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    • IRE SOJ&THEEN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1841.
    • 8To Beatreyg mttr Cornggontreutf
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      MANCHESTER . ^ SSSCUSSION BETWEEN THE KEY . 3 . R STEPHENS AND ROBERT BUCHANAN , SOCIAL MISSIONARY . "SHxe Tf ^ ff © f Scieaca -was attended an "Xendsj evening " vsy a , Bumeroas and respectable audience to hear a dls-- ^ SWOD between the above gentlemen , which had been ^ -aaa 4 ingfor many "weeks . A little after fcbe time appointed , the two disputants ^ sseeeded tlia platform aad were received by the cheers - -jcT ibepsople , Mr . Wacd was called V > the ch&lr . He « ald that . : ie h * 4 been called upon nVher unexpectedly to take

      - -. iSaa chair on that occasion . The ( fentlemaa who wag ^ ^ acpected to officiate as Chairman that evening ( Mr . -, Seywood } had been compelled to leave the town on -oSejssbss : be hope-1 that the spolojj which he hai r : Z £ &de wool ! ba sufficient . He ihen read the placard -- .-ixllisg the meeting , which stated that the subject for . -Skcaaaon was the truth and practicability of Socialism , 3 £ x . Stephens to take the negative , &nd Mr . Buehaoan _^ i » s iffirm&UYe . The overplus of JiiS' receipts to be . z 3 £ caIJy diridsd , and one pirtioo , th&t belonging to ¦ 3 t Stephens , to be given to Mr . Oastier , and that iiwiongiag to ifr . Bachr-uan , to be given to sortie oih-r ¦ z&joizalaie purpose . After a few farther remarks , he iii&odaced Mr- Buchanan .

      J £ r . Bcchasas rose and said , the subject which ths ¦^ peakas had met to discuss , and which they had met rj 5 bear , waa one of great importecoe ; one which in-^ rilTcd the temporal bappinesss or misery of the human . step- Ha hoped that the present discussion , like - rrwij others which hid been held of late , would be tsjaiacted in s proper and becoming spirit ; that they ¦ " r-eald exhibit in nil their proceedings a iineere desire to sctife at & ksowledge * : ' the truth , and leave the peopie -is adopt that system which to them appeared best -atiittlated to retuova the tvils which afflict the human

      vase . He had no sinister object to serve , his whole v - £ ^* rct en that occasion , as "well as on tytrj other in ¦ oarfcicb . he had been engaged , -was to arrive at truth , and is . « o tlcing he bad been acluatcA by a desire of accom-^ lidiUij ; . as faras his ability wunkl permit , ths £ rea . tte . i asaEoant of good fur his starving fellow-men . He c ^ n-- ^ idered that the Tiews he entertained were trae , an-J . xfikalated to accoinp "» ish a gnat amount of good , lie i = saped that they -wuuld pay every aUeniion to whai -. ~ ar&s safepitted to them , and thas be enabled to evjne to = c « trect conclusions respecting the merits or deuieriu - if the social system . Before going into their prin-,-iieks it would be necessary fur biia to pyiEi ou : -243 some extent the condition of the people , after ^ wtricb . he would endeavour to Bhaw a remedy .

      ^ JShat did the working classes -want ? They wanted - > x-dacatiun , food , clothing , employment , and a proper raeaymeraticm for their labour . Under the present system i ^ Sk ^ f were not enabled to secure these , hence the nects-- ~^ g at a great radical change , buure the people could -sSe ia possession of the forgoing requisites . As an -c * oidsBoe of tna corrupt state of society , they -would find -rtdcorded in government dc-cuuicnts , tLat in tae' county r , s £ . € rk ) ncester tbsre was oniy ene in every ibirieen ~ - * 3 s _» ted ; ia . Blrmicghain , one in tbirty-two ; in Man-. -. sbester , the great cmporiuiu b / cvninieic ? , one in thirtyvire ; ia Lf&edi , one in furty-one ; and othtr mauutic-^ taariug . town * in the sams proporti-jc . The tables of - -crisis shew that in Ea ^ lin-1 aad Wiles , in 1 S 03 , there - ~ : * ere -f . SOO committed : in 1615 . T . S'JO : in 1 S 31 .

      :: £# , 600 ; 1 H 1 S 38 , 22 , 000 ; ana from ' the fullowing j . v » uut it would stem that not on : y had crime increased $ 3 t& the population hid also greatiy increased . The I .-iitfrease then of the pspalition from 1605 io 1 S 38 w ^ s j J £ r per cent-, ¦ while the increase of crime ia the . same j ~ ii » e was 378 per cent From , a return of persons vho j £ h&d been in Lseds Baronzh G ; ol , froia - the - 5 * 5 * 1816 to the yesx 1 ^ . 57 , there were tht j ¦ blo wing facts : —In l ^ lo , S' 14 ; in 1321 . 1 , « S 1 ; ; : st 1 & 26 , 1 , 9 S 3 ; in 1 ^ 31 , 2 . 439 ; in 1 SS 9 ; 3 . S 02 ; j &i £ iL % an increase of 77 $ per ceat . in twenty years . In i iSiTerpooU oui uf a population of nearly 300 , 000 there '; "Were 78 . C 00 who lived in cellars aud court * , uisgust- , . Segiy filthy . In Maccbester and Saiford , 20 , 000 lired ! j £ a cellars ; and oilier larse towns were in a sicnilar con- .

