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      WATKINS' LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . ( XBCTUBS V . COHCLTJDED . ) How , then , are ire to preserve union ?—By vi ^ lance . Union is acquired by many — " * various ways—it may J > e lost by one . "We are long before we get _ iited- ^ Tre may become disunited very soon . We first asso--d&te , that is on sentiment—we next orgardza , thatis . on opinion—and at last we act To get othera to associate TOih na , we must vs& argument and persuasion— - -we must coBYince them that we are seeking their good , and we must proceed mildly—else they will suspect * u of intending their injury , or at least of seeking oar own interests only . Ween associated we must Bhow thesi tfaai oae plan of crganizitiea is safe and sure , __ then they will iona & good opinien of it , and be r-T > mT 7 "T-. T « - » x T * r * k r * " \ 7 T /""! * PU"I ? f ^ n ADTTCnp

      indue ** to « fc n P °° 2 t Snpposing all this done , we must watch with a godly jealousy , lest some one , from an idea that bis station among us is not commensurate tnth his deserts , or from envy at the superior confidence enjoyed by another , or from some vain , selfish , at ambitiouB motive or other—lest such a one raise objections to our plan and proceedings , or to the censorahip of our press , and seek to establish a plan or a press of his own , in order to form a party to himself , or at least to retard the progress of our movement We read in St . Paul ' s account of the early Christians that one Diotrepb . es , " thinking himself somebody , " trhen , as the Apostle plainly intimates , he was

      nobody—that this personsge got np , and endeavoured to j create a schism by a new more , but they were few , and j those of ths weaiet-miaded sort , that he "was aW&to ; lead away , sad presently ire and his pirty fell into . contempt , while the Christians went on increasing as ' the Cfeartista are now doing . St Paul advised to put [ all such , wranglers out of the body , for if they are suf- i fered to continue in it , they will never let slip an op- j portunity of causing dissension and delay , if not dis-1 gust We have to agitate the country . This 1 b surely j agitation enoneh far us , without our being additionally j agitated by agitators in our own body , which is some- ffiiT > g too agitating . * .

      We hare been told that it makes no odds how many ABsodations we have—that more arjd better . True , if they were all composed of the same material— j if ail acted in concert together , or harmonized with j each other like globules of qu'cksilver , ready to tub j together and amalgamate into one great globe ; and such j are the several branches of the National Charter Asso- < elation . Bat if all these branches -were separate iac- ; -taons—if they were jarring sections , a heterogenous ; eomponnd—if , like the dissenters from the State :

      Church , they dissented again froai each other , what i strength would they possess ? What could they do but- ] treaken one another and strengthen the great enemy of j nil ? The apple of discord is like the golden apple > thrown across the path cf Atalanta , who was running s race and would have won it , had she not left the ¦ coarse to follow the apple that had been thrown across J her path on purpose to divert her from the more noble J prize thai was in h&r view—the pr £ z 3 of victory . 2 fo matter how many Associations —0 hare ; Ko I matter , then , to which we belong . ' Now we see the necessity of vigilance . Whigs and Tories aie hateful to as , but more hateful should be a shani-Chartiil . '

      The schismatics are powerless as open enemies , it is enly as professing friends that they can injure us . They can do us no harm out of our own body , tut iri it , I Ihay may barm us much . It is necessary , for the sake j pf preserving our union , that we be "Vigilant to detect ] all decoy-ducks , aud to discountenance them . The j sentinel who gives warning of the approach of an enemy to the waDs , or of the presence of a traitor in ; the camp , does more good with his tongue than ever he ; did with his sword . All Chartist soldiers should be i sentinels , nor should we sleep on our posts . The j punishment cf a sleeping sentinel is deservedly I severe , for by his negligence not only his own life , but the lives of all those whom he is set to guard may j be lost .

      We are in little danger from the chief schismatics ; they were found out and denounced , and have not the daring tfiroatery to come amorg us . 3 nt they have their underlings or anderstrsppers who take up ear cards— -who take np shares in our rooms—Who get into places of trust : and for-what purpose 7 They purchase the privilege of members t * dismember us—they join tke office of managers to _ Lamana § e us—and they obtain our confidence to betray us . They use us to abuse us . We may say of them in the words of Pope— " Expose their fib er sophistry—in vain!—The creatures spin their dirty -work again . "

      Ifow the best way to disconcert the designs of these pestiferous gentry is for the people to pass votta of confidence in , or approbation of the men aad the works which " they seek to vilify and discredit ; and the best way to deal with the men themselves is to do as " the wise Romans did 5 b nil ecch casss—e £ zx a brand OB their unblushing brows so as to mark them out to be avoided aad not trusted- So shall we preserve pesce * and preserve union . Some are so wiJy t 2 _ t they elude detection , or , if detected , they are so pleusible that they escape conviction . Xtouhie hononr is due to him srho discovers one of these BQOotb-taced , doufcle-facedJarusts . They

      can assume as many difguises as Protasis—yon thick you hffve got hold of then in one shape when straijjfct-¦ vray they appear in another . Jt requires an eye that can look quite through the deeds cf men to see through these . I have read of an incident that occurred in tbe American war , somewhat to our purpose . A soldier , appointed to guard an outpost at night , "wsa found killed next morning—and no noise , no trace of the deed—a second eharfed the same fate and a third . The fcnrtlufesolvid -s-iateTer he sa . fr stirricg to fire at it . A large hog eame out of a wood and approached him—be shot it , and found that it was an Indian in disguise armed with a scalping knife .

      There are another kind of characters whom we ongfct to watch narrowly—who by lDJoatice to individuals occasion disunion . I mean ifcosa who -would qneacb the lights of other 3 , or mike them foils , in order that their own light should "« kk Eery oft indeed : " who would pile their own fame on the rains of others . If there be any such—if we have among ns a Goliah of Oath , whose height was ax cubit 3 and a span , and who was sheared in brass—let us rejoice that we have sueh a powerful champion in our cause ; but if fed by flatteries , puffed cut to an inordinate siza , he forget himself , or , rather , think too much of himself , and too little cf humbler , i-st cot le— ioiiest servants of the cause—if be turn , not against the people , cot against principle ; but against the irknds of the people and of principle , and endeavour to drive away in discust , or to extinguish all whom he cannot make tools or idol- ' s ? rs of—shall we stand in awe of such a msn ?—shall it he

      said that be is too high t * be called to account ?—shall this leviathan sport Mmself in the ocean of agitation , spontisz = p shvwersof frotn , and lasting with his angry tail all who will not-ftU © - Mm , as the littla bird follows tbe coekoo ? No ,- for , if so , th « people would trnly become his party and his prey . Tbe great man would tut the cause in fcis packet , and bid ns look at him—be would be like the Sy in tte te ! -tsrr . p 9 j we could net see the tun for him—hewenld carken onr hopes—keep us from the light—and the Charter would fesloit

      Sow , the people , vho are the Eonrce of all honour , and of all power—the people should do justice to all and prevent injustice to any one—the men of independent minds are tbe Etn for the people , and they should be particularly careful to keep such , and to distingnlEh them . The people should see to these things for the sake of the cause—lor the sake « f thsras Jt ^ s ; and , in tts wcri 3 cf the Apoitle , they should HCt sufitl one Hian to absorb or to usurp tlie just claims of others , bat eboald render to all their uu 2—tribute to whom tribute , cutt-jm to whom custom , fear to whom fear , isa honour to whim honour . Let us beware lest those who inveigh against the tyranny ef Government should seek to establish a < wcr £ t tyranny of their own . Cromwell p-olled flo-ffB King Charley bat he set hiisKlf up in his place ; Xipoiecn dethroned kiogs , bet lie cro-wjied nimself emperor . Ah , may we not ask with BjTc-n ,

      " Czn tjrants but by tyrants conquer'd be , And freedom find no champion and no cMld Such as Colombia raw arise when sfee Spruig iQTth a Pallas , armed and nndefiled : Or must snch minds be nouriahed in the "wild Iteep in the nnpmn'd forest , " midst the roar Of catrecte , where nnrsing nature smiled On infant Washington ? Has earth no more Sach ebs-os within her breast , or Europe no Euch shore ?' And now how de we feel when talking of these mat-¦ ten ? do wb shrink from the sntjett with a degree cf slavish 3 we ? If we do , is not that a sign that despotism has already extended its eagle wings over us ? that the great roc la darkening the air above us , shutting out the light of freedsntfa eons , casting its own shadows opon us ?

