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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Mr . EDITOR , —I request that you -will tike my came from the list published in tbe Star of Saturday last , sent to you by Mr . Lovett . I expected , when tho address was sent to me , that it was sent to the general body of the Chartists , not to a few individuals . 1 most solemnly protest against any division in the Chartist ranks . Yours respectfully , Williau Thompson . Daventry , April 10 , 1841 .

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      TTTM . BYRNE & CO ., Booksellera , Stationers , YV and General Newspaper Agents > 1 , Cloth Market , Newcastlk-upon-Tyne , beg U inform'the Supporters of the Northern Slr . r , that they are now taking irtBh ! Subscribers for-that . Paper . ' The first Portrait to come out will b'j that of the immortal Robtrt Emmetr , the Irish Patriot . The Republican Journal , by Dr . M'DonaU ; the Scottish Patriot . Dunde&Chroniclt , * n&the English aud Scottish Char tut 'Circular * supplied to Subscribers . All tho Standard OTd Political Works , and a aekct Stock of Stationery and Drawing Materials kout on hands .

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      B 1 P 0 RTANT 1 O CHARTISTS . This day is published , Price only One Penny !! THE RTGHT OF THK POOR to the SUFFRAGE of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER : or the Honesty and Justice of the Principle ot UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE established and maintained , by the late Wjixiah Cobbbtt , M . P . to OJdfcsm ; together with Mr Cobbett ' a Address to the Farmers and Tradesmen of England , on their Treatment of the Poor . Reprinted from Cobbett ' a " Twopenny Trash . " tor- This neatly printed Tract forms No . I ., of » Series to be entitled ** The Labourer ' s Library /' aid wbich will comprise the best efforts of Patriotic Authow « pon the Questions of Government , tho Suffrage , Emigration , the Question of Population , and general Political Economy . Each Number will be complete in itself , yet the whole may bo boun £ up together , heing printed in uniform size ..

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      . ^^ Ltfi ^ Cfe ^ ^ i ^^ rf t it ^ k w ^ Cf Sffiai C . j ^ PRfc iw / FITZHUGH & C . GRIMSHAW , 10 , GOREE PIAZZAS , GEORGE'S DOCK , LIVERPOOL , DESPATCH fine First-Clasa AMERICAN SHIPS , of large Tonnage , for the following Port 8 , namely . —NE W YORK , PHILADELPHIA . BALTIMORE , BOSTON , NEW ORLEANS , QUEBEC , fca ., in which Passengers can b « accommodated with comfortable berths in tho Cabin , second Cabin , and Steerage . Persons abont to emigrate may save themselves the expence and delay of waiting in Liverpool , by writing a Letter , addressed as above , which will be immediately an * Bwered , the exact day of sailing , and the amount « f Passage-money told them . By this means they will be enabled to go direct on Board tuQ Ship immedi " ately on their arrival at Liverpool .

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      NEW CHARTIST PERIODICAL . THE MIDLAND COUNTIES' ILLUMINATOR , Price Three-halfpence , is Published every Saturday Morning , by Mr , Seal , of Leicester , and may be had of Mr . Cleave , Shoe-lane , London ; of Messrs . Sweet , ( Nottingham , ) Skevington and Eveleigh , ( Loughborough , ) Neal , ( Derby , ) Vickers , ( Belper , ) Burgess , ( Hinckley , ) and all Bookseller in the Kingdom , by application to Mr . Cleave * London , or to the Publisher , Leicester . " The Illuminator we hesitate not to pronounce infinitely superior in style , matter , and composition ,

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      OXJ > PAKR'S XIFB PILLS . THE HEADERS of the Nor / hern Star are particularly requested to read carefully the following account of the BENEFICIAL EFFECTS of PARR'S LIFE PILLS , in Leicester and tha Neighbourhood : — The following facts have been mentioned to Mr . J . F . WmKS . the Agent for PARR'S LIFE PILLS , in Leicester , who has preserved the name and residence of each of the parties , which he is ready to produce : — J . C , Oxford-street , Leicester , » ged 44 , had

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      ^^^ rwiYss SpE-VCB . — Tfe *« w neither time ? H 03 lAS lS « * io «""*>> " ^ * " «? a « d in o « r ^ 'Jhtnualxr ; ottf tntf no / / ewe sight of il . * * r f tau > UT . --JF « tot * no * room . F ^ ' ^ tC ^ bi tfiU « e that we have interled-the ^ Jof Vr . Rogers on the subject . ft ! ^ 7 a currier , a man of deserving character ^ sterling merit , one who has taken the most ^ JTvtrlin the cause , residing at 13 , MelHck ' s-^ Russell-street , Bermondsey , has been out Tf ^ ovment marly all the winter ; and had U ^ fuen for a few friends , must have perished i At vant of common necessaries * or lingered ' ihis dayi with his famil y in a hostile ; that \ JTsiM vetks since he got into employment ¦ rfand all went on well until Easter Tues-Untrhen » n going to work as usual , he teas *** of tU premises . , Upon asking for an ^ _^^__

      rrJaiatioJh h * teas lota ay me master mat ne \§ nothing to say against him as Jo character or WiAes . but that the crime teas that of losing IZaUT Monday ^ and tttending a Chartist meet-\ Telihmigh most of tht men on the premises * £ t \ iA Ao&fey 3 > ** ' ™ , iime ' The Writer calk on the men of London to come for-\~ d ar , d rescue poor Rose , with his tcife and fte heip less children , from the tender mercies of ' fa Poor Law Guardians . ffiau * Isgilbt . — ^ ~ correspondent writes us S > .. ifa laronet has permitted an old and un-^ h building to stand as an eyesore to the S * 0 / » y « w for fifre * y * *> raih r than