      -virtion . The spsaier then vrtnt on lo snow the rate o £ . - ¦ n aMttality . In Gli ^ go'w , the rate of mortality -was oce i - * n every forty-four ; and , in Is 37 , it was as h'gh as one - £ o every tweniy-fonr and a half . He then -went into ' ^¦ tne Kxbject of employment aad rate of -srig&a . A faroilv : zs £ six persons , tiirse of wb-jai were -weavers , in 1811 . i -conld earn £ 105 a-year , -waich , after paying for food , j - ^ snt , fuel , it , left £ i > 7 for clothing , while at the pre- ( -. 2 Bnt time , the same parties would not earn mure thar . .- ^ 31 , which left Bot !»! Bg for clothing . There were : * St *« , 000 hand-loom -w ^ ivtra , -srbo oalj- earn from is . 6 i ! ¦^ 9 iJs- < J d . per west , the rare of -wages in cotton factories zssjming from as low as 2 s . 3 d . ptr w « k for children , j -ip to as high as 203 for mule spinners ; and anionj ; ! r ^ males , from 2 s . SJ . to as hich as 9 s . per week . In ^ f jt trade it was mucb lo-rrtr , ruimicg from Si . for yzounn persons , up to oniy bs . Tae numbers employe < l j

      ^ cn the power-loom were 25 o , euO . of -wh : ch , at the end .. * f « Tery two and a half years , 20 000 were cast off ; at i ? eyears , 50 , 0 *; 0 , oi one- £ f-Ji ; and Tery few were aaglased in aiills of any desciiption after tbty ¦ were forty N ^ ears of age . In the flax trarfe , in 1 S 35 . there were " 23 , 000 employed in tha factories ; of these ? 3 , 0 u 0 -srer ? ^ eaaales ; number diicirded every five years , 815 . In - ^ fee silk trade , in ISC-j , there were 30 , 000 ptrsons — ¦ aeployed , of whom 20 , 009 wero females under eighteen jjjsars of age In the ¦ wool-en trade there were " 1 , 000 ¦ factory operaiiTrS , of whom oae-half -were females , and . 't&e Hujority youths . The trade of this country had -6 eeu , during the last twenty years . Tastly increasing . _ sjso machinery to a vart extent . Having , he thought , jxssde out a strong case , he would proceed to describe Jitz plans for meeting those evils . He then proceeded -is read from documents an txslanation as to the

      t £ ocialists " viewa on educition . He likewise read the * j 3 r iiic : ples , respecting human character , from a book -s&Ued "declaration of principles , " and also the rules of < ibe society . He iras proud to haTe an opportanity of -riK ^ ilaining those principles , because he was aware that rtbere were raany in the rrutuerouj assembly who might JSSwex have had the clsaace of bearing them explained . _ Hc - _ surf-osed to carry out this great ltidical charge by parvjhssiag laa < l upon which , by Tffiittd labour , tbf-y would -2 > s able to support faeh other , asd prevent one from -- ^ jpresslcg the other . Mr . Buchanan then went on to -srplaai the influence of got > d or bad circumstances in ¦ £ ari 2 ing the character ; rtZzOTULg taat by sarrouad--5 & % an individual by good circumstances , he - Eiiy reasonably be inxde a superior character , of if

      - . ^ d c . ce rersu . In illustration this portion his - jzgument , lie referred to Mr . Owen , at . Vt » Linirk , - * xr £ xi had so Eurrcunded h ' : s -work-people with favourable s ^ cuinstances , as to lead to no indncsmfents to commit xriae , and who continued in that way fur thirty years , ¦ dariag which time there "wsj uo necessity for either the " " xvyer or the magistrates . He rer . d soaie txtnuru from " 5 aiiS Marticeau . respecting the R ^ ppkes and Shakera of - ^ jaerica , which spoke cf them as a moral , virtuous , -iatppy , and contented people ; likewise cx : ra . cts from -iiiicr travellers , all of whem spoke in tbe most favourable .. light of the pec'ple " s conduct wh ? n placed in guod eir--t ^ iui&lanscs , and when tbey had plenty to eat , to drink , ¦ ¦ ar-3 to wear . The tconomica ! pirt of thsir priuciples -seas to work out a chzage in the production and distrir ^ Ktion of wealth , and to carry out -which they would

      ; xsicbase land on which tbey would erect W-irtshops , AEd tvtry one would be enabled to produce for himself , -ijid to tarter the overplus -wbea all the tracts of the -casnaunity were amply supplitnl , Mr . Buchanan then :- ^» &wei the number of people who live mrrely by the ' - jrtnffer of property , —Uiat is , -who live by the proats , . dl of -widch would be saved ur . dtr a system of co-oprra-^ tiijQ , and placed the rules and piacs by -wLich they in-^ end to govern tbeir system of cjmmnnity . He con . ¦^ aded that under their system : bfcy tfl-uIu prevent di » - - ¦*»«*» . and thu 3 save a great uixoaut which , is spent iu doctor ' s bills , and by preventing criiue they would save »> a lawyer ' s bills . Indeed , it -w&s tbe \ . ' -jict of the : ^ awyers to teX one tradesman again * : tbe other , for the " 5 « rp ;> se of getting the facs . 2 dr . Buchanan proceeded - "M the end of the time allowed him in an able manner .