      2 > 2 imneisijon has been much denonnced ; but IB it not the safeguard of Chartism ? It is oui duty to denounce all who deserve it , —a disagreeable duty ; but not the less a duty , —and he who does it deserves all the more praise , the more disagreeable the duty is . _ 1 do not believe that any one has been denounced without deserving it ; and he who fails to denounce one deserving it , deserves himself to be denounced . Nor should we fienenuee in soft silken phrases ; but bonesUy and plainly . 1 am ol opinion with Junius on tni 8 point : — " For my part , he says , I do not pretend to utder-* tacd those prudent forms of decorum , those gentle rules of discretion which some men endeavour to unite with the conduct of the greatest and most hazardous affairs . Engaged in the defence of an honourable cause , I would take a decisive part I would scom to provide lor future

      a retreat , or to kesp terms with s man who preserves no aeatnres with the public Neither tbe submission of deserting bis post in tbe hour of danger , nor even the ssered riiield of cowardice should protect fcim . 1 would piMme Mm tbroBgo life , and try tbe test exertion of my abilities to preserve the perishable "rfwiy of his name and make it immortal . " And , again he fisya , " measures and not men is tbe common cant o ! affected moderation ; a base , counterfeit Ianguage fabricated by knaves , and made current among fools . Sneh gentle censure is not fitted to thfipr ^ ent degenerate stats of society . Wcat does it avail to Expose the absurd eontrivaace en pernicious tendency o ( measures if the man who advises . or executes shall be suffered , not only to escape with impunity , but even to preserve his power . I would recommend to the reader ^» "ffaole of Mr Pope ' s letter to Dr . Arbuttinot , dated

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      July 26 th , 1734 , from which the following ia an extract : — ""To reform and not to cbaatise , I am afraid is impossible ; and that the best precepts as well as the best laws would prove of small use if there was no examples to enforce them . To attack -vices in the abstract without touching persons may be safe fighting indeed , bnt it is fighting with shadews . My greatest comfort and encouragement to proceed has been to see that those who have no shame and no fear of anything else have appeared touched by my satires . " It has been Bald , there are no proofs of the perfidionsness of thosa who have been deoounoad . Bat 1 mairtain , and again I quote Junius : — ¦ - _ *_ *_ .. ___ . _ . *« ... . .

      " That the conduct of these men carries with it an internal and convincing evidence against them , Some men seem not ttf know tbe value or force of snch a proof . They will rot permit us to judge of the motives of men by the manifest tendency of their actions , nor by the notorious character of their minds . They call for papers and witnesses with triumphant security , as if nothing could be true but what could be proved in a court of law . " In conclusion let ns see with whom we should unite , and why we Bhonld unite . Much has been talked of a union of the middle and working-classes . This may be effected when the middle-classes are reduced to a ltvel with the working-classes but not before . The working-classes should resolve to do the work

      themselves without the union of tbe middle classes , and in spite of their most mean opposition . What do we want with a middle clas 3 ? Tney only serve as pickthanks' go-betweens , or a fence to the aristocracy Let the working classes unite and they will net need help from the middle elasses—how can they expect it , if disunited among themselves ? If the middle classes come round to as , they muse come behind us . No trusting them to lead , who have always been opposed . If they come on principle , they will come repentant and be glfid to be admitted as servants . If the Charter cannot be obtained without their help , God help tbe Chartists —they will be made mere stalkine-horees . No union with the middle class ; but let us have a more complete union of the working classes .

      Why should we unite ? Beceuse only by union can we carry the cause . Why should we not unite ? Every additional member makes the Association stronger , safer . Shame on those who stand aloof . Let us not listen to the bickerings of discontent , feut to the cries and groans of our famishing fellow-countrymen . Let us not pause to diffti ; bat rush to the rescue of our country . The spectre famine is stalking among us . Oh , what the factions are making the people suffer . Deaths from starvation—worms devouring men while yet aliverhovels , } ike open graves , where living skeletons lie exposed—women demented , and children crying and crawling about amid filth , and horror , and corruption . Now " our union is to remove these shameful , these shocking evils ; and who would not tmite for such a

      virtuems , such a humane purpose ? If we have a spatk of principle , a spark of feeliDg , it wUl blazs out in this most holy cause . Why the accursed causers of the misery and destitution that prevails , although their hearts are as niillatones , even they are beginning to melt ; they are beginning to see that they have gone too far , and now they are actually subscribing money for the relief of the starving ! The beat way to remove distress would be to wmove the eauae , which is bad government ; but in thiB they have an interest , ia this they live , and move , and have their being . The people must do it The greatest charity that tbe rich could do to the poor would be to grant them tbe Charter ; for it would enable them to render themselves independent , or dependent only on the - bounty of

      Providence . But they will not do that ; no , they will , if poEsible , prevent the people from obtaining that for themselves ; they withdraw their bounty from those whe seek thfeir rights and view them with unkindly feelings . Strange charity , ts keep causing want and then to dole out little modicums of . relief . True charity would free them from the need if charity . The charities of the rich are but a refined species of despotism—their tender xnercits are cruel . The Chartists alone are truly charitable , fos they would release tbe poor from t&e charitable care of the rich ; they would make msn of them ; they put it into their power to make themselves independent , and to " owe . no man an j thing , but to lova one another . " J . W . Bittersea .

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      TO XHS HDITOR OP XHS . \ OBTHERX STAR * Sib , —I think it is time that we should really take our own affairs into our own hands , and exercise a strict surveillance over every part of Government Oar enemies are exhausting every means that priestly cant and political influence and power can afford , in order to entrap and Victimise oat bast and greatest leaders , and to strangle the giant . Chartism ere it puts forth its resistless power . And in the midst of all this war of battling interests we , who ought to be of all others the most united and firm , are showing signs of incipient distrust and want of mutual confidence .

      I iiaxe said that we should exercise a strict surveillance over every part of our system ; and our Leicestershire friends , beemiugly actuated by similar motives , have begun so to exercise tfeemselves in a somewhat premature and one-sided manner . For instance , their censure of the Executive in reference to the new issuing of the cards at the time stated is too severe when we take all the circumstances into account—the multifarious and unsettled character of their occupations , ihe& want of funds , and the fact that very many places have shamefully iiiiglected to pay for tbe cards when leaned . And as the impuUsd neglect of making a general list , which I should regard as the fault , I think that even that has had too many highly censurable precedents for it in the gross neglect and very muchto-be-blamed apathy of the mass of the body for the Executive to be made the scape-goat of the whole society .

      It is notorious enonaa tbst the plan of organisation has never been anything like carried out in any of tbe localities except it be five or six places like Todmorden . The" much-censured Executive has had no fand 3 wherewith to carty out the plan ; and so far as I know the sub-Secretaries have not sent the names from their respective neighbourhoods of the whole of the members . And as to the finding fault with the expenditure , I do th'Tilr that if they were rather more specific it would not be any worse for any of the parties , especially in reference to postage expences . The Esaeative hzra , certainly overstepped the bounds of their duty in altering the times ( previously agreed to by the National Delegate Meeting ) for the transaction of general business . And I cannot see what earthly use three sectional conferences would be of . If there exitts any necessity for anything of the sort , I would say , call another National Delegate ileeting , bat by ail means abide bj tbe present plan .

      We 8 omebow seem to be a set of unlucky devils , for we have no sooner got over tbe l % denunciation squabbles , " and got the bark nicely into smouth water again , than we run her upon the bidden locks of Bome hitherto unexplored p ^ rt of tbe political ocean , as if we were upon a Quixotic expedition after adventures . I think . Sir , under all tbe circumstances , that the manner cf addressing the Executive adopted by the liticestershire delegate meeting has not been characterised by that respect and brotherly feeling that ought to be exercised to our onice-bearers , when they are men fas the Executive are believed to be ) of sterling and tried merit .

