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      PHICE ONE PENNY . CONTENTS of Part Eight , Price sixpence : — \ J O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land— -Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartistr-Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy ?—An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . G . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life oi Washington—Letters , By T . B . Smith— -Several Chartist Addresses ,- including those of the Executive—Poetry . &c , &o .

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      " —J = fefe = ^^?^ = ^ — = ~ a > c Now on Sale , Price Three-pence , THB POOE MAN'S COMPANION ¦ FOR 1843 , A POLITICAL ALMANACK , Shewing the amount and application of the Taxes raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes ; and containing a great amount of

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      EVENING STAR . LIBRARY EDITIONS . THE Publisher of the EVENING STAR , grateful for the patronage bestowed on the Double Sheet , containing the Life of Washington , published on the 12 th of November , 1842 , announces that Hewill issue a standard biographical work every Saturday , in the bookfornti , bo that the series may bebomid in a Volume . The size will be thirty-two ^ pages quarto—the largest sheet allowed by Act of Parliament . It will be stamped , and may bo sent free by post . In order to amuse our friends at the Christmas and New Year ' s Holidays , we - shall publish ail ORIGINAL NOVEL , entire , illustrated with .

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      On Tuesday , the 15 th insfc .,. at St . Mary's ohnrch , Scarbro . % Cockeriil Mellor , Esq ., to Mary Ann , daughter of the late Thomas-Atkinson , Esq-On Monday , the 14 th inst ., Mr . Wm . Parr , printer , ^ f Knaresbro ' , to Ann , daughter of Mr . Wm . Smith , farmer , of Plumpton . On Thursday , the lOth ^ mst ., at the parish church , Doncaster , Mr . William . Milner , tailor , of Hickleton , to Miss Fanny Foster . On Wednesday , the 9 th inst .. at the parish chnrch ,

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      - DEATHS . On th& 12 th instant , at St . Helen ' s , AittklanArin the 17 th year of his age , Wich respected , Ralph , son of the late Mr . Joseph Harker , formerly of Arkengarthdale , in this county . On Tuesday evening , the 15 th inst ., aA the house of her son-in-law , Mr . W . Rex , Low Ousegate , itt Iaef 80 th ytar , Mrs . Catton , relict of . the late Mr . Robert Carton , of Pecklington , ani mother of Mr . W . Catton , of Pavement , in Yolk . On Monday last , in this towiu ! agcd 64 years , Mr John L >» gdale , hatter , formulEVf ^ SBVttottKtflh and oldest son of the lat fr j fe . JaBeVMSMMZ etationer , mi ^ ^ nM@qp ^ iiPS ' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " .. / ¦ ^^^ r * H ^ , . ^ ¦ ¦ ' " *¦ ' ¦ - ~ ? ¦¦ ^ - * it in Yoik . townjWed 64 years , Mr

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      their consolidation and direction . Hitherto we have been seeking strength ; we must now learn to use it . Publio opinion being farmed most be directed wisely and discreetly ; and in order to this its several month-pieces and developments must be closely scanned and well over-hauled I have heretofore besn very fearful of offending ; I have passed in silence many things which ought to have been rebuked , and have exercised censure only in the gentlest terms when unavoidable ; I have allowed manyaets of public men , which I thought

      most unwise and mischievous , to pass uncensured , because 1 knew their infirmities of temper , and I know them to be useful in extending information to those who knew nothing of our principles . I calculated , therefore , for the cause , the relative magnitude of the two eTils—the endurance of the mischief resulting from their follies , or the probable loss of their services , if their pride , jealonsy , or vanity , sbonld be at all touched . The time has gone by for this nursing now ; the cause is too powerful to need it , and its interests too important to bear

      it . 1 have long seen this to be an evil in the Star , but I thought it to be a necessary one;—it shall now be remedied . From this time the voice of admotition , and of criticism , or , if need be , of censure , though modulated to as smooth a toneasmay comport with circumstances and the safety of the cause , shall be at all times freely heard . My time , my talent , such as h may be , and my whole power of mental and physical exertion , Ehall be , as heretofore , devoted to the cause ; while I require from you

      the ' continuance of that strengthening of my hands , by which only my exertions cab be made effective . 1 ask this from you not as a favour , but asa right , not in consideration of my past services bui in just ice to your own present circumstances . Thu 3 armed in mutual confid « nce , W 6 may safely bid defiance to the furious onslaught which now msnaces our cause ; and which holds in its own right , only its mane and roar , while its teeth haTe been borrowed , from crnde impetnositr , and heartless ireaehery ia oar own ranks .

      Before dosing this letter , I again implore you to see to the carrying out of our organisation . Without this the efforts of your lecturers and of yourselves lose more than half their value . Chartists should understand and act upon their own principles , at Last , in all cases where this can be done . I shall continue to press this subject of organisation upon you week by week until , if possible , I pester you into paying some attention to it . Were the great mass of those who hold Chartist principles now as well organized as they ought long since to have been , no government could long withstand them .

      Whenever they become so organized , they will open to themselves a vista of success , but not till then . Let mebnt 3 ee the organization of our National Society actively working through the whole country before March , and let me eee the people using their own sense , reading and studying it for themselves , thinking and deliberating on it , observing its exact forms of worklag and application , and using due vigilance to keep strictly to it all leaders , lecturers , and public men ; and then if a dungeon lies before me , I shall walk into it with a prouder heart , and a much sweeter sense of satisfaction , than the Prime Minister of England into

      Downmg-street . Let jour energies be roused ; your vigour braced ; and your determination made manifest ; while your prudence , caution and coolness predominate over all . God save you and speed the Charter . William Hill .

