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      IT is a remarkable fact that SEED'S ALMAN ACjS has beea proved correct With regard to weather up to the present , period . It also ttates that Chartism will make great advancement duringMho coming spring , all Chartists should have one of Seed ' s Almanacks iahiB possession * ; : Published by J . Ibbetson , Efradford , and sold by all Agents of this paper . Price 8 d .

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      10 i < 3 OREE , PIAZZAS ^ LIVERPOOL , DESPATCH fine first-class AMERICAN SUips every Weeki . FOR NEW YORK . To sail On the 13 th of February , her regular day , the splendid Line of Packet Shipy SIDDONSV Capti E . B . Cobb , 1000 tons Register 170 atons Burdsn . " This Ship is acknowledged to ba one of the finest andfastest sailing Ships in theLine of Packers , and the _ middle of February is a favourable time for Emigrants to embark . The Steerage is eight feet in height , and the Secend Cabin is fitted up very commodiou--ly , and separate Rooms / put up for Families or Parties ;

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      UNEMPLOYED OPERATIVES COMMITTEE . THE Delegates and Subscribers to the Enumeration Fund are particularly requested to attend a . " 'Special General Meeting to be held at the Old George Inn , Leeds , next Tuesday Evening , > t Eight o'Clock precisely ; business of importance will be brought before the meeting . . ' JohnSpeed , Chairman . Thomas Heywoodj Secretary .

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      A CHEAP WINTER BEVERAGE . fMPORTANT SAVING TO FMMLIES ^ - X AGENTS WANTED . —ED WARDSS BREAKFAST POWDER ( in packets , 6 d . per pound ) produces an excellent beverage , closely similar to Coffee in flavour / and appearance . It is prepared from a grain of British growth , without any mixture whatever , and on analysation is declared to contain raore real nutriment than either tea or coffee . A liberal disbount ; will be allowed to agents , who are wanted throughout the kingdom . ED WARDS BROTH ER 3 , groat manufacturers , &o ., 99 , Blackfriar'aroad , London .

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      RUFF Y RIDLEY informs his Chartist Friends of London and its Viciniiy , that he has beea appointed Agent to the East India Tea Company . He purposes appropriating One Penny in a Shilling on the Agency towards the support of the Convenlion and Executive . His Friends are requested to send their Ordere . Post-paid , to 19 , D'Oyley Street , Sloane Street , Chelsea . The Receipts of the East India Company and R . R . ' s Books to be audiced by the Auditors of the . General- Council sitting ia London .

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      MORISON'S PILLS . TTPWARD 5 of Three Hundred Thousand Gases U of well-authenticated Cures , by Morison ' s Pills of the British College of Health , having , through tho medium of the press , been laid before the Public , is earely suffioieot proof for Hyjjeianism . W . Stubbs , Yprfishire , General Agent , Queen ' s Terrace , Roundhay Road , ; Leeds . Sold by Mr . Walker , Briggate , and Mr . Heatpn , BrifjKate ; Mr . Badger , Sheffield ;• Air . Nichols , Wakefielu : Mr .

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      Still on / sale at all the Publishers , Price THBJEKPfiNCE Of . 'LY , ^ THE POOH MAN'S GQmB&XtlOlii -A POLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , SETTING forthy at one view , the enormous amouutof Taxes wrung from the industry of a starving people , and thbir extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tabies of ustful reference ou almost all sub * ject * floaaected with general policy .

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      Ho&b Tbicks op thb Piague . —A correspondent writes?—"Tbere m » men & 1 * & *¦ country -who are very Bympatbysine , and -who evince great sal in soothing the Borro-sra of &o afflicted . When they hear of the Bhip Susan being eempletely -wrecked in the late heavy gales , and every sonl on board haying per ished , they insiaaler endeavour to alleviate the Knows ol tbe widows and fatherless ; they get booksand a recommendation from some

      hip-, owner (?) and then traverse the country in quest ol the benevolent The books haveat the onteet a list of donors and donations , all fictions , in order to induce people to give . * Now the whole affair is goi npby the disinterested parties who solicit the subscriptions of tbe benevolent , and they alone Docket the . money . The same imposition is practised by individuals who assume the garb of colliers , particularly after an explosion to seme of the mines ; and , let me tell you , Sir , that the like species of deception , or rather swmahng , is adopted

      -AWeMofX , resident in the me ^ pclis , having K * m an advertisement for collectors , and desiring SbtSJ uv ^ Md -Bh *>* tattg of the League , emtoLd that as a fit opportunity . He , conse-Sf ^ e applica tion to the ' Board . ' The Sf ^ tsrr ahived him the collecting books , labelled £ Ti 2 3 and 4 , in each of which were a list of ¦ nines ' with * various sums attached thereto . Now , gajTthe honourable secretary , these are fictitious names , in order to induce people to give . ' TKs "was enough for my friend : he took the books , but , instead of subserving the interests of the Board , ' he ' exposed the system of swindling adopted by tbe ' Baard , ' in order to induce people

      to give . I DVEJCITSEKS I >* SCPPOBT OP THE EXECtTlVE . — We are literally crowded with communications from parties seeking "to catch customers , " by imitation of the generous and patriotic establishment of Mr . Finder . Tery many of these are seeking to establish themselves in the same trade , which exposes their " patriotism" to some suspicion . If the support of the good cause be their only object , they can attain it mnch better by becoming active agents on the principle of Mr . Lundy , of Hull , and Mi . Wilkinson , of the Potteries , than fey manufac turing for themselves . If their object be to make

      tHs a mode of obtaining profit , it is quiie a fair and legitimate proceeding ; but we cannot fill the Star with gratuitous advertisements for blacking makers and other tradesmen . We have already made to all psrf-es desirous of thus getting custom by giving a portion of their profits to the cause , the offtr of instiling their advertisement * to the extent of one column weekly for the auty , pro-Tiding that they afford seme efficient mode of check to the public foT knowing that their promises are realised ; and that the duty , Is . 6 d ., be sect with each advertisement . We Bhall not hereafter notice my such communications which do not include an attention to these two particulars .

