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      MEETING of the Shareholders of tho above Company will be held on Thursday Evening , February 18 th , at the Joi . ners' Hall , High Friae Stbe £ T . The Chair to bB taken at Eight o'CJock . The Attendance of the Shareholders is particularly requested . By Order of the Directors . Stores , Foot of Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .

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      Just Published , DR . P . M . M'DOUALL'S Plan of Organization , Dedicated to the Working Men ot Dundee . Chartist News Agents , and Associations will be supplied with any number , at 6 s . 3 d . per Hundred , on application to James JI'Pherson , No . 8 , Horsa Water Wynd , Scouring-burn , Dundee .

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      1 XJ > TXI&&T 1 VXENT OF FEARGUS 0 'COKNOR . MEN OF LONDON ! A PUBLIC MEETING will be heW at the Social Instituxipn , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday , February the 5 th , 1841 , to receive the Report of AlessrB . Spubr , Boggis , and Neesom , the Deputation appointed at the Great Meeting held at the White Conduit House , on Jan . thor 4 th last , to present a Memorial to Lord Normanby on the TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , now in York Castle , and to take the necessary measures to bring the Cause of the above Gentleman before the House of Commons , with a view to its mitigation .

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      3 . R . STEPHEKS . ON SUNDAY , February 28 th , THREE SERMONS will be preached by Joseph Rayner Stephens , in the Working Man ' s Institution , Hvde ; in the Morning , at Half-past Tea o'Clock ; m the Afternoon , at Two ; and at Six in the Evening . : N . B . Collections will be made after each Sermon , towards the Funds of the Institution .

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      TO TH $ WORKING WEK OP LONDON . A PUBLIC DINNER to congratulate Henrt Y ^ 'CENT , on his Liberation from his long Imprisonment , will take place at the White Conduit House Tavern , on Monday , March 1 . Mr . WiLiiAM LpvETr , in the Chiir . Tickets , 3 s . « ach ; Lady ' s ditto , 2 s . 6 d . ; to be had at the following ' places : —Cleave , No . 1 , Shoe-lane ; Hetherington , No . 126 , Strand ; Watson , No . 15 , City-road ; Lovett , No . 183 , Tottenham-court-road ; of the Committee , who meet at the Globe , Shoelane , Fleet-street , every- Monday and Thursday Evening ; and of the Secretary , H . Mitchell , No . 67 , Red Lion-street . *» ? Every Man who desires to see " The Charter " become the Law of the Land , is earnestly requested to co-operate with the . Committee in making the Arrangements as effective as . possible .

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      gSSSSHBHE £ i / or SriS ^ a , Sled t o ««» « & > balloting i £ ?« Vd ^ &ftrther n > heard of them m 2 fe «» U for another Dele *** meetinfe I confess g £ asSiasaA . * JRS " is g ^ S JSr fcr wfc * * i * Dd *» ie Merfb * is ladled , althongj Il » f »«?* J <*» jectar «; none 5 » Slcw «« r , on . iwrt , m » y mind , the

      Z ~* &n fer-aBo&er uewfate jaeeung , » q uw * f ? Sy be desirsd U * ra « tto " . plan" more _ rL ^ h » k , tr u ^ oaw variety of opinion exited *^^ Sr { iTl » aiitT ; felt this ooald have been the aS-I ^ S « £ the fttw Execntrve , and ihus the exgft ^^ jaar te acetinx avoided . 1 have tbonght , S ^ ^ Sr ^ w , ^* •'*^ e "" eDC 7 ° * funds , bat an ¦*•?> y x ^^ S- ' -titBtif' iroBla , I am saw , have * S 5 id tias ? beta < d > CTt 6 ta <» tiDg could only * 2 jj £ tf £ Hj * ter dnifcaliief 3 B » pecaniary point of W ^ v ^ w people of Watrfriw nearly £ 7 to send _ fJT ^ lW occasion , the distance being greai , This will to sbew that

      S ^ Bem » ie » Ty . serve in * XT »/» rWeW * & «»*«> « " •* difficslties attending KL thl ^ sTl do sot mean to say that delegate JlXjESfof noarafl ; the M effected incalcula ST ^ o d' but too often repeated . tha interest Sjgd totbea&fcoff , ' wmwrlWfartr » £ , ' ™« S had been Jed to expect , without further * &-S 5 " the final completion and operation of the plan SnadT ^ jrfeftd Bpon . f ^^ to bs undsntoodsa aot endeavouring to £ ji ^^ o ate . orcast discredit , upon the Provisional gSSTTreat what I saw of them at the

      r Dchctf ^ ffa *^ ' * ff t - ^ - jffL »« iBS ? S ^ * * " ^ *?* : 2 \ o »»« l : tia « B » J * eW « l £ « e « biUierlo ¦ SbwB-W * unexpected . . I % p ttrt ^/ nwemry , ; TfJi « rire will respond U fi » j » U , « » » oower--fca 7 « taJ 3 C . and Its seme of justice is of rapid ISjfiSSitm ** ***** WW Kfod i $ to be -jB £ 5- what immediate object the delegate * are -jT } aT » iB ™* 5 » d t i"a ** * ¦»**« fuuj to be i ^ aHH-ebstdtd . \ ; IW « only » few ward * to address to the - twiaoaaUxfi « "iTe . If , oponmatore «« psideration ,

      fc fcfess * ftsD * les * te feting muss *• too , sua-Sa « t iBKSnceiaeai fihculd be given , io enable the TS ^ j ^ mwM io make neces sary preparations , and l ^^ TaSt * bo putting off or adjournmentsfrom 1 £ ? 2 m fixed , which was the case once or twice ere S- * 6 e £ « Vf Jnl 7 S ^ i lwe - * s ^ ^ " ^ om-M ^ Hon&j , the first of March , as the best time , ffiTfafcmad absolutelynecessary--for delegates to liwr infiY Wi& best feelings to all , and a desire to promote : sacets 3 Gf Chartism , I remain ,

      Tour ' s , obediently , , R . K . Philp . - 18 , GroTe , Baft , Feb . 9 , lS 4 l . ' . We quite agree -with Mr . Philp in thinking that ¦ treat neeeBUy should be clearly Been , and shown 'I »« xj £ , before putting the country to the expense jftd inconTCniaice of a general delegate meeting . , We 4 o not we the see ^ sity for sach a meeting at ¦ fMsit ; though we are anxious not to trench on the ^ aogaHre of the Provisional Executive . Bat ire line an opision ; and that opinion is , that thi ^ pgiritrm irorkB well ; thai H has worked well , -ttd-thai it wQl work well : that it requires some