      llr . Stephens -sras then introduced by the Chairman . 3 e Bald that he stood before them that right unwij-^ 2 = fi 5 y . Sj far bs be inew anyihicg of his o-sru mind , ^ k Te't himstlT unfitted for a gnat debate . Hitherto -iie Lad sto ^ d up before the public , from time to tiiae , ia espiaia his vie-vrs broadiy , boltly , and fearlciiiy , - -ad to give his unqualified dissent to the prindp : es of j £ je Socialists . This he tad done without any ill ' gri-ing ajainfct any indiviaunl wko might boU such prin--siisles ; he vrzs pruad tba : uizht to staU puM . xly that ± K had the boncur to be particularly acquainted with

      'Sir . Owen ., Mr . Buchanan , and ^ many rs , who yVj . ; to the Social body . Ec -w ^ as happy to say , ju-. lgisg from their c ^ tduc ; towards him , that they regarded iia ; with the same feelings of respect and t ^ teetn a « -ie ie § arued them . They never should hear a word - £ rsm Mki that would go to iuipusra the motive , or dis-~ j ? a ; e the character or intentions of any individual -Socialist . He r > ei : eved in Lio heart , 89 far as be knew - ihosemen , that they were ii sincere , as disinterested . ^ nd as dsvotfcd in their endeavours to improve the - ^ sractcr and cendition of the liaiuan race , as he ( Mr .

      -sUrphens , or any other body of men bad a right to claim i ^ Tor , would he take anj & 1 vantage of any hasty a&serGou ..-jS Mr . BDchanan , or Mr . Owen ' s pren . editaod state-^ ser > s on the question of mc ^ Tia ^ e , oj any otht : » gcitii / n which Ei . ' ^ ht iure be- > n mooted by then ; , viir . ase their opinions have been laid fully before the ~ 3 b 2 ic of this country , lit ; should consider himsui : -aaiTersally disgraced in the eaiimttiun of bis o-an chactcter , wtre he to do anything of the kiud , as they have --SE-21-C 1 right to have their opinions as Ihoee of the Okurch of England , or of any cf those of db&ent , or j £ 5 party who profess to take their i . picions froai the Y «\ i of God . Kfcithtr he tor iny other man . or part ) ¦ jf ctn , had any riebt to fix auy man to his or ihcu -srarticular belief . Ha would , thensfore , on tout

      -ocjc ^ en come the cw , soiidat * td staudird , and take th « .- 5 * w si they hid given it . He -wished to be perfectly - asierstood by every p > an -who had come to hear him , - ~ Sct hs would , not La tlut discussion adopt the line of ic-adact which othtr ministers hare in tbtir d ^ cuidsns ¦ ¦ yiriih . the social missionaries . The impreaeion in his ^ a £ n 1 w a * . that ti . ey had not acted fair , but , on the - ^ -saSrars-, that tbty baTe acted towards the Socialists - » y enfair , by Uragjting extraneooi matter lu ; o tie -afcbat-, wUeh they ought cot to baxa done . To a vjtr ^ -in extent , tfay bive rather teuded to excite Uit - < sil } . » s . ons c * oar nature than to bring the mind tu ¦ Sfpee ii dificr , and incalaite , the principlea of loving --Tfeer ne "' j ;" aboiir aj theuuelvts . Tae preheat discussion i ^ fcad < cig nated by bis bsljI ^ s , while pre * cliiDg * i

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      Ash ^ lB . t * T »» the 8 t « fundaaaental facts propounded by tfehgocWistsw ^ re" fudge . " He eatertaioed strong ( eatings against ttie Tiews talten by the Sodallsta . We lire Ia time * of tarmoil and'tnmnJt , aad when things saem to be crumbling , tottering , and tumbling to pieces The easy maa will go on so long as be lives , embracing the religion which lias grown with hu growth . t has stood still against the storm , and he satisfies himself with the idea that as it baa stood so long against the diversities of opinions , &c . that the pelting storm of tbe present day 1 j not able to ' plough it down . He looks upon Socialism , Chaitism , or any other ism , and all those who advocate a change in the political world , with a cool smile . After going fuily and very eloquently Into this part of his subject , be said every man had an interest in promoting that which appeared to him to bo

      good and hindering that which was evil . He ( Mr . S . ) was not the challenger bat the challenged . He should cot have been broaght to discussion had such not been the ease , because hefe't incapable for the task ; he conceived that men who took such important subjects should be men of superior fitn-fss . Mr . Stephens informed his hearers that he had no sinister motive in view ; he was agreeable that the overplus should be given to some charitable institution ; but his friends , the Socialists , had toM him that when they had taken sums to various institutions , they had not treated them courteously , which tht-y ought to have done , but had in many instancs grossly insulted them . Ht . Stephens denounced the conduct of such men as Brindley , who go a 6 oat the country stating that the principles were athe sticaL zuising large meetings , ic . for the purpose

      of filling their own pockets . H < s next touched upon the conduct of the Bishop of Exeter in the House of Lord * , and stated , that till be made * uch a noise about it , there were tens of thousands in the coat , try who hsd no idea that * -u : h a thing was in existence , and thousands m . re , who had not the least idea that it existed to the same extent us it did . His belief was , that Socialism would prevail and occupy a much more BUbEtantial position than it did at that time . He had been looking at the word of God , aad from what he could gather from his views of the matter , from his experience , and from his study , he came to the conclusion that the whole Bum and substance -was embodied in tbe following words , which ke found recorded in one portion of tbe word of God— " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thyheart , -with

      all toy mind , with all ihytoul , and with all thy strength , aad thy neighbour as thyself . " Mr . SUpbeDS then put the following questions to persons of every denomination . Did tbey ever hear their minister * blow one single blast against the rich oppressor and iu favour of the poor oppressed ? Hov 7 do sach Ministers then show that they love their neigLhours as themselves ? Mr . S . said they , as Ministers , might as well give up their principles to Mr . Owen ; they might as well give that book to Mr . O * en for hire to burn it , if they could not shew something more than mere words , if they could cot show by tbeir actions that they bad a practical love for the orphan , the widow , tbe lame , the blind , &a , and that they truly and faitUfuily loved their neighbours as themselves . Mr . Stephens then went very elaborately into the subject of the miseries of tbe poor and showed up the inconsistenctesof the ministers to which he atlrit'Uted nu-re than ai . y thing < lie tLa rise and progress of socialism . The lime allotted to Mr .

