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      Bobeet Sna , Beuos-stbeet , Yobk , desires all those prrsonswho had copies of tbe hymns printed for the benefit of Hoibernfe iridow on sale , io ac--eouni for them with him . as he ir-ants to close the business , and settle zcith the Sheffield Chartists . Chxrtish jct Stbotjd is reported by a -Correspondent , to he rather qui¢ , teTnch-fie attributes . yiartfg Id ihe want of a Lecturer , and parity io the increased 3 > overig of the peop le * The fewthere who refrain still banded together meet regularly , and trill behsppy to receive ihe aid vf all who desire to seeiheir txnmirv regenerated < ma Shexr men condi

      ^ onheUered , Bbsst Harare , Sucffokd . —If-is true that Mr . Hams sent o letter here , hearing the date he menfwn $ , centaining a post-office-order for 4 & , viih wislrue&ms to apply U io the reRefofMrs EUhs The reason h % ike 4 s . has nol been acknowledged is this : Mr . Harris made thB order payable io Mr O'Connor , at the Leeds Post-office . Now notice has been given , times tnihovi number , that xll money orders for this office must i&made jtavabler either to JMr ~ Joshua Bobsonor 3 Ir . John ArdiB ; and no ; io Mr . O'Connor . It is a rule vaXb Jhe Pest-fffice suit lopayerders to second parlies , ttnlsss they bear Oie signature Sf those in whose favour they are drawn . In this ease ihe order has lain in oar desk

      awaiting Mr . O'Connor ' s visit io Leeds to get his signature ; Jot that signature is needed before tee can even present it to ascertain thai il is proptrly Advised . For the -delay , 1 herefoTe , in the noticing of the amount , Mr . Harris has himself io Home . Had he not departed frgm xnir rules , so often laid down , and had he not , in spite of Mr O'Connor ' s repeated request , made Ms -order payable io thai gentleman , the -amount would have been acknowktiged Jhe izeek ihe letter came io hand ; for the vraer -would have been presenicdin due course , and if cashed , the amount duly entered . With respect io the other mailer , tee are very glad that Air CPCoratar has acted in Vie manner Mr . Harris states . The letter \ n question tee savtj for u > efor

      warded it io Mr . O Connor . Mr . Harris must Jmou > that it contained matter deeply affecting Mr . Peploic , nnd which he ought to have been made aeanointed with by Mr . Harris himself . In sending Mr . J ' eplow . a copy qf ihe letter therefore , we ihink Mr . O'Connoracted as became a man ; and ij mry me who receives a letter containing statements to the prejudice -or disparagement of another mere lo net as Mr tyConnarhasdonei—make the accused parly acquainted u » ih irhai is saia opavist him , asd "WHO Sats IT , tee should have much less calumniation and " denunciation" in the ranks than ire have had . Letter uniting has been one main mode adopted , by means ofmhichto destroy Ihe characters of those vho have become obnoximis

      or urn fined for the purposes of the designing ; and many a man . has been made an unsuspecting victim to ihe stealthily treacherous . The only cure for it is , "to have no secrets " . Act as Mr . O'Connor has done ; furnish ihe accused party tcilh a copy of the letter rcrillen . and more care will be taken as io vrhat is said in letters . These observations are general , arid irrespective of the letter sent to Mr .-O'Connor by Mr- Harris . Into the merits tf that epistle zee do-not enter , furtherthan to say that Mr . O'Connor acted rightly in sending Mr . Peplcw a copyofiL ^^* Since the sooDe irns in type tee have received a letter from Mr . Peploa himself , in relation io this business , in ichicJi he returns thanks for the

      copy of the letter * o sent . He also Irishes vs io state distvuitl p thai he * mi& decline receiving * compensation " for his services during theSlaffbrd Special Commission . He does this , not because he thinJcs he is not entitled to it ; but from other motives which will be well understood and appreciated . SiMTJEL HtJBSDS , MiJ 31 SBrB . T , "WxErsHTEE . —We can zreU conceive of his disappointment andchagrin at not receiving his Paper in due course . We know that it is as natural for a reader of the Horthern Star io look for his Paper on Saturday or Sunday mornings as it is for Mm lo look for Ms breakfast ; nay . in thousands ef instances , ihe hreoJcfast zrtruld -much sooner be dispensed VClth than the Paper . A miss , therefore * « pregnant

      ttith disappointment . Misses xcill hoirever , sometimes occur , spite of all teecan do to prevent them . Sometimes they occur from our utter inability to * gel off" in time ; as broken machinerp puts a " stop to our gallop" most effectually . Oftentimes the disappointments < rre caused by the agents them selves . At the end of every month and quarter may be seen in the Star Notices to Agents , respecting ihe balances due ; for we cannot afford to send Papers to places where Daymenls are not made-Manxt-a-one has had to have their Paper late from this cause . The remedy is in their own hands . They can at any time have the Paper duly for warded tgiheir own address by sending payment in advance , either for a week , fortnight , month , quarter , or year . ¦ W oBKi > e Hex ' s Iastitutioss . —On several

      occasigns tee have-given expression to a strong . destre io see in every large town a commodious , suitable , elegantly-furnished public building devoted to the espezud service of the wsrUng class for all praiseworthy and commendable means of mental , moral , and social elevation . Were such the case , it zpoztkt of itself felokcn an earnest desire on the part of the producing many to better their condition , aiid say lo the preaehers-up of ** ignorance" that their days of delusion and craft were numbered . Many places have already gotten such Institutions . The 3 I 1 SD that has been developed 1 & means of the several Mechanics Institutions , Lyceums , and ether Literary-Societies that have been established in some instances to instruct the working men , and

      in meaty lo amn ? e him , has broken from the lead ing-strings placed around it , and refuses to jog on in the-precise toad : chalked out by those vsho ihink thai a irorking man ' s knowledge ought to extend ^ ssfar , and no farther " . The twaddling clothes of babyhood have been in many instances cast aside , and THOUGHT has determined io begin busi ness on its oven account and on its Dies bottom , Hence the far , more libsral character of the -Lyceums now formed fromihe Mechanics' Institutions of iu-eniy years apo . Hence Jhe Political and Scientific Institutions by working men themselves ; themang Halls of Science ; and the numerous other ¦ means for n . emai improvement and moral tuition amoncit the labouring many . ' To the shreted

      observer of ** man ' s progress " , these * signs of the times' * are bat so many indications of the growing intelligence amongst ihe masses , and omens of that better day when the seals of learning shall be unloosened , and knowledge made to cover the earth as the -Beaters cnver the sea . These Institutions ore excellent preparatory schools to teach the peop le hov is use the power ihey are so earnestly seeking They constitute the partners in them pbopebtt ^ es at once ; give them ** * stake in the country "; end , so far nsit £ oes , fits them for the elective franchisc-essn on its present hosts . The management of the Institutions will tax and try their elective and governmental powers : for they v&l hare to elect and seleei those best qnnbfiedfor tlie office of

