would prove viator they bave ths wiH to serve Ireland . " The an * &y the Adtjertiter attacked tie other reverend faSion was , " that be had some time ago admitted te&rnrd MaedonBell that ' the points of the Charter vet eoaQaut and ought to be looked for by every

      wallvate of Ireland . '" Saee tbe admiatioE , by Dr . Coen , of the excellency tf 2 * Cbartisi principles , numbers who before were Efijal to dedare themselves , have discussed , and adaitted the merits of the Charter ; and as a proof that S * r / iiem is gaining rapidly upon the minds of the jMffebere , it may be sufficient to inform you that the &r a now read and sought with avidity by the memia of our reading rooms , a society composed of VUgs , Tone * , Rytioig , Bepealers , aad Anti-repealers liciher eaose ot tbe spread of Chartism here is the wramofwifnt sometime age that Mr . O'Connor would

      ** ke personally oSenaive to Mr . O'Connell—a dreamta «» bkii led many here to hope that a Ufio . n of i ^ eaka and Chartists was n ot impossible ; a xtkiok » iii , if ooce « ccoaplith « 4 , O heavens ! how soon we void hare the happiness to see the last shake given to & tmk of the tree of oppression , whose thick and OMfrktittad branches have overshadowed our lovely K * rj ; then would we see an end put to clan legisla te- then would we see the idle drones of the great * ai fee expelled to aake room for tbe working and «^* noS ! daxset , those political bees who nil and ifyaah the rumerous ceils in th 0 great hive of hnman fcaty . B ? pablisMLg this in the next Star you will * Sgs A Feiesd to thb Chjletes . k ^ fcres , Xot . 7 th , 1841 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL . Sib , —It is exceedingly disagreeable to me to be so often called upon to trouble eitker you or the public upon subjects relating to myself personally ; but as Mr . O'Connell has thought proper to amuse bis admiring and still confiding audience by calumniating me at a meeting of his Association , on Tuesday , the 26 th instant , I trust that you will do me the justice of affording me the opportunity of defending my character by the same medium through which it has been publicly assailed . Mr . O'Connell is reported to have * ald— " Yon have all heard of Mr . O'Higgins . Tbe Tories sent him a circular , of course , for his vote , aad he gave them in it a character of myself and of the other three candidates fur the ward . I am not going to read what he stated of the others , but I shall read what he said of myself . Here it is : — " Character of Dasiel O'Connell . —A knave IN POLITICS AKD A U 1 POCRITE IV RELIGION . "

      It is not true that I stated in the circular which Mr . O'Connell says was sent by the Tories , anything whatever about Mr . O'Connell or about any of the other three candidates . It is not tme that I made objections to the other three candidates whose names appeared upon Mr . O'Cosnell ' s tckole ticket . I voted tor one ot them , Mr . John O'Neill ; I could not conscientiously vote for any of the others : and if they have any wish for it , I shall let the public know tbe reasons why I did not vote for them . I voted for Mr . John O'Neill because I believed him to ba an honest man , though a bad politician . I

      voted for Thomas Saundera because I knew him to be an honest man and a good neighbour ; and I voted for W . H . Gray because , in addition to that of bis being an honest man , he is an old acquaintance and a respected friend . Besides these reasoas , which , I am convinced , will satisfy every honest man in society , I knew tbat the Irish Municipal Reform Act takes away ell political power from the new Lord Mayor , the Aldermen and Town Councillors , and vesta it in the Lord Lieutenant ; and that therefore the politics of the candidates had nothing whatever to do with the elections .

      When I received a rigmarole letter commanding me to vote for Mr . O'Connell and his nominees , and stating that he did not desire the vote of any one who would not vote for the other three , I objected to this species of dictation . I objected to any barrister seeking foT city honours -which were intended for merchants , manufacturer ! , and tradesmen ,- and cot for attorneys , doctors , or lawyers ; and I wrote a few words opposite the names of two of Mr . O'Connell ' s nominees , and the words complained ot opposite to his own name ; and so thoroughly convinced and satisfied am I of their truth , that I shall at any time undertake to prove them to the entire satisfaction of every lover of truth and political integrity in the community . Patrick O'Higgins , The man who gat up the first meeting for theOConnell Tribute , and the second who subscribed £ 10 to it No . 14 , North Anne-street , Oct 28 , 1841 .

