Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 28th January 1843, Edition 2 of 5, Page 7

Page 7
Page 7
7 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • MARKET INTELLIGENCE
  • Text (12)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      tf == jjAK-WOBSHIP—Past IT , ¦ ar « fosi « n * Kfc in a good eaose on principle—we toden , * h ** **> men tr * ^ ' eni OI hones ^ on ^ SftoSw ¦ prominent part—^ who " -understandinga » * lL * i L -wDl speak of it treH , and mate their aigument » ^^ foo " » # - aoim * H" oppo ^ g arguments—* ii thMe men arenatnrallj confided in —« e satar&Ily Tb&mto « w » l » t for . th * canae —«» . managepient of jJrtl-gjjaitiiCTtoisted tethemj their advice , their Sns « e i » » nghl on * H occasions . Tbja ls '« n Mr , * j ? ftfce men be sincere , they will keep the eyes of xeople constantly fixed an the erase * nd make ? Lndre » ss nothing in comparisons but if they be |\ frineere—if they seek to attain a position Jndepen . ^ tnfibe esase % if they seek popularity for the sake > no « ror of pe ^; they -sriD encourage the disposition j |« -Decrole to god them ; they -wffliHtaxuatexffl-wiai

      VxZJ * jjifstaateTO "With buna confidence , and frenzy *** S hfen&ticl £ m , fin we let -them fidak form , act S . tt anfl do everythingfor xu , ti&t is , for themselves . £ Lr » jS make themselves aa Moloch , to -whom the CajMends of thficsasBTfln be sacrificed , and at las * ! S .- » ffl tom on their dupes like Mokanna , and destroy Ztea&ej can no laager deceive . This it is to deify - ^ j ^ j iiB ot feeTont of itj lrbere there is one .- ™«> d there TrflLassaredly be more , others Trill ariBe *^^ e the palm-with him , and unless , like Aaron ' s ^ fST jije great msn-god < & all can swallow np JC' Qjg csose -wIH b&torn piecemeal among them . F ggflje aespotian of one , than the janing factions * % !? % ob friends of the people , despairing of success , Jruiflier seek to compensate themselves for the sacri-TlL & » T m » y haTe made , or -will teep aloof , Trill _~ % j tiH the people become sober , become sensible T ! fo -for B&oold they interfere on behalf of the tanse , in ttui

      £ -2 ] i » imputed to envy mem : mey De acnteft to Mpes » tte js&l 008 / OT & > Please the pride of rt arouirfod ; for * people in tfest besotted condition IrifrBsi lSsUfflexempt to the Charmer— -will not look ^ t gr aan TaHea , like JhemselveB , lie be -wDling to w , » fi » knee to then man-god or their horse-god ; for * flafrn jm » -fedlmt a Centanr , ialf-beast , haH-nian » Tsrhii tt 3 s have not been done by man-Trorahip ? n t v -Bafrvanibip flat first set np kings . Manirafinp "nJ ^ he anihoi « k 1 contannator of all those T ^^ tlaw-resnlted from klngcraftand priestcraftf ^ flat Jsre defied omnipotence itself , andTendered | j * mondence Tain to man . Kan-Trarship is the { netBjrfjH -Winfisrsitbas tamed the sun to blood ^ 5 hH made the earth a tomb— " that tomb a hell , tai befl toeU » snaKer gloom l "

      Oh , 1 st » ot this infernal plagne creep into Chartism ^ 3 et not ttas aQ-damnmg blot Infect oar holy cause if ft jhoild , CharBon will become a system more -ecnnei San the HCmed system itself ; its promises trill Mb like the beautiful eolcrars 5 f the jainbow , dissolved in tears , ana there tT& be no hops " ** nations . I do not say flat san-TOship Jua erept into our causa I -would bin hope flat ¦« need not fear it—I nave wash faith btbe stern sdf-iespect ot the Chartists—in that selfjgjgKBfis viaeh preyents us from xeTsrencing another jajntpedy . Bat "when / we consider the magnitude of ftsnfl , we eamrot be too ¦ watchful . All historyirxma p _ jinki » j * 7 cria » ut bevzre—nature itself bids us , wfcjieed . Sigland oace had a Comsionvealth—vas

      iHjuiEe once . The goddess cf freedom and Britannia teens—she vote not a crotm , but the cap of liberty jyptrKnB - * as legsined . What deiil -was it that pynoif berat boodmsn ' s blind and made her lose it ? jinrcnhip . 1 GromireQ , by the most subtle arts of frn « yHnn md diwiTTnnlation—by gagging aD months gai jpoke the tontb—leaving open those only that jgSHi ifan—Cremwell got himself godded , and the jgjiUa jbat bad cort so medj blood and tears "was faded . Look at France •—dott many thousands jtr MrtA ft" ** lirei for freedom , and -when gained it tu lost again by man- 'wotship . Kapeleon vaa the M . Hi itrodc dowa freedom -with a dart feathered bniti otd -wing , as the eagle is shot Look at inaia—liberty -was gained there , and -would hare feealoi agsia bat for Qie singular -virtue of Washington wboi&aed to be crowned , and saved his country from EfclWrom the infJatuataon of his own conntrymen .

      lEi , S * peep > are generally as prsne to -woraMpas ibErfodntoTroTKliipped , but how few zefuse that vtnKp . Moses refused it—directed it to God , but the jaoptovoB&pped a calf . Ho -wonder that such a jecfit , » people that could not do -without a Jang , lost j&jjmmisea land—lost Canaan , and - went into csptl-Tfij-lecaiBe a people -without a nation , or a nation li&oet * com&y . de Apostles Peter and Paul re-I&ed ^ and dirked it to -where alone it is due . These Knnnoere ; but Cssi , -when he refused the crown , n » aft Bscexe ; se saw that the Bomaas -were sot yet fefEoaite enooga to confirm the gift And Crom-well i » , tLd Ikevue refused the offered crown , fainted way -waa tfcs tffort , oTerconiB by the reruMon of his tnra feelings . ^ 3 poleon--was a -woshipper of himself ; i » tfnA * rm > ii Ha TforEjSp cf the people—no meaner isaa ttunlna o * n was sofiared to place tke crown upon Bihnd ; he crowned hhnsell emperar , and died an crile .