      managers . The successs therefore , that attends these incipient and small attempts at govermneat viU berwxneaji test of their general Jkness for a sfecr ^ in general government : and therefore it bshovss the members of stich soc'clie * to faok well io what ihey hive io do , and do it well I Not a single Institution of this kind oughtJo flag for want of support . There are Dot too ms » y of them ; but far too fete . Cherish then , those xoe have . Every one suffered to fall into decay is a monument of aisgrace h > ihe working people in its locality : j for their duty was to have made il subserve thetr interests , and advance tre cavj-e if general omehoration . These observations , thus generally made , are out introductory io a particular appeal ; and

      while we commend the sptni and purport of them loaU wherever there is an Institution of the cha Tucter indicated , tee beg lo call the serious attention of the Chartists and their friends in London to the case we now lay before them . They knout thai in Turn again lane there is a large Hall in the hands of the Chartists , -used vs a Political and Scientific plate of mee&ng . Thai Institution needs tad and support . The debts that have had to be incurred in fitting up and opening the building press heavily on the managers The poverty , increased end increasing , of the working classes , have caused many who would gladly have taken shares to refrain Jrom so doing- Atony of those who hove subscribed for sltores hove not yet paid

      them up ; tmd though the p ^ Bceeds are enough to snake it clear its way , paying for rent , pas , SpLyet unlrss a strong effort be mace by those who have the means io enable the Directors io discharge the debu contracted , they will be obliged to let it pass from thetr hands . WUl the London Chartists per-3 nit thi >? Let us hope that this bare mentioning of the necessities of ihe case will be sufficient to show * aeh man his duly , and arm him with determina-KoneiiOHgh to fulfil it . 33 m Faoxg asKTnsG . —A Corresponflent ham Frwne ****** * ° = ajtba . ttbB latfifiBita of Mr . O'Connor to * hal to * n h « e done & " power of good"" j that many * ho veie greatly prtjodiced agy '» "Tt the man and * H 8 princi ples declare , after hearing him , they are 'COBstisaiBd -to Bay that his -news are ihe soundest * & <» the dearest they erer heaid expannded . He alsC ) aa y » thrt"tb 8 scales aie JalBng from the eyes of 2 » nsaffle classes " . After ihe late meeting , -and

      ^ fter the people isd started Mr . O'Connor and i&x . , & ° bcrts on tbeir road back agais * » good number of j ttaa repairtd to the Snn Inn . vhere the evening "was j 'Spent in the ma » t lannuBionB manner . The healib j « f 31 t O'Connor saA lie iealth of Mr- Boberts were ; * a « 2 i toasted , amid the most entimnastie applause . ^ Hcous Aiisop . Ed-wabd Dktcot , asd J . C . AiEttSBEB ., Dbkbt . — * &e ease they -write about ^^ erainly a Teiy heart-rending one , * mi one -which ] 5 ^ 2 * lor the aid of the poor -womatfB friends . Still it J * » Boitme which -ire ean , triaiaJl onr Jeare tolielp f * et , « ommenfl to the notice of the Ghartlsl body , as ] « iEy ^ sib . no acaiit the woman is in great dis- j *?* : and do donot hnt that it -wonld be a great *^^ ? to he ? eoold alie be aided to rejoiii her ; ™^ 2 d in the United States : but stni that distress ' acd 2 hFH 2 R j r < sa t jj e safety of her hcshaiHi has not DfcQl zSixtiy ? 35 jBs 8 Q by aavocacy as Cfcsrtisin ; and it . ^ - " ? a- _ jg . tizcai gioa ^ tis iLst -we can conrmend

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      the relief of cum of individual suffering to the ftttertlon -of the Chartists generally . All others , especially the one qnr Darby friends detail , tae fit jmbjects for private benetofencs ; and every one is justified in trying to influence it on behalf of the distressed . Appeals to public bodies , however , are a ^ different yn ^ cT- In this ¦ case , the going to America was a voluntary act on the part cf the husband , j Misfor tunes may have befallen him there , and rendered him incapable of . sending for his family " o > t "; but alill that does not entitle them to call npon the Char-IMs , as ChwtiBta , for aid . There are the ordinary means of relief open la this ease as in every other ; and the extraordinary means of Chartist aid ^ an only be invoksd for Chartasl purposes * nd Chartist « nds .

      Were every one connected with jthe Chartist movement , who may happen to bo in bad cSrcmnstiriees . to throw themselves npon &e Chartists for aid and relief , there would be no end to it . As it is , the draw npon the pockets is heavy enongh—more than can be well borne . Bnt in Jhe case we have supposed it wonia be dreao ! fnj . There are many victims to Chartist adToescy ; ani . these esll for every eserfion on the part of thB Chartist body . These have a legitimate claim upon their attention . These they are bound to support When they have donB justice to each one ef these , and have funds to spare , the relief of individual cases might perhaps be urged upon them ; but certainly not before . j TBB ACTB . 0 ACHI 5 G SIXTEENTH OF AUGUST . —The

      anniversary of the ever-to-be-execrated and | stiD-unatosed-for Manchester Massacre , rapidly approaches . It is to be commemorated on this occasiouiby a tea meeting in the Carpenters' HalL We need not express a wish that that meeting should he a foil one . Srsrj Chartist in Manchester will feel that it is his dnty to be present The uubrebs committed on the 16 th of August , 1819 , yet cry aloud for atonement i and we must take care to let the factions see that the deeds of that day are sot forgotten by the people , however convenient It may be for tiie perpetrators to be silent respecting them . The time will yet come when the *• cut-thro > ta" will be placed at the bar ef justice ; and until that day doss arrive , it is needful that the remeabnuQW of the iorrible

      hacking , ia cold-blocd , of a peaceable and unarmed multitude should not be allowed to pais sway . To observe the anniversary of the sixteenth of August It a religions dnty incumbent on the Manchester Chartists ; and one whichibey havehitherto religiously and faithfully performed- ThereisnoreasontobeHevethat they -will be less active cow than on termer occasions . The meeting will be attended by Mr . O'Connor ; and the proceeds will go in aid of the completion of the Monument erected in the burial grounds ' of that faiVMnl servant of God and friend to man , thB Rev . J _ iS ScHOLEFi £ xa > , to the memory of one oftthe best aod most unflinching advocates the people ever had , —the indomitable and unswerving Hbnby ! Host To complete that memorial of worMng-cIass gratitude

      for services disinterestedly Tendered , ought to be an object with every one connected with the Democratic Movement 32 ie committee tor managing this business has been again organized , and are ready to receive aid from those able and disposed to render it Subscriptions for the above object will be th&nkfnlly received by Mr . SchoIbfield , for the committee . On the anniversary of the " Peterloo Massacre " tbera -mXl be ready for delivery a memento of the bloody ir&nssction , In the shspe of a handsome sheet , containing a spirited and faithful picture of the brutal attack of the drunken yeomanry , with

      newly sharpened sabres , upon the defenceless crowd , men , teamen , and CHliPBETf ! and the names Of the " heroes of ihe % hs" of that day . It will also contain a faithful representation of the Monument to the memory of the poor man ' s friend . Hust ^ with a memoir of his life and actions . It will be published far the Monument Committee ; and the proceeds will so in aid of the completion of 1 ti 9 erection . ; Wiliiam Cooper , Wjeij > on , writes to say : — Several weeks since a short letter of mine appeared in your paper respecting my arrest for a charge of sedition . I had a summons served on me , but , did net attend to it . The next time I went to Oundle : was the

      day that the magistrates were sitting to < Jo their wcrk . I west in and out of the Court Room repeatedly , expecting to be served with a warrant About three o'clock 1 left the room , as most of the cases had been disposed of , and was standing at a distance from the Town-hall , when a policeman came duwn stairs and beckoned me to liun- I refused to go at his call , and told him 1 should wait intil he showed me his authority . Another fellow in blue then came down , and without a warrant , tc » t hold of my collar , but I resisted him ; then another constable laid hold on me , and dragged me up stain btfoie their employer . I complained to the magistrates of their conduct , bnt it availed nothing . Wili you please to say if 1 can have any redress by law in this instance ?