      emxrd ihtfeelings of an oM tenant , wnose at-Zjitnent to U teas unconquerable . The fact is Z ~ creditable to 5 > Tillham , , J « " Xotj cs to CoBBESPo . VDEJiTS in our last ^ S'Tv = per , the tcord * " We have received a Cjjf iron the author of Daily Bread , a memla o f the anti-Corn Late League" should have tetn a letter from the author of Daily Bread TO 7 * r mb > r of the anti-Com Law League . r—testielo- — correspondent who sends us jh 7 r «» rt oj the social tea party has omitted the fait ¦ had he not made this omission it should i ~ i appeared . We have to request other «* rmmdenls to attend to this , as many

      commu-^ cad oTis hsve recently come to hand with a tike jtK ^ RoKcrcs — We would have gladly obliged hs ^ b vi reaJly have not space . fro CokstaST Rradkbs ask , Was Mr . O Connor net brought up for judgment for the libel on the yfgTtim&eT Poor Lav Guardian * * Ao . —Has It Rn been lined as well as confined ? No . Wiiss MiSW ash—Firi-h Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . Hill , a member of - Jn S ational Charter Association f If so , how tote hate they been members t S ~ adr-Bas either Mr . OC . or Mr . H . contributed ^ m f arthing to the fund ef the above

      associajjon ! rfrd-Did Mr . O'C ., in any one of his numerous itOen , ever exhort the people to join or support Ait association ? fcarJt-To what fund is the money appropriated Ttich is sent to the Star Office for the wives and f oaoJies of the imprisoned chartists ? It hi : first question u-e answer , that it is « foolish one a ask ; Mr . O'Connor first projected the National Charier Association of Great Britain : Mr . Hill vss one of its founders . His second question" Whether Mr . 0 Connor or Mr . Hill have contributed anything to the funds of the association " u tmt of Mce character : tee shall simply answer it znth a To . " His third quesnon will be best aiswtrtd by a reference to the letters themselves It Us fourth , we say , ask the Committee , or consuit the balance-sheets regularly published in the

      R Foster , S . Mates , and R . Crahkeh . —Their rnaiions should be sent to the Committee , or to Ih . M-DoualU Ciw vrita to wy that our article of last week has rendered the insertion of his letter unnecessary ; but lhaf he will address one each to Messrs . Lecttt , Collins , and Vincent . Jixe Resshaw . —The matter shall be noticed . his Bjhpobd , — We have seen the letter , and shall attend to it . L Sawweb . —We cannot interfere in the disputes of difereni bodies of Chartists . _ We think it tmaavisaUt to publish the resolution . Attkber of valuable communications from almost aUpartt of the country are necessarily omitted , pmfyfrm the press of opinion on the " New

      Afow , " orui partly from the lateness of the arrival many of them . We ruppote the ' pubac trill never learn thai we go to press on Tsurtday . We have generally by the last day ' s pot : as many letters as would , did we insert all , near'gjul the paper , and we not vnfrequtntly get a hundred or more on Friday , after the paper hat been at press licelve hvurs . &OTXI 05 THS D&ATH OP A LaDT . —A word for trsih and justice ; Charter hymns , No . 2 , and tntrad other poetical favours declined . JiKii Sinclair . —Be tier write under cover . EirWiiD Clattos , HrDDEBSFirLD . —next week . Cossllst ftEADOt . —Factories haue no right to run on Good Friday . Lord Brougham is not dead &tu ar knoic of .

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      The amount for Convention in lost Star , noticed from Ma&ifUJd , should have been from Liverpool . Vv Portraitt for Torh were delivered to * ' Shear-» 33 4 Ca carriers by railway" on theBth , the parcel teas addressed R , Gill , Buton- street , York Tit H-till subscribers trill receive their Partraiis tfcwgh Mr . Wilde , when he balances his M « nm ! ; should he fail to do so , they will receive &rn through the medium of another agent . LA . F _ Glasgow . —The Plates left our office on . & $ A of April . 3 hj Cxist , £ xEns .-flH letter has been sent to Mr . ( Zeare , London . IU 21 T all oua Age-tts in the north send their

      neri too late : if they wish their papers earlier Uifj / mv < t send their orders sooner . OIJast . —The papers to Mr . Henderson were sent 1 ¦ tfir ' 3 iJlis ° ^ ce on ^ P ' ^ - aCiLMjcs . —Apply to Pa ton and Love , Glat-Sou for ike Pla te *; they were sent with the thers on April 6 iA . ** - Au £ X . —Call upon Mr . Jthnsm , on Monday I- Atccst , Merthyr Tvdvil , did not write anything m f' 'k biter inclosing P . 0 . order : he ought , t uatl , to hate written his name . The papers iMutf not have been stopped i f he had done so . i-UGAKD , Sheffield , should send his ca * h sooner , and tie ' jcould get his papers : it came on Satur-« y norninn fat ure u

      C 1 ICiL fSlSO .-iiSS' AM ) CHAETEB COSTESTIOS FUXD . . £ s . d . ** T ?* Zeszr , Jroniaoatligiiire 0 4 * Brd-intton . by a few perB 3 H 3 . ' .. 0 17 0 a . h&n- . f-son , L « ds 0 0 9 * e Xadonal Charter Association , ' ajt eiwn DeTeral , Wilts 2 6 AEa-taninchty , per J . Rszdie ... 0 5 0 w - **** , Brecon 0 0 5 * ** * i * n < i > » i Malt&n 6 8 8 - J- Ruey and A . Girdner , Leeds ... « 1 0 - aii a ^ , EeaT strond 0 3 - swartiia ge Chartiita , per Mr . Chance 0 16 & -Q : 2 JtT . cear Wigaa , per J . 31 . ... 10 - v « tt Tntz&s at Knarwborough ... 0 3 10 ¦ ^^ i tcn-Bpon-Mediock l e o TlrES A 5 D FAMILIES OF THE ISCABCEIU . TKD

      p CHAETJSTS . ~ ' j ^ « e , per ilr . Penny 0 12 5 * " «» ancLty , per J . Btadie ... 0 10 0 " —i P sctonrnie 0 10 * TOa MES . CLATT 05 . ~^ r ** r * riIr- Cot-per , procetda of *» o ssrjacms ... ... ... o 12 y ^ ^ TOa KBS . FROST . ^^ B ^ Jcal Aisocistion , Keighley ... 1 0 0

