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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1844.
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      DR . M'DOTJALL AND MR . JAMES LEACH . £ Ab a matter of feir-play ; we gire insertion to the subjoined letter , judging it as necessary to follow : QiBonlffrTHu Dr . MTDouafl , in our last number , tied pending the inquiry determined on . But '~ ~ hert tile correspondence must stop , "We cannot - aEoir it to go farther , or ^ re shall be again accused of encouraging "denunciation . " This Tre shall 'carefully guard against . Indeed , had the parties to this correspondence been any others than they ' were , in all probability not a line of it would have * - appeared . 1

      to ths ephob or the * * sobteeks stab .. " ' Dxab Sib , —I am-sorrj to have again to trouble von on the subject of M'Douall ' s letters , as there is a committee formed in Manchester , who hare fixed opon nest Monday week as the day on which the investigation into the matters alluded to in those letters ^ Tiy TI take place . But the false and scandalous nature of MiXraafl ' s last letter renders it imposoble forme to allow that time to pass oxer without a reply . Ton will , by inserting the fallowing , greatly oblige , Tours truly , -James Leach .

      TO P . Ji . vWui Sib , —Whatever might baTe ieen the odiiim attached to me on the suspicions raised by your first letter , 1 should hare endeavoured to have borne them until an oppornmitv presented itself of meeting yon face to fe . ee before the Committee appointed in 3 £ snehester , where tht » lll&ttw * which ka-re called forth the * letters can l > e ml ] y investi ^ atetl . bat in some passages of your la > t letter there is so much of amning and fraud < A < , d in-yratitude , thai I cannot , desi rous as I am to protect a character at least 33 honest as your own , reirain from replying to them previous to our meeting . ¦ Yon say , " Air . James Leach , of Manchester , considers the whole of my letter to apply to him . " Sir , that letter applied to every one that had had any money transaction ? with you ; and as my name and do other was especially mentioned , I thrnl- I had a right to consider myself as one of the individuals alluded to . Men who ensage under covert motives

      to effect a bad purpose , should "have good memories . " Do yon not know that I possess a letter of Tours , which clearly proves that I was one ofthepersons alluded to . Tou say , "if the mention of facts which ought never to have been concealed , can be construed into a base attack ; and if any man chooses to fit the cap on his own head , it is his fault , not mine . " Further on you say : " Mr . Leach places my statement that I only received £ S , against a receipt for £ 18 , thereby endeavourm ? to leave an impression on the mind of the reader that he did actually pay me £ 18 . Again yon say : "Some persons may naturally enquire the reason why I gave >» jn a receipt for £ 13 . when I only receired £ 3 . I did so after repeated conTersations with Doyle , Clark , and Leach himself . 3 iiid it to save the character of the very man who would now make the act of friendship 1 was vuilni of , a weapon wherewith to shield himself , and cast a doubt upon mv word . "

      . Sir , your cap does not fit me . It . is made of bad materials , treachery , falsehood , and inoratitude . I will not wear one made of such stun * , whether the manufacturer of it be a professed friend or an open foe . It shall remain suspended in the hands of the committee until we meet , when I have no doubt those gentlemen will award it to those whose conduct best merits the distinction of wearing it . I did place your receipt for £ 18 against your state ment of only having received £ 8 . You say " that Mr . Leach does not , \ e dare not , declare that he paid ? n » £ 18 . " I hare no desire . Sir , to " dare" anything fet ' that which is honourable and fair betwirt ma n and man ; but it will yet be proved that you have recerfedconsiderab ] ymoretban £ lS . Your memory seems to be much more retentive on the income side of your account than on that of the outgoing ; or you would hare remembered the lettpr vou sent me irhilst in

      your voluntary enn . authorising me to pnnt a letter of which yon sent the "manuscript , and for vMch 1 uxutopay ma of the fund / thai Illeld on your account ; and for which I ' did pay four pounds fifteen shillings . Tou , sir , was to have the whole of the profits arising from the sale of those letters . The people , from some cause or other , did not think proper to purchase them ; and therefore they were left on hand , and they were pointed out to you in my shop when yon were in Manchester . This seems " entirely to haTe slipped your memory : which it surely ought not to lavetion ^ seeing that yonrmexnorytras so -fresh on the otter part of the account . There are several other items too of expenditure that I have borne for yon , which shall be laid before the committee .

      , So , you gave me the " receipt" after repeated conversations with Doyle . Clark , and myself ; and "that to save the character of the verr man who would now Tnakp the act of friendship you were guilty of a weapon wherewith to shield himself and cast a doubt upon your word . " How could you , for sheer shame , pen sueh a sentence ?—a sentence evidently intended to m&ke the people belisve that the conversation we ^ nfl was a sort of hfpaiup and ^> naw «^ 7 . that tou would screen my delinquencies and defalcations a * you are pleased to make them out . Had you given that con-¦ rersation , the people who have read your letter would hare dr awn very different conclusions than those you intended them to draw ; but that did not suit your purpose . All must come ont now , iowever . The

      people must know what are the real characters of the men in whom they place their eoafidenee . I must confess that I was for some time at a lose to know what wa > your object in proceeding as you hare done ; but irom circumstant-fe which have lately come to my knowledge , there is now no doubt upon my mind as to your ultimate Intention * * , and the unscrupulous means by which you intended carrying - them ont- Tou have formed a very different opinion it appears of me than you used to hold ; and , in an insolent letter you have sent me , you speak of " my bad conduct towards you whilst you were in France . " In reply , I have only to say , that while I desire to have the good opinion of sH good men , I c-are very little what opinion the bad may have of me . Iworkedveryhardfor you whilst you were in France ; I defended you everywhere , whenever you were assailed in my presence ; . and I was the means , bv travelling at

      considerable expense considering my very limited means , of getting funds for your support . This is known to thousands , and I am repaid by insolence and ingratitude—the reward , I know , but too generally accorded to those who toil to feed and clothe others who are too prond to work and too poor to live without it . You make a bounce about the papers that mn * t be forthcoming ; all I have connected with this -subject are ready any moment . And now let me demand of yon , as a matter of fair play , that you bring with yon ererr document yon may hare from me , that may assist the Committee in their investigation ; and also to request that you will not let any subterfuge or evasion prevent your attendance on the day appointed by the Committee . Until then , I am , Sir , J . &ME 3 Leach . Manchester , Nov . 27 , 1 <* 44 .