      " ¦ Ba » s » difi caiioB , which may be given to it by the ^ g pes&ve , as well without a delegate meeting as via cse . H , howerer , the FroTisional Exeeatire fKUc otherwise , we win gladly aid either them or 49 delegate meeting which they may calL We " -Mir" * leaTe the subject , without doing the Pro-¦ tiMBal Execntrre the justice of saying , thai we >» fiefw tie delay referred to by our correspondent 4 ») s * eerigbatodi&circumsUace 8 over which they « aU sot exetiBe contronl

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      X IhXffii . —Els stmg von't-dv . ' 1 LS . S . —We hmtsio&mliVtf poor married man aui ( jftwri , " spoken of in hit letter , may be istprtteaed far his amort of bastardy , even voder thepraenl bastard } lai c * . 1 * ? . Clasct . —W / ben not room for Ms letter . We huw of no rmedy for the Post-office irTeyuZori-- , £ « bit thai of application , to the Postmaster , ^ ! 5 SpP ^~ ~*^ ^^^^^^^'"?^ ' ^ l ^*^^*^^^^^^^^^^^ W ^? 'si 5 | i ?^ Ge ^^^^ flBB »<; ^^ ••¦ W iesuz &af never reaches us ; and vat have ettrseives posted many letters to various places which

      we hate every reason to believe never reached their destination . These things have increased match since the establishment of the Penny Postage , and more especially since that of the registration svindl * . I&BGJU 5 T . —We hardly knots what to say to him . AUdcDends upon the exact drcumstancesin which __ he meg note be . In some states of America—in I - 7 tra * j or in Canada—an agricultural labourer , ' J ? if industrious , is almost sure to lice much belter ~ than he eon here . But tee are the last to

      encsurage any man to leave Old England . We viii to ; ee the people "lire" at home : and , please God , ice hope yet io see it . ACo 5 su . Yi Readkb , J . T . — His lines icon ' t do . ¦ 4 . AeH'wokth . —Never mind the catchpenny ; let it do L ' s do . WmiAS Thohis xxd Moegxs Williams , of Merthjfr Tydvil ^ hate expended much virtuous indigiwiisn on the supposed nun insertion of a paragraph , sent to us last week , about a Paine ' s birth-day anniversary . If they had read the NMtbem Star , they ¦ wouUl have seen that the vhcle thing appeared just as we received it : and » o situation tchere it could search hate

      escaped their notice if they had opened the paper ¦ - at all . J . Miiica . —Thanks . We do not think it advisable to insert his letter . * HS& HacKETi . —We hate received from this person b someichat lengthy epistle , in tchich , the only remark that can fairly claim notice from us is the folimci-ng : — fc / remember you asking me , in the Music Saloon , why tee had taken so little notice ¦ « f Mr . O'Connor ? and tr < y answer was , ' The advice of our London friends' ! " Mr . II . teems very sore at the charge of ingratitude" beingimjfied , as he states it to be , against him and the other . Crtton- > pinhers , in . our remarks on Air . M'NeU ' n

      . Utter , last week . We don ' t wonder at it . People seldom like to be told of their faults . Did Mr . Hackeit ever hear the old adage , "Less said , tire . - "' ) vcsEKTix XiTiosAL Chabter Associatios . —We hare received a communication from the Council ( f ' ~ hu body having reference to , and denouncing in uvzre terms , certain parties in Newcastle We do not think it vise or politic to insert the ;_ ipnammication ; but we have our eye very Readil y upen the movements of the tchole party , ¦ md of many others connected tcilh them ; and . ice lad them look abroad for mercy if any foul ¦ *^< fe fc ir ' y brought home to them . Mean-« w , tee hate Ritle fear of any mischief : the

      , Jeopie are now too icide awake to be tickled and ifih M the uime time . jfg * " stkkds eF ihk Chaeiee" shall appear . * . * gBEa .--Zfo report of the Paine ' s dinner at " ^ S&lp&ham teas tondderably longer than the ¦ - £ < B'Qpraph we inserted . We are under the ne-.- t&k y of greatly abbreviating most of Die re-: ports which we receive . Did we not do so , we ' «« tf leave more than half of them entirely out . rf elt' ^ e svoTtT to do as strict and fair justice to *> u places , parlies , and persons as possible ; but Be cannot giTe up our right of judgment as to the length at which wefirui it necessary or convenient _ » yite any communication sent io us . '" Ch ^ as B-agg . —We cannot insert his letter . The northern Suit is no vehicle jar personal

      squabrfj : EITH - — - V ( Er « " *»« " * & ? should-have-been vector and would-be parson ' s missive . It is a rt *^? harmless bit of heaviness . ^•^ Oovr . —Some person has tent us a report of e t ™ ic meeting held here si * weeks ago . It is q j ^* l ° o old to pass for nem . ' 7 , "~ , } iare received a letter bearing this signanr c / rwr , Wakall , controverting the statements mourloii relative to the proceedings rf the Whig *** * at the late election . We gave our stale-*** t on the testimony of eye witnesses , « n vhose nJ ^ f ^ >« Place great reliance . A ? . ^^ - One or two correspondenis have ' - " *** & * fagottm to pay their letters . This is »/«»¦ , „ u toddles us with double postage . In fiTtTV 1 ^^^ eUert vUl be "Med * X M ' l ^ vroof L- We > " *< no room .

      StS- ^ hr ? ' hm recei " letter from fr **** nth this signature , stating that , in ~ W «« e 0 / on article appearing in this jour-** %% ! %$ * ?/? " C ^ ppfl having ' been tttdlS ** $ * ° f tynniing the Kctim Fund , CLVPJ ?^ - * croin 9 in any office in the * p £ a 7 L S ° Clai \ > *« Committee of the Co-¦ SS *; T ™ f U U ** r duty to call a %£ ? £ _ " I * * balance Mr . Peter Chappel's " ft » £ h !?^ J jiF a * W minute investigation , ' ChcpZ / h * -, to ** fi «> en io their agent , Mr . ^ s ^ dt Lh tthankt - This letter purports to k ^^^ ° f ^ OommUUe , andih ^ twn ™* J ° r * ttn j < utice v toMr . Chappei . We

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      hovt great pleasure , in teataHi ~ ' $ . and -making public the fact thai the Stoc& pozt [ Co-operatitie Society is in a flourishing \ 9 QjidUion ; ahd tee hove also oreai ' pleasure in learning that jAe Stockpprt Ohop * ttve * fiid ~ M& fitter Chappei f&'W ^ P ^ - ^ t ? (***** v ™** lUiUBg ^ C ^^ JmSeporiMsa ^^ ri / < ? i-Johs B . x ^ &t ~~* 7 WBiDX >? insertwi of ftpf ^ ifijlt . qfwtfoilQxcing week was ah ovikti ght , notqb covered vn til too late io be tLmsA&d * In reply to his complaints of their report * Sehtf shortened , vh can only tell him , as tee tell oQma , that mety place must have a little consideri&ionfor every ¦ pother place , or the Star would noi M what it it—• f / i perfecil y national organ . ^^^^ ^ - ^ • • \ '

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      zzm ^ z * .. S . I > obsos . —The two parcels for Mansfield tiel&ient to the Post-ojice at the tame time . We e * nnot account for their not being both delivered at the tame delivery . M& . Wkatke ^ Macclesfield . —The papers were forwarded at the usual time . F . W-. Simkos , Bbistojl . —We sent them at the usual time . Johk Tbohpsov . —The papers are posted at the usual time . The cover sent is the same as sent from the vfhte ..