      Stephens having expired , Mr . Buchanan said that Mr . Stephens had said nothing to which he hud to rrply . He would jost explain one purt of Mr . StepteiiS ' s BtaUmtnt , vhiuh was in rtftrence t <^ the monies which have been devoted to tbe funds at various times . He then related several instances -where the money hid been given by the mutual consent of both parties to the iunrmary . Mr . Stephens said that the sum and snbstat . ee of religion consisted in loving Crj-1 and their neighbours as themselves . He thea read from one of their official ducuments , which enjoined a duty upon every Socialist , to endeavour to iiiafct ! his fellow creatures liappj up to the point of temperance . Mr . Stephens during bis last ttn minutes , expressed his inteution of fully going iato the subject ou Tuesday uight , he would therefore call upon Mr . Baciruuan to explain the first fact so that both hx aad the meeting might properly understand and cjiiiprebend what was meant by it Tue discussion then terminated , and the meeting broke up .

      The second night's discussion on this euV ject reached us on Thursday morning ; we could rio ; by any possibility find room for it , &nd hare therefore reserved it entire four our ntxt »

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      " The Chartists have proved themselves more aocciuts ci . lcvlj . tvls than the middle classes . Whether tulir > o-tkum -would have mendld matters is xot now the ^ ltstloh" ; but the rlsul . t has suxwx that thfcy were correct in their opinion —that l . n the present state of the repre sextatios , it was vain to thiak of a repeal of the COBJi JluJiOPULT . ¦*¦»****• Political power in this coustrv , though jt besides in a comparatively small class , can only be exercised by the sufferance of the massris . "Moru ' nig Chronicle ( oiyun of llie Whig M misters J , Friday . July l < £ lh , 1841 .

      THE LIBERATION OF O'CONNOR . 0-N" Monday next , the bonds of the captive will be unloosed—the entombed O'Con . nor will break tbe cerements of his # rave—the " ca ^ ed Liou" will a ^ ain come forth to the terror of the snarling curs whozjTe&dv tremble at tie prospect of en countering the frown beneath which they have so oficn quailed . Yes , ou Monday , fell-tyranny relinquishes its hold of an nncomproniis ' wg foe , who , with renewed energy , -will again enter tLe field against the

      confederated hosts of corruption , who have in times past wri . 'hed beneath his castigating rod and must again submit themselves to the scorpion whip of him whom they cannot conquer—and for why ? because he is supported by an invincible army of well disciplined blistered hands aud fustian jackets—an invulnerable phaiaui whose bosuns are fired with the unquenchable spirit oi' patriotism ; and because his Ecourgeis made up of thong 3 twisted from their own villa iiies .

      Through the person of O'Connor our enemics ^—the enemies of Univer .-a ! right , essayed to extinguish the sacred flame of liberty which pervades the breasts of the millions ; but how futile the attempt as well might the pigmies attempt to wink creation into us original nonentity , as to stay the rapidly increasing torrent cf democracy which , iu its course , will inevitably sweep down the 6 tr < m # b . ol » Lj of our oppressors—• ' And leave not a \ rrtck behind . "

      The bloody-minded monsters who " lord it over us , " sentenced O'Connor to eighteen month ' s incarceration , but lie will emerge from his prisea-hour-e ere that peroid has expired . Aud why comes he forth before the expiration of his full time of doom I Shail wesay thatrcercyha-s found a seat in thecallous hearts of those who usurp seats in high places ? No , their hearts are impervious to every feeling that ought to adorn humau nature . We canuot talk here of mercy 6 r clemency . Fear and craft have dictated the ors 5 er for 0 "Coknor ' s liberation , and had it not been so , he would have continued cell-bound to the last moment of the specified term .

      11 The powers that be" stand in a very awkward position—their tenure ef cfice hangs upon a very slender thread—they stand upon the brink of the precipice and a single *; ust of popular indignation would hurl them from iheir emiuence and engulf them in irretrievable rain . Tiiis , they well know , having bo rejtnily experienced the eifects of aa appeal to the popular voice . Afc'aiu , the ruling faction know that O ' Connor is

      beloved by tue peop . ' e—that tbey look up to him as their ciiitf , aud that they look upon every injury done to him as being infixed upon them . It is known tliat the effects produced upon the constitution of O'Connor , by a long period of confinement in a felon ' s cell , are of a serious naturCj auti that his lifu is in JS 0 PAXDY . And should his life be thus saciiioed , the tyrants know that popular indignation will seal iheir doom , and that speedily this tbey / t-ar , therefore they order his liberation .

      The crafry iooundrels axe also aware that the people are preparing to receive their advocate in a manner that will be rather annoyiug to themselves , and which will not quadrate with party designs . Taur near fhlstoatc : the intended demonstrations to afoid au expose of iheir villany , and as jta ^ giDg bill ? , and proclamations would be ineffective for the accoQ' . plishmeiit of this design , they hit upon the expedient of unchaining their victim before the arrangements of his frieuda are complete . But wili this craft achieve the consummation" so devoutly wished by our task-masters ! No ; in this they will be foiled , and the result will b « tho reverse cf their expectation .