      EOTICR—Any Stars , or other papers , sent to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Danpsey , So . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brophy , who has resigned . It is paeticclakly requested that any Chartist Atsociaticm hating rules for their government tcill be hind enough to forward a copy of the same to John Woodcock , shoemaker , 28 , Cross-leech-street , Stalybridge . J . Hothavfll . —Any communication will reach cither Mr . TTiiitEjjis or Afr . Binns , if addressed " U"iiliams and Binns , booksellers , Bridge-street , Sunderland . " £ J . —The Mr . Jones who moved a vote of censure

      on the Factory deputies , at the Meeds meeting it as not the talented East Riding Chartist lecterer : he teas a member of the Leeds Fox and Goose club—a society formed ami continued in eahtencefor the purpose of ' swamping the Chartist agitation . The Sheffield Political Ikstitttte . —We have received a missive , signed by thirteen gentlemen , members of this new-born state of independent Chartism , contending furiously for its identification with the National Charter Assodaton , and rrjiecting very bitterly upon eur very excellent Sheffield coTresponderit . We beg these gentlemen to moderate their temper , while ve tell them thai our Sheffield correspondent had nothing at ell to

      do with the Notice to Correspondents of which they complain . It is very possible that these thirteen gentlemen may be all members ef the National Charier Association—nay more , it is possible that all the members of the Sheffield Political Institute may be _ also members of the National Charter Association . Still that does not invalidate our statement . We know an Odd Fellows' lodge of which nearly all the members are members of the National Charter Associa tion ; we know a Baptist Church of which the minister and all the members are members of the National Charter Association ; still both the Odd Fellows' lodge and the Baptist Church in question is a distinct and isolated body , governed by

      its own laws and officers , independent of the National Charter Association ; just as is the Sheffield PoRdcal Institute ; and though these gentlemen should rail and write of "falsehood" '— "misrepresentation' '—* leadership" — " dictation" and - fraud" more scurrillous / y than they have even yet done , it v-V . l not alter the fact that the Sheffield Political Institute is , as a society , an isolated body , altogether distinct from the National Charier Association . A BaBBEB at Yobk wishes us to write a comment ' on the fact that the authorities of that city have put a slop to Sunday shaving . He says it has lessened his income by four or five shillings weekly ; and , with a family of six children , he feels it to be very serious . We do wish that our Sunday legislators would be consistent , at all

      nents . If they must be sanctimonious , let it be in person , as well as by proxy . If Sunday shaving be sinful and scandalous when practised by a poor fellow , for the maintenance of his children , in his own shop , it is surely not less so when a u respectable hair-dresser" waits upon a gentleman at home , or when said genilevian employs hlsservant upon that necsssary occupation Bui why do we find fault with inconsistency when , in fact , there is none ? The whole system is consistent with the whole spirit of class legislation . Sunday shaving , like Sunday travelling and Sunday trading , are only scandalous ichen practised by the poor . "Respectables" may do all these things without any violation of classmade etiquette or morality Thoxas Beowxe . —Bis letter on the abuses of the

      Manchester and Leeds railway neat week . Tsb Saltosd Chabttsts have appointed Mr . Rankin as agent for the sale of Mr . Plnder ' s blacking . The members of the Association residing in Salford are requested to encourage the sale of this blacking . May be had at Mr . Rankin g s , Smith ' s Building , Adelphx ; Mr . Sunnier , shoemaker , Ford street ; Mr . Garnett , shoemaker , Rosamond-iireet ; or Mr . Yales , shoemaker , corner of Sprinvfizld-lane , Brougkton-road . XODMOSDo Chahtisis should have written to Mr . Beesley : ve cannot make the S : ar a general post

      Hctx . —Roger Finder ' s address , after this date , is Edward ' s Square , Edwards Place , Pottery , HxilJ , Cassies ' s Benefit , —We have letters from Jam's Peat and R . W . Wobdford in reference to the communication of Mr . Parker , in our last , ichich we cannot insert . We do not see that thn / intaiidaie any of Mr . P . ' s statements , and cannot have the Srar made the vehicle of peratnat or party bickerings . A Coxsiam Readek . —We have no room . A Real Democrat . —Thanks for the hints in hu > Utter . The first of them is not new to us . We purple acting en it ourseives if the Secretary . do not .

      «• Cqsst a > t Reader , Ca > 'tekbcbt , enquires if any one of our numerous readers can inform him oj the mode of preparing the cement applied to the postage stamp ' V ** M'Cclloch , of Polmont by Falkirk , will oblige us Inj prating his news letter a day earlier . We aid riot receive his last week ' s letter t ' ul half put three on Thursday afternoon ; and the Scotch papers are obliged to be posted shortly v after that hour . ZiXTKicn . —Tne report of Mr . Doyle ' s visit too late T , for this week . j 1 e ? ht ( - " fijsswKLx , Bishixgham . — IF \ t notice is an adtertuemeni . A Atnoxji Ciuutists . —TT £ have no recollection oj fating received a ? iy such article as that which he describes .

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      ' 02 K £ S , PBOST—THE " "WHIG-MADE "H-IDOTir . " £ . 8 . d . ^ nna J . G ., Manchester « «" . _ * . d . "om three mason ? , per F . W . Simeon , Bristol ... ... 1 6 From w . Jonei 0 « 0 2 j ™ a Mr . J . Hogarth , Mansfield ... ••*• * rrai the Leeds Chartist Association , per ili . Stonehcnse 1 T # From a few Chartists cf Portse * , Hants :.. ... U < 0 TOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Roger Pinder , Hull , ( two . ^ weeks ) ,. .. . 1 » f « om a few Priends at Grranlham , perD . Sanby 0 6 2 ? OB HBS . J 05 ES . Proas John Tagg , London ... ... 0 1 TC £ MRS . -WILLIAKS . From John Tagg , London 0 « yOB BE 0 'BB . IEK'S FBESS IC 5 D . Rom Ms . ring , ofPorteea ...