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      Sepejo , oj the Mm . t-T . ax . —The London Com " mittee have inst issued a circular , inviting the cooperation of parties laronrable to a repeal of the malt-tax , and urging the necessity of ¦ forming local committees in the agricultural districts . It is evident that those who haTe taken the snbject in hand are determined not to relax their exertions , but have the subject thoroughly canvassed . The first general meeting of the society , we understand , is fried to take place on Friday , the 13 th of December , at the Freemasons' Tavern , London . T ! t . i ^< t ;\ jr i t ~ - < - op PiEUsMEn . —By a Rots ! prodaination in Friday ' s GiluIU , we learn that Parbameni stands prorogued from the 12 th of December next , to Tuesday , the 4 th day of February , 18 * 5 , then to meet "for the desjiau-h of divers urgent and important affairs . "

      Rooro . vi . x—Last Wednesday there was " a grand muster" of free traders in the Zsew Hall , Bayleystreet , "to get their bagging" at one shilling each , and to hear Messrs . Crawford , Bright , Cobden , and Co ., advocate their fondly-cherished nostrums of " cheap bread , " localise " cheap labour ; " butas 1 was not there , and as I cannot find any one of my brethren that were , 1 am unable to tell how the Leaguers got on . If yon want to tnow , take a peep ' at the League , and yon -will get " nothing but the truth- " On Thursday night there was a great muster in the same

      place , principally of working men , to hear Sharman Crawford , John Fielding , James Taylor , and others , express their objections to the introduction of the New Poor Law ; Mr . Thomas Livsey was called to the chair , and in a speech of some length opened the business . Several resolutions were adopted and speeches made , which were repeatedly cheered . S . Crawford , Esq .. and Mr . T . Lrraey were deputed to convev a . mBmorial to Spy Graham Turnspit , signed "by nearly 12 , 000 ratepayers . Only nineteen persons in the w ' hole union have refused to sign I

      DcieoMB £ TxsTnrosi . sx . — Cestxal Cohhittzt or TiADEg . —Saville House . Leicester-square , Wednesday evening , Sovember 27 . Mr . Grasby in the chair . The committee having found it impracticable to bring the business to a close at present , ii was unanimously resolved thai the subscription be still kept open . The following sums were received : —Mr . TThitniore ' s "book , 7 s . Ter Mr . James Sweet , on behalf of the Chartists and Mends of Nottingham , £ 13 l * s . Letters were read from Hr . T . Sdf , Newport , Isle of Wight , on behalf of the Charti 5 t » of that place , enclosing £ 2 0 s . lid . - . from Mr . yewinsrton . on behalf of die tailors of Brighton , enclosing 10 s . - . from Mr . HIssnns . secretary to the Silver Plate Workers' Union ,

      announcing that they had voted £ 5 . The following sums were also received : —Per Mr . Torreace , 14 s . 6 d _ ; from the firm of lEaudslej and Co .: £ 1 15 s . from Isaac Shipron and C . Downham , Chippenham ; and from Mr . A . Watson , of Grantham , 3 d . ; per "William Brett , rrorn a few friends , 1 & . foL ; per Mr . FrMt , from the men eiajjlovi-il'in the firm . Of Clowes , Stamford-street , 12 s . ; per Mrs . l « ije " -s book . Is . Messrs . Gonolly and Brown wen .- appointed to wstit Oli ^ tiie compositors . Messrs . Dcmling and Let- w ^ re ap-^ xnnted to wait on the carpenters , Georse-sm-tT . CheL-ea J [ r . Humpnreis candedin £ 1 from flu * Sumers TownWa ] Committee . Messrs . GammiD and € ohoI ] t vert dtpuud ; to Wcit on the smiths . Hole-in-th 8- "fi " all , Chancery-lane .

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      Forcible Abducuok . '— Killabsey , Fbtdat . — On Sunday night last , about fourteen men , whose faces were blackened , and most of whom "vrere armed , attacked the house of Michael M'GiUycuddy , of Trippinagh , in the parish of Aglish , a respectable farmer , and having discharged a shot through the parlour window , they effected an entrance through it , and first secured * the servants by binding them firmly with ropes . They then proceeded to the bedroom of

      M'Gillycuddy ' s daughter , a girl sixteen years old , whom they violently dragged out of bed , and , regardless oftiie incessant ana feeling entreaties of the mother to permit the girl to dress herself , the heartless ruffians forced her through the window in that lamentable condition , leaving-sis of the party behind to prevent any trace of the fugitives . Li a desperate struggle to shelter the daughter , her mother was barbarously beaten by these savages , and now remains under the care of doctors . Four of the gang have been arrested .

      The Northern Star Saturday, November 30, 1844.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1844 .

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      TO OUR FRIENDS . Is a " bran , spanking new dress" we present ourselves to our friends on this our introduction to the Metropolis , after serving a full apprenticeship in the provinces under circumstances that have given us no little insight into the " art and mystery " of newspaper making : and we trust that our new appearance , whether in locale or form , will not be displeaMDg to those woo hare long known us in our " other" garb , nor distasteful to those who for the first time may venture to " take a peep , " even if the determination to do so arises from a strong

      curiosity to see one who has already made " some noise" in his day and generation , Though far from deeming any apology necessary either for matter or for appearance , yet we must say that it was utterly impossible for ns , in the first week , to make the paper all that we desire it to be . Removals of steam-engines , printing-machines , types and presses ; travelling by day and by night ; coming into new offices , with new' hands f setting new material into working order ; " setting" the paper up in one place , and " printing" it in another —{ our " own" machine being on its wav

      from Leeds to London ); all these things are not the very best in the world to engage the attention , of an ^ Editor , nor calculated to aid him in his pecu liar duties . These things we have to engage in and be engaged witb : and when we are rid of the trouble , and turmoil , and bustle ; and when we become fairly seated in our new saddle ; fairly settled-in , and assimilated to , our new position , we shall endeavour to " carry-out" many notions that we have of what a newspaper ought to be , and

      which , we trust , soon to : > ee the Star become . Seven years ago we were engaged in bringing out the first number of the " Journal for the Working Class * - * . " Though then full of hope and animated by a sincere wish to do all that the powers within us were capable of , we had no idea of the importance and responsibility that soon attached to the conductors of the first weettsful Democratic newspaper : an importance arising from the fact that the Star soon became the " leading" provincial & t ¥ ^ . > - — — , ^^_ _ —» 1 **^ T *¦ » m ¦ v » k a ^ i i _ ' * . at n ^ V ^ % 4 h * f * r * ^ -i w iM Ft « / 4 ^ 4 "Journal of the Empire" and responsibility