      N « w , then , a word about Monday next . The Ch&nisU of York will be at their post , aad will prove to faction that their intentions are » ot frustrated by ike crafty , trembling , mock-mercifsl Winge ; aad , u we doubt *>; that otker parts f

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      the country - will vie with the cHimob of York on that day , we would impress upon them the necessity of attending to the plan laid down by the Delegates at Hebden Bridge—let each , delegate appointed to attend in York hare his flag , describing the place he is deputed to represent ; and we would also say let as many fustian jackets and blistered hands as possible march to York , en masse , to give tke welcome to the on- " caged lion , " and another stab at expiring despotism * " . '

      Meantime we advise the people through the whole country to go just quietly and peacefully on with the perfecting of their arrangements for receiving " the man whom they delight to honour" in the beginning of November , at the expiration of his legal doom ; just as though bis new-shot germ of Whig mock-mercy had not been . Let not the cunning foxes thwart you ; but rather turn the scales upon them . O'Cokkos is kick now and ill able to

      bear the fatigues of such welcome as you will give him ; thanks to the Tile wretches who now turn him out to saye their own bacoa from the legal guiH of murder ;— " not legally guilty 'pon honor . " Let him hate time to rest awhile ; to recruit his strength —to recover his voice and his sight and get rid of the swellings in his legs and feet ; let him become " himself again" and then let the baee wretolie 6 see that their fear-prompted quirk is lost upon you because seen through .

      We have not communicated with Mr . O'Coxnou personally on this matter , and therefore know not what his feelings may be ; but this is our opinion aad advice , we say let York bo filled on Monday with delegates from all parts of England , bearing the banners of their respective localities , and let as many of the honest-hearted people as can go there en masse—so will the first demonstration

      be a little forestalled—but let the rest go on just as it he had remained ia his tomb tilll the appointed day . £ < y- Siuce the above was in type our Publisher has returned from York , where he has learned that it is Mr . O'Connor ' s intention , at the close of the York Meeting , to repair , for three weeks or a month , to the sea-coast , to recruit his health and energies . The people will therefore see what they havo to do in the meantime .

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      THE ACCURSED SILENT SYSTEM . Wo again call the attention of our readers to this most infernal of all the systems of human torture which has been iurented by the fiends of hell for tho pro ^ tratioa of all that ia noble and generous in the nature of man . Iu another part of our paper will be i ' ound the petition now iu course of adoption on this all-important tubject , which appeared in only a part of our impression of last week , and which we hope will meet with , a cheerful reception by the whole kingdom-Bat let it- be done at once , let all our friends recollect , that wuile we delay , Iho blasting , damning system , is not only continued , but is increasing in its

      horrors . We deemed that it had already reached the climax , but the letter of Walker , which will be found iu our 7 : -h page , proves that we were mistaken . Let tl at letter , in connection with the one which wis previously published , bo read at every public meeting . We shall nex ^ wetk give a letter of like character , or worse , from another of tho Hells—Norihallerton . Let meetings be held without a momeiu ' s de ' ay . We leave the letter of Walker to speak for itself , only asking our friends to note well the condition to which their fellow men must be reduced by continued bad food

      and a reduction in the miserable pittance of bread which has been hitherto allowed . We call urwn the West Hiding to do its duty . Thanks , eternal thanks , to Dewsbury , for the bold manner in which it has opened fire upon the thrice damned system of Whig experiments . Thanks to BirsUl and to Barnsley . Let Huddersfield , Halifax , Bradford , Keij / hley , Kiiarcsborough , with all the eurrounditig districts , follow in tho noble contest . Harney will rouse Sheffield , and Wakefield must speak out , so that the " Gentle SnErHtr . o " may ba under no mistake . Bat this

      demaud for inquiry into the secrets of tho prison-house , Bust not be confiaed to the West Riding . All Yorkshire must be up to the mark . Lancashire must lend its aid . Binningii .-Ti aad London must respond to the calls of humanity , and wo pledge ourselves that Scotland and Wales will not be behind hand with their English brethren . We advise , that in oyery placo a deputation wait upon the ministers of all denominations , asking their concurrence in this advocacy of the cause of humanity . ¦ It would ba of much use , as they must either say yes or no , and thu 3

      they would be subjected to a test of principle , from which , if they shrink , their base hypocrisy and practical infidelity will be apparent to the whole worid . There is a circumstance connected with the letter of Walker , which ought to nerve every advocate of right with ten-fold energy and resolution . For writing this letter to his wife he has been deprived of the food , which , iu coiisequence of his illness , he was allowed instead of the usual prison diet , and he has been again placed

      on the miil . We ask the people of Great Britain , without respect to seci ; or party , shall these things be ! We reply , they must not ; they ought not ; and TiihY shall not conti . n'UE . The hellish miscreants shall be deprived of their power to torment men , who , if they are the very worst of felons , are still superior to the Ministers , Magistrates , aud Officials , who contrived , sanctioned , aud carry into execution this atrocious system of slow deliberate murder .

      We kuow the cause , the motive , of the incarnate fiends iu all their hellish barbarity . They seo that she peace aud order of the people are tho death of faction ; acd all means will be resorted to to raise their indignant feelings and drive them into outragp . But it will not succeed : the people are wide awake ; aud much as they dislike paybg a set of idle follows for doing nothing , they are resolved to do so rather than give the red-coated and blue-bottled cut-throats they are compelled to pay , a chanco of exercising their respectable vocations . Act within the law ; and let , at least , 500 petitions on the subject be in Mr . Duncojibe ' s hands by the loih of September .