      J . Stubbs , Macclespield . —We had not any papers left when hit letter came slating the mistake that hadoccurred . Thoxas Bodgkhs . —The portraitt of F . O'Connor have not been delivered Io the aqents . J . Millar Boshill , will receive ' the plates he has ordered in his next pareel . T . Eveleioh , "LouoHBOBorGH . —We know nothing whatever about the £ 14 J . Kekdal , Bbadfokd , Wilts . — We had given him credit for them before his letter arrived .

      fob rag coKxrrcEs roa sopkriktendi . no p an . ' b CHijaiSX WrLCOiLE TO LEKDS . t .- - - rf . £ t . d * ^ r om Stopper , London 0 10 ** * lici ilanchester .. 026 _ th » fl | iiaft »~ itemocxatic Auo-_ eiation . ^ 0 10 6 FOR THS WITE 3 AMD FAXILIES O ? THX IHCABCEaATED

      CBABT 1 STS . From the Worldng Men ' s Association . Truro 10 6 "„ the Society of Shoem&kers , Hull ... 0 10 S „ the Members of the National Charter Association , Hull 0 19 6 1 10 0 .. Glasgow—W . Kidd 0 10 -. do . J . Ord 0 0 6 ^ a few Chartists at Shrewsbury 0 16 0 TOB CLATTO ? i ' d FUNERAL . From the Committee of the Relief Fund , Great Horton , near Bradford 0 6 fl .. Mks Ireson , Mount Pleasant ,

      new Wakefiald 0 5 0 M C . Aahton , Birmingham ... 6 0 $ „ iWealey&nChartist , Stroud ... 0 2 6 <» Leeds , by J . Temple , collected from » few Mechanics ... 0 3 6 From the National Cnarti&t Association , Oldham 0 10 0 _ - Chi 3 >' , of Xational Chartar Association , Bridgebouses , Sheffield 6 0 _ Ooseburn , sear Newcastle , being a collection made at the Xattanal Charter Associatios Council Meeting .... 0 4 0

      FOB JACKSOX . From Friends at Knutsford , but w&nt help 0 2 6 F 0 S TBS SATJOJfAL EXECDTTTB COVXCIL . From the Working Men ' s Association , Truro 0 10 I

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      Sir , —I am quite at a loss to see how any per-Bon can ( without a factious desire to construe wrongly ) understand me ever to h&Te said that I would agitate for anything less than the Charter Suffrage . That Charter requiring a residence of three months effects ail thai eaotion requires ; as soch I adTocate it , and whether it be called household , or any other name be giren to it , I care cot , bo that it include * , as I hare said , erery man of mature age and sound mind . Yoom , &c . JOH 5 COLUNS .

      P . S . Will you be kind enough to point out the difference hgtween " my definition , of Household Suffrage , " and the Suffrage of the Charter i Johk Colliks . | l ^» TSiT * mncb ' pleasnrB in iHseriinx the fo « going letter . Colliks will take our candid assurance that in any observations upon his former letters , we were not only not sway * d by any factious feeling , but that we made our remarks in the moat friendly spirit , and with the Tery best intentions . In reply to his postscript , we have only to observe that , his question though a short one , requires a lone answer , too long for oar

      paper of this week , to the exclusion of other immediately important matter ; but we undertake to reply to it in our next , not only we trust to his satisfaction , but to the satisfaction " of every man of sound mind in the empire . Had we conceited the least desire to be factious , we might have commented upon the report of Colliss ' s speech as , it appeared in the Leeds Times , before it was contradicted , nor in fact , is there a syllable in our former comment , which can be fairly construed otherwise than as friendly . —Ed . ]

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      GLASGOW . —Plunder ! Plotder ! Plcnder ! by the Glasgow SuoPOCRACY . —An extraordinary and unprecedented exposure of a system of robbery npon the public , by the shop-keepers of Glasgow and suburbs , wiih light weights , has just xakea place before the authorities here , which has created one general feeling of astonishment and indignation in the public mind , and petrified the magistrates at its nature and extent . Some months ago , a meeting of the inhabitants of Coweaddens , principally Chartists , was held for the purpose of memorialising ta ° e magistrates of Glasgow to cause an examination to be made of the weights of dealers and retailers , which , after considerable delay , they agreed to , and appointed proper persons for that

      purpose , and who have already risited the shopocracy of the 2 \ orth quarter , Anderston , PartLk , Goran , Gorbals , Calton , and Bridgeton . Amongst the places first visited , scarcely an individual grocer , butcher , or baker , escaped ; in Bridgeton , for instance , only five or six had their weights correct , and from the appearance of their weights , it is shrewdly suspected they had got timely information , and , of course , furnished themselves "with new ones . The Ex-Provost , a consequential individual , was heavily fined , his weights being greatly deficient , his stone weight wanted one pound and a half , which , under a moderate calculation , would amount to ten or twelve shillings yearly of a robbery by deficient weight npon the article of oatmeal used by

      a poor family . This man considered fciaself insulted when he was asked to sign the National Petition , and the church which be attends polluted , because it was granted at different periods to tbe Chartists for meetings . In fact , with a few noble exceptions , the shopocracy were , and still are , the deadly foea of Chartism , They have , however , got a sad humbling at present , and their tongues that used to wa ^ r , and utter every calumny they could invent against their Chartist neighbours , have ceased to perform their base and ungenerous offices . The fines which bare been imposed npon them by the Justice of Peace Court have varied from seven shillings and sixpence

      to five pounds , the highest penalty allowed by law . The grocers and dealere whe have not yet been visited , are crowding the office of the adjuster of scales and weightB , in order to have their own adjusted , and thereby save the penalty and disgrace , which would follow deletion . Now , these are the persona who fill our jury boxes , officiate as elders sad deacons in our chnrcfies—subs € ribe thei pounds for Bible societies and the erection of new rhurches —while the old ones are not half full—elect out Members of Parliament—and , after the manner of the Pharisees of old , thank God in public that they re not like these wicked Cbartists . —Carres ajmdent .