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      Johk Mtllas has sent us a post-office order . Will he be kind _ enongh to say what it is for , and the amount of the order ? S . Greaibn , Mokaghan —His letter wss not postpaid . J . Ssevingtos , Loxjghborodgh . —Same price as all the larje Portraits . J . Rudd . —The 2 s . 6 d . tent for the " Chartist Causewas inserted in the Star of the 15 th , " From J It . ' * Mb . Simpsos , Shelton . —The Plates were sent as de sired .

      T . Smith , Plymouth . —Mr . Cleave -was written to and desired to forward the Plates and Medals . SOMB PEBSOS has , this week , sent a Ten Pound Note to this Office , in a bbmk sheet of paper . Will the parties sending say what bank it was , what num . her . and give a description of the note if possible , so that they may be credited with the amount ? H . T . B , Dalkeith . —Firzi—Do not know : we have not received any cash from him to the present time . Second—Do not know the reason . Geobge Rcdge , Ross . —The publication is in existence . London publishers : Steiil , Paternosterrow ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . iuw ; v / ieaTc , x , oaoe-iane , irieet-street .

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      MR . JOHN P . RODGERS . This gentleman , of whom some mention is made by Mi . O'Connor ^ in his letter to the Chartists of bcotiand , has forwarded to us the following resolution , which he sajs was passed by a public meeting of tho-inhabitant 3 ef Brid ^ eton : — " That the thanks of this meeting ate due , and are hereby tendered , to Mr . John Rodgera , for the very prudent manner in which he has conducted himself as a member " of the Convention . "

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      TO HA > IER STANSFELD , ESQ . " Taxes are fixed monetary payments and do nef loTjeer -with the fall oj prices of produce . " —James Penny . " All classes will prey upon all other classes just as much as they can and dart . " —Hamer Stansfeld , SiR , —I have waited with considerable anxiety for the appearance of your organ , fully expecting that we should have yoar pompouslj announced lecture of " compensation and not emigration , " dressed and served up as a dish " fit for the gods" in its columns of

      this week . Wfiy has this change come o ' er the spirit of its actions ? Time was , when we should have had it headed in large capitals , and decked out in leaden ' type , for the purpose of drawing especial attention to the importance of the article . Bat now , alas . ' we are compelled to be content with the usual " stock" epithets of compliments , and take the editor ' s word , expressed in a short paragraph , for proof of its value . PerLaps its " valuable columns" were crowded with other , and more valuable matter . But , whatever has been the cause , we must bear oar disappointment as best we may , and hope that at Borne other time we shall reap our full reward .

      In the absence , then , of this valuable lecture on the " odd sort of - compensation , " I shall be under the necessity of taking up some other subject upon which to address you . I will therefore tike the trouble in this letter to direct the attention of the working men to the affected sympathy of you and your class , towards their unparalieltd sufferings ; and on your so often expressed desire to better their condition by a repeal of the Corn Liws , and by giving them " education" as a necessary preparation to taeir having a voice in the making the laws by which they are to be governed .

      Working men , when we see men begging and praying of another man who is doing them icjustice , to cease to do them ^ justice , and begin to treat them as fellow-creatures ; and * whtn we see the man who is , and has been , in the perpetration of wrong , or the withholding of some valuable right or property—when we see the man who is doing these things , instead of ceasing to do them , offer the injured party some other thing in lieu thereof , what is the conclusion which we naturally come to respecting the iiyui ing party ? Simply that he is either fool or knave ; and such must be the conclusion which you ougbt to come t-j respecting those who offer you " repeal of the Corn Ishfb" oj Education in a " Mechanics' Institute , " in-consideration of yoar just share in the making of tie laws by which yea are to be governed .

      If the repeal of the Corn Laws would give us " cheap bread "— " if it would enable us ta take our labour to tke best market" —if it would " eaable us to stop the plunderings of the grasping aristocracy "—if it wonld give us prosperity for ages "—if it would of itsslf laa one sage oracle 83 ys ) " reduce tbe national fxpenditure one-haif ; " if , in short , it would make the couhtry such a paradise as they represent that it would ; and if , aa they tell you , the Charter would do nothing for jou—if it would cause none of these good things to come , how is it that their bowels are so moved with compassion ? how is it that t&ey are grown so full of the milk of human kindness all at once , as to offer to do yen more good even than yon desire ? How is it that ihty offer you what they tell you is the greater consideration , whenyoH aikfor what they tell you wouid 1 . tne less ? ' .

      Working men , reasoning upon the acknowledged principles of human nature , and taking the maxim put forward by Sir . Slansfeld , who is a great gun of the party , that " all classes will prey upon all othar clases just as much as they can and dare ; " taking this as a truism , in what light are we to view the conduct of those men who offer you the repeal of the Corn Laws as a something which wiil be of more value to you than that Charter , which , they acknowledge , is your inalienable right ? Unless yen suppose that a miracle has been wrought for tbe special purpose of changing tbe nature of these humanity-mongers , what can you think can be the end these men can have in view , after their declaration thai they " will prey upon you just as much as they caw and dabe ? " Have they ceased to wish to prey ! or does not the cowardly tiger wish to cronch behind the bush of the Repeal of the Corn Laws to enable him with with greater security to spring « pon his " prey" and riot in its blood at his leisure ?