      THE DL-r . E 5 TA . BLE A \ O 1 MIUMA . N SYSTEM MUST BE AU 0 L 1 SHED , AND SIIALL BE .

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      MEANS TO AN END . Nothing caa be of more importance to the success of the glorious cause of democracy than the enrolment of the Chartists in every town and viiiage of the empire in the grand focus of all our energies , the National Charter Association uf Great Britain . This is , in fact , esssential to the progress of our principles , both as forming a perpetual Committee to watch the course of

      evei , ts aud to rally the people on every emergency , and a 3 the most efficient means of raising those funds wLich are so indispensible to the Bpeedy and successful attainment of the objects of our holy uuion . We desire most especially the concurrence of the Lecturers employed-in the various localities on this most important subject ; we think a moment ' s reflection will convince them that their labour and exertions are more than half wasted if the enrolment of members is not the result . We are sensible of the valuable aid which Lecturers do afford to the cause ; and the reason why we wish them to make continuous efforts to add new thongs to the national baad of contenders for the nations weal

      is that we wish to see their efforts crowned with the most triumphant success , aud productive of of the largest possible amouut of good . We trust every lecturer 5 who explains our glorious principles in a town or village where the National Charter Association has no members , will deem ii his duty to invite such persona aa approve the principles he has bsen expounding to enrol themselves immediately , and to meet nim at the c ' o 3 e of the meeting fwr thai purpose . Of course every friend engaged ia thus good work should have Iaw 3 and rules with iim on every occasion of his visiting a town so situated , in order that bo delay ai ^ ht occur &rvra , av of the aiftcfciuery necessary . .

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      THE MANCHESTER " CONFERENCE . " Well , the much-talked of " Conference" has completed its onerous duties , so far as regards its sittings in Manchester , and we are now at liberty to gpeak of it as a thing that has been—the remembrance of it may be but ephemeral ; however , we cannot avoid giving it a brief notice . First then let us look to its origin . It was , indubitably the spawn of the " Plagujj , " and , like every thing el § e emanating from that monster , it was doomed to be short-lived and to die unregrettcd .

      The Piague" was on the brink of aauihiJatioaits suicidal career had brought it to the point of dissolution ; and disgrace , instead of laurel ? , enwrapped its hideous head . " What must be done in this emergency V was tho cry of every fool and tool touched with the Plague . " At Ia 3 t the p . ' an was hit upon , as & dernier retort , to call in the aid of the " Messengers of peace , The legates of the skies . With office sacred , And credentials clear ;"

      In the hope that this would resuscitate the dying " Plague , " and enable it toleavo the world , at least , with a semblance of decency . Well , those innoculated with the " Plague ' cast aside their sacerdotal robes for the time being , and eutered the arena of politics , though they would rather have the affair baptised by the name of " a doing good for the poor . " However , the large fry , the small fry , aud the odd fish w ^ re drawn together , and it was dubbed a " Conference . "

      Now then what did the Conference" do ? Lay down plxua to briug to pass that wished-for era when " every maa should sit under his own vine and his own fig tree J" Alas ! they were unacquainted wilh the disease , and like all ignorant empirics , they talked about anything save the remedy for the restoration of the body politic . Being ignorant , did they seek information from those conversant with the origin of the evil aud the means of effectuating its removal ? Did they evince a desire to be made acquainted with the cause and tffuct , in order that by removing the formsr they might counteract the latter ? No such thing , they were proud ot their blindness , elated at the thoughts of their assinine character , and delighted with their happy state of ignorance .

      These men sought not information—they had no dcaire to probe the wounds therefore the course they pursued lias proved the ruin of the Plague , " instead of its restoration . Had they desired to promote the well-being of the mass , they wBuId have courted information from men daily made familiar with the state of affairs . This they did not do ; but ou tho contrary , they turned a deaf oar to their superiors in information , aud closed their doors against

      experimental knowledge—else should not we have been refused a hearing , wha are the receptacles of intelligence , derived from almost every source , and more particularly aro we the reservoir into which the operatives of every description pour tbeir iuformotion . We say this without , the least fear of being charged with egotism , as , we confess , our knowledge to be , in a ' grcat measure , derived from otn- numerous correspondents , who are in situations to furnish sound data , and form corrcot conclusions .

      Il the stupids desired to do good , why did they not admit the Chartist and Social preachers to their deliberations!—these men were deputed by their various congregations , and were familiar with the subjects whioh the "Conference" were ostensibly convened to discuss . But their presence was not congenial to the ignoramuses , because the paucity of intelligence possessed by the 709 would have been exhibited and subjects mooted not palatable either to the managers behind the scenes or the puppets on the stage .

      Why was Dr . Sleigh refused ingress to the assembly and his letter burked ! Because they Wished not to have the scales removed from their eyes . He was deputed by the " Society established in London for the protection of Agriculture in Great Britain and Ireland , " aad being the accredited servant oi such society , he coaioiuaicatcd with the Chairman , notifying his desire to argua the subject with the " Conference , " however , his letter was kept from the body of Ministers , aud his application unnoticed .