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      Thb Educated' Middle Classes . —As Jurymen on Coroners' inquests generally consist of members ot the middle rather than the working class , the following remarks may be supposed to apply to the former class : —At , an inquest held last week , Mr . Wakley , the coroner , said that the Middlesex magistrates now required all Christian names to be written in full on the inquisition paper by the jurymen , There was an old saying , that w the schoolmaster was abroad , " but he thought he was T « ry much H wanted at home , " for seme persons could not write at all , and at an inquest he had recently

      held , only five jurymen out of thirteen conld do bo . Mr . Wakley , after these observations , signed his own name and handed the paper to the jury . Seeing that one old gentleman detained it longer than be thought necessary , he asked him the reason , when the juryman exclaimed , " Bang it , I ' ve done it at last ; "but IVe been so long used to sign my name , which is Benjamin , * Ben , ' that I forgot how to go through with it . " Ail the jurymen having signed , the Coroner , on looking over the names , disooTerftd that the person who had been so puzzled had , as he paid , done it , " at last by writing " Bengarmam" V ^

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      Accidkm from ax Am Gvv . —A few * d « yfl ago , as Mt . Oastler , of Kirbywiske , near Think ; ft relation of " our good King , " WMcaargtog , by pumping , so air gun , the ball exploded , * &d Tery severely inj « red aim about the h «* d and face , fmefuring the jaw , § sd carrying away part « f one cheek , besides yarious MBtttsioas about the body . We are glad to hear ftMre is some bepe of his recovery .

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      TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Gkstlembh , —Many years have lapjed since Britain witnessed a scene similar to tbat whieti took place at Leeds , on the Slat ult A scene that bat streogthftied in ui the hope long cherished , that this year wiiruot be characterised like the past ; , by the flagrant neglect of tbat doty so important to both the employer and the employed , of meeting together and conwiltinf aach other on subjects of mutual interest . : - " ¦ A deep chasm produced by mutual prUto , jfttfndlM , and ignorance , has long separated the two « iB * ia' We hope toe day has at length dawned , thai rtiflVwi jfctint breach fllled up by mutual necessity , forbeatt *?* and intelligence , so as to form & common grouad ^ wbwreon to stand in united opposition against theeomaattoffoe In the public interview at Leeds , toe uttAolmota declaration of the Chartist Delegates was , "Thatthe People ' s Charter wat the only fulcrum on Which the powerful lever of ifafmaMM ooald rest" ;

      You will ask , wba ( Hs »» fiTea rise tod $ e deep seated and almost universal dwire of tho millions to establish the principles of the Charter ? It is not because they are opposed to any number of individuals af " Bitch ; It U not because they desire to take away power from one section of the community , and confer it npon another ; it is becausB the full perception of the evils necessarily connected with that demon-monster—irresponsible power , ( by whomsoever possessed , ) ha * penetrated inU the depths and dens of poverty , and , enforced rn a

      tenfold degree by their increasing necessities , has found a home in every heart , and an echo in every action of the un-enfranchised many . Its wars , taxations , tyrannies , persecutions , and open enmity to the best interests of manufacturer and operative have made them miserable , whether it appeared under the name * f Toryism or Whiggery . No wonder , therefore , thai in the People ' s Charter they hailed principles which by conferring power on all who are justly entitled to it , shall so contruul the legislator as to make him the virtual representative of the will and interests of & 1 L

      From their thorough conviction of the necessity of a change in the system of government , ( without reference to individuals , ) they refused you their assistance in tie anti-Corn Law agitation ; they felt persuaded that although by a momentary pressure ttom without , the lion was forced to grre -ap the prey , they bad no security that as soon as the pressure \ ru removed , be would not stretch out his unhallowed paw and take it again , being still possessed of the power . In addition to this , they felt that in their unjust exclusion from the franchise they were slaves ; their

      desire was not to obtain tbat which would only have made them well-fed slaves ; they dtsired liberty for her own sake ; the degrading thought was constantly before them , that they were deprived of a right which a few bricks and mortar conferred upon others , no more industrious , virtuous , or intelligent than themselves And , however much many may doubt it , there Is a deep seated desire among the millions to obtain , by the development of their minds , that intellectual and moral importance , which alone ennobles man , and without which , be is but a worm , however gilded » r however rich .

      Gentlemen , these are the reasons that have given rial to that deep determination of the masses never to agitate for any measure short of justice to alL We rejoice that the tame effects that have been produced in oar minds , are now displaying themselves in yours . We have long ^ deplored the existence among you of a peculiar spirit of caste that has hitherto prevented you from holding intercourse with those whom you supposed birth , rank , or riches had placed below you . It has pMVsated you from examining our principles . We fear von have too often cherished groundless prejudices ; believing a press that has always pandered to thes « pn-judices , as a means of securing success , and

      confounding toe fortuitous and rash conduct of a few men , with the mighty and sacred principles they professed to advocate . Actuated by these feelings and swayed by these errors , you have neglected your true interests till , although there is still abundant field Tor commercial enterprise , some of the richest advantage * have been faNfcasver to be regained . Kt i sMw , Jhai . jp joffir £ B * fn > to extend to others their rignra / vwproclaim that yon are wiser to day than you were yesterday ; toe long have we all been ignorant of that truth , that to be happy and prosperous , we must be just That to feel all the horrors of bankruptcy and misery , we require only to be selfish and exclusive .

      How little real power does the present franchise confer opon too ? Witness the receptien of your anti-Corn Law Bill by your nominal representatives . In tnsUi there is no representation ; your power only enables 70 a to nominate , once in seven reai * , an individual , who then becomes independent of your opinions , and too of ceu careless of your interest * . If there be one feeling of contempt in our ^ mlnds for any man , it is for him vrhe , possessing the franchise , looks down with supercilious pride on those who have it not ; his power is but a name ; bis pride is tbat of a maniac , who points to his straw coronet , and wooden sceptre , and thinks himself a king , though chained and miserable .

      Every day , and every hour , the commercial prospects become more gloomy ;* universal bankruptcy is inevitable , unless exclusive prejudices are speedily thrown away . There is no hope but in a union of the oppressed classes , to secure for themselves virtual instead of nominal representation . VTe remain , Your unenfranchised fellow subjects , Jou . n Collins , Arthur O'Neill . The uetrs of the New York panic ( come to hand since the above was written ) fearfully verifies it

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      THE MIDDLE-CLASS UNION AGAIN . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBK STAIl . February 12 , 1841 . Dear SIR , —I am surprised to see Mr . Collins ' s name attached to an adilresa to the middle classes , and inserted in the Leeds Times of Saturday last . There is something more in the act than a mere sacrifice of pr if ate feeling for the attainment of a public good ; nnd , therefore , it ia altogether UDJoatifiable . I see you have received a copy of this address , but have "withheld its insertion , perhaps , for want of room , perhaps not—no matter .