      In . conclusion , Sir , I hope that this affair will lead to a' thorough txaminafcion into tbe -working of Urn p ] an of government , and that the , different local : Iks will see that it is abided by in their own imiaodia . te vicinities , as far as regards giving to the Executive the means to csrry on the plan . And iS "a onld be well , if there is a delegate meeting , if tfca sub-Secretaries were ordered by the delegates to forward a list of their names and their monies , say every fortnight . If this hod been done , there would not have been any need for oar Leicestershire friends to make their cemplsint of the absence of a general list , for the General Secretary would have been too cften and too Bignificantly reminded of his duty to have neglected it to the extent complained of . The fact is , if the work is to be done , we must individually do a share of it , and I cannot but think that thousands of private members are as culpable as the Executive , even in reference to tke general name-book .

      Lulus try if we can make ibis the last stumbling block , and sss if we can go ca without running foul of anything else , until we run against and completely upset the KurderouB system that entails disease and poverty a ^ d death upon myriads of our countrymen . 1 am , Sir , Tours in the bands cf universal truth , J . W . Smith . Ratcliffs-gate , Mansfield , July 31 st , 18 i 2 .

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      v EATABLES AND DRINKABLES—WEARABLES AND UN-BEARABLES . The play is now almost played out , and whether it is to be followed by a Tory tragedy , a Whig comedy , or faice , in which a few political " Joseph Surfaces" and modern " Cantwells '' will be in the ascendent , oi whether we are to have a . serio-comic-tragic-ifcelodra malic affair , under the guise of a liberal dap-trap , oi whether we , the audience , the gallant people of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , shall , exerting the unanimous powers of our judgment and might of our powerj drive the whole of the humbugs off toe boards to take refuge behind tbe scenes , and take possession of the stage ourselves—a Terr , Tery , short time will speedily determine I of

      Here ' s a health to the noble trades people Bumley , and may their gloriovM example be immediately followed by every city , town , and village , throughout the United Kingdom , and then the People ' s Charter , ( name and all ) will become the law of the land , in spite of-all the factions , the oligarchies and riieTarchies of the earth j But in the meantime the people are starving , and the Corn Law Repealers , the " League , ' wonld immediately give us bread . Indeed 1 . Perhaps they will give us two penc 9 to purchase a big loaf with ? If they would not do that , they -would do nothing , and the importation of all the com In the world would be but a mockery , and would be like sending-ia herds of cattle to crop the herbage of tbe most delicious pastures with HJunf . ejB on their jaws ! Bat why not give cs femething besides a big loaf ? . Man cannot lire entir ely on bread , and the portly terma of many

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      of the " Leaguers" themselves fully testify that a pretty considerable share of the good things of the earth , under the denomination of " flesh , fish , and fowl , " are daily immured within th « human walls of their " inward" man , and are well soaked and nourished by divers and copious libations of brandies , wines , ales , < fcc . fcc , while the rich Leaguer ' s repast usually terminates bj a cup of the " para Mycha \ jerry , " enlivened by the fragrance of an Havannah cigar ! This is a big loaf witn a vengeance ; and wouldn't my gentleman lick his lips at it , and envy the poor workeyhis share of the " good things" which God sent for all ( but now enjoyed by a few)— -his share of the lusurtes balng now compr . "Z 9 d in a big loaf and a draught of the limpid spring , and , perhaps , " if he be fortunate , " a chew of the worst and most taxed ___ -.. _ _ ,

      tobacco on earth , or a whiff of a halfpenny yard of clay , which he must have worked and sweated for till nature was fairly exhausted ! And this is all the " League' * would do for you ? the scheming , cold , calculating , money-hoarding , power-desiring " League , " the refuse of the Whig rump i A thousand times over would we rather be slaves to tae ArUtocracy , the Buckinghams , BucdeughB , Satherlauds , Richuionds , or Waterfords , than truckle to , or suffer ourselves to 6 e led ( that is their object ) cheated and deceived 6 y such a band of white slave-drivers ! We would not deprive them of a single enjoyment , or one article of luxury , but we want to live ourselves , make life a blessing to ourselves and families , instead of baing what it DOW is , a scene of privation , toil , and trouble , a very curse , and a perfect hell upon earth I

      Every luxury they may desire , we would not dream of interfering with , but we will have our fair share . They have grasped the lion's , but we are resolved to play the j ackall no longer . All luxuries they may have with all our hearts , but the luxury of power , for which they have proved themselves unworthy , they shall not have . This law . is imprinted in our hearts , and like the ancient laws of the Medes and Persians is immutable . If they ( the League ) are sincere , why not join the peopla ? Why stand aloof and prate about corn , when by giving the mass of the people the whole Charter , that would be iri their immediate grasp ? Most of them say they are Chartists ; but that it ia unattainable at present Why at present ? Never waa there a fairer opportunity to clutch it at o ;; ce by a sincere and honest union of the midfile and working classes . Every thing should be forgiven if not forgot , or merely remembered to " ware hawk" for the future .

      What say yon , Gentlemen , of the League ? Dissolve ? Give the right hand of brotherhood to your starving countrymep , and then by being incorporated with the whole body of Chartists , you may chance to obtain that power whichyour talents and icfluerice may entitle you to . But , as a separate body , never . Open the ports , unshackle the provision laws , away with the customs and excise , give us corn from America Or the Mediterranean , Spain , Russia , or Poland ; brandies , wines , and tobacco from Franca , Germany , Portugal , Italy , and Cicily , Greece , Turkey , and the whole of Asia Minor , the East and West Indies , tea from China , and coffee and sugar , from everywhere it may be best and cheapest ; then you may be entitled to the gratitude of your

      countrymenthen "Extension of Commerce" and " Free Trade" be met on more equal terms—then , by the people poa ? gassing Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , a real Parliament would see that ail were righted , and not trampled en , despised , and laughed at by a few popinjays in a corner ! They may laugh before they ate much older on the wrong side of their mouths ; and , if they are mad enough to court it , they may have shooting that they little dream of I Sei iously speaking , all thesa things are to be obtained , if tae mock Parliament did not intervene and oppose its veto ; hitherto they have been successful in upholding every outrage on common sense , and popular feeling , but the eyea of thd working man are now opened , never again to be closed in Britain ! A working man hero in this city

      replied to his master , who upbraided him for signing the petition for the Charter , What have you to do with it , you have plenty of work ?"" " YVorJt 8 D 0 Ugh , " was thy ready answer , " but I want my rights ; I want the Suffrage , and , what'B more , I'll have it ! " Tno master turned on his heel , and never said a word more . Let the working man answer in this matmor ; to hi 3 employer , and the latter will descend from their i high horses ! j The acme of happiness to a workiDg man is to work i six days ia ths week for fair wages , and enjuy himself-I on the seventh ; but our lordly saints and sinners deny him even that . The Iazaironi of Naples work two i days in the week , and spend the reuiiiiuing five in ; idleness , or pleasure , or as they list . Tiieir wages for : the two . days are sufficient to support them for the

      week , and as they are moderate in their eating and -drinking , and not overl / urthened with clothing , - they j enjoy their maccarcni , or good wheaten bread , with ! grapes , figs , and other fruit in the glorious sunshine of } an Italian sky , wash it down wita a draught of good I wine , and lay down to ' louse' or sleep as iBolisstioD i points out ! And yet we pity tbe poor , ragged , Uz-I zarsni . The fellows are as happy as the day is long , i and much , much happier , and better fed is xho poor , j benighted negro than half the- working men of Christian I England ! We . should like to have a contract for ; brandies , wines , and tobacco with various other eatables and drinkableB , and we would be bound to supply ; England with good spirits at one shilling the bottle , ; the best of winu at sixpence , and good tobacco at tenpenes the pound , and realise a Lirge fortune in a few : years !

      How , gentlemen of the League , there wonld be marts for your wearables , your manufactured goods , besides supplying the backs cf your countrymen who , by being fully represented in Parliament , would be in a condition to buy ; and after glutting the home market ( your best customer , ) you might distribute the surplus over tue world ! Tnese are the unbearablea of which we jiistly complain , and which we ors rosolved to put an end to . With us , if you winwithout us , as you may ; bat with us or without usthe People ' s Charkr will , ere long ; be tbe law of tho land . God save the People . ' . ' [ A Woolwich Cadet . Chichester , July 15 th , 1842 .