      Working men , these parties tell you that the Charter would ntt do you any good ; they also acknowledge that it wi : l be impassible for them to carry out the measures they have , in view without the working men can be brought to act with them ; and they also tall us lhat when we cannot obtain our ends in an immediate and direct manner , * we must make use of our best policy and take such instalments as we can get towards our ends . . Now if this doctrine be true , and if they have ceated to thirst for" prey , " and if the Charttr wovll do you no Q 9 od , and amtequenHf item no harm , why do thoy

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      not come forward to aid you to obtain the Charter , evea if for no other purpose but to obtain yoar confidence , that you might assist them to realise those measures which they tell you would be so conduslvetoyour and their benefit ? If they refose to do this , do they not tacitly acknowledge that they have a wish to deceive you ? Do they not tacitly acknowledge that if you had the suffrage you would not only have the power of repealing the Corn Laws , but also of destroying every kind of monopoly which cripples the energies of this most industrious but starring people ? Most assuredly they do : and completely prove the truth of their own maxim , that " all classes will prey upon all other classes , just as much as they cam and dare ; " and that they themselves , as Mr . Stansfeld said of the aristocracy , wish to be " the power working underneath , and which will reap even more than all the advantages resulting from any such measure . "

      But , working men , they will tell you that yon are " uneducated , " that you are too " ignorant" to be entrusted with the franchise , and that when you have acquired a sufficient fund of knowledge to enable you to clearly discriminate upon the bearings of great political questions , then , 0 ! then ] they will gladly give a voice in the making of those laws which are to dispose of your labour and lives . Kind souls ! but let as test them by their actions . When men have an end In view , and are sincere In their desire to attain that end , do they not , if men of the most common prudence , take the means which are

      most likely for the attainment of such eud . Therefore , if our middle-class men ; if the " wealth and eaucation" of the country were sincere in their desire that the " lower order * " should have that education which they tell you is so necessary to the exercise of the franchise , what would be the course they would pursue to enable you to obtain that knowledge ? Common sense says they would establish political libraries and reading roams , and give , or cause to be given , lectures on all the great leading political subjects of the day , and couit discussion in every way which was litely td elicit truth .

      But what is the course they take in this neighbourhood ? Why , in one or two instances , "Mechanics' Institutes" have been founded for the purpose , or at least , for the alleged purpose , of giving the " operative" that degree of knowledge which is necessary to his being considered an unit in society . And what do you think , working men , is one of the leading principles upon wliich they are founded ? Why , that neither religion nor " politics" are , under any circumstances , to be introduced . ' There , for you ; is there not here exhibited a desire to raise you in the scale of society ? Is there not here evidence , the most intense longings of the most exalted philanthropy , to give you that " education" which is to prepare you to exercise the franchise for your own benefit ? What ungrateful 3 ogs yon must be , if you do not go down on your knees to thank them for offering to teach you all ( kings else but the only two which are immediately connected with your welfare—religion and politics !

      Working men , does this look as if they were in earnest to give you that " education" so often alluded to ? Instead of teaching you the Dature of our system of government , of showing you that all our present institutions have their basis in feudalism , and tracing their influence in our forms of Parliament , in our courts of law , and in the tenures of our property ; instead of showing how that feudalism is continually throwing in obstacles to our improvement ; instead of these things , they will teach you that you mirvnot square the circle , or point out to youi slender capacity" the beauties of some sl ' . p-slcp fashionable novel 1

      Instead of teaching you that each generation of men is independent of the other ; and that previous generations have no right to spend the produce of the generations which are to succeed them ; and , consequently , that no generation can have the right to contract a debt for its own defence which is to be paid by the labour of a succeeding one ; instead of teaching you these things , they will point you to the stars , tell you how long it will take for a ray of light to travel to this oingy orb , and very probably before they have done , they will teach you to doubt even whether light be a positive body or not ! Or , probably , they will advise you to . spei » d " a month among the moons" to try to

      recoBcile conlicting theories ; some having told you that our moon was a globe and inhabited by be ings of " like frailties with ourselves , " and others of the " moderns " having degraded her to the form of a " water-dish " . ' But what " useful information" you get by the research J What good is it to you to know that Saturn has a ring , or that Jupiter has moons , so long as they who tell you those things are diverting your attention from that system which is takijig or has taken the " meaJ-kist " from your pantry , and the bacon from your homes ? " What ' s Jupiter to you , or you to Jupiter , " that you should talk about him , while " the thing" is redueing you to " eat your beds" . '

      Instead of teaching you the manner in which our indirect taxation , combined with our infamous system of paper money , strips you of your earnings , and reduces you to waat , they will talk to you about positive and negative electricity ! Instead of tracing to its source the cause which has been at work to bring " our merchants and manufacturers to the gulf of bankruptcy and caused our labonrers to eat their betls , " they will asmse yon with a tirade about the properties " and powers of " caloric , " and then they will beach you to doubt whether there besucb a thing as caloric , asa positive existence ? Instead of teaching how to ward oS that state of things which Mr . Aldam has told you , will render it necessary to " starve down the labourers to the requisite quantity" before you can obtain for your labour a fair equivalent , taey will most likely tell you a " cock and bull" story about " chemical equivalents , " and spout as long and as glibly as if they understood what they were saying I

      Working men , are you to be amused by these kind of things any longer ? Will you ait still , and tacitly snppurt a system which takes from you nearly the whole of your earnings ; and will you at the same time "lick the hand" that returns you the crunibs in the shape of charity ? Obtain your just share in the making of the laws , and consequently your just controul over the spending of your earnings , and you will have no occasion to be insulted by being told that you are too ignorant to be represented , and then your own t-arnings doled out to you in . the insolent shape of

      instruction , in a "Mechanic's Institute" ! I am no enemy to your having knowledge . Get knowledge ; but with your knowledge get understanding ; and begin from tnis time t > act upoa this principle that you have a right , ajd that yonr industry gives you the power , if that industry be rightly applied , to provide for your own education . Tell the party that you do not want charity but justice ; and doubt the men who offer you charity in lieu thereof . Your " s , truly , James Pennt . Millsbridge , Jan . 25 th , 1842 .