      Thereal maa-godis a derfl . Alexander the Great Tas deiflsd asd -what did he !—he rlew his best friend , rild CSitus , who had saTed bis life—pierced him Ihrongh viSi a sjeax because he was too honest to fl « t fr ? r Mm , jao tzns to warship Mm as a God . Sing Canute -was sot to be fboled by fi ^ terers ' j bnt how many Jdngs toe bees flittered into fierceness ? how many have JaStiiar erowni by it , and the flattereis their lires ? 1 x 7 tree men haTB seen sacrificed by the false , by ftm nmi braTPes who watch the nods , -who wait but tevti& . from their god to set off and «« " ^ nMfiw t 4 » tma ana honesty have rendered Them objcrioa ] jj CbaiHsm such a species of conduct -would

      jepnfrnlaij impolitic « " * t cruel—impolitic because it vnGdngne the cause , 2 nd « rnel because it "wonli injure fiiossiSTDeates" of the cause -who deserre encourage-• BffiW-pped help . Ihe -working man who has TroAed tjsaa ^ hi for tha cause— -who has trarelted -winter ad lgcag—who has faced - persecution , ¦ who has ^^ foes—srbose poTerty alone pnta him in the pwaiiQBifeli oppressors , it is hard for such an one & be btiaKhearted or banished by the force of oTer-¦ fe ^ ittiBj s » lmzny or despotism—driven fcaik into pcnJeEfe—or out of the counby b / cabals or intrigues - * 5 Bjeraaljy those » hom he had senred at great jasostf sacrifices .

      w . fisa , if we find any dispositian in ounel-res to BwwsLipjletus check it- If weseeanyoEeamongst ns ^ SBg Bp iimself as agodto be ^ rorshippBa , Jet him g ghTanfer , neret to rise again . Those who bow at tt&nat » 21 persecute Siose -who do not ^ freedom of ?« gftandindependEneeof actian wia begone ^ the » TnHb 8 jaaeduptoputdownthegoodj a granny ™ » established , a despotism ; many cut of fear 01 «?» » 21 wenhip , but the people of England are made ?*^ a £ tof » fliey resent ETery appearance of dictp ^ Vwms from -what ouarter . ltmay ; they trill think a UsnaelTBs , and among them Taultinsr ambition ilself and fall on the

      ^ OTedesp other aids . Daniel srtoaafl hinssilf—though he hare the prestige of birth pa ^ ah&in his faTour , thongh be possesses great Brass * && senatorial fame , thtngb he command the ^•^ te of great bodily and mental power , though ase Ja god of poor deluded Ireland—yef "were he to It * " ** to Sigland and assume the head of the « stat eaue ,-would ^ ad fcimsdf regarded by us bnt » topsa , Dot as a master—but as an advocate , not ^« oa—cut as one of ourselves , not as a more pri-^ SKJ nan ; he would be as an actor on the Chaiust 5 S * - * h * f , buv notBoi& ( To oe xmdviti in out nesL )

      Untitled Article

      ^ Tyao IS 2 T 0 T WITH US IS A&AINST VS . " ^ Jw Movers had been praised for their superior rr ^ fetcey had become preud of their superior kno"w-^^ aiy-had tamed their heads , and 1 fcey said to ^ , J ^ Ksaoreintellectttal than you ! Dan O-Con-^ nm , Eoebuck , and others , all great men , have « " *»• Ten must become learned likeus—you must S ^^* « 8 7 «> vill be fit for the franchise—^^ Rmtards and dunces . " These are Hie Phari iB : iJr ^ eT 01 * BK-dasaes , -who havine risen into the

      its » w !! 'i ooi ^ w upon their humbler but more ^^^^ EBwiih Ecom and contempt They now wl *^ -5 « P the respecJables , and they regard the ^^ e&a , the blistered hands , and the fustian £ *» *** Seated honor . They say the jacket should feitert 7 ' Fit t » & , the blistered hands should j ^^ fflrf-rithpalmoil , and that baths should be - ^ w-nsitiie unwashed in . 5 s « *! * & ** & all dss-distinctionB , and these men , g ^; *^«« wy of labour , * are for forming a new &BBdw retE "nfitea ^ ad IQjey threw the apple of fc * - * iaTv > aDoseof * oni £ nfiont «« etuB-wiang-« - tfe ^ T otha " Brien VB ^^ to ** fighting the i ^^ ^ sTe serered us , made a gap ; a breach % i £ t ~}*? i lfho ^ to heal it ? It is recorded in vdbZxZa - ? 01116 * at once upons time lie earth and

      " W ^ J £ nL ^^ gap , -whereat the people viere } ^ ««^ HnEnt dismay , - when a voice came ^^ idoil ^ r 3 ae ^ P » ould dose again if one man « ja ? -Sr ^ "Klfheadlongintoit Who-wastobetke ¦^ S iSS ^? * Z te ^^ t ^^ fc * P-at ^ Sie ^ S ? Qtrt&r clered himself , leaped in , ^ oeoS- ^^ 0 ^ ^^ llilD- 2 fo » » thislman had ^^^ ftn br ^ ch > yet ^ s ^ 38 "wBMtog . &r the isaaj ^ f ^ j ^ T ^ f' -wnKtrymen to make a aacritce of ^ u » aD w 2 ad lie occasioned the breach , had ^^ ohe ^ Sr ^ 0 " » io : en ^ instead of to heal it up , V" *«« . fcfew deservea the ^ to ^ Wch , innocent as *«***? S ^ Kaeountered to expiate the guilt fejfc * 2 L aBfi « " more" paved H » -way « C |^ j ^* ' . Lrrettism -was the ' jrecutBot of Xh »»—_ '

      ^• Bfctovh **" 1006 * a * iwach in oar Israel 5 * iS- - ?*** ^ not to heal it up . He ^^ di ^ Hr * ^ 1118 ^ ^* 1 * wiH hate been be-V ^ iiiShr— * ^^ dacsaled from ihe ^ ftfflfittff ^ mystery-and -would have ^ W ^*™ ^ originator snd head of a secret ?^ £ m ? *^ ^^ J * * P »* rbnt tahad ^ 6 ^^^*^ ea « tohttrfor him . He had k ^ ° * B » A ^^ * iP ^> -T » ho came into ourmeetings ^ toiaU ?^** *»* ^ disunite us iy dis-W ?<» STto-fSSf" ^ speared aaongst ns as ^^ HS ^ y ^ m ** * ishit ' - beeanseaa ^ s »»« e puolic Bad opts , » ot like their "*—

      Untitled Article

      secret and concealed . But -we eould have made them known—we can brand them ; and until Una is doneuntil their guilt is rendered so apparent , is written so clearly on their brows , that all may mark them , may shun them , and despise them—they will continue to sow dissension amongst us , and draw away our members under some raise pretence or other . Why dont those men assume their proper colours ? Why dotheyappear in ours ? YOlalna always put on the disguise of honesty ts betray honest men . Once upon a time , when Scarborough CasHe was taken , a band of soldiers put on

      countrymen ' s frocks , aud got admission under ; that simple guise ; and we all know that policemen put on plain clothes when they act as spies . I long since saw the necessity of separating the sheep from the goats , the com from the « fr >* T . the true from the false ; and for this purpose it was that I brought the subject forward in a Barmen on false brethren . I used strong Ianguagj in that sermon ; for it would not hare answered the purpose to use mild and gentle terms . When we bare rats , to smoke out of tkeir holes and corner * , oi wasps oat of their nests , we do not bum perfumes—ne , we bum brimstone !

      I scarcely Tniew who were new-movers ; bnt I made them . discover themselves , I said they were traitors , and up started the very men to say , we are not i I had not named them , but they appeared . No true Chartist was hurt or effended by my remarks , though the false ones were sore . Conscience pricked themthe galled jades winced ; I was to prove those charges ; no procf * were necessary ; the new more itself proved alL We felt the effect and knew the cause . We knew the men—they made themselves known . I wished not to name them—they were unworthy of being named . I should never have taken notice of them but for the sake of the cause . Let no one think for a moment that I have any personal prejudice against these men . Who gave honour where honour was duewEo preferred bis brethren is honour more than I had done ?