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      FLnrroFF Lxatham , Postefract , is informed that the columns of the Northern Star are > ot o * sale for electioneering purposes . We believe there is not a ichii of difference between the two candidates he names for the office of Registrar : ZfOscelles is as pood as Hodgson , and Hodgson is as good as Lascelles . Each of them only vanis the Pay that accrues from the situation without tn uch labour . Had ice imagined ihat there was any reason why Hodgson should have been recommended to the notice of th * freeholders before Lascelles , tee assure Flintoff Leatham that tee should not have vailed for or accepted his offer of pay 10 induce us to give such recommendation Both Hodgson and Lascciles are the hungry d' -gs of the Whig and Tory factions , fighting

      which of them thall have the freeholders bone to pick ; and that is the only qualification that either of them possesses for the office they aspire to . If the Jreeholdcrs have learned common serae they will give both ttese gentlerren the go-by , and elect to the effice the man who can bring to their service legal knowledge and business talents : one trho know ? , from ejrperience , the duties that trill be required from the man who occupies the po * l . Ij the freeholders are inclined to put away the playthings of political childhood , and choose a man because of hu peculiar fitness for the office now vacant , they iri' 7 dismiss the representatives of faction , Messrs Hodgson and Lascelles , and elect Mr . Stephenson , vrto comes out as an independent man ought to do .

      ALL CoMMr . VCATTOXS intended for the Char / ist * of Manchester must , til / future notice , be addressed , to thrir secretary , Mr . Arthur C /' -Yci / . bookseller Manchester . A Stkburt Chutist says , "Thai for two moniJis he did not take any spirits , leer , tea , coffee , sugar , tobacco , r . or suvff ; m , d that he sent 2 s . 6 d . to the Executive . and " ' 2 s . Sd . to the Defence Fund . " He is iiill continuing the system ; and advises ail others to * " go aiid do likewise " Joh > ' Mitchell and GtorGE Robcers . — We have received a commwricniion u-iih these names as tipjiotures . We h : ve no mcins of knotciitg fivni irhei . ee it has come . They have neglected to give a :, y toicn nr other address .

      BaLa > ce- £ Heits—We 'ri * h , once for all , to inform c > ur < y i . f-pjndents that decumen / s nf this nature received at the Office after Tuesday moroirj ; in each week uri-l be omitted from that week's Star a ' . ioyiihcT . We have adopted this rule with seme iu the current publication . John H . Cl&rks . — We have no room . The ZiFcrriTi ^—L . T . Clanct must really excuse us . V , ' e ccruLQt insert any more letters upon this subject . His preser . t , in reply to Mr . Wheeler , reiterates his opinion that the election of art Executive pro tem . was an unnecessary cmd unbecoming procedure , and that the country qeiteral ' y was iiol in favour of it . He denies " that his ejprc : *' wn in a former letter , of his

      cpinion i 7 i ~ i the election was a trick of some entriv , w-: s intended to app ' y cither to Mr-Wheeler or ci : y of his associates : he had altogether a dfferent party in his eye . This tee can c . 'T rolcnaic , as we kJiow to trhom Mr . Clancy alluded : it was not Mr . Wheeler , or any of the j r tient Provisional Executive . He rebukes Mr . Wheeler , end we think very juit'V , for the pfoxrinuat exhibition i ) i his own Ititcr oj the very f-uii ( bitterness of expression J of which his letter complains . This fault is entirely avoided in Mr . Qancy's present tetter , which h in totit moderate aud yentUmaniy . We entirely agree with Mr . Clancy , thatthere is a great want of stability in the directing power ; that there is

      gross ignorance of the organization , or great dereliction of duty somewhere . Sai-uei . Holmes . — Our opinions of the right o women to the suffrage have been more than once stated ; but we do net think that anything but haim cculd result frbm the in ' . Toducmg of that subject into the deliberations of the Birmingham Coiijcreiice . A Worst . — We have no room . Joes Pepper desires us to apprise his brother and sis ' . er Chartists that he is still at large , and still workiiig in the good cauic of Chartism . J . Dea > sends us a story of a Scotch Baptist parson-lawyer , not a blacksmith , nor a whitesmith , nor a shying smith , but something very much like a jobbing smith , who recently lent himself as

      « tool for the ruin of a poor cobbler . Such occurrences trill always he rife until the law shall le made by , and its administrators amenable to , t / ic people . 3 . E _ Watso >\—We Jiave not room for John Bull s letter . Thomas Ciutej . —Tnc icntiments of his letter are juit and ( , oud , but they would be lost tij-on the subject to vrhiin it is addressed ; and we have no ; now To-, mjcr its insertion . DOKCastes . —Ecuard Burlcv . of York , icill feelmuch Oi / iic , ed ij the mi Secretary at I ) onca > ter wi ' i / O / uc-J / . L address to him , as he wishes to correspond with him . Jddress , 19 , Billon , Layerihoipe , York . A Fkiexb to Ireland . —Quin / fn Orr , Xo . 3 , Hardiag-sircet , Xoriheinpton .