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      ANOTHER CHARTIST VICTORY ! THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUERS DEFEATED BY THE CHARTISTS AT HULL . A public meeting , convened by the Worshipful the M . tyor , in compliance with a requisition from the partisans of the anti-Corn Law League and the disciples of free trade , took place on Monday last , in the Town Hall , Hull , which was crowded to excess on the occasion , and the proceedings , which resulted as above stated , occupied the meeting from twelve o ' clock at noon until half-past five in the evening . The resolutions announced to be proposed were eleven in number ; but , as will be seen in the seqnel , not more than five of the original documents were brought forward .

      On obtaining admission into the hall , we found the side galleries , and tha space in front of the bench , completely filled with persons who evidently had been favoured , the principal entrance having been opened about tleveu o ' clock for about five minutes , and closed till within about five minutes to twelve , which was nearly half an hour after the time the meeting bad been called for , the timo being half-past eleven . Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed a ; this behaviour , and cries of " Open the door , "" &c . Ac , together wuh a little " punching , " caused the door to be opened , when a rush of Chartists and other parties completely filled the other parts of the hall .

      The Town Clerk , having read the requisition * ' for takisg into consideration the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for the repeal , of the Corn Laws , aud other restrictions upon food , coaiidered to be the chief causes of tho calamitous depression of commerce , manufactures , and every branch of useful industry , " Tne Mayor was requested to take the chair , whh the unanimous approbation of the whole meeting , and doing so , bespoke a fair and impartial hearing for every one who might offer- to speak on the important question .

      Sir W . Lowthrop spoke at considerable length against the laws objected to by the requisitionists . He described them as a fundamental error in our commercial policy , which if pemsted in must lead to vhat national decay invariably preceding the ruin of empires . Regarding tho landholders , and their support of the present laws , he regretted that there should exist bo Btrong a delusion in the minde of a part of his fellow countrymen , but rent was the end , and , as had been said by some one , they would plough the very Heavens if they could get a rent for them . After some speculative remarks on the progresB of manufactures on the oontinent , Sir William deprecated the probability of the meeting being divided by political movements ; and , beseeching union in all to obtain what was right and reasonable , concluded by moving the following resolution : —

      " That in the opinion of this meeting , it is the duty of Government to protect the rights and the liberties and property of all , and it necessarily follows that all legal privileges , bounties , restrictions , or monopolies of whatever kind ordained for tha benefit of some , " are acts of injustice to all the rest of the community ; to other classes of producers as producers , and to all as consumers . " Dr . Gordon seconded the resolatioa , which was agreed to nem . con . C . Perhoket Thompson , Esq ., B * rrister-at-Law , and son of the lato candidate for Hull ( Colonel Thompson ) , on offering himself to the meeting , said Boma might ask what he Y ? as doing at & meeting

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      of the inhabitants of Hull ! Hia answer was , to speak the truth on a fubjecfc which was of no particular coantry or county ; and if further reason were required , he might appeal to hia family and its connexion with the town . The LearQed " . ; , ( i en * tleman , with whose speech , in common with the others delivered on this occasion , we are compelled to be brief , then went over the usual grounds of opposition to the Gora Laws , aud expressed hia belief that their repeal would not be injurious to .. the landholders : far from that , he felt that it would be a benefit to them , or he would not , himself a landholder , be standing there as its advocate . He also

      called upon . Whige andvTorieSj and those of ultra opinions , to join in endeavours to suppress this horrid tax ; and he appealed to those who cried out " Give education , " by desiring them to feed the people'first , which they could not do by filling their mouths with spelling-books and grammars . He then entered into some statements to show that the landholder would be sufficiently protected by the distance of the foreigu corn-grower , and , as was understood , a duty or eight shillings . The word protection , however , he held to be but a nickname for injustice—and concluded by moving the second resolution : — ..- ¦ - ' : ¦'¦ : '

      That this meeting consider the legitimate purpose of taxation to be , not tto protection of favoured classes , but state revenue alone , and the articles least suitable for taxation at all to be those first necessaries of life , which , if not taxed , would be consumed most largely by the poorest classes . ; we , therefore , protest against all merely protective duties whatever , as false in principle , and injurious in practice , while we yet more earnestly reprobate the corn and provision taxes , as having the nature of a poll-tax , which exacts fVom poverty the same absolute amount as from wealth , " This resolution was seconded by G . Cookman , Esq , in a very brief speech .

      Mr . Jakes Grassbt , the Chartist Secretary , next rose , and contended that if the Corn Laws were repealed on the morrow by the House of Commons , they would be replaeed by others of a still more Stringent character , lie then read copious extracts fromM'Culloch , a 3 quoted in Mx . Campbeirs pamphlet , to show the ineffioienoy of repeal under such circumstances . This excited the disapprobation of the requisitionists , and commenced a career of disturbance which afterwards pervaded the " -meeting .

      [ W © may just remark here , that during this little disturbance several inquiries were made from the bench about Mr . Campbell ' s pamphlet , as to where it could be had , and what price , &o . and the Town Clerk ordered one to be procured for him . ] As the uoise subsided for the time , the speaker went on to deliver his sentiments , and concluded by asserting that if the Corn- Laws were repealed , the suffrage would not be obtained , but that with Universal Suffrage the repeal of the Corn Laws would he irresistible .