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      ^^ Wednesday Evening , April 21 . ' & 2 S ? l ^^ - IswcTos .-Yesterday , an Oi }* £ >** Ut- Waklej , M . P . at the f ^ cl . fW ^" ' Lo ^ er Rb » d , Islingt on , k ^ /«> v . M of Mary Calla ^ iau , aged 52 , whose fe ^/ lsC 0 T ? ed in a shallow pSnd near the £ **» & !« ^ t . ^? 111111 ^ Sunda y Iast .-Po-^ fcasct ^ T , li i _ on SEBday morning , he obserr-^ £ f a ^** fi 0 JUiB « * * e pbnd opposite * "s & « v ^^ 3 ; °° * olDg np , be discorered it *> « & , 7 J ' ° f » fe > aals ; at this time a man r ^ aSS *! I ! rt »> & bundle of sticks

      ^ * s = istA . T ' a on D € 1 D S calied t « , came , * * < ti 2 w . ^ t **) 0 * the deceased out ; she Wof ihf ?» *? lh * y conreyed her to the h « rftie / hBrc ^ - J : UBfcS Calligbam , the husfe "¦ Vto £ ^ A i ^^ »* 12 ' Keko-place , S »» Su f , lw * iime b « saw bis mfe 2 S * ebrnnS !»? ° ' elock on Easter Monday , i ^ u ^ t - kDd " f - He was the worse for ** t ed r £ ?**> ^ d «» Jd not e * t My , * nd tbe S uS /^ , ^> conBequenee , » d tuw

      ^ h ^ Tr * S before shewcrald S *^^ S'l ** - ' She » " * w * S ^ TreiL ^ , 116 w" not aware that she ^ J to W « T ? 5 \ y one who would k *™ been ^ ^ ons * IS t > , ^ ber- A femal e lodger in the i ?^ W- « ceaE £ d , stated thai the lattar ^ kca'i , . , ? " Sbe c * me t 0 b "» « ad gaTe ^ ^ a ?!^ ^ ^^ to Uke care of , S ** n l ^ gom Z t 0 * deed ' s house ; she i « i ^ Z - X * ' ^ P ^ surgeon , Vho Si ?* ^ Sn > TiT- / Iamiluuiofl of , the bod l ' 2 ^ ° FioSi . ^ C 0 IDe t 0 ™» lhit deatb S ^ iks ^ t ? **>** % * ; there were no ex-J « 7 aa ^^ rf *^ 0 Bld ^ recorded ; U > which «« ii ted , * a < i retomed the following :-

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      That the deceased was found dead in a certain pond ; but how , or by -what means she came there , there was no evidenae to show , " [ The case excited a rety considerable degree of interest among the neighbours and acquaintances of the poor woman , who Beemed to be pretty ^ equally divided in opinion as to the cause of death ; one portion giving it as their belief that the deceased had been murdered while others declared that the continued life of miBery the deceased had to endure , ultimately wrought her up to * state of frenxy , which led her to seek peace in self-destrnctioa . 1

      At Q , csek-S < hjaiik Police Court , yesterday , the Governor and Chaplain of the Penitentiary , Millbank , brought up a young woman , whose term of imprisonment expired that day , and charged her with threat * ening to commit suicide . The case was % very extraordinary one . Ske had been committed from Marlborough-street , in male attire , and by the name of George White ; she remained at the prison a coniidenbh period before her sex was discovered ; and she h * d then , to one of the females in authority , expressed her firm intention to destroy herself . She stated also to the matron that

      her friends were m independent circumstanoes , and that she had been ruined by her uncle ' s footman , who abandoned her , aod this induced her to assume male attire . She was for eight dayB in the workhouse at Kensington , under medical treatment , where her sex was undiscovered . Mr . Burrell said he bhould call upon the defendant to find sureties for her good behaviour for the next month ; and , as the commitment would be made out immediately , the turnkey who had brought her to the office had better at once return with her to the prison . The female offered no observation , and was immediately conveyed in a cab to the prison .

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      Mas . Clatton . —We have been directed by Mrs . Clayton to acknowledge most gratefully , on her behalf , the folio wing sums : — £ . s . d . . £ . » . & Collections in Tib-street National Charter Association Koom , after the funeral sermon preached by Dr . il'Doaall , oa Sunday , March 14 th ... 1 5 5 j From Joseph Lowes , by R . Wood 9 I 0 From Isaac Gle * ve , by ditto ... 9 1 0 By Richard Wood 0 0 6 Collections from a few friends , by Junes White 8 3 0 1 10 Uk From Huddersfleld ... 2 3 o „ Loughborough ... ... ... ... 0 4 3

      .. Mountsorrel ... 0 S 3 _ Hathera OSS .. a Friend . l " « . Newton Heath . 10 0 .. Trowbridge 16 1 _ the Friendi of the National Charter Association 12 9 „ Vhe Frienda at l > i > d worth 8 17 M the National Charter Association , Belper , 0 It » _ the Harylebone and Pad din gt on Viotlm Committee ( second don . ) ... 12 8 _ the Friends at M&aningtia . m t i C Do . Bradford 11 „ Derby 10 0 „ J . Smart ... l 0 « . Herwood ill s