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      Calvinus , Minor , —The oath of a soldier or a sailor binds him to entire allegiance , and to unconditional obedience to his officers . — We suspect that if a fiftieth part of our letters and newspapers passed through his hands he icould not wonder at our being unable to say whether we received his fetter , with an Edinburgh newspaper , on the \ 6 lhr July . —It is quite clear that no one can be recognised by the ixevcs-agent as a purehaser of the Star but him whs pays for it — We shall be glad to receive any communications of news which he may choose to send us . J . H . —The lines to M'Douall are declined . J . K . —Reserved for consideration . L . L ., "The sku-elected Secretary , " Dcndeb . — We have answered ^ the question he asks some forty times already : it is a merely nominal office under Government , the acceptance of which vacates an Af . P . ' s seat .

      J . Shaw . —His communication is an advertisement . W . Heywood , Heywood . — We really must be excused . Addresses from every local Defence Fund would fill the paper . The better way would be to print circulars . W . H . DroTT , on behalf of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , begs to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of a great number of Stars . He very frequently receives letters with them ; and did time at all permit , would , with pleasure , reply in each instance . Immured as he is in personal business , this is impossible , and the course he f&llouss is this : —When papers , announced by letter , do not arrive , he writes ; when they duly come to hand Tie is , however regretfully , obliged

      to be impartially silent . Subscriptions to the Defence Fund . —We have . long lists of these lying by us , comprising the individual subscriptions from , many places . We would gladly find room for them if we could ; but to do _ so would displace almost every every description of matter . Henceforth we can only give the total amount received from each place ; our friends must , therefore , take some other means of satisfying themselves ef the correctness of those amounts , and not wait until they see themselves in print . There will be no departure from this rule ; our correspondents may , therefore , save themselves the trouble of writing any more than a line , with the whole amount , stating

      what ' town it is from . This will , of course , apply to other funds as well . Middle-class Sympathy . — We give the following from a letter from Peter Rigby : — "As I have been surrounded with very curious circum-- stances during my Bhort route in the North , permit me to hare a corner in your next number , by which means many of your numerous readers may make a correct estimate of middle-class integrity . " Last week , while in Camberlaud , I saw a man ' s 1 ticket for soup , ' or a ticket to go to the grocery with , and receive , in lieu of money , for wages , anything the grocer bad to sell amounting to wages . One stone of flour w ? s equal to 2 s . 8 d . in wages ; and if the working man desired to pay bia rent in money he is not allowed to do so . unless he

      be prepared to take a ticket for the bag , ' but without fiour , mind you ; therefore , the workman must pay his rent in fl . jut . When the man takes the flour to the landlord , the landlord will only give the workman 2 a . per stone , although the landlord knows full well the workman had given 2 . Si . per stone far it . If the wsrkman ask for meney to pay rent with , his employer will answer him by saving , workmen ought to think themselves well off if they get something to eat , without Eeeking rent money . It has been known for landlords to take the stone of flour to the grocer again ; bo that the stone of flour has undergone the earns process of buying cheap and Belling dear , and no doubt puses through the same hands at a loss to the workman of more than twenty per cent ,

      " The hand-loom weavers of Cumberland have undergone a reduction of wages , in money , of from 30 s id . to 7 s . 3 d . since the year 1839 , besides -labouring uuder disadvantages now whicn then had no existence . In Carlisle a good many of the people have adopted a very good plan for bringing the middle class to their senses , —if ever they had any , —so that , between Income-tax and exclusive dea'ing , the middle class of Carlisle will begin to fet > l something . About twenty of the workmen cinb taeir money together , two or three times a week , buy their goods at the first ceBt , retail them out to each subscriber aceording to money paid down , at t * ie said cost , and , by that means , they get their goods much cheaper , I jsides stopping the supplies of those who hired blurigeen-nien to break the h » d of any man who dared to stand in the atrest and say he was hungry , and desired to eat The lads of Wigton rre playing the same game towards their oppressors . A large number of them buy a good fat cow , butcher it for themselves , and by th . jt means have rsdueed butchers' meat from Id . to 4 d . per 1 b . They deal with sheep in the same manner . Although Peel ' s tariff reduced butchers' meat , the shopocracy were not ¦ willing Lbat the poor should have a corresponding benefit bat the lads of Wigton are taking the profit into ; their own hands . "

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      Thorsto : * . —Yes . The 3 s , in our last , from Newport , for the Defence Fiiod , should have been 3 s . 6 d . The 15 s . from Halifax , which appears in our last for the Defence Fnud , was for the Dsfence of Ellis . ; , POB THE > "AI 10-NAL D £ FE- \ CE FUXD . £ . s . d . From the Eawick Chartists 0 18 0 ; - _ the Chartists of Truro 1 0 0 . _ a poor woman , Letds ... ... ... 0 0 1 ^ a fritnd 0 0 6 , _ T . W 0 0 6 . _ a few friends , B . Q 0 12 6 , .. a few fritnds at Presxot 0 10 6 ' „ the Chartists of Sowerby 0 8 0 _ J . P ., Portsea 0 5 0 j „ Vie Chartist 3 of Nuneaton 0 10 0 I _ the Charista of Glasgow 2 0 0 .. ^ Ihe Chartists of Newcastle , per J . ! Sinclair 2 0 0 ; _ T . Fo per Simeon , Bristol 0 2 6 ; FOR MR . ELLIS . j