      Tea , he can have " redress , " if he eon pap for it Me can bring an action for false impriBonmeal ; and get what dsrosges a jury will give him ; which , Will be precious small , if he tells them that he is a Chartist Bnt still , this state of the law , or rather the lax or non-administration of it , onght not to purchase Jmpuniiy for the constable who so far forgets ^ himBelf as to apprehend a person on a charge off misdemeanour only , without warrant . "Policemen should reflect some little on the risks they run , in' daring to deprive a man of his personal liberty , even for a single instant , without sufficient justification or an " -hority . An arrest , without warrant , may be made either by constable or private person , when any felony is committed in the actual present * . A

      priTate person may also arrest , upon probable bumpJcJon of felony ; but cannot justify breakfr . j ? open doors for that purpose . A constable may arrest on prob-ible suspicion of felony ; and for that purpose is joBtified in breaking open doors , and even in killing Ihe felon , if he cannot otherwise be t&ken . He can alf 0 arrest for any breach of the peace committed in his view ; and i » lso every person who may reasooably be suspected of having , or carrying , or by any ways conveying , at any time between sun-SBtting and sunrising , goods suspected to be stolen . He can also apprehend all evil-disposed , inspected persona , and « -puted thieves . All this be tan do . without wansiit He can do it virtvte oficiu But he must have reasonable cause for the

      exertsae of his authority in every instance . Against *• suspected persons" he mn » t have good reasons to suspect them of felony . He is eo > justi fied is srcest on bare suspicion . He wust be able to show that a ftdeny haB been comnritted ; arid that he bad grounds for suspecting the party apprehended gnilty of it , or he iBamenable to the law . For all otber efftnecs a magistrate ' s warrant is necessary , to justify arjccgt by a constable . Th « ease mentioned by our conespondebt was a tfharge of misdemeanour-, Tbe constables sezsd him without warrant . For so doing he might hjive SHIED th £ H ! and the law ¦ wo uld have shielded him from the charge of murdfcr ! liveiy man has , by law , a right to resist au unlawful capture . The capture in this instance teas vidaxcfuL

      It was -without warrant Had he shot them dead on the spot , " justifiable homicide" Bust have been tbe vetdid . ThiB is ruled over and over again . Hay , had the officers bad a warrant , and it had been inaterialJy defective , or they had exceeded their authority in extenting it , and been killed in the attempt , it -troujd only have been lEanslaughter in the ; party resisting it Arrests , therefore , even with warrants , ought to be cautiously made ; without them never attempted in ca » es of misdemeanour only . 'When & consteble has a warrant for the apprehension pi any party , he is bound to predncs it , and read it to the pasty accused ; and until he has produced it , the p = rty and all others ere justified in resisting the arrest , even to the death if it be necessary .: The

      barely telling a man that you have a warrant for his apprehension is not sufficient You must produce and exhibit it If resistance be offered to the reading of it , thai may then be dispensed with ; but not otherwiseit behoves tbe police therefore , to be some little on Iheir guard in these mattera ; or they may asms day " reckon without their host" They nuy chance to mett with a customer not at aQ disposed to part with his personal liberty at the whim aad caprice of a policeman , without authority or -warrant , and he may resist attempts to deprive him of it , even if that resistance involve the sending of a bullet throngh the heart ef his assailant It almost seems } as if some lesson of this sort was needed to teach policemen their preper bounds . They seem to think , now-a-dsys , that a blue-coat and a constable ' s staff gives them a license to do as they list They may find out their mistake . Most assuredly it is better

      to resist unlawful capture in the first instance / than submit % o aggrp-Bsion upon personal liberty , and then prosecute for damages afterwards : for even should you succeed in Retting a verdict in your favour , policemen are nobody ; have nothing ; are only the offscourings of ihe kennels of bad society ;} and therefore jou have no chance of redress . It oid not use to be so , when tradesmen were required to be conalables . If such an one exceeded h « s authority he had wherewith to answer for his offence . Ubt so now . Miserable dependants on eighteen * billin « js a week are entrusted with the lives and properties of the people . ThB only safe course therefore is , for the people to protect themselves against wilful argressiens upon their personal liberties . Had Mr . Coopa resisted the arrest in the first instance , he would not now haw had to ask : "< san 1 have any redress , by law , for the ontroge committed upon

      me ? " : Mobb Pjlbsoh poi » GS .--The devil must surely have cast his club over some of tbe Paw » ns- 3 t is almost impossible to account for tbefradngs on asy other supposition . They seem devoted to destruction ;| and doomed to bring that destruction on tbemsolves by their own conduct- Instead of acting as soother ^ of " the general discontent , and as allayfirs of the ^ irritated feelings against Cbu ^ chism in general , they seem as if disposed to provoke ill-natured observation What earth

      and justify complaint sad oisBk& " on conltl have induced tbe Parson of Bipponden to have acted in file manner hereafter to be described , had ne at all valued the good opinion of those for -whose special benefit and edification he is allowed such a good living for «) little v / ork ? Would he hiTo set their tongues a-wagging and their thoughts a-broorfing over the use of his calling , or the necessity of Establishments , had heonly possessed c »; as : < jn friendship for fcis otto oio = r asd felt respect for the : J 3 ?^ a thai " flads him in case' ? It is impcass " . * -. ! Tfas

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      devil has marked tbe main of the Parsons for his own , and canses them to act so aa to put the world out of love with them and , their teachings . But to particularise . On Thursday , August 3 rd , a corpse was taken from Dyson Lane to Rippondea Church , to be interred ; a distance of a mile-and-a-bslf . Notice had been twice given to the Parson of the funeral ; and in addition the Registrar' * certificate was also served upon him . Notwithstanding this , when tbe cortege arrived at the Church , ( to which they had wended their way through torrents of rain , and were as thoroughly wetted as if th « y had been " trailed " through a rivet '); , there was no Parson to receive them , or to do- ] duty for his pay . This was the more inexcusable , for | the hour , six o ' clock , bad been

      appointed by his Reverence" himself as the most convenient time : lor funerals . The " mourners " waited , and waited , until all hope of hiB appearance that evening , in ai state fit for " duty , " was at an end . They , therefore , left the corpse in the chorea anmterred . 0 a reaching home , the brother of the deceased , reflecting on the circumstances , and stnng to tbe quick at the slight pat npon the friends of the dead man by the Parson , —for he well knew tfcak bad it been a factory lord , or a factory lord ' s daughter , that had required interring , the Parson would not have been absent : rtflecting on all this , he determined to have the corpse interred th » t night For that end he went again to Ripponden , procured a preacher belonging to the Methodist body , and , with a solicitor , went ttd the church and demanded that

      the doors should be opened . This was done ; and the burial servic * was read by the Methodist preacher , and the corpse committed to the ground at ten o ' clock at night We doubt not but that it will rest as contentedly ss it would have done had the regular Parson been at hiB post , and regularly performed his own duty . It is not the effect that these things have updn tbe dead that tbe Persons should look to , bat tteeir effects upon the living . They may depend npon it that so soon aa folks generally get an idea that Parsons are ef tip use , they will appiy tbe property now appertaining to Parsonships to a far different purpose . And such treatment and conduct as the Parsons are greatly too much in tbe habit of exhibit ing tends to spread the idea of useleaaness most rapidly , Nay , come felka talk of Parsons as a positive evil .