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      TfiOH THE LO . NDON PAPERS OF FEIDAT . HOUSE OF LORDS . The Earl of Charletille adverted to the debate which took place on the d » y preceding tfae recess , respecting the trial for the attempt on the life of Mr . Biddulph . The Noble Marquis ( Normanby ) had on thai occasion given a strong contradiction to the statements made by the Noble Earl , and said that if he h&a made inquiry , he would have found that Mr . Biddulph himself had expressed his satisfaction at tbe Jury impanelled to try the cause . The Marquis of Noska ^ bt said he should certainly cause inquiry to be made into the matter , and their Lordships soon after adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . Sir R . Lnglis presented thirty petitions , praying for church extension ; and Mr . R . Cu&rib presented fourteen , praying for the abolition of the Ecclesiastical Courts . Lord Mobfeth announced his intention of proposing an alteration in the Registration of Voters ( Ireland ) Bill , the effect of which would b © ¦ to augment the qualification of electors from £ 5 to £ 8 in counties . Mr . O'CoraELL expressed great disapprobation at the proposed change . Lord J . Russell said he would move that orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motions on Thursdays after the 1 st of June .

      Mr . Grote moved a series of resolutions in reference to tbe land fund and finances of New South Wales , and contended that reparation ought to be made to the colony for the abstractions which had taken place from the emigration fund , and that the mother country ought to defray at least one-half of toe expences of gaols and poliee . The CHAXCELLOEof the Exchequer said that many years back , when the Earl of Ripon was at the head of the colonial department , an intimation was given to the colony that it must be prepared to take upon itself the expence of the convict establishment . ilr . C . Bulleb thought the expence of gaols and police oaght not to be thrown on the colony . Lord Mahon supported the motion , being fully of opinion that & strong prima facie cjbo was made out in favour of N « w South Wales .

      Lord J . Rcssell said that complaints similar to the present were constantly made from all our colonies , and wefe supported very frequently by very strong reasoning , but he had no hesitation in saying , that of all our colonies , the one which had been subjected to least grievance , the one which had received most favour from , and which had reaped most ad vantage from the mother country , was New South Wales ; and this to such an extent that other colonies continually complained that an undue proportion of favour was shown by this country to New South Wales . Sir W . Moleswobth said that in the case of an ordinary colony the expense of gaols aud police should be borne by the colony itself ; bu * . New South Wales was an exception to the general rule .

      Sir R . Peel said that if the colony of New Sotuh Wales had a claim of £ 50 , 000 a year on this ? country , the very last thiDg to which he would wish to appropriate the re-payment of that sum would be to gaol . * and police . Mr . Waed contended that the lands which had been sold would never have been purchased had it not been for the impression that the purchase money would have been laid out in the importation of free labour . - Sir R . In-Gus said the duties of a nation should be the . measure of its expenditure , and if it contracted a liability it should raise the means to meet it . Sir C . Grey opposed the motion . Mr- Hvue could not see any reason whatever why the peo " pie of England should be taxed to maintain gaols and police in New South Wales .

      Mr . Gqote , in reply , said that the convicts conferred a benefit on the colony only by benefiuiDg the masters to whom they were assigned , from which masters the Government shoala exact the benefit of their labour without flinging the burden on the whole of tha inhabitants or New South Wales . The House then dmded , and the previous question was carried by a majority of 52 to 8 . On the motion of Mr . Fox Maule , the Factories ' , Bill was read a second time , on the underst and ^ that the debate oa the pnncipJe should take place on going into Committee . The other orders of the day were then disposed of and ths House adjourned .

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      CHEBTERFmjJ AND BRAWPTON . —At the wetily meeting of tbe Chartists held on Tuesday evening last , the secretary h&nded in 2 * . 6 d . from a friend , for which tbe society returned him thanks ; after which tbe following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That this meeting having read the plan concocted by Messrs Loveti , Collins , < fec , do hereby pass a unanimous rote of censure upon the i « me , and as it is our opinion that the present pl&n is calculated to work out ( he salvation of our once happy country , we are determined to give it our t-ett support , and shall treat as enemies of the people all those who have attached their names to the above document . " " That Mr . James Leech the President of the present Executive , be nominated to serve on the * forthcoming Executive Council . " " That the members nominated by Chesterfield and BraicptoD , as published in the Star on the 10 th inst . to- serve on the General Council be confirmed . "

      Petition sheets will shortl y be ready , when our friesds will lose no time in obt&iniEg signatures ihi the National Petition .

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      feOnDON . —At a meetins of Chabtjsts . at which were present the members of tbe General Council resident in Lambeth , Beraondsey , Walwor th , and Wandsworth , in the county of Surrey , holdon at Wandsworth , on Sunday evening last , the following resolutions were agreed to : — Resolved unanimously , " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that the attempt made by Messrs . CJeave , Lovett , Collins , Vincent , and Co ., to form a new organisation , instead of assisting in carrying

      out the one already in existence , is » mmn , base , and traitorous attempt to divide the energies of the people , and paralyse their efforts in causing the Charter to become the law of the laad . We , therefore , embrace the present opportunity of publicly denouncing the same , that our unsuspecting brethren may not be deluded thereby . " —Resolved unanimously , " That the thanks of this aaeetiug be given to the Editor of the Northern Star , for his able exposure of the foul and secret movement of the enemies ef the working millions . "