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      position . They ofief him cheap com ; he smells at it-r fie "aorta , and says It is chaff ( cheera . ) The working classes had ariseni ia the moral dignity of their natures , ? £ decl " ? t they Wonld submit to no compromise- ^ they -would have tfaefr rights and nothing less ( cheers . ) They were tounto ^^ itti ; being ; dest * oyers of property , ^ \ i ^ m ^ ' *•» w osi horrible destitution , tbey bad been calm and quiet aa the unruffled bo 8 » m of ™* - ^*? T' * he 7- -M t > eea- ' peacirfolM . tto * lea ^; i ^ . t Tney had been called dishonest . He admitted the

      charge , . . for they ^ who-foiled threuRh the beat of the day had allowed othftra to reap . They had permitted the »* wives and cUiluten to staryel-to be robbed of that wealth which they were justly entitled to . They had been dishonest ; , bat they ^ would be dishonest no more ( cheera . ) ' Mr . Frazler then gave some very ^ amdsing ^ anecdotes respecting thii / cry-of dishonesty raised by the upper classes , and concluded by making an appeal _ to them regarding ¦¦ the coal whippera of the Tower Hamlets , and the little attention or sympathy paid to their claims . ;

      Mr . J . Caiipbell , of the Executive , supported the resolution , and made some witty remarks regarding the conduct of Mr . Wm . Clay , M . P ., aud enquired of what use it was for him to come there to address the 10 or 12 , 000 men he Saw . around him , unless they determined upon shaking off their apathy , unless each man was determined upon doing a manVa duty ; they were all capable of doing this . He did not want to ebe them begging of their proud oppressors for leave to toil ; he washed to see them wipe away the brand of slavery from their foreheads .. He did not want to see them the mean cowardly , slaves they , haU keen ; he wanted to see amongst them a determinatioh to be free . He was n o * I wi ^ i" *! t 0 see taeiu liBtenlns to the advice of a lot of big-bellied Bishops , to endure patiently misery and

      destjtution hero , thac they might hav * roast beef and plum-puddings ¦¦ hereafteri He wished them to get the roast beef and the plum-pudding now , and leave the concerns © f 1 hereafter to the parsons . If any parsons were admitted into heaven , no trusted ho should not go there , for he was fearful they and i their backers ; would act as they bad done here , and turn it into a very jhell . He trusted they stood forth erect in their manhood . Jt was not tyrants that made slaves ; it waa slaves that made tyrants . If they were determined to be fiec , not all the power of Whig or Tory combintd could hinder them from . achieving their object ; it was their own criminal cowardly apathy whica kept them in bondage . The man in the provinces were iiobiy doing theii duty j

      they were thirty years in advance of the man of London . He called upon fcheni to coma aud join in tho glorious movement . If they asked him what movement , lie would-tell them it was the National-Charter .:-Association . ' . ( A voice , " Rspeal the Corn Laws , ") That was the means to repeal them . Any man that asked him to assist in repealing the Corn Laws , and did , hot giV 6 him tuO power to do . ib , he loobsd upon as a very suspicious person , as a dishonest map , a political prig . The Charter would repeal all bad laws . He advised them immediately te join the . organization . Thero were more than thirty different places of meeting in London , ani if they exerted themselves as men , they ought , to have 100 , 600 members . Mr . Campbell sat down much cheered .

      The Chairman put the resolution , which was unanimously carried . ; Mr . Black more moved the adoption of the National Remonstranca to the Commons' House of Parliament . He was proud to see the firm and noble stand which the working nwn of Great ijritain were making in behalf of thoCharter . They had petitioned the House of Commons time after time until petitoning had become useless . Were they -- -still ' , to continue in thejr miserable destitute condition , seeing their wives and children starving around them , and their only consolation was being congratulated by their enlightened legislators on the patience , wltb -which they had borne their misery ? Ho asked them , as working men , would they Stand this any longer ? Would they not raise a

      determined cry against it ? Would they not joiii In the cry which was advancing from north and from south , from all parts of the kingdom for justice and freedom ? . If they united as men , in fcix months time they might obtain the Charter . Of wiiat avail would be a repeal of tho Cum L ;< -W 3 without-political power ? Their best artizans and mechanics were fast emigrating and taking their knowledge to other lands . They claimed in the remonstrance no more than every ruan had a right to rienumd . TJaey had beea driven to the moat appalling depths cf misery , rice , arid crime bytheir class legislators , and they musst obtain a Parlianiont , based on the principles of the Ptople's Charter , era thty could obtain liberty or happiness , or make theniseives and families happy and conifortable . : ,

      Mr . FaIRCHiLD hatV great pleasure in necondlng tbe remonatrarice . Tho present House of Commons . . had told them iu tho nio 3 t emphatic nianner that they were not , worthy , of consideration , they ^ had sent a pttition signed by nearly fcur millions of persons , and wh&t was its fate ? it was laid under the table and then kicked out of the House . He -would say to them in tbO WOl'dS 6 f the late poet laureate , South y ^ " Petitioning forJustice was muk ; the sovereign people should demand justice , " Mr . Fairchild then went into tho Corn Law Question , ant ) stated it was his opiuion that the great majority of the League were wolves in sheep's clothing ; they would give ( them the appearance of cheap bread , but would tie their , Hands behind them ao that they could not obtain it ; tiny "well know so soon aa you obtain

      political power down goes the lauded aristocracy v the Hrillocracy , and ftll Other nionopoliea . They say the pec ; pi 9 lnve bad leaders ; -1 ask them is tho . Charter bad ? ( no ) . Tbeu why rrject it , but : that they may still keep np tbe abominable system of class legislation , which enables them to riot in luxury and keepB you in poverty aud idleness ? If you had a good form of government would it be ' allowed that oiia niau should bave an income of £ C ? an hour ? no , the very idea was absurd . He emphatically called upon theni to stand flnn by that coda of laws , the Pifoplu ' s Charter , which ha was convinced would speedily bo '' the taw of the land . Mr . Clkave stated that ho should not have intruded npon their meeting'had he not have been especially deputed to read a fetter / from Mr . O'Connor , detailing the cause of his absence . He was well aware the men of the To ^ er Haraieta wanted n » -atrangars to instruct tii < ni in their duty . The last speaker had spoken on

      the foiiy of appealing at auto tne Comnions , and stated they should ineinorializj the Queen . This aleo they were prepared to do . They intended doing all that their position required . They had first petitioned } then tbty' would remonsttauco ; tteu pass a memorial to the Queen ; and if that failed , do ' all that men ' should do who were determined to ba free . They would then unitedly demand that which none but crawling alaves and pe « y despots would "withhold from them . Ifc had been well observed that crawling men ,-: —i ( men they could bo called ^ —made the tyrants who oppressed them . 31 r . Ck-ave then stated bis sorrow teat they liad not a room of their own to nieet iii , wheia tbey would baieee from tho fangs of : i vampire police , llr . C . then alluded to the artifices of the cheap-bread system ; and conclu'led by calling upon ail to join the ranks of the National Charter Association , and nevtr to reiinqiiisb one iota of the principles of the Cbartov .