      A Lovkr of Liberty , in a letter bearing the Deptford post mark , asts : "Can I make over all my property to my wife ?'• Yes , if it * e yonrs : i . e . if you be solvent You can in that case " settle ' " all you possess upon her in her own right " How am I to proceed ? " ( Jo to a frolicltor , and execute the deed . " If we were parted , can tbe creditors come on her premises for the debts contracted by me ?" Yes ; if the debts ] were owing at the time the 'settlement" were made , and yon had not other means to satisfy them , j This the creditors could do , and justly too ; for it , would not be right , as long as we have a law of debtor and creditor at all , that a man should be at liberty to dispose of bis estate by settlement either upon his wife or any one else , and cheat his creditors out of what belongs to them and not

      to him . "If I am in lodgings near my wife , will the law permit her to annoy me , providing I allow her a maintenance , and give up my home to her , with a little business . " Certainly not If she does annoy under such circumstances , you have only to take her before a magistrate , who will hold her to bail to keep the peace ; and in default of her finding bail , commit bet to prison . In conclusion our querist furnishes tbe information : "if I live With her my life is at state ? for thB green-eyed monster has paid her a visit" Poor fellow- and poor wife I Both ' are to be pitied , If this visitation be without cause . Our " advice" is , to : d < k 6 rat which is best calculated to ensure the greatest comfort , under the circumstances , to both parties . ' Mokstroub Inconsistency i !—A Ncmbeb . of the

      OLDHAM ANTl-MONPOUSTi WEIGHED IN IHE Balance , and Food Wanting . —Under the above heading , we have received a communication from Oldhara , detailing conduct on tbe part of some lond-professing •• liberals . " which will tinge the cheek of srery honest man in that town , —let 'his opinions in politics be what they may * whether he be Tory , Whig . Radical , < r Chartist , —with shame that public offices should be filled with spirits so grovellingly mean and dastardly as to let petty malignant individual spite interfere to thwart and pervert public duty . And for Oldbam , too ! Oldbaro , that returned William Cobbett ! 7 Oldbam that claims to have the most ultra constituency in tbe Kinidoml Qldham : Olnham of all places in

      the world , to close tbe doors of her public Hall against a known And enthusiastic advocate and enforcer of the principles that distinguished WillTjlm Cobbett , and commended him to the attention and support of the Oidham electors ; and those doors closed too , ' because of a difference of opinion on one point ; the present Repeal of the Corn Laws ; a point on which' tbe EtxJuded holds opinions precisely in common with those of Mr . Cobbett . ' . ' "Well may our correspondent exclaim " monstrous incoDsistencyJ" They place one man in Parliament ( and for so doing they are entitled to receive the warmest gratitude of tbe working classes ) to advocate EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT not only of thedebt , bat of ail priTnie contracts , before the Corn Laws

      were Repealed ; acd they close tbe doors of their public Hall against a man who is now the only active public as'ertor of the same principle , when his friends apply for it , to enable him , without fee or pay or reward , to stand on Oldhara ground and testify to the worth of the man bp < 1 tbe SOriDdneSS of the principles which William C&bbbtt so long , so arduously , so zealously , and amid such almost overwhelming difficulties asserted and maintained . O ! tbe blighting curse of envy and je&louBy 1 How it can blind men ' s eyee and steel men ' s hearts 1 The poor victims to prejudice in this instance did not see that tbe blow they aimed at another , could only reach themselves ! and a blow to them it is ! They will never recover from it ! They may make all the

      pretences in the world to admiration of William Cobbett and his principles ; but all the asseveration In the world cannot induce any man to think that they know what JCobeett ' s principles were ; or , knowing , care one single pin about them . Here Is tbe damning record o * their " monstrous inconsistency . " It will miet their eyes oftener than they will like . Every honest man , as we said at first , will take shame to -himself for their illiberal exclusive conduct ; and they shall bo made to feel shame themselves before they { have done with the matter : — Baving invited that Indefatigable and most disinterested patriot , and dauntless and most powerful advocate of the riehts of the oppressed millions , Mr . F « ir « u 8 O'Connor , to deliver a lecture

      ia this town , on tbe 15 th instant , application Was made for the large room of the Town Hall , it being the most convenient place this town affords ; bat will it be believed that the committee consisting of a majority of piofessing " Liberals , " twice decided that the people of Oldbam , -whom the " Liberals " have so heavily taxed to build the hall , should not bsv <> it let to them on any account whatever , if Mr . O'Connor was to be present This decision was appealed against , and the case was brought before " a Committee of the whole house . " Tiie most worshipful , one of tbe chief constables , a notorious Cora Law Repealer , and quondam Radical Reformer , was in the chair . There was present also a majority of professing Liberals . Motion made . — That the large room of the Town Hall , upon

      proper -security , be let to Mr . Ftsirgus O Connor . for thp purpose "f delivering a lecture therein , on the 15 tb instant 8 uK 3 i ct . " The be 8 t mean * of Governing this Country . " Question put bj the clmrman ; ayes 13 , nots 13 . Cnai-rman appealed to for casting vote ; qut-stion put " aye" or " "; answer , by the Liberal , Corn Law Repealing , and quondam Radical Reforming chairman ; : " No ; 1 shouM most decidedly decline , gentlemen , to ] et the Hall for any such purpose . '' When , out of the chair , he said " because of Ffcargus O'Connor ; that Is my reason" ?! There is another court of appeal from " tbe committee at tbe whole House ;' the court of # u * lic opinion . To that court appeal is now wade . To it the condnct of tbe " committee" is referred . Let decision be pronounced . '