      Mr . Holdsworth was the next to address the meeting in support of the resolution , and ¦/• which : he did at great length , referring to the three elements of man's expenditure , and illustrating his remarks by reference to a pamphlet on the condition of the town of Kendal . He next decried the unholy alliance of church and state for a temporal purpose , and urged the repeal of the Corn Laws , and thereby the destruction of the monopoly of landowners as a means by which other repeals would be obtained . Mr . W . G . Burns next rose amid much disapprobation . He replied to the extracts which had been read , and made several remarks on the plans and prospects of obtaining the Charter and a repeal ef the Corn Laws . A change of some sort , he said ,

      must soon pass over , or society would become a chaos , aud in . that case the laudloxds would be the first to look about them . He was glad to see so full a meeting , and hoped they would adopt the sentiments of a previous speaker , that all monopolies might be broken down . . Mr . Lundy rose ' and said , h&Jfirasglad to see the present position of the workn § j classes , for they were now three years a-head of the middle classes ; and remarked that the working classes in 1838 were alone in seeking for political power and a redress of their wrongs , and the Whigs , who condemned the Chartists in 1839 , and imprisoned nearly five hundred of their best men , were now glad to seek to join them , for the purpose of carrying their darling measure—the repeal of the Corn Laws : and the

      Whigs were right in doing so vfor the Chartists were now the real steam power of the country , and in two years' time thoy would have the Whigs along with them . He believed the Chartists to do right in thinking that the itpsal of the provision Iaw 8 , under the present system of exclusive class legislation , would not be of that benefit to the working classes which was . anticipated , until they were put into possession of political power . He was well aware that under the existing laws , the Working classes would not be benefitted by a repeal of the Corn Laws ; without ihe Charter it would be of no use to them , and therefore the gentlemen requisitionists must go along with them who earued their bread b y the sweat of their brow . For his part , he thought every man who eat bread for which he did not sweat , was a thief and a robber .

      Mr . Matthew Tate now attempted to address tho meeting from thefar side of the Hall , and read some excellent extracts from a pamphlet entitled , --" Labour ' s Wrongs and Labour ' s Remedy , " amidst much noise and confusion for some time , when the Chairman gugggested that as few present could hear what was said , and as much business remained to be done , the speaker should compress his observations as much as possible . This was received with renewed uproar , and a Chartist was heard , to ask , " Will Mr . Chairman put down one of his own party by such a request I " Mr . HiGGinsoN rose to order , and on the impropriety of reading pamphlet after pamphlet . The Mayor said that was one reason why he had made the suggession .

      Mr . Tate , however , kept on amidst much commotion , until he was pus down by clamour . —We beg to state , however , in justice to Mr . Tate , that his remarks were altogether just and proper , and straight to the quettion before the meeting . Mr . Perron ex Thompson then replied , and after he had made a few observations , his resolution was carried . Mr . Plint , of Leeds , came forward to tuove the third resolution , which was as follows : — " That the Corn and Provision Laws of this kingdom have the further suicidal effect of limiting the commerce with other countries , and distressing our manufactures , while the Corn Laws yet further exhibits the useless anomaly of an enormous tax paid by the people , of which only a very small portion is received by the state—this anomaly resulting from a sliding scale of duties , such as is applied to no other taxed articles whatever . "

      The speaker delivered a long oration on the condition of the West-Riding , and an exposure of the master . manufacturers' balance-sheets . His speech had little connection with the direct interests of Hull , and was a mere repetition of the stale sophisms of the League , of which our readers have from time to time had quite sufficient . He was heard , patiently for a considerable time ; but before finishing he received many intimations that the meeting had heard " quite enoiRh . " Mr . Fostbr briifly seconded the resolution .

      Mr . Samuei . Healkt , in rising to reply to Mr . Piint , said that when ho came into that meeting he came merely as a hearer , not intending to offer any remarks whatever ; but having heard from Mr . Plint what he thought to be very improper Btatbments respecting machinery—of its being the greatest boon ever conferred upon man , and of its beneficial results in the West-Riding , he ( Mr . Healey ) considered that he should not be doing his duty if he did not offer a few remarks in reply , as he thought it would be very unfair to hear counsel on one . side of the question only , and as he had been brought up in the neighbourhood of Devrsbury , the very heart and pith of the woollen district in the West-Riding , surely he would be able to know something of the

      practical working and , nature of machinery ; but before he replied to that point h © should just glance at some of the remarks which had fallen from the mover of the second resolution . He ( Mr . Hi ) aj > roed with him , that truth was of ho country , town , or party , and whatever might be thought , or said , by the gentlemen who then occupied that bench , he believed he should be able to show that the Chartists with whom he had the honour to be so numerously surrounded on that occasion , had founded their claims on . the immutable principles oE truth and justice . He would ask that gentleman if " nomaa committed crime from innate weakness , " why did the authorities in power" then vindictively punish him for those crimes which the Jniquitbus

      laws of his country have eventually compelled him to commit 1 He differed from that gentle ^ man , when he said "that if the people got oh » ap bread and were well fed , they could thin discu 3 S 3 their grievances better / ' because he ( Mr . H . ) believed with the late venerable Mr . Cobbett that " the only way to find an Englishman ' s brains was to go through his guts ; " and also if the people were in good employment , and -still without . political power , they would not be allowed by their tyrant masters to discuss their wrongs without the dread of losing their employment . He differed also from that gentleman in his remark , * ' that the Corn Laws if repealed would confer a greater benefit on the people than all other measures put together , * : . as it minds that the onl

      must be evident to all reflecting y measure calculated to bring the people into a Jrtate of prosperity and happiness was the people s Charter ; because it would give them political power and prevent the leg islaturofrom enacting otherevil laws , and would enable the people at once to deface all obnoxious laws from the statute book and prevent similar or worse being put in their places , which could not be done under the present corrupt system of legislation . He did not like the system of taking off the branches one by one from a tree that brought forth corrupt fruit , but would rather act upon the words of Jesus Christ , " Cut it down and cast it into the fire . " He then remarked on the presence of certain gentlemen present , who ulled long faces and wore waite neckcloths , who o knot see cause to

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      attend the Chartist demonstration . He was glad to see that the people were not » 6 wtd be gulled by these faith preaching folks , as they wonld have the works of men at this day to judge them by . The speaker then proceeded to Show the workings of the factory system , ia reply to Mr ; Plint ' s statements about machinery . . He gave one or two horrid instances of the unrestricted use of machinery . He wished to beiiinderstood asbMngafriend to machinery , yes , to the utmost extent , but instead of seeing machinery a curseas it now was to the British nation , he wished to see it made into man ' s blessing and holiday . He then went on to show the evii effects that would be practiced * by a repeal of the Cora

      Laws without restricting the use of machinery , and said that if the Corn Laws were repealed without restriction on machinery , the foreigri markets would soon be as niuch over-stocked with English goods as our owa were at present ; he continued to condemn the unrestricted use of machinery , ia the manufactory districts ; after which he sat down loudly cheered . ¦' :. ¦ -. ¦ ' "V " : 'V ¦ ' . - ' . ¦'¦ . - . ,. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . - :: " : ¦ '¦ Mr . Punt being about to leare by the railway train , Was allowed to reply to the tyst speaker , but not without interruption ; and he retired , after complaining of the Want of courtesy shewn by the meeting . . \ Mr . PiNDEB , who next stood up for some time , was understood to condemn the use of machinery more

      than the Corn Laws , and to ridicule the idea that the repeal of the Corn Laws would induce the contiueutai manufacturers to shut up their establishments ; but the commotion in the meeting , and a seeming desire on the part of many at that period , to render the proceedings farcical , prevented more being heard : A North Briton , whose name was said to be Beeg , next gave the meeting some curious information of the manner ia which colonial sugar imported duty free in the Channel Islands , is afterwards smuggled iptd England as confections , and equally free of duty as coming from those islands . This seemed to bring the meeting into a better order , and the third resolution was then passed .

      The Rev . Mr . Higginson said three resolutions having been passed , he would be brief , and after explaining why he , as one of the white neckcloth gentlemen , had not attended the Chartist meetiug , or signed their petition , moved the fourth resolution-: —^ \ . . ¦ . / ¦ ' .. '" ¦ . - . . . ¦ ..- ' : ' ¦ -.. "That it is alarming to observe the progressive decline in the British export trade , as regards fully manufactured articles , and the substitution of those that areoniy in part manufactured , while the rapid increase of our population ( Who continually fiock to fhe manufacturing towns as their only chance of employment ) makes the opening of wider foreign markets for the produce of their indus . try a matter of regret and unceasing necessity . "

      The Rev . G . Lee , Jun . seconded the resolution , observing that all the points it embraced had been already fully discussed . The noise that prevailed prevented more from being heard . This resolution was also agreed to . Mr . Healet then rose to propose a reso ' ution , by observing that as many gentlemen had so much desired to have an union of the middle and working classes , though these same gentlemen had often given to the people stones when they cried for bread , yet the working classes , he believed , were still ready to" co-operate with . them , and offer them the right hand of fellowship , in order that they might go on unitedly together for the advancement of human liberty ; and as he was desirous to see whether these gentlemen were in real good earnest ornot ^ he would move the following resolutioa on behalf of the working classes : —

      " That ; this meeting is fully convinced that the united efforts of the middle and working classes are very essential to the successful carrying of any great political measure , and that a , repeal of the Corn Laws will never be effected until the document called the ' People ' s Charter' become the law of the land . Therefore this meeting is desirous that the middle and working classes ( or Chartists ) should co-operate to cause that document to be placed on the statutebook of these realms , in order that , through its operation , a total repeal of the Corn Laws may be efiected . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Edwabd Webstf : b . Mr . Burns endeavoured to say something on the subject , but was compelled to sit down , amid the deafening cries of "Traitor , " "Renegade , " &c .

      Mr . Higginson rose to order , observing that the resolution could not be piit consistent with the requisition , and referring the Chairman to the Town Clerk on the matter . The Mayor , after conferring with the Town Clerk , said he saw no cause for refusing to put the resolution . It was accordingly put to a show of hands , when the Mayor said there was some difficulty in deciding , but he considered the resolution to be carried . ( Loud cheers . ) The Bev . Mr . Sibree expressing extreme regret at the course taken by the Chartists , moved the following resolution : —

      " That in BeeWng the repeal of all taxes upon the food of the bulk of the community , we feel we are only using the natural rights of every man to eujoy , as the natural recompense of his industry , his designed share of the bounties of that Heavenly Providence , who hath ' made of one blood all nations of men , ' and whose ' tender mercies are over all his works . '" Mr . Richardson seconded the resolution , which was then agreed to . Mr . HotDSWOKTH , seconded by Mr . Larabd , jun ., then moved the adoption of a petition founded on the requisition for a repeal of the Corn and Provisionlaws , on which Mr . Healey again rose to move an amendment as a rider to the petition , and , after a few remarks , proposed the following addition : —

      "That the benefits resulting from a repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws may be secured to the working classes , we earnestly pray that the measure called the People's Charter may immediately become the law of the land . " The amendment having been seconded—Mr . Higginson expressed his deep regret that gentlemen should [ attempt to sow discord ; and Mr . Holdsworth took an opportunityi while lights were being ; procured , of delivering a furious tirade , which led tO'Sucli disorder , that the Mayor threatened to dissolve the meeting . The gas being at length lighted up , the question was put , and the Mayor declared the amendment to be carried , amidst tremendons cheering from the Chartists .

      The remainder of the resolutions prepared by the requisitionists were then abandoned ; and tho Mayor having declared the meeting dissolved , thanks were voted to his Worship , on tho motion of Dr . Gordon , seconded by Mr . Healey , for his worthy conduct in the chair . The Chartists then proclaimed their victory by many lusty cheers for the Mayor , Frost , Williams , and JoneP , Feargus O'Connoi " , the Chartist cause , &c , &c , and the meeting quietly separated . .

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      THE "WIND UP" OF THE AFRICAN COLONIZATION SCHEME . The Niger Expedition is at an end . Sir Fowell Buxton has had his say ; his philanthropic scheme has been fairly tried ; Government has "led and feit the way , " a 3 Lord Brougham recommended , into the interior of Africa by its great hatnral highway ; £ 100 , 000 more have been expended by the British nation on what is termed African civilizition ; and the establishment of factories and the acquisition of land have been attempted : the result is sad aud mournful disappoihtmeut .

      On the 20 th of August last , the three fins steamers , the Soudan , the Wilberforce , and tht-Albert , built for the purpose , commenced the ascent of the Quorra ; ere six days had elapsed they received warning of the fate which impended over them ; death was already hovering about his victims . Before a month had closed , one vessel—the Soudan— -was converted into an hospital for the sick , and compelled to descend from theregioris of disease to the open s ? a . Two more days had not gone by until—the WilbBrforce —of the remaining ascending steamers had likewise to turn its head down the stream with a dying cargo ; thirteen days longer did the Albert pareevtre , but in vain ; the "belt of malaria , "— -the boulevart ofdiath is perhaps the more appropriate description— Lord Brougham ' s ingenious sugges ipn ^ -was not t > be passed through ; and forty-six days of dreadfal suffering from the commencement of the ascbnt , th ;;

      Albert was also compelled to return , and the expedition was baffled by disease and death . The three steamers ,, with the surviving commanders , officere , and men—how small a minority " of . those ' . - who left England we do not stop to detail—are now gasping and inhaling the purer atmosphere of the Ascension Island and Clarence Cove . A model farm , some SOU miles from the coa ^ t , has been bought , stocked , and abandoned ; treaties have been made with the two aegro Princes of Eboe and Iddah for the abolition of the slave trade and of human sacrifice , and then they have been left , to their own practices . Had it not been for the generous assistance afforded them voluntarily by the vessel of ia . private merchant—an assistance whieh the planners of the expedition had hot provided , and on-which they had ho right to calculate—it is but too likely that wo never should hare seen again either the Albert or any ipart of its enterprising crew .

      Such would have been—^ rather such has been—^ the end of this unhappy affair , projected and announced with so much Exeter-hall enthusiasm , among speeches from Prince Albert , Sir Robert Peel , Lord Howick , and Sir Fowell Buxtba . ; letters of sympathy from illustrious and Right . Reverend personages j promises of civilization , and trade , and agriculture , and alliances with native chiefs , and missionary success , and pride , and indignation . It has ended in nothing strange or unexpected—nothing but what might have been aud was foretold , if its projectors would have listened to reasonnothing but the sacrifice of the lives of our countrjmeD , ¦ • . - . . " ¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦¦'¦ . ' ¦¦ - '¦ - ' ¦" -

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      MANCHESTER—Loyalty at Discount . — There has been no illumination , no bonfires , no shootings , no emblems , no symptoms of rejoicing at the Baptism of the yonng sprig of royal biood . The greatest specimen of manifestations of loyalty eren by the High Tory Church , and Whig party , was tbe mere exhibition of flairs on the steeples of the churches , and the ringing of the bells , the Bight and sound of which appeared only additional mockery of the starving millions , to remind them of the pomposity and extravagance of one party , and the distress , misery , privation , and want of the other .

      I » EEDS . —The Lost Child . —We inserted a paragraph last ¦ week headed "Child Lost , " which appears to have been noticed by a friend at Dewsbury , who informs us that a child answering the description was seen there , aiong with another boy . It is to be regretted our informant did not get them takea into custody , as no doubt the other boy -iad also been sio ' -en , for the purpose of being employ td as a beggar , and would answer to the description of six yeaTS of age , very curly head , and altogether a very pretty boy , and answering to the name of Jame 3 Pullen , or Greaves , frvm the Bank , Letds . James Wallis , we repeat , is aged ten years , a fine chubby lad , light hair and grey eyes ; has a mark under his right eye , which he received by a fall whwi learning to walk , and by which he may be easily known . The parents of these children are very poor , and in great distress at their loss . Any information sent to this office will be most gladly handed to the parents .

      A > drew Gaed ^ er , late of Leedh . —On Monday , the 17 th instant , the following resolution was passed at tbe Chartist meetmgin Leeds : — " That the Chartists ol the kingdom are hereby warned against having any transactions with a person of the name of Andrew Gardner ; he having defrauded the associatiod to a great amount , as well as other parties in town- He has left Leeds for elsewhere . " ST . PANCB . AS . —On Thursday evening , Col . Thompson delivered one of Ms usual " Free Trade and Corn Law Repeal" lectures , at the Standard , Frederick-street , Hampstead-row . Mr . Farrar asked a question or two , to which no satisfactory answers were given ; challenged the Colonel to discuss tee question , giving him his own choice of place and chairman , and exempting him from any expence . The Gallant Colonel declined the meeting .

      NEWTON HEATH . —Co-operative Store . —The above society was established at Newton Heith , on Nov . 28 . h , 1840 . About from seventy to eighty shares of the value of five shillings each , being entered from Nov . 28 ih , 1840 , to Feb . 23 J , 1841 , at which latter date tbe first shop was opened a 5 Ncwwm Heath ; and on Oct . 13 th , 1841 , a second shop was opeced at Upenshaw , which shops , togeiher , aTe now selling from £ 80 to £ 90 weekly of provisions . There are now 700 shares in , makiDg a capital of upwards of £ 200 . The above shares are held by eighty-seven shareholders , who hold various numbers of shares each , fluctuating from one to forty , forty being the highest number any one person is allowed to h 9 ld . There was a dividend of Is . 8 d . per share paid over to the shareholders on Jan . 3 rd , 1 & 42 , being at the rate of 33 ^ per cent , for the ten months , from the time of opening the first shop , or at the rate of 40 per cent , per annum .

      ASHTON-TJNBEB-LYNE-Fatal Accidesx . —On Friday , in last week , two little girl * passing through the church yard , on their way to school , stopped to look at a fire , which was being used by some workmen in repairing the church . One of them set fire to her clothes , and was burned so much that she expired the next day .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct415/page/5/