      The first objection I take Is , its being published in that paper . And what result can Mr . Coilins expect from its publication there ? Can he suppose the Times will " Jump Jim Crow , " and come over to the Charter ! I trow not Does he expect , by this means , to make known the principles of Chartism among the middle classes ? 1 suppose he does . Well , it it ao happen ; for 1 wish to put the best construction I can en the attempt , what then ? Dot a our redemption depend on this , as the silly Editor of that very erudite piece of black and white would have us believe ? I answer , No , no ! no !!

      IV ow , it is evident Mr . C . thinks so , or he would not have consented to be a party in such an affair . So far , then , Mr . Smiles and he are agreed . Whether such an address be beneficial at all , is unnecessary to discuss , having already been settled by our friend , O'Connor , and others—at least , to my satisfaction . There is , nevertheless , one great error into which' Mr . C . has fallen ; it is that of seeking to continue , in existence , an evil , for the purpose of obtaining a good ; and that this evil is the Times newspaper , will require but little argument to prove .

      What is worse than a false fnend ? Has it not employed all its wont energies to milign Chartists and misrepresent Chartism ? Have not its columns been tiled with hodge-podge stories batched by our enemies for our destruction , and this , for the purpose of making a party of its own to fall back upon tor an existence , ia the moat unprincipled manner , without which it must have given up the ghost ? But , ' what is most strange , after giving the principles by which it is supported , their death-blow at the late noble demonstration

      and , as if purposely to keep Mother Goose on her legs , Mr . C . is induced to send one ot a series of addresses to be published weekly in the Times—to cater for its readers—to supply the plase of the editor ' s insufficient and dry " grey goose quill * and furnish the means of puffing the " -iwfe ^ fij flaming placards through every town and TJUjja ^ HnH stirring appendage of a respectable name atl ^^^^ " Chartist address ; " when , by a vell-mer «|^^ H and contempt of such a slanderer , aocording $ * V | B ! Mi serta , it might— " ^^ P

      " DonbJy dying , have gone down , Unwept , unhonoured , and unsung . " It might , I say—aye , more , it would . Wbafc was it previoss to the existence of the Association ? Worse than nothing—a losing concern . One of two thing * , but for this , then , must have happened—either what I have jost mentioned , or & thorough change of politics ; perhaps another out-andout Chartist paper would have been the consequence . Bat thus encouraged ^ Mother Goose may drag on harass ing , as usual , the fient and rear of our good cauae » by her wishywasay , balderdash , instalment nonsense , the Chartists to have the peculiar gratification of rtfleeting that one of their own body is tbe causa , X would no ' , like to to the aaa .

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      /^ Irf ^ Mr . Collins spent- time in devlgfnf- BUBfis for' more effectually uniting the working * 4 sias « e » among themselves , there would have .. jMtt something like consistency in the employa * a | ' This Is all every honejrt , Chartist ongbt to BMljIfcad all he need seek . For , this accomplished , we bat * then all the sinew , intellect , independence , and bontoty necessary . Supposing this were the ease in teedf , which contains 82 , 120 inhabitants , put of worn iumber there are 61 , 675 , or more than thro * tbaatttn number of the working class to that of any otbar ; a&d if the large towns of the country average an equal number , and . the whole country anything near it , w& * A man of common sense will continue for a moiiwot toliger to prate about the strength of the aristocracy , or middle elan , or both , when put in competttion with working men . The strength or power of thctfiwo classes , La comparison , is only powerful in

      mojftfi low cunning , selfishness , and trickery—whose magla influence lies chiefly in bribing and corrupting theif devotees ; and surely we have had enough of this . I deny that they possess an equaTspwunt of intellect for sound political purposes—they have not a tithe of the nuterial—if they have , wnfl ^ isit ? They have long had the power , where are its manifestations f But allowing there is no particular want ef thi * on either side ; we want virtue and -honesty more than any thing : and I tell them plainly they have bad » fair trial—they nave been weighed in the balance and found wanting—they'll be tried no more—and no mistake . I say to working men , stand U out r yon have them on your own terms . Do It yourselves and it will be done to your satisfaction ; let them bat touch it and it is corrupted . Do it yourselves , and yours will be the honour—seek their aid , in their wajr , and alt the honour and profit will be theirs ; the Iskonr and disappointment , only , yours .

      I would here conclude my letter , bat I am wishful , if you can spare room , of offering a few remarks on another * t > bject , so unsparingly maltreated by our friend ttjftZYnit * , whenever opportunity serves ; and that is , /» r ||* . t the editor and his friends call the " madness and Irtitionalitjr" of Chartist denunciation of the middle « M upper classes . A man who lives in a glaw house ** f aid be careful about throwing stones , lest his own Ijfadows be broken in return . CfVb * were the first' offender * r The middle classes aPtheTZbartists ? Who promised all , and then would gWe nothing ? Or , rather , something a great deal worn * than nothing ? The middle classes . Who premised us Reform , and said we should not have it , terming na idle vagabond *—progressive reform , and

      then swore finality was fairest—stood and looked on at our crippled trade , and consequent hunger and starvation of tenaof thousands of industrious artisan *—robbedof the land , rigxt * . privileges , laws , protection—punished for poverty as for crime , immured in damnable skillygolee traps , which are also of their erecting ? Who , ia eight years , have added seven millions to the national debt , with increase of taxation , and every oppressive and available aggravation , and yet remained deaf to the wail ef the suffering , the petitioning of the mild , submissive , tame , and patient people ? Who was it , I ask , did all this , and now complain of being roughly handled—in words only ? Who ? Why these same middle classes . Good God ? then they are no wiser yet , with all they nave seen and

      feltnot convinoed tbat their crimes deserve punishment , the immaculate gentlemen t Had any single individual , on hi * own account , inflicted a thousandth part of the injury npon society , with one volca of execration , like the yell of so many demons , they would have dragged him to the gallows and hanged him by act of parliament , a * being unfit to live . But now , forsooth , because , in a body , with power and acts of parliament , and juries in their hands , they rob on a large scale , and commit slow murder to boot—they are not to be censured—not to be called by their right names , and held np to public scorn and indignation for the purpuse of being shamed out of their crimes , by the men they have injured and continue to injure—bj the relations and friends of the murdered , without being set down as " mad and irrational . " Had not mild

      remonstrance been tried , there might have been some excuse tn this faolt-flndlng of theirs ; but they know full well , nothing short of open rapture could attract attention , and therefore the necessity justified the course pursued—patience and long-suffering ceuld bear Bo more—no wonder ; the volcano broke ont—no wonder " breathing thought * and banting' words " were applied ; and but for the real and genulno Christianity of the oppressed—had they done as they were done unto , then , they would have given an eye far an eye , and a tooth . for a

      toothmeasure for measure : the / wouTd have " laah'd the rascals naked round the world . " But , no r they knew better ; they know bettor ; they forgfore ; they do forgive ; and yet , I cannot promise to ^ impenit ^ ncy a continuance of such forbearance ; let the anien&e honourable be made , and all will be yet well . Let the upper and middle classes do it ; a * do it they must ; . they have much to repeat of , and much to be forgiven ; let them merit this forgiveness by conceding equl tights on equal terms , and oor brotherhood is formed . Wntit then , Mr . Editor , I am their \ nemy .