      O'CONHELL AND THE " CHAKT 1 ST RlBBON-MEN " . — Sonia time ago , O'Connel ) , in pursuance of bis usual vocation of vilifying ; and calumniating the Chartists , told bis open-mouttTd hearers at the Corn Exchange a cock-aBd-bull Btory , that two Scotch Cbartusts ¦ werein the North , forming 'Ribbon Societies *; bat that their designs bah been happily frustrated by the Repealers of Belfast" It wiil be remembered that in the Star of Jaly 15 th , Mr . Julian Harney , on tbe part of tbe English and Scotch Chartists , repelled tbe foul accusation , dt-signating it as " a vile riE " . TJae Chartists of Belfast determined , however , not to let the matter rest there . Toey felt that they were , in a peculiar manner , implicated , in the atrocious charge . If tbe " Repealers of Belfast" had ^ frustrated the

      designs" of these "Scotch Ribbon Chartibta '' , the world could only infer from the bald and naked story , that it was at Belfast that the attempt to form Ribbon Societies nad : been made : and if such attempt had been made there by Chartists at all . it was a nataral conclusion that the Caartista of Belfast were at all events privy to : the " designs" of the " Scotch Chartists " , bo happily frustrated . They therefore wisely determined to probe the matter to the bottom . With a readiness that bespeaks nnytbin < r Hot soilty knowledge or intention , they determined to afford those making ihe accusation a full opportunity to prove it , were thuy at all able to do so . Thinking it possible that Mr . OConnell had been imposed upon bs some ' one or other practfaJng oa hia

      credulity ; and knowing that the *• Repealers of Bsirast" had bean set forth aa the " frnstratore" of the designs" of the ^ Scotch Ribbon Chartisu " , they naturally concluded that if there were a word of truth in the story at all , the Repealers of Bedfast * mustbnow somethingoj'il ; and they wisely determined to apply to tbe "Repealers of Belfast "; asking for the names of the men whpse " desicna" had been ?• irustrattd "; thetimawhen ; the where ; and all particulars ; offering their services to aid in bringiDg the effendieg parties to justice , if there were any such . Tbe " Baifast Repealers" B . EFCSED TO EWTEBTA 1 N the subject . Resolved not to be thus foiled . they vrrnte to O'Connell himself- They brongbt the cruj-ge nniiw his n-y-icfi , 8 " it had appeared in ibe pi& ! ir j ^ -re ; xhz ? t <\) d him of their baviuK ap-

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      plied te eth e Repealers of Belfast" as bis probable informant ; and they set forth the sneoess of that application : concluding with an appeal to his own aeiwe of [ justice to give them ibis authority for the statement , and to aid them in probing it to the botif * a * Ietter Was "rt ** ^ on 17 th of July mat . O CONNELL HAS NOT DARED TO ANSWER IT ! nor ( notice it in any way . The inference-the only inference , from this conduct is , that he knows l \ J ° rt £ * A SLA »» EBOUS FABRICATION—A VILE LIE OF ] BIS OWN , which he dare not attempt to fuse out ! : O ! how •« the CbBitiste" haunt the mind of this consistent politician J He dreads their in .-nuen <» - ; He knows that they are making both him avm his [ policy WELL UNDERSTOOD by both the

      English and the Irish people ; ' and he has no means of destroying the hold they ate obtaining upon the public mind ; so in his desperation he tries what WZLFULjSLANDEH and ATROCIOUS LYING * H 1 B « - compliah j ! The evil will recoil on his owpi head ! Who is there that will pay the least credence to his stories for the rutore , however •' pat" they may be ? It would be much better for hi ? own reputation if he would let lying about the Chlartists alone , and answer thei queries put to him by Mr . OHIggins . It would be much better far him to caaae hatching lies about " Scotch Ribbon Chartists" being " frustrated" in their "designs , " and explain why he

      sold-the | county Dublin to a noih-Bepealer for a place for his Bon-in-law , Christopher Fitzsimon ; why he sold tbe county Meath to a non-ttepealer for a place for his son , Mr . Morgan O'Cohoell ; why he sold the county Kerry to a non-Repealer for a place for his 6 oa-in-Iaw , Mr . Charles O'Cottuell ; why he sold Ihe county of Carlow to a non-ftepealer , one Raphael , aJew ^ and subsequently to : anotbftt non-Repealer ; why he caused . Mr . W . S . Crawford to be turned out of Dundfllk , and got a non-Repealer in hia * * place ; or why fcs sold Dungarron for a place for his flon-inlaw , French . It would be better for him to explain theBe matters , and let the Chartists " a-be " . If he don ' t > they will tepza him .

      Mb . Cleave , and the Victim Fund Committee . — Thia is a most perplexing and annoying business . We fear that ifc will eventiiate in " bad blood . " Mr . Cleave bits taken the position thai ; he will distribute the fund ] of which he is Treasurer . We wish he bad mooted the objection he now raises when the Victim Fund Committee was first proposed . Then perhaps itbe present difficulty might bttYe been avoided , i He did not do so . In his first letter sent here , and printed in the Chartist Circular , there is not a breath of a hint even against the proposal , though it was made in the very first instance . The suggestion was thrown out ; the country approved of it ; and Ihe Manchester Chartists , in obedience to a general call , elected tiie Committee . Then , and for the first time ,

      did we hear of Mr . Cleave ' s objection . The Committee was appointed in Manchester : on the evening of July 31 ' st , aft ^ r the proposal had been before the country some ten days , and approved of ; and Mr . Cleave ' s letter of objection was written on the 1 st of August ; We are truly sorry this point has arisen . It is calculated to place us in a very sorry position before the public It looks aa if we were at baby-play . There is the fact before our eyes that wives of VICTIMS are being pined to death , for want of the commonest necessaries of life ; that one has been starved out of existence already , there ia the other fact before us , too , that a sum of money has been subscribed for their relief ; and we are likely to have a pretty quarrel as to t # Ao

      shall administer it 1 Is not this trifling ? Does it mean who conveys the means to save the starving from ths jaws of death , so that they be but conveyed ? There is aD old adage that " between two stools you may come to the ground . " Mind it is not verified in this instance ! It will be of infinitely more consequence , both to the Victims and the Chartist body generally , should the relief be not administered at all , than if it be administered either by the Committee or Mr . Cleave . The Manchester Committee , in accordance with the proposal made before their appointment , an < 4 very generally approved of by the country , made application to Mr . Cleave lot the monies he had in hand undisturbed . In relation to that application we have received the following correspondence : —

      Manchester f'idim Fund Committee , Sir , —Please to Insert Mr . Cieave's reply and the following , in next week's Star , . By order of the Committee , Wm . Tai low , Secretary . Loudon , Aug . 3 , 1843 . Sir , —In answer to your letter , as Secretary of the Carpenter's Hall Locality , requesting we to give up tbe funds now in my hands as the Treasurer of the " Victim Fund , " I best to decline doing so , and to refer you ! to the Chartist Circular and to the Northern Star of this day fur my reasons in full . , fours respectfully , 1 John Cleave .

      This settles the matter with us respecting the funds Mr . Cleave has in hand . We hope our Chartist brethren will take it into tbeir serious consideration . Applications have been made for relief , and each case is being investigated . By order of the Committee , Wm . Tatlow . Now . what is to be done ? Are each party to stand staring at each other , and there the matter end ? Surely not ! There waa at this office , as before announced , some £ G 143 2 il , money subscribed for the VICTIMS . ¦ That sum the Manchester Committee * applied for ; and that sum has been sent to them . All other monies sent here oa the Victim Fund account sbali be transmitted to the Committee .. THE VICTIMS ; AND THE VICTIM FCND ^ Agaln must We remind all Chartists of tbe pressing and

      urgent claims of the Victims to their immediate attention .: The turning of the eye of investigation into tbis quarter has revealed an amount of suffering and destitution horrible to contemplate . ' Relief is immediately needed ! Let it be immediately applied ! ; We have before had to tax the whole Chartist body with gross neglect ; ourselves amongst the number . That neglect has been attended ! with moat melancholy consequences I Death has followed ! What a disgrace upon us all ! And what an eternal disgrace if we do not now " every : man to Work" to rescue the scores of others now pining away , and who will shortly , unless the hand of aacooar and compassion be raised , have to join tbe Dukenfield Martyr in the grave i Let every Chartist take shame to himself , as he reads tbe following

      itdied on the 22 nd of July , Marian , tbe wife of James Heague , of Dufeeufleld who for his sterling adherence to ths people-and their right a , during the Strike ia August last ; , was tiied at the Special Commission at Chester , last October ; and sentenced to twelve mouths imprisonment in Knutsford House of Correction . He had tiien a wife , and five children : the oldest c' .-. ild being thirteen years of age , and tbe younger two yeaife . The only support Marian Heague had FOR THE EAST TEN MONTHS WAS FOUR SHILLINGS PER WEEK FROM THE PARISH ! AT LENGTH TROUBLE ' . TOIL . AND WANT OF THJE