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      THE POLISH PEOPLE IN ENGLAND TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN . CITIZENS , —In 1830 , the . Emperor of Russia was ready to overwhelm Europe with bis hordes , his armies were mustering each day and wetting the edges of tbeir awards , anxiously awaiting Mm order to plunge them into the hearts of our western friends ; we heard and saw it ; we rose on tbe 29 th of November , and Europe was for tfie second time safe . In vain did we thunder by our victories to you all , tbat our cause was your cause , and that we fought for our common safety ; we were unheard—unhelped . Our lonely standard still waved triumphantly owr the blood-sprinkled fields of Poland , with the inscription— " for our freedom and yours . "

      Alone , still we were not vanquished—armies after armies were destroyed as they dashed against vox breasts ; the tyrant trembled , and bis mighty throne tottered before a handful of us . Alone , still we were strong enongb to dare eves the whole power ot hellengendered despotism , but being most shamefully betrayed by our own leaders , most meanly deceived by the perfidy of our so-called friends and allies ; we became at last what you see us now—a dispersed people among all tbe p « eple of the world , without borne , without bread—children of a nation as mighty as yours at present , we became like a wandering tribe of Jews { hated by all the governments—still our hearts swell with the hope of the resurrection of our fatherland . We know tbat the hour of our battles is again to come , and we feel it to be a duty towards our country , a duty towards the people whose sympathy we receive , to warn them at least eacii 20 lh of November , of tbe dangers which are still hanging over them .

      Having come to England , and being unacquainted with your language , we were forced te allow this duty to be accomplished by our co-emigrants in London , bnt our gentlemen emigrants were overawed last year by tbe treaty of the 14 th of July . They were silent , instead ot calling loudly against the most gross violation ot your own interests . Of their whole number hardly ten proved to be our true friends and years , and this feeble

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      J dst as it ought to Bs . —Falsehood , aiftiJj SP ^ S&X ^\ ness , and malice , are always Belf-punishedSPrfgp * ^ * ** %£ r \ noble adherence to truth , and a geflero *< Mi » t <» • .. > $ , i promote the happinesB of others , aa invsMk » j ^ arry ; , - ;' . tp / ^ witb tlwa tjwir ° wb reward . —ParfcigsPw ^ IiV ' % *} fyS

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      The following reply came on Nor . 8 th . : — Whitehall , Oct 37 tb , 1841 . Sist , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Froat , Zepbaniah Williams , and William Jones , I am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . I am , Sir , Tour most obedient humble Servant , ¦ H . Manners Suitor . Mr . J . Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell Barn Read , Birmingham . The answer did not come till the 8 th of November .

      CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BIRMINGHAM MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT . To George Frederick Munis , Esq ., M . P . Sib , —I am requested by the General Committee of Birmingham for the Restoration of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , aad William Jones , to correspond with yoa , for the purpose of inquiring if you would have any objections to present a petition and memorial in behalf of the above-named persons . If you have no objections , the Committee would feel much obliged by your censeat A quick answer will much oblige Your humble and obedient Servant , John Wilkinson . Corresponding Secretary to tbe Committee . Birmingham , Nov . 1 st , 1841 , - 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell Barn Road .

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      A verbatim copy of the above letter was sent to Joshua Schofleld , Esq ., M . P ., and now follow the respective answers ;—Minories , 2 nd November , 1841 , Tuesday . Sis , —I have considered it my duty to present all petitions entrusted to me , and shall not hesitate to present the petition you mention in behalf of Mr . Frost and his unfortunate associates , whenever Parliament again meets . I am , Yours , truly , JOSA . 8 OHQFIELD . Mr . John Wilkinson .

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      Briton Ferry House , near Neatb , Oth November , 1841 . SIR , —Your letter of the 1 st instant only reached me this morning , and I beg to say , iu reply , that I have no objection to present the petition and memorial for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; but I feel it my duty to tell you candidly that I am unable to support their prayer , because I cannot justify their conduct , which , in my opinion , has done more injury to tbe working classes , tban either Whigs or Tories , though tkey bave both done irreparable injury . Yours , most faithfully , , Q . F . MUNTSE . Mr . John Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Birmingham .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct405/page/7/