      From Hifhtown , per G . Lacy ... ... 0 1 3 j .. a few friends in the New Town , Bi- ; shepweannouth , per A . B . ... 0 8 7 _ a few friends at Bishopwearmoutbj : ptrE . J 0 12 « . Mr . Williams ' s shop 0 5 3 , _ the Shakspfcrians of Leicester 10 0 ^ proceeds of Simeon's rgffld ... ... 0 10 0 ' FOR THE EXECUTIVE . \ From twenty members of the National : Chartist Association , per G . Moore , Norihwitch 0 5 0 ; FOB THE DEFENCE OF GEORGE WHITE . ' , From a few friends , per Simeon , Bristol ... 0 2 0

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      gaged in one of the pits of the Uak Farm Colliery , near Srourbridge , symptoms of firs damp were observed , upon which the men hastened out , and commenced covering the top of the pit . While so eii > , 'a ged , they heard a noite at the bottom , and , upon mustering the hands , one of the men was discovered to have been left below . To have uncovered the pit won d haTe been useless , as the damp would have ponred out , and the poor fellow was given up for lost . The pit contiuued covered up ; but oh the following Tuesday , some meu going down an adjoining stone pit , to iheir astonisfemeDt discovered the supposed

      lost collier , who was immediately hauled up , and medical assistance having beeu obtained , he was quite recovered . It appears that , on the alarm being ^ iven of tie signs of the damp he made towards the ? b , Dft , but found that all the men were gone . After ¦ waiting some'time in anxious c-xpectauoD , he left that tpot , taking with him about mx pounds of candles ; and , well knowing the workings of the pit , he made his way into the stone pit where he was discovered . He says , he never wert to sleep for fear hb candle thcnld go our . The preservation of his existence is anr . buttd to bis hiving p ! aced himself near a small stream of water , which afforded him air and refreshment . — Worcester Chronicle .

      Letters sent under envelope to any part of America are cba * ged as double letters by the postoffice there—thus , nine-pence is the inland postage of a single letter ; but in an envelope , the charge is one shUliDg and sixpence . They who have friends should remember this .

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      npHE YORKSHIRE CHARTIST BEVERAGE , X or Breakfast Powder , the best and cheapest extant , Sixpence per Pomnd , made by Thompson Brothers , Wholesale Tia Dealers , Halifax , Yorkshire . This very superior Beverage claims the custom of the Consumers on several grounds , viz : —Its first rate Quality and Price , and that a Tenth of the Proceeds oi the Sale goes to the Chartist Couccil . Another feature in it is worthy of in 3 trtion , that

      they are the only makers in Yorkshire ihat contribute from its Sale . The Consumers of Yorkshire vrill do well to remember this fact , and that theirs is the best hitherto discovered , ( having the evidence of Agents to prove this ) that it is also the lowest in Price , ( a powerful recommendation ) and that every Penny in Ten ia given in at the Star Office ; therefore ,, ask for that of Thompson Brothers , and get your Tradesmen licm whom you purchase , if he has not it in Stock , to write for it .

      The Makers purposely abstain allusion to the " nctntiou . 'Eess , " the "digestive , " the " wholesomer . ess " of the article , as may be seen in the advertisements of nsaiiy Vendors , not wishing to tread or the Ground of the Quack Doctor . Carriage paid ; atdn member no License is rf quired for its sale rot e ^ eii a shop is requisite . All orders shall hav < btst and prompt attention . Hali . ' px . NcTtaber 17 , 1842 . f

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      CLXTJGTEB . OE . —The Thespian company of Sabden ( who are all Chartists ef the right stamp ) performed the drama of Wat Tyler , in the large room ot the King '* Arms Inn , went through and gave the greatest satisfaction to a full house , both on Saturday and Monday evenings . HULL . —The money dne tbfs < wcik to the Executive from the sale of R . Pinder ' a blacking is aa follows : — K . < L Mr . Weatherheafl , Keighley ... BO Mr . Lees , Stalyhridge ... ... 2 7 j

      7 7 k LEICESTER . —Monday was a day of unusual excitement in consequence of the arrival of our noble General , Thomas Cooper . By eight o ' clock in the morning the brave men began to wend their way towards the house of our late imprisoned friend , to prepare for his reception . At twelve they assembled in the Sbaksperlan Room , with a band of music and a banner made expressly for the occasion , bearing upon it the following inscription , — " We bail with joy the return of our noble patriot , Thomas Cooper . " On the Teverse , — " The patriotic band of thb Leicester Chartist boot and shoemakers . " The band began to play some favourite airs through the streets to the Railway Station , surrounded by the Council ef the Shaksperian

      Association , where they met their indomitable friend , Mr . Cooper . The sight of the assembled thousands bad & wonderful effect upon him . A car was immediately engaged t » convey him through some of the principal Streets of the town in the following order . The large and splendid banner that had been prepared by the boot and shomakers' society in the front ; then followed the shoemakers , the band , Mr . Cooper , and the Council of the Shaksperian Association with wands , attended by its members and friends to the amount of 10 , 000 of human beings . The procession has never been equalled since the great agitation for the Reform Bill . The procession moved down the London-road , up Belvoir-street , along Market-street , Market-place , Belgrave-gate , Woodboy-straet , Wharf-street , up