      Dr . Johnson once said— " I love a good hater "meaning that such a one is honest . We loved these men while they were true , and hated them as well when they turned false—when they deserted the cause and strove to ruin it The arch-mo rera of new movism sit secretly at home , like spiders at the back of their webs , feeling the strings when a poor iy is caught ; but none save mere buzzards remain—blue bottles—they cannot boast of one honest working-bee taken in their toils . We kn 5 w all their Becret movements from their first publication , which they styled " Cbartiam , " bnt Which ought more properly to have been called "Whigism "—because it echoed the Whig cry that the people are

      unfit for the franchise . It did not say so broadly—no ; it was too cunning , it was less honest than the WbJgs for that ; but the whole tone and tendency of that pamphlet was in accordance with Whig principles—it was an echo , and an echo is fainter than the first voice . What better proof can we desire of this than that the Whig organs praised it , and called on Government to advance public money to further ite objects ! Would a Whig Government do thisfor genuine Chartism?—would it farther our national organization?—no ; but it wonld further any scheme set on foot to retard or destroy that organization . ( Tobe continued . )

      Untitled Article

      TO THE CHABTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbotbsbsis thb Cause , —Having been nominated as one of five to examine the Executive accounts , &c , I beg most aRterentinjly to decline , as I do not see that the country can come to any further decision on . the subject , and any further time spent on it would be wasteful and ridiculous excess . Resides the Executive steward has flatly declared his determination not to deliver up the books until some £ 16 and odd be paid him as arrears , which he says are due from the Chartista to him . Best Jet this disgraceful matter pass if possible into oblivion , and let ns take heed whom we trust in future . I remain , Brothers , Tout grieved Friend , J . Watkiss .

      P . S . Having been requested to state my opinion on Cooper ^ plan of a new organization , I must beg leave to decline * dojng so , as I think if the old plan cannot be amended ,- it would be better to appoint a committee to draw up anew one , and thus let it be the plan « f the whole body , and not of an individual—then it would have store weight with it J . W . Bafcteraea .

      Untitled Article

      * » MBS . ELLIS TO HEB FRIENDS . TO THE ' XDITOX OP IBM SOHTHULK STAB . Sis , —Having arrived safe back to the place from where my , poor husband is by heartless / action banished , wQl you allow me a place in tha columns of the next Siar ^ to publicly thank all those friends who sustained and so generously assisted me during my journey to take . my last farewell of poor Ellis ; particularly to Mr . and Mrs . Lowe , of Wednesbory , the benefactors of my dear little girl , and whose kindness to me was unbounded . By doing which , Sir , you Will serve and greatly oblige , Tours , truly , Exxa Ellis . Surslem , Jan . 23 , 1843 .

      Untitled Article

      THE » UNION" CRY . Chartists 1 do sot unite with the middle classes ; they mean you no good , as may be proved by their actions . Was not the Member for Edinburgh ihar mouthpiece , in condemning the Charter as a thing that would not only destroy the upper and middle classes , but would bring the greatest evils on the head of its advocates . Now , if this be the opinion of these classes —which they have never disowned—what sort of an " union *' do you seek ? Are you goi g to rebogade , ? Are you going , to acknowledge that the principle of

      equality before the law is false ? Are yon prepared to join hands with those who have ground down your wages to the starvation point—with the monopolists of capital , and the monopolists of land , who effectually say to their fellows by nature— "Thou shalfc not work—thou tnaltr not , toll the land—thon shalt not get a living , unless thou first acknowledge tha land to be mine , by giving me a premium for the privilege of producing thyself a living from that which God hath said was for aU ? They , tie monopolists , have said " No ; and thou shalt not have so much as thy foot will cover" I

      Thsn look at the capitalists and the shopocrats . What has been their conduct towards the producers of all real wealth ? How did they come by their wealth ? Bid they produce it ? I answer for them . They did not prodoee it ; neither could they have gotten it but by fraud and cunning ; by giving a man leu than what he earned on one hand , and cheating their customers on the othsr . Is not the horse-leech a fair specimen of their character , which cries , " Give , give , and has never enough 3 " O . ' bni , say the advocates of union , " tiie principle . " That is the question J Well , and what principle have they acknowledged ? Do they say that you ought to be equally represented with

      them ? Look to Glasgow and to Leicester , and to their organs , especially to . the Nonconformist , the acknowledged organ of the Sturge party , who pretend to cry cut for DSIdS . Have-they sot sat in the jury boxes , and imprisoned and transported your brethren ? and by shutting some of your advocates in damp cells , have thsy not caused their death ? and by demanding ex-CEfsive bail , have they not done all they could to shut the mouths of ysnr lecturers ? Have you forgot the B = rfonn Bill , and its " finality ? " These are a few of the acts of the arrogant and deceitful middle and upper dames . And these are tha men whom seme cf your pretended friends would have you join and give your strength to .

      What ! would you tihyCkf , hands with the murderers of Holberry and Clayton ? Oh , how their spirits would upbraid ycu with cowardice , for giving up principle for expediency . It is s by-way that will eventually lead you into gins and snares which are set for you . O no ; let us die like men who have nailed their colours to the mast and will not forsake them . ' Let us sever shake hands with such a base unmanly set of vile miarepreseritatives 2 To join them is to suppose yourselves to have more cunning than they have . Bo not think to make tools of them , and not expect at the same time they -will not do the same to you The proposition is prepc-s' . eroua—it is false , and the devil is the propagator of it- Bo not suppose , my fellow sufferers , by the monopolising system under which we exist , that It is a

      struggle between man and man . Ton may take higher ground—it is asbuggle between Christand the devilbetwixt Christianity and that anti-Ghristi&Dity—that man of sin which must be destroyed before the millennium can take ' place . Hasten then the time by union ameng yourselves j by a fixed determination never to forsake the principle * of equality ; taking care that those that would lead you must be the servant of all Te are the city that is set on a hill that cannot be hid . Then follow your master and bis apostles ; and how did they beat their adversaries , but by giving to quarter to prejudice noz expediency , and by a

      straightforward and upright conduct , which floundered their opponents on every encounter ? Then let us stick to principle , spHrniDg from us aU the baits of the enemyconvincing them of the hopelessness of either diverting or taming out of its way the veioe of public opinion , which shall sweep away tea rubbish of prejudice , monopoly , avarice , and also the foolishness of legislating for self and not for our neighbours ; and then shall be brought to pass that delightful period when : swords shall be beat into ploughshares and spears into prnnirig hooks ; when every man shall sit under his vine and fig tree , none making them afraid . . " Onward then , and we conquer , backward and we fall' *

      Shall we give up our leaders ? No ; never ! Remember J £ sop and his fable of the wolves and the sheep ; when : they have got our dogs safely out of the way , their whelps would soon begin to yelp and how ] , and then they would torn upon and devour us like silly sheep as we were , lor supposing their notes were changed , because the baiiing of our dogs threatened their destmctias . M . Medd .