      NECESSARIES OF LIFE , TERMINATED HER MISERABLE EXISTENCE 11 There are now &ve little children left , fatherless aud motherless VICTIMS to the absurd system under wbicli we have to live . Fenr shillings ' a * week for six human beings to live upon Are we in hell , or are we in England ? 1 Four shillings c-week for six 1 and from the parish , too That woman was murdered 11 That woman ' s life has boun sacrificed to the infernal jobbing system , which screwe the wealth out of the hands of the producer , and places it in the maw of the tax-eater and manufacturing monopolist ! Four shillings a-week : no wonder " Death terminated her miserable existence . " 0 what a horrible state of things ! Come weal , come woe , they must'be mended , or ended /

      Is there a heart that does not molt at the recital of the attrocity narrated above ? Chartists 1 look at tbe picture " . A : mother , and the five 'fatherless children mode fatherless by the cruelties of that system which has driven all to the verge of RUIN , lingering out a living death on four shillings a-week ! How many more such are there at the present moment ? Is not help needed 1 Ought there to be a hand unstirred ? Ciine , every I shoulder to the wheel ! The whole features of thia horrible picture have not yet been seen . Read what follows ' : — It was considered proper by the few Chartists at Dukenfiold , who exerted themselves to bavo the poor victim to oppression decently interred , to inform

      the imprisoned husband and father of the death of hia wife . A-messenger was dispatched to Knutsford with the melancholy tidings . When tbe sad news reached ' the ears of the incarcerated victim , REASON FLED !! He went had ? and is not yet recovered from the , effects of the severe and affl . cting blow ! Need another word be said ? I Is there not enough to inovo every spat to instant action f Are not tbe tears of the homeless orphans to be dried wish Chartist aid ? Waa it not time Hotls- ' and Williams cried out ? Were they not justified in taxing us with partiality in giving aid to sonify and leaving others to die of want ? ¦

      There are many more in the condition of this haplesa family . In the very town , Dukenfield , where this M . ARTYR has died , there ia another family in a most destitute condition ! There is the wife of William Wild , with five children also ! They have not hitherto beta eared for ! Relief has not been offered . She is following Marian Hague to tbe tomb ! Chartists ! step in , and attest the march of death ! ; The Poob Law at Wabkington . — -After we had gone to pressjlast week , we received from the clerk of tbe Warring ton Union a communication as to certain proceedings before the Board of Guardians , relative to ill-treatment in the Warriogton workhouse , made' by different correspondents in our paper . That communication we now give : —

      Sib , —I beg to annex copy , minute , and resolution of tbe Guardians of the Warrington . Union at their meeting yesterday . I am , - Sir , your obedient servant , W . Wm . Wagstaff . WarringtoDj drd August , 1843 .

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      The numbers of the Northern-Star published on the 8 th , 15 th , and 22 ud July , containing paragraphs reflecting upon the administration of the Poor Law in Warrington , were read and ] considered . The Clerk produced a copy of a ktter addressed by him to tbe Editor of the Northern Star on the 27 th of July , and a copy of the Paper published on the 29 th of July , referring to the letter received from tbe Clerk . S ? - veral witnesses resident in the Wairington Workhouse were called before the Board and examined , from which it appeared that all the charges were unfounded . .

      Received unanimously—That this Board refuses to notice any anonymous accusation , but is ready and -willing to enter into a full and complete investigation of the matter , provided any person will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges contained in the number of the Northern Star published on tbe 16 th and 22 a « l July last That a copy ef the above resolution be sent by the Clerk to the Editor of the Northern Star . Now , then , reader , what think you of the conclusion ? There have been certain charges made ; those charges attracted the notice of the clerk to the Uniun ; be wrote , on his own j authority , to say that they were wholly without foundation , and promised to lay the matter before the- Board . " At the Board

      meeting he fulfilled his jpromise . The Northern Stars containing the paragraphs in questiou were read ; several witnesses We called before the Board , and examined ; a DE ( ision was given that " all the charges were unfounded ; " and yet the " Board " refused unanimously xo "NOTICE any anonymous accusation' *!! ! If this be not a wise "' resolve , " pray say what would be ? The accusations whlchj the Board " refused to NOTICE , " bus respecting which they called and examined witnesses , an ' d pronounced the decision that all were " unfoujideia" were as follows : —That the Guardians farmed a portion of the poor to the master of the workhouse , to be by him kept for one-and-threcpence per head per week . This is declared by the

      ^ A « r l — ^— - ^™^^^^*^* ^^ J Vm , t ^ rf Board to be " unfounded , " although they " refuse to wot ice if It was alleged that the food the poor inmates were kept on was so tbin , that nature was unable to perform her functions , and retain the water in the system ; ( and that consequently the poor creatures wetted their beds . This is decided to be " unfounded , ' * though the Board ¦" refuse to notice it" It was [ also alleged that for this bed-wetting FEMALES WERE FLOGGED . This Is " unfonndeJ ; " pronounced so by a Board that also proclaims its " refusal to notice it . " It was also alledged that on the very day the master of "the bouse" died , he had FLOGGED FEMALES with his own hands . This , too , is " unfounded ;" decided to be so , after investigation , tho' the parties

      instituting and conducting that investigation : any that they"fefusetoNOTiCE"thecharge . Anotherallegatlon was that an old man , named Hill , drowned himself in the Sankey Canal , because he was refused admittance into the workhouse . But this , too , is '' unfounded ;" according to the judgment , after examination , of those who " refuse to noti c e it" ! Well ; the cbargee may be ' unfounded ! " Weldo aot say that they are not . God forbid that we should contradict a Board of Guardians ( Of course they speak truth ; though we should have liked the matter better had there not besn such a glaring contradiction on the face of their own report . | The fact is , the Board have not only " NOTICED" the accusations , but they bkve examined wetnesses , and pronounced a decision . They decide that the charges are " unfounded . " And yet they are the patties accused . ' / What should we think of a Jack

      Sbeppard , when accused of burglary , taking it into his head to call before ! him several witnesses , and , after examining them , declare the result to be that the " charge Ib unfounded" ?] Would we "let him off ' on such & decision ? If we did , we should have very few convictions ( The thief always proclaims his own innocence ; and his protestations are generally the loudest when hia guilt [ ia the greatest . The Board are , boweyer , f willing to euter into a full and complete investigation Into the matter , provided any pmon will come forward prepared to snbstantiate the charges made " . ] We suppose it will do if they come " prepared to Up to substantiate " . That would satisfy most folkV But before whom is the investigation to be had ij Who are to be the judges ? The Board of Guardians ? Why they are the accused t Ia Dick Tubpin to be placed on the Bench to try his own caae ? There will be little chance of the witnesses being believedwhatever may be the 7