      The following letter was then read f ; om Mr . O'Connor , and was received with loud cheers : — " Loadon—Sunday . My Friends , —I came from Nottingham on Thursday liiat , for- tho pui pore of attending the ¦• ' Stepney Green" mcotlng , to which I s . tood pledged ; but the wriifov Nottingham being issued on Friday night , and being pledged to render all the support ' in . ' my power towards tiie return of iir . Sturge , whp has unequivocally pledged him « e 3 f to toe whole of the Charter . I feel bound to retieein that promisa . " Had I rGmained for tlje Stepney Green meet ] ng , I coulil not hnvo . besn . at Nuttinghani to do business unlit too late ; audyou must ail bear in mind that , some weeks since , 1 addressel a iettei' to the . Chartists , wot rein I stated , that all engagements pending should give way to the Nottingham election ' ; should that corns , suddenly npon us ; it has come suddenly , and I mu ^ lt redeem uiy pledge . , i : :. ;

      " You are aware the leading Whigs have ente ** ei into a most dii-horrest and inileceht cpmpromiae ^ xiit ' ilr . Walter , whereby to secure themselves from . & \ graco , and to secure the seat of Sir John Cain . K . o' ^ house . They fcava had the damriirrg effrontery ai&f re . fiumption to hand over— in as far as thoir ppwee ; ir' y _ l tUa ^ bole " Liberal" constitusney to the servlca * f L Walter ] .. ' . '¦¦ . ¦ , ¦'¦ - , ¦• . . ;; : ' ; , >¦ : " .. ' ¦; ' ' 41 The electors and non-electors do me the & € »¦ our :. ^ think , Oi' rather to say , that my presence and as / jjg ^ gg will go far in exposing this unheard-of pieca p' ^ political delinquency ; and therefore I feel assured thiit any present at the Stepney meeting , who may faal a momentary di 8 appointment from my absence , v ? ili p ay ^ UQ coursa waai left open to me , but that © S f iBstening to Nottingham , and there taking my stand- ir ( j { j e f joat of the oppositien to united Whiggery a »< f Toryism I start by toe nighf train on this ( Sunday ) evening , td be at my post on Monday morning . .. ¦ ¦•• This explanation will , I trusty pk ld myfull ap 6 . logy for absence . ^ " An *™^ low ^ e to make , a 8 lngle obaervation npoa what should , in my miadv i # ^ iVe your beat cpnsideration while assembled . : ' . " I think that is a damtuti * doctrine of Sir James Graftaa , that a constable has a ; jerfect iight fo constitute himself-judge aa to what cc * titut ^ & [ egal ^^ UDg , or to form bis own opinxoo as * j what seditious language ^™^? tetwy l&ui t ** i ot or breach of the peafco , and that the soundness *? m . ih opini 9 n Is to be tested by ^ tbe subsequent veidustV , a jn , . -. , allow me to make a few observatioef upon this atrocious doctrine ; In such case the tettom X e \ path&cottstable . and hisaat

      requiring * ? etdict oVgtf ¦ & against theaccuBed to make it legal , hasa direct iaf ¦ £# & ^ making for bimself tho slr ^ t posm » < m > , ¦ -. : ¦ But I wiU even put it more forcibly for you .. Snppr se at a Corn Law League meeting , that one of those » \ ood-thirsty incendiwiea , wbo sro uBiBgjiU and every meauS t 01 induce astarving people to fight , that they may run off with the spoils of war . I aay suppose tt » ' . ufee Mr . Tdunton ^ of Coventry , thesa men U 8 s langnsir « which would indeed be sedition , and suppose a cOcsJ' ai , ie should use hia judicial discretion and arrest tair . ; i ask , insufcli ewe , of wcat party would Ui «?» ry « iBBl st who should brytheiaccBsed ? Why > of Corn Lvw v . pealetB , btcourse ; and whe would Jscquit the pnsonr , thongh he should directly incite to acts of blood an * , violence . Bat if the same jury was impanneled to try a Chartist for mnoh ipilder language , they wonld tind him guilty . Thus you see that in the ono cage tie verdict of guilty against a Chartist prisoner

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      would make the constable ' s act perfectly legal , while the verdict of not guUty against a Corn Law Lejguex would make the same act illegal r ^ J "Now herein you have the fact fully established that there is one law for the Corn Law repealers and another Jaw ferjhe Chartists , and farther , you have the reason why the Government will not try the question of legal arrest bjr ia coiost ^ bl . e . igainst a Corn Law repealer- — because they could not get a jury to c&nyict- ; and you may" rest assured that the local authorities ( who were ' — .- ¦ ' ' ¦¦¦¦¦ - ' ¦ ¦! - — ¦ ¦ ' - - ¦!¦¦— - — — ¦ -i ' . ¦ . vr' "¦ " ~ "" —* " -

      the very parties that persecuted / the ChaTtists ) wiu not institute procebdinga against the violent repealers , because they ateiOf themselves ;^ Always bear in mind that many of those who are now so loud in their com . plaints of distress ,. are the gorged leeches wha have sacked labour's blood , and who persecuted me and others for defending its rights . Therefore meet them , battle them , and beat them ; and ere long we will create a public opinion stronger than the law ' s oppression , and a pubUcftjeilhg more powerful than the ipse di&i ( of the minister , of aa oligarchy .

      " Let your niotto be Liberty ; your aim , Union ; your means , the Chaktbr ; aud your « ud , Justice for one aud ail , for the rich and the poor . Join no party in the state , but xeciAye the sUppdrtof alii of all classes who go with you for the Charter and its mine . "Trusting that you . ¦ will express yourselyes boldly as ENGI . 1 SHMEN , ' " but legaUy as Ciiartists , u ^ oii tiis subject ; and that you will ueyor stir one hair ! s breadth out of the straight Chartist tract to follow tho ' falio lights of any , " I am , " You ? faithful friend and servant , ' . . " Feargus O'Conjsob . " The Remonstrance was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . Duffield moved the National . Memorial to the Queen , in on address replete with calm and dtliberate reaBoninc .

      Hit . FARilER seconded the Memorial in a forcible address , which drew down great applause . Mr . Brannon ably supported the Memorial , which was unanimously carried . ¦ , / . ' . ¦ Mr . Frazier moved , and Mr . IttiNGWORTH seconded , a vote of thanks to Dr . Bbwkett , theii' truly liberal and worthy Chairman , which he acknowledged in a neat spaech . The uaual quantity of enthusiastic cheering was given , and the immense assembly quietly dispersed .

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE " NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHARTICS . No . I . I . ADT ALICE IISLE .-T-A liU OF THE LAW , Strict justice on offence , Where men are made bo liable to err , Is cruelty . When Monmouth was defeated , King Jamss sent Jui 3 gc Jeffries to try the rebels . The Jud # e had a military , as well as a judicial commission given him ; and , indeed , his proccediDg . s weie more in consonance with tbe bloody spirit of martial law than with the milder temper of the civil laws . Fear bad made the

      King cruel ; he refused the most pressing solicitations on behalf of : the Duke , and was equ- \ l ! y vindictive upen his followers . He styled Jeffries' bloody assizes his " caBipaign in the westv" and well did . they merit that name . So far from softening the rigour of the law , the zalous Judge stretched it beyond its extremest letter ; not content with punishing the ringleaders , he condemned many of the deluded people , and a train of prisoners ; were marched after hia carriage to grace hia triumph . By this severity he probably expected to please bis royal mft ? ter ; but it is full as probablo that he gratified his own btutal di&pos \ tion . If he intended to strike terror into tho hearts of tlie disaflweted ; he had lost his aim ; for they were moved to iudignatipu by that strongeBt incentive—pity .

      The first victim of Jeffries ( we cannot say of the law , ) was Lady Alica Lislo , an aged widow , whoso husband had been one of Cromwell ' s adherents , and was a Judge under the Protectorship . His property had been secured to her by the indulgent Charles I [ ., and , gTateful for this favour , ehe was a royalist , or at least , neutral . Being an Auaibaptist , tbe bad become acquainted with tfno of the preachers of that sect , named Hicka , who had isubsequent'y joined Monmonth'B army During , that unfoitunate Duke ' s invasion , Lady Alice was rosuling in London ; but after his defeat sho went down to hei own country house in Soutbamptonsbir * . Htlng Ubder tbe necessity of hidliat ; himself for the part which he hud taken in tho rebellion . Hicks , oh her

      arrival , sent to ask leave to shelter himsblf in her house for awhile . She judged that Lia extremity had made him ask this , and , without making any inquiries ,-but prompted merely by her pity for distress , and her respect for him as a preacher , she granted his request . Accordingly , Hiteks , guided by one of hia religious followers , named Dunn , went at night to « . vaU himseif of her Ladyship ' s humane hospitality . A fellow of the name of Barter , of whom they had inquired the way , suspecting some secret motive , betrayed them to a Colonel in the King ' s army ; , who went early next morning , and took them prisoners . Lady Alice Lisle was tried for harbouring Hicks ; there being a statute which adjudges death to any ope found guilty of knov . ii ) gly harbouring a , convicted traitoi-.

