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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOETHEB . N STAS . Sir , —I am a poor man fcome down by oppression for my steadfastly adhering to the noble cause of Chartism ; I have been entirely reined by the clergy and middle classes of Shoreham for my firm determination to uphold the cause in this Tory-ridden borough , \ rbich I am sorry to say that out of a population of I 3 9 i 3 by the census , cannot number but myself and tiro sore Chartists , in the strict meaning of the -word . Jly case 5 s as follows : — In December , 1838 , a party of respectable Chartists came to Shereham to enlighten the people here on the principles of the Charter . I being a -working man was lemiBJtsd to take the chair , I did so , beings

      Greenwich oak-pensioner , I ¦ was immediately , reported to the Board of Admirality , who directly stopptd my pension . I memorialized them , telling them that I ba 4 done novteng -wror . g ; when I was answered by the Secretary that their Lordships did not think fit to restore it kack to me . I answered them "back that my country had giTen it to mo for wounds received in its defence , and it ought not to be withheld from me unless I had broke the laws I had fought for ; but they were determined to stop it I then drew up a petition at the suggestion of that noble-minded patriot , Mr . John Froit , and got Mr . T . Ihmeombe to present it to the House of Commons , when it was ordered to be laid on the table , where it remains .

      I still stood by the cause , and will as long as I live . I was immediately beset by the Shoreham parsons , who completely ruined me and my large family , of a wife and nine children . I hare dragged on a miserable j existence , uatil every thing that the rascals left me is now gone . Therefore , I hope , through your valuable paper , the Star , the only consolation I have got , that yon will be so good as through its columns to state my case to my brother Democrats throughout the King&rm j to raise a small subscription for me , to buy me a boat j and nets that I may gain a livelihood by fishing , as 11 can get one for fifteen or sixteen pounds , to support my family with , and keep us out of the Bastile , as that place I hope I Bhall never face . If this should meet your approbation , you will place me xmder the greatest obligations to you ; and , if you I would act as Treasurer for me , if such a thing should I take place , it will much oblige a poor but honest man . I With the greatest respect , \ I am your ' a , m the cause , JOHS HlSDES , j Shoreham , May 29 , 1842 .

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      TO THE CHABTISIS OF GRFAT BRITAIN AND

      IRELAND . J F&IXXDS , —Having watched with some attention the : progress of the cause of truth , justice , and humanity , in I opposition to falsehood , injustice , and cruelly , I have been impressed with the necessity of som « further steps i being taken for the diffusion of sound political informa- i lion among all classes , particularly among a great por- < gon of the working classes not a 3 being necessary to qualify the latter for electors , but as a means of enab- ' ling them to obtain their political rights . Yon are j aware that those who are desirous of maintaining that ' EjEtem throujh which they are enabled to live in afflu-1 ence by depriving a great portion of the "working classes of the common necessaries of life , do all they can to >

      prevent the people from having convenient places to ' meet in , hoping , thereby , to prevent their obtaining their i object . That these beings may reap disappointment , ; and that the cause of truth may speedily prevail , I \ ¦ would recommend the CtartiEts all over the kingdom to open at convenient pfcees their houses , and invite by printed circular , their neighbours to meet them , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a class for obtaining and diffusing sound political information . I subjoin the form of & circular to save those who may be disposed to act on this suggestion the trouble of writing one . Should this plan be generally adopted , I am disposed to think that tens of thousands would j oin Each classes , and afterwards the association ; who , with ) their present small amount ot information would otherwise not join it for a considerable time . At these

      meetings , which should be held weekly , at least , let the Jfstioaa ] Chartist newspaper be read , and let ene or fs ? o of the members make it their business to look over the ether Chartist publications , so as to bring any thing which they may ibink desirable should be made known before othsr members . As the success of those who may be disposed to adopt the plan heze recommended will depend much npon its being understood that ths plan is to be acted upon extensively , I would suggest that , aX the next meeting of the members of the association , resolutions be passed expressive of a deter ' - misation to act on the recommendation here given , and that notice be sent to the Star of such resolutions having been passed . J . S . Fae . meb . Wolvarhsmpton , May 23 th , 1342 .

      ( Circular . ) Sis , —It is in contemplation to have established throughout the kingdom small classes for oitainicg and diffoiing , at 3 cheap rate , sound political information , in order that by extending the influence and strengthening the power of the working cLisses , they may ere long eesss to bs , as they now are , the slaves cf landowners , usurers , and money-mongers . Tcur company is reqs . et . ttd at the house of ( here i _ ¦ - sert the place and tima of meeting ) , when and where a a few of your neighbours bave been invited to attend , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a cizss to meet weekly at his house . The subscription , if any , need not be above one penny per month .

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      mm THE NECESSITY OF A TOTAL CHANGE IN OUR EAST-INDIAN POLICY I When the lives and fortunes of thousands of our brave countrymen are at stake , and when many of them with thfcir vires and families are prisoners and hostages in a bitterly hostile conntry , we may be forgiven for calxing some slight attention to the events which have lately taken place , and which have caused such heartbreakings and heartburnings both abroad and at home , and to all connected in any way whatever with the affairs of the East-India Company . Though the greater portion of our ensrgies asd sympathies should be directed to the exterminatioB of the barbarian cruelties , pract ? « ed in arrogant and ignorant "wantonness , on the su&ring masses of the pcpulation of Great Britiiin and Ireland , yet , we will uplift our voices , feeble though they be , aad fearlessly and honvstly declaim against , and denounce with heart and soul , the murderers of our social hearths and hapoias 33 . We

      have sons , brothers , friends / and relatives of all de-Bir iptioia , male and female , in Hicdcstan , and in the midst t f our unparalleled distresses , though we can Tender bat little aid for their safety or salvation , yet we cas record our feelings and show in after and happier times , -we -were not toUily insensible to their dangers and privations brought upon their heads ; like onra . by the crimes of the legislata e . Oar aS " iir 3 in the B-iSt £ re extremely difficult to deliberate on at least satisfactorily , as we have placed ourselves ia a very false position Ii is madness to advance , our moral power ia shaken if "we retre 3 t , :. nd if we come to a standstill ¦ sre bec-. aia the lathis *' -stock cf the Enropean and OrlcLtfti -KVJ- - Is . This is the rerJ picture of oizr position in Afgh r . ristsr , ard a mighty pleasant ore it bids fair to be . Ho ^ are we to extricate on—elves irirb . arytmrg like honour . a :: d retain our t' -ril scptricrity ? We have good reason to know that tf 5

      tee j is not pruzu : e to the army ib India , whether Esr . ptan or native ; ws can alao vouch fsr the unwil-Iirr feelings with ¦ which iaasy of our fresh levies embirhvu en the tnuispur : s ^ rhich have lately sailed from cs ? ihcres : we will mention particularly the 9 th Xarc-srs , ard - ^ e hesrd Serjeant-majors , S 9 : jeants , non-CimTiiissiGned cScsrs cf all gnidds , andEC-srescf privates decr-r :-, " that tliej -n-ould rather join ths ranks of the AiLjhsrs , than feat against them "—that it wzs an tsjest y ? 3 Z—that they -s ? ere obliged to go because they co-jlia ' t help themseives , not Iroiu any devttion to the

      m ' . eresls of tte country , but from sheer necessity ; The Eatopean e £ . sera are grumbling now ia all their private letters about their nuraercu 3 taTdship 3 , the t ' epriTatloEs cf their nioal Inxnries , and the restrictions oa their enormous quantities of baggage , that they can"t £ : j . _ 7 their wines and ales , and are condemned to drink trendy and water ! These restrictions are absolutely necrs ; arj , or they ¦ would have to protect a baggage traiu of acme miles in lergth , and wtar the troops cat-by urctr-sic ? and hx ^ sslng dutj . We shoald like to see E -ci-i of the " old schoor decrived of t eir " mess "

