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      X £ SCEESTER AXD LEEDS RAILWAY . 10 THE EDIT 6 R OP THE KOBTHZES STAB . * , — -Jf j cm -will be kind enough to give the folhwjj * ^^ osme of a piece of flagrant unfairness , a place in Z 3 t T atfd 5 l ! ? number of your exe&llent paper , the ^? * ffldeem kimseif complimented . jj ~** &e optcicg of this railway , many advantages & * t ^ 60 a ® : r dfc < * t persons having to travel between ^^ 'wTe named impo rtant commercial and manu-Zr ?® 5 towns , and the intermediate places ; and the ^^ Proprietors are justly entitled to tha support of t VT ~ efot their enterprise and perseverance . Cer-£ p ? Bfeaseshowever permitted to exist

      » Lv , , are j 7 ~ B"hfcte Tery materially against my own order , " ™* Prevent the -working man from obtaining bis full ™ a « gtiniite ehare of the benefits accruing from this ££ *^ tt » mode of travelling ; as I shall , with your ^ erfeaTour to shew to the satisfaction of your r * = wu readers , by the following ineidenta which tod !^ r come nnder mT OTO personal obserration tgLJ ***?!™* - & » « ke annoyances I have good r" » u > believe will continue to be experienced by the T ^ rre clan , to which I have the honour to belong , - £ ; some powerful efibrt is Bade to arouse public 2 » w . opoa tha subject , and efficient measure * be Itt ^ f 0 ^ 12 ** the * VTe&d <* sacb enormities . ¦¦ i at

      BUwi — -- —w »»* uaiv ivi actual /; cua uts * & » S ^ 8 ?******* 1 Dewbnry , and hare been in feR ** Si \ v f J * taninS tome at the close ef « aeh week , j JPsai the Sunday . During the winter I have gene-** n S ? T myse 11 ' of the te ^ ** && IeaTes **» Itew » - ^ oation , at Thomhill Lses , at twenty minutes to to j 2 ^ lP- m - ^ Saturday evening week I was detained in the , _ » rej minutes beysnd the usual time of tb « ^^ parting , and I accordingly took the shortest ^ w uie station , a foot-path on the bank of the «* U j ** £ > ^ dint of exertion , succeeded in arriving **» & *« v at the same time . The train bad not got ""anafcsn when I reached t Jrestation-liouse yard ,

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      ( puffing and blowing like a miniature stesm-sngine , from the effects of so hard a- ran , ) but it was coiling np at a slackened spsed ' at some fifty or sixty yards ' distance . Elate with the hope ot baring conquered , I darted , into the offioe at the precise instant that it stopped , and found , to my momentary gratification , a number of individuals taking tickets . With as little delay as possible , I presented myself at the "window , and asked the desk for a third-clan ticket for W «* efteld . The young « an reiterated my question , and was

      oveikeard by s > gentleman in the office , whose name I understood to T » Mr . Pearson : this personage snappishly exclaimed , " You o » rf go in the third class by this train ! " I appealed to him & second time , hoping be would exercise a little clemency , ( as I knew the next would not arrive until tea minutes past nine ) b * t he again pertiaaeioualy refused to oblige sae ; I therefore pocketed « ry money , aloag with the insult , andfc&d the mortiflesfcion to see several secondclass passengers supplied with tickets , who proceeded forthwith to take their places .

      Now , Sir , this conduct may be considered railroad legality , * ut I think it can scarcely be called justice-Had tbesgentlemaB alluded to said " You shant go , " I should faave believed han , as it was I could not I caanot conclude -without adverting to the "waggons" provided for the third-class passengers upon this line , which , as I am informed , are tbe only vehicles of such a disgraceful cocstruction used < apon any railway in England % and if ifbe true , as I tare seen it stated ; somewhere , that the "third-class fares have raised mere iboikj than either tbe second or first , I think the public is imperatively called ^ upon to demsnd an alteration . '

      Oa Chrismas Day 5 rode down to Wakefield on tbe sevea o'clock morning train , and tfce third-class passengers were not then even allowed tfee privilege of riding in « «* waggon ; " but were actually pent up in a cattle trwfc , and had to -effect their ingress and egress b ? clambering over a £ ? e-barred fence about a yard sod . < a haff high . 2 am , Sir , sincerely youn , Thomas Brows , A ; joumeyman-printez . BDewsbury , Jan . ^ 5 , 1842 .

      jWe readily give-insertion to the above letter ; for ^ the conduct of the managers ot the Kail way he iwmea , towards the pear , is groMlysfcnsulting and shamefully indecent , -the " management" on this "lice" is ¦ the most miserable of any in the kingdom ! Mr . Brown has correctly stated that the waggon vehicles used on this railway for the-transit of the poor , are the only things of the kind in England ! and truly -disgraceful things they are *!?! The name " waggon " is insultingly smxed to them by the Directors . ; and . Ihey are vnQiivt seals , and fthe bottom bored-full of holes , like a eaUeridar . for the purpose of producing a " draft" of vcold air upwards , to make the-occu--, piers of them . as ttneomfoxtable as possible ! And this is all the " accommwiafion" which these

      Man-• Chester Directors can afford to the working -classes ! Then the passengers by th « n are requin i to be at the " station" ten minutes ^ before the departure of a " train , " or they " cannot : be booked . " No iPcrter is allowed to &id them in . putting any luggage they may have into the carriages ; nor are the " waggon spassengers" allowed to go into the " waiting-r «> ems , " > n . o matter how long they may have to wait for the " train , " or for-what purpose they may wish to retire . The waggons are without apring-boffeJa , in . despite of the recommendation of Sir Fredctici Smith , the Government Inspector . ' And indeed , for 'that matter , thie " . miserable" management could not . afford to let their " second-class carriages" bare this Talaable and nesessary precaution against accidents

      tTheir " second eUss" were at first , every one cf them , actually -without spring-buffers ; and . a good -portion of them are eo to this day ! A ^ iaragragb has lately . gone tbe round of the newspapers to tbe effect that Mr . Herapath , of the Sluil-- * oay Ifapazine , had . communicated tbe fact that a ' , the late accident an the " -Great Western" net one passenger suffered that vxu seated at the time . If tiiis be so , what does it say to the managers of the "ieedsand Maneiiester , " who provide no seats at ££ ! for by far the greater jD&Bber of their passengers ! Let any one go and loot at the infamous thiugBthey iosaliingly call " waggonsi" and see them crasamed , i 3 they not infrequently are , with fifty ior eixty hEiaan teings each- ! and ask himself what woakl be

      the . / ftie of the passengers in the case of an accident like that at Sonning Hill catting ?! The gingerbread thiqga of carriages would be smashed in an instast !! They . are the most rascally-made things ever seen ; . sad woold afford no manner of protection against the disastrous effects of only a slight collision ! " The Leeds and Manchester line does not pay . " W * art $ led of iL It never ought to pay , until the " management" learn to treat . ttieir passengers something like human beings . Contrast tie " management" oa . this railway , in respect to accommod&tion , with that on the " North Midland . " On the latter yoa find good , strong , roomy , easy carriages ; every " class" having springboffen ; tfee " third class" being eqoal in that respect