      , q ^ j j » — - — — — - ——^~ ^ j -w ^ r v ^ M *^ nature of their testimony , if such a procedure be adopted . j An " Investigation" oughtj to be had : but it ought to be an investigation in which the public can have some confidence . Will the Guardians agree to name ene gentleman , unconnected ! with the administration of tbe New Poor Law . and " Washington" and the Chartist Council to appoint another ; by whom the "investigation" can be made ? WUl they afford these two gentlemen , so appointed , free access to the inmates of the workhouBe , to be by them examined in the absence of the Yrorkhouse officials ; and will they enter into an undertaking to do their utmost to procure the discharge of j any official who should visit the sin . of telling the truth wich punishment iu any

      way upon the poor ? WJH they agree to an " investigation" of this sort , so conducted ; and agree to publish the evidence ? If they will , we hball say that it is the duty of those who have made the accusations to try to prove them . But if the *• iuvesi ti ^ SV tiou" is to be before , and by , the " Botrd" ; if the accusers , and not the accused , are to be put on their trial j if the witnesses are to be in the power of the judges , where they may be tampered with , coerced , and intimidated ; if tbe ( parties whose conduct is impugned are to have the Whip of short meals and solitary confinement , hung over the heads of the witnesses while they are giving " evidence "; if the " investigation" is to be one of this aert , the lesa we have of ib the better .

      FATE OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS—A paragraph is at ttw present " going the round '' of the English press , to the effect that poor Williams , tho victim along with FROST and JJones , to spykm and treaehery , has been so maddened by the horrible treatment to which j he has been subjected in the " Hell" to which he had been consigned , as to commit murder to procure a release from his own wrongs and inflictions . Of the truth of thin statement we have no means of judging , other than afforded by tbe paragraph Itself . His disconsolate wife has written to us , to ask for our " opinion and advice . " jWe hardly know what to say ; but would recommend an application to the Colonial Secretary of State , to ascertain whether the report be correct or not . } He is abSe to furnish that

      information , and would surely do so , to an application from Mrs . Williams , under such circumstance' The following tc the paragraph in question : — Murder at Pokt Arthur ; —We alluded last week to suspicions attached to the man Williams . The Jury on the inquest returned & verdict of " Murdered by some person or persona unknown ; ' but Williams has since made a voluntary confession to the chief constable , Mr . Newman . He stated that he was qaite tired of his life , and had determined , on the morning that be J absconded , to murder the first man he met . fie came upon Hiirkness , and wished him to let him kill a kid . The old man

      refused ; and shortly afterwards Williams struck h ' m over the left eye with the handle of a pickaxe ; ho fell from the effect of the blow , which Williams repeated until h | e considered him dead , Williams couduoted Mr . Newman to the spot where ho had concealed the pickaxe handle , which was found accordingly . He wjil no doubt be fully committed for trial , and sent to this place —Laundeston Courier . [ A letter received in Swansea . Trotu Port Philip , dated in March luist , says , " Z > pbamab Williams , the Newport Oharfcfjst , for killing aa old man , has been banged . ]—Cambrian * The London Journey van Type Founders . —

      Their address next week . This week we are crowded out J w . chilton , BiRMirfGHA ^ i . —We think , when he reads the report of whatl was done , he will see through the objtct , and commend the parties for having evinced good tad . j We do not see that the publication of his remarks would answer any good purpose at present . He seems to have been under a misapprehension . j The Halifax Fmends . —T | he resoluti <> a sent relates solely to a local question ; and it woald not be wise to extend a knowledge of tbe matter ever having existed beyond their own liicality . A Communication addressed ^ Bev W . Llnwood , Mansfield , won d be sure to reach that gentleman .

      Mr . Tatlow , Secretary to ] the Manchester Victim Fund Committee , desires to acknowledge £ l from the Northampton Cbartists , and 33 . 2 d . subscriptions from the < &rpenter « 'jHa ( l . Mrs . Cooper gratefully acknowledges 5 a . from the Cnanigt Sboemakers of Nottingham-Oracchus . —We are sorry that we are not in possession of the material he tieeds . We doubt the prudence ot tbe proposal he moots . The gentleman in question ia , at present , a mark for envy and malevolence to shoot their polaoned arrows at . We fear , that if placed in the position Gracchus contemplates , the " raging of the heather'f and the " malice of the enemy" would be augmented tenfold . MR . O'Connor has received the following samd for the following purposes : —

      f . d From a friend , at Froma for Defence Fund ... ... } 2 6 From a Friend at Hemmingwaj ' a Booms , for Mrs . Fro ^ t , „ ... 2 6 From Mr . OftTton , of London , a Chartist Tailor , for the Suflvrers at Fronie , i . ... 1 q From ditto , towards tbe balance due to Mr . O'Connor , aa Treasurer of . Defence Fund of 183 ff . 4 O ... , „ 2 6

      I must confess that the honestv of this young man , who hvea upon hia own labour , gave me great plaasure and although I frequently refused to accept the aura yet he pressed till 1 was ultimately compelled and 1 have uow the pleasure of hanulii ^ it over to Mr . Bolwell , for the relief of my fello ff-Bufferers at Frame , which I « ni give credit for it as required on account of babuce . F . O'Connor .

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      Wiluasi iiXEas , delegate to the Jatu IVeat-ftiding Delegate Meeting , anaonncfli htnuelf as sent by tbe . Democratic Chartlita , and not by the Figtree-lane body .

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      NOTICE . —By a typagraphical error in our Notices to Correspondents of last week , the sum of 1 ? . 6 < 1 . was stated as bavin ? been received from London for Mrs . Richards , and inserted on the 8 th of July as for the Defence Fund : it ought to have been ils . 6 d . Derby Chartists—We are requested to state that all communications for the Chartists of Derby must in future be addressed Mr . John Moss , boot and shoumaber , Park-street , Castio Fields , Derby . •* 3 >— ¦ Mb . Kidd , Dundee . —Received . The 53 . noticed in last far Dafence Fund , from Daw Green , per D Oledbill , should have been for Victim Fund ; und from L > okwood . Goodfbllow , Liverpool . —Certainly not .