      iiacuTie ? , their tents with outer " Kinsuts , " their "K ^ ijs , " their " Bechobsrs , " their " bafgage , " and " Eiteisary" tents , and we should see a portion of their enthusiasm ev 3 porats aftrr every d . iy ' 3 march . Ekujc these recnrSs , but we know what we * Je speaking about , and ths Duke of Wellington k well aware that they are but " feather bed soldiers" ! We impugn not li = ir carafe or tfc&ir physical energies , it is ttta al

      cnr . a ^ ^ ^ a the cliiaiie on e , that encircles them in a iLroud of lassitude and makts them ths slaves of cust .-m . When they are in such a clime as that-of ASghssisSaiij the extremes of heat and cold , cf wet and dry , they must saEii considerably , and the luxuries of HindoBtan , would bs doubly regretted , ani to make the march at all palatable to Christian , Mahometan , or Hindoo guiletts , success must be their constant compa nion , and plunder and promotion their necessary Ettcndants ! Such then is the undoubted state and eSdeccy of the advancing army ' ¦

      We must eow look behind and take s glimpse over the lur ' ace of Hindostan . The unquiet spirit of the Euj £ oo 3 and Mahometans must be propitiated ; it has hitfcerto been laid , or rathe ? smothered , by constant employment and petty wars . From the fall of Seringapatamr and the death of Tippoo Saib , we have had a struggle to * British Eupremecy , and it has only b&en attained by inducing one tribe er cait-a of natives , to wage war ^ sP&iit aEotber . Like jackills , we have partaken of « e prey . Frois the battle of Assaye , in 1 S 03 , ( where th" £ cke of Wellington reaped his first blood-stained laTttcUi to that of ilahidpoor , in 1317 , ws were con-Btaatly employed in the ncble and christian-like occupation of setting natives by the ears , and tfee vr ? rs und qaairelB of Holkar and Scindiah , amply testify to what extent we had succeeded . Poor Bs j : e Row , the Peishwa , came in for a Ehare of our attention . B . e was snbjagated , and a'ter seme hard fighting the gallant G-oklar vas skin , and fell at Ashtee . Thanks to the oil

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      22 nd Dragoons , we remained masters of that hard focght field . In 1824 , came the Burmese tvar , to occupy men ' s minds and prevent them from thinking , theugh we forget to mention that the Bombay troops in 1820 made a few excursions to the Persian Gnlf , which dig not stamp them as invincibles , or their leader . Sir Lionel Smith ( like my Lord Cardigan ) as the cheyalier saxs pear ei sans reproche ! In 1827 , a few thousands knocked their beads against the walls of Bhurfcpore , and the ball -was pretty -well kept np , till the ASghaus hinted to the Feringhees that they were determined to have a will of their own .

      Hew , then , we are in Afghanistan , panting for revenge , goaded by military renown , and partaking , in dreams , of plunder and promotion ! Behind you , in Hindostan , nations and tribes bowing unwillingly to your yoke ; before you , a hardy , brave , and patriotic enemy ; and around yon , and for the time beiag , and marching under your banner , a dispirited , and treacherous native soldiery ! ^ We must negociate with arms in our hands . Positive orders must proceed from the Government here to the Indian authorities , to stop these wanton butcheries , and by taking a high moral ground , with considerable physical force to back it , we may be able , by the

      assistance of skilful negotiators , to cause the blessings of peace to beam upon the land . We have little doubt but the Afghans will meet ns half-way , and would assist by peaceable means in ridding themselves of our presence . They cannot wishf or Buch a war to ravaga their homes and habitations . The army , we are well assured , would gladly sea once more the flowery '' topes" and " paddy" fields of Hindostan , and the Gaveroment in tranquility , by a more enlightened policy , might look to the construction of roads—aye , even the laying down of railroads , the beautifying the cities , towns , aud villages , and framing more equitable and acceptable laws , equally embracing European and native , than have ever been issued forth in the East by man .

      The ministers here must not hesitate ; they must fce prompt and bold ; it is our only chance as regards Afghanistan and India . And such a result would tend more to their own or the n&U ^ nal honour than thousands of bloodstained victories . Afghanistan cannot bs conquered by us , and never could be tenable at any rate . Hindcstau is not irredeemable , and by showering around it the blessings of civilization we may become in future years friends and benefactors to the natives . Under the present system we would boldly say never . A Woolwich Cadet . Chichestex , 23 d May , 1 S 42 .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brethren , —The duties which devolved upon ns , as members of the National Convention , are tarminated . The period is now approaching vrhen it becomes us , in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter , to resign into your hands that trust which you have reposed in us , and which we have striven to the beat of our ability to exercise to the satisfaction of our constituents and the benefit of the common cause . We theref « ra direct your attention to the proper measnres to be adopted for the election of a new Executive Committee .

      IHE BALLOT . Which shall take place throughout the nation in the week ^ beginning with Tuesday , the 7 th day of June , and ending on Tnesday , the 14 th day of June . Let it be particularly obseixed . UuU each hcalily icill choose for iistlfcme day only for the ballot , out of the seven , so as to convenience all localities .

      MODE OF BALLOTING . The fifth rule of onr Association states , " That any person shall ba admitted a member of this Association oa taking a card of membership . " Therefore no person will be eligible to vote for the officers of the Association unless they can produce a card of membership . The sub-secretary shall grant to each person , producing a " card of membership of the locality to which he belongs , a voting card , on which is written or printed the names of all the candidates . The elector shall then , at his

      own convenience , draw a pen through ail the names except the five for whom he votes , and the five names left standing on the card shall be considered as the persons whom he thinks eligible to serve on the Executive . The sub-secretaries shall also be empowered to grant to absent , sick , or dittant members their voting cards , and receive their votes in return , sealed up , through the post efflce , or by other means , which sealed votes are to be opened by the General Council , and deposited in a box provided for the purpose , and to be called the ballot-box .

      On the day of ballot each sub-Secretary shall act as registrar , asd the General Council as Ecrutiniseis of the votes . The Bnb-Secretarifca , attended by the General Council , shall , on the day or evening appointed for the ballet by the majority , stand around the ballot-box , and proceed to call over the roll , eack voter advancing when his name is called , and dropping his ballotting card into the ballot-box . On the conclusion of the ballot , the Genera ] Council will proceed to the scrutiny . They shall first count the cards to see that the number corresponds with that on the rolL They shall , secondly , cast up each card in succession , and the sub-Secretary shall put a mark opposite the naaio of each of the candidates reported as having " oetn voted for . Finally , they shall declare the result to the General Secretary , reserving a copy for thenu-elves .

      On Tuesday , the 2 l £ t of June , or earlier , if possible , the names of the new Executive will be announced ; an »! on Friday , the 1 st of July , the new Executive will snpersede tha old . Brethren , we trust these directions will be strictly adhered to , and that all of you will vie with each other in exhibiting the proper spirit of Chartism during such an important practical application of our principle . All thosa places ia arrears for cards are particularly requested to discharge the same , and thereby enable the present Executive to leave office without entailing any debts on the books of their successors .

      Having full reliance in you , our constituents , supporting-us in the course we have advised , regarding the election , We remain , your faithful And devoted Representatives , James Leach , P . M . M'Douall . Morga . v Williams . m . k . phjlp . John Campbell .