      to tbe " first class" on the Leeds andMaucbester line , and moreo-ser provided with ffood Malt . Contrast this " third-dawjcaniage of the "North Midland Company , " with : the rascally " wsggon" -of the Leeds and Manchester ; " and see in the two a vivid representation of the workings of the factory system in the cotton and woolles districts ! Itix notorious tb&i in the cotton districts , the -comforts and conveniences of the working population are tbe least attended to or cared for of any part et the kingdom ; and this indifference i s also developed in the " management" of tbe "Leeds and Manchester Railway . " That " management" is a cotton one , —the managers being cotton-lords . ' In the woollen districts tie factors-system , though bad enough God knows . i * not &s bad as it is in the laud of cotton -,

      and the difference , is exhibited in the accommodation the " Iforth Midland ( woollen ) management " have provided for the working people carried upon their Una . St&l the accommodatioa on the " North Midland pine - is not what it ought to be ; far from it . We lately saw , with considerable satisfaction , in one of the payers , that the directors , in conjunction wiib . thoi « of other railways , intend to greatly enhance the comfort of their " second class passengers , " by making their carriage * something like those on the " Grand Junction" line , —to close in with glass . This is very desirable , and is no more than ought to be . Its adoption -will be a decided improvement on the " 2 fortli Midland line ; " for their " second class " carriages are very open , and consequently 'very uncomfortable in thai respect Bat we don't hear that they intend to enhance tke eomfort of the " tbmi class" passengers ; and we think they might

      soon and easily do so . We would suggest to them that they place a cover , or awning , over every one of their open passenger carriages , to protect the ' passengers from the hot scoria from the engines , from rain and snow , and from the drippings of the tunnels . This would cost taem very little , and would be very serviceable . And if , at the same time , they entirely closed the ends of the carriages , leaving them open at the sides ODly , they would stil more enhance their comfort ; and not make them too ccitnforidb e . We ihould like to see the " North Midland" lead tbe way in tbia matter—that of providing well for their poor passengers . Sore we are they would lose nothing by such an exhibition of trut public spirit . A ? far as the " waggons" on the "Leeds and Manchester Kaiiway" are concerned , the sooner the " Directors" collect them together , a- d make a public bonfire of them , the more creditable will it be to them . '—Ed . 1

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      TO TEE PEOPLE OF IKELA ^ D . FELio -vr-CousTEYME 5 , —Having in my letter of tbe 22 ud ult . txpliined the reason why the Chartists aided the TorifcB in the late Parliamentary election struggle , it now becomeB my duty to point out the necessity of displacing tbat party , and establishing in their stead a legislative body from amongst the people . You must bear in mind { sb you will see by my letter ) " that it was not for love of them , but for the purpose of getting rid of . their false friends , the Whigs , and a love of fair play , " that tbe Chartists aided the Tories ; therefore , 1 most not be accused of inconsistency , when I state my opinion on the necessity ot their removal . It is true , that by the power of the Chartists you have been placed in a peculiar position ; they have confronted you with the enemies of your country and your creed , and thrown down the barriers which separated you from

      your herfccitary foes . So far they have served you ; inasmuch as henceforth you will have a clear stage to act upon ; yon will iio longer have the fawning sychophant oi skulking assassin to flatier or betray jou . No : the Charfcts have driven them from the field , and have placed you in that position in -which you must grapple with your oppressors , and fight the battle for political equality as becomes you . There is now no excuse ; your enemies are before you ; you have no choice , save victory or defeat ; you have the spirit of your fathers in your "bosoms ; you have your bleeding country sinking beneath the pressure of her wrongs , and calling on you to rescue her from misery ; you have the hand of fellowship stretched out by millions of the workicg classes of Great Britain ; and , above all , you have the infincible spirit of liberty cheering you on to tbe conte&t

      1 have said 4 " that the Chartists were determined henceforth , to have fair play ; " aad I see no reason wby you should not act on the same principle , and , by your own exertions obtain that justice for y » ur country which has so long been denied by tile aristocracy , and retarded by the temporising measures of interested indidiYiduals and *• knavish politicians . " The first question then which you should ask yourselves is , What is the duty we owe to eur country ? and tbe second should bs , Will we be justified in point of "law and religion" in opposing our present

      rulers ? To the first of these gueries the answer will be , You are bound !> y every principle of honour , virtue , and patriotism , to rescue your country from degradation and slavery , and to raise her to an honourable position in the scale of nations / but to the latter it will be necessary to examine the right by which the aristocracy hold their puwer of governing and persecuting you . To make this enquiry as simple as possible , it will be only necessary to state , first , that all men are equal by nature , zni , secondly , that laws and governments were f r = t instituted fcr thi mutual benefit and protection of

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      - - ; ' " -t ^* -- ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ --¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ' ; ' ' -- ^ - ali ; and consequently , the people were originally the law makers ; and those whom they appointed as officers to watch over and administer those laws , were responsible to them and subject to watch over their control When men found it necessary to establish forms of government to regulate tbe affairs - of society , and strengthen the bond of mutual interest which was essential to the -well-being and security of the community , and appointed judges and toffioera to administer and execute tbe laws which they had agreed to obey , they did not at the same time delegate th « power to such judges m officers of addiag to or taking from those laws , « r intend that such officers Bhould Bet themselves aboTe fee laws which they w « ie appointed to be the

      guardians of , in opposition to the will and tbe power of the law makers . The first judges were men whom the the people elected for their wisdom , honesty , and integrity , and whose only Vilification was t&elr superior abilities and virtue . Tbe people , u a body , bad the power to make , alter , « r change those laws whenever the £ &terests of society required , and beyond their trtbtteoi or against thefe sovereign will , no man could appeal ; the power of fife or death , banishment , fines , or'imprisonment , rewards , or punishaents rested in their hands , and vms'exercised according as their judgment dictated ; and thus they enjoyed that ennobling prerogative which Batore intended they should be to possession of .

      Here then we hrve a brief outline of the origin emd itature of democrxtical Governments . Here we ¦ see tbe man in a posftton in which be had the power to serve bis country and himself ; here we find him dbeying no laws , save-tbose which iefead a voice in mating , and gi-ring support only to such institutions as "were necessary for the benefit of the'Commonwealth . He had as tyrants totrample on hlm , for all were equal ; no overwhelming "misery to bow down bis spirit , ffor all were interested -in promoting 'the prosperity » of the country ; nor wts he the victim-of rapacious bigotry as all were in possession of liberty-of conscience .

      Time , however , brought -with it a fearful changemen became apathetic , and resting in peaceful'security and happy content , neglected to watch over their interests or guard against the inroads which were made upon tbeir Ifsertiafby designing , ambitious , and unprincipled individuals , who from time tcrtime watched 4 or opportunities to place themselves-above their felferws ; and thus , the people throuxb their own fault ! allowed their power'and their happiness to be wrested from tbeir grasp , ~ aad became tbe tools and the slaves of their numerals and tyrannical-usurpers .

      At one tine ambition swayed the sceptre , * t another , bigotry reigoed predominant . ; and ever asrthe people became morex > ppressed # their-oppressors became more determined * % o crush them . Some times 'the people awoke to a * enae off tbeir prostrate condition-and wonld make an effort to shake of the yoke from'tbeir necks , and then tbey too frequently found that'they were losers by tbe contest , and thet their bloo&only tended to cement their bonds more firmly together . At others , they raised -their voices , aad in their sacral might denanded "their emancipation from slavery , and might bave often reonquered , had they acted finnly and been more wise than credulous ; -for upon s * eh occasions , when the people were likely-to obtain the Hberty they

      sought for , =-and when their oppressors were on the eve of a defeat , a third party would spring up , and taking advantage < t" the excitement of the one , and the weakness of the other , succeed 'in introducing -themselves into power , having first silenced the people with promises to better their "condition , 'but basely deserting them , and forgettiag their vows -became even greater tyrants than tbeir predecessors ; the people finding , when too late , that they had been duped , and only exchanged oae set of tyrants for another set worse . And this , ray fellow-countrymen , has been too long tbe position in . which you and tbe people of'Great Britain have been placed , and which you are now called upon to shake off . .