      . ** ^^ ^ *^ ¦ ; a arising from its becoming the recognised organ and teacher of the toiling millions . When looking back on those times , and when calling to mind the many difficulties that have had to be contended with ; the " envy , hatred , and all uncharitableness " of ihote who had not succeeded ; the schemes and deviees of the enemy to " get rid" of one who was constantly digging in tyranny ' s flank ; the efforts of Government to " put down" what , by such efforts , was proclaimed to be a formidable opponent when passing all these things in hasty review before

      the mind ' s eye our past career becomes matter of wonder and surprise , even to ourselves , and we feel grateful that we have been blessed with an amount of energy and an elasticity of mind that has enabled us to meet every ^ emergency , surmount every difficulty , and place Labour ' s organ at an advantage in every encounter . With the experience thus gained , Ve made our dtbvt in a new and more extended sphere . It is not without confidence that we so appear ; a confidence arising from the eminent success of our former labours in the democratic cause . It shall be our

      business to show that that confidence is not without foundation . It is almost needless to say , that though in dress we are different , and though our locale is changed , yet in heart and head we remain the same . In London , as in Leeds , the Northern Star shall ever be ready to do battle in the cause of the oppressed At ourhands ^ the " oppressor of the poor , " —whether he be landlord or capitalist ; foreman or factory master ; overseer or overlooker ; " guardian " or grinder ; prayerful or prayerless , —shall receive no

      quarter . For the trafficking politician , the apostatising renegade , tbe unjust judge , tbe partial magistrate , the oTer-reaching landlord , the " screwing " employer , and the hard-hearted task-master , we have a " whip of scorpions , " which shall be unceasingly and vigorously applied . In us , neither struggling humanity nor helpless innocence shall ever want an advocate . Ksowiso the people ; being of the people , labouring for the people , we know what the people want : and their claims shal ] never lack enforcement -while the hand that now

      writes can hold a pen or the tongue can wag . In entering on our new lease of existence as a Journalist , we throw ourselves thus entirely and unreservedly on the people . Thet have given us power to be of use in our old position : it is thet who can make us be felt and feai-ed now . Labour ' s organ with tbe labourers at its back can orcanize Labour against the organization of Capital : labour ' s organ without the people would be a scoff and a scorn . The people we have : tbe organization we win hnvf : for out of it only can the " Emancipation or L \ i > rsTBi ~ " come . To that end shall our efforts be constantly direvted ; to that end shall we ns consta ntly endeavour to direct the efforts of

      others-With a heart full of hope—with aspiration .- as pure and as holy as ever animated the breast of a conductor of the press—with determination ectw yet unworthily subdued—and with every confidence in the success of tbe cause of Umtersal Peogresfios . we commence anew our career . May it be all that we de ? ire it to be . for LauoiVs Saex ' .

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      POLK—PRESIDENT OF AMERICA . ' GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . While our sympathising cotemporaries are busy in denouncing grievances upon which they live and fatten , and would not therefore mitigate or correct , we turn with no ordinary gratification to the consideration of the greatest triumph the popular voice has achieved for the last century . Of course we refer to the ail-but certain election of President Mr . Jamxs Polk—a kiug with Christian and surname ; and all will join in his triumph over the Tory tool , Mr . Kite Glat . Just at this moment , when

      the monarchs of Europe had fondly flattered themselves with a prospect that the principle of centralization had been established , and the details for its enforcement ratified and : agreed to—after a sufficient amount of Royal visits , fulsome exchange of Royal compliments , and exchange of Royal presents made at the expense of their starving people—the Tory press , ever ready to offer a paying and harmless defence in behalf of the " rights of Labour , * and as barmless an opposition to the aggressions of Capital , is horrified , and stands aghast , at the news of this , the greatest of Labour ' s triumphs .

      tie have given a copious report of the proceedings which precedfd the struggle , as well as of the tricks ri . sorred to by thi- monopolists tu secure the election of tlie . ii ' jKJj > fr-moiH ' y nijin ' mee . It is not wondvrful , because it i * characterisfu of Toryism , tlmt the crest-fallen faction should seek consolation after defeat in the hope that the . recent struggle in America may bring the principles o democracy into odium , contempt , and distrust . If , ho \ v _ ever , there is not to be one law for the rich and another for the poor—one practice for the enfranchised wealthy and another for the enfranchised pauper—we have but to direct attention , not to cows with long horns afar off but to our own domestic golden-headed calves , whose value at a contested election is estimated by the amount of treachery , bribery , and corruption , —not stopping a * perjurr , of which they can boast .

      The great value of the American triumph will be found in the fact that the superior wealth of Pole ' s opponents ' was not able to purchase the sweet voices of his pauper supporters ; a fact to which we opine th

      Although the policy of the tyrant of Russia , the French despot , and that of Sir Robebt Peel , may differ on minor poiutg , there can be but little doubt that the return of Mr . Clay would have either confined those little differences within safe limits , or might perhaps have rendered them still less noxious ; but the return of Polk , and a pursuance of that policv to which he stands pledged , will go far to increase those differences , and to destroy tbe " snuggery" of kings .

      Those who rely on our want of union , and on the amount of money , of physical force , and all the unholy ¦ appliances that can be brought to bear against us at the command of legitimacy , should bear in mind thut England is but a link in the chain of nations . The tyrant George was compelled to receive , as Ambassador from the Court of free Ajnerica , the man whose unholy presence he would not tolerate as a delegate from her struggling people ! Let them remember that the French Revolution of 1793 led to the Irish Insurrection of 1798 . ' Let them bear in mind that the three glorious days of 1830 in Paris , though profitless to a disunited people , extracted the Reform Bill

      from n reluctant English Oligarchy , separated Belgium from Ilolland , revolutionized the Germanic States and drove petty tyrant princes from their capi- ' tal by torchlight : and , above all , let them ponde * well upon the fact that faction can no longer balk democracy of its fair share in any future change because our people arc united upon a principle , and we shall hove no disastrous interregnum , a time for the evil passions to marshal , between the going out of the old light of legitimacy and the substitution of the new light of knowledge AVe will have no more shedding of blood to gratify the sanguinary appetite of princes ; no more disunion to gladden the hearts of money-mongers ; no more strife to weaken the hands of democracy . We bide our time : and

      with eager eye shall watch for the arrival of the first fruits of the triumph of Mr . Jakes Polk , the first magistrate of the people , —who made him their chief for his virtues , and can unmake him should he violate his pledges . Hurrah ; then for the Chartist , Polk , and for the democrats of America ; and may tbe value they attach to their triumph inspire those for whom we write with the laudable desire of proving the superiority of democratic institutions over the follies of legitimacy and priestcraft . This is the first great blow at the centralization of monarchical power ; and may it be speedily followed up by the restoration of ou own people to their natural and legitimate rights and privileges , uncontrolled by the power of capital or the will of despotism . Again y \ e say FlrBKAH fok Polk !