      WA 1 WORTH AND CAMBEKWSIA . —A . t the usual weekly meeting , on Monday evening last , it was unanimonsly resolved— " That we regret that such men as Lovett , Collins , Cleave ,, and Hetherington , instead of joining with , and assisting in making the present National Association as effective as possible , should secretly attempt to establish another , the effect of which they must kaow would be to divide the Chaniet body , and consequently retard the attainment of the object they profess to have so much at heart . We , therefore , determine to discountenance all such attempts ) from whatever quarter they may come , and to continue our present agitation until we obtain oar just and righteous demands . "

      BHOMSGBOVE .-On the ISth of April , it was unanimously agreed that Mr . Pitkethly ot Huddersfield , be considered as Delegate for this town to sit in the Petition Convention ft London . At a publio meeting held on the same day , the following resolutions were adopted : — " That we the Chartists of Brom&grove view with contempt and indigna tion , the circular Bent forth by Collins , O'Neil , and clique , believing it a base attempt to crush O'Connor and the star . We further pledge ourselves to adhere to the Manchester plan of organisation , believing if it is steadily pursued , will ultimately establish the Charter the law of the land . We deny ,

      in toto , auy connection with Government agents . " " That we , the Chartists of Bromsgroye , do hereby solemnly protest against J . Collins sitting in the Petitions' Convention , as he is not a member of the National Cnarter Association , and we cannot place that confidence in him which ought to be placed in a person filling that important station . " " That the best thanks of this mceetine be given to the Editor of the Northern Star for his able exposure of the foul and secret move of Collins , O'Neil , and Co . " " That these resolutions be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . " After three cheers had been given for the Charter , three for O'Connor , and three for the Star , the meeting dispersed .

      BIRMINGHAM . —Frost , &c . Restoration Committee . —The Committee held their usual meeting at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , on Tuesday evening last . The minutes of the former meeting were read and approved ; after which , several names were added to the Committee . Letters were received from the following places : —Porthyglo , containing an order for £ 1 ; Kinross , containing 6 s . ; from Arbroath , with 2 & . 6 d . ; from Mr . Roberts , of Bath , with a money order ; and from Mr . Saul , of London , inquiring whether the Committee had received 10 s . which he remitted in a foraer letter . After the correspondence was gone through , a long conversation took place with regard to Mr . Cullen , as he had

      been requested to take Mr . Moir's place in presenting the memorials to the Queen . It was agreed that the Committee should wait for his answer before any other steps were taken . The Secretary was requested to write to the Northern , Star Office , for whatever monies they might have on hand for the use of the Committee , It was also resolved to hold a meeting at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , for the benefit of tbe Committee's funds , in case Messrs . Pitkethly or Cullen passed through on their way to London . After transacting other business connected with tbe Committee , and discharging the bills whick were presented , the meeting then separated .

      AtPBETON . —Mr . Vickers , of Belper , and Mr . Simmons , of Sntton-in-Ashfield , addressed a very large and attentive audience on the imperishable principles of the Charter , in this Tory seat of corruption , in powerful and animated strains , which produced great effect on the working men " of Alfreton , who are about to form an interest here . A powerful feeling now exists . Many publications are being taken in here on the Charter , which will do great good . WANDSWORTH . —The following resolutions

      were adopted by a numerous meeting , on Tuesday evening last : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the * new move' of Lovett , Collins , and Co ., is a decided attempt to destroy the present plan ot organisation , therefore we consider it our imperative duty to meet it with the most determined opppoBition . " " That the Editor of the Northern Star is eminently entitled to our confidence for his manly and honest exposure of the' Lovett and Co . ' s document , ' and for his powerful and unceasing advocacy of the rights of the working classes . "

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      TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM IN THE PRIESTRIDDEN , AND POLICE-RULED CITY OF CHESTER , TO THE WOKKING MEN OF ENGLAND . Brothers , and Fellow Chartists , —It will be fresh in your memories that Superintendent Hill , and his Hillcoolies , by sheer intrigue and tyranny , put a stop to the meeting I called on my liberation from prison , sod , for a time , arrested the movement within the city . They could not , however , eradicate the principles within , or banish discussion without the walls . Oa my arrival here , I was immediately informed that a room had been engaged , and duly licensed for preaching in , because on no other terms

      could a meeting place be engaged . Several preachers were applied to , bat on intimation from the police , they desisted . It became then a point of honour with me to meet the danger a second time ; and , having an old score to rub out , I felt but too proud of the opportunity . I am no hypocrite ; I hate all cant . I am of opinion with O Connor , that by aping the forms of the bigotted church , we strengthen the hands « f the enemy . Nevertheless , I am ready to knock them down either with bullet or Bible , and , accordingly , a Chartist sermon was announced , by large bills on the walls , to be preached by Dr . P . M . M'Douall , on Wednesday , tbe 14 th day of April , 1841 , in the Primitive Christian Church , at half-past six o ' clock .

      Long before the time appointed , tbe place was crowded , and the chief Hillcoolie was hastening to the appointed place , when he waa readily encountered by a friend at the cross . Where away BO fast , Mr . Hill ? That littJe devil is back again , now mind , I"JJ have him back where he was before . He baa stolen a march upon me , d—ro him . He has got bills printed in Livtrpool and covered the town with them at night , during my absence ; but by QjJ I'll clear the place out , see if I dont . Take care what you are doing , Mr . Hill , said our friend . The plaee is licensed , and there is a fine of £ id and three months' imprisonment if you interrupt a religious meeting . D—n religion , I know what smt of a sermon it will be : I'll have them out ,

      I'll clear the place ; and off he trotted to collect bis coolies , and amongst others a meddling priest of tbe name of Taylor , well known in the city as Parson Bukybody . The great man came , big with authority j no person disputed his entrance , but whether he had Usted a second draught , or heard if the dttermination of some staunch fellows to resist if blows were used , I know not . All I know is , that I went on with my sermon . It was delivered wi ' h a hearty good will , aud I did not forget the police in the corner . Every thing passed off with spirit and amidst great applause . A gentleman of the name of Vaughaa officiated as clerk , and rapped hard at tbe system in bis prayers , and after bis own peculiar fashion .