      I will watch their motions , and give timely warn ing ; bolder and firmer the move I am oppressed . ^ Iam , dear 8 ir , ~ - V& * * # *** + ^ .. , -v-. ~ - . - "" v . Foan « aflsctfonately , William Hick .

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      mm ' — TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOKTUE&N STAB . Sir , —In consequence of the quantity of important and interesting matter with which you are constantly supplied , by your very numerous and intelligent correspondents , from every part of the Kingdom , I have hitherto abstained from obtruding myself on your notice ; but I cannot allow the present opportunity to pus without doing you an act of justiee , which gratitude prompt * me to perform . I return you my sincere thanks and heartfelt acknowledgements for the zeal and ability , bat , above all , the honesty with which you have ever supported the claims of the working unenfranchised order to which I belong , but more especially for your recent conduct In challenging the enemy te an open combat with the Chartists of

      London . I thank yoa , as though the struggle was made for myself alone , and there was not another to reap the benefit : and I will fight as hard to gain a victory as if there wsi not another to help me . Each tor all , and all for each , is my motto , and the grand secret of an imperishable union ; and when this principle is understood by the toiling millions , rampant tyranny will hide its bead , and they obtain their natural rights . It is already known and acted on in London , by a sufficient number to present nn impenetrable front to bricks and mortar . You have thrown down the ganntlet for the London Chartists ; and when I say I thank you for that , I know every one will say amen . But will the Fox and Goose Club , or him who was invited to play the first fiddle , or Any other of the

      minor performers at the great Leeds concert , take it up ? No , I say no . I am sorry to say so ; but it is my solemn conviction , arising from tbe fact you have already stated , tbat we are too well garrisoned to allow them any chance of victory ; and they know it , and are too crafty to risk a defeat . Believe me , a M . P . at tbe end of a man ' s name has lost ail the influence it once possessed oyer the minds of the people ; and nothing but sterling honesty of purpose , and a constant pursuit of principle , can command attention , or gaia respect And hence it is that the great thimblerigjuggler , O'Council , who says the pea is under the repeal thimble , tbe Household Suffrage thimble , or any other thimble , except the right one , would no more show his apostate head at a public meeting here than

      I dare put my hand in the fire . No ; a year's rint would not induce him to face the London workies . Tbe bare . announcement of such a thing would be the signal for a general muster of the trades , whose enemy he proved himself to be by his crafty endeavours to destroy the Unions . I , therefore , take it for granted that neither the head nor the tail will venture an attack ; but if they do , we are well pri pared to meet it Our various place * of meeting are like so many martello towers round tbe metropolis ; and , with twelve hours * notice , we will fill tbe largest place they can find with those who may not be " reasonably deemed" qualified to exge ^ e the mockery of Household Suffrage , and put to flight the Household troops . I am . Sir .

      One of the Slave Class , Richard Spurs . London , 91 , St . John ' s-street , Smitafleld Bars , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .

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      MR . PEDD 1 E , IN THE WHIG HELL HOLE , AT BEVERLEY" . Edinburgh , 8 th of January , 1811 . 15 , West Hichmond-street . Tbe following letter from Mrs . Peddle to Mr . Burnett , of Bradford , has been banded to us for publication . It forbids comment We dare not trust ourselves to speak npon itl SIR , —I am favoured with yours of the 5 th inst , and feel much gratified with the sympathy you expressed for my husband ; and shall give you , as briefly as possible , an aeooont of bis present situation and sufferings , for the information of yourself and your friend , Mr . Wm . Martin . Yon would , of course , see bis letter in the Northern Star of Sept . 5 , 1840 , to Lord Normanby ttjdch gave a particular account of the barbarous treat-Wjgp of tbe tread-mill , whereby he was often com-¦ pd " to saok the perspiration from hi * shirt , for a ¦ Bpptftry relief . " Ia addition to the dreadful details Hm letter , which met with no notice nor redress from

      ¦ Ejgpdshlp , a friend addressed a letter to the Northern SB * , extaraota ef which appeared , October tbe 17 th , under tbe title of " Horrors of Whig Prison Discipline , " giving an account of an UUvhs which be bad endured for twenty-eight days , in which he contemplated tbe return to health with some degree of horror , in the expectation of being again put npon the mill , and to the mUi he was sent accordingly . It was imagined by bis keepers , that his illness was feigned , in consequen <> B of which bs was cast into the dungeon , or blac'i-bole , a place without even a atone seat to sit upofl , destitute of furniture , having neither bedstead , for / n , or stool ; * o that a person cpaflned in it , most either walk , or sit upon ! the floor In this place he vas confined all that day without food , water , or light Next morning , ( Sunday ) he was visited by tbe Governor and the Chaplain ; tbe latter of whom administered to him taut * ia ri&oe of oottwlatioa , tad acted

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      as one labouring trader the same Impression aa the others . And , indeed , he left my husband with the impression upon hia mind , "That tfce Rsv . Gentleman and others , had considered his death as likely to take place , and were , amongst themselves , preparing tor if Sach are bis own word * . After being thus confined and barbarously treated , until Buffering humanity conld bear up no longer , be was at length removed from the damp dungeon , and proper medicine * administered to him , and the Governor was at last forced to confess , " Tbat bad they thought him so ill a * he now in reality was . he would not have been

      there at all ; but that they had acted under an impression tbat he was saying he was worse than be was , which tie believed not now to be the case . " Yet , under this impression , was Mr . Peddle condemned to a solitary- dungeon , and the most Inhuman treatment , and was given to understand , on his convalescence , " That * o soon as the surgeon reported Wm fit for work , should be again refuse , under similar circumstances , he would be taken before tbe magistrates , who would order him thirty days confinement , or to be well whipped . " Upon this threatened infliction of the lash to a political prisoner , I need make no oomment .