      HumberstoDe-gate , to the Amphitheatre , where Messrs . Daffy and West ( late a prisoner in Derby gaol ) delivered animated addresses to the assembled multitude out of the windows of the Shaksperian Room . At five o ' clock , more than 400 persona took tea on the stage of the Amphitheatre , the band playing in the orchestra during the time . After which the company delighted themselves by dancing and other amusements in the Circus till eight , when the lectures were to commence . At half-past eight , the spacious Amphitheatre appeared one mass of human beings ; there could not be less than four thousand people . Mr . Duffy was called to the cbiir , who , after a few brief Temnrks , Introduced Mr . West , who spoke nearly an hour in defence of those great principles contained in

      the Peoplu b Charter . Mr . Beesley , from North Lancashire , followed , and spoke at great length on the land question , Bhowing that if the people were to lay by sixpence per week for the purchasing of land , they would soon be in the full possession of the elective franchise , and by those means they would be able to overthrow the present system of aristocratical Government After a few other remarks he sat down amidst loud cheers . Mr . Cooper then rose amidst loud and long protracted cheering . He t gan by showing the fallacy of asking the poor for sixpence per week , when they were actually starving for want He then alluded to the Complete Suffrage and Corn Law movements . The policy of Sir Robert Peel , and the effects of classlegi&lation . He then related what he had had to

      cont . nd with during the last eleven weeks he had b : an immured in Stafford Gaol ; gave an account of his trial , and the wily tricks of the Solicitor-General , who pretended to be acting with the greatest fairness , yet the subtleness of the silvery-tongued crocodile were stabbing him at every sentence . He then , in an eloquent strain , and the tears trickling down his cheeks , related the soul-harrowing tales of th « interviews between those persons who were doomed to a foreign land to perpetual slavery , and their friends . He s : \ id he would never cease agitating for those poor creatures—poor Ellis is innocent—yet he is banished . I will g » , said he , to London , te Mr . Duucombe , if I have to walk , on behalf ot that persecuted individual . After a few other remarks he sat down amid loud cheers .

      Mr . Markhain came forward and said , that he never in his life listened to Mr . Cooper with greater pleasure than he did that night , and he hoped the day was not for distant when all reformers would join in one cam pact . After a few other rtmarkB he held out his haDd to Mr . Cooper , which he took , and said , " many a time have I requested this hand , but it was refused . " They both said that all past differences should ba buried from this time ( Great cheering . ) The following resolutions were adopted during the night . Moved by Mr . Coulston , and seconded by Mr . Hunt—" That this meeting has the greatest cenfidence in the integrity and honesty of our noble patriot , Thomas Cooper , and return him their

      sincere thanks for his manly defence on bis late trial , on behalf of those great principles contained in the People's Charter . " UnanimouB . Moved by Mr . Beedbam , seconded by Mr . Jackson— " That the thanks of this meeting be given to those persons who gave evidence in favour of Mr . Cooper on his late trial at Stafford . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Smith , i seconded by Mr , Toone—" That the tbanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Mullen of London , and Mr , i Haines of Oundle , for the very liberal manner , in which they have come forward to give bail i for out noble patriot , T . Cooper . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Wooley , seconded by Mr . Smedley : —

      " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the . Defence Fund Committee for their valuable services on behalf of Mr . Cooper . " Moved by Mi . Jones , seci nded < by Mr . Allen : — " That tbe thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Thorn- * Winters for bis valuable services in collecting and keeping witnesses together during the late commission on bt-half of Mr . Thomas Cooper . " A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and three cheers for Cooper , the Charter , and O'Connor ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and the meeting dispersed . Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester , has received per Mr . Grant , five shillinsB for Mr . EIIib .

      NORTHAMPTONSHIRE—A meeting was held at the house of Mr . Wingell , of Raunds , on Monday evening , when addresses were delivered by Messrs-Marriott , of Stanwick ; M'Favlan , of Northampton ; and others . Mr . M'Farlan also exhorted the yourig men to associate themselves together by forming mutual instruction classes , and to devote their whole leisure time to assisting their elder brethren in prosecuting this holy cause . DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met as usual , on Sucday . Mr . Wood ward was called to tbe chair , and the minutes being read , Mr . W . Dyott , the secretary , read a communication from an American gentleman n-inud Wright , a niemb r of the Society of Friends , who was desirous of addressing them . Mr .

      O'Hit'gics proposed and Mr . C . ' arke seconded tbe admission of three new members whose names Were transmitted by Mr . Lteson , of Newton Mount Kennedy , in the county of Wicklow . Mr . O'HicginB paid a wellmerited compliment to their indefatigable friend , Mr . Leeson , who was beating up for recruits so successfully ; be moved the insertion of his letter on the minutes , and fcoptd his example would prove a stimulus to other niemlifcrs to exert thtuistlves in the propagation of those opinions which he conscientiously believed could alone work out the political regeneration bf Irebnd —( hear . ) A certain great man had the audacity to declare publicly that there were no Chartists in Ireiand —( laughter )—although he was sure bis friend , Mr . D ; ott , would readily 8 how bim their boots containing the names of 1040 good men arsd true pledged Rtpealers of tfee Irish Uuion , through the only moral means by which it could be achieved or made ot aDy value to the public—the obtainment of Universal