      This was tbe first blow given by the aid of the Bible , at the priesthood , and I believe that it ia the btst book with which to floor a parson . On tbe Friday we had another crowded meeting , attended aa usual by the police . It was , if possible , more crowded than the first , and preacher , lawyer , and shopkeeper were present PreTiuUs to tbe Friday we had an offer from a printer in Chester to do any work for us which we might require . We had likewise one or two offers of more convenient places to meet in ; bo much for energy , perseverance , and being independent of the police .

      On Sunday , the 18 th , Mr . Vaogban preached in the same room to a crowded and gratified assembly . This gentleman is in tbe habit of preaching without fee or reward . He is one of the right sort , and unpaid as he bat been , he has been pulled over the coals already by the guid-seeling preacher * of hi * connexion . As he will loose nothing by formating them , and we will gain much by hia co-operation in such a place as Chester , I thank his connexion for the service they have done us . on Monday , the 19 th , another meeting was announced to be held in the tame place , and our bills being

      fixbaufcted , a matter shoemaker , of the name of Speed , who lives exactly opposite the cathedral , advertised the meeting in chalk letters npon bis shutters . His house is situated in one of the chief thoroughfares , and the object of the meeting being made prominent to aJJ , namely , "that a Chartist Association would be formed , " &c . the police and the parsonB were very much annoyed , and tbe alarm being given , the whole crew of idlers came out like fat rats fro » a pantry . The Dean and Chapter came attended by a posse of . police , and one of the sextons bearing a bucket of water and a mop . They commenced with great industry to rub out the chalk letted , and out came the shoe-

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      maker " with great Speed" to sea what vu th * matter , and being in reality a great " Speed , " he put hi * back against his own shatter ; , and coolly told the Reveseud the Dean and Chapter-TParaonBttsybady and the HiU-co » Hie 8 to desist , or he * would knock them downu A crowd collected ; aridu various cries- © scaped the HxKera-on . " Gto home , and whitewash yonr own housw . " " Aye , mop your ow » black faces . " « Begin whrae- charity b «« iiw , and don't end there . " Th « persons flowed tbe better part of ! valour , and retreated amWsti sboats " of laughter , with the bucket and the mopstiak , awl the name they have in Chester is , the Knigh 4 » of the Moprtick , Lord Eg .-llnton , of course , to be graart master of the holy order . Mr . Speed received immediate notice to quit his bons » , which notlee he very waggishly posted up on the churcn . premises . Thus much fo » th » church bocktt and the parson ' s mspBtick .

      At sev « n o ' clock , we Had a very full meeting , and after I bod addressed the meeting , we pasted anaafc mouflly Ut » following reaoliUjOBS;—" That this meeting agwe to form an association , to be called the Chester Chartist Association ; and further pledge ttiemselves to cany Into law by every legal and constitutional means * the principles contained ia . the People * Charter . " '" Shit the' Chester Chartist Association d « agre » to incorporate themselyea with the National Chartist Associatwc of Great Britaia , and most cordially accept of , and agree to , the recommendation laid down bjr the Maatheater delegates . **

      Mi . Speed , shoemaker , was elected Secretary ; Mr . Fritenant , ironmonger and grocer , Treasurer ; and John Burchell , George Trape , John Boulton , Richard Kirkham , John Voaghan , John Unwin , and Thomas Jones , a Committee of Management and Council , for the City of Cheater . Most « f these men axe master tradesmen , and under core of the working men will be comparatively safe . A great number ot members joined at the conclusion of the meeting ; and , in proof of tbe soundness of principle and determination now shown in Chester . I am authorised to say that Chester will now and henceforward have her delegate ready on all necessary tcculons , and lecturers who now visit the city , will be hospitably entertained .

      No collections were made in any of tbe above meetin& 8 ; and the Coniuiittoe have pledged themselves to keep aa open and free meeting room for the space of twelve months , by which time the Association will be fairly on its legs . itj friends , I think these men , whem I have named , deserve the thanks of tho country for their efforts in tbe cause , and very shortly we shall have the standard hoisted in those towns of Wales hitherto dead to our cause And ignorant of our principles . I have paid back another instalment to the Whigs , and verified my word to the people , when I said neatly two years ago , that 1 would begin the game at the gates of my prison . I have done so , and I shall go on rubbing out score after score , until I have repaid minutes of imprisonment by days of labour in the cause , and days of solitary study by years or increasing efforts in the cause of human regeneration , i I am , dear friends , Yonr faithful advocate and brother Chartist

      and Republican , P . M . M'DOUALl / . P S . I shall be in Birmingham , on Monday , tbe 26 th day of April , and shall remain there until the meeting of the Convention , if I am to be a member of it . If not I shall publish a tour of agitation , which I intend to make in the South of England . Chester , April 20 th , 1841 .