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      made surph 1 ^ should sJ * idle , or lie down and sleep , and be supported by the 750 who are at work , than they should constitute an idle competitive . reserve for the masters to fall back upon ; thereby compelling all to submit to a larger reduction in the wages of each . ) Now the Independent , in reasoning the question of bad trade , has fallen into * the error of acquiescing in the ' ¦ prescriptive right- ' of the masters to make all the profits they can in times of prosperous trade , conferring upon thorn also the right and privilege of holding their own , abstaining from | loss , and of being satisfied with ordinary profits in times of depression . Now . it is to this

      unjust mode of book-keeping that wi- have always objected . It is against this one-sided manner of bestowing sympathy that we have set our face . The system enables the masters to make enormous profits during the periods of brisk trade ; aud if Clapital as well as Land has its ' duties" as well as itslurigkts , " what we demand is a fair debtor and creditor account , instead of the masters taking their stand upon the highest pinnacle of profit , and considering that every farthing abstracted from that is so much unjustly plundered from them . There clearly ought to bo a fair calculation ami : i balancing between the masters ' profits and 'lie pr . iKu , ,, f their hands for . tme ! i period .

      The ln < Uj > eiHi < : » t ll . ii se . i / , t-. l ill'' ;» ill ! ll $ SI' > ll . i lll . 'tdi' iiv M'M-ral of the speakers ; w t-: > ? h < - iraiir « vwl murv no" to be pursued by the Trad' -s in proscriirinri of their object and very naturally assorts that a o > nibiiiau > . n of all tho . ^ e moral elements , now to be enlisted in the Trades' Movement should make it irresistible . We admit it . Thev should bt irresistible : but then we confident ); assert that while violent language and daring atrocities may furnish the masters with a pretext for resisting the demands of the Trades , the most moral—the most irreproachable , inoffensive , and persuasive means , will , under the presen t

      system , as signally fail to rescue Labour ' s neck from Capital ' s tread . Iftho Trades are violent , resistance is thought valorous and patriotic . li' the Trades are cool , calm , and argumentative , the masttrss ee no more danger in them than Lord Howick did In that antipathy to the Poor Law Amendment Act that was not manifested iu the blazing rick or burning mansion . The more we consider this all-important subject , the more strongly are we confirmed in the impression that Trades , to be protected , must be united ; and that their union must be national and not sfr . tionnl .

      The letter of Mr . Duncohbz is ominous and portentous-It bespeaks the will of the Minister , which will be aided by all the powers ' at the command of Capital : and those powers can be onlj met bv the powers of the people ' s union . What we propose then—and let our . remonstrance not pass by unheeded—is , that each Trade shall quickly , and with oss of time , " put its own house in order ;" and that a Conference or Tkades' Deleg ates , constituting a fair representation of the whole ( xxfy , shall be . elected and ready , on the introduction of any measure threatening further danger to Labour , to assemble in London to aid Mr . Duncombe in that manly resistance which he

      pledges himself to offer to any such measure that Sir James Graham shall propose . This plan is safe and inexpensive ; and if required to be put into operation , mus be protective . There , can be no harm in being prepared with the machinery ; for although we were enabled to rally a hurried opposition against the Masters and Servants Bill of last session , we will not venture to rely on such scattered elements to resist the will of the ' -strong Government , " enforced , as it will be , uj > on timid landlords and griping capitalists , by the most despotic and callous Minister that ever held omce in the Ilritish Cabinet . Parliament meets on the 4 th of February for the "dispatch of business ; " no time , therefore , is to be lost . The evil passions are summoned to war against unprotected

      Labour . Let the same herald rouse the sleeping from their slumber , let them unite , marshal , decide , and rally round their own standard . Let then ) remember that Sidhodth was an angel , CASTLEBBAOn was a fool , and FOCCHE was [ a sucking dove , compared to the present Secretary of State for the Home Department . Like " Alp the Renegade , " he would justify apostacy by heaping odium upon his old associates . We must drive him from office because there is no secrcsy in correspondence ; no security in the prison ; no tenderness in mercy ; no justice , in the law ; no comfort in the cottage ; no clemency in the bastile ; no protection for the life , the liberty , or the property of the poor man , bo long as all remain under his guardianship and control .

      Of this , the country had" had but too much reason to be convinced ; and if the " concoctions" of the recess are allowed to become the realitifs of the session , every Trade in its collective capacity and every labourer as an individual , will have bitter cause to regret that the warning vote of Duncom . be was unheeded , and the protective power of Labour ' s Parliament unsought for . Let , therefore , the Trades of England look to it . Let them read with attention the doings of their brethren at Sheffield ; and let them rouse to energetic action while the day is , and while , b > proper exertion , the day m / iv remain , their own . Their fate is in their o « n hands

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      If this offebtobt was all the emolument that the Church sought for its support , and if the donations were illustrative of the estimation in which the flock held theii shepherd , we should have n * objection to the practice ; but when it is presented to us as a fresh pimple upon a body already ulcerated all over , we the more object to it . It is fortunate , perhaps , that tlie disease has gone so far as to render these trifliug fresh eruptions insignificant . We have written briefly on the subject , that our readers may attach to it its proper importance , and no more ; hoping that it may stimulate them to demaud the overthrow of a system which requires counter-irritants to presene even the semblance of life in the putrid patient .

      This offebtoby bow is one of the grounds ou which the dreadful battles hereafter to be fought between " Old England " Piuey ' ism and " Yocsg England " Pugepism is to come off . As yet the skirmish between the respective outposts tL-11 well for Xocsa England . If we were allowed to puii ujiott so serious a subject , we should say the term " Pusejism , " was a compound of PEW and SCHISM ( Pew-schism ) , i When will Old Mother Church cease to be a propagator of her own dishonour and of the nation ' s folly ? Wfu-ii the fashion of' prejutiice shall have passed away ; and » hen uiau / sceiug with his own eyes , hearing with hi * own « -ur » , ami reasoning with his own judgment , shall not hi- ufrai'i ' o s | K- ; ik his oun thought * with his own tongue .