      Suffrage , Vote bj Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members—( hear and cheers)—and if that was not Chartism ; be ( Mr . O'Higgins ) did not know what it meant—( cheers . ) But what estimate did O Connell set on the intellect of tbe Irish nation when he dared to enunciate without ftar of contradiicton from any liespicable toadies that crawl before him in tbe Corn Exchange , the atrocious falsehood , that there were not in Ireland any men honest , independent , and fearless enough to avow the creed of Richard Cartwright , Hunt , Cobbett , and O'Connor ? Did he think the creaturtB there believed what they wanted courage to deny ? Did he forget that poor Tom Steele bad declared , but a vreek before that they were all Chartists , though not O'Cunnorites—a distinction without any difference . ( Htar , hear . ) He bslieved in Mr . Sturge ' s honesty ; and he w ; is no more a blind follower of Mr . O'Connor than he

      was a lickspittle of Mr . O'CoiiDell ' s : but it was justice only to Mr . O'Connor to ailow that only for his energy and perseverance they would not have Mr . Sturge in the position he now occupied ; they would not have even the stunted port ' on of equivocal middle-class sympathy they enjoyed ; they would not have Mr . O'Conntli himself re-adopting the six points . It was Mr . O Connor wbo thrust Anrjual Parliaments down bis throat , —gainsay it -who could : and , as to there being " no Cbartitts in Ireland , " he would reply to O'Connell in his own words , addressed to their talented and esteemed secretary , " Bab ! " " Felly and trash !" ( Hear , and loud cheering . ) On that insult , Mr . Dyott had calmly observed , that their " trash" was truth ; their " folly" their having so long believed in the Bincerity of a man wbo had notoriously sold Ireland for Whig patronage and family aggrandisement—( loud

      entering)—plBying the game of a faction he bad deservedly styled " base , bloody , and brutal , " at the expence of a generous and confidins , but duped and betrayed , people , for upwards of seven years , while county after county was given up , —in many cases bartered for offices , —and tbe liberal strength at last so reduced that the " Liberator" himself was thrust out of Dublin , and only eltcted ( after bloodshed and batttry ) in Cork—( hear )—all the while that a splendid registration staff fattened on the people ' s funds on Burgh Quay . ( Htar . ) Why if there were not Chartists in Ireland , after such experience , they would deserve to live £ Dd fiie slaves . ' iHtar . ) For who did not perceive that the working classes bad got nothing by aU the squabbles in ¦ which they bad been engaged ? j ( Hear ) Who did Dot perceive that they never would j get anything till the franchise—their undoubted right —gave Hum Spower in their own House of Assembly . UHear . ) And ' who , like bim , would tottheie declare

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      . . ^ ^ ¦ ! ¦ ¦¦¦« ,. . — - ? " . i . t- never to desist until not only all Irehsd vtaa Chartist , but until the people from the Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear , and from the Hill of HoBtfa to the Achlll Head , were no longer afraid to avow their conviction , and glory in the term which would unite them with tbeir fellow men in England and Scotland in one determined struggle to obhia the glorious realizition of that document which Mr . O'Connell himself drew up , and of which he declared that the man who did not acceds to it was eitfcer a knaw proating by the evils of misrule or a fool on whom facts and rrason ^ g made no impression ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . )—Mr . Clark said he hoped for the sake of Mr . O Connell's reputation , O'Neil Daunt would act the part which Gil Bias did the

      by Archbishop of Toledo , and give him a hint to retire . ( Hear , and langhtsr . ) It really was pitiable to bo a public man floundering as the " Liberator - was for some time br : k . He could understand and cope with a man who opposed Chartism openly , but to see a man admitting now the innate utility of Chartism and next decJaring he could have no connexion with its advoettes—this day swallowir ? the six points and next quibbling about Universal Suffrage , Complete Suffrage , Mannood Suffrage , fco . all of which being explained amounted to the same thing , was what he coold Hot unravel . The man w » 9 surely demented ( laughter ) , or was trying how far he could practica on the parisilos and ninnies he was nr iducting through tbe tedious and labyrintbical fool ' s march , in seach of repeal : which they had as much chance of gettingr as he ( Mr . Clarke ) had of making a mortice without a chisel ( bear , hear . ) For himself , when he

      beard how O Connell , in all his contradictions and absurdities was . applauded and listened to , he almost blushed for Irishmen ( cheers . ) .- Mr . Fowler said , that it wuB their industrry Mr . O'Connell found fault with . Let them rally at public meetings , —( hear )—and organize their electoral strength , ( hear . ) He knew they had at least twenty-five or thirty good Votes already—( hear . ) He got his perfected the other day , and so did Mr . Dyott their secretary— ( cheers . ) Let them be ready for an election , no one could tell how soon that might happen—then their existence , respectibility , and influence would be most gracefully acknowledged , and they would rell themselves either to Whig or Tory , whichever would come up to their prise , and give a written pledge to support no a ^ mlnstration which would not support the Charter —( Charter . ) They could easily make their voters fifty—enough to turn any election . — ( Loud cheers ) :

      MALTON . —Mr . Bairatow delivered two powerful and animated lectures in the Market-place , on Monday and Tuesday evenings , when there was a remarkably good attendance , and tbe attention and interest paid to the lecturer , evinced an extraordinary degree of enthusiasm . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . W . Kimpster Robson delivered a lecture in the Chartist's Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Sunday evening , at six o'clock , on the evils of the present system , and the good that must inevitably accrue to the working classes of thece realms in the event of ihe People ' s Charter becoming the law of the land . The Bpacious Hall was crowded to the door , and Mr . Robson most enthusiastically cheered throughout his able lecture . He did the subjects be discussed great justice , painting in tbeir true colours the innumerable evils inflicted upon the wealth-producers of this

      country , proving to the satisfaction of his numerous audience that class legislation introduced and cherished them to the alarming extent to which tyranny and oppression had now arrived . He likewise proved the Charter to be the only antidote , and defied any man or body of men to come forward and prove the contrary . Mr . Sinclair , who was unanimously elected to the chair , took a show of hands whether they were satisfied with the arguments adduced by Mr . Robson in defence of the Charter , and that the Charter would enable tbe wealth producers to ameliorate their own condition . A forest of bands were held up in approval of Mr . Robaon ' s © pinions , and none to the contrary . Mr . Peter Rigby , from Chorley , will lecture in the same Hall on next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock ; Is . 6 d . was received for Mr . Ellis ' s defence , and several names were enrolled at tbe conclusion of the lecture .