      Untitled Article

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE HOETHERH STAB . Sib , —Will you be kind enough to give publicity to the following fact : — A few mornings since , as I was proceeding to my employ , I saw a poor unfortunate girl carrying on her back the implements used for cleansing chimneys , I have not the least doubt that the ' child bad been made to ascend a chimney , as she had a scraper and brush ; likewise a man was with her , carrying the soot bag , alone . Evidently no machine had been used , and thus a human being is made the tool for a mercenary wretch to evade the law , providing the \ act especially refers to boys , which I Believe it does . What a sight to behold ; one of that sex whom men are more particularly tangbt to nourish and protect , on a cold winter ' s 'morning , employed in the most degrading ' of all callings that

      exist in this country , bounded on by an unfeeling monster , ( for she did not walk fast embugb , ) with tears trickling down her sooty and begrimed face , and her appearance altogether denoting the most intense bodily suffering . Such a sight as this , Sir , would have made any man blush , who was possessed of the least remnant of humanity , and , in a town too , where is located a splendid castle , with ita royal drones , as inmates , where all the mummeries of a court are being dally enacted , and in a land that granted twenty millions of pounds for the emancipation of slaves abroad , and that has for its chief magistrate one of the same sex as toe unfortunate being on behalf of whom I write . 1 would the child could approach the throne and articulate to the Qaeen—sister release me from my suffering .

      If , Six , the attention of the legislature is called through the means of the Star , to the subject , it will be gratifying to me to know that that invaluable « rgan of the people has been once more : the means of rendering a service to my suffering ftllow creatures . Hoping speedily to see all true friends of the people united for the purpose of obtaining a full measure cf justice , I remain , An uncompromising advocate of the Six Points of the People's Charter , Wilxiam Matthews , 42 , Peascod-street , Windsor , Jan . 22 . 1843 .

      Untitled Article

      *»> WHO ABE THE ABETTORS OF PHYSICAL FORCE ? TO THE EDITOB OF THK NORTHERN STAB" I have seen , in all histories , the defenders of liberty borne down fey calumny , and destroyed by faction . "—Robespierbe . Sib , —There is something so extremely absurd In the " higher and middle classes" professing such a righteous indignation against physical force , and bo evidently unjuBt in the calumnies which they have heaped upon the working classes , and the body of ' Chartists , that tha necessity for any reply Is of itself a severe censure upon those who originated sad entertain these slanders , for their statements not only display gross ignoranco , but wilful falsehood and malignity ; they have not only attained their present position by the means for which they profess such a virtuous abhorrence , and have always resorted to them for the purpose of attaining their ends , but by the power which they have thus seized , and the circumstances in which they have placed the people , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the industrious classes have resorted to .

      To account for accusations bo inconsistent , and contrary to justice , having proved so powerful in destroy ing those who have identified themselviis with the people , and advocated their interests , it will be necessary to examine the circumstances under which they have operated ; and the first feature to be observed Is , that they ^ ure made by those in possession of exclusive political po ^ Efir , that wealth and influence is always associate ^ T' ^ ith such power , which has been used to its utmost eJeSat to keep the people in a state of ignorance , diffusing only such statements and dogmas as are serviceable to themselves ; to effect this they have not enly the means of calling into existence stamp duties ; of suppression by positive enactments , and of placing the people in such a situation that it is scarcely

      possible for them to diffuse information , or receive any , except through men and their organs ; but by the wealth which they have amassed through this exclusive power , they have been able to carry put their inluence by appealing to the cupidity of men , and holding oat the inducements of place and power to those who would advocate ; their purposes ; and by deterring others from opposing them with terror , every invention and circumstance , which , if applied to ita legitimate purpose , would have been beneficial to mankind , has been thus seized upon ; and the more extensive the oligarry , and especially where it is . a property qualification government , the greater are the facilities for seizing upon them at instruments against the people . We bad a melancholy example of this fact in England by the use which , b&s been made of the press , of the momed and legislative classes—it has pandered to their prejudices , falsehood , and injustice ; to ensure profit for themselves , " their paper ia their bread , " and

      their hope of « hftW"g in some of the wealth which is wrung from the impoverished working classes ; the object of these " guides of the public mind" is not to uproot prejudice , but to please ; not to : diffuse information , but to make statements according to the wishes of their supporters ; not to oppose injustice , bat to gratify some faction of the oppressors ; not truth , but profit ; and this has been one of the most powerful engine * for the propagation of these slanders , and those who have been professedly the moat liberal , have effected the greatest injury-, for , by playing a double part , they have been the better able to disguise the poison , and by profes * ing to admire and advecate popular liberty , they bad gained upon some of those who really wished to see such principles established , and then used the hold which they had thus gained , to destroy every practical effort which has been made to establish these principles , the men who have devoted their energies to them , and to calumniate the people for whose benefit they are .

      Having glanced at the means by which these slanders have been propagated , we will next enquire into the conduct of those who originate them , and who are at all times so ready to call the workisg classes and Chartists , advocates of " physical force , " "incendiaries , " "horrid miscreants , " " torch and dagger men , " and then tell us that "there is so much disgrace attached to the name that it would damn those who are connected with it , " and that it is " so odious , indeed , that the very name of Chartist was identical with that of murderer . " To discover the character of these men it will not be necessary to go far back into history and show the deeds ef blood and violence which they have committed when they had any object to serve , bnt we will take their recent conduct

      aa citizens , and look at their recommendation and praotices whilst agitating for that middle-class "finality " measure , the Reform BilL These moral Jorce men could then display banners with death ' s head and cross boneB , with a drawn dagger , and underneath the motto " Will ye force us to this ! " They could then issue recommendations to the people to " be ready , for they migh * be called upon before morning . " They could speak about " stopping the supplies ; " and make very free use of the fate of Charles . They could then establish Political Unions , and talk of their hundred and fifty thousands of armed mm , and allude to the -danger of resisting them ; and their organs exulted over and spread these " moral demonstrations , " which resulted in riotings , buntings , and

      bloodshed sA Nottingham and Bristol , general confusion throughout the country , and political powbr for thbxselvss , which they have used to rivet the fetters more firmly upon the producers of wealth . And what has been the conduct of these "peace / ui j legal , and constUutional reformers , '' ever since they were in possession of political power ? What course have they pursued in the inonopoly-upholdi % g-anU-monopoly agitation ? Recommendations to make the battle cry " bread or blood , " * to " answer with a barricade , " " to appoini a committee o / public safety ? "to compel" them by " stopping all their mills upon a given day , " and thus force the people to entrage , for , said they , " ewn if itvxre certain that U ( the Corn Law ) could not be repealed tcithoui bloodshed , Uoj / no means follows that it should oe suffered to exist . England haa some noble Ramans who would willingly lay down their lives in such a holy cause . * * And these recommendations were

      supported by some very significant extracts from histories of various revolutions , in which " ladies' heads had been carried about the streets upon poles , " which would " serve both for a warning and tut example , " la which " excisemen were tarred and feathered , " and " calls to send six hundred men who knew how to die were quickly responded to . " This is the conduct of these men who are so shocked with the " physical force Chartists , " who entertain such an horror for anything but" moral means "—who have calumniated the most peaceable , forbearing , and industrious people in the world 2—and who have resorted to such means even after ihey were possessed of political potoer , and by their upholding the present system of legislation , were bound by every principle to obey its laws , and deprived ef every plea and excuse for such conduct . —Who will not say that these men are entitled to dub themselves " peaceful , legal , and constitutional Reformers . "