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      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Erbata . —In the lluport of the Manchester Aggregate Trades' Meeting , inserted last week , the statement iu Mr . M'Ohee's speech , that " the painters worked from day-light in ; the morning till seven at night , " should have been " worked from light in the morning till ' dark at night . " In the list of subscriptions for the Oldham Tailors , the 10 s . from Bolton should have been £ 1 10 s . ; and from Manchester , for James Clark , £ 5 . Inqciber . — The Poor Man ' s Companion for 1845 . will be published . . The major portion of it is in tvpe ; and , but for the demand on Mr . Hobson's time , consequent on the preparations for the removal of the Star to London , would have been published ere this . In a fortnight , or so , ; we expect to have it ready . It will be found to be the most important number yet published

      containing , as it will , a full t . rpose of the Paper-money system , and 'show its tremendous effects , for evil , on the producing millions . Joseph JIabtiet , Biiai > fobd . —We cannot afford room for the address to Mr . Etzler . Pretty fair if we give short notices of meetings of the . Tropical Emigration Society . Those from Biilgley shal ! have attention . Scribe . —We fear the members he speaks of have uo remedy against the holder of their funds , as the society is not enrolled , and consequently not under the protection of the Ian . To denounce him as a " swindler" is all they can do j and if they do this , they must be prepared to take the legal coueequences .

      John Smith , Kennjngton . —We will try what can be done for him next week . The "fiacts" he narrates , if authentic , will ; surely make the tailors , as a trade , stir , and place themselves in a position to defeat the " sweaters . "; Thomas Lago , Dodworth . —We should apprehend that a minor could ^ attest the signature to a will as well as one who had attained his majority , if ha be of age and knowledge to understand the nature and obligation of an oath , so as to be eligible a-5 it witness in a court of justice . ' . Mb . J . SwtET , ; of Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of -i . ( id . fn > m Southwell , per C . Merchant , fw the Duncombe Te-. timoni . il Fund .

      Ann Harrison , * h effield . —Her communication does more honour to her heart than her head . It would be no service to her to print it . It would only expose her to the scoff and scorn of the jeering and unfeeling . Mar * Willis , one of the Unstamped Victims . —We are desired to announce that a meeting of the friends of this poor woman , who was one who boldly took part in the struggle for " cheap knowledge , " and who is now an inmate of St . Luke ' s Workhouse , in a very precarious state of health , will take place at the Butchers' Arms , Pear-tree-court , Clerkenwell , on Wednesday evening , Dec . 4 th , when some articles will be disposed of for her benefit . The poor old creature , who has attained her 75 th , > ear , feels a horror of a ' ¦ workhouse funeral , " and s > he earnestly call . > on her friends to sa \ e her from tiiat degradation .. We trust her appeal * will be responded to . One or the Oppressed , Eseter , does not set- forth what description i of labourers they were who . have been treated as he describes bv the Earl of Fortescue .

      A Fbiend to the Poob Man We have not been able to peruse his communication . A Fiuend to tiie Tkade . —We cannot insert such a communication' as he has sent , on annoM . ious authority . If the facts are true , and their publication ih ^ ired , they should : it least be authenticated by the signatures of the officers of the .-. oeiety . 8 TnoN ( , no »— "Dindee . —We Jiaie seen ivors ' i- "poetry , " but yet ourlfrieiid ' s effusion not reaching our standard is respectfully declined . Tue Yeomanrt ( . ' &VALB . T . —A bong referring to the doings of these « orthies in 1820 is out of date . JENKIN MoUGAN Mr . Cleave has received 17 s « d , being I the proceeds ( per Mr . Farrer ) of a concert for the benefit of Jenjkin Morgan , held at the 'Feathers , ' Warron-street . ¦¦

      Thomas Batty , Waketield . shall not be forgotten . KoBtaT Kidi > , Dundee , sends ( is particulars , of a most painful case , which we trust will excite the sympathy and exertions of those to whom it is addressedthe Chartists of Fife and Forfarshire . Mr . Kidd says , It is ; well known that at the last strike John Duncan was apprehended and cited to answer for a long list of \ crime ? which he never committed . I need not go intp details . Suffice it to say , that he was harassed , and his mind kept in a state of suspense concerning his trial for a considerable time . The trial was ultimately abandoned ; but the persecutors have accomplished their end , —poor John Duncan's destruction . His ) mind pave way under his trials , and he is now , I ami . sorrv to sav , in a condition which leaves

      little to hQpe for . Mrs . Duncan , his amiable wife , is , with Roman courage and virtue , struggling to maintain herself and children without a murmur ; but every one may know the difficulties she has to contend with , with a sh 6 p-rent of £ 12 , besides taxes , and all to be made from the needle and the sale of a few pamphlets . I here say nothing of the heartfelt misery that must arise from'having a beloved husband iti a state of living death ; for | Duncan does not even know his own wife when she goes to call upon him . I need say no more to awaken , your sympathy . Who that knows John Duncan ( the honest John Duncan , as our champion Fearg ^ is O'Connor used to call him ) would refuse to contributea mite to aid his wife and little babes , and to add one comfort to her desolate and widowed hearth ? Of his virtues I need not speak . His was a heart in which the ^ milk of human kindness flowed , he felt for all mankind . Those who kuew him best can- best

      appreciate his virtues , and bewail his loss . . My dear friends , had you seen the look of Mrs . Duncan when she told me that she had nut bad even an inquiry after his welfare from a single locality except " Dundee , you would have blushed for Chartism , to say nothing of humanity : She did not even a .-k for any help . I believe hers As a spirit that could not brook that , but it is our duty to come forward and endeavour to give her that assistance which , as the wife of John Duncan , she so well deserv es . I trust , my friends , I m-e < J say no more to arouse you to a sense of your duty : but that you will speedily meet in your various localities , more especially ; those which Mr . Duncan visited , and where bis worth [ was known , —and collect a small sum each , and send jit either to Mrs . Duncan ;—( her address is , " Duncanl and Drummond , Catherine-street , Edinburgh , ") or to me . I am , Brother Dernoerates , your's truly , Robebt Kidd , No . 7 , VVellsrate . Dundee . "