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      BRISTOL AND THE STURGE PARTY . TO THE EDITOR . OF THE XOB . THEB . N STAIU Sib , —Having read a report in your last paper of a Eieetisg of the Complefe Suffrage Union , -without members . I wish through yoar pages to call the attention of my brother Cinrlists to the fact that u-ithoul members it could not be a itsetisg- of any union , and further to iif'jrui them , tbat this Eaid meeting was held at tha house of ono who hitherto has passed for a Chartist , and I bslitTe vras convened by Chartist professor , for the purpose of seducirg others of the Chartist 3 to desert the glorious cause to which they have often publicly pledged themselves , and become lowered in the estimation of every rany . Tfca argument , if such th « -. ir language may be termed , for this backfliding , is , that foriy

      mejnoeTE of Parliament will support Starge , that none ¦ vrill ' support Peargus O'Connor , thus resolving tfes question cf right into individual ir . flaence . Secondly , tbst a rose would be ju ; t as sivec-t with iny otht-r name . But what Englishman "would think of c ^ avsing the name cf this emblem of his country ? and -what Chaitist vrc-nld for a moment entertain the idea of changing that name which has been hasr-ed down to us by those great souls , the inimortil Hant , Cart-¦ H-Kgbt , Cobbett ? As well may you a * k the Irishman to cklnge the name of his shomrock , or the Scotsman his Uiistie , the Welshman Ms ittk , the democrats cf

      France to strike ene of th » ir tricolours , or the Americans to throw aside one of their stripes and stirs . Ihe answer in evsry case would be , ~ So \ These Dames anfl emblems are national , and are endeaied to us by the breath , and toil , and blood of noble sires aud brothers , -nho bave gone hence , bequeatfcing to us the fu'filrntEt of the labours they coni- 'nenced ; and wa have administered to their tealnment , and sworn for our own sakes and that of our children to devote our whole energies to the accomplishment of tbtir glorious o > j-. cts . Change the name Uaiveisal Suffrage J Never ! Ic has becerne 3 sacred name , sanctified by the sacred names ofnoble 3 of nature who have died in its advocacy .

      We were once united in local associations under the title of Universal Suffrage , Dsmocrntic , and Working Men ' s Associations ; after the acceptance by these of the Charter , we advanced from this position to that of Local Chartist Associations and District Unioris of Chartists ; after the barferous crusade of 1839-40 , we emerged froia tfc 9 co ; . filct "sritb flying colours , and took a still more advanced position , under the title of the National Charter Association . We have since then , under good generals , parried erery feint of our many enemies , and at length destroyed their army ; and should we , after having achieved this victory , in a war ef trickery waged by pretended friends and open foes ,

      now bind to their new-modelled yoke , and disgrace ourselves in the eyes of the country and the world ? In the name of consistency , no !—in th 9 name of union , no' !—in the names of Hunt , Cobbett , and Cirtwright , no ! ' The Charter , we were continually told ( aye , and by one who has backslidden ) was framed , that all that was necessary for a just representation may be embodied —that we may have ene thing to point to , and be of one mind , not divided by our several crotchets , but bj unity of purpose , and unity of action , achieve our own emancipation from the thraldom of class legisla ' tian . of

      And s ^ all we bow descend from unity purpose and action , to our several crotchets again , changing one ; -name after another , to suit the whim of this man or j that party , until ths whole face is changed , and the working elas 3 divided into powerless sections ? Universal Sufiiage is our sacred principle of political rights . The Charter is become a talisman to the people , wherein is their hope of freedom -, and to aBk them to charase—to turn from it—to o back from their present

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      position to even the five points without details , much less to alter one of those points for a more limited , and therefore isferior name , is to ask them to be unstable as water , and lay them bare , to be blown about , as they hitherto have been , by the breath of faction—is , indeed , to favour the tyrant ' s maxim , " Divide and govern . " But if the question is to be between Fesrgas O'Connor and Joseph Stutge , the decision must ba years of toil in favour of Feargus O'Connor , for he has been tried by the people and found perfect even to the present moment ; but of Josspb . Sturge we may ask what do we know of him ?—answer , that he was a free trader only , till he found he could not carry tree trade without the Chartists ; at least , all parties must own he is

      untried , and therefore only thought to be a friend cf the people . When he has had years of trial in the people ' s cause of political emancipation , it will be time enough to dub him a friend of the toiling millions ; but to desert our tried friend , O Connor , and join Stnrge , because a few more of the dishononrables would vote for the latter , -would be truly absurd , and Joseph Sturge himself would not respect or place any confidence in men who could be guilty of such gross ingratitude to one who has served them so long and nobly If Joseph Sturge can by his influence gain over the middle class to his Suffrage , he may do us service ,

      because at a future time we may get them to advance into the Chartist ranks ; but that Chartists should retrograde to his plan , is too ridiculous y inconsistent . No , brothers , onward for the Charter , that has become sacredly endeared by the breath , and toil , and sufferings in dungeons and in exile of its virtuous advocates , and by its necessity to free our order from the cruel bondage , misery , and death entailed upon us by continual drudgery . Let us stand by our tried friends as becomes men—let us stand by our Charter a 3 feecometh freemen ; and stt an example of consistency and firmness to the mere wordy democrat—eur country and the world . J . — , Bristol .

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      TO IHE EDITOB OP IHE KOaTHEBN STAB . Sib—As another proof of what Englishmen are reduced to , the following may be relied on as a fact : — " A man of the name of Ralph Kershaw , of Oldham , who has been some time out ef employment , went to bis former employer to get a job but without succbbs ; but having to send a parcel to Halifax the man begged he would let him have the job , -which he did , and the man got a wheelbarrow and brought the parcel ( weighing nine stone four pounds . ) from Oldham to Halifax , a distance of twenty-one miles , aud took another parcel back that weighed six stone six pounds . What he got for it I know not , but this is another proof among many others , thnt Englishmen had rather toil for a livelihood , than live either on charity or parochial relief . " Robeut Sutcliffe . Boothtown , May 31 , 1842 .

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      THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FB . 0 M THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND NELSON ' S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOL"WICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " If every just man , that now pines with want , H-. d but a moderate and beseeming share Of that ¦ which lewdly-pampered luxury Now heaps uson some few with vast exeess , Nature ' s full blessings would be well dispensed In onsuperfluous even proportion . " Milton .

      " An immense majority of every civil ' zsd people are verging towards a mutual agreement to give , in order that to each may be given , full measure , pressed down , and shaken together , and running over . Such is the plenty in which God showers his gffts among us ; and such is the manner in which he would have us yield each to the other . " A Political Economist . Brethren , —We have at length arrived at that period so long and se devoutly wished for by all that have been engaged in prosecuting our strike to an honourable termination , and more especially by ourselves—that of issuing our final address .

      In doing so , it is our pleasing duty to inform you , that excepting sixteen individuals located at Dartmoor , all of the late taraouts have relieved us of the cast of supporting them—some of them by the obtainruent of other employment , in the immediate localities in which they reside , some at them by going in quest of it to distant parts of the country , and others of thorn by being promised a small bonus each so soon as means are famished to us to sapply It to them . It may , perhaps , be fit here to btate , that the arrears o ! pay dne to those sixteen , including a bonus of £ 1 each , which they have agreed to accept , and then to relinquish all further claims in respect of the strike , amount to upwards of sixty pounds ; and which ( having had " a pretty considerable sum" arrears of strike

      allowance to pay to those who have gone to the courjtry in quest of employment , and having yet a considerable sum to pay to those remaining In their respective localities deficient of the promised bonus , and unsmploy- d ) , we are incapable of ourselves yet to pay , and which is operating most materially against us . We are , however , sanguine enough to hope , that this to the many insign-ficant , yet to us at this inomeEt important " tiifle , " -will not be allowed long to operate as a drag chain on the wheels if our ormard movement ; but , being freed from immediate embarrassment , wo may be enabled , like industrious and persevering artisans , to set ourselves cheerfully and energetically at work .