      A letter received from him on tbe 18 th December nit , gives the latest account of his sufferings , which I shall give you in bis own words : — " I have suffered much since I last wrote , but whether it arises from a confirmed stomach complaint , or is , in fact , tbe effect of the mill upon my system , I , indeed , cannot say . But I will furnish you with facts , and you can judge for yourself . "Tnfs day * evea weeks , exactly , I was well in health , with the exception of the pain in my knee , when I was put upon the mill . I bad suffered from my knee much . I bad been on it only two or three days , when my appetite and sleep , in a great measure , left me . 1 was seized , after some days , with a dull , heavy , oppressive pain in my breast , with occasions ! sickness . In this

      state I remained till I left the mill to write my petition . For some day * I thought myself better ; but I got again very sick , and vomited severely ; so much so , that I required the ai « of the surgeon , who ordered the proper remedies ; and what did me more good than any thing , some tea once a day . In a few days I got better , and yesterday three week * , I felt better than I had done for months , and bad that day , for the first time for weeks , eaten a full dinner . Oa that day I was again put upon the mill . Tbat night I was in a state of exhaustion truly distressing . For three days the pain in my knee was extremely severe ; bat since I have suffered less on It , than for months before . My appetite again left me . Sleep almost banished , I have not been one day entirely tree from sickness . I again

      applied to tbe surgeon , have taken medicines constantly , also tea in the afternoon ; bnt I am getting no better . I * is impossible forme to describe what I have suffered . Were you to see me sometime * at night , tbe state I am in would melt the heart of a savage . ( Notan English one , J . A . ) You may form some idea from the fact tbat , at this cold and inclement season of the year , my body , from morning to night , is literally covered with , and very frequently pouring put the perspiration as rain , I for three week * past , have not gone to bed with a dry shirt , except the night when I pot on a clean one ; an « very frequently my shirt ia , In sober reality

      as wet as from the washing-tub , although I work without my jacket , with my neck and breast bare . In this state am I locked up without fire or light , in a cold cell , where I lie in bed f « r hours trembling , before I can fall asleep ; and when I awake , which I generally do about twelve o ' clock , my limbs are stiffened , and my breast and bead in a state past my powers of description . I yesterday saw the surgeon , who has ordered me from the mill for a few days . The consequence will likely be , a partial restoration to health ; when I will , by being ? at upon tbe mill again , have to chance a renewal of my siiffyings , until at last my constitution finally gives way . " ¦ * -,.

      In addition to this , I may state , that by the rules of the bouse , he Is not permitted to receive the visits of a friend , wife , or child , unless in case of dangerous illness , supposed unto death , which must be certified by the surgeon . Now , as he is upwards of two hundred mile * from flfs family , it Is not likely that be could derive any advantage from that solitary indulgence , were such an event to take place , as he might be dead and buried , before their arrival , and them lose the opportunity of ascertaining the cause of death . No letter I * allowed to pas * the portals of his gloomy abode , without being inspected by the governor , ebaphua , Arc . It follows , therefore , from this inquisitorial power , tbat should a prisoner be treated with illegal severity , tbat the groans of his distress will not be allowed to reach tbe ears ot his friends . In many cases , his letters have

      been re-written over and over and over again , before they were allowed to pass from his cell ; and , even then , those passage * obliterated which did not suit the . taste of bin gaolers , and where he might state tbe truth plainly , which , in short , render * truth almost a dead letter . In one case , upon the very first letter he sent to Edinburgh forme being stopped , In which , " he had described , " according to his own words , " and truly , the severe discipline of Beverley House of Correction , " he was informed by the Visiting Justices , that no letter written by Urn , likely In any way to cause rejection npon tbe character < rf thfr establishment would reach hi * friends ; and subsequently he was Informed by the chaplain , that t" it n 6 w fomed part of hi * duty to read all hi * letters , anJtftat toHJ * T < Twi > nl ** ltiisllsii , tfcey must be very moderately written , and be very proper indeed . "

      " Now , so long , " he observes , " as such restrictions are imposed , and the other rale * rigidly enforced , as they are to the very letter , the friends of the prisoner can have no assurance that the letters they receive contain true accounts of the prisoner's health , treatment , < kc , whieh can only be the cause of much sorrow and anxiety . There is another practice I speak of , from my own experience , which exposes the prisoner to much danger from cold , that is , even at this season , when upou the mill , my clothes are never dry ; and to be then locked up with every pore of the body open , in a cold cell , without food , muat be dangerous , passing over many other grounds of complaint "

      He also justly complains of being restricted to write only once ft month . He goes on to eay : — " By the rules , I am only permitted to send to my wife one letter a month , which I fuel to be a very great hardship indeed ; and I believe that it ia tbe first time npoliticafcpriaoner has been so circumstanced . My wife ia a woman of an extremely delicate constitution , and bad health ; and the very best medical aid has left her in au extremely delicate and precarious state . The anxiety , therefore , that I feel on her account during the month Is painfully intense . "' He is also debarred from making any allusion * to Government , or using any obnoxious expressions towards them ; consequently , he can give his friends no account of his apprehension , &c without developing the wicked and disgraceful spy system , to which he has become a victim .

      As a proof of the frivolous and vexatious nature of these restrictions , a letter was stopped because it cited the following , from the 10 th of Isaiah : — " Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees , and that write grievousness which they have proscribed , to turn away the needy from judgment , and to take away the right from the peor of my people , that widows may be their prey , ind that they may rob the fatherless . " This was , by the magistrates , construed into a reflection upon the Government Several other letters , on equally trifling grounds , were objected to , and delays of the most vexatious kind took place every month , until on the 18 th of September last , a letter which be had written me , and

      in which , to use his own words , he bad " studiously avoided every subject tbat the authorities bad restricted , " ( which was afterwards admitted by them , selves , ) was not allowed to be forwarded , but was sent to London for tbe opinion and edification of the Homeoffice ; whence , after a detention of three weeks , it was returned , and allowed to be forwarded as unobjectionable . My letters , on the plea of containing some trifling neves , such as a notice of an expedition to China , Arc , and the progress of Collins , White , &c in Scotland , were also withheld from him . Indeed , at onetime , it was within a few days of three months that he had been allowed to receive any intelligence from Edinburgh .

      It would fill a volume to state all my husband's sufferings in bis horrible place of confinement . It was bis wish to have these printed , in the hope it might stimulate his'friends , in their exertions on his behalf , on the meeting of Parliament ; but the great expence r « nders this impracticable . But I hope enough has been said to excite sympathy . I hope , therefore , that In memorialising her Majesty , that you will not only pray for a mitigation of bis punishment , —in particular that the felon ' s treatment of the treadmill may be prohibited—but that he may be removed to York , Lancaster , or any other place ^ confinement , where the prisoners enjoy a milder jilfP ment , and that be may be placed upon the wse . looting as other political prisoners , convicted at the same period ; which might prove the Ministers of the Crown are not desirous to inflict a punishment which humanity cannot bear ; nor to administer the rigours of tbe law at tbe expence of the life of the prisoner .

      You inquire if Mr . Peddle has stated anything concerning poor old Drake . In his last , he mentions a very Btrange circumstance—the disappearance of hia fellow prisoner and companion in misfortune , Old Drake ! on the 13 th of November . He has made repeated inquiries after him , but has been refused information . Once , in passing Drake , having spoken a single word to him inadvertently , be was sent to hia bedaupperlesB . I remain , Sir , With much respect , Janb a Peddie .