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      The case of Infanticide at Wolverhampton . — The I . vQijiiST . —The inquest was resumed and brought to a conclusion on Friday , when the following verdict was returned : — "That the said unknown female child was born alive in the month of October , in the year aforesaid , and died immediately after her birth , and was found dead on the 28 th day of thp same month , in the same year , in the night soil of a certain privy situate in the parish aforesaid , in the county aforesaid , and that her death was caused by extravasation of blood upon the brain , the result of external violence , but how or bv whom such violence was caused sufficient evidence does not appear to the said jurors . " ' [ Mi . Sheriff was removed from the police-station to Stafford on the night of his commitment , and Miss Kaillon ctiid Mr . Ilildreth early on the following morning ; but Mrs . Ilildreth has remained in the town , in consequence oftiie ill state of her health . ]

      The Lni' amicide at Wolverhampton . — The prisoners , Mii , s Railton , Mr . Sheriff , arid Mr . and Mrs . Ilildreth , \ ycre again brought before the coroner ' s inquest on Thursday , hut no further evidence of any importance was adduced , and -the inquest was a ^ aili adjourned ; until Tuesday . On Friday the prisoners were placed at the bar of the public oitice before Mi-. Hill , Mr . ? Barker , Dr . JJehane , and Dv . Briscoe , magistrat e * uf the county . The duly additional evidence called was John Titli-y , a cowman , who deposed that he found the body of a female infant iu the nishtsoil iii Mr . Quinton ' s outhouse . The prisoners iloflinjiiji to say anything in their defence , were each committed to Stail ' ord , Miss llailton for roiicea ( ing tlic liith 9 f her child , and the other prisoner , as accessories . :

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      Bodtof a GiKt " Fdpra ix the "RrrsK . —Eafl f ' oa Sunday morning the body of a { £ rl of the age of fifteen or sixteen was found off Limehouse . From its appearance it had not been in the water more than three or four hours , the suspicion being that in the course of the night the girl committed suicide , and that the body was borne from some distant part by the tide . The following description of the person and dress has been circulated : —About four feet sis inches in height , fifteen or sixteen years of age , hair plaited , fair complexion , artichoke coloured and figured cotton gown , tippet of the same , half of a black shawl wita figured border , white stockings , no stays , linen marked E . L . E . No . 3 .

      Mcrder at Maxicii , —A letter from Munich , of the 15 th , says : — " A dreadful crime was committed here yesterday . While Captain N—¦ . — was attending his duties " at the Ministry of War , his wife only twenty years of age , and the female servant of the house in which she resided , were murder « d . A razor , with which the crime was perpetrated , was found near them , and all the closets and drawers had been plundered of their moat valuable contents . The man servant of Captain N- , who is suspected of being the murderer , has fled . "

      Agricultural Distress . —Since Thursday last , not less than seventy-seven persons have been admitted into the workhouse of the Banbury Union ; and we believe we are not mistaken when we state that an equal number are ready to present themselves for a like puipose , Uf the seventy-seven , forty-one are from the parish of Bloxhaiu , and they entered togertier on Friday hist , passing through our town in melancholy procession . Sitddeji Death of ax Eccentric Character . — - Wednesday eveningMr . I ' ayne held an inquest at the

      , Crown , Westminster-road , on the body of Richard James , aged 52 , a shoemaker , of 8 , Duke-street , Westminster-road . The deceased , it appeared , had for many years been afflicted with fits of epilepsy , having as many as three in the day , and was of very eccentric habits , never allowing uis window to be shut , summer or winter , always sleeping with it open On Sunday night he was found Lying with his head on . the floor and his legs on the bed , quite dead . Mr . Newcome , surgeon , said the deceased died from apoplexy . Verdict— " Natural Death , "

      Accident from the Incvutious Use op Fib « - Arms . —Wednesday after a dreadful accident occurred on board a fishing-smack lying off Billingsgate , to a lad named John Carrier , aged 16 , belonging to the vessel . The poor fellow , it appears , had been cleaning a fowling-piece , and had broken a piece of wood which he used for the purpose in the barrel , in order to move which he poured some powder into the gun , and then foolishly dropped on to it a hot cinder . The explosion which took place shattered his right hand to pieces , and dreadfully lacerated the ana . He was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , and was immediately attended by Mr . Edvrard Cock , who performed amputation at the wrist joint . The lad is in a fair way of recoverv .

      Accident to Lord Nugent . —Lord Nugent met with a serious accident , whilst riding from Twickenham , on Saturday last . His lordship was cantering along the road , and riding loose at the same time , when his horse fell , and rolled completely over him . His lordship , although much shaken by his fell , remounted his horse , and rode on to town , On arriving at Hathway ' s hotel , Mr . Travers was sent for , and h © at once discovered that his lordship had sustained some internal injury , and had fractured three of Ma ribs . We are happy to find that the noble lord is rapidlv recovering .

      Extraordinary Sudden Deaths of the Editors of the "Norfolk Chronicle" and "Norwich Meecirv . " —In the obituary of the last week's papers in Norwich the death of Mr . David Irwin was announced . This gentleman had for upwards of forty years filled a confidential situation in the office of the Conservative newspaper , the Norfolk ChronicU . His death was peculiarly sudden , and , from his high character , was the theme of general conversation for several days . On Sunday last , only five days after his

      death , great was the astonishment , and deep was the regret , at the announcement of the equally sudden death of Jonathan Matchett , Esq ., the * senior partner and editor of the same paper , which capacity that gentleman had filled upwards of half a century . On Wednesday morning still greater was the astonishment , and deeper the regret , at another awful visitation in the nearly as sudden death of R . . M . Bacon , Esq ., the senior partner and editor of the Liberal paper the Norwich Mercury , who had been unwell for the last few weeks , but hot to such an extent as to cause anv alarm to his family .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday night , the 21 st inst ., a fireman , named Maywood ,, was killed , within four miles of Birmingham , on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . The train wa 3 passing under Cleeve-bridge , and the unfortunate man not being sufficiently on his guard , nis head came in contact with one of the iron pillara which , support the bridge , and he was instantly killed . Dreadful and Fatal Railwat Accident . —On Thursday afternoon , the 21 st inst ., a collision , attended with fatal and appalling consequences , took

      place on the Midland Counties Railway . In consequence of a tender having got off the rails , the Derby train , which should have left Nottingham , at three o ' clock , was delayed , and was at length compelled to proceed along the down line , instead of the proper line ; a messenger having been despatched to stop an expected down train at Beeston , about three miles ofi , for fear of collision . The messenger either did not arrive at Beeston in time for the train , or he did not deliver his message properly . However , to whatever cause it may be ascribed , the train to Nottingham had left the * Beeston station before the train to