      . We have seen what is the character of the accusers , which , is more titan usually necessary in this case , as it will ultimately be seen that through their example and 'influence M citizens , and conduct as legislators , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the people have committed—which will * form the subject of my next letter ; and it is consolatory to find that in proportion as " these leaders' * Jose their r alnence , the people become more firm and temperate ; and , " opposed as I . and those who are sincerely attached to our principles are to such violence and outrage and deploring the calamities which attend them ; a knowledge of this cheers us on in our exertions to dlffasestetemfence , by which alone we shall carry out our principles by means aa praiseworthy aa pur object is glorious . . I remain , Sir , Tour ' s , truly , ;

      B . T . HOEKISON . Nottingham , Jan . 28 , 1842 . * Further particulars of this and other sayings and doings of these " moral force" men may be seen by referring to the leading article of the Northern Star , August 28 tb , 18 * 2 .

      Untitled Article

      THE EXECUTIVE . ?• Hear all and then let justioe bold the scale . "—Otwat . Nothing will have mow grieved every good Cnftrtlst , for nothing can have more injured the cause , than the proven the admitted , but the tmrepeated and unatonsd dereliction of duty aud defalcation in the accounts ef toe present Executive of ther National Chatter Association . The principal onus rests upon the Secretary and the Belfrconstitutea Treasurei ^ he being the most responsible officer—but his brethren participate the blame and apparently do not wish to be exempt from it . Each will have enough to do to answer for himself withont endeavouring to exculpate the other . ;

      All well-wishers to the cause must have wished that this burning blot on the fait forehead of Chartism could have been privately erased , either by aseoret examination and silent discharge of the guilty parties , or by a public announcement of their innocence ; but this wise course , though attempted to be pursued by the wand C&arfcfste , has been frustrated by the arrogant imbecility 4 and ebamelf as pertiuacityiof the culprits , who ought to have known that to " persist in doing wrong , extenuates not wrong , bat makes it much more heavy . " We hive a rule in Bcripture which says , «¦ if thy brother shall trespass against tbee , go and tell him his fault between thee and bini alone : if he shall hear

      thee , tkou hast gained thy brother . But if he will not hear thee , then take with thee one or two more , that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established . , And if he eball neglect to hear them tell it unto the . church , but if he neglect to hear the church , let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican . " This rule applies more to private injuries—such tenderness isinot ; duo to publicdefattlteis , and yet this forbeariDg , this Christian course Was pursued to the letter in respect fit your Executive ; but with what effect ? I am sorry to aay that instead of producing the desired effect , thia Ieniencey did but encourage their hopes of impunity , did bat increase their hardened presumption .

      The charges against the Executive were not only charges of omission but of commission ; of omitting to see that the plan of organisation was carried out or even acted upon by themselves , and of committing peculation or erabtzztihg the funds of the association . None more grievous or more grave charges could be brought against men in their Ugh and important office , trusted aa they were with most serious duties , most solemn responsibilities ; and how have they answered tb « se chargeB 7—by flippancy , prevarication , and abuse . " ne ' er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first "

      Empty volubility has been opposed to circumstantial charge . They have met crimination by recrimination . No lawyer , no fencer could have displayed more ingenuity in shifting the venue . They have uot been able to repel a fact , to refute an argument ; but they say tbelr accusation grows by plot ; it proceeds from personal ill-will . IC they had thought so , surely they would have been more careful and not have given their enemies ( if they have any ) a handle' against them—an opportunity to arraign them , an occasion to triumph over them . i

      Mr . Hill , as a member of the National Charter Association , but more especially as a * Chartist Councillor , and moat especially as a public sensor , to which office he was voted by Universal' Suffrage . —Mr . William Hill , the Editer of the Northern Star , the organ of the movement—did but bis boundeu duty when he brought those charges before the Chaitist public—he did no more than his duty when he sustained them with ail his might—had he done less he would have deserved expulsion from the press . The only thing to regret is that he did not go more roundly to work . But he waited till every private means had failed—all requests , all remonstrances , had been answered but with aggravation , with insult added to injury , just as the members of Parliament answer our petitions—then

      aud net till then , did the indignant » 3 al of the Censor rise to denounce them—thus proving bis sincere love of the cause—proving himself no lukewarm Chartist . The honour of Chartism was Involved ia this affairthe well-being of the cause was invaded by those Who indeed were the appointed guardians and conservators of it Hard it ia to have to reproaoh those whom we have honoured . Hard it is' that those whom we honoured sheuld bring disgrace on the cause . Bub they have cast off their former-selves and compelled us to cast them off . What s misfortune it is to be guilty . We may pity them but we must be just Desertion , even

      treason , were as nothing . Deserters and traitors have Bometimes this excuse—that they were driven away in despair or in disgust-, but the Executive ate men who have been invested with the 'highest honours , who were the beat paid—la whom - unbounded confidence was placed—they conld have no complaint of neglect or ingratitude—they had no temptation but their own cupidity—no incitement but overweening aelf-love—no motive but self'interest . And ; shall they rely upon impunity ? Shall they be honoured for their breach of duty , their breach of ( trust ? Then is Chartism gone —there are no Chartists—no more faith can be put in us . ¦

      The zeal of the Executive previous to tbelr obtaining office had won for them the confidence of the peoplethey had been useful members of the Association—each In bis proper sphere had done much good—it Was thought they were well qualified for the post assigned them . Why Bhoold their zeal have slackened since ? Why should they have relaxed the strings of Chartism , which ought always to be kept up to the utmost pitch of principle ? Did they wish to enervate the agitation aud prepare the people to connive at their corruption ? Why should all their disinterestedness have fled ? It

      makes one think that they sought office for the sake of its aweela . Tiiey have acted like lawyers , parsons , and system-mongers . The honour of Chartism could not be touched in a mote tender point than in its financial department How scrupulous they should have been to have avoided even the suspicion of exaction , extortion , sinister design , or any foul or unfair dealing —so that there should be found no mote in their eyes , no trifling , no temporizing , no tergiversation . Their accounts should always have been ready at every call for public inspection . :

      I was in hopes that this scandalous affair would have been settled long ere tbia—that the Executive would have acknowledged their transgressions—had they done so , a generous people would have pardoned them and probably ( though not politically ) have reinstated them in office ; but they rely upon the credulity of their supporters , or upon the factious or party spirit of their personal friends , and most impudently , most indecently , reply with abuse to argument , attack others instead of defending themselves , and insolently iattempt to ! turn the tables upon their

      accusers . Oh , too much they steel men ' s hearts against them ! Our moral discipline should be as strict aa martial law , and instant renunciation with the deepest denunciation should be awarded to those who not only do wrong , but seek to establish wrong as a precedent to be followed . Theirs is no common guilt , —the Bins of Whigs and Tories , though red as scarlet , become white as snow in comparison . The peculation ef government is open and avowed—but the peculation of our Executive adds the crime of hypocrisy to it—their theft is tinged with ingratitude .