      The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead held their weekly meeting in the Chartist's Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Monday evening as usual , Mr . John Young in the chair . The minutes of tbe previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr Sinclair said he had great pleasure in informing the meeting that one of tbe honest men ef Blaydpn ( a small village near Newcastle ) called on bim this morning , and handed him £ 1 5 s . from tbe friends to a fair trial in Blaydou , for the General Defence Fund , being the proceeds of four pairs of children ' s shoes , and two portraits presented and raffled for the good of the victims of Tory misrule , and Anti-Corn-Law treachery . The secretary wr s then

      instructed to remit the sum of £ 2 to the general treasurer tor the Defence Fund , making , with the sums formerly remitted , £ 4 forwarded by the Charter Association of Newcastle for that laudable object , and to state that r . s many of the collector's books have not been handed in yet , that wo will Bend another remittance in the course of a few days . Men of Northumberland , and Durham look at the noble example set you by the good men and true of Craralington , Shotley Bridge , Blaydon , some of the factories in Newcastle , whose names we dare net mention , ( tyranny being bo rife , ) and go and do the same . Several sums were paid into the lecturer's fund , and after some local business was disposed of the meeting adjourned . I

      MANCHESTER . —The Chartist joiners and painters held their weekly meeting on Friday evening lost , in the Large Anti-Room of the Carpenters' Hall , when they were ably addressed by Messrs . Lane and Partington . Carpenter's Hall ;—On Sunday last two lectures were delivered in the above -hall , one in the afternoon by Mr . Dauio'l Donovan , of Manchester , and the other in the evening by Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport The attendance in the afternoon was not very numerous , owing to the rain falling without intermission . Mr . John Murray was called upon to preside . Mr . Donovan delivered a most excellent address , which waB loudly applauded throughout In the evening the hall was crowded . Mr . Jeremiah Lune was called to the chair .

      Mr . Thomas Clark on coming forward was greeted with loud cheers . He entered into a variety of topics of deep and general interest , and animadverted in severe terms upon the conduct of Lord Abinger at the late special commission at Liverpool . He then re commended the system of exclusive dealing as being in every way calculated to benefit the cause of Chartism , and called upon all persons present to aYstain from intoxicating drinks so that they maybe the better enabled to contribute towards the support of those friends who had become the victims of class tyranny , and concluded by calling upon t >; e people to support , by every means in theii power , that portion of the press which advocated their interests , more especially the Northern nnd Eventny- Stars . A collection was then made in suppjrt of the Hull . Mr . Doyle was then called upon by the Chairman to say a

      few words upon the suljtct of himself and colleagues beiug called upon to appear before her Majesty , to answer certain conspiracies and misdemeanours of which he and they stood charged . Mr . Doyle made his way to the platform , and exposed the many attempts made to put down and imprison those who had the manlinees to come forward in opposition to tyrauny ivnU injustice , but the Government would find they and their emissaries hail shot wide of their mark , for he hati not tbe least doubt , nay , he could assure that audience , both for himself and his friends ' ,-. ' , that , they would , if spared , return from their dungeons to attack again , with renewed vigour , tbe proud citadel of corruption , and never relinquish the contest till death or victory crowned their efforts . Mr . Doyle retired amid tremendous cheers , and the meeting broke up .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS DEFENCE AND SUPPORT FUND . ¦ ' ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : . " < . ¦ . - ¦ ' ' . £ . b . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 112 19 10 J J . Wells ' ... ' ¦ ... ... ... 0 0 6 — Banister ... ... ... ... 0 10 Lambeth Teetotal Chartists ... ... 0 1 5 Publisher of" Voltaire ' s Dictionary" ... 0 5 0 Aberdeen ... .... ... ... 10 0 Bury St , Edmunds /«• ¦"'¦ " ¦ ..- ' ... ... 0 10 0 Warwick and Leamington ( fourth remittance of sale of Raffle tickets * ... 1 17 0 E . Holmes , Leicester , two Raffle Tickets 0 2 0 Wm . Smith ... ; .. ... ... 0 0 6 Hudder&field ... ... ... 1 10 10 Irvine . . « ¦ ¦¦'''¦ ... ... ... 0 10 0 Subscriptions acknowledged last week

      as for Ellkf :. ; . ... ... 0 3 1 Northampton Chartitts ... ... 0 8 4 ( V £ 119 9 6 * Tbe Warwick frienda have deferred the raffle fo * the valuable painting of the " Magdalene , " until the 28 th of this month . Applications for tickets ( one shilling each only ) should be addressed to Mr , Shepherd , at Mr . Donaldson ' s , Cbspel-street ; Warwick . f The cost of bringing Ellis ' s case before the Judges will be defrayed out of the General Defence Fmd ; there need not , therefore , be a separate fund , bat exertion to increase te General Fuu < 1 ,

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      Robbert . —On Sunday night last , the countinghouse of M . e ? sra . James Procter and Sons , Rochdale , Was broken open , and a quantity of sovereigns stolen therefrom . The thieves are supposed to have concealed themselves in the factory , previously to the doors being closed on Saturday night , aa their exit was made by a side door that was locked within the mill ; and the implements made use of to force the locks were those that belonged to the premises .