      Nottingham had arrived ; and the engineer either not knowing or not regarding the message that had been forwarded , drove the train at its usual rapid pace , and a tremendous collision took place . In consequence of the down train being driven at a much more rapid pace than the train from Nottingham , and being much heavier , and having a powerful aud very heavy engine , the up-train from Nottingham sustained the principal part of the damage . The up-train consisted of an engine and tender , a second-class carriage , containing parcels , but no passengers ; then two second-class carriages , with passengers ; followed by a first-class carriage , with passengers ; and then a third-class carriage . So great was the force with which the down-train met

      the up-train , that the engine of the latter was actually driven from its position downwards , and the boiler was elevated to the height of many feet above it , the tender of the engine was driven through the parcel-carriage , and the two passenger second-class conveyances were as completely smashed to pieces as a nutshell when trodden under foot . The unfortunate passengers ip . the two carriages were dreadfully crushed and mutilated . Considering the number of passengers , and the terrific force of the concussion , it appears miraculous that no more persons were injured , and that only two individuals met with their deaths . Those persons are Mr . Dean , commission agent , Hound ' sgate , Nottingham , who died in a few minutes after

      the accident , in a field by the side of the railway ; ami Mr . Varnill , Derwent Bank , Derby . Mr . VarnOl was taken to Lenton in a cart , and implored Mr . Godfrey , of the White Hart Inn , to take him into his house , exclaiming , "For God ' s sake , take me in , or Isliafi burst . " To the disgrace of Mr . Godfrey , he refused to admit the dying man . Mr . Lee , the florist , immediately had the sufferer conveyed into his own house , where Mi" . Varnill died in two or three minutes . He had a leg completely smashed ; but the immediate cause of his death was severe internal injuries . No less than twenty persons are named who were moreor less injured , some of them having been severely crushed ; some had their limbs fractured , while others have escaped with slight bruises .

      Further Particulars . —List of Killed a . vd Wounded . —Mr . Dean , Hound ' s-gate , dead . Mr . John Keep , of middle age , of Retford , he 3 at the General Hospital , but hopes are entertained of his recovery . The extent of injury cannot . it present be ascertained , as , besides being sadly bruised , it is feared some of his ribs are broken . George Burley , about thirty years of age , stoker , seriousl y scalded and burnt , the fire and boiling water having fallen upon him from the engine , when forced upwards by the collision . Mr . John Bowlestridge , landlord of the Three Horse Shoes , Dcrbv-road , and Miss Ann Gretton , « * Dove Cliff , Staffordshire , much bruised . Mr . Gretton , Burton-on-Trent , severely crushed . Mr . Bradley , Southwell , farmer , leg broken . Mr . Varnill , formerly butler at Colwick-hall , dead . Mr . Arnold , medical instrument-maker , seriously hurt .

      Mr . Garratt , surgeon , of London , extensively injured . Robert Thornhill , lace-nlanufacturer , slight crushed . David Fox , employed at Mr . Gill ' s silk-mill , arm broken . Misses Ann and Maria Lewis , of Sneinton , serious * ly hurt , owing to the violence ofthe concussion , were thrown out oftiie carnage , and their dresses becoflUD ? entangled , they were nearly stripped . One of them had actually the sole of her shoe torn off .

      We regret to say that the conduct of the inlia } 1 ' ta-nts of the village was characterised l > y anytbin ? rather than humanity ; the Misses Lewi .- , who *' close to the unfortunate Mr . Dean in the rail ^ J carriage , were permitted to remain in almost a .-taw of nudity in a field for upwards of an hour before they were removed . At length they v > viv taken M > baker ' s cart to Mr . Hammond ' s , " to whom they we " paying a visit , and were afterwani . veoiiveye < l to well home . Mr . IVan was al .- , o treated with sinner neglect . Mr . Robinson , titlveller—very much bniisfi . Mr . Tliistlewood , of Lincoln—ditto . Mr . Nixon—ditto , and tooth broken out . Mr . George Baker—slightly bruised . Mr . John Wilde)—bruised . MrTut-in ^ en—bruised . i \ # «¦¦¦»

      . , . 'Kl . 1 * 1 I' 111 , -, * i . . •»» -. . . llfl Miss Siirplir-e , of Bcestou , escaped injur . . i >> a-aj '"* out of the i-ai-i-lage . . j . Mrs . Dean , sister-in-law to the deceased , and W " lady of the Castle and Falcon , lNottin ^ w ' . " . . " £ little daughter , was also severely bruised ami crusU

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR FOB FATHER KATTHIir . £ s . d . Mr . W . Holbeck , Leeds . . . . 0 0 G Dt"SCO * XB"E TE 3 TIH 0 S 1 A 1 .. Edward Lake , Sutton-street . . . 0 5 0 FOB EXErUTIVX . A few Chartists , East 'Ward , Leeds . . 0 5 0 Uolbeck locality 0 4 6 From the Seven Stars locality , Nottingham , per . Tairl" < Swept . . . . . . 070

      VICTIMS . From the "Seven Stars locality . Xottin ^ haiu , pvr . lames Sweet 0 1 ' b

      RECEIPTS 1 'ER GENERAL SECRETARY . Bristol , C . C 0 - J « Bristol , TV . Berrj . . . . . Oil Bristol , TV . Hill . . . . . . Oil Bristol , R . H . Williams . . . . 026 Bristol Mr . Bouched 0 0 1 Bjron "Ward , Nottingham . . . . 070 Crajford 0 16 ilarrlebone 0 3 0

      Camberwell 0 1 b LougBuckbv 0 5 0 Lamberhead Green 0 5 0 ¦ Manchester Paiaters . . . , . 050 Manchester , Carpenters' Hall . . . 2 5 0 Salford 0 10 0 TVaterhead Mill 0 5 0 Mossier 0 "J 6 Havle , Cornwall 0 2 0 Sunderland ( Clark ' s passage ) . . . 0 5 0

      CA . ED 3 . Elderslie 0 3 0 Johnstone . . . . . . . 019 Girvan 0 2 0 Kilmamock . - • • . 043 Cumoock » . - » - . 0 * 3 Maybole 0 3 3 Camborne . . . . • . 013

      MISSIONA . ET FCJiD . R . S . B .. London 0 0 6 Carpeutvrs' Hall , itanchester . . . 050 Thojus M . Wheixe ! B .