      " O I bit he was not a Minister of Religion . " Very well , was Cobdkn , of Stoveusoa-snuare nutoridty , a minister ? Cartaiuly not , yet he was admitted aud allowed to taka a mo 3 t prominent part in tho proceedings . Was Mr . Cuims a minister ? Wtiy wa 3 tliis palpable and barefaced distinction ms . de if not because the parties managing the " Conference" knew that their cauao was bad , and were therefore determined to be Jirst therein , aud to prevent thoir " neighbour coining to search them V

      We speak thus of " the Conference" as represented by its ac ' . ing guiding clique : the mass of the persons constituting it , we believe to ba simple well-meaning men , who . utterly ignorant of the matter ou which thoy were to oombr but oiraastly desiring to do anything which might tend lo good for the poor gave up theai 3 elve 3 to the guidau » e of the leading few , who , as tools of the Plague , pulled the puppet wireBon the stage .

      Of 1 the spoeches of these " reverend" political debaters , it would be worse than folly to waste time and space in attempting a description . The mo ^ t rabid oi the plague-spot press have not ventured to lay them before their readers . Aid well they might not There was on o argument however , used by ihe single solitary Episcopal State Prie 3 t , who presented himsdlf at this reverend prayerlesa conclave , deserving some attention . He said , that wfeilo it was common to bandy words about the relative advantages of a repeal of the Com Laws to tbe agricultural and commercial classes , there was one claes seldom thought of , but whom he must not forget , —persons with snaJ fixed incomes , poor widows , &c . Ah ! ah ! Par-oa

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      Spbkceh , that was an incautious popping out of tbn cloven hoof . How many poor parsons have fixed incomes 2 and what wonder , that the poor parsons with fixed incomes should bo so easily induced to join in the " Plague" cry of cheap bread and cheap clothing through the medium ot cheap labour ! 1 What wonder that their well ceared eyes could see no politics in such a cry as this ! I How happy would it hare been if the " btg " could have been filled fer the use of the poor , " without the cry of "thief" being raised after them ! What stupid bunglers were these political pseudophilanthropic priests not to throw % thicker cover

      over their holy purposes of plunder ! Go , parsons , go ; ye wolve 3 ia sheep's clothing I It is well that you have cat you own throats . Ye have too barefacedly exhibited the cloven-foot . Ye are bunglers , and have excited the risibility of every thinking man in the empire . Meddle noi with matters you understand not ; but as you have broken the back of the " Plague's" hobby-horse by your fantastic tricks , we can only advise you to stay at home and sin no more . Don't fly out of your element again . If you do your craft may be ruined as completely as you have ruined the " Plague . " Go , Parsons , go , and take care you burn not your fingers again 1

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      Plymouth . —If Mr . Pkilp intends visiting Plymouth in his tour through Devon and Cornwall , will he be kind enoui / h to open a communication with the friends there , t / irquffh Air . Samuel Thomas < 10 , Ade / au / e-tireet , Stone / tome , in order lo be prepared for his reception . Mr . Wouthlsgtqx , the chairman of the Middles ™ detegale meeting on Sunday lust , will obiiffc vs if he will favour tis with his address by an early post . A Chartist , Southampton , would see , in last week ' s notices , the direction to an Engineer , at Hath , about sending Stars to Ireland . They may be sent in any quantity through the pott , only leaving the ends open , and tuking care that nothing be

      written on them nave the address . The Patriot ' s Faulwell , by a Juvenile Giartist , declined . D . Cator , London , will observe that we have abridged his communication : the whole of the information it contains might have been furnished to us last \* e < . k , and then it would have been of interest . An Elector , Plymouth , evidently writes in utter itfiiorance of the mutter upon , which he treats . Mfi . V ' evers , Huddkbspikld , is informed that ihe money intended for I ' edaie luts beeii handed over by Air . Hick to the proper quarter . M ., BlRMlNGUAM . — " A ' O . " John Condon has our thanks for his friendly and patriotic watchfulness : we shall be glad to hear

      from him as may be necessary . Henry Horaui .- * . — We have u great deal more poetry on hand than we know what lo do with Several other poets must lake a like answer . Richard Spvriu—The organisation of the Ndtional Charter Associnlionis compelled bylaw to require that Ihe Executive Committee should be elected from the General Council : if they were not , the Society would be an illegal one . It is clear , therefore , that no persons but members of the General Council ouyht to have been balhtted for . This point was elaborately discussed at the meeting of delegates , by whom the organisation was revised and amended . This effectually clears Mr . Campbell from the charge of " arbitrary conduct , " and renders unnecessary the insertwi of Air . Spurr ' s letter .

      J . Boyland . — We apprehend that each petition will probably cost £ \ , W 0 . J . Buttery has sent its a letter cut from the Monmoiithshirc Beacon , m tep ! y to Air . Edwards We cannot insert it for three reasons : Ftrsl—Il is not our custom to enpy letters from other papers—local organs are best adapted for thediscussian of individual and local differences . Second ' y—lt would be unfair to Mr . Edwards , as that person's letter did not appear in the Star . Thirdly—We think that Edivurds Jtas had quite enough : his character is irretrievably gone . The v > tc of ihe Committee of investigation cautioning the whole country against him settles the matter . The Chartists ok Selby are desirous of a visit from Dr . At'Douall or Air . James Leech , and would be glad if they could make it convenient to call when they arc in Yorkshire . The Secretary slates that he wrote to Air . Campbell a month

      at / 'i , and his letter was returned . Hit address it "Mr . Sutherby . shoemaker , Oowthorp , Setby . " Perhaps Atr . Campbell will write to Air . S . It is ( fuiie neci ssury , JoSEm Lawton . — You may get the Dublin World by app f ying to any news agent in Liverpool , and giving a p / oper order for it . I Edimiurgh Ch , vktists , —Their delegate meeting , and the address which emanated therefrom , only reached us on ' Thursday—too late for insertion this week . A Constant Reader , Ayrshire . —Will hs favour us with his proper address , and give us the names of the parlies he alludes to , and some particulars of their proceedings ? We shaU keep a sharp look I out . j "A Voice fboji Nomuallkbion Hell" next I week * }