      The "Rats" Escaping From The Trap

      THE "RATS" ESCAPING FROM THE TRAP

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      TO TUB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I wish to have my name erased froth the list of those that are affixed to Lovett and Colitis ' s address . The circular that I affixed my name to was sent to Davtntry , to a person of the name of Wild , who used to be a leading man amongst us , and is now a regular turncoat , and left the town ; but thinking that the address was a general thing , and approved of by the National Charter Association , a few of us met together , and thinking that the plan , so far as it went for educating the people and spreading information , t » be very good , two of us affixed our names to it . But since we find it will lead to a division amongst the v « ople . we dissent from any such plan ; and as I find my Dame amongst those in your last week ' s Slur , 1 wish to have it erased * Thomas Webb , Union Plaee , Daventry . April 19 tb , 1811 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib , — -Having -seen my name in the last number of the Star , among "Tho New London Society of Ratcatchers , " as " Cato" has been pleased to call them , I beg , through you , to state , for the satisfaction of my friends and the public , that when I received the circular ssignel per Lovett and Co ,, I did not like tbe secrecy enjoined with regard to its publication , as I considered that a good thing could not have too much publicity . This , however , did not recur to niy mind until too late . I received it on Tuesday , the 6 th instant , and it being market day , I did not even read it through ; fur

      when I saw the names of Lovett and Collins , mm whom I knew had passed the fiery ordeal of Whig persecution , and who so nobly stood out when iii Warwick Castle , I signed it with all ray heart , and it was re-posted within one hour after I received it , not for a moment suspecting that there was any deviation from the straightforward course to that " coneamriiittion devoutly to be wished . " Consequently , I consider that I was little better than caught in a trap ; but having the power to extricate myself , I request my name to be struck from the list , as I renounce the new move and all its works ; and beg to subscribe myself , Yours , respectfully , JOSEPH WELCH ,

      One for the Charter , the whole Charter , AND NOTUI . NO BUT THE CHART Jill . High-street , Ledbury , April 19 th , 1841 .

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      TO TUB SDITOa OF THE NORTHERN STAS . Sis , —It is true that my name was affixed to tbe document sent me by Mr . Lovett ; but , Sir , when 1 see such men as Daniel O'Connell advocating the plan there laid down , and at the same time not only threatening , but absolutely striving to abolish Chartism , I cannot have anything to do with any body of men so connected ; nor have I , or ever wilt 1 nave , anything to do with Household Suffrage . No ; never will I consent that there be a slave-class in tbe British Empire . Tou will , therefore , txpun ^ e my name from the list published in last Saturday's Star . 1 am , dear Sir , Truly yours , John Richards . Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries , April 18 , 1641 .

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      TO THK ZDITO& OF TBS JIOBTHBM STAB . Sib , —I am very sorry to observe my same among the list attached ta > Lovett ' s address m the Star of Saturday last ; and > 1 think it due to atyself and my covntry to state whg it is there . ' When I receiredi that address , I wa » « o my way for Beith , in Ayrahhw , to attend a psbie meeting . I glanced it carelessly aver , saw they professed to stand for the Charter , sad , reflecting that i * was signed by Lovett and Co ) lie # —men whom the eoantry had done so much to hououe—I could not believe them ungrateful for the man ; fetvoure they bad rewxved ; and , more especially , when I saw the name of John Cleave , the announced Loiutoa publisher of the iturihern Star ; and when still further , I saw the name of Henry Hetherington , the victual of prieitly tyranny and Whig malice , I never conjectured for one moment that I was in the

      bands of the- eaemy , bat thought assuredly that it was . a branch of the Grand National Association , and therefore appended my name , without writing one word \ m reply to tb * authors . But no sooaer had I redacted < m the natur * of the address than I wrote immediately to Mr . Lovect , stating that if it w » intended as an opposition Association to the one already in existence , I could be no party to such proceedings ; and as our cause required union and exertion , I never would countenance any plan -whose object was to breed discoid in the ranks of th * people . Mr . Lovett must hav « been in possession of that letter , I should think , before he sent the list to the Star ; if so , 1 look upon it aa cruel and unjust to append my name to the document , when I had so distinctly expressed my disapprobation ot tbe conduct of its concocton . However , I have been caught in the rat-trap for oscd . It is the first time ; it may also be the last

      I have freely and fully confessed my sins ; and I now earnestly implore my country to forgive my trespass . I am . Sir , Your * , truly . John M'Cbab . Kilbachan , 19 th April , 1841 .

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      TO THS EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —In your paper of Saturday , I find a list of names that have been attached to the address of Lovett , Collins , and Company , and as my name stands in the list , I consider it a duty that I owe to my brother Chartists to inform them of tbe reasons upon which I affixed my name to that address . You will observe that the answers to it were to be returned by the first post , so that little time was given to examine the plan proposed by the secret projectors of the new morement . I confess , that without due consideration , I appended my name , under the impression that the proposed plan was intended to assist tbe National Charter Association at present in existence ; and wishing to do all in my power to forward the cause of civil and religious liberty , I affixed my name to the address . But , on considering for a little the proposed plan of agitation , I at once perceived that the New Association would come in contact with the other

      Association , which lias not got a fair trial ; and under the impression that it would be better to throw all influence in to aid it , and to rectify anything that was not right , I saw that I had done wrong , and to rectify my error I wrote to Mr . Lovett , on the 1 . 0 th , to erase my name from the address ; so that 1 am surprised to find it in your paper on Saturday . I therefore inform Sir . Lovett and the rest of his associates is the New O'Connell Move , that I will not aid or abet any party , that would try to divide the united energies of a suffering people , struggling for their liberty . If they are not pleased with the present Association , why not alter it , and not be proposing plans that cannot at present be carried into operation . The new plan , I perceive , has the praise ot Mr . O'Connell ; this is a warning to every honest man to withdraw his name immediately . I remain , yours , in the cause of universal liberty , AJ / &XAXPXR PAV 1 S . Glasgow , April 10 th ,

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      10 THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 8 TAR . Sir , —In the list of signatures to the circular of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , and Co ., published in the Sun of the 13 th instant , appears the name of " Charles Jones , Northampton ; " and as such insertion tends to convey an idea that be is the adopted representative of the Radical interest in this town , and thereby disparaging us in the esteem of-our Chartist brethren , we feel ouraelvea impelled than publicly to avow , that Charles Jones is not a member , nor in any shape identified with us , and that he must have received and signed the circular as a private individual , owing to his former prominent situation &a delegate to the Convention from North Wales . And at the same time we must record cur sentiments to be , that we view the present conduct of Lovett , Ac . with suspicion and distrust ; or why embrace , with such avidity , tbe names of apparently obscure individuals to swell their list of signatures , and thereby deceive the friends of Reform ?