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      TRADES UNIONS AND TIIE APOSTATE MINISTER . Thei . e is no greater inducement to the public instructor to persevere in his course than the reward that public opinion bestows upon his exertions . From the first appearance of the Northern Star , to the present day , we have seized every practical opportunity of rousing the Trades of England to a knowledge of tlteir power , a sense of their duty , and a feeling of their degradation . The assaults of faction on the unprotected Dorchester labourers , on ' the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and on the

      Dublin Trades , through Mr . O'Connell , as well as the several side-blows aimed at Trades' Unions generally , furnish the bod y with a sample of the will of the Capitalists , could they only discover the way of gh ing it effect . Recentl y we have observed a growing and a general disposition in the Trades to revive their old institutions on reformed principles ; and in consequence we have aided their endeavours by such suggestions ns we considered necessary as well for their protection as tor the accomplishment of their object .

      The communications that vt e continue to receive from almost every district in England give us fresh nerve and courage in the assurance that our labour has not been lost ; and , as a proof , we beg | to ^ direct especial attentioln to the report of the proceedings of the Trades * Delegate Meeting recently held in Sheffield ; the most important feature in the proceedings being the communication made by Mr . Duncombe , in his letter to Mr . Drury , and the reception of Mr . Drury ' s assertion , that " location on the land should constitute one grand feature Ln their

      movement . " The irresistible use made bj Mr . Duncombe in the House of Commons of the system of restriction resorted to by the Trades of Sheffield was one of the strongest arguments that was or could be adduced in favour of a Ten Hours' BUI , and a principle which , from its justice and efficiency , has been partially adopted , and is about to be universally enforced , bj the Colliers and other Trades ; and to the objections—to the strained objections—adduced by the Sheffield Independent to the wholesome principle , we mould offer a few observations . ¦

      The Sheffield ftid-ependent has done all that we could require , and more than we could have expected , to place the questions of controversy between the Trades and their masters in a fair , impartial , and honorable light before tbe countr % ; and , therefore , our comments upon a very able and extremely well-written article upon the meeting to which we refer , shall be characterised by a similar amicable spirit . The Independent acknowledges the principle of restriction , but would fritter it away in degree by making it only applicable to times of prosperous trade . He holds that it is not only inapplicable , but injurious in times of slackness . Here we differ in toto from

      our contemporary , beliuving that the principle of restriction is merely protective when trade is prosperous , and becomes indispensable when trade is bad . If political truths- ripen by repetition , we cannot too often repeat the maxim that has been laid down for the regulation of demand and supply in the Labour market . Take an illustration ' if 1000 hands were the required number to perform all the work to ^ bc done in Sheffield , —or ; iiiy other district , it matters no ; ; and if those thousand bauds were kept in full employment , they would receive fujl wa ^ es : but if a deprvssiun iu the trade in which they are emp loyed should reduce the masters' requirement to 750 it vovH be more t-0 the advantage iof aU that the 250

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      THE OFFERTORY . YOUNG ENGLAND PUSEYISM l \ OLD ENGLAND TL'SEYISM . So one will deny that the Church lias ever been the most impudent beggar , and the most daring robber ; and , just now , when the public mind it . bent upon the belief that Mother Church has become contemptible by the neglect of her most important duties , the Old Dame seeks to shelter herself from iveU-tnerited national reproach by the revival of one of her most obnoxious practices . In olden times , when each parish was a kind of common pasturage for its own flock , and the homely Catholic priest was the single shepherd of the flock , the custom of collecting alms

      from those who could spare to relieve those who nere In want , existed , and the responsibility of distribution was cheerfully vested in the shepherd . On the enactment of the 43 rd of Elizabeth , the necessity for the system of pew . begging ceased ; and since then the practice of begging alms in the church for the relief of the poor has fallen into disuse . Yodng England has hit on the expedient of reviving the poor man ' s " stake in the hedge , " by mean ? of allotments of land ; and Old England , that is , the State Chubch hierarchy , thinks of reviving his " stake" on the platter ; and a great war consequently rages between the Times , as the representative of " Yorito England Piiseyism , " and the Bishop of London , as the representative of " Old England Puscyism . " In this dispute the

      nmes has out-mastered its opponent at fearful odds ; while , if anything was wanting to complete the victory over tlie Right Reverend Father in God , a letter in the Times of Wednesday , under the signature of" Silvester , " has clenched the business . ' Silvester" very property , without perplexing himself muc . h about the period at which the system of pew-begging existed , or whether it Over existed or not , comes to tlie rational conclusion that the offering cannot be voluntary , but must be compulsory . He shows how all the feelings of shame , sensibility , ostentation , and even dread , are calculated to extract what perhaps prudence would otherwise have withheld ; and the writer further adds , that even if the revival of the system was necessary , he doubts the fitness of State-Church parsons to give it effect .

      The beggar in Oil Bias solicited alms with a gun in one hand and a plate In the other ; while , with less boldness , but not less threat to the non-contributor , the Right Rev . Prelate would make his appeal with damnation in one hand and the platter in the other . If this offebtoby has again become necessary , the best way to destroy the necessity for its revival is to restore the 43 d of Elizabeth , by which the minister of the gospel was spared the humiliation of begging . ' . We very much doubt that the poor in any one parish would be one iota betiefitted by the success of "Old England's" new project .

      When the Church is in danger ' the noble army of Martyrs" are ever ready to appear as warriors in arms , or jugglers with pea and thimble ; either to preserve a pious ascendancy through blood , or to alia } rising discontent by a timely juggle . God knows the rich Church has gouv .- far to exclude nalied pauperism from the n . uictuary , without further endeavouring to thin its audience by manifest poverty or reluctance to contribute to the relief of others when the donors themselves may stand in need of alms , or at least be unable to diminish their little store without personal

      inconvenienoi ' . Our difeme of the working classes against the charge of " infidelity , " and the non-ob ~ ¦ ¦>••* ance of their religious duties in 183 !> , when , as Coningsih would say , the Tories " wanted a . good cry , " was their nakedness , and the sViaiiK-, —some , when religion is in ' \ uesticva , \ ruv call it false pride , —of placing industry in rags in contrast ititli idleness and splendour . The impoverished state of tin * working classes at that period L * d to thin congregations ; and no « " that thjit odious dislint-tipn has been in part remoM'J , " Old EsuLisn" would introduce fit comparison bt't n-ee-ti copper aud -silver .

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      A . CARD . The unwashed present their compliments to the dirty dub ; and while they highly appreciate the value of cloaiiliness , their principle is , ) Evkry Mas his own " Washekvtoman . Signed on behalf ofthe unwashed . Waters Soap Scrub I Secretary .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct515/page/4/