      The mal-admlnistration and malconduct of the Executive—their blunders and their ; crimes—is not the worst—is the least part of the charge against them . They might plead ignorance , incapacity , distresses , or difficulties in their way . But their subsequent defence or de Science—the factions . advantage which they take of the prejudices they have raised—of the pity with which they would soften justice and silence principle—these are the acts which condemn them , and for which they deserve punishment more than aver for their previous incompetency and delinquency . They have encouraged a laxity of discipline—have set an example of it—and now they would shelter themselves under it—now , like the unjust Bteward , they find the use of those friends which they made while in office by the mammon of

      unrighteousness . For what purpose were these men made an Executive ?—was it not that they , move than all other Chartists , should further the canse by acting honestly , faithfully , and 238100817 ! If we honour them for negligence , covetousness , and dishonesty , will it not look as if we chose them for their unStnesa , rathe * than for their fitness ; or at least that wo are better satisfied with an unfaithful discharge of their duties , than we should have been with the contrary . We chose them , and do not like to have it proved to us that we have made a bad choice ; but surely lit wonld be more foolish in us obstinately to continue them in office , than to acknowledge that we were deceived in them . Why , upon this principle we should continue our representatives in parliament , after they had misrepresented us , and the Charter would do us no good . Alas ! how

      many Chartists axe tbere who know not , who feel not what real Chartism la . For , can it be believed , we hear of some Chaxti&ta bo far forgetful of themselves and ihe cause as to attempt feeds in " honour" of the Executive . " Why should honour outlive honesty ?" What encouragement has the M trusty sentinel" ( whom we have chosen ) to do his duty , if he ia to be Insulted for doing it—if the criminals are to be rewarded and the officer who brings them to justice to be punished in their Btead . Should this course of conduct be persisted in , it will behove not only every Chartist , bat every man who takes an interest in truth and justice to rise to put an end to it It will make our association an association of rogues and vagabonds , and all who value their own characters , all who value the cause , will leave it , will not join us—will denounce us as the friends of vice and the foes of virtue .

      Nothing now can redeem . the cause—can restore Chartism to the respect of the world , unless an example be m&de of these men * What ! in a cause which , like ours , basso much prejudice to eonten&'Bgainst—has so many watching to find flaws In us—for our chief officers to give such jaat occasion of scorn wd opprobrium 1 a cause the strength of which depends entirely upon its moral power , to . be weakened by the immoral and untrustworthy conduct of its own executive ! ' If these men are continued in office or re-elected , shall we not show to the country that we have no sagacious discernment between true and false , or that we prefer the wrong to the right ! -Who will contribute to thelrsupportf who will subscribe to the misapplied and misappropriated funds of the : association t Some may . How difficult it ia to serve the people in spite of themselves—how painful to incur odium where most praise due—to be made a mark of hatred instead of honour when he who stands true stands as a mark from

      Untitled Article

      which to measure the deviation of the false . Do those who bonour the dishonest think that the " poor abuses of the time want countenancea , " A * e ' j they aware of the excuse offered by Belarlus who says , " beaten for loyalty , excited me to treason . " Say , they have given their confidence to thimble-riggers and been cheateddo they obtain their revenge when they renew their confidence and are again cheated—should they not Withdraw it and be instructed by the ? error of their choice ? We might forgive the injuryito ourselves ; but not the injury to the cause . Be not deceived by the apparent , sincerity of men . Shakeapere says , speaking of a blunt knave— "This is ) some fellow , who having been praised for bluntness ; doth effect a saucy roughness—he cannot flatter , he I an honest mind and plain , he must speak truth and they will take it , so , if not , he's plain . These bind of knaves I know , whieh hi this plainness harbour mote craft and more corrupter ends than twenty Billy ducking observants that stretch their duties nicely . " \

      No time , no place , no exigency can [ sanction dishonesty , and the dishonesty of our fuglemen is worst of all . ' j I have long been ef opinion that the Executive were useless except aa lecturers , that as an Executive they have done little but damage the cause . ; I eould cite many proofs of thia ; but the reader will recollect them-We have many who wcrk for us voluntarily and gratuitously ; but the Executive were not content with their wages and expences and additional ) gifts ; taxes wrung from necessity to supply superfluities , although many poor men were pinching themselves more cruelly than poverty had pinched them in order to ! spate something towards the Bupport of the Executive , fondly deeming that ia supporting them they were supporting

      the cause . But instead of opening new ground , two of them were opening ahopa , a third required 10 s . a-week extra , in order to bring out the trades . Has be brought them out ? Will he tell us that there was any possibility of his being able to do it ? that this money was not swindled under false pretences ? I have visited from three to four trade lodges in a night , where the principles of Chartism bad never before been heard , bat I did not meet that individual there . I have supplied appointments which he had disappointed with no reward but calumnies , opposed only by a selfapproving conscience . It should be our endeavour to save the people ' s expense , and not to get ss much money as possible for doing as little work as possible . 1

      But then the time when these men were denounced I —all of them in trouble and one in exile t ( Did they not by their injudicious conduct bring the discreet into trouble along with themselves ? Is not embezitement a crime most ' easily , and consequently most frequently committed ; aud , therefore , like forgery , moBt deserving jof punishment ? Did not the flight of one 'of them ripen the doubt of tbelr guilt to oertainty and cause ! the rest to be prosecuted ? Can any one be said to be absent who can put in his plea for himself in the papers ?—can any one be more present than that 7 F « w can appear bo well I Is he ao much to be commisserated who has escaped the hands of Government by running away , as

      those who are in its clutch by manfully standing their ground and resolving to suffer martyrdom , if necessary , In defenoe of their principles , and in defiance of persecution ? Whether is the runagate , or he who flinches not from his post when the band of oppression is stretched forth for victims , most deserving of sympathy and support ? 1 b that gentleman to be considered a brave man who wantonly insnits another , ' and , when challenged to fight , declines on the score that he is under bonds to keeps the peace ? Oaght he not to have considered this before ? Shonld not leaders be as tender of the peoples blood as of their i own , and not disperse in all directions when the hawks are abroad , leaving the people to shift for themselves or be shot ? - Let us have no more of this ; but proceed to an election of new men , and turn over a new leaf . Battersea . John WAtxims .