      Let us enter the Court and . see the tiial of this Lr , ay , - Judge Jeffries gits upon the judgment-seat , clothe a in a Bcariet robe and * nume tippet , and lookiug as or . owl w . ith the huge wig . in % yhicb his wisdoni is t . pnsud . There is a emirk of malicious conceit playicg ar . out the corners of his mouth ; his hard eyes glowt ith vindictive eafefaetion , and his'Wholo appejaaiicf . aTisWers to the description of the great image of tb / j r . uUiority whose dceus niake angels weep . We sho ^ er as v : e look at him , and turn with sympathy tc behold the poor prisoner who is at the nisvey of ,. Uch a juogo She is plainly dressed as becomea her rf Hgiou 3 peifcuasion , and looks tho respectable old ; lady ^ f those hocdcly times when ladies were their own hr usekeepers , and prided themselves cbitfly on their d ames ' tio economy .

      She wears a black siik sacque or Jon ^ joose body-gown , with while pinners across her breast -ltd a loWrcrowned lwnnet , reeembling those worn by ' •¦ . quiet qtUtk ^ reBaes . ' a Hur handa are ofeaped upon he ? hjeast , and shp sit with resigned composure aB -tk » B ^ she were ih -a ' place of worship . . She .-is- , to be t « e ^ for what ? Let us hear tie indictraent—the & jc of the Court drawls ifc out with a uiechanical toiie \ it charges her that not haviag the fear of G « d before her eyes , but being instigatsd by taa devil , ahe ¦ kad -withdrawn her aUegiiance Ss-jr n trie King , and with r . ll her might and Ji ; flu 6 E 3 » ' nad striven to raiee a

      robollion against him , to fluhv rfc ^ e government , to deprive him cf his crown and , 4 * , j tyi apci to put ; him to death . Horrible accusatione ,, jf i (| (] eliv £ ? red sgaiust , her v , ith terrible solemnity . •[* jOr old woman l ' thfere sfce sits , timid by nature unc ; . . . rvoua fcy ; ige—gentle in uisposition and charitable ; b y religion—fliter to fondle babes than lead rebels fcsi the slaughtsr of a kfug and the destruction of hia 7 xing ( iom . A lawyer wil 1 say , these are mere words ,, o c" coursa , net intended to signify auything . lt ' --. mstf be so . feut wcy then are they Uttered , and with suctj , s- ' , } emQ formality too ? Such l > o-play is enough to fri ^ r ten a poor prisoner into fits , and to impose upon t . h * judement of the jurors . The imiiiirf

      - . jate charge to whi « h the lady will be required i « uia 3 i& aniwee la , thai she had secretly , wickedly , ff ^ tiaitc . rouaVy . given meat and drink to John His * 3 weji bnovring . liitn- to ba a false traitor . When : y ) ^ jf 8 ae v : as guilLv of high treason , she truly s ^ ai' ; «« uo . "' And w ' heri-usk ;\ l how she would be tned ; , *? , : vnjniy said , "By God- and her conn try . " Th . eg-1 * . a ( j already acquitttd lier , for who that teaCs his Bi ^ ia but knows that she tveuld be rewarded in & « & en for what she had '' one ; and wbp , thiit has a 6 p 3 sf cience on earth , but fcele that sha dessrved such ~ J kr aid . The Iftw termed her humanity ,.., wickedness—^ ^ ns see the humanity of tho law . " Cfod stncl thee a 1 jod deUverarice , " eajs the Clerk . Dadiel was delivtrcd out of tbe lion ' s den , but Lady Lisle is in a com fc

      of law surrounded by lawyers . The jurors have been sworn ; aud look like men convened on a repugnant duty . The spectators are awed by the panoply of justice and tho terrible show of lawyers , and listen with deep but silent interest ; Hush ! the prisoner speaks . With the dim look and treumUus voice of aga , the says 8 ho if ) hard of hearing , and desires that Boms one rriay stand beside her to tell her what is said ; iterrequsat is grantetf . The counsel for the king opecs the case ; had be been a , map , one look at the infirm eld lady , arraigned for her hUHiauity , would have caused him to fling down his brief ; but he waa a lawyer , and he he

      aggravated her case as n . uch as ^ could . He said that she was the widb % of a rebel , and that Hicks had been one of the moat active instruments in the late rebellion He was interrupted by the : prisoner , / who Eaid With honest warmth that gave energy to hsr feeble voice , " My Lord , I abhorred that rebellion . '' And indeed she had cause , for her son had fallen while fighting for the King . Jeffries immediately stopped her . Without giving her her usual title , he said bluntly , * ' Loefc you , Mrs . Lisle , you shall be heard when it comes to your tarn . " He ¦ . ^ went on to ^ inform her of the nBual method of proceeding , and told her witb a sneer , that ahe need hot fear but justice would be done to hen ' ¦

      Dunn waa the first withess called against her . Jeffries bad been previously informed that he , would be a very unwilling witness , and therefore he began an extra-jadicial charge to him , in order to frighten him into compliance with h ! a purposes . As Dunn was the messenger sent by Hicks to ask Lady Lisie ' s leave for him to harbour in her honse , he was the most iiupprtant and indeed the only Witness whose testimony could convict her of knowing that Hicks was a proclaimed traitor , and therefore , Jeffries took especial pains t 6 (?«» him upon thlft SU ^ jeil ; for upon her pre-Tious knowledge of Hicks' guiltj depended her criminality in h ' arbonrlng him . But' Bonn wis not to be

      dunned out ¦ of bis integiity . Partly out cf religious reverence for Hicka , who was Ms spiritual pastor , and partly out of regard to the hospitable old Lady , Dunn was resolved to say no more than he Could help . Thinking tbat ^ unn ' a puritanical principles might make him ^ BUperslitious ; Jeffries , after vaiaiy attempting to frighten him by tbreata of bbdHy punishmunt , began to itify what inflnence threats ; upon his bou ! would have . He told him that he wanted" Jtlie truth Bgainst the Lady , not lies in her fiitfour ^ -lie wanted no " Hicknying , " he said , he pondered that God had not struck such a gross preTOiicator into hell . The witbeia iein ^ inedr firm , and Jeffries hoping that if the prisoner spoke to him ehe might isconsciously commit

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      herself , asked her if she had any questions to put to Dann , bat Bhe k'eplied in the negative . Earaged at his disappeintment , he told her , she waa no doubt glad that Dann had sworn to the : truth of a lie in her behalf . Again be assailed Dunn , abused him personally , and ridiculed his religion , bufrall in vain . Barter was now called ; This was an ignorant fellow , who was pleased With his impprtance ou being made a witness , and proud of being aaked questions by a Jndge , He would have told anythsag , bat he hsa notbiDij to tell , ; except that he had baen laughed at , fo r ^ like Ssrub in the play , he fancied that those who laughed , were laughing at him , Pieased with the fellow for affording him this slight clue , Jeffries readily laid hold of it , and , turning to Dunn , asked him what

      they were talking about when they laughed . Dann said he did not know ; whereupon the Judge conjured him by all that is saoteii to tell the truth , arid denouacod the moat dreadful effects of the DiviEe vengeance upon him , if he did not tell it , sucUienly concladinghis long string of oblesfations by quicklj' asking him- —What was the business that he and the lady were talking about when tbey laughsd ? " I caniiot give ah acconnt of It * - ' : my lord , ' - was the steady answer of the impenetrable Dun : ! .- The Lord Chief Justice leaned back in his seat , and wiped tLe sweat off hia brow , utiering at the same tinid tVesp broken exclaaiii ^ tions —| f Oh , blessed God— -was ; . there evtr , such , a villain on the f ; ice of the tartli ?—io what tiiaes are we reserved !"—Then , sharply turning , to the witness , be

      asked him if ha believed in God ? Dunn implied in the affirmative , and the Judge proceeded— " Dost thou , then , believe ' that He caa . endure a lie!—that he knows thy thoughts—that He could . 6 ii > k ; thee to hell this m \> m « nt ?« . a lie ? " Tto' w . Vtr . fess aefetatd movud by these solemn inquirivs . Ha : looked down , and shuffled hia feet . - Jtffriisperc * Wed the impression ttMcu he had nwie , ami , with a cocsumm > , tt ) artifice , began to eoothe and cbas him . " Fntind , " said he , in an encpiiwging fcpne , deceive not thyself , " &c , : Dunn hislil Ms ; bead aside , as if he was coaskierirg . Jeffries recapitulated ailthatliadbeenfiftiil by himseif aud the other witnesses , and . charged him with tha evidence test had akeady appeared , in dt&ur to fores nicr *) forth ; but ia vain . TDunn kept silence . Jt-Sries then tried to . in .-

      fiame the minds of the spectatoxa in Uis cou | t , representing Dunn as cm caiows charactet , ansl hiiitiiig that he would-find no mercy here nur hsvfcSfttr for I . ii 3 obstinacy . He appealed to Heaven against him , and invoked its condemnation : upon him ; and then , in a eolbyin tone , tequiied him , in G . > d ' a raiue , to t = U tha truth . The witness was ¦ : perplexed , and ; k ' uew ntit what to aay . " Good God ! " fcxclaimed Jdlries , "was tfaere . ever ' such an impudent rascal . '" H » , then insinuated that his silecce would do the laiyhnrm , for , he skid , ifc was . enough to convict ht-r . X > ucn eaid he dirt not wish tO f& 70 Ur h ? r . fl Then , fiivoui- thy o ? m sguJ , " said the Judge ; and , with an air at fneuclly condescension , - he told him , '' You iboulii no ^ iava asked me the question twice : I would have told you

      without being obhged to tell ; but you - ' hivebeen aworn , and yet' you will not . spw-. k . " The witries ? -, ; , liiore eoftened by these / mild cx ) Jr £ Siiioiis than by' thrusts : said , ' Ask me again , " a :: dl wiil arawer . " JiffiiiS Ki ' -v" the fdvouyafcle impressiun be bad made , aiiti wisl : ful not to Uke advantage of it tso preniaturely , heendeavoured to strengthenit . ' Bsfore fce put the question he premised that > ifc was out fofa tender regard to CuiUi ' B ' soul , that he wished him to speak truth , . and not from any deaire to hear the ' : prisoner criminated by itj aui thea ssked . him the question in a persuasive tone . Dunn said ' soleinnly and sincerely that all the ? ady had a % kod him was , whether ho kpewth : ( tJR : cks was a Noncoaformisfc This was iiot the answer that Jeffries espected , and , exasperates by what , he considt-red nil evasion , he told some one to bold a candle rieur Dunn ' s " biszin face , " in the hape of iliEcoucerting him > bo aa that ho should say , not tv bat was true , for ha had

      already said that , but what Jeffries-, wunte . il him tatay . Here let us gause a moment . . ; . : Surely a . Jv . agex > agfat calaiiy to deliberate upon fact 3 elicited by counsel from witnesses ,.- ' - and not endeavour to extort evidence in prpjudicQ of the prssontr . If h » act us a counsel at all , it should be as couhsd in favcur of the prisonen In cases' of file worst criiucs ; and where the evideneo is . direct , ha cught to leMi to the > favourable * aide , niuch n < 6 to eo in intte ^ destructive points of law . What shall we say cf Jc-firies . who used every nrtiftce 'which his superior knowledge of humauuaturo dictated ti > bi ni , t ? intimiiiate , to vrheedle , er to fascinate a witiitss into f ;>! se ttstiwOny , in order to convict an innocent aud charitable old laiiy ? It is a wondtr that any witness can ba brought to attend : in court , for ho is biow-bsat by counsel , and stands , as it were , in o ' pil-ory , to be ptlted &S by tha ; " tulltts OS the brain . " \ ( To'beconcludedin out next . )

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      From tho London Gazette of Friday < , July 1 $ BANKRUPaS . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ Bichard Cooper Gray and Hanry Tvimbey Gray ^ toBveao ' r-place and Maiine-pUce , Commercial-Toad , ' East , and tipper Stamfurd-rtr «; et , Blackfriai's-road , rope-makers , to surreucler , Aug . 5 , Sept . 9 , ut twelve o ' clock ' , at the Barkrupfs Court . Solicitor , Mr Churcb , SpitaV-square ; cfiicial assignee , Mr . Keleher . ThOUiaa fieUtOIl Wood ,-:: Riueiiigh-rokd . Pimlico , eugineei . Attg . 8 , at twelve o ' clock ,--Sept ..-. 9 , at two * at the Baiikrupt's Court . Soiicitor , Mr . Holraer , Bridge ^ atve « t ,. SouthWi ' . tk , ; cfiicial aligned , il ' r . Tas :-! quand / Capthali ^ uiWmgs ; ;;_

      _ William Wuod , Pick&t-street-ekatubers , Strand , Aogv 10 , at two . o ' clock , Sept . 9 , at . twelve , at tbe Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Columbine , Carlton-chambors , Jiegent-streat ; . cfiicial ussignee , Mr . Groom , Abcburch- )» ne . : Thomas ehapinat , Tottenham-ccurt-road and Kentisbtown , 4 airy » Ran , Aug . 10 , at cce o ' clock , Srpt . 9 , at eleven , at- the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitors ,, aiesara . Rutter and Trotter , Eiy-place , Hoiborn ; dSaial assignee , Mr . Gr-i ; om ,. Abchurch-iane , '

      Charios King , Joseph Sanaell , und David Henry Kingj Berner ' s-street , Oxford-strefct . paper- tainersi Aug . i' 2 , at eleven o ' clock , Sept . 9 , « t one , at the Ba-krup fs ' Court . ' Sulicitor . VMr . Dyer , Ely-place ; fffioial assignee , Mr . Edv » ard'o , FjeUerick ^ -place , Old Jewry . Henry Westwood , Wolverhatupton , steeljnrd-maker , Aug . 17 , at three o ' clock , Sept . 9 , at one , at the iSwaa Inn , V / olveyhamuton . Solicitors , Messrs . VVrigf-t and Smitbi -Golden-squr-re ; and Messrs . -Manty anci Sawfeaford , WolyeiharnptOH . Samiiel ; Seiiglty , Dudley , Worcestershire , grceer , Aug . 17 , Sept :-9 , at eleven o'clock ^ at tlie S a an Hotel , WplverhamptOE . -SolicHvira , . !•!? . Johnson , Ycrulam' buildings , Gray ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Rjbiu ' . 'on and Fletcher , ' Dudley * . .- : " ¦¦ - : - ' ¦ ' - ' * . ' ; .:. ¦ .

      Tbont » s Claske , Rugby , Warwic&sbire , merosr , Aug . 17 , SQi ) tt 9 , at eleven o " clD £ K , at the Sprei < 1 Ei ^ la Hotel , Kugby . Solicitors , Messrs . Auste ' n . ' aii 1 Hobson , R ijivLond-builditsgs , Gray ' -inn ; a ^ 'MVsVrs . Bean , Ri : gby . ' '" . " : ' ¦• ' .. ¦' ¦" . ' '¦' : ' ' '¦ : ;' - . . ¦ ' . ¦'•¦ . - - V / illiain Stone and Raierfe B ! uke , Brlttot .. tailors , ¦ Aagi .-o , Sspt . 9 ; atH o ' clock , at the CoT ) i ^ rerc . a ! -rooma , Bristui . Solicitovs , Messrs . Gregory ant ; Soui , Ciement'Sr lcn ; and Messrs . V / illiiiUB uud Birkw , ^ . u ^ ol . James Fitton , BoItpn-le-Moors , Iancasairo , BTU 21 It ? : no dealfii " , Aug . 23 , Sept . & , at -teu o ' cjocZ , at tha iSwan lan ' i BoIton-le-Mcore . SqUcuom , « : ? ssv-s . Chiltoa and ' Auckland , Chancery-laue ; and Mr . \ HJlton A Buiton-le-Mcors . - ;• ¦ ' :

      'Cuaries Lewis Wrenshalii Liverpool .: dealer i music , Aug . 9 ; SSept . 9 , atouCX ) c ' ock , " . ' at the Ciaii-r . doii-rooms , tiyerpaol ,. Solicitors , Messrs , Ciurke' hthV Mttcalfe , Liiic 6 ! n ; sinn-iields j and Messra . J < j :: ts and Wiiliiaia , Liverpool . ¦ ¦ . '¦"¦' . Jaiuos "Wiitsofi , sen . v and J . imcs Wr . t-ion , jsn ., TVatllupon : i > oaT 2 ie , YoiJiKhire , common-bri ' svfra . Axis ; . 10 , Sdp . 9 , at twelve : o ' clock , at . tho Town-ball ; aiiffiold . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher ,- and ' fifudloff ,, Chancwy-lane ; and Mr . Shackleton , Lewis .

      JonBthan Skelton . Gainsborough ; Lincolnshire , miller , Auj . 8 , Sept . 9 ; at eleven o ' clcck , at the White Hart Inn , -jEs ' st .-Jfiefcfory , ¦ ¦ N 6 iinzb 3 iir . iUir& ¦ Solicitors , Messrs . Shearmau andEyansj Gray 8 Tinn > squ £ xe ; and JVlr . feparr ; Gainsborough / y . ' / . ' " . ¦ ' .-. : ' Francis and Edward Attbur > Binnin ^' tiaii ! , coacixinakers , Aug . 8 ; Sspk . 9 , at one o ' clcc " t , " . iit tl : ^ Waterloo-rooms / Euraingteai . Solicitors , Mr . StaEFordi Buckinghamstreet , Strand- ' . ; - , and Mr . Harding , Birmingham . .- ' ' . ¦ "" ¦' / ¦;¦' ¦ ' .. ¦ -. ' . - ' . . '¦ ' : .- ' ¦ •'¦ ¦

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED ^ Catlow ; and Smith , Coliie , Labcashirs , ci > tton-inanufacturers . T . Livesey and Co ., Ailxrisgtoa and Alanchester , coaliDaitars . C . and J Hatfersley , Suefileld , spindle ^ manufacturerB . Boyes , Burrell and Co ., Xiverppol ,, ship-brokeia . P . Taylor and Co ., Cliadderton and Blanchesterj nax-spinuars ; aa far as regards J Taylor . ' , ¦ '¦' " " '¦ •'¦ - . ¦" .,: ; . . : ¦; , > - '; - :- "' ~ - '• \ -: V . -- ; . ' .- ; ; .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug . 2 . ¦ " ¦ . ' _ '¦¦ : '¦¦ ¦ ' BANKR 0 PTSi- " ; . .. ; ,, ' ... ¦' ¦ : . . John Iyery , t > tiUdes , H > gh Wycombe , Buckinshamshire , to turrenderi Aug . ll , at half-past two , ; and Sept . 13 ; at elevenj at the Court of Bankiuptcy * Mr . Alsager , Birchin-iaue > cfiicial assignee ; Solicitor , ' . Mr . ABhiey , Shereaitob . ; . ' : ; . ' : . ¦; . ' Henry John- Watkinsen , cardmektr , Hightown , Yorkshice , Aug . 2 , and Sept . 13 , at tsri , at ths Oeorjge Hotel , Huddersfleld . Soiicitors , Messrs ; Battye , Fisher , and Sudlow , C ! hanceiy-lane , London ; Mr . Higliam , BrighoEse . Yorkshire . ; ' . ¦ ¦ ' - .- /' - ¦; , ; i ' .-: " : ; : ' •' - ¦ : . ' : ¦ ' " -v ¦¦ CtoxlesBinuley and FranciB Copland ; coach makers , Birmingham ; A ' ug . 19 , and ^ Sept . 13 . at the Waterloorooms , Birmlijgham . SoHcitpi , Mr . Alexantier , Soutb .-atreet , rinsoury-square , Jiiddiesex

      Thomas Collet and Joseph Smith , cotton-spinners , 08 sett , Torkshire , Auf . 12 , and Sept . 13 , at twelvei at the Gcniciissioticis ' -Tooais , Lseds . Sulicltors , Mr . Hampsori , ManchestOT ; Messrs . Adllngtoa , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row , LoadoQ . ; William Wat J , plumber , Manchester , &j * 3 ' 2 J , andl Sept . 131 &t ten , at the Conimisfllou « irs * -raonis , Manchester . Solicitor , Mr . HadSeld , Msnchestsr Messreg ; Johnson , 8 oa and iVeatheraU , King ' s ' Bench- waiSj . Temp ' e , London . ; -y .. ^ '¦ ¦ :. . -: ' : ; : ¦ : ' " : •¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ - ' : ' ' ; :. . - o' ' : Henry Hiion , bleacher , Ovor Darwen , Lmcashire , Angi 23 , at three , and Sfept 13 , at eleven , at the CommisBioneTS ' -tooms ; Swan Inn , Bolton-le-Moont Solicitors , Messrs ; Milne , Parry , > JUue , aaa Morris ^ Temple , London ; M ^ ssr ? . Neville , Ainawcrttk , and Beardsworth , Blackburn . : \

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      GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT STEPNEY GREEN . On Monday evening , placards havirjg been widely distributed announcing the attendance of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the assemblage at the open air meeting on Stepney Green was unusually large ; at one period not Ies 3 than ten or twelve thousand persons were present . exclusive of the immense number of casual listeners . Dr . B ^ wkciU having been unanimously called to the cfiair , opened the proceedings in a very excellent address , alluding , in feeling terms , to the distress exi * tiog in tits country . Thty were met not for the rurposa

      of riot or tumult , but to a ? k and consider the important question , Why Englishmen should be starving in tbe land of their birth ; why the industrious popular tion of the land had not harpy and comfortable homes ; and wkat waa the cause which deprived them of thy means of cbtaining a livelihood ? The various speakers would layhtfore them a remedy for this disastrous condition of nffaira ; and he trusted they would give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing ami allow of fall and free discussion , Mr . SUav . moved the first resolution : —

      " Tnat it ia the opinion of this meeting that class legislation is the sole cause of the present unparalleled distrtss now so prevaknt anionpjst the vrprkiiig and tracing classes of this country , and there is no hope of areelioration until the People's Charter beconie tho law of the land . " The question had often been asked him , why . the early reformers were not now in the ranks of the Chartists ? It was class itgiaJ&Uon -whicn hindered them from makinq their appearance . Ho recollected some years Bince listening to Mr . Clay , now Sir William Clay , from a hustings etectod on that same green , who then stated that he was one of the people : that he had

      nothing to do with tha taxes but to pay them ; that his purse , his heart , his every energy should be devoted to the interests of the people ; and that if chosen to be their representative , he should ever be active in the performance of his duty tt > them . Why was iiot Sir William and their other misreyresentative at that meeting ? It was class lfcgidation that kept thtm away Tbeir faces were now never seen by tho working ait-n , save when tti&y had a favour to ask . Let them abolish this bad legislation , and they could elect meu who would be firca to their interest , b&cause they would have no interest in betraying them ; and happiness and prosperity would be the result .

      Mr . Fba 21 Ett seconded the resolution . When they visited a menagerie , the showman always introduced them to hia small fry befsre he showed to thein tho rarer specimens of his collection ; and it wonld ill become him as one of the small fry , to take upon him the roaring of one of the nobler animals ; tat as MlowworkiDg men he would ask them whether they were content to be looked upon as mere animal machines for the creation of national wealth—mew slaves to create individual capital as serfs to the soil , on whose shoulders others were to climb to wealth and power , as ladders by which their callous-hearted oppressors rose to rfflaence ; and when they attained tho summit of their power they kicked down the ladder by which they had risen as so much useless lumber ? They spit upon and spurned those men without whose aid they would ever have remained in insignificance and obscurity TMs was the way in which the factions had ever treated them . He did not boast of superior

      intelligence ; he had halloed and bawled as load as any man in the cause of these so-called liberal men , thoughtless while be listened to their flattering tale of the enlightenment and liberality of tbe working classes , that he was , Hke the CWW in the fable , ailowing the bread and cheese to drop from hia mouth into the clutches of these hypocritical flatterer * . Bnfc a new epoch had arisen in the history of the working classes ; they were no longer to be chained to the cbariot-vneels of those who had enslaved them—they had set np in business for themselves . It was a glorious sight to see the giant labour taking np his true position—to see the scales of ignorance and prejudice dropping from hia eyta , and the shackles of tyranny , which bo long bad boand hia muscular body , snapping before the exertion of hit newly awakened energies—to see him shake off tbe vermin which had so long preyed upon and disfigured hia beanteims frame . The vermin shake and tremble ! they efiferhjm anything $ o retain tbeir

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct442/page/7/