      The liberty of Ireland has been infringed on , and sbe has been victimised to tbe cupidity , ambition , and reckless tyranny of an aristocratic faction , who by treachery , deeeit , and bribery , became yoar masters , aad deprived you of almost . every vestige of liberty , and made a min of your country . The Tories and the Whigs became the ( gamblers in tbe political raarket , whilst you were set np as the stake , regardless of your misery eo they could but enrich themselves at . your expeoce . Where , I would ask , is the justice in entering your neighbours house , and robbing it of eveey thing it possesses—murdering the father—violating the bosom of ehutity . and gloating over the mangled corpse * of a onee comfortable home ? Where is the justice in plundering you of your birthright , and denying you a voice ia tbe BufciM of the

      laws which govern you ? or is it justice to have one set of laws for the rich and another set for the poor ? Was it—is it just , to punish you upon the authority of such laws , they hsvint ; been framed without your consent or approval f Did you make the law which carried fire and desolation throughout tbe length and breadth of tbe land ? or was it by your authority that your fathers And your brothers were suspended from gibbets in front of tbeir own doors for the would-be crime of loving the land of their birth , aad bre * thing a prayer for her welfare ? Was it justice which forced you to give up all yoa possessed , and reduced yon to tke condition of a starting province , and steeped yon to the lips in poverty -and wretchedness ? It was not justice . Heaven does not sanelion—earth does not approve—nor can Iriabmen be ever led to . believethere is justice in—such treatment .

      The power which would rob and murder , is not justice . Tbe hand which could clutch the assassin's knife and bury it in tbe bosom of its victim , is not the hand of justice . The power which monopolises the resources uf the country , and leaves you to pine , and drag out a miserable existence , is not . cannot be allied to justice . The power which conld ^ raise a debt on the nation , and compel tbe people to pay an enormous interest to those who raised it is not justice . Nor will jou act justly by yourselves or your country , unless yoa rise up ia yoar aaral might , and demand political equality . What have you to hope for ? Will they who have so long persecuted and oppressed you , become more gentle and kind in tbeir dealings with yon , or do you suppose tbat those who , with your own

      money , purchased muakete , bayonets , halters , and gibbets , and erected prisons and dungeons to immure you , -will now repent of their deeds , or make restitution of their ill-gotten gains ? Will they , can they give yon back your fathers or your brothers , your wives and your children , from their cold , but honourable graves , or cancel the blood-stain which pollutes ttiefr g-ui \ Vy brows ? Will the aristocracy , which has for hundreds ofyea . t 8 fattened on your misery , and who yet deem yeu " aliens in blood and country , " receive you into their friendship , and treat you with the courte-y which you deserve ? Will they voluntarily give you back your birthright , which they have uDJustly and most tyrannically deprived you of , or restore your country to the position in which they found it ? Will they ( unless they cannot help it ) give you back the Union wbieh they treacherously obtlined , and which they fraudulently retain , in spite of all roar complaints and murmarings ? No , my fellow-countrymen , the

      prowling wolf is not more savage in his nature than the aristocracy of these countries ; he is , in fact , less rapacious , for he only follows the instinct of his nature . Your oppressors never did intend , nor do they now intend to deal justly by yon ; it is in vain to hope for justice from them ; therefore , you must obtain it for yourselves . Yon have already seen that their promises are not to be depended on , and that they never flattered but to deceive you . I have shewn you the nature of a Government in which the people are the rulers ; and I trust you are convinced th ; it justice with the aristocracy , is but a cloak to cover their villanies . Is there one amongst you can dispute my assertions ; or , is there an Irishman who denies that the aristocracy are the enemies of his country and the cause of her misery ? Who amongst you will any longer temporise with either party , or hesitate to work out , aud that quickly , your political regeneration .

      I have now only treated on the legality of opposing the aristocracy , and will , inaiy next , endeavour to convinccyenthatTfcligion does not sanction deeds of tyranny and oppression . I know it is upon these two points your objections rest , and those once removed , you will not hesita . e to set your hand to the People's Charter , and believe me I am sincerely of opinion there is no other means in your power by which you can be politically saved . Irishmen , your duty calls you at the present—you have now bnt one enemy to contend with—you know

      them , they are your avowed enemies—onward and you cocquer , backward and you fell . Remember what they owe you—remember wtatycu figit for—remember your beloved Ireland is the stake to be wod or lost , and save her as become you from the merciless grasp of her tyrants . Tell them they have lorded it over you lone enough—tbat ycu are tired of their justice , and that yon are det ^ nninsd to obtain the power to legislate for yourself . I have the honour to be , Fellow-countrymen , Your most obedient bumble servant , W . H . Clifton .

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      THE MASONS ON STRIKE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE KOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —The following letter has been refused insertion in the Times , as also all the other daily papers , unless as an advertisement . By inserting it in the Star you wil : greatly oblige The Masons on Stbike .

      TO THE EDITOB OF THE TIMES . Sib , —Our attention has been arrested by an article from jour pen , in reference to our strike at the New Houses of Parliament , and other public works , Which appeared in your columns of Wednesday , the 26 th nit . prejudicial to tbe cause of humanity , in which we are engaged , and not strictly true ; we , therefore , now ask , what in a spirit of fairness we rely on your granting , namely , permission , through the same columns in which your article appeared , to lay before the public the other and true side of the question .

      Whether our efforts to annihilate cruelty the most consummate " have been simply defeated" in London or not—whether " open bouses are provided by the union " for the quarrymen who , in -various localities , manifest such a humane feeling towards their cruelly ill-treated fellow-men or not—or whether our delegates proceed from place to plaeo , in the performance of their " labour of loTe /* " mounted" or alher « i « e , axe questions upon

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      which w « shall not waste our time * or seek to occupy tout pages in animadverting upon . Sufllce to say , that , satisfied with the justaeaa of our cause , we are as determined now as at the first moment , and shall persevere , by etery latvfid means , to succeed To ' " die . <*; »* fopby , " tbat ia , from the want of nourishment , is what we do not fear , the period of a " consummation sa devoutly to be wished tot" by our opponents Is " very remote ; and respecting "dub law" or " NewPoliw" law , the one we abhor , and the ether we bare bo intention to offend . It is by sober , reflecting , « & 4 purely moral means—by " surrounding those "

      who , in ignorance of the sacred duties of man to man , passifiely < robmit to insult and cruelty , ! " with a moral and wok * Influence" that we Intend to pilot ourselves to tke desired hayen . Contrast this with , the following paragraph . In your article : — •« But for such a movement as the present , fowtded on misrepresentation , and farming part of a systematic attempt to establish a dangerbns and unconstltntlonal tyranny , we have no comj ?« 5 j o » or sympathy ; and repeat that it must meet with no compromise , but be put down thoroughly aad unflinchingly , even though its progress were only to be checked bj' •» feiieral ' stoppage of trade ihroughotUWie country . " ¦ ' ¦ - ; : '¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ . . . ... ¦ -, Y- ¦' - ¦ . - ' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ - Y Y : ¦¦