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      Receipts of the Executive for the vreek ending March 16 th : — £ . B .- 'd . Idle ... ... 0 1 8 London , per Mr . Simpson p 5 0 Stafford ... ... 0 5 0 Chattens ... 0 2 6 Kiiiiihtsbridge ... ... 0 4 8 Ka «' Head , Nottingham 0 5 0 Yew Green ... ... 0 3 2

      Dalton ... . ' . ... 0 13 Almondbury ... ... 0 19 Kirkheatou ... ... 0 4 8 Honley ... ... 0 2 6 Brighton ... ... 1 2 10 Old Basford ... ... 0 14 6 Lambeth Youths ... 0 10 London , per Mr . Wheeler 0 8 4 I have not thought it prudent to tend the voting lists ; God knows , even now , whether this step will give satisfaction . J . Campbell , Secretary .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —As yonr attention has beea drawn to the balanc sheet of the ExecutiW by the Editor of the Northern Star , in last Saturday's paper , and as there has been aome discussion on the subject already , I will at onro explain what perhaps May be considered objectionable items ia the balancesheet . - . . ¦ . ¦'¦ ' . . ¦' . -. " . '¦ .- . .- ¦ .- .. ... - ¦ ¦ The first is postage and stationery for tbe quarter ; averages 18 s . per week . Now , ta it borne in mind , that out of this the whole postage expenses of the

      Executive had to be taken ; that it ia not merely for letters alone , but also for postage of cards , paying money orders , and , In many instances , parties do not pr « -pay their letters . On some occasions correspondence is unusually heavy ; as at the commencement of our accepting ; office , previous to the strike , Sec , Stationery includes paper , pens , ink , wafers , sealing wax . twine , w ; apping paper , < fco . If this account is satisfactory , well and good ; if not , I cannot help it . I candidly confess I cannot make it more plain .

      I must now allnde to one item in my own ti . iveiling expenses , viz . £ 2 10 s . from Manchest-jr to London , fer railway fare . The country can satisfactorily judge why the extra ' lH . was charged . As to Mr . Bairstow ' s travelling expenses , that gent ' - roan , I make no doubt , can explain all satisfactorily . I can only state , from my own knowledge of the fact , that he was a fugitive , not knowing but the harpies of power were at his hr els . Mr . Leach can answer for his ' expences ; I am sure of that . The £ 3 5 s . in the commencement of the sheet , bad to be expended in agitating Lancashire , ground Manchester , at the commencement of the present quarter . Now for tbe last objection that has been made by two or three parties , viz ., the Doctor ' s wages . We allowed him an extra ten shillings per week , because we

      considered he earned it He was residing in London : — bis expences were heavier than Leach ' s or Bairstow ' s in the country—his talents , his honesty , his judgmmt , his worth , induced us to believe , instead of an objection being raised by any party to bis getting two pounds per week wages , they would bave hailed with delight . Moreover the Executive considered they had only acted on the plan of organization . When the Executive met in Manchester on the 16 th at August , we bad other fish to fry than think of ten shillings per week extra or lew , but when M'Douall and I met afterwards , and tbe matter was explained to him that certain parties objected to it , •' Very well" said he , " no mora two pounds per week for me , if the country considers that you pay me too much , why let it ba as it wishes . ' He bad only aa opportunity to receive one week' s wages when he bad to become an exile .

      I have no more to say than this , that I consider the Association ought to continue his wages to his familythat I cannot do . I advanced him ten pounds out of our funds , and was glad to find I had an opportunity to do so . Perhaps I . have exceeded my duty in so doing , if so I will repay it out of my own pocket , I am sorry I cannot pay Mrs . M'Douall her husband ' s wages ; this is the seventh week of the quarter , and I have been enabled to pay her the sum of three pounds . Leach has not received a penny of wages for the quarter ; Bairstow has received wages for nearly four weeks ; myself not one . Such are the state of the funds . We ought to meet immediately if possible . A return of the paying members ought to be made by the sub-Secretaries ; and all those parties who bave received cards should either return the cards or pay for them .

      I bave made as plain a statement of facts as I can A further explanation I cannot give . I have been as brief as I could . I remain , Your brother democrat , John Campbell , SecreHiy P . S . Mr . Morgan Williams received only one week ' s weges for agitating in Wales . I paid it him before I left London for Manchester , and having Manchester in my thoughts at the time , I booked it "Morgan Williams from Mertbyr Tydvil to Manchester , £ 1 . 10 s . " and when told of it I flatly contradicted ; I said such an item could not be entered . But on referring to the book I found it to be such . However , parties will Bee it was a mere mistake . J . a

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      , in Yolk . towiu ! agcd 64 years , Mr , formulEVf ^ SBVttottKtflh fr j fe . JaBeVMSMMZ nM@qp ^ iiPS " .. / ¦ ^^^ r * H ^ , . ^ ¦ - ~ ? ¦¦ ^ - * it in Yoik . townjWed 64 years , Mr ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct457/page/5/