      Untitled Article

      Lord Cototeway , the eldest son of ithe Earl of Devon , will , it is reported , move the address in the House of Commons . j Thb Poor ' s bates in Sunderland are now seventeen shillings in the pound on the rental ! This act was communicated in a letter , the other day , by a commercial traveller , to a manufacturing firm in this town —Leicester Chronicle . , j A . PBAcncAL Jest . —A man named Moore , who deals in young . trees , shrubs , seedlings , and other juvenile vegetables , near Carlow , was knocked ud lately , at an unseasonable hoar , by a person

      travelling on a jaunting oar , who demanded if he did not keep *^ a nursery f * " Yes , " said bfe . * . Well , -then , here's something in your line !" Before he could open the door , his customer had good off at a slinging trot , and left a nice little child at the threshold . It , of course , has been Bet among the olive plants . j An Eehob in Practice . —The physiolan in attendance upon the sick poor , in the Limerick workhouse , lately prescribed for an old man , that he should be blooded , and his head shaved . The apothecary , mistaking the person , operated upon another old man . and both the parties died ! :

      Untitled Article

      Welch Collierus . —We much regret that the cessation from colliery labour still continues in this couuty , and tnat turn-outs have set all law at defiance by forcibly turning out industrious men in some of the works in Glamorganshire . Strong measures are on foot to prevent a repetition of each , outrages . — Monmau ' . hshire Merlin . Joshua Jacob , the leader of the extraordinary sect denominated White Quakers , has ? been arrested j . and J 3 now in custody in Dnblin . He is charged with having fraudulently obtained the sum of £ 9 , 000 from oue of his female converts .

      Market Intelligence

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE

      Untitled Article

      HUDDEESFIKLD CLOTH MaEKET , TUESDAT , JaN . 24 . —The business transactions of this day were very light ; an improvemen upon the last canuot be quoted in any one department . Most of the frequenters of the market appear amazed at the inactive state m which trade remains at present , with every probability of its continuance . London Corn Exchange , Mond ay , Janu ary 23 —The arrivals of the past week have b € en rather liberal of English Wheat , but somewhat scanty of other kinds of grain , especially of Irish Oats . Ia to-day ' s market the stands , arising from the increased fresh receipts from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , were tolerably well , but not to say heavily , filled with samples of wheat of home growth Notwithstanding the attendance of both London and country buyers was fair , we havo again to report a

      very heavy inquiry for that article , and the prices suffered no abatement , fr om those nosed on Monday last , of from 13 . to 2 s . per quarter , while several parcels were left over for Wednesday . No Foreign Wheat has come to hand since our last , yet , scarcely any trausaotions took place in it . However , the prices may be called quite Is . per quarter lower . The show of Barley was comparatively small . Good malting parcels maintained their previous value , bat grinding and distilling sorts were Is . per quarter lower . We had very little doing in any kind of Malt , yet the quotations remained about stationary . Although the supply of Oats was limited , the inquiry for them was inactive , at late rates . Beans moved off slowly , while Peas were the turn lower . The Flour trade was again dull , and ship marks were cheaper .

      London Smithfikld Market , Monda y , Jan . 21 . —Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on offer here this morning was comparatively limited , we have to report a very sluggish inquiry for Beef , owing chiefly to the immense quantity of countryslaughtered meat in the dead markets . However , the primest Scots , Devons , runts , Herefords , « fco ., sold at prices about equal to those . obtained on this day se ' nnight , or from 4 s to 43 4 d per 8 Jbs but the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which formed the-bulk of the receipts , was witn difficulty supported . As to Sheep , these were in fair average arrivals , and somewhat better ia quality , though numbers of them were extremely lame , than for some time past . Prime old Downs being rather scarce maintained previous currencies ,

      but those of the long wools and half-ends had a downward tendency , and a clearance of such was not effected . We had very few Calves on the market , and they sold freely at Friday ' s advanced rates . Prime small Porkers west off steadily j other kinds of pigs slowly at our quotations . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 800 Soots and ho&iebfeds ; from oar northern grazing districts , 450 short horns !; 'hints , and Devons ; from the western and midland conn- " ties , 350 of various breeds ; from other parts- of . England ISO Soots , runts , cows , Devons , &c ; and from Scotland , by sea , 70 horned and polled Soots . The imports of foreign stocks sinoe our last have been very scanty , and we had only four Spanish beasts here to-day , in miserable condition .

      Borough Hop Market . —We have had a very steady demand for most kinds of Hops einoe this day se ' nDight , and ia some instance , a further advance of from Is to 2 s per owt . has been obtained for the best parcels . The supplies on offer are far from extensive . East Kent , in pockets , £ 5 10 s to . £ 6 153 ; ditto in bags , £ 5 to £ 6 ; Mid Eents , in pockets , £ 5 8 s to £ 6 12 s ; ditto , in bags , £ b 10 s to £ 5 15 a ; Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 18 s ; Farnhams , £ 9 to £ 11 : Old Hops , £$ 5 s td £ 4 lfis . Potato Markets . —For the best samples of Potatoes we have a better demand , but without any advance in price . Inferior and out-of-condition sorts arc mending . The arrivals have been fair for the season , and the following are the present rates : — York reds , 55 s to 60 s per ton ; Scotch ditto , 45 s to 50 s ; Devons , 46 s to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites 40 s to —s ; Wisbeach , 40 s to 45 s ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , 40 s to 44 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 40 s to

      Wool Markets . —The best qualities of Colonial and Foreign Wools , are selling somewhat freely ; bat , in other kinds , as well as all descriptions of British , very little is doing . The imports daring the past week have been about 1 , 000 packages ; 770 being from Odessa ; 18 from Mogadore ; 429 from Kertch , and 10 from . Naples . Out stookB are nofc large . Tallow . —ThereSis little hew information to give our friends relative to this market . The deliveries are good when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year , but the price is heavy , because the holders are generally anxious to realise . The price at St . Petersburgh for . new Tallow is firmer , and but few sellers , yet Tallow has been sold at 45 s . 6 d . for the last three months . Town Tallow 473 . 6 d . net cash .

      Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The sales to day are about 3 , 500 bags . The market is very dull and flit , but there ia no further change to notice in prices since the close of the week . Exporters have taken 500 bags American . On Saturday the sales were 3 , 000 bags . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — We have had about the same supply of cattle at market to-day as last week , with no variation in prices . Beef 5 ^ d . to 6 d , Mutton &d , to 6 d . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 006 , Sheep 3 , 458 .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , for the past week , are of small amount , and the only arrival from abroad is that of 265 barrels of Floor from the United States . During the same period we have experienced very little country demand ; the town ' s millers and dealers also have'have bought sparingly ; holders , however , have not pressed , and the sales effected in any article of the trade have been at the prices quoted in our last report . A little fine Irish new red Wheat has sold at 7 s . per 70 ! bs . Choice mealing Oats , have brought 2 s . 5 d ., and one or two small parcels of good Welsh 2 s . 2 £ d . per 45 ibs , 25 s . 6 d . to , 28 s . per barrel are the rates for United States and Canadian Flour ; 21 s . 6 d . to 21 s . 9 d . per 2401 bs . those for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , under tcarcity , bears a full value ; 343 . per quarter has been paid for Chevalier . No change as regards Beans or Peas .

      Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . —To-day we had an unusually dull market ; very few buyers were present , and the business transacted was very limited . - The merchants offered less money for flannels , but the manufacturers very generally refused to sell at reduced prices . The Wool Market has been still worse ; few sales have been effected at any price .