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      MR . D . O'CONNELL . TO THS 3 DIT 0 & OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I see from Mr . O'Connell ' a speech at Leeds , that he attempted to account for his absence from the Leeds Demonstration , by saying tbat he was dotained at Belfast by some irregularity In the sailing of the packet , and by a horse breaking down on the stage between this and Annan . What happened at Belfast I know not , but this I do know , that the break down did not detain him five minutes 1 ! What vile shifts do rogues and coward * resort to . I am , a hater of Humbco . Dumfries , 4 th F * bnary , lftU .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —It Is with reluctance that I am obliged to ask you to insert what merely relates to individuals , in tbe columns that would be better employed in conveying more useful matter to your niuneroas readers . Sat being convinced that it ia due to myself to oflfer some remarks on the observations of Mr . F . O'Connor , in bis letter in your * of last week , about the report * -that Mr . A . Duncan and I sent to the Star , I would receive it as a favonr if yon would insert thi * in your journal In enumerating the sacrifices he ba * made for the people , Mr . O'Connor complains of having bad to pay £ 10 for those reports , and say * that bo bargained for new * , and tbat we only sent our own speeehaf , and observes that it is but just to me to say I . thought I

      was writing according to contract The affair was thus : —Duncan and I bad arranged , before , the closing of the Convention , to . go round Scotland if we could find mean * to do so . Mr . O'Cexuor bad stated In the Glasgow Convention , that he would giv « ton shillifig * per column for Chartist new * from Scotland . Ho also told me he would give that mm when I went ' to Ireland ; we therefore calculated that what we got for reporting our meetings in Scotland , added to what assistance we would get from their proceeds , would enable as to carry on the agitation . We sent about tw < columns per week , mostly containing report * of from four to six meeting * . We reported the speeches-of others alway * in preference to our own , and also gave the weaver ' s wages , state of trade , and ef the Chartist

      cause , when we could get them . There were dtsthwfc reports of the proceedings of the Convention that sa » at Newcastle , and of meetings of -the trades < rat ' of work at Dundee ; in fact , the accounts of matters were as much condensed as any tbat appeared in the papes . After we bad sent , upward * of ten columns , we sent in to Mr . O Connor an account requesting £ 5 : we ' got no answer , and it proceeded until is was twenty * four columns ; by this time we bad written him tbfe * or four letters , and uo answer . When in London , Tat the Convention that sat last Christmas , I . met Ma . O'Connor nearCovent Garden ; Mr . Dawhire * and . Ma , Hodgson , delegates from Bolton , were with me ; befqr I had time to speak in the matter , be reverted ' to ^ tt himself , and atated he had just received all our letter at once , and thanked die for the manner in which w » bod done their bwsintat , and said he bad sent-orders ft £ 3

      to the office to > ae ^ Ette There was paid by tbe office , whea It ceased , aaying they had received no orders from Mr . O'Connor / Afterwards a letter wac sent : saying that b « hod allowed £ 5 , and claiming tb » balance . There was no complaint of the nature of tbe report * made then , until deemine it our rJ ^ hV I persisted in urging our claim , of £ 10 , wbeii , " 'after much delay , a paragraph from Mr . OCjbhot Ajrpeared in the Star , not one of the most hrmdsom&of ^ tfeliciie , stating he ordered £ 5 to be given me . ' \ Tftongh apt liking it , I did not say anything , bub wUen . thesabJBet is again and again brought before tbe public ; I think I should do so . 1 have no wUh to detract froar any favours Mr . O'Connor has done to the cause , or ft * advocates individually , but mosb assuredly I never received any from him ; on the contrary , I have not been used ev » n with the courtesy given to others of his agents . * . -

      ; Yours , Robert Lowebt . [ We give this letter , because we are determined tbat no man ' shall have a right to complain of ill-usage from the Northern Star , though we are really unable to * find in it anything but a confirmation of Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , that ten pounds W 8 T 8 actually given for the speeches of Mr . A . Demean and Mr . Lowery ; save that , in the last line , M& Lowery discovers that he has not been treated with the courtesy given to others of M& O'Connor ' s agents . This obliges us , who have th » responsibility and management of Mr . O'Connor ' * business , to explain what this ' want of courtesy " is ,- and how it originated . In the early part of

      183 d , Mr . Lowery . was connected with a person named Rucaatle , in a news-agency at Newcastle . upon-Tyne . They were supplied with papers from this office , on the guarantee of Mr . Blakey , then proprietor of the Northern Liberator , until they bad contracted a , debt to the amount of be tween £ 40 and £ 50 . ThecoaseqaeoKraf iaUwas * . tbat when Mr , Lowery again began to sell tbe Star , he was supplied for cash only . Thia is the want of courtesy complained of by Mr . Lowery $ while upon Mr . O'Connor ' s port , be Jias to complain that though his cleric has applied many times , within these two years , to Mr . Blakey , upon the subject , yet has be not been treated to tb « courtesy of the slightest notice . We" should not

      have alluded to this part of . the subject but for Mr . Lowery ' * own observation ; but sorely » terj man , having common notions of right and justice , wilt admit that . Mr . O'Connor acted most honourably in not dedocting the £ ld from a larger debt due . And , in truth , we are at a low to gneui at Mr . Lowery ' s cause of complaint - ' 2 gk O'Connor was not enumerating the sacrifices inafe by him ; he has always said that tfie success of the csuae ha * more than repaid biin ; he was merely explaining the difficulties in the way of having his speeches rtported ybr paymeni , wmparedSrftb ti ^ faclUties ^ hichthe ^ far now eifbrd » to < 4 )^ with profit ; and , ' we ask , could terms mow

      WmnUmentary be used , in tflemo ^ ebf"ffiustratlo 1 irtnan those used by Mr . O'Connor towards- Mr . Lowery ? Mr . O'Connor never lotst an opportunity of praising Mr . Lowery , and he even said that he paid the £ 10 with pleasure , convinced that the reports did good . But let it be understood , once for all , that Mr . O'Connor has to pay ready money for every stamp he uses , before they leave : the Stamp Office , while the common usage of the trade is three months ' credit All agents undertake the sale of the Star according to the rules of the office ; nothing ii required of them but payment according to those rules ; and nothing- beyond the rules of the offioa has ever been required from Mr . Lowery— Eds . J

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      Christened at the Darkhouse Chapel , Coaeley , Staffordshire , on Wednesday , tbe 3 rd instant , by tbe Rev . D . Wright , Selina Frost Williams Botley , t * je dssgif * ter of James and'Emma Botley , ir on moulder . The infant son of Robert Grey , tailor , South Sbiftldf . was duly registered oji the 0 th of January , by Uia name of Jobs Frost Grey . „ Sarah , the wife of John Johnson , latoof Maocles&ebL , weaver , was safely dfaivwed of a son , on tha 8 th of January last , and was . duij registered Robert Fwqw © 'Cowftor Johnson , > ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct536/page/5/