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      FOR , THE GENERAL DEFENCE FUND . £ 8 . d . From John Frebeby . of Scregg ... ... 0 0 6 _ tbe Swan , New John-street , Birmingham 0 5 0 FOB . THE GRNBRAL VICTIM FUND . From a few female Ctjartiats , at Sel *> y „ 0 * 0 6 „ Milrasbury , per S . Hudson , per Simeon 0 4 0 ' „ T . Ridgera , Bristol 010 _ W . R-insford ... , ... 0 0 2 „ the Chartists of Newpsrt , Isle of Wight ~ 0 10 0 „ Lockwood , collected by D Gledhill ... 0 5 0 „ James O'K « an , Cuctold'a Ciou ^ h , near Hudderenald 0 2 0 „ John Riffirty , ditto , ditto 0 10 „ John Kelson , ditto , ditto 0 10 „ Chepstow' Friends , per W . P . W . ... 0 3 0 „ B . ietol United Chartists , West street 0 10 0 ,. Ditto Young Men ' s Chartist Association 0 5 0

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      Our most excellent friend has sent us another communication , for which we return him our sincere a * buowl « igements . We trust we shall continue to hear from him , in hia own good quiet style , of any thing of import that may turnup . Will he communicate to us his address , that a letter may reach his bauds .

      f Further Particulars from South Wales . J The copper-workera on strike held meetings on Monday and Tuesday , when they unanimously agreed to stand firm . The meeting on Monday was attended by the understrapper who figured so conspicuously at the conference with the masters on Saturday lasrtf . Ho was speedily desired " to make himself scarce ;" when he cut off like a coUey with a tin kettle to his tail . The men are quite firm in resisting the proposed reduction , and when tho injury which a stoppage does to the works is taken into consideration , even although it is only of a short duration , those best informed on the subject are of opinion that the masters must give in . A few workmen who had not finished tho metal oh hand turned out on Tuesday and tbe whole of the colliera in the locality have also

      joined the strike . An address in Welsh has been issued to the copper-workera by a Mr , John Jenkins , who delights in adding the initials M . A . to his cocnomen . Whether this addition to be to denote that the said John Jenkins is a mnoister arlium or a mama ' s ass , this depo&ent saith not . One thing ; , however , is cenain he belongs to "thecloth ; " is secretary pro tern , to the worshipful tho League ; is lectnrer extraordinary to the , Bame worthy fraternity ; and one of those who boldly aver that working men , who of course cannot justly tack MA . to their names , cannot possibly

      have a knowledge of the mysteries of politics . Consequently in the present address he is at much pains to instruct them ; for after expressing his sorrow at the progress of the strike , he gives them advice gratis to return to their work ; telling them " that it is better to bend than to break ; " that" half a loaf is better than noae , "and that the masters—kind considerate souls—havo been keeping open their works at a ruinous loss . Ho assures them that when "free trade" causes a demand for copper , the masters feel so acutely fo their sufferings , that they mil again doubtless raise their wages . How triumphantly he calls on them " to strike the nail on the head 1 " to

      Bhewthe Government where the shoe pinches" ! and to understand as they ought to do like intelligent men , that the law which prohibit * freedom of exchange between country and country ia the reason why the present reduction has taken place . Bnt the men will not so understand it . They have studied in the school of politics under abler tutors than John Jenkins , M . A . ; and althou £ ft be blows hisowu trumpet pretty loudly , assuring them " that he has always done bis best for the working classes" ; yet unfortunately , they will not believe him . 11 « teUs them he is going to write no more letters ; but he will be always happy ( like any other quack ) to give them plentiful doses of gratuitous advice , yet th * y are such thankless souls as neither to feel tor this the slightest portion of gratitude , nor to express the least sense of obligation .

      . Rebbecca . —The statements which I have already communicated to you with retard to tho movements of this amiable lady , are substantially correct . hare learned in addition that the field of wheat which was cut lass week , is the property of a blacksmith , wno was considered a little too officbus . He had reported to the magistrates that on the day tho Llahelly gates were destroyed , a farmer in the neighbourhood had actually been guilty of the high crime of sharpening an axe . But the misdemeanour not being prohibited by any statute " in that case made and provided , " the magistrates wero compelled to dismiss the charge . But Rebecca got notice of the kind intentions of the blacksmith , and having made enquiry into his personal transaction ? , ascertained thaS ' thai this field bad by him been enclosed from a neighbouring common , without any duo authority . She consequently assembled her daughters and issued her mandate to cut down the grain—resolved that as

      he had deprived the people of tbeir property , he should reap none of its fruits . She has a mortal antipathy to acts of enclosure , for another field near Llandilo had been j jeceiit . ' y inolo&ed , by which the people were deprived of their right of pasturage , but Rebecca restored it by quietly levelling tho wall . Aa a specimen of the imposition practised by the toll keepers , I may mention an occurrenceywhieh took place last week before a bench of Magistrates . The Lessee of the Greenhill Gate was summoned before them to answer the charge of exacting a greater amount of toil t > an the law allowed ; when it came out in evidence that tha poor farmers and coal-drivers were charged threepence per cart , while the carts of tho magistratea were permitted to pass at three-half-pence each . Tho man was fined in ttie penalty of j £ 5 , and ordered to refund all the extras which he had previously charged .

      It is really amusing to witness the parade and pomp of tho various " patrols " of rurals , horse and foot , who nightly scour the country in every direction ; trying in vain to get a sight of ihe ladies , " when the probability is , that were they ( 0 m-2 et with the parties in question they would speediiy wish themselves any where else . Although the gate and posts in the immediate neighbourhood of Swansea Were out down and burnt in an adjoining limekiln , yet one of those worthies armed to the teeth , ia nightly on the spot to watch tbe hallowed ground , lest Kubecca should return to carry away the stumps .

      More Of "Sebbcca."

      MORE OF " SEBBCCA . "

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      LEEDS . —Stealing . —On Tuesday , a man who gave his name Henry Edward Harding , was brought up at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen , a quantity of rope . From the statement made , ifc appeared that the prisoner was the mate of a vessel belonging to Mr . Ingbam , of Mirfield , from which vessel a quantity of rope had been stolen during the time it had laid at Leeds . The rope was fonnd at Mr . Horton ' s , in Wharf-street , at which place the prisoner had Bold it . The captain of the vessel had gone to Mirfield to see Mr . Ingham , and the case was therefore remanded until Wednesday . RAiiWAr Life Peeseevee . —Mr . James Waterhouse , of Pudsey , near Leeds , has invented a mechanical , apparatus , to be fixed to railway engines , which was announced in a great manv public newspapers in the month of September , i&il 13

      " ™ "Kention of the inventor that his " Railway Life Preserver , " a 9 it is called , shall clear the rails of obstructions which may tappea either by intention or accident , such as wood stone & « placed intentionally to throw the ™ $ * Sw thereon , and especially snow during the wmtor months An improvement of this kfnd ougKot SJ ™! St ffl ^ 'J °£ ^ the fowntion . fully Inswer the purpose for which it is intended , it ongbt in » nediately to be put to present use ; that is , every engioe should have such an apparatus affixed to U ; indeed the safety of the pabliS demandsT £ is the inventor's wish to obtain a patent , and caveats have already been entered to secure the invention . ¦

      OBTAINIXe GOODS by False Pretences . —Oa luesdayJaat , a man named Wm . Crc we , who-resides in Accommodation Road , was brought before the Leeds magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge « f having obtained a patent arm key trom Mr . Joseph Marshall , in Kirkgate , by falsely representing himself aa the servant of Messrs . Croisdale , dyers , Fearri Istend . Tae prisoner was sworn to by Mr . Marshall ' s son , as the person who , a fortnight ago , applied to him for the loan of the key , for Messrs . Croisdale ; he had not seen him afterwards until Monday , when he caused him ( 0 he apprehended . Messrs . Croisdalo proved that they had never Bent the man for tho key at all as they had one of their own , nor was he in anv way m their employ . The depositions were taken against him , and he was committed for trial 6 n this charge , but remanded uutii Wednesday to sIva time ior other charges to bo made completo against

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct494/page/5/