      By inserting this in your valuable and extensively circulated paper , you will inform the unwary , further the objects <* f the Chartists , and confer an obligation on the members of the Working Men ' s Association . Bigaed on their behalf , In meeting assembled , JOHN M'Farlank , Chairman . Association Room , Northampton , April l ° tb , 1841 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 8 TAS . Sir —I feel it to be an incumbent duty , which ewe to my brethren and sisters Iii the cause of Chartism , to offer a few observations on a list of names which appeared in the Star of last week , pjofessiug to be those who were engaged as principals in carrying out another plan of organisation , of which list mynatae formed one . I have for some time known , and very much admired the grand , the magnificent conception , so ably developed by tbe great philanthropist Festalozzi ; and though I was satisfied it was impracticable te carry it out to its extent in tbe present state of society , yet I

      believed that if it were properly arranged , much which was useful might be accomplished . When , therefore , I received a circular , to which six signatures were attached , five of whom I had long known , and four of whom highly respected , believing them to be sincere friends to the cause of Chartism , I concluded at once thut the plan would be submitted to the accredited oryan of the Chartist body , for their consideration ; I unhesitatingly gave my approbation of the principles contained in the plan , but without the least design that my name should be published as one of those self-elected individuals who were to endeavour to carry it out

      I have been deceived , as many wiser men than myself iiavu been before me ; and I have neither obstinacy enough to continue in a detected error , nor false pride enough to withhold the acknowledgement . I would charitably hope that my former colleagues , who promulgated the document in question , have done it with a g'jod and patriotic intention , and have been blind to the mi&cl-. ievouB purpose to which our cunning enemies would turn it . By subsequent information , I find that it has been hailed as a Godsend by several of tbe Whig 6 i 7 by bit Reformers , and has not only been lauded by some of their party journals , but has been honoured wiUi the express approbation of the great Dan himself . In fuel , with their adroit management , they are aware that they could contrive not only to divide the Chartist body into at least two factions , but , by directing their attention to the remote future , paralyse , if not destroy , the ogiution for tbe present—upon the energy of which alone all our rational hopes ot success are founded .

      Impressed with this belief , I beg to be distinctly and generally understood , that I decline altogether any connection with , or encouragement of a plan capable of being converted into so terrible an engine of destruction ; and , if my bumble name was capable of addiug the least importance to the transaction , I hereby withdraw it . And I further earnestly solicit s » ea of my former colleagues and friends of the days that are past , whose names appear in that list , and who have probably been deceived , like myself , to give the subject due cunnderation ; and , by following my example , ittprive the niuchievous Instrument of the greater portion of its sting , and let the anticipated triumph of our enemies be turned into a source of mortification and defeat . T . B . Smart . Leicester , 20 th April , 1841 .

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      The Forthcoming Portraits.

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      DO THE EDITOR OS ? SHE NORTHEJIK STAR . Sis , —As my name ha * appeared in the published list of persons who have attached their signatures to the oirouxwr sent t > y Messrs .. iovett , Collins , fee , I beg to state- that , at the time ot signing it , I had to * greatest confidence in the henoar , honesty , and patriotism , of the persons whose name * appeared to it 1 thought it wa » doing good , and had- not the least notion of any persons , but real Chartiata , being connected with it I have- sent to Mr . Lovetbto withdraw my name . Hoping you will oblig * me by publishing these few lin « a , L . » taainf Yours respectfully , W . Woodward . Brighton , April 1 & , 1841 .

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      i TO MR . LOVETT . Bear Sib , —As human beings are not infallible they are liable to err . Appearances frequently mislead the judgment ; therefore , persons committing themselves in any respect , whose motives are purely for the general good of mankind , deserve pity ; but they who designedly commit actions that they are convinced will injure any measure for tbe public weal must be viewed in a very different position . It is true I have signed the printed address bearing the signature W . Lovett . The general tenor , as an auxiliary to the National

      Charter Association , I approve of , if practicable , and consider somo of the charges well founded , vit ., Useless expenditure in formal show , aud , in some instances , passionate invective ; but these , in the present state of society , require time to erase . As it is by comparison we discern the real differences in objects , so it is by comparison of men ' s profession and the company they have associated with in the past , with their present profession and associates , that we learn if there is a change in principle , whether under the assumed garb of mild cant , honest bluntness , or passionate invective .

      But to return to the addrets , " to be returned by return of post " Why finch baste t This , npon reflection , I do not like . Mr . Collins © ejected to the meeting upon Holl # way Head , Birmingham , for not being properly convened . For the same reason I object to my name beibg bandied in newspapers until your meetings are properly convened , nor even then if we are to be the tools of Parliamentary knaves , or that knave , tha Big Beggarman —the Children ' s Factory Bill apostate . I should almost disbelieve a truism proceeding from the lips of Bee ' zebub , the prince of liars , though he bad redeemed his character ; but more do I disbelieve political knaves , and more still do I dread their hypocritical profession of honesty whose characters are unredeemGd .

      In conclusion , I consider knowledge is strength , if properly directed ; and division is weakness , with all the philosophy and learning in the wwrld . If your object is division , strike me instantly from your list , because I worship not at the shrine of Mammon . If you do , I pity you , And remain , A primitive Chartist in tbe cause of Human redemption , W . J . Osborne . Nune&ton , April 18 , 1841 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct546/page/5/