      " placing out house again in order , " in repairing those portions of our citadel which , during the lonst siege unto which it has been subjected , have been susceptible of-injury . Not , however , in propping with lame expedients , or decaying substances , the unstable and affected parts , but , taking the experience of the past as a beacon far the fatu-e , conserving tuat only which , in its practice , has proved effective and useful , and levelling to the ground all that has been proved ineffective and useless , aud upon the most approved principle rearing up a new fabric , more adapted to the improvement of our condition , and the defence of the rights of labour .

      We shall not , we hope , offend any of our friends if in this , our last address to them , we digruss a little from ths subject of our strike , to S 3 y : i word or two respecting the origin of that wealth through the agency of which ^• e have bifcn so persecuted , as also respecting the inefficient protection afforded to , and the disproportionate distribution of , the produce of labour . It has been written , and , as assumed , by divine inspiration , that " He ¦ who -will not iubour neither" shall he e ; . t "—that " The labourer is worthy of bis hire . " Indeed , labour was the first price—ib . 3 original purchase-money - that was paid for all things . It was neither by guld nor by tiiver , but by labour , that ? . \\ the wealth of the world \ vu . s originally purchased . Labour , therefore , baa a right to tbe first aud meet porftct kind of protection .

      We see not , ho 77 . - . vor , how this " per feet tind cf prjtection" am be afforded i " , witiiouo a subversion ' the txiiting arrati ^ eiiiucts wi' . li regard to the distribution of Jat-ou-.-d r-roduce . " Under the present sooi . il sjsi ^ m , tL-j capitalists an-. l . enjj'lityers ara not only 4 hti-ct from ; but they are in a xuaun-r iEaapsiident t ^ f . the Ia ' s > ourir- ^ fla = ss 3 . Thty hava tiio wbok- control of all the op ' -ravioua of trade—at thjlr fiat production goes forward or Iir ^ uisbcs- thu iaUourini ; man is mail © conifoit-ble ' or svmvi . s by inches . In ail trades ti profissions the capitalists or employers receive doubla or quadruple r < . munenit : on for tingle work , or foi no work ¦ j rh .-itever ; " aud this urv . q-. ai di . s ' . ributioii of labour ' s proauce is the great some ; from whence originates the raistry and extreme povr-Tty cf the labouring classes . Tils ijaiem must , therefcie , be subverted ere labour can receive " a perfect kinri of protection . " The great

      principle of equal ixeh ^ vres , now too much unheeded by the hbouting mail , tnd which exposes him to every wrong and every injustice the rapacity of the c . yitaiist and the eaiplojer see it to be their interest to infl . ct upon him , saoul . l engine hia serious ruiA undivided attention . He must tak « intjhis own hands his Us ' uiruate officethat of distributing the produce fcf his own labour—a coarse of ali otciia' the u = st caieuJated to ensure it a " perfect kind of proteciiua . " Aad until ha does this —until he ' mte .-p ^ stw Lis ncitu ,-: ti authority to the annihilaiicn of the t . actful s } stem of unequal exchanges , -with its destructive tendencies—•• iliere will be evasion of labour by some classes at t ' ao cxpe ^ ce of otber classes , the more especially of k \ s cia * s—there will be undeservtd ' . 7 rich , and unoisiitidly poor—there will be tyrants and tiicre will beslavus—ar . cl his labour -will be ¦ without even a semblance uf a " perfect kiud of protection . "

      Bs it , however , fully understood , that we have no reason or intention to xp' ^ k lightly of what wa at once admit is but an imperfect "kind of protection" afforded to labour by trade societies as at present exliting ; but that , on tt : e contrary , by somewhat more judiciously directing tfceir resources , and thus more extensively developing their capabilities , we hope for moje through their a ^ eucy than they bave yet achieved . Neither let it ba supposced that -we contemplate the existance of trade societies would be rendered unnecessary by any political change in the con ; t tution or government of

      the country that may b 9 effected , however extensive that change may be . The necessity for their existence , in our opinion , can only be removed by sweeping away universally that system which makes one man the property , indeed the slave , of another man—which divides Bociety into classes of competitive and clashing interests— compelling one class to tail while others ara idle—to produce that others may consume . " And no mere governmental change , if engrafted upon the present social system , " can effect the removal of these things ; and their removal must be " a consummation devoutly to be wished . "

      To obtain , then , " a perfect kind of protection to labour , " and an unsuparflaous « venly proportioned distribution of its produce , the various trade societies must turn their attention , and direct their means to the institution of joint-stock and co-operative companies . " They must take their own affairs into their own hands ''—put their own money into their own co-operative bank ; andthu 3 , by withdrawing it from the unprofitable channels which now absorb it , make its interest and profits accrue to their own immediate advantage . What we see accomplished almost everywhere atound us by joint-stock companies must clear away every douot , eveu from the moat . sceptical , aa to

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      the practicability of such a course ; and there are ample means , when combined , at the disposal of the trades for sucha purpose . In their existing funds which are now , through the hands of bankers and other conventional mediums , lent on hira under the canningly devised delusion ^ of receiving interest for the same , but which , Iq a majority of cases , are made in some one way or another to operate against them are the means tobe found vrfcich , applied to sucn a purpose , under the judicious direction of properly constitoted boards or trade , aidexi by the united exertions of those concerned , " all having a common interest , working for a eommon end-and deriving * common be : neat , must incalculably conduce to bath individual and collective prosperity . .

      By the general adoption of the principles of OT-operation , a great majority of tha ¦ ¦ unenfranchised' may also obtaiu * ot themselves their inalienable rights , the : suffrage , and the xneanai submitted are simple , peaceable , andsafe . ¦ ¦ ¦• . - ¦ .. ¦ >> ¦ .. - ¦ ¦¦ : ¦¦ . .: . , * ¦¦ . - f \; : ¦¦• ¦/¦ ¦ . * We recommend , with all-ibe seriousness or" which wo are capable , t ! io early attention of the trades to the subject of co-operation , and upon which we have passed the foregoing , although brief we hope , intelligible remarks . ¦ '¦• ¦ ¦ . ; . ¦ -. ; : ¦ - ,- . - : /; . . ¦ ... . / ¦? ; . ! ' . ' ¦ ' ¦ r ^ : And as the meeting of delegates convened for the especial purpose of aiding us through oar strike , is virtually dissolved , -we most respectfully Bubmit that each trade , at its earliest convenience , determine on the propriety of organizing another delegate meeting , bavins for its object the deliberata ^ consideration of this important question In all its bearings . With a view to inspire confidence we shall concede with the following lines from a poet of immortal fame :- — i .

      " Oft expectation fails , and moat oft there Where most it promises ; and offc it hits Where nope is - coldest ; and despair most Bits : " and with deeply engrafied feelings of gratitude for the counsel and pecuniary aid which have been afforded us - - . . . .. ' ; . ¦ ¦' , ¦ .. ' : ¦ ¦ '¦ We subscribe ourselves , . Yours gratefully , The Committee of tha Masons oh Strike , Thomas Shorxx , Sec . Ma 7 25 th , 1842 . N . B . All money contributed on behalf of the masons , in the provinces , should be wade payable to Thomas Shoxtt , at No . 180 , Strand , London .

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      Sugar in thb Olden Time . —In the reign of Henry the Fourth of France * sugar was so rare in that country , that it was . sold , by the ounca by apothecaries , nearly as Peruvian bark is now sold . — Echo du Monde Savant .

      The Story of two Children in the Wood . — { From the Nova-Scotian , of A pril 21 . J—Two children went astray in tho woods * about four iail $ B from Halifax , at the Dartmouth side , oa Monday week . Their names were Jano Elizabeth and Margaret Meagher ; the elder six yeara and ten months old , the younger four years and six months . Some hundreds of people , many of them from Halifax , and comprising some military and Indiana , went in search for several successive days . On Friday , a snow-storm occurred , and added painfully to the difficulties and depression an the subject . On Sunday , the remains of tho children were found about six miles from the home of their parents . They were found locked in each other ' s arms—the younger

      with its face on the cheek of the elder . The elder had rolled her apron about the more helpless bab . ? . She had the looks of care and sorrow in death , as if , which is not uncoinmon m similar cases , premature responsibility was ie ] fc , and thai to secure and shield the little innocent by-her side was i ' elt a duty . The younger seomed as if it met death in sleop . Their tender feet were muoh injured by travelling—in vain endeavouring to reach homo . What pangs must despair hare introduced into the children ' s mindp , amid their loneliness and hunger , day after day , and uitfht after night , in the . ' wilderness ! And yet there was a melancholy sublimity connected with their death—the ripening of the spirit under keen distress , and the mutual sympathy and love which is too often wanted at the death-bed of the

      unfortunate mature . 'The " . pa-raits ot . '' . the . children have beeu subjeota of deep coinnjissoration . The remains of the little , wanderers were interred between Eilenvalo aud Allan ' s . They were laid in the one .-coffin , and in the position in which they had been discovered . They had a largely attended funeral , notwithstanding the wet weather . Death of Sir R . K . Porter— . Accounts have been received of the death of Sir Robert Kerr Porter , at St . Petersburgh . Sir Robert waa an artist , and was in 180 * -appointed historical painior to thb Eniperor of Russia ; a soldier , and shared the perils of Sir John Moore ' s campaign in the Peninsula , which ended at CoTunna ; and a ' ' di p lomatist ,- being last employed by liisown Gaverntaent as Consul-General at Venezuela . ' His sisters , Anna Maria and Jane , are well known for their works of fiction . He died

      on tho 3 rd instant , in his sixty-third year . He is survived by tho Princess Mary , the daughter of Prince Theodore do Sherbatoff of Russiaj whom he marriod ialSll .

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      ( From our own Correspondent . ) Ever since the . announcement , of the compromise into which the partivs contending for tho honour of representing this puro Borough in our reformed Parliament , are sai ' . l to have entered , public opinion h'is baen upon tbe stretch . But perhaps it may not-be-amiss , ' as the worki nf { -classes generally appear to attach more than usual importance-to the -result-of tho present struggle—to state tho nature of the compromise . It is known to all that the return of Sir John

      Hobhouse and Sir John Larpeut , was petitioned against by Waiter und his Tory coadjutor on tho score of bribtiy . That is , Hobhouse and Lirnent had committed the crime of over-bidding their virtuous Tory opponents in tho flesh market . However , so -great \ vfi 3 the . importance attached to the seat-of the tx- Whig Minister , Hobhouse , that tho Whi /? s , or a section of the influential of that body ,-..- entered - . into : ui agreement / with the petitioner , tha terms of which were thnt Hobhquse should retain his seat , that Larpent should accept fcue Chilttrn Hundreds , as well as the Barouetcy vrbieh cbrr ruption entitled him to ,-. and tbat tbe itading WhikS

      should five no opposition to the return of Walter as the fcucceasor of the Whig Birunat . In this state of affairs the Tories had a fair right to presume ' that the neutrality of theleaiims Vviisfis , rind the ttftidt ; ofTory gold Would insure a walfe over ( or thoir man . Bud , alas ! ' num . proposes , but God rUsp . oses- !"' ai . d the wicked spoil-Jiport Chartist non-electors , fired with indignation at the presutnptuous -batter- thus made oi tijrfr rights , put their ignorant heads together , ami camo to the cpuctaaicn- to fight cmnproniise , gold aud all , "with solid principle .. and virUitf ; und accordingly invited Mr . Joseph Sturge to ' offer himself as tau representative of their vhtucus design . -

      : Ffargus CTConnov was immediately written to , and at once pledged his aid in support ot the peoples vio ^ s . The Tories being sceptical of Chartist integrity , laughed at the motion of tho Chartists and the honest and uncommitted portion of the middle classes dariDg to raise . theiv presumptuous heads against things as rule had settled them . They have learned a lesson , however , which they will not hastily forget ! O'Connor arrived on Thursday week , and addressed the people iu the Market-place . He then pledged himself to ccme and remain " with us , when the struggle commenceJ , until the victory Waa won . He returned on Thursday last , aud , at eight o ' clock , addressed a meeting of several thousands of the people ia the Market-pUce . The veteran Harrison , delegate to the

      Convention was in the chaiiv and opened the meeting in his usual straightforward manner . He . then ; introduced Mr . O'Connor to their notice , who was received with repeated cheers . He commenced by saying " what a b ! e 38 in £ , what a pleasure , what a pride , that iu the raidsi of accusation and recrimination , of taunts of Tory gold and Whig gold , that I can thus stand in the Mmket-place , and say to . the Whigs , whose sp ^ Itvas ( ill J strangled them , who paid me ? and"turning to the Tories , whose spy I then became , but as whb 3 e destroyer I now ain , tothani also I say , WHO p aid . me ? Now is your tinie to come forward , and for ever damn the hireHpe "—( tremendous cheering and : waving

      of hats . ) Mr . O'Connor then contiuuied in bh usual strain of rapid and thriiiiag tiloquence . After inspiring the Chartiats with hope and conudence , in a glorious democratic speech , the nuj&ting at ita eloae fell tato procession , and marched through the town , singing Chartist songs , with O'Connor at their head . Walter had heard of Mr . Sturge ' a abaenca : and , hsping to steal a march upon thu uadefended garrison , he also arrived on Thursday : but OConnor was before hand with him . Walter addressed a few of the leading Tories , in the Assembly Rooms , and affected great sorptise at the altered stats of public opinion since he was taade a tool of by the Chartists fos the annihilation of Whiggery . O'ConuOi : informed hi » hearers that Walter

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      was then addressing hisTory friends ; bnfc assured them that on the mprrow a train would tafee Mm back to the place from whence he came ; aad , curious enough , on Friday morning . Walter , was rais 3 ing ! leayincto his mourning friends the sad task of communicating hia retreat '¦¦ ¦ ¦ The people marched by the -Georgethe Fourth , ( Walter ' s Hotel , ) and from which lie was accustomed to hear the joyous cheer ; but , aia 3 ! the melody was changed . into three groans for the Tories . 0 , ungrateful Chartists , why : arei ye not stilt in love with Toryism , that promises such fair things for you ?

      FRIDAY EVENING . On triclay eyening , Feargns O'Connor again addressed an immense concourse of all classes in the Market-place . Mr . Jame 3 Sweet was unanimously called to the chair by his townsmen , and was received With hearty cheering . He explained the conrse which he thought it hia duty to pursue at Mr . Walter ^ first and second election , and showed the triumph which Nottingham had gained over Whiggery by its adoption , and the hope which the ChaTtists now had of reaching the bariefifc of that triumph by the annihilation of Toryism . It was very gratifyirg to witness ' .-the . unanimity . of sentiment which prevailed in approval of Mr . Sweet ' s conduct . He concluded amid ch ' ee ' ra by introducing OConnor to the assembled thousands . Mr . O'Connor spoka till dark , and concluded a soul-stirring appeal thus r- ^ - " If the middle classes are sincere , and desirous of

      a union , what an opportunity now presents itself 1 but should our principles bo beat by Whig neutrality , who again will : venture , nay , who will dare to recommend , a union ? I for one never will . " This sentence had a powerful effect , and . set many who ; wera before lake * warm , to work . But he hit them still harder : — <• ¦ What , * said he , " are the Whigs of Nottingham parties to a compromise by which this town is to ba represented by an ex-Whig Minister , and no less a Tory than the proprietor of tho Times ? If they beat us now , or if we are beaten by their : neutrality , they shaU have two thumping Tories at the very first general election . " TfaiB was followed by loud cheers . After the meeting broke up , the multitude , more numerous if possible than on the preceding night , fell into procession , and paraded the town , singing and cheering for Sturge . SATURDAY . Saturday being market day , the Market-place was not available for electioneering purposes , so O'Connor addressed the Chaitists in their lar ^ a room at the King George on Horseback . He entered fully into the question of trade , machinery , and the Corn Laws ; and plainly explained to his hearers that from a Wholesome state of the labour market alone could machinery continue to be profitable to its owners . He laughed at the idea of remunerating markets abroad , while domestic taxation was swallowing up more than the proceeds of oil ? entire exportation ; while he contended that the home market , if rendered sound by the representation of industry , would set every hand in every trade to wotk , and leave not a -machine- in the country idle .

      After hia speech , which waB loudly cheered , Mr O'Connor-B Address to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was read by a working ruau , and waa loudly applauded . -

      SUNDAY . Mr . Harrison , the veteran who exposed the tricks of the traders in the late Convention , and who is much beloved by all who know him , preached a sermon on the Forest at noon ,, to an overflowing audience ; and Dean Taylor preached his farewell sermon in the evening , from the same grass-carpeted natural pulpit .

      MONDAY . On Monday evening Mr . O'Connor addressed the largest assemblage that has been gathered together for a long time , from a platform erected at Mr . Bean's Buildings , on Bunker ' s Hill . Mr . James Sweet was in the chair , and opened the buainttss in an admirable speech of considerable length . Mr , O'Connor on being introduced , entered upon tha subject of the election , and , the poor prospects of the Tories . He then turned to the Queen ' s begging letter , and scouted the notion , of the bishops nad : parsons bleeding the flock through tho year , and then when terror presented itself through famine , insulting the people with the tender of ' not a tithe of a tithe of what they . bad shorn from the backs of the poor ; and in order

      to enow the benefits which the people derived , he entered upon the evidence taken before the commission upon the treatment . of children in mints and collieries . Ono child , said he , of thirteen years of age , when questioned about Christ , and asked who he was , answered that she believed he was bdrn in Wales and \ reiit into England ( shame , shnme . ) Another was asked wb . o God was ; and she answered that she did not know him at all , tut heard that he was the Erst man . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , bad not these poor creatures the full share of ten millions sterling per annum spent in the circulation and the - dispensation of gospel truth through Chureh State lips ? Yes , " -he continued , " but see tho fcffeet which the neglect might have upon justice and the laws . . It is ona of our metal maxims , thai the

      evidence of a . witness cannot be received m . a court of justice who does notbelisve in future rewards and punishments ; and suppose a murder to have been comruitted in the presence of one hundred of those neglected creatures , all of whom witnessed it ; yet would the murderer go free , in consequence of the infamous neglect of our admirable , feumane ,. ' arid religious pastors and masters , who tolerate such he ! iisii deeds under ground , lest their exposure should ' . subject them to the rich man ' s scorn . " He rriado a dreadful ' tocpc&ure ' of- some Nottingham Tories , who took thirteen man to personate living voters at tlis South Derbyshiro e ' ection . He stated that , he knew them all , and those who suborned them to commit parjury and promised them £ 2 a bead for their services . They were to have

      polled before the real Simon 'Pares- ' presented themselves , and when the real man came , he would appear to have voted before Those whom they wero tphavo represented were Whigs ; thus would ths thirteen have made a difference of twenty-six in favour of the Tory candidatca ; and the very man who pvoenred them , fed them , paid them and suborned them , is now tho leading man in Nottingham in Mr . Walter ' s interest . Mr . O'Connov , after a powerful appeal on behalf cf Sturge , redd the address of the nqn-eieotors to the electors of Nottingham , ( inserted below , ) and which it will bo foand was carried unanimously by the vast assemblage . Mr . O'Connor spoke for an hour and a- half , and shewed the folly of tho middle classes hoping to gain a triumph without the people ' s aid , and the insolence of the Tories hoping to resist ; the 'demand which the whole working classes of Nottingham , nay of England , were

      making for the c '» mmon rights of all . Ho said the Whigs say tbey would rather d .- ; ths work wi ' tbouMne . I know they would , but I know how they would do it . ( Cheer 8 . ) But they shan't . ( Chtfera : ) I niawhal n > y forca ; let them Riavsh : ii . tLsir force ; r . nii as 1 am a plain speaker , and as they attach much inipat . t ^ nbe to municipal offices here , I no-w . t . Hll them that if we suffer the disgrace of a Tory triumph through tiielt neglect , they shall have it £ ¦ ' > their heart ' s content ic November noxt ; for we wili fiJl the Council v ? itb Tories—icheora ) Tiiey call your arTvouit . es , " demagoputs , " in dtrlsion , and in ignorance-c . f tho term'tht-y . use it as a reproach , whsrer . sit was tsteeriu-. d as a litJe-tlw most honourable by tho-a -who loveiUifoBi-ty- ; i > ociuse lUey knew its value . Among both . Greeks s : ; id Komsins in tlie ? r palmiest days , demagogue was the ttrm by . wlr . cb . the p-.. opla distinguishtid tUfcii ' iw , Uws . T ^ o wovd ia deriyei \ froni tho Gr ' reck words ! demos '' tUc people , and " ago" to lead , und signifiedj as I have told you , a Ieajtr ot the

      pe ^ spiy . Mr . ' Vincsni has ca- 'k-avouTod to painfra dc ' niagosue in his true colours for yuu ; but I fear IIE ALSO lias niisuiiderstoorl tho innw vyh : ch tho picture ba c ' . i-ev ? ( 1 es- ? vved . Polilica ' pedhvr should hnvo been substituted for tbe word " dtuiagogvio ; " aud now I will draw for you tha characit-r of

      APOLITICAL PEDLAR , to'tbe Irfe . -It is a living thing of clay , so pliant tnat tlve poUtioal iv . tcb-.-. v . ic iway mould it into a ^ y shape best suited b iib vi « W 3 . It is as ciay in the pytteT ' s haiida , ri > . idy fov aay shape . " All things to all meD . " It . - qu ^ itej from Vj'lnsy , Vffltairo , aiv \ Paine , Miiton , Sb . uk .-pearo , and By : on , Iiocl . e ,. Pope , S ' . vifi :, and Bontfium . without move ' knowledge of tteir contents , than the innocent e-ilf skin in which tboy are'bound . If Socialism is popular ^ it . bc-comc-s a -Socialisfc- ; - tut should the pure doctrines of Christianity present higher prospects and ! i richer harvest , tha cloak of Socialism is doffed , arid tha triple mantle of ths Trinity is modestly astirr . cJ . Its changes ara not conversions ; they ava but omens of tho moniod vsiae ,

      which tbe change in other ' s minds hold out for change in his . Before the -yeople , he ia loud in his buppoit oflabour ' s rights , and would uphold its every privilege ; but should chance make him an etfiplojer , ba forgt-ta even the rules and regulations of his craft , and would do the work of journeymen with apprentices . On the platform he-pleads for the rights of fustian ; but should some anxious expectants follow him to his i-esting-place , he applies to tho landlord for a private apartment , vs-here he and his more respectabSb asapciates may seek shelter from tiie altlsy g ^ -zi . ' -. . He -will gam popularity under tha wiuy of ¦ & good and vhtuous maa ; but Ehould . his patron be brouglit to trouble , and . become bound in the lion ' s net on his account , than , unlike the grateful mouse , Iw will forget to gnaw . his trarumeJe , or to assist in bis release . Should the-fury-of ¦ ' party

      threaten danger to him , he will have recourse to all devices to ensure b " : 3 personal safety . Should he step into error , and beremiitded of . hfa fal ? e position by some of the bold sons of labour , he will sigb a quick repentance , but still remain v / ith open month > ready to inhale the putrid air when he thinks the epidemic has become strong enough , to jusUfy a rclapao . He is generally too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour . He lives but fur a short time ic each . loca-. lity , his stock of recoiatnendatious being quickly usedtip . he can weep with the lacbrimose , laugh with thai gay , and mourn with the sorrowful ; he is part of every man's nature , and no part of his professing self . Ha will denounce in private , aud seek shelter under the coat laps of his victim in public ; in short in the words of the poet-:

      —«• It is a alendor thins cf wood Which up and down its awkward arms doth sway , And tp'iut and spout aiid spout away - In one weak wa everlasting flood . "

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      He will be the ^ indicator your rights so l « n ? his vindication : is profitable ; but when he has dried up the pap of pauperism , he will look round for the du ? of some new -iniltsh cow . In fact ; he has wares in bi& basket for ali parties , and is reidy to praisa them to tiffectasale . He ia a pompous noisy blockhead , taught like a - parrot , ' and eternally jabbering the same stuff . Such ,, niy .. friends , is the character which &tr . Yiqqent ought to have drawn ; and . over it he-should have written " a Political Pedlar , " with "Wares forali shades of politicians . " . ; - ; ; -. '¦' .. ¦ ' . ¦' . ' ' ¦¦ ; '¦ '/¦¦¦ ¦' ¦ ' '¦' ' ¦' ¦' " . ¦ ¦'¦/''¦ : ¦ .- ' ¦ '¦ .. '¦ ' ¦'¦¦'" : ¦ " Very flae toys for girls and boys , A cock anda hen for a halfpenny . " — { Roars of laughter ,: and" aye that ' s it . " ) * '¦ ¦"]' / .. '' . '•'

      The address of the non-electora to the electors of Nottingham was then read and proposed by taattscellent veteran , Hatrison , cf the late Convention , atid seconded by-the meeting / and unanimously adopted ; after which , a membEr of tb « Ciiartisfc Assschtion presented an address from that body to Mr . O ' C mnor , to which he briefly repliefl , and departed , after a hearty vote of thanks to the Chairman | and an assurance that he would come on ; the .- ' .-day . of election , and march them all , electors and non-electors , to suppoit Sturge and Jioerty . Several of the electow shook hands with Mr . O'Connor , and pledged themselves to ba forthcoming to vote for the Wan : of the people ' s choice / He stated that he had to address the men of Beeston , four miles at the other side of Nottin ^ Dani , at half past six , and the people of Nottingham at fca'f-pnat eight ; and took his leave shortly after two o ' clock , the . ' . procession attending ' him'to . the connnes of the town , and giving a round of hearty cheers at parting .

      "ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS , 3 ; The follewing address of the non-electors , to tfi e electors of : NcttingDam , \ yns moved by ' ,-Mr . . ^ J . Bafber , seconded by N-Lpngmho , and supported by Peatgua O'Connor , at che of the largest public msietings ever'held iii Nottingham , and carried unanimously amidst thunders of applause on Monday , the 30 th May , 1 S 42 . '¦ -. '¦' . ;' - " Brotheks , ^ - Wo address you at a critica ! juncture , when , as -tiuatees , you jure about to be called upon to exeici ' -e a saered right—^ tho ri » lit of Voting—deposited in your hands , not to be used for your own especial benefit , but for the general advantage ot mankind ... The

      misuse , made of the franchise by the pressut electoral body has given to wealth and might an nnjuet and pernicious . influence over industry and right It baa given tyranny and misrule a coalidence in its strength which could only arise from the corruption of that conSn&A source from whenco its power aprings . To the application of power thus unjustly acqniredi may be traced the dominant sway of faction , the di . < ji > intecl stat 9 of society , the inquietude of the public mind , the disparity which exists between the represented end the unrepresented classes , and the universal demand becoming daily more urgent for the restoration of that trust to the hands of the people , which has been used for their destruction and not for their advantage .

      " Brothers , —We will not ' . ' . withhold the truth from you , though it may stina ; you to hear it ; tn&fc , as a body , . top : . ' - -Electors- of NottiHgham havo been distinguished above all others , for their corruption and venality ; but , while we thus charge you with past delinquencies , we are ready to record our approval of youv noble conduct white struggling for Reform , which promised us a share in those rights which you have hitherto exclusively held . : / " BrotherHy—Your demeanour upon that occasion mnoh lessens our censure cf your conduct at rspeated elections , ; and , we are charitable enough to think that in your former straggles you recognised no difference , in the value of those who courtetl ybnr support and therefore reconciled to your consciences the expediency of helping yourselves between the twa rotten crutches . ¦ -. - ¦ '¦ . '•'¦ - ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ "¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ - '• • - :

      •'• B . otherSy- ^ -Let ns hope that sunh has bean your motive , while your present position places before you a great and glerious opportunity . of proving to the world that the Electors- of "Nottingham , know how to ^ distinguish between right and wrong , between principle and expediency , between virtue and vice . r V ; ' yes , Brethren , now for the Sttt time iii the history of cur town ' s repreaentatipn do we call upon you to use . that'trust with which you are invested , to aid ia returning the man of o . Cii choice , V

      MR . JOSEPH STURGE , to represent both yon and us ia the House of Commons , where the friends of order are but few . " Brothers , add one to the small number . You , the Burgesses , have been taunted with your / disregard' of principle when tbe tempter ' 3 gold is-xffuwd as the purchase , money of your own disgrace and your cauntry ' s ruin . But it is to you , the poorest of the poor . , tbat we make thi 3 our ' . appeal ,, being well convinced that a mind as pure and a heart as warmly attached te liberty is to be found under the rags of the pauper &a under the fine covering of the wealthy .

      ?• Brothers , the eyes of England—nay , the world's glance i 3 upon you ! and shall England frown , and tha world stand paraljzdd at the astounding news , that Nottingham has added one more to the nuruber of our oppressors ? No , brothers ! your starving wive * , dear to ' you , though iu rags ; your .. sobbing offspring * your bleeding country ; your ' { aniiahiag brothers ; your tattering homes ; your God who- loves - ' -justice , ail , all , one and all call upon you , * to awake ! atiso ! or be lor ever fallen L' Iifet virtuous poverty tench ¦ vie . * , ia ticli appatel that within your famished homes thera is a jewel too dear to be purchased , too puruto . he auilied ! , Tell the great ones who charge you with deliuquencies , that y 6 a are above entering into a b : ise compact for the , sale of your country ' s and your feIIoV 7 labpuier ' s rights .

      " Brothers : of wiiat avail will be the purcknse money of our liberties ? D ^ ss not that which ' .. ' comes from , evil perish 'in dissipation ? Ccmmuiia thus with the virtuous wives of your bosom an .-V the little oac 3 given you as pledges vMovo , arid charged upon your gu : irdianuhiv . . 'My wife and children , fechold , I am this day called upon to ^ isppBe of a sacred right which I bold in trust for my fellow men , —how ^ hall I use it ? it has been customary to seil it and from the purchase : money to tupply your" want 3 for a time . I know not the dishonour and disgrace until roused to a secte of Kflection by the sound jadgmecfc of my ordor . Pablic opinion now calls upon me for the first timo to throw my voice into the scale of right , to weigh down the load of my couutry ' s wrongs ; but will you , my

      wife , still continue . to bear your &is £ enngs ? audshallcuy little ones still want ? or shall I feed yon for yei a Ht ' . la upon the purchase money of my o ? m and my countty ' a diehonour ? ' And the virtuous wife Wife will answer . ' , My husband , all the money that yoUyb&ve . hiihei'to got fervour country ' s sale has coma over the devil '« back and gene under-the ' deyil ' s-btHy ! You receive it in a jnonieat of excitement ; you are ashamed'io < confess Us peszemon ; iind you spesd ifc : in disaitatioh , . itijuriiig your health , and Unfitting you for business ; so cast ; it from you on that account : but as a niotljerj a ' .. wjfo j and an Ei . gasLi woman , 1 take higher grousd , and : £ " ) y , iftre avt > to perish , let us r . 6 ! perish by our oWu . hand ; and if we niust still wear our chains ,

      let us . not . ' . for 5 »' e tbera for ourselves .. . ' . Husfcjir . d , t « en , Tro ' . e fo ; SturVe , wlw pvoreises yon pecca '» hTu \ i £ h felio ^ saip , aliurdanca through industry , and the blessing of rvUg ^ on . thvoudi ' -U unpaid ¦ -c . Uv . rd' . ' Yi : t < v ivot tor WaUev , ' xs ' txo . would- become another link in that chain v ,- ' a . cli has so loBji bbunil ' - ' jiudualry a ' na ' -labour to tho oppsssor ' s will . If we are poor , « iy ! iusbr \ r . iUi--t us at least be honest , and resisting the tempter ^ K' ^ cU shout for Sturgo and iibc-ty ! for peace thrcuth jVlhwehip ; for reiijii .-n . tiirou ^ h coascienca ; f « v j-our cmntry , your orjer , avid yourGwl . Go ! Go ! Go ! and raay heaven s : ' ailg upon , jour undertaking / « : Signed en bthaii cf tha meetmg , , " jAMKii Swkkt , Chairman . "

      TUESDAY . Oa Tuesday , Mri O'Connor visiter ? Arnold , a large viila ^ e , distant about four miles from K ^ . ttiughani , tnd . was p . ccmnpanied by Mr . '¦ Sweet . ' Upon arriyiDg witMn a" miio of tho village , which has ; i population cf ' about 5 . 0 P 0 , and amon ? wiiom aro about forty t-ltctors , he vrns Jjjfct by the whole population ,-and i ?~ ge numbers froni many iniles dietant , marchinK in procession , beaded by tii 6 females ahd a r ; r . nd . it . was i ? rtended UiaS jbe" should address them in the Ctr .-tist Ciiapel ; bat the numbers being too great to be acconiniodated in abuiidintj ten times the sizo , tbty w : re '' -cpiaptlied to adjourn to a large-. ; gi"ass- wailed-in yard , which was kiixily affo «\ ed- lot ¦ the purpose . '; : ili ' - 'Kfcilo * ' a-- ^ oter ' for the feorouch was unanio . ously called to the cbair .

      aad , after optmng the business of the : neetij : g , iniro-( iitced Mr . O'Connor , who . wasreceived witS yaytnrous applause . He spoke for more than ah hour ? . iv * . a half upon tho monopoly of nuchiaery , the-iniquitw . s- of the law cburchrand the'blessi . c'jrs ; of a rural IiftJ ^ Hs said : " Now suppose ycui 1 popu ! ation to consist cf 5 , 009 , and 1 . 060 of thosa 10 be heads of fajriilies ;— you are now all starving , while your idleness is bringing ruin upon all above you . Now just bear my p ^ n : 10 , 000 acres of that land around your per . ceful vilinge , if-lefe . at'its ' - fuli value in holdings 01 im acres each to . the 1 OGO heads of famiiics , would . 1 ? ave a ptost t » each bolder of £ 42 per aiuium , aftev cunsuaipUon af the very bett of food ; and supppse the family tc co : fiiat of a man , his wife , and three children ; , ths man should labour from six ' to twelve , and from foar to six in tfee evening : the m % tber should never Je&re her house except but for busiuesa or pleasure—( lead cheers )—aad if manu . factures aiid agriculture ara to go hand in hand , the

      one must make a . market < iLkome fortha ether ... ihua the father's profit over consumption would Increaise tho value of bia child ' s labour ia tbe manufasturing vswrket . And suppose he had two eiildren , aud say one of them above fifteen years ; of aga 1 that child might work at that age at Eiachi » ery from eight in the meaning till twelve , and from four in the evening till six ; : snd for those sis : h ' ou ' w- labour raised in value by tha coauauJiitya ability to support its produce , I only ask , for arguraeat ' s sake , lOs . per week : now add " that £ 26 per annum to the " fatties ' s . £ 42 ; and you have a gross sum of £ 68 , over aud above consumption , for eacli jioor aisa ' a faaiily to spend in the mannfsctnring market—(\ ouii che 5 TS)—and believe me , the resonrcsa of the country are fully equal to be extended to threefold that amount- if they were cultivated to the highefit . That would giva you 1 , 000 Boldisra acd 1 , 000 poticem&a to defend your rights and preserve the peace cf Arnold , ia which eaca man as a soldier and a policeman would have . &n equal interest— ( loud cheers ) . :. ; ; ( Continued in our eighth page . )

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      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . SUMMER ASSIZES 1812 . The days appointed for holding the Assizes for the Northern Circuit ; before the Right Hon . Thomas Lord Denman , Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen ' s Bench at Westminster , and the Hoii . Mr . Justice Manle , one of K er Ma j esty ' s Justices of Common Pleas at Westminster , the Justices assigned to take the Assizes , pursuant to the statute , &c .: — . . ' . " ' ' ¦ ¦ " . . " . . ; : ' . - ' ¦ ; : . Durham—Saturday , July , 0 , at Durham . NonTUUJiBEHLAnD , —Thursday , July 14 , at the Castlo of Noweastle-upon-Tyne . Town of Newcastle- 11 pon-Tyne , —Thursday , July 14 , at the Guildhall of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . CtfMBERi . ANp .-r-Tuesday , July 19 , at Carlisle . Westjiobeland . —Saturday , July 23 , at Appleby . Lakcashihb ( Northern Division ) . —Tuesday , Jaly 26 , at Lancaster .

      Lancashire ( Southern Division ) . —Saturday , July 30 . at Liverpool . Yorkshire . —Saturday , August 13 , at the Castle of York . Citv of York . —Saturday , August 13 , at the Guildhall of the City of York .

      Ft Ottmtcfham Election",

      ft OTTMTCfHAM ELECTION " ,

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      THE NORTHER ^ STAR . t

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct433/page/7/