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      W . R . PEDLEfv—TA « * 4 ee »* ilii for , hit * a ddrett » he willfind , m reference'fotoir columns , to hava been superseded * - tos&ta Brooke , Bradford , intends to visit Af , brotherinNorthallerton Gaoloner about riSefii * of September . Ifthe Chartists of'NorthaUaJ or any oilier place in his route , will get y ^ . public meeting , he will address them on the />« * pie ' s Charter and politics generally ; orhe ^ n have no objection to spend a few days i&kl luring . - ^ All Applications from Armagh for Skaw mm /{ - made by letter addressed to Peter Heaney Na * q Whittle-street , Alanchesler . *"» A Shareholder in the Lerds Zoological Gm » . ¦ "' bens . —We are sorry his letter cannot appear «» .. our present number , but hope to give it fa j ^ , next . ,

      J . W ., Salisbury . —We do nst reserve the oopiu ^ rejected addresses . We do not remember . u ! nor the reason why it was omitted . Ii would nJL be stale . ¦ The Commusications of "A Loughrea CAarfijjt John A . Hogg , Tlwmas Dames , J . Lnje , }} M Cartney , and many others , were receiotkn * Thursday evening , too late for notice . Bv SOME STRAAGB ACCIDENT we have only , rece « > rf the reply of the Manchester Committee to Ah ~ R . J . Richardson on Friday morning . It cannJ appear this week .

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      — -v . . A Chartist , Southampton , will ensure his Portmit iy paying as hep'oposes . The agents have kat supplied with the Portrait he mentions f 91 months ago . D . T . S . received . Do not know the address . St > , to him , news agent , Barnsley , and he urifl i , found , : J . Russkll , Southampton . —Apply to ( he agent , G . P . —Sixpence-halfpenny . F . Grey . — Yales is correct . B . Nmvlay , London , can have the Plate of Arthur O'Connor same price as the Paper , Mb . Williams , Sunderl < md . ~ His letter posted at Sunderland on the \' 6 th , arrived at Leeds on fie 21 st . A ChartjSt , Wisbeach , —His letter has been fa warded lo Air . Cleave .

      CHARTIST CONTESTED SEATS . £ - f . 4 . From tbe Isle of Wight Working Men's Political Unios ... ' . ¦;— ... log ^ Bindley , by a few friends , per William Tippm ... ... ... ... 0 16 J .. a few Tailors , 10 , West Register-street , Edinburgh ... ... ... ... 0 $ g ^ Canterbury , by a tew - Chartist Ftieada 0 10 a

      FOR MR . HOEr . From Canterbury , by a few Chartist Friends o 4 8 FOR MR . IJBFFY .. Prom Mr . Slocorabe , London o o 8

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      BSADFOHD .-OnDPELLOwsiiiP . —Oa Sundsy last , . the membora of Pilot Lodge , No . " 110 , of the Ancient Noble Order of Unued Oddfellows , B 0 U 0 & Unity , with a few visitors from the neitfhbourifljf Lodges , assembled in the large room at the Whits Hats Inn , Thornton Road , for the purpose of attending the funeral of their deceased brother , Join White , of Ca'inoa-street . Th 8 procession , consist . ing of two hundred members , headed by the ihiei district officers , moved frojn tho Lodge at three o'clock , to the house where tke corpse was lai-j , and from thence to Wtwfcgate chapel , where tho body was iuterred .

      Bradford . — -Stealing for Want . — -On Friday night , ahout eight o clock , a-pevsou went iato the shop of Mr . Brookdbauk , watchmaker , Market-street , aud asked if some one had left a watch , aad before an . answer could be returned he snatched one froa the counter and made off with it . Mr . Brooksbank followed him and caught him in the Roebuck btek yard , aud brought him to his shop . Oh the ma « ivin K the watch up he would have let him go , bat he refused , and said that he wanted to be Mai to prison ; as he was starving . A constable was sent for , The mi" gave his name John Smith , and stated that he was a plumber and glazier from Sleaford , Essex , aud could not find work . Ou Saturday he was committed to take his trial .

      Destitution . —On Monday last , at the Court-House , Bradford , Wax . Holdsworth , an old man , sixty-six years of & # e , was charged with having stolen some pit rope . Moses SugJeD , constable of Bradford , stated that he metthe prisoner on the road with a bundle , and suspecting all waa not right , ha examined it and found a largo quantity of pit rope , fee . He stated that he asked him how he had got it , when he confessed that he had stolen it . Magistrate—You hear what ha charges yon with .

      Prisoner—Ail that he has stated is very true ; for I had nothing to eat and nothing to do , and I was never before a magistrate before , and I knew that if I stole something f ehuutd get td prison , and then I should be sure of having something to eaS . Magistrate— Did you not know that you were doing wrong ' . Prisoner—Yes , I knew that I was doing wrong , but what could I do when 1 had nothing to eat . The magistrates , after consulting together for a short time , committed him for a month , as a vagrant .

      B 1 K . XWIXGHAWI Poi . icE .-The brