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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE WATKINS ' TESTIMONIAL FUND . " cause of Chartism to too pure and too holy to be be trifled 'with—its etcnteheon muht be kept free from blots ; no rust mnrt be permitted to eat into its gabstanca ; and if mire be cart upon it * surface it must be instantly cleansed . " Editor of the Northern Star . It 1 j due to yon , my London friends , and to the few good London Chartists , that I should lay before yon a memorial of my Chartist experience during a year ' s trial in the metropolis . * m , n ttttt ? CTTQan 3 TT ! T ? T > Q Tf \ mtrta rw > . „ . » .-,., ~ .

      My visit to London was occasioned by the death of a talented friend , whose affairs I had been requested to arrange for the benefit of his widow and orphans . In the mean time time , I took every opportunity of becoinjj ,- acquainted with town Chartism , which truth obliges m « to « ay I found to be a hot-bed plant , more like a waed than a flower , and as perfectly in contrast with the besltby , hardy Chartism of the country as a British o&k it to the ivy that clasps round it , to sack its heart ont . At first I had been led by showy appearances to think that the men were far behind the leaders ; bnt further insight enabled me to form a truer estimate .

      Tee unadulterated Chartism of the country was illrdished by the sophisticated palates of specious and spurious Cockney Chartism : they manifested a dislike or dread of it , and a jealousy of its advocates . This Vitiated taste of theirs was the mainspring of the New Move , which indeed was nothing more than a recoil back to the old more of Whis-Radicalism . The political Jews of the Globe in Shoe-lane were to be reinstated as the leaders of the people , in order that they siigl . t hang like drawbacks upon the cause—the star of Chartism waa to mike a retrogade motion . But never will sound principle rise to the ascendant in London ; never will it tmly progress until these old things are done away , and all things become new .

      Compelled to be my own publisher and my own bookseller ( for my drama of " John FroBt ' "was uot only rejected by those who call themselves Chartist booksellers but was also denounced by them ) , I was called opon by certain men of London to oppose the usurping , monopolizing , and tyrannical trade-league , whose members , though known to be mere traffickers in politics , bad been ungrudgingly supported until they shewed themselves to be traitors also . God Almighty never intended me te be a bookseller , and God knows I never intended it myself . Feargus O Conner told me truly tJiat I was not fit for a shopkeeper ; int I was ready to » erince my feelings and ts make a large pecuniary sacrifice . I was willing to humble myself and to srffer whatever might serve the cause for the cause sake .

      There was no ether method than the one I took to exterminate the " London ruffians , " as O'Brien truly termed them , and I have every reason to believe that it wonld have proved successful bad I been backed by the press ; but the light of its countenance was unexpectedly withheld from me ; it unexpectedly shone on tie League , and I was left to the mercy of the rude foes wfcoec- ¦ wrath was of tfeat cruel kind which springs from fear . The only resource available to Hie , whether for attack or defence , was to lecture at the localities . Accordingly I preached to the City of London Chartists and to the men of Marylebone , the sermon from the fcxt , " In penis among false brethren , " which wm received with votes of tfeanks and a request for its publication . I was by several challenged to discussion , and although every attempt had been

      made to prejudge the question , and to prejadice the minds of the people , a very large majority declared that all the charges in the sermons were tiu ' . hs—that all kad been proved . Thus does an appeal to the people in public ever decide a case in favour of honesty against private intrigue and corruption . Baffled in every subsequent repeated public effort to discreo . it the sermon , or its anihor , the detected and exasperated league next resorted to private means ( and in these tbey were more successful ) to destroy the little business I had , to ruin my reputation if possible , to blast my character , and to drive m © back to the country . ' Every vile articce was employed to accomplish this , and here my assailants had a decided advantage over me , because their mode of warfare was of a nature too disgusting iot me to retaliate . In reference to this part of my subject , I may say with

      Byron" From maghty wrongs to paltry perfidy , Have I not seen what human things could do ? From the loud roar of foaming calumny , To the small whisper of the paltry few , And subtler venom of the reptile crew , The Jarns glance of whose significant eye , Learning to lie with silence would seem true , And without utterance save the shrug or sigh , Deal round to happy fools its speechless obloquy ^ Mealy-mouthed spies were sent into my shop to entrap me , and mnltif&ced emissaries into the localities

      favourable to me to warp them . The most insidious enemy of the working-men waa induced to dispatch me in two successive numbers of his weekly paper ; bnt chtcked by some remains of conscience , or cf compunction , be could not do it without paying me the greatest compliment ever yet paid to man , if we consider that , at the very time he was paying me this compliment , he had been employed to abuse me . My name was placarded on the walls of London as the " dagger and baiter Chartist "—and in Scotland an iil-breivcd wind blew it about tfcai I was a " second Robespierre . "

      Confining strictly within honooraelc beunds my opposition to the rogues and fools who environed mewho vilified me for virtue and hated me tor honesty—• unsupported save by my own oonvictiens ef righthaving no weapon but truth—no armour but justiceno shield but patience—no ally but hope—fighting for the cause , net for myself—mUuiiderstood and misrepresented , it could not be that 1 co-old hold out longyet I retired , rather than retreated and may boast with

      Corioianus"If you have writ your annals tine , 'tis there Thit like an eagle m a dovecot , Flutter ed your tockneys in their capital : Alone I did it . " But a hard winter was approaching ( 18 * 1 ) , and my day and night labours in the cause had greatly impaired my health . Tae same cause which had led to my exile frcm . Aislfcby Hall" Where I had known the sweeia of luscious plenty Had slept with sweet content about my bead , And never waked but to a joyful morning , " that sarne cause , namely my strict adherence to principle , row doomed me to the destitution of the poet Savsee in London , such as few , "having been otherwise , " ever encured : — " I to bear this , "Who never knsw but better was some burthen , "

      Yet it will not be paid that my tongue cr my pen , my voice or my hard was ever wanting to the cause which I Hi . ' } cherished cs the bird in mj bosom—to tfcnt Chsrtsm which is dearer than his heart ' s blood to every true Briton . A generous foe will not pursue vengeance f urtler thm ruin if so far ; but the urglulted and gloating malice of my sktk an . } fat defareers and destreycrs pursued me like s sleuth-hound , and not coi-tent with my ruin—cot Eatiated with the wretchedness that followed it , they vindictively strove to prevent me from finding a hovel to house my head in , a place to rest my foot on . Yea , their remorseless spite pursued me in sickness to the very vdge of the grave , and bad I died a martyr ' s death my tomb would not have been sacred from their slanderous bite . But thank God . ' n&t the Bufferings of myself , nor cf those dearer to me than self and entirely dependant npLn me—and here I would a > £ , what bsti they cone ?—Day , what had I ( Joce?—what bcyrible crime had I coirimitted ? Tbank God , I say ,

      not r : 53 pcintnier . t , ncr difficulty , ncr distress , nor disgrace ,- ( -which is to me the wortt distress ) nor death itself—though I , my wife , and little child were severally threatened by it Not all , not anything has been , or ev ? r s ! aU be able to Btifl > .- my voluntary love for the cause— for the Charter , wfeieb is my amulet , ray crucifix . True it is thai far lets persecution than I have endured iXTirt mark ! this perfection came not from Whigs or Tories , but from professing Chartistsi far Ies 3 provocation has srfficed to tun ; the hearts of many Chartistshas ita'Je many renounce even Chartism itse ' if ; for can we consistently foster in our own body those "wrongs ard grit-r ^ rces "whi cn we ¦ wiEh ta eradicate from the comTTUui ' -y at Isrce ? Eat I know that tlds lamentable state of thirsrs is owicg to the irfiuence of the cursed sy ? t- m whieh haf crept even into our csuse , and which noihire tat the practice ! operation of our cause C 3 n curt ; therefore , I cling ail the closer to Chartism resolved lite the true patriarch to wrestie with the aneel till it bless me .

      TYhy am I a Chartist ? Kot merely because I am a slave EtrcEgiing for freedcin , but ttczuse the preEsnt Ejsuin makes kcaves tnd feels cf rich , the arbiters * f the Lonest and talented if poor—because those who tave no strength and skill of their o- ~ n can make a profit of the strength and skill c-f others—because booksellers have still the power , as formerly , to Etarve an O' . Trry , a Chatteitcn , cr a Goldsmith , while all the ¦» h : le they are nuking a fortune by the tale of tkeir piife-e d aid pirated works—ctd if a m 3 n of genius be too independent to cringe to them , or too honest to become the servile tool of their venality , these Worthless wretches can combine and crush him—they can shut out tvtry cbzxce < ~ f obtaining a livelihood * rera bin , and then spent of his sordid woes with sneering pity , or with scornful exultation . Alas ' . * hst Epums must " patient merit of the unworthy kie . " " How Iocs . Oh Lord ! how long" !

      I htve spoken of njy sufferings in the cause , but whit Lave i tuftred in comparison with a Ho . berry , " * ho had no friends but felons—no one to close his djing eyfcg ^ j ichuman turnkeys—who pined like a woodland dove in his cell , loathing the food which he could cot eat in freedom—wh » weEt delirious before be died ;_ , „ £ ^^ p ^ j no 7 f Mff = Iing !_ torments « a- sfccUa not io much as be known are his portion ! —Thai is tot Pedcie tufftring ?—alas ! the most sin-*^ 6 * tee E : oj > ic earnest are made to inSer most , while Jjw gabs that canker the blossoms , the caterpillars ^~* tit the green leavea of Freedom ' s tree aa fast & 3 »« fcy Ft : f ^ r . h , these are priistd , supported , Kn-CGfir -ttd—iiese are fLt by the very vill ^ uy that Ett » T ..- tbe hcrett Ihere is too much cf the viie sjttean in ail this—too much of worldly-minded Chartim —te "Bho has any philo&cpLy in him , who kno-svs srytlirg ateut cecks ^ eu effrcts most tcow that all ttis mcEtbe alttred . mutt te co . re ^ e ' . ed , tefcre aDy Booa on be done .

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      1 cordially respond to thone sentiments of Mr . Hill , which I have placed as a motto at the head of this paper , and I would call upon all Chartists to make them the substance of a resolution to be passed in every locality of our association . Let not impartial posterity when reviewing the history of our cause , have to say of us that we were made the dupes of tbe designing—that hoary-beaded knaves , grown grey with Iniquity—the mean , the mercenary—dirty traffickers in politics , filthy lovers of lacr «—men who would at any time desert tbe cause , betray it and join our enemies for a penny more advantage—let it not be said that we countenaneed such scoundrels as these and suffered them to prejudice us against the upright who were pining in neglect and _ .. __ __ _

      obscurity , grieving not so much for themselves , as for the cause in the bands of such harpies—alas 1 how uudiscrimina ^ ing we cave been—bow nojust to the noble minds who are suffering for us in exile and in prison , and at a time too when thousands of our fellow-conntrymen were impelled bydespair to present their caked breasts to the bayonets of infantry—their defenceless heads to the swords of cavalry—without arms and without shields , and with no sottndB to inspire them but the shrieks of their wives and children to rush on well-armed and well-trained bands frantic ! Is this a time to suffer buyers and sel . ers , and money-changers to set up their trafficking tables in the very temple of our most holy cause ? Shall we not make a whip of small cords , a whip of words , and scourge them all out

      I envy not the prosperity of the wicked , who flourish like green bay trees . No ; welcome , thrice welcome poverty to the very lips , privation to the very akin , only let me keep what no misery can take

      away—— " the grace of life , Its comeliness of look that virtue gives , Its port erect with consciousness of truth , Its rich attire of honourable deeds , Its fair respect thats rife on good men ' s tongues . " Yes , keep far from me that prosperity which is the reward of double-dealing lies and deceit , and let me , whaUver I lose , whatever I suffer , " hold fast my integrity , " and my mind shall repose like a lake in a calm summer ' s eve rt fleetieg the heavens , and unruffled for a moment by the midges that fiit athwart its geutle suiface . " Truth hath a quiet breast . " John Watkins . ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      ONTINUATIOX OF AN ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM BEING INTENDED AS A * COMPANION TO DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED "THE PRESENT AGE . "

      we need not enter far in the question of our selfacting and counteracting legislature , which , like Cerberus tne dog cf hell , has three heads , all turned against the people—an hereditary house of Lords supporting an hereditary monarchy , and a House of Commons , ttfe members of which expecting to become lords , supporting both . ' All look up to the Crown with hope—down on the people with contempt Sufficient it ia for the people to know that there is no legislature for themthat in fact there is no legislature at all , for our legislature is a mere confederacy against all good government An ab ; e French writer says , —where a despotic governarch reigns there is bat one criminal—the tyrant on the throne i—yet do we not lift voice or band against the Queen—no , we forgive her for she knows net what

      she does—but the oligarchy that tyrannize in her name , that will not allow us a will , a word of our own , that force , us to obey in spite of reason and humanity—they know what they are doing , on them should our indignation be poured . ' nay cot even them—it is the SYSTEM—we must alter the system—we cannot expect an evil tree to bring forth good fruit , nor a corrupt carcase to breed ought but maggots . It is the abominable , the accursed sjstem—a system that has gone on oppressing the people till now it owns it can oppress them no further—yes , it has reached its height , its cup is full , it is rotten ripe—it owns that nothing more can be wrung from the working classas but tears or bloodand the oppressors are now compelled to confine their additonal taxation to the middle classzs , and

      when they have drained them as dry as they have drained the working classes , they will next tax themselves , and do it to the uttermost farthing ; yea , to the half-farthing ( for bow we are a half-farthing people by reyal proclamation : we were before a farthing people ) , they will support the system to tbe last , for it supports them . Yes , they know that for every shilling which they pay in taxes , they receive pounds back in salaries and sinecures ; for , is there a lucrative office in church or state , in the army , the navy , or the law , that is not held by the aristocracy or their minions ?—nay , are not many offices created purposely ,

      as a pretence for extortions , exactions , and pompous privileges . They say what matters it , so long as the money is » p « nt in the country ? Bat it is not spent in the country ; a great portion of it is spent in other ! countries , in France , Italy , and elsewhere ; and if it , were all spent in tbe country , still it matters , and matters very greatly , by whom it is spent ; who has a ; better right to spend it than the labourer who earns it ? '¦ and if he spend it , he would spend it not in the pomps : and vanities of this wicked world , not in prisons and police , not in naval armaments ; bnt in promoting j our home trade and manufactures , in buying the aeces- ;

      saries ; of life , and in furnishing his home with comfort j and respectability , so that tbe workii g man might ! keep his dearest wish at hone with him—the welfare ! and happiness of his family ; but the aristocracy spend j it to th ^ e dishonour of the country , to the disgrace of themselves , and to the destruction of all virtue , ' , ¦ public and private , most frivolously , most ' . flagitiously they tpend it . Who prefer foreigners to their own countrymen—who are the patrous fef singers , boxers , cock&gbttrs , gamblers , horse i jockeys , and ull other pe * ts cf society—who but the aristocracy , who are thtm selves the greatest pL-sts o * society , and yet they arrogate an txciusife circle as if they alone were the excellent of the earth—they will

      feast on nothing that is common or unclean—nothing that the people can obtain—if any high-priced luxury becomes cfcr . ap , they imaiediateiy lose all relish for itit becomes vulgar in their eyes , Their chief pride is to draw the Una of demarcation as widely as possible between themselves and the plebians—they delight in strong contrasts in those outward distinctions which fortune and adventitious circum&tances give them—nut ia inward worth or real nobility , the nobles of nature are far their superiors in that—but the iystem sets hollow- i hearted knevery above honest worth- Oh , it is a glorious S system !—it works well for them . '—an admirable sys- j tem J What wonder that the aristocracy should extol I it ;—that like pawnbrokers they thould say the very ! distresses of the people are aa evidence of tbeir prosper ] ity ( of their own they mean ) ; that the more the :

      national debt increases the more the cou try is enriched—( themselves they mean . ) What wo ; der that in accordance with these opinions they should plnngu the broken-hearted people into deeper distress , and lay heavier londs on the broken-backtd country—what wonder that they should charge all those who murmur at this state of things , who are discontented ¦ witn , or disaffected to , the present By ? tem , that they should brand all patriots and philanthropists , all tiue noblemen as iediiious , rebellious , and treasonable , as men instigated by the devil—what wonder that they i-houVl take pains , that they should go to some expetce—that they should subscribe to have these doctrines t ? . ughx at schools , in churches , in theatres— that magistrates , that judgss , that peers in Parliament should etforce them , and that the weekly and d ^ ily pTess should be bribed to reprint and impress them on our minds , till

      duped , deluded , enslaved , "we become the ready , the unwitting victims of the av . 'tfice and ambition cf our rulers , who , when they Lave stripped us of all that is necessary for the well-being of soul and body—when they have maddened us by misery—send their police menio butcher us , while all the while they themselves are parading the wealth which they have "winug fir > m us , displaying their . ' ¦ poll , are most insolently , most impudently , rcaking an exhibition of their pride , and hardheartedn ; ss , their very exaltation , like Nero , who could find no time so appropriate for fiddling as when the people of Rome were perishing in the filmed , which he had kindled , though be charged it on them , jujst as our aristocracy say that the famin- in the land is caused by the discontent of the people , and as a jndgicint from Heaven ui ' on them . But let us enter further into the sjbttiii . f To he continued )

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      other , all are familiar , all . are free . Ik was no d mcult matter for Richard to get to speak to Rachel , nor waa it mots difficult for him to make her beliore tb » t he loved her . How reidythe young heart is to deceive itself ! No wonder It should » o easily be deceived by another J Innocence credits all that love says—It is far too credulous . All the time that Richard could spare he spent with Rachel , for his time passed most pleasantly when passed with her ; he enjoyed himself most when In her company . He walked with her tbe woodland walks ; he dauced with her la the booths at the fair ; and be sat np -with her at home , according to that most dangerous custom of the country . She seemed th « dearest thing on earth to him , and he was really w > to her . One would have thought that he would have laid down his life to save a hair of her head and yet—he did not murder her , bat be did something worse .

      Sha had her father ' s sanction to walk openly with him but not to see him in secret Richard eaid to her * you cannot love me as I lore you , unless you break this hard command . She did break it , and with it her father ' s heart Her mother had often warned her to take care ; but when did prudence and love go together J In sb » rt , Richard was too kind to Rachel , as the phrase goesthat is , he ruined her . Richard ' s crime soon became visible in Rachel ' s misfortune . The sight terrified him ; so much so that ;

      whereas formerly nothing could keep him from her , now nothing could Induce him to go near her . She could not thus fly from herself—in lonely woe she must bear the burthen of their mutual guiit It was strong —be had made her such promises , such protestationsif he could prove false , then never man was true . 'he longed so much to marry her , and now , when no excuse should have served to put it off , any little excuse sufficed—it would not suit his circumstances , his father would be angry—he wished he could , but it was impossible ! 8 he blamed berself more than him . Sne

      thought if she had kept her innocence Bhe might have kept him , for it waB after she had lost that , that she lost him . In losing that , Bhe had lost all her wealth , all her marriage-dowry—she had lost all her charms too , for now he was no longer attracted by her . She had lost all , but had lost it to him , aud therefore he ought to have forgiven her . But he did not , and she could not forgive herself . If he thought so ill of her what must others think ? what must she herself think ? and above all , for that now pressed most painfully upon her

      mind , what would her poor parents think ? What she neTself thought was this—she thought of hiding her diBgraca , of ending her misery in the brook . But conld Bhe hide it from God ? No , and she durst not thus plunge into his presence . She let the consequences which she could not anest , take place . We will not dwell upon the domestic i filet ion caused to her parents by the child of their joy , now taking her baby in her arms , and wandering over the wide world iu quest of charity . Her father threatened , aad the poor broken-spirited . creature swore the oaths .

      The oversears laid a weekly rate of Is . 6 d . upon Itichard for the support of his unfortunate offspring . No more was thought of the matter—Richard had but done what many others do , and by his boasting of it , it shewed that what he had done was a recommendation of him to the world . But he was not altogether satisfied—I do not mean to say that he was dissatisfied with the part which h « kad played , but he did not like being made to pay for it He shewed the order of payment to a friend of his , an attorney , a very rich man , indeed quite a ( gentleman . Now it so happened that this attorney entertained a violent pique against the overseers , because they had done him the very sensible injury of preferring the professional services of another attorney whoso superior

      success in their causes had warranted this preference . He , therefore , not caring though the poor girl should be deprived of her small allowance ao he could plague the parish , opposed the order which the overseers had strved up&n Richard—opposed it at the next quarter session—opposed it on the ground that it was informal —not upon the ground that Richard was not the father , for Richard bad never denied that—but upon more legal grounds—he had found ground whereon to found a quibble , and a quibble is a great point in law . Tbe parishioners , as usual , employed their own lawyer who as usual , was successful in their behalf . Their preference was thus again fairly justified ; but it was not likely that Richard ' s lawyer would be pleased at this . Defeat rendered the law-gambler desperate ; he resolved to move the cause to a higher and more expensive

      tribunal , for the deeper bis revenge the sweeter it would be . That revenge he was not destined to taste . Once more worsted by his able antagonist , he must pay his own eosts , for his client was too poor to pay him , and console himstlf with tbe idea that he had at least given tb : pa-rish a good deal of trouble and put them to a good deal of expence . In the meantime what became of Rachel ? She thought tbat Richard ' s love for her had no pity in it ; that there was no justice in the law ; that a lawyer must be an awful man ; and oick of a world in which she saw nothing for her but injury and injustice —sick of her own deserted , miserable self , she sought heaven and she found it . She died and left her persecutors to live to tbeir own condemnation . She had been tbeir victim , but they were worse victims of their own evil nature . Hera ends the story ot Richard and Rachel .

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      ? M'Cormick was a shopmate of mine , and received seven years' transportation . Knowles is Mr . West ' s brother-in-law ; he received seven years' transportation . Bell received six months' imprisonment ; he has a wife and three children , in Heywood , in great distress . The two Hardmans were shopmates of mine .

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      The rlcentlt discovered process of making oil from lard , appears to ba not only successful , but to promise a new field for enterprise and profit . Ibe establishment of Messrs . Lee and Co ., of Cincinnati , is said to manufacture sixteen barrels every day , which , as it takeB fire ho £ B to a barrel , requires eighty ho £ 3 . This will use up 58 , 400 a-yeat . Death of the Rev , Solomo . v Herscheix . —Died on Monday morning , in the 82 iid year of his age , the Rev . Solomon Herschell , forty years chie f rabbi , and during thai ling period bfloved and respected bj all classes of per ^ n ? , -witljoviv reference to XtV \ gious opinion i

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      Such was the precious document forwarded to the Hull Council for acceptance , and to which Mr . Fit ^ . b . expected an answer in writing . He has got it ! Here it is : —

      " Hull , October 31 st , 1842 . «• g \ r —I am instructed by my brother Chartist Councillors to acknowledge the receipt of yours , of the 27 th instant on the 29 th . relative ' to your acceptance , of Mr .

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      Mr . Beeak iy ' a ( not Beensey ) challenge to a discussion on the Corn Ik > T "« ' and . tostate to you in reply , that when Mr . Beesley . ' challenge was accepted by you , their hope waa , that it iu ^ been done in good faith , and that y « ur purpose , like o nrs « waa t ° try f » irly the merits of the question by a . discussion upon fair and equal terms . They did not ant dpata , from your tone and bearing , that covert shrink , ' ng from the contest which they regret to find manifested i . ° y ° ur letter . " Sir , the purpose of tne Hall Chartists is fair and honourable . Their doctrine upon tha subject of a repeal of the Cora Ia * ' ¦ ' has . been so -often and so fully state * , that they cannot suppose a person whose con . versance with these ani other matters of public debate

      and notoriety may have q aalified for the post of ' Corresponding Secretary of tt l 0 Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , ' to be unacquaintet 1 with it . And as you undertook to controvert that dot 'fine , they were not prepared to find you attempting to substitute for it , as in this letter , an altogether di& « ent matter of diapnte . They do not think tha propa ¦ utions , which you have been pleased to call the ' Condi tions of Dabate , ' to be either just * or 'impartial ; ami they cannot withhold tbe expression of their surprise , that you should have thought so meanly of their jadgroei » t ' as to Barpisa them incapable of perceiving the evidei it attempt to « get away' from " the question , whieh is contained in these ' Conditions of Debate . ' *

      " Sir , the Holl Chartists are not children nor are they to bo treated as such . The * , at least , Jnww tbeir own position ; and however mnch tb « y might be disposed to oblige the Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , ' yet they cannot consent , at his bidding , to abandon that position and take up such an one as he may be pleased to psovide for them . ' ¦ ' . I have already Btated that they consider your ?¦ Conditions of Dabatt ' neither 'jnst nor ' impartial , " and I proceed now to assign their reasons for this opinJon ; and in doing so shall refer to your ' Conditions of Otbate , " not perhaps seriatim , but in each order as they

      seem to be connected with each other . 1 stop not to comment upon the apparent inconsistency of a gentliman's claiming that tbe whole responsibility of this matter should rest exclusively upon himself , while he yet writes in his official character of ' Corresponding Secretary * of a public body , This may be considered a matter of taste ; and I trust that 1 and my brother Chartists shall always have higher objects of attention . *< To your 'ConJitions of Debate , ' therefore , I address myself ; minding little whether they be simply those of Mr . Robert Firth , or of the Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association ; " merely observing tbat I reply not individually , but for myself and my brother councillors by whom I am instructed .

      " To the 4 th , 5 th , 6 th , and 8 th , of your 'Conditions of Debate ' we offer no < ieraur . The 2 nd w « consider so worded aa to admit of much altercation . This we are anxious to avoid . Our desire is that the preliminaries should be short , clear , and simple , that we may coma to the work at once . While , therefore , wo agree with you that each party should have its own chairman , yet seeing that tbe mutual agreement upon an umpire might be difficult , if not impossible , we think it would be more ' just' and more * impartial' to leave the election of umpire to the meeting—letting him be chosan afc the meeting , from tlie meoting . and by the meeting , without any interference from either of the disputants , their chairmen , or their committees .

      "To your 7 th 'Condition of Debate * we have a strong objection . The matter ia one of great public interest and concernment . We are to presume that your object ia seeking this debate is , like our own , simply benevolent —seeking to elicit Truth that it may be useful , and aid the uninformed in the formation of opinion ; so that when Trmh shall be discovered and established its votaries may ba so numerous and ardent na to ensure its speedy triumph . And inasmuch as we think it probable that those who may most need enlightenment are the least able to pay for it , we entertain a strong objection to the money charged for admission , by which some might fee excluded . We are anxious that the public should be rightly informed—tbat they should be misled neither by us nor others , and , therefore , we desire that all , who may feel interested should have full opportunity of hearing the discussion and judging of its merits .

      . *' ¦ We at once obviate your objection about expenses by undertaking to defray the whole . The discussion shall not cost you one farthing ! and , this p Ant settled , we can see no earthly reason for the £ 5 deposit talked of in your first ' condition of debate . ' In negociating with yourself , whether we regard you personally or officially , we are desirous to suppose that we are dealing with a gentleman—a man of principle and probity —who will hold himself bound sufficiently by his engagements . While , therefore , we give all due credit to the delicacy of the feeling which might prompt it , we cannot permit you to i > lnce yourself in a position which must imply that we thought your engagement not to be a sufficient guarantee . If the discussion should be ultimately determined on , we feel quite satisfied that your own sense of honour will impel you to ro through it ; and whilst we thus treat you -with all fair and gentlemanly courtesy , we are in nowise disposed to be treated other ( vise .

      " Thus far we have proceeded on the supposition that discussion was your purpose ; bat a perusal of your third ' condition of debate * engenders serious doubt on our minds that you have any purpose of discussion ; or that your letter to us was written for any other purpose than that of ' getting out of the concern' with aa little scath as might be . ' You propose that the question for discussion shall bo— ' Would a Repeal of the Corn Laws be beneficial to the operative clnssea ? ' and that Mr . Beesley shall , on our part , maintain the negative of this bold naked question , without any reference to collateral subjects .

      " Sir , we will not insult you by affecting to suppose you ignorant of tbe fact , that tbe question , thus put . is one about which tbe Chartists , as a body , never made any question . That the repeal of every law tending to restrict trade , or fetter commerce , would , under a proper system of national government , be beneficial to the operative classes , few Chartists deny , or even dispute ; nor do we find many persons in connection-with the Anti-Corn Law League , or the various anti-monopoly societies , so hardy in their exhibition of ignorance , or dishonesty , as thus to take for granted their denial of it " Sir , we are not to be thus choused J if you bave any stomach for the fight , come to it fairly ! Let the question at issue be correctly designated , and the preliminaries such as to secure to us what we piomise you , ' a fair field , but no favour . '

      We bej ? that , if you entertain seriously the purpose of discussion , you will peruse the following propositions , or , in your own phrase , " Conditions of Debate . " " 1 . That Mr . Beesley , or his party , do defray ' the whole expenses of this discussion . " 2 . That each party appoint its own cha rman—the umpire to be elected by tho meeting . " 3 That the question for discussion be— " Is there a probability that the repeal of the Corn Laws -would be beneficial to the whole community , whilst any portion of the community is unrepresented inPiirliani ^ nt . " Mr . Firth to maintain the nffinnative , and Mr . Bcesley the negative . The discussion to be rf stricter to this aubjtct—tbe cbairnitn to be judges , act ! in case these cannot agree , tho decision of the umpire to bo binding on the disputants .

      ¦ 4 ) 5 . v Same as previous similar nunibeiH . c j 7 . That free admission be given to all wishine to be present at tbe -discussion , ia order that none may be prevented . from hearine the arguments of tho disputants on this important subject . 8 . Same as the other 8 » You will perceive , Sir , the 4 th , otb , Gth , and &th of theae are your own ; ar-. d if the othera suit you- ' not , we rfquest from you ouiy tho justice we have done to yOu ^—the reasons upon which your objections to them may be founded . Your objections , thus supported , shall have owl d < sUb « ate attention . No needless bar shall'by us bo offered to the " coming off" of the discussion . I have the honour to b . i , On behalf of the Hull Chartist Council , Yout ' s , respectfully , W . J . Holliday , Secretary . To Mr . Robert Firth , < 5 tc .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . Brethren in Democracy , —You are aware that I have been for th « labt four months alternately demauding a Hitle Star-light , and rtquesling that those who would respond to wy demand would send me their addresses , which is absolutely necessaay , because I cannot know whether you send or not , without you acquaint me with it , as there are as mauy retained or misluid as come to hand . \ In the Slar of the 8 ti * instant , I requested what I request to day , and what do you think was the ultimatum ? why , that I received three letters ; one from a . Londoner , saying that that waa the first time be had

      seen my name , and that be would sfcmi me the Eveningi Star alternately ; another from u ftisud ia Sundbi-ianu ,, stating that ——— sent me the Sfarihem Star bow and again for aom&time back ; and . another from an , old friend that waa . missiug this good . time . Now thu Chaitist public ean estimate th » ir inexorable pertinacity , such pertinacity aa I have , never witnossed . I hope it will not be long thus ; that at least I will have balf-A-dozen of permuaanb friends who- will not lag after a week or so , and then desert me , aavhas betn the case sbace the commeocement . X expect tbe person in Abergwsnny who did send , me the 6 'farin the beginning will write to me , as also tho Hudatrsnelii gentleman .

      I would be obliged to any Londoner , « r any person who would send the Evening Star in good time , us those soul- ** -irMag leaders which appear tberevn , aie universally ap { trect&ted . Y ( JU 1 'F , A tt = rlini Deniociat , J . 0 . Gkvdy . NeviT Fienchpatk , County Uncommon , Ireland , Oct . Slsf

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      THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDIHOS 01 ' XUE r . OItTIlER'S * STAR . London , Novr Jet , 1 S 42 . Sib , —By aft oversight of the Star of the 22 nd iiisf ., I was not aware of my nomination f . ir tlvs Executive by the Chartists of Brighton , until in } ' attention wa 3 called thereb by the Sxecntiveipro tem . in the Star ot the 29 lh , else you should teaye hear-1 from- me before * this time . I am not eligible to act in that capacity , noli beinc ; on tb . 9 General Council , and if I were , I would not feel myself justified , -under present clroGi-mVineeB , in doing so . my opinion bein ? that the eU-cti ^ u of a n « w Executive is . a very unnecessary , aiui to s 3 y the It-i . st of it , unbecoming proceeding , and that it rioe * nutr fl-cfc

      credit on either the judgment or foresight cf ita oiininators { indeed , I am sure tha country ganeraUy ia not in favour of the scheme , as I perceive th-rre is no nomination for Lancashire , or many othtr places . I believe it altogether to be a trisk of so ; ne enemy . Wonld in not he much more prudent to wait tho olsction bill March , it 3 proper time ? It is really too bad that our whole body must bo put in motion to please the whim of any one who choose to sond a lino or t- * o to Hie Star . This is > the * point the enemy Beems to attack , and therefore we should be on the alert of him , and not allow ourselves to become bis tools to carry out his- oljects . I would object to a new Esucaiive on the following grounds : —

      Becauae the powers which we bad given the Executive in 1841 , have not been taken from them , and are we now going to be tools in the enemy ' s hands to disarm them ? Campbell , Leach , and Williams are still at their post ; M'Douall and Biirstow are yet at large ; and I ste no good reason for the step that ia about to be Uikan . However , if we have gone too far to recede . I have sent my vote to Brighton , to be recorded for mo . I am , Sir . Your obedient Servant , L T . Clanct .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND ; Fellow-countrymen . —By the time this Ttachos you every locality in Scotland where there is a Chanist association -will have received the address recommended by the late delegate meeting at Edinburgh , to be issued to the country . No time is to be lost wherever there ia an association , a committee , or but a score of Chartists in any village—they should meet and decide instantly whether they ttill snpporfc the plan or not . If decided in favour of the plan a provision for carryiDg it out must be made by every place . First For the salary of the secretary , and subscribers for the publication afterwards , for lectures and whatever means of general agitation may be adopted . It was supgestt-d by

      the dtlegates that if there were sixty associated , localities iin average of sixpence each , wtekly , ' would furnish tbe salary of the stcret&Ty—if some could not give that others would give twice as much with ease ; it only rtquires every plRce where there is nn 7 number of Cbartibts , to decide wbaV they can do , and estimate rather beiow than above , and take steps to semi one quarter of a year's eontribufrn , whatever it be—3 s . 63 . 12 s . or 24 s . —and to commence instantly taking nimea of subscribers for the Scottish Chartist Pioneer , aud send the list into tbo committee ,- . rfciuetuberiug that if the monthly publication ia supported , tbe profits of it will pay the Secretary , who has to be Editor of it , and help the general cause .

      These points settled , it will be the duty of each place to send in their opinion as to tho central c « rd of membarship ; if there are but six . Chartists in a village , they can still bavd cards sent them , and thus give assistanca to the caute . ' It 'is , t-herefore , respectfully requested that every place will send in an account how they havo r ! fc . ded on those subjects ; and , if tbwy have not decide ! , instantly proceed to do so . in fairness to the rest cf their brethren , who are anxiously waiting the result . All communications to be addressed Robert Lowery . 46 , Nicholion-street , Edinburgh .

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      LaMEKTABLE OCCUIUIENCE AT PLYMOUTH . —At half-past two o'clock on Saturday , tho ioliowinij lamentable accident occurred at a plaeo called Mill Bay , near Plymouih . It appeara a man by tho name of John Spiuey , about thirty years of a ^ e , a lime burner , in tho employ of Mr . T . Gill , M . P , iu whose employ he has been for tho last se ? en years , went into a beer shop , called the Prospect Inn , and kept by a psr&ori of the name of Grace ^ ar ^ enf ,. He called for a pint of beer , upon which she told him to pay hi : r what he owed her , and she nev ^ . r wanted to see him aijain . Words ensued ; from words the /

      came to blows , she offering to strike him with a meat-hook , the hold in her hand ; !• : <; gave her a push from him , and , shocking to tell , sin ; cume down with her head iu contact with a wooden bench or stool , and never spoke again , being lauched into eternity without a moment ' s thought oi '^ uch 3 , coiis « n ; inat . ion . The man' was placed ia custody , off-irin- ^ no resistance . An inquest has been held upon ths body , and a verdict of . Manslaughter returned . The unfortunate womau was upwards of fifty , and tho muoh-tobe-pitied prisoner leaves to soirow , no doubt for a ToiiH period , a wife and child to mourn over tnis unlooked-for event .

      SOMETHIAG LIKE AN iKYhimO . V . —THE SlEAMErioiNE . > vpehsi-ded—A German is now in Liverpool , endeavouring to induce the merchants ami shipowners of that enterprising town to patronise aa invention which , if successful , will be likely to- supers ^ do the steam-enfcinc . It i . s thus described in an txi . vaci of a letter Nvith which a friend has favoured us — « Xfiis machine can be employed instead of the steam-engine , without fuel of any kind , a ; id without a boiler ; it needs very Yill \* 2 v ? p : iir-y an

      from one to one thousand horses or more ; iu may be maiie of brass or iron , and the power of the macnine exists within itself , aud docs nit diminish , but remains always the same . It muy b v . <\ manufactories , wuh tbo same tifect ad the steam-engine , arid d -ts not cr-ato any noise , and * does not r < quiro more attendance than the steam-criame , and the first cost not nioro than half , and may be made with or without wheels- -, it may also be remarked that , as no kind of fuel need bo employed , it' wculd be well adapted lor xaseeJs making leKg voyages . —Mining Journal .

      Esypt . —There have keeii some very severe los ? ea ia the Delta , caused bj . the breaking < -f oikt-i- which had been raised to keep in tho waters ; in odc place , upwards of iiity viHa ^ ea were entirely inundated , aud the inhabiiants seduced in consequence to bopeless misery . - Tha Mortality amongst oxen does not i ? ee * Hj to Kubside i : i the least ; in laany places , where ho animals what * wr ' can be obtained , women and buvs are made to- turn the water- wheels m their stead . Owitiu tothe repented applications ot Mesr-rs . Hri ; , 'R 9 and (> , „ the Government has finally promised to begin at once to clear nnd level the road m . the deseit between Suez and Cairo , by this tne jonvney -will be rendered touch less fau ^ iung , ana the distance also will be shortened . Some people say that * ooal mine has be . n difeovcrea m tne this bo trueand the

      vicinity of Suez ; should , vua be of good quality , it will prove a most fortnuite 1 and valuable , iicquiaition for the Peninsular en i Umtttal Steam ' Navigation-Company : The nature of ti » Arabian soil , however , precludes ail , topo ot we mme beius either a good or extensive one . iae pla ^ iw soema to * have determined upon ftivin « as a iittia respite this - year , and up to to-day no cases have been mentioned tor the last two months , lhe Pasha has ¦ begun to er « ot a line of telegra p hs on tbe dtteit road between Bivz and Cairo , to i \; atm two or three months time tho arrival o : V : e I 3 omoay » t am > r at Suez will b ? known at Al-.-xancria a few hours after ic take * place . Tho PaA * (» nti » iMDtQ sail his pvoduco by . public auction . . gT ^ Klsw ^ v 15-3 . 6 d , uf-. r . irnpiria ! t ] iiarler , tad -ri ^ o ^ wA fres 00 board hQto . —CoireipondmQm ^/ w ^ ifnai ^^ \ YwS-te ^^ W : ^ iW ^ - ^ f J * £ nssbI

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF MANCHESTER . 180 , Holbom , Nov . 1 . Inhabitants op Manchester , —I should not now address you , but that I consider the subject which I lay before you to b 3 of the most vital importance . That subject is the Afibrts that are now being made by the Anti-Corn Law League to get np an agitation in favour of their fbee TRADE SCHEMES . Mark ! they intend to raise £ 50 , 000 by tbe beginning of January , 1843 , having , according to tbeir own acknowledgment , already expended £ 100 . 000 on the agitation . I tell thy Anti-Corn-Law League , tbat if they will collect £ 5 . . 000 ins t ead ef £ 50 000 , it will not avail them in draggirg the masses after them . 'Tis true they

      may compel werkiuir med in tbeir employ to take tickets et the Anti-Corn-Law Association , but even these men will attend public meetings , and vote against their detestable tyrants . Men of Manchester ! if the Corn Law repealers dare attempt to convene a public meeting in your town in Janurjr next , when they intend having scores of M . P ' s and hundreds of parsoDS attend in your overwhelming might , and let them know yon are more powerful than ever . Yen have two gentlemen awongst you who know well how to lay bare the doctrine of the frte-traders . These two are Messrs . Leach and Doyle , either of them capable of denuding the Anti-Corn Law par'y of their cloak of hypocrisy . Insist upon fair play for your speakers , and jfvic / lecce shall be resorted toby the repealers , then ia

      your time for resistance . D- > not Bv . ffer jour Leads to be broken quietly . 1 et your acswer be to their cmt and mock charity , Where is M'Curnmck ?* Where is Knowles ?? Where are the Hardiua&s ?* Where is Bill ' : * Where is A . shley ? When- are the hundreds who have been transported and imprisoned ? Ask them do they intend prosecuting O'Connor , Hill , L ^ ch , Doyl * . M'Cartney , Brookes , Allinsun , Hirney , Otley , Rjjiton , and others , who have taken an active part in opposing their fallacies ? Let your answers be similar co what th « Birruinghnm men told the Corn-Law Repealers at tbe Tdwn-hall the other duy ; fight them inih by inch ; use fair urgument ; do not allow them to gain any footing anieDgat you ; they have immensa wealth in their hands ; tbe town-balls at their disposal ;

      local authorities to lend their assistance , and nrst-rate talent topreacnuptheirnostiums . Whathaveweonour side 1 We hava honest poverty ; naked , undisguised truth ; and , I can proudly boist , first-rate taitnt too , — certainly not so well paid . There is no man amongst us receives £ 10 per week and ail travelling expenses paid into the bargain . Who ever heard of Leach , cr Doyle , or West , or B ..- < 6 ] ey , or Clarke , keeping horses and gigs ? Yet , with all their wealth , they cannot draw the people into their meshifl . If they are honest , why do not they allow fair and free discussion at their meetings ? 1 am sure that Leach , or West , or Doyle will be tuoBt happy in meeting tht-ir picked , men , aud discust-ing the question with them . Now , mnrk , I r . m a Corn-law R-jpeiiler , in the strictest sense of the word , but I wish to have a voice in its repeal . 1 will not lend myself to assist one gang of spoliator ? , merely to transfer the power of plundering the people from another gang to thrmsdves . I now tt-ii

      the ctuucil of the Ami-Corn-Law League , if they are sincere in their efforts to obtain redr <* s for the people , tbty will employ their £ 50 . 000 to propogate Chartism . They can tind eloquent tiud talented advocates at £ 3 per week each ; they could thus employ 300 talented propagatorB of tiie truths ot democracy , nnd in twelve months such a powerful public epinion wculd be raised against ToryUm and Whiggism , and in favour of Uiiartism , that ocr principles should ttcome Jaw ; and I would ventura to lay my head on the block that a Parliament , elected by the whole people , would soon completely carry out bona % dt free trade principles Toe League will Btretch every sinew to extend tbeir views , and to thwart their designs . I would wish the Chartist body—and particularly our young speakersto make themselves acquainted with the Corn Law question , and furnish themselves with sound arguments en that bead . I remain , Your brother Democrat , John Campbell .

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      tales ¦ written expressly for the •¦ norther :, ' star . " BV CHAltTlCS . > " 0 . IT . —A TALE OF SEDUCTION . " Trust fiot a nian ; we are by nature false , dissembliEg , iubtle , c ; ne ] , nnd inconstant Wh ^ n a man Ulks of love with caution , trnst him ; bnt if he swears , he ' ll certainly decuve tbee . " Otway .

      There is a sequestered hamlet romantically situated in a hollow formed by several Barroundir . g hil's . A I br ^ ok winds round the bases of those bills . The place ! attracts visitors from a neighbouring town . S- me take [ np thtir abode there during the summer months to rejoice along with rejoicing nature , or to angle for trout Shooting parties , holiday parties , wedding parties , have all sojourned here , free from the cares and ! vices of the world , like those who entered the gardens j of Florence to escape the plague . But , alas , what part , of the' country , however remote , is unspotted by the j manners of the town . '

      The cynosure of this lovely spot was a labourer ' s ! daughter , named Rachel . She Eeemed to have sprung j np like a garden rose on a common . Bnt we will not attempt a description of her beauty , the theme is e& j h :: ckneyed j and besides she will gain more praise from j the fancy of the reader , If a youth , than we can bestow j upon her . j Pass we over , then , fcer childhood , when she plaved j v ? 5 th innocence among the floweis ; pa £ 3 we over her > girlhood when she incoctntly comforted her parents in their cottage of conttnt ; and come we to her woman- , hood when she lost that innocence . It is pairful to think that such thicks are . But we must prtce-td .

      A neighbouring youth , tbe son ox a farmer , had observed that Rachel w £ 3 prettier than the other girls in the village—nay he thought her the prettiest girl he had tver seen . Ceremonious re&nemeEts are seldom practiced in the country ; aU are acquainted with each

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      TO THE BD 1 T 0 E OF THE NORTHERN STAB , The committee of Mr . Cooper ' s Defence Fand , be * to acknowledge the following sums received by them up to the 31 «» of Oct ., and to lay before the puWie their expenditure np to tbe same day . Tbe committee return their thanka to those persons who have eoatriirated to the nbove fund , and trust that all lovers of liberty will eXMfc themselves by subscribing their roite towards defrayiag the debt which has already been «^ i ; tomee * otherhea V chariieB which ere long will be brought againat them for traTersing , and other law expencea : —

      RECEIVED- BY SUBSCRIPTIONS , £ ' a . d . £ , a . d Collected in the Mr . Simeon , TvE * " 11 !?? - 011 ! i Brl 8 to 1 0 io 0 Ditto ditto 2 1 0 Mrs . Rolestone 0 3 0 Ditto ditto 0 14 3 A YouugChart-£ . ° ¦» ist . Derby ... 0 10 Shsksperean Giinsbro per Rooms ... 0 10 6 Mr . Partridge 3 0 4 * i ,:. ™ — ° 2 6 Mr . Winters ... 0 3 0 An Old Radical 0 10 Mr . W . Smith 0 1 0 Gtt ^' o BhopI Mr - Anderson 0 5 0 OldRadford 0 3 6 Mr . Holiick ... 0 6 0 Mr . J . Grant , R . Sketchley ,

      Countesthorp 0 15 If Hinckley ... 0 4 5 Mr . B , Smith ... 0 6 0 Mr . H . Jtffs ... 0 2 6 Mr . Pack ... 0 2 0 A few friends 0 111 Two friends ... 0 2 6 Mr . J . Nixon 0 0 6 Mr . W . Tyrrel 0 16 Mr . V « rney ... 0 0 6 A friend ... 0 0 6 Air . Garp ... 0 0 6 Ann Wigfleld 0 0 3 FHOM SHEFFIELD . Mr- W . Cook ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Moulds 0 0 6 Mr- P Chapman 0 0 6 Mr . J . Summer-Mr . J . Shtffldld 0 10 field ... 0 0 6 Mr . T . Phillips 0 0 6 Mr . Cook ... 0 1 0 Mr . Morris ... 0 0 6 Mrs . Clarke ... 0 0 3 Mr . R . Holyoak 0 0 6

      MONIES ItECElVED " BY CAItDS . Mr . J . Smith 0 19 7 Mra . Trickey ... 0 5 10 Mr . T . Tooue .., 0 9 i 2 Mr . Sparka ... 0 5 9 Mr . M . Taylor fl 12 3 j Mr . W . Steven-Mr . CBurbidtje 0 12 8 son ... ... 0 5 7 Sir . W . Johnson 0 12 0 Mrs . Worthy 0 5 4 Per Mr . Beard- Mrs . Johnstone 0 5 2 more from Mr . VV . Garner 0 5 1 Chapman ' s Mr . R . jack < joa 0 5 2 shop 0 11 » . ] Mr . Chamber-Mr . Adorns ... 0 9 4 ~ lain , Kib-Mr . J . H . Bram- worth ... 0 5 0 which ... 0 8 4 Mr . W . Stanley 0 » 6 Mr . J . Pollard , Mr . Cooper ,

      Ansty ... 0 9 2 Wigston ... 0 4 6 Mr . T . Roberta 0 8 10 Mr . — Reed , Mr . R . Rooms 0 7 8 A Thurwastoa O 4 " 7 Mr . stanton ... 0 7 l " Mr . B . Hayes 0 2 4 Mr . W . Cockayne * 2 10 Mv . D . Toono 0 4 6 J Mr . < S . G' -ay ... 0 2 2 Mr . J . Jenhinson 0 6 5 Mr . W . Burrell 0 2 10 Mr . T . Hoiyonke 0 10 0 Mr . — SatchwellO 2 6 Mr . T . Phillips 0 6 0 % Mr . N . Cavener 0 1 10 Messrs Elliot and Mr . J . Carter 0 3 10 S . jnsome ... 0 1 6 Mr . N . Edwards 0 1 10 i Mr . Cain ... 0 1 0 Mr . S . White 0 1 6 " Mr . Lucas , Nar-Mr . C . F . SiddonsO 2 2 borough ... 0 l 0 Mr . W . Pratt 0 1 10 Mrs . Bailey .... 0 1 6

      Mr . U . Wooley 0 1 2 Mr . W . Stafford 0 10 Mr . R . Allen 0 16 Mrs . Bingley 0 10 Mr . J . Holmes 0 12 Mr . D . Moulden 0 2 0 Mr . T . Hall ... 0 14 Mr . J Pettifor 0 1 0 Mrs . —Lanad 0 1 9 Mr . S . Taylor 0 10 Mr . W . Kuight Mr . S . Pdpperdy 0 1 0 Littlethorpe 0 12 Mrs . Coles ... 0 1 0 Mr . Boulter ... 0 1 ti Mr . W . Carr ... 0 1 0 Mr . White ... 0 0 8 Mr . J . Pe ^ g ... 0 0 6 Mr . W . Howitt 0 2 0 Mr . H . Samuel 10 Mr . R . Blow 0 2 4 Mr . W . UnderwoedO 1 0 Mr . T . Cox ... 0 2 1 Mr . J . Watts 0 0 6 Mr . Agar ' s fhop 0 2 2 Mr . J . Clews 0 2 0 Mr . W . White 0 0 8 Mr . R . HardimanO 0 6 Mr . H . Hunt 0 5 3 Mr . Chamberlain 0 1 2 Mr . G . Grey ... 0 5 3 Mr W BrendwellO 2 9 Mr . W . Grut 0 5 9 Mr . J . Cox ... 0 1 4

      Mr . J . Why ... 0 10 0 Mr . Beardmore 0 1 8 Mr . W . Watts 0 3 0 Mr . Souter ... 0 0 9 Mr . W . Norris 0 3 1 Mr . Perkins ... 0 0 6 Mr . W . Bills 10 3 6 Mr . J . Shaman 0 0 6 Mr . Wilman ... 0 3 0 Mr . J . Frier ... 0 0 6 MrRWilliamaonO 3 2 Mr . Cope ... 0 0 6 Mr . C . Benley " 0 4 2 Mr . Wileman 0 0 6 Mr . W . James 0 3 9 Mr . W . Frier 0 0 6 Mr . W . Langham Mr . T . Allen ... 0 0 6 WiRston ... 0 5 0 Mr . Martin ... 0 0 6 Mr . W .. Facer 0 3 0 Mr . J . Anderson Mr . J . D * acon 0 3 10 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Neal ... 0 2 2 Mr . W . Anderson Mr . J . Markham 0 2 5 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . K . rk ... 0 5 3 Mrs . Cooper , per Mr . Pilly ... 0 4 4 ^ box ... 2 3 7 . J Mr . J . Slanion 0 2 11 Name not legibleO 1 0 Mr . White ... 0 2 4 A friend ... 0 0 6

      DISBURSEMENTS . £ « . d . 500 bills , and delivery ... ... 0 7 0 Mr . Winters ... 0 18 0 Deputation to Potteries ... ... 3 18 0 ^ Post Office Orders , Papers , Stamps , &c ... ... ... 0 8 23 For Subponing , Law , and Council Expenses ... ... ... 8 13 0 Carriage of Witnesses ... ... 4 17 0 Board and Lodging ... ... 14 14 0 Mr . Winters ... ... ... 1 10 9 ^ Total of Expenditure ... ... £ 35 6 3 $ Income ... ... 33 8 3 k Deficient ... ... ... ... 1 18 0 * Total £ 35 6 3 ^ W . Johnstone , Sec

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Hull , Nov . 1 st . 1842 . Sir . —Knowing the Interest which you take in all our proceedings , I forward you a copy of the correspondence which has passed between us and the " Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , " to shew you , and if you think proper , to shew to the public , through the columns of the people ' s organ , the Star , that the * councillors hero tf o not slumbar on their post , but manfully throw down the gauntlet t » every assailant « f our hallowed principles . You will observe a report of the meeting which : ed to the correspondence in the Evening Star , of Thursday , the 26 'th . November . I am , sir , Yours faitbfnUy . W . J . H .

      Copy of Gorrespondsnceoe . lwce . il the Hit I Chartist Council , and Mr . Robt . Firth Corrcspon&hvj . Secretary to tlie Hull Anli-Monopoly Association : — "October 27 th , 1842 . English-street , Hull . Gentlemen—Aa the acceptance of the challenge , given by Mr . Beensey , was in my individual capacity , I have on consideration , deemed it prudent to le . t the responsibly rest exclusively on myself ; I have , theTefv . re , -without consulting the couimittee of tha Anti-MDuopoly Association in this town , taken the liberty to submit to you tbe following conditions of debate , in accordance with the limitation I fixed in the Lodge en Monday evening , Oct . 24 th . I frust you will find these conditions just and impartial . Waiting your answer in writing , I am . gentlemen , Yours respectfully .

      Robert Firth . To the Chartist council , Hull . " Conditions of debate between Mr . Beensty , Chartist lecturer , and Mr . Firth , corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association . " 1 . Tint each party lodge £ 5 in the hands of a person mutually agreed on , to meet any deficiency of expencea incurred in making the necessiry preparations , and that , in case either party shrinks from the debate , after the conditions have been fixed aud signed , the said party forfeit the money so advanced . " 2 . T .-nteauh party appoint its own chairman , and the umpire be mutually agreed on .

      " 3 . That the question for diacnsBion be , " Weuld a repeal of the Corn Laws bo beneficial to the operative classes ? " that Mr . Beensey maintain the ne . ative and Mr . Firth the affirmative , under the following restrictions , namely , that neither the Charier nor any other scheme be introduced , but that the discussion be rigidly confined to the subject of enquiry—the chairmen to be judges ; and , in case they cannot agree , the decision of the umpire to be binding on the disputants . " 4 . That each disputant be allowed half an hour in his opening address , and a quarter of an hour afterwards . " 5 . That as Mr . Beensey gave the challenge , he open , and Mr . Firth close the debate , the debate to commence at half-past seven , and close at half-past ten o ' clock .

      " 6 . That at the close of the debate each chairman shall obtain for his side of the question at issue , the sense of the meeting , by asking for a shew of both hands , the umpire to decide on the majority . " 7 . That there be one penny for admittance to tho debate , to defray tbe expences ; and should any surplus remain , that it be equally divided between the Chartist Council and Mr . Firth , to be appropriated to any benevolent object they may respectively deem proper . " 8 . That these conditions be printed on the bill convening the meeting . " other little matters -will have to be attended to , but which involve no difference of opinion . "

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      THE VICriM tLLIS . TO THE ED 1 T 0 B 6 F THE IORIEERM STAR . DEiH SIR—Allow me , through the medium of yonr justly widely circulated journal , to roak 9 a few observations on behalf of that persecuted , much injured , though innocent man , Mr . Wm . Eilis . Englishmen , I call upon you by all the endearing ties that bind man to man ; yon , whose fathers have fought , bled , and died for liberty ; and yon , sons of C mibria , whose tnneful harp was always strung in favour of the oppruased ; and you sons of Scotia , descendants of the heroes of Bmnockburn ; and yen , sons of the

      " Fitst nower 01 tae earth and first gem of the sea , " inhabitants of the lovely , though degraded and insulted Emerald Isle , to rally round this innocent man , for by your united voices alone can he be saved . I _ < cail upon you to petition for his pardon , for by heaven , I again say he is innocent ; his friends are in possession of facts that wiil shortly be published , which will clearly prove even to the myst sceptical , that ha is innocent , but let , us look upon wh&s evidence he has bten convicted , out of tk > 3 whoia bjwt cf witnesses against him , only one man swears to bits bein ^ at the flres a X that man . ays •« he bad only a aido view of bis face , and eonld jiot swear whether He bad a hat on or rot " There , follow slaves 1 upun that evidence alene is Ellis convicted .

      I will make no comment upon the above fart ; but simply a » k you , if you think it right a man shtiald be transported for twenty-one years upon such evidence , f now , for the present , leave the sase with you , for you to-make yowr own reflections upo 3 it ; but , in tho raean tifSti , I mnst tell you , that the oase will be argatd b « fore the fifteen Judges in a short time , and that the " siaews of war" are wanting , tharefere send in your ?• miies" immediately to O'Connorj : Trho will propariy apply them . Do not , for God ' s sake , for the sake of your chil » dren , But , above all , for the sake o € Eilis ' s wif « an& children do not lot him be sacrifice-. * .- for tUa Wont ot fttnds . From yours , Truly ia the cause of Dsmesiacy , J . B . MarT . Boothea "VHlla , Stoke-upon-Trent , . October , 30 . 1 S 12 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct455/page/7/