      Manchester Corn Market , Satdrday , Jan . 21 . — The trade has assumed a very languid character , and the transactions during the week have been on the most limited scale in all articles , contrary to the expectations which might be formed ^ from the narrow compass to which the stocks are reduced in first hands , as also in these of the dealers . The imports at Liverpool and Runcorn are light , 8 , 439 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland forming the chief article ; whilst our supplies of British produce elsewhere are such as to cause no accumulation of stock even with a demand , by no means active . There Vfas a slender attendance of buyers at our market this morning ; and ^ although the advance noticed on this day se ' nnigbt was not supported , we do not reduce our quotations ,, but repeat them nominally , as the amount of business done was only to a very moderate extent .

      Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Jan , 21 . — We had a fair supply of Gram in our market , to-day , which only had a dull sale . Wheat sold from 53 3 d to 6 * 8 64 . Oats 2 s to 2 s 8 ar . Barley 3 s 6 d to 3 s dd . BewiB 4 a to 4 A , 4 jd . per bnshel . State of Tbabe is |[ abksley . —This town presents the most omenous forebodings of a return of the borrid suffering of last year . The fancy Drill season draws to a close and as the workmen finish their work are in most instances turned off . And what makes the general appearance worse , is , that the other branches of weaving are . in a complete state of ruin having never recovered from the depression of last year ;

      Yobk Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . —We have not much Wheat offering to-day , but are well supplied with Oate and Barley , Wheat 1 a oat of condition , and Is to 2 s per qr , lower . Barley is in very great demand : and having a fresh payer or two in the market ; , high prices are paid . Oats are dull , and the turn lower . . . Nsifcastle Corn Mabjsbx , Saotbjjat , Jan . 21 . — We had only a moderate supply of Wheat at market this morning from the country , and the arrivals from

      the boast ; are very trifling , nevertheless the trade ruled'dull , andall descriptions mast be noted fully Is . per qr . lower . Foreign Wheat is held M& firmness , but the business transacted was exceedingly limited . In Eye there is little doing . The arrivals of Barley this week are very light , and our maltsters being mostly bare of stock , the trade is firm at an advance of Is . per qr . on all descripiioas . For Beans and Peas there is no inquiry . Malt is the turn dearer . The show of Oats to-day was large , and they met a heavy sale at rather under the rates of last week . Flour , although in limited supply ia a dull sale at Is . per sack decline .

      Untitled Article

      TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERS STAB . Dear Sis , —Mr . O'Connor ia earnestly entreated not to give pain to the Chartist * by calling them " bis party . " I am , dear Sir , yoor ' , respectfally , Bittersea . John Wasjuxs .

      Untitled Article

      TO THB CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —You have read in the Star of the 14 th of January an artiele on the land ; which is much deserving your attention . " The land we live in" ia often given as a toast , but like many other toasts , very improperly ; it should be the land we starve in , or the land we ougbt to live in ; but , in fact , the land we must live on . 1

      Many political events have taken place , -which , if properly noticed , and well understood , Would give you a good idea of the great necessity of some immediate alteration in the landed system of Great Britain , without which it will soon cease to be a respected nation . I will point ont to you an example , one which I am well acquainted with , one that will show you that ] the land is the only solid foundation for the happiness and strength of a country ; not the laud as it is at present occupied ; not in useful cultivation , guarded by keepers , who are nightly coming in contact with unfortunate men , who consider that they have as much right to take a wild animal as any one else ; and perhaps they consider that no man has a right , either by divine or human laws , to hold so much land , to the

      great injury and starvation of thousands . I speak now of those most obnoxious and inhuman laws , the Gfarae Laws , which with other abominable wad worse than fiendish laws , are daily and even hourly brutalizing the once noble people of England . We will now suppose that a revolution should take place ! in this country ( which God forbid . ' ) supplies wonld , fee immediately withheld from the markets . No man , except the farmers , has any stock to foil back upon . The farmers in England are very few : where there is one farmer now , tbere were fifty in former times . I am writing this upon a farm of six hundred acres ; there is only one family on it , and not twenty workmen ; it cannot be well cultivated . I can , I am sore '; prove that it would support fifty or sixty families , and the

      produce of the said families wonld be able to sell at the end of the year would be much more than the present farmer produces . I merely mention these things to show the great necessity of a better system , and to give you a subject for discussion ; and I ) advise you to discuss it , and inquire well into the matter . Now , suppose a revolution to take place—all trade wonld cease—the fanners wonld be plundered , they being the only people that would have anything to eat ia their possessien— -the millions of starving 1 people dying would cause a pestilence , which always follows war and , famine—the great and rich landlord would , with all his wealth , starve , die , and rot perhaps on bis own dnnghilL This is a true picture of what England would be la the event « f a civil war . . God iforbld

      it should take place . Now , suppose four fifths of the people were in possession of land , from half an acre to one hundred , and suppose a revolution took place , the four-fifths would have more to spare than the one-fifth wonld require for a long time , and supposing the war to last some time , the land would still be in cultivation , except in the immediate seat of the war , and as the seat of war is continually shifting , there jwould be little fear of starving , Now for the example . ) You all know , or ought to know , that there has ; been , with abort intervals , a civil or foreign war hi j Spain for the last thirty-five or six years . The war called the Peninsular war lasted upwards of seven years , and ended hi 1814 ; since which tbere has ! been almost a continued civil war , —witness the late ] affair in Barcelona , which has been cimhed for tbe

      moment by despots ; bat is not dead , it is only the beginning of an end . You will find that after all > these wars , and they have been dreadful and desperate , Spain is in a healthy , happy state . The country is full of everything that is good . There are no : poor laws , no people dying of starvation . The land jis in the hands of at least three-fourths of the people . Just consider such a war taking place in England as that between Bon Carlos and his niece , what would become of the people of England , the millions ] who have neither house nor land ? When would they be again in a position to demand their rights ? i Not in one hundred years . Look at the Spaniards ; { they with all their civil wars are still aa able and as determined , or more so , than ever to have their rights .

      The despotic Times speaks in the most insolent and brutal manner , respecting tbe monument to the Scottish mar tyrs , but not so when speaking of the great martyrm&fcer , the Sake of Wellington , and the monument to be erected to his memory , for his great feats in the Peninsula , Waterloo , &c , &s . Perhaps the Times are ] not aware , or they will not own it , that the Bake of Wellington wonld never have driven the French from Spain without the aid of the Spanish people . It was the brave Guerillas that drove the French from Spain ; they

      would have driven Wellington and his army to ; the same way , had they wished to do so ; but they were told they we old have a liberal Government , but were grossly deceived . The continued civil wars will show how they felt that deception . The people can do every thing if united . 1 The readers of the Star may gain some knttwfedgs by reading the proceedings and operation * " of ' the Guerillas In Spain during the Peninsular , wars . < In my next 1 will tell them what the SfSanish people did for the hero of Waterloo , and how fctfoy did it j A Political Martyr .

      Untitled Article

      THE NORTHERN STAR . __ 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct466/page/7/