      YYYOur business now , Sir , ii to shew that we have not used " mawpresentation . " We preferred several seriouB charges against George Allen , foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Pefco , oar iate emplbyeM , and which they refused to redress . We then courted , by every means at our disposal , prfblie Inquiry into them , md preferred , through the meihnnof the > Su * ,. lBiorning Advertiser , and other of the d » Hy and weekly-press , to submit the whole case to arbitration ; a deputation waited on Mr . GrlBaell , and informed him that we would eeraeede our request , if , by the evidence ^ of Allen ' B victims and others who had witnessed his unfeeling conduct , we proved that his conductitowards us had not -been such as we'bad / attributed tottm . Mr . GrlsseH reftaed , aeser ting thet he had lowered his dignity in deigning even to -held coDvetse with them ; and thts , « tr , ia not mucKlifce " misrepresentation , " or a desire " ia establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny . " -. ¦ Y . ¦ - '¦ . '"¦ , ' - . \ ¦/¦'¦ ¦ ¦ . "¦ ¦' - : YV , YYY

      The following , Mr . Editor , are the charges we allege against 'George Allen ; we are prepared to submit them 5 to any just arbitration , and to be' « ontent with tbei * sulfc : — Y" " Y . Y "' : '¦ : ' ; - : v . ¦ ¦¦ ¦^ , / " Y " 1 st -Locking up the pump , or rat&er the door leading to it , to prevent those under his control'from getting a driafc of nature's beverage , with a view bo compel us to buy < beer-of an inferior <{ aslity from a house be visited , andMinQl we strongly remonstrated , w * c the only one permitted to bring beer « & the works . 2 nd .-8 ne of eur shopmates bad thecanwelcome intelligence from Manchester of the decease-of his mother ; he informed Mr . Allen 4 the foreman , ) of-his wish to ge and - Bee her interred ; stating that he would have to be absent for a week or a fertnight ; when Allen informed him , If that was the case / he might stop ^ a way altogether with an-assertion that b& ( Allen ) would not keep a job open 'for any man that . Jength of tlm&under such circmnstaiiieea .

      « rd . tit has also beec -quite customary for Allen to ordar , < ia the most domineering manner , many a good tradesman to " pick uprhis tools and be off , ' * befere be had been many hours en the job ; olao for the most trifling -mistake , have been discharged at a moment ' s notice , without the least consultation as to whether they were blameable or'Bob Again ,-one of the men had bis Jag broken by a-fall from a-BcttSbld , and on bis return to his work , expected , of course , aa he had been lamed-in ; . the service of h 4 a employers , that they would continue to give him wock . But , no ;; Allen immediately diad&arged him , with an execration that he wanted none such d——d hobbling fellows as . bim there .

      4 th . ixbe same foreman told one of our shopmates , who had been at borne ill *> r some time . and whose wife was alsQvrery ii ) , on his return to work , io go about his businesa , as he ( the foreman ) did not want any men there of 'bis description . We immediately made a colleetionfor him , to enableiam to procure food for himaeif and his sick wife . 5 th . Another of the men had been , called from his work to attend the death-bed of his wife ,, and when he camefrom-thatscene to hia work , he was told to go back and die with her , and be damned . In fact , his general conduct has been ao bad , 68 to be quite unbearable . ; and , to terrify us , he has made a

      practice of threatening to discharge two . ©* three dozen of us at a time , if we even complained of such conduct These , . Sir , are facts which we are at any time prepared to prove , and , as there is convened on our behalf a public meeting to be holden at the White Conduit House , on the evening of Monday next , the 31 st Instant , we solicit the attendance of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , George Allen , or any of their agents in their behalf , when and where every facility shall be afforded them to lay their own statement before the pablie . We are , Sir ,

      Youra respectfully , The / masons' Society . Thomas Shobtt , Secretary

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHERN STAR . Sib , —I consider little apology is necessary , to induce you to afford a small space for the following remarks in tke people ' s paper . , About two months ago , an address was got up in this place , to the Queen , showing the great distress that exiBted in the country , stating that distress to be caused by class legislation , and praying her Majesty to call honest men to her Councils , who would cause the People's Charter to become a legislative enactment , as the only efficient remedy for the existing distress , also praying for a free pardon for Frost ; Williams , and Jones , and all politicas prisoners .

      This address was sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ; , M . P . for Finsbury , to be by him presented to the Queen . : It appears from the following letters , which 1 have just received , that he did not think proper to present the address himself , but contented hiwiself , by Bending tbe same to the Home Secretary . Had we known such to have been the intention of the Honourable Gentleman , mostcertainly the address would never have been sent to bim , because it was sent under the impression , that he would have personally presented it ; lor we had many suspicions that a number of the people ' s petitions have never reached her Majesty , ; Tbe following are the letters above alluded to : — " The Albany , Jaa . 28 th , 1842 . " Dear Sib , —I beg to enclose to you the official answer to the petition to her Majesty , from the inhabitants { of Lasawade , which you did me the honour to transmit to me for presentation .

      ' . ' I remain , " Faithfully yours , " T . S . DUNCOMBE « Mr . W . Daniells . " " Whitehall , 26 th Jan . 1842 . ¦ ¦ " SIR , —Secretary Sir James Giabam , having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , Zsphiniah Williams , and Wm . Jones , I am directed to express his regret , that there is no sufficient grounds to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . • " - ¦ ' - . ¦¦ ¦ . ' " ¦/ - ' ¦ v ¦' ¦ '' ' ' ¦ " " lam , Sir , " " Your most obedient humble servant , " S . PHlLLlPPSi " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . "

      In answer to this I beg to inform Sir James Graham , that his opinion was never agked ! We simply wished our address to be laid before the Queen , that she may know the wishes of the people , and we know it was the bounden"duty , of the Home Secretary to have laid the same before her , if it was properly and respectfully worded , which it certainly was ; he had nothing further to do with it ; we never asked Aim to advise hw Majesty ; we only wished to lay our sentiments before bar , that she may be able to judge of ) the wishes of her

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      subjects . It thus plainly appears that the petitions of tke people have to pass through the ordeal of the Home Secretary—if they please him they are presented , if not , they are rejected , and bar Majesty hears nothing at all about it I ask , is thia to continue f Are the people's petitions to be rejected at the will of a Seotetary of State ? If eo , tbe long boasted privilege of Britons , vial the right of petitioning , is nothing more than a ; solemn farce ! : ¦ : ' \ : . /" : ' /¦ ¦ -- " ^ . - y ;;•;; : ¦ .- . •"¦ ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ It will be perceived that the principal part of the peUtion is not mentioned , that of the oountrrB distress , the Charter , fco . Ah I Sir Jamea , was it because We wished h « MajeBty to call honest mea to her councUs , that oar petition was rejectdd ? Forth * only * ea soluble iBference to be drawn is , that it was rejected , because- not one word is said , in tha official answer , or its being ' presented " '/¦ ¦¦ / ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦^ ¦ - '¦¦ Y- / ¦ -:

      . ... . .- . ... . v- * Sir Jam « a « ays , there is no reasonable grounds for him to recommend the « xUed patriots to mercy . Is oot the fact of their berag illegally triad , and illegally transporfced , reasonable ^ oahds for «»\ r beingveeaUed ? U loot the opinion ^ of five of the jwlges of the land that their sentence was illegal , reasonable grounds tbat mercy shouWbe extended to them ? Are not the hundreds of petitions * i their favour , reasenable grounds why they should fee pardoned ? Answer , sir James f Then only think of 8 ir James graham talking of his conflisteacyl 'Tia too much !

      la oooctusion , I would ask , when are Ifae wishes © f the majority of the people to te treated with respect ? When they * et « propsir vatete tipon themselves , and act accordingly . When theydeclare themselyes independ « nt of priflstwraft , and sre no longer nose-led by the clergy ; -Wlien members-pf ene trade drop reviJdng , insurting , enfl thinking tbomselvea better than / the members of other trades , end when iisey form themselves into -an holy band of brothers , and adopt f * r their motto , '" All for one , ' 606 for-ail . ? ' When they get rid-of their local antl national prejudices ; their jealousy and acrimony , and place confidence in each other . ; then , and not tUlrthen , will they be respected , and their > petitions treated as they should be , and then wduld'tbey be able to *® irry their 'Charter in spite of pretended ifriends , or opposingfoes . / ¦ - - . ¦ ' ¦ .- ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ' ' ¦ I am , 4 c ¦ ' '¦ . ¦ ¦ WlBLIAM PaNIELI * sLaaswa ^ le , Jan . 29 tb ,-1842 .

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      TKOBB TRWK 3 OF THE LEAGUE . iTOWHE BDITOa « PF THE NORTHERN STAR . Silt , —The League are manifestly undone ; and are . necessitated to employ trickery . and fraud to retain a ¦ shadow of their defanct notoriety . / They vwJsh to make a noise in tte land by procuring a numerooflly signed petftien in this -Borough in / favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws . But they have "fictitious sigitakirvi in orirfer < o induce" the Parliament to believe that the people are really in favour of the Whig panacea . Some sit in . public-houtes with their sheet , pint , and directory , and manufacture / four columned sheets at one shiUing each . ; © thers walk round the town ,

      calling at ( tvery petition- ' . ' stand ,,.. and appending a ^ flctitious" name at each % \ im , One of these useful personagOB i yclep'd G'RsyESON , residing in G / ebrge ' sstieet , has , in his perambalatSons , called twice , and , in mistaic , signed the / National Petition ; in one case arniiug the name of the late Mayor of the Boroagh . On discoveringrthe . f iaud I erased the names attached by this officious member of the Fox and Goose Club , and shall take care , should he repeat hie visits ; to sbow hinuthe propriety of attonding to the sale of his fents . We have no need of' " fictions" BSgnatures to the National Petition , as we hwe & quantum sufficitot veritable Chartists to accomplish our own work .

      Permit m « , Sir , also to ask if the Corn Law repealers can be sinoere in / their desire to abrogate those Jaws , when they breathe not a word about the infernal New Poor Law , which was enacted to pinch the bellies of the poor ; and to reduce them to subsist or Btarve on " a coarser sort of food" ? Certainly , their bawliaga about the " big loaf " quadrates most charmingly , with their taciturnity on the short allowance doled out in their Bastilles . Again , their eonrisiency ia glorionsly displayed in their concurrence with the caterers for the stomachs of the workies and those of the do-nothings . One of the Corn Law repealers—yes , one of their oracles—tells us that the following ought to be the food of the working man . Nay , the heterogeneous nieas is to suffice for " five men" : —

      One red herring ... id . Four ounces of rice Id . One ounce of bacon \<\ . One onion Id . Pepper ? , d . Bread . 2 | d . Sbfi . Now , that is , the big xoaf" for " five working men . That Ib the recommendation of the god of the League . . - . ¦ ' . . - . .. '¦ " . ' " ' Y ¦ . ... . "¦ . . ; Y ¦ But what do they say about the following dish for a state pauper ? Not a word . The chief do-nothing is to consume the fat of the land to any extent , without an allusion being : made to it by the League . However , here it is , and let the people look ou this picture as well as on the above : — . _ . .-, ¦ .. „ .-. ¦ .. ¦ ¦ , ¦

      "The Queens Favourite Soup . —The royal bill of fare constantly inclndea this excellent patage , the recipe for which I obtained by apecial favour . I subjoin the necessary , proportions for a party of a dozen persons . —Skin and entirely clean out the insides of three fat fowls , « r . chickens , according to the season ; let them / be well washed in warm water ; put them into ! a stew pan for an hour , coTered with strong veal broth , andadda good-sized bunch of parsley . Take out the fowls ,-and soak the crumb of two French rolls in the liquor ; cut the meat off ; take away the skin ; and

      pound the _ fl . esb . in a mortar , adding the / soaked crumb , and trie yolks of four hard-boiled eggs . Force this through a coarse sieve , and put it into a quart of cream that has been previously boiled ; re-warm for table . Observation . —If you desire to have a small tureen of thiB royal preparation upon an economical plan , parboil a couple of fowls , use the wings and breasts for a fricassee , and make your soup of the legs , necks , and bocks , taking care that your consomme of veal is sufflciehtly strong to make amends for the absence of fowl , and following the previous directions in all other respects . " r-ji tlai ;

      Will the people submit to such insult on the part of the Leaguers and such extravagance on the part of state cormorants ? If so , let us fold our aTina and pray , for tfte annini / atiea of the " envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world . " Yours truly , WlLl / AM BlDEH . Leeds , Feb . 1 st , 18 * 2 .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother DEMOCRATS ,--During the last few weeks our progress has been mo 3 t rapid . I have visited , since I last addteB 8 cd you , Holmfirth , Honley , Huddersfield , Bradford , and Sheffield . I was sent for ex ^ reaaly to Holmfirth , in conseojience of the unjust and unfair attacks made upon me , in consequence of publishing my pamphlet on the Cern Laws . Discussion was allowed . The gentleman who ' stated that mine Were garbled extracts failed to make bis appearance . I addressed the people of Holmfirth in the Iwgest room that could be had for about an bow . Mr . Beardsell , a young man about nineteen years of age , next addressed the meeting , on the necessity of the repeat of the Corn Laws . The discussion was conducted in the most perfect good tenipec . I need only state that Mr . Cunningham , an InshrRan , was in tlie xhair . The room is capable of holding 7 Q 0 persons , and was crowded to excess , and hundreds upon hundreds bad to go away , who could pot get admission .

      On the pight after I lectured in the National Charter Association Boom , tipper Wortley . I had an excellent audience , and enrolled eight members at the conclusion of the discourse . Oa Saturday night , I addressed the Honley Cb » rtiats . The room was very full . At the close of the meeting I again enrolled a conBi ^ erable number of members . / .- :- ¦ ' . ' ' : ' . : /¦ .. ; . .. ' , ; : " -:. ' 1 attended the delegate meeting on Sunday , and gave some necessary information to the delegates . I attended in Huddersfieid on Sunday night The audience appeared to be well pleased . I enrolled a diz m membira after my lecture . Y

      I arrived in Bradford ; and met an old friend , Mr . Smyth , a Chartist of the right sort . I atWiesatd the people in a room capable of - ' holding . 1 , 200 persons , an . 1 aithough the evening was remarkably rough yettiiere # 88 an excellent meeting . In the Bradford district , there are 800 members enrolled , and they ordered 300 more cards . Bradford has nobly done its duty to the cause generally . On arriving home , on Tuesday , such is the positiou we occupy , that there were 127 letters befora me ; I went to business immediately . Forwarded all the plain cards that were required by toe Association . The enamelled cards will be forwarded next week ; and those parties who have prepared for the bror . zsd cards must excuse me for not being able to send them as ^ yafc ' ' ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦¦/ ' ¦ . . ¦ ' . . Y ' ,: . . .... . . .. . - . .. . . Y / .

      I return thanks to those ^ gentlemen have forwarded me the different newspapers aud periodicals . One of those papers , called the Kent Heiald ; lias got the whole of the National Petition inserted ; in its columns , and the Editor says that all future agitation must be based on that document . Several papers now began to say there must be an extension of the Suf > frage . y . i ; ¦ . " - ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " : ¦'¦ - - ' : V ; . - ¦ ' ' ' ' - - ¦ X-, . ' ¦¦ " , ' ¦¦ " ¦¦ ; . / Now , my friends , we must adhere firmly to pur principles . No : truckling , ne half measures— -let na be firm and united , and , depend upon it , the increasing difficulties of to . e middle classes will induce a many of them to assist us in the great and sacred struggle we are engaged in . ¦; . ¦ - .-. - ¦ - ' . ' ., ' . ¦ . ¦ -.. ¦ "'' . . -.. , /// ¦' . ' ¦¦¦ . I started for Sheffield on Saturday last . I met my old and tried friend Harney , who was Very glad to see me . 1 addressed tbe Sheffield CQartists ' , in the Political Institute , in the afternoon . There was a very geod attendance . - "'

      In the evening I again addressed the Chartists , in Fig-tiee-laue . The room was densely crowded , and hundreds could not gain ^ admittance . ; At the conclusion ^ upwards of twenty members were enrolled * Sheffleld -Rill scon bo itself again . Everything bids us tdvance , ar . d not ictrogaUt .

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      I have had two or three lettera stating that the writers request that they wish to liave a swrf each ^ the same pattern that i » to be worn by ti » ^ V ™ ofW Ex ^ ve , and ioggeflttag ^ g ^ J ^ ual who manufactured them should publish his .. ad * " * . . g order that other persons might have the ^ oppprtunity to purchase th « scarfs . / - * . - _ , „ ^__ I shall again address you next week , afta ^ I * W haro vwited Nottingham , toughborough , Leicester , W » gDy , Northampton , London , and Bristol . . ¦ - ' '" ¦¦ - . ¦ . "' " ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ; . ; I-, am , 'yours ,. / ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦;•¦/• . ¦¦ . In the goed cause of Chwustn . / John Camfjei-i ., Sec Shemeld , 31 st January ,-184 S .

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      THE FEMALES OF HOLBROOKE TO XHB CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND TRE « i . AND , IN BEHALF OF MBS . FROST , MRS .

      WILLIAMS ; AND MRS . JONES . BretSRBN AMD Sisters in tie caufle of liberty ' , permit oa to call your attention to an appeal in the Star of the 15 th ef January , is the behalf of ' . the . Whig made widows of tfce Welsh patriots , who it appears are in a very distressed state and hating nothing to depend ob ftir their support , but what litUe they can obtain by their own Umitedexertibna . Mrs . Jones , considers herself aeglected j > y her husbands pretended friends . Have you responded to this call ? if not , hasten to do so ? for remember their husband ' s were banished lot tbeir devotion to that good cause for which so many have been maae martyra Their only crime consisted in their hatred of tyranny , oppression , and injustice ; witii a determination to have the comf ortB of the poox

      restored , and their rights and libertiesprotected . Has the call fron Mr . Wilkinson aroused yeu to a sense of your duty ? The claims of the destitute and disconaolate widowfl , at this time , are : imperative . We are aware that unsolicited gratitude is the most valuable , but coMider it better late than never . Come then te work in-good earnest , and make amends for the past by working double tides' for the future . One million of pence ameants to the considerable sum of £ 4 i 66 13 s . 4 d . To rritee thia sum would only require one penny from every six families in the United Qiieendom . Sm ^ , j £ every exertion was made this sum might betrltftyd which would not only place , them beyond want for ever , kut wis are inclined to thiok ,. woqld restore the patriota back to their conutry and rtlends . Rscallect what a few-pounds the last Convent ? cfu ~ eo 8 t the country , wh » by their able exertions obtained a level vote in the

      House of Commons ; and had it not been for the casting vote of that marble-hearted wretch , the speaker , in all / prbbability ere thia , they would have been restored to their destitute and disconsolate wivea and families . Come then ,, ya good and true , stain not tha Chantiet banner with ingratitude , but show your hatred to tyranny , injustice , ' and cold blooded despotism by doing all that lies in yorir power for its victims . We particularly request that the females of every place where Chartism has taken root , will appoint individuals to wait on all whom they conceive might be prevailed upon to give something towards relieving these much iujuted and heartbTofceu individuals . We think if this plan was carried out effectually , it -would be / attended with good effects . Though living in a remote village on one of the frigid mountains in / Derbyshire / we pledge ourselves to do our duty , and hope all good Chartists will do theirs .

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      ; Takiso Physic . — " Please , sir , I don't think Mr , Dosera takes his physic reg'lar , " said a , doctor ' s boy to bis employer . "Why bo I ' ¦ / . *• Causehe'a getting well so precious i&st . "—American Paper . Death tROX Destitvtiok . —Ou Saturday night , a poor" man named Luggan , died in the Glasgow Police Office , where he was detainecL previously to being sent over to Ireland ^ his native country . — Reformer ' s Gazette . Aster the Christening / crowda of persons dipped their handkerchiefs in the font , ia order to

      preserve a sort of imaginary relic of the water of the river Jordan , in which the Prince has beeen baptised . This water was brought over to this country by Mr . Scoles , of Argyll-place , who in the year 1825 travelled in the East . [ Superlative fudge !] Fortt . " BtAck Crows /'—On Tuesday se ' nmght , tke frost was so Beveroia the neiijhbourhobd of Horncastle , that on on the farm of Mr . Betts , of Benniworth , forty crows were taken alive by the hand , their wings being sofrozen as to prevent their Eying . —Lincoln Mercury . ¦

      A few days since a case of rather a novel character camo before a court at Eye , the complainant being a lady of high respectability . She stated that she was riding on the Queen ' s / Irighway with a gentleman /( a schoolmaster by profession ) that he committed a misdemeanor , which at length proved to be only an affectionate salute with the Iip 3 . The defendant having noining to plead in hir own behalf , was fined five shillings , and dismissed , with a strict charge aever to commit the like again . On Thursday morning last , as the workmen employed / in a field near Wash wood / Heath , were removing a quantity of earth for the embankment of the Birmingham arid Derby / Railway ^ they discovered two skeletona environed in ebains . It appears that they aare the remains of two soldierB , named John Hammond , an American by birth , and Thomas Pitmore , a native of Cheshire , whoYwere executed on the 2 nd of April , 1781 , ior the wijfal murder of Wilfred Berwick . .

      A poor man named Roger , 70 years of age , died ic Westjninster , on Tuesday , ( within the sound of the Bow Bells , which at the time were ringing / a merry peal in honour of thechristeningof the Princ * of Wales ) from want of , / as the jury who h-ld an inqyest on the body declsired i" the mere neoessarksof life . " His bird was in the cage , dead from Want of food . " : ¦' : ¦ ¦ : / /¦ y ;' - ' ' - ¦' . ' .: ; - ; yY' ^ --yY ' / . WiLLiAjr Fairweatherj blacksmith , at Gairlov ? Bank , parish of Kirriemuir , was , on Saturday week , transmitted to the § aol of Forfar , charged with having confined his daughter , Susan Fairweather , a young ; woman of about nineteen ^ years of

      age , not altogether compos mentis , m a / wooden cribi measuring in length about four feet ten inches , and in height about four feet nine inches at' the highest part , and two feet six inches at the lowest point ( constructed in an out-house there ) " from the 9 th ultimo to the 1 st current , amongst a quantity of straw , and withiiut suffioient clothing . When she was released by the officers of justice , it was found that , from waut of attention to her , the very * straw in the crib had become rotten . She had become so emaciated , and was in such a state of debility , that she was unable to walk . We understand the case is at present under investigation . —3 / 0 « tawr Standard . ; Y

      Couut-Martial Law . ^ -A court-martfal has been recently held at Malta on Mr . Etton , a midshipman of the Cambridge , for an act of mutiny towards Captain WoodfordJ . Williams , commauding the Stromboli steam frigate . Mr . Elton is sentenced to an undefined term / of imprisonment , inasmuch as his six months' imprisonment is to corumencc o « hid arrival iu England . Suppose then the Admiralty thought , propor to order him to be kept iti Malta harbour , on board the flag ship for twenty yeara , he would , 'hi thafcase , be virtually imprisoned { or iifo—this the law WOuld hot allow . Again thig young ^ eutiemah is entitled to his immediate diseharse , on the ground that CaptaiH Barnard , who was a - ' material witness , formed one of the COurS

      aud thus appeared in- the / character of prosecutor and judgo—ran aoornaly which the law will not admit of ; Mr . Illton , who came to England in the Hastings , was removed to / London on Tuesday last , uader chaise of au'Admiralty messenger ; and we . much fear , that during the time he was in thatship he , from impetuosity of temper , greatly commuted himself . We mention this , only to account for any want ofmercy which the admiralty might have been disposed , unsk-r the circumstances of the . case , to have shown tpwar . ls him . "' ; - still his friends , who are powerful , ( he being a nephew of Sir Abraham Elton , of Clifton , ) have their remedy by ; application to the Lord Chief Justice . —Hampshire Telegraph . ' -... - ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -. : -: '/ : ' . / ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦/ / - ; ' -.. '"'

      Death from- ' a Singular Cause—0 a Wenesday last , at Ely , aged thirty-six , James Prior ; a shoeniaker , leaving a Avife and four children to lament their loss . This poor fellow ' s death was accelerated by i ? o singular a circumstance that we cannot forbear giving it publicity . Jt / sppeara that he some time fcince made or mended a pair of shoes for Mr . VVm . Kecap ' tonV . lay . clerk of 'Ely Catnedrai , a corpalenfi tuna ; that , through the shoes being too tfght , / or a | stuaiJ nail / perforating- the sole , Mr . Kemptbn was . 1 . 3-tned ., mortification ensued , and his life / was in < iang ' oi ? i Haying been infDrmed that this was all owing to him , produced such an cifect , that he became at iirst melanclioly , then-raving mad !; whea death-at last , put a period to --his sufferings . The extveme sensitiveness of poor JPrior was , indeed , r ^ ajarkable . — Cambridge Independent Press . -: ¦ .-. - . . .

      RkLSASE OF BjERNAR » C ^ VaNAGH TJJiBEB , A WBIT of Habeas Corpus . —Bernard Catahagh , the S&siing impostor , was brought , up before Lord Penman and the judges of the Queen's Bench , ou Monday , under the writ- ' of habeas corpus , directed to the keeper of the ^ aol at Reading ; aild 1 the return of that officer , setting forth the commitiaeiit by tha mayor , was read .. The commitment stated a conviction under the Vagrant Act , and a sentence of three months' imprisenment . Lord Denman inquired if the case had not been argued and the commitment clechred to be bad , and upon Mr . Jameg ( Cavanagh ' s counsel ) replying in the affirmative , said—" Then let him be discharged . " The Solioitor

      General rosotoaigue the question ; but Lord Denman observed chat the court was not one of appeal from the decision of the learned Judge ( Williams , in , the Bail Court ) , and the case could notbe te-heard . His Lordship added that the judges then present / had i in fact ; been consulted before the decision on the committneufc Was pronounced ^ The defendant . / : was then discharged , and bowing very tow to . S > th > t /^^^ judges , and thaiikiog them' very audibly , he ^ w ^ RT . X |\ drew from the court . There had betn a |» Hfc ^^ S crowd collected in court to seo him , the cDjnBMEg ^ T ^ ' ' much preferring this ecdhoinical exhibition-j ^ feK ^^ f man to that at which money was to be paid ~ ifflJlfc& £ W ^ - ' v '¦" . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : - ^ W ^

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      jgB SCOTTISH . CONVENTION AKD THE jSATIONAL PEriTIOJr OP THE EXBCTJWTB . « Feno * eonnbymen , —What are the ral grooa&B of ^ Ejection r—Dr . P . M . M-BouaB to tbe men of g ^ ctHnd . jO IHB BDITOR OF THB HOXTHXRJf 8 TAB .. 81 % , —With these words Dr . M'DouaU condndes his jjttsrin tbe Star «( 15 th January . Aacne of ti > e Con-^^ j ^ on -whose dod » on the Doctor reviews , and » s one ({ ^ iMe irh o -were immediately concerned in l"t *"" e g , e resoYn ^ cfa he impQfns , I « m with your perrate-^ on , sniwer tlie query . Prom the briefhett of jata report of the discsssioa , your Softlish readers mut ta egnally ignorwit of " the objection" with toe Doclot , and it k right they shooWkuow it Tbe nuiter in dispute Bateally resol res into two

      1 st Tbe-origmal merits of tbe Petition . Sod . Tba propriety of protesting &gainrt it after the ^ ga whi& had been taken in proceeding with ft . ' A 8 to * &b first of these , I sever had any doufets , nor bare I yet 3 the introdaoBoa of cerWn matter into it Tiel&bes * principle , which If it be net alludedto , may jrove fsSalto our movemertt Tnose gteat prindptes uyon which the Chertists &re agreed , which formed the -9 abrUn . ee ef the-dscument from which they took their name , &sd wMch eonsutetes & bond of nniofi between thousands who differ vpos ether subjects , refers-solely to the constitution of \ be ligialatare . ilark that They leave eash and all gobecibm ^ to them free'to hold what opinion * they ssy , »« to the measures which it would fee proper to ptat , if ooee thatcoc&itotion mi obtained . hfihlB , and is tbe troth of these prindpies , lies our

      jtiecgth ; oar creed esohides so man , be "bis opinions tpec eTBry ether point what they may , provided he ^ bvcribes toths equality of nun , sad wodd " do unto pfceraM he would &st others should do onto him " jgteta nnks we may with consistency Dimeter Kepealera jsd Mti-B * peate « , anti-Poor law men , = snd Malthu-Biss , O'Cocuorit 8 s , < e \ Srienite 3 , Owenitee , Cobbettites , gm ^ moii , Dissenters , or no Church si an men , and others I need not mention , differing in-their -views of political economy , iscrsls , and religion , wide sa the aoles ssnndez . This beiBg the caee , and I defy any one to dispute it , £ bmanifest that aa-Chartists we shodd never mix « p with these oar greai and fand&meatal opinions , ptow which are only entertained by * section of our jnmber ( no matter how large or how small that section ) ib& vhich are repudiated by others eTery . whit as good -Chctista sa themselves .

      The patty doing -so , set up an nnwamstable stan-3 ud of Chartism which will debar many from going gong with them . As Ghartists we bold a certain fixed opinion upon the eoastitotfen of the legislature , but no one particular opinion whatever upon * ay of the laws thst oo ^ it ^ o be poBgeoed by it The petition famed by the Exeeatrve- « f the National Charter Association -violates thia rule-broadly and un-^ jafistionably . it ecpresses a fixed opinion upon certain Jsvs , on which as a body the Chartist * are not agreed . Does it foBowbeeacse » man is an anti-repealer ox a Jialtansiin that he Is sot s Chartistf No . Many nay be sineere in both . Why then introduce into a petition , framed fbribe Chartist body generally , opinions nowfee inseparable = fram Chartut principles , and from which many , jrh « wonld otherwise be disposed to subscribe to it , a&y-leel called npon to dissent

      I bold that , a individuals , svery Chartist has a right U express and propagate his opinions , -bnt be has no Bgbt , be his position what it may , t « -fix these his peealiar opinions to the Charter and exsli . de all who ma ; sot feel disposed to-approve of the addition . This the faioers of the petition have done , aad for this reason I for cm have felt myself called npon to protest against it $ od knows I am no Malthusian , nor am 2 an admirer of { fe inhmnim Kew Poor Law , bat that signifies nothing ; « & » , who may conscientiously subscribe to the Charter , bit be both ; and if 1 mix np my opinions on these points with the Chaster , I pat all who Offer from me is a false position ; they most other subscribe what they do not agree with , or sot at all .

      Tim u my objectless . 2 have heard thst all the delsgaies express their opinions is public , &&d net a few « f them in private ; aad 1 ess assure Dr . M 2 knzall that & £ s , with Ter 7 few exceptions , was the opinion of all , am of many who Toted for the amendment Whether tfce / Doctor or his colleagues will meet this objection , time will show . As toihe propriety of protesting , tbere U more dificolty ia dedding . Bat let ns stand b oar principles , ani Jes « expediency to the Whigs 1 ft commit a false step is bad—to persist in it is worse . Qeikwtor contends that we , tbe men of Scotland , Bboold not dissent fronijthe rest" It is with -pain we io to ; bat circumstances may arise which will leave Hi no alternative , unless we-choose to admit a node of proceeding which will prove fatal to our movement . Tie Doctor

      says"If oar prindpies are eKictly the same , then in pnrtieB your leaders , or a majority ot them , hove seceded from the spirit ot the Charter ; and have Tirtoally laid it down as a rale that in petitions the ainority have a clear right to rale . " There k * fallacy here— " Ok prindpies are extctiy fessamV only in solar as these are comprised in the Ciarter . On other matters they are not " exactly the ame , * bat Very different ; and iiisfrom . the / ExacBiafe ^^ tSog their eyea to this fact that the misunderstanding has arisen . The Doctor is mistaken in saying that tie " minority" seek to rule , and that they have " leaded from the spirit of the Charter . " We gave

      the petition famed by the Executive oar best considerafctas- We viewed it as the production of men to whsm we owed not a little ; bnt we viewed it as-snch onlytier the Doctor most remember that the constituents of tbt Executive are confined to the members of the As-JKa&ms of which they are office-bearers)—and we food it wanting . We seek not to dictate to others , te wt claim the right of judging what we shall adfeM our own names to , and what not Had the £ xettSTe stock to tke Charter , and that only , there should net hvre been another word about the matter , bat saee they chose to introduce other and different qneste * , they need not be surprised that some of their brotter Chartists refuse to sanction the digression .

      I ay no stress npon the fact tbat we were never confsSea ^ We ought to have been , no donbt ; and had webeea so this aacassioo might hare been spared : but w « n the Petition otherwise unexceptionable , this wonld kt ® hare been noticed . Iba Doctor errs when he says we objected to intro-&ncg grierances becaase other countries—not onr-* lres—felt them . Who eve * said so ? or how has such « a idea entered his head ? We objected to those grimaces , not because we do not ftel them , but because they are ( the Repeal of the "Union for instance . ! StKTSMe » -which manj ChartUU consider no grievances StalL

      The Doctor wishes tfee mea of Scotland to protest * Pinst the decMon of their " leaders . " He dots not toow , n seems , thai , the decision was not that of their leaden , * bnt their own . That with hardly an excepbos , srery delegate had his particular instructions from his eoBstitaents on this vuy point , and that in some Kstaacfcg they were in opposition to the delegates own TttWi ^ Executive , I am aware , are elected because the Members of the association have a general confidence in «« b . They have a carle blanche given them as to their « a sad deeds , and consequently they may act in a Banner whkh their conititucnts may refuse afterwards » sanction . But the Conrention , whose proceedings jteDjctorimpcgns , was differently constituted , whek » better or worse , I leave tor your readers to

      In conclusion , I am glad the matter is so ealntfy and £ » f £ aU ? taken up . Id Scotland it has caused no j&i&aon of feeling , ior very littJe : In Ecgland 3 trust « = »? be so too . Tbe IXwtor stems not to be aware * K * poD the merits cf the Petition the Scottish Con" *» iQn irere almost uoanimous in condemning is : T ™ Tery few exceptions , even those wfeo -voted for fc >* o » that it had been taken up , expressed them-* nw bostile to it , and would , had they been censHlted « Set , have voted against it I am , < tc , JOHK DUXCJlX . 1 * a > fe , Jsz . U , lS ± 2 . _^> .

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      NEW "INVENTIONS" FOB OBTAINING 81 Q . NATURES TO TOTAL REPEAL PETITIONS . ¦ ' _ TO THE KO 1 I 0 B . O ? THE NOaXHEBN STAB . - Sir , —Having been Informed of the following facts by persons upon whose veracity I can depend , I deem it right that the world should be made acquainted therewith , if you can sparo a corner for the purpose . One of the persons to whom I allude Isahearer at the Goneral Baptist Chapel , Queeushtad . It seems an Anti-Corn Law petition bad been provided for signature by the congregation meeting at that chapel . The clerk announced this at tbe . eloBe of the service , and informed his hearers that all -who had signed before bad doue so as inhabitants of QuceTtshead , and now they were to sign U " members of the congregation . " My informant

      happening to " carry-in" was again met , at the warehouse , with an Anti-Corn Liiw petition ! which he was asked if be had signed . As he had done bo during some former year , and not wishing to fly in the face of hisempbyer in these difficuU times , he replied in the affirmative . Oh I but you have not signed as one of oar workmen , and we must have your name hero . So it appears the very righteous , honest , aud disinterested repealers have bit upon thia very ingenious plan of multiplying signatures : —a man is to sigu as an inhabitant , x bearer , and a woaKMAN , and thus to give his signature three times to one petition . Well , let it be so , we will beat them hollow whei » they have done all .

      I have also heard that a renegade Radical and Republican , of the name of Carlisle , has betn hawking a repeal petition during the past week . His method of obtaining signatures is quite unique , and well worthy of imitation ! Carlisle enters a house . Well , is your husband —yonr father , at home ? ( as the case may be . ) No ; he is out , or he ia asleep hi bed . What ia hia name ? which having learnt , he begins to write without ceremony , tftling persous , who happen to witness his praiseworthy readiness to sign for other people , ( who , poor

      unfortunates , might otherwise have no opportunity of praying Parliament to grant them cheap bread , ) arid who , busy-body like , cannot refrain from making remarks thereon , that he cares for neither them , nor the Northern $ ( ar . Working men , remember , when you sign an Anti-Corn Law petition , you send a prayer'to Parliamentto give a full soring to capital atjuinst labour , without at the same time requiring tbat labour shall be duly ptotected . J . Arran . Bradford , Jan . 28 , 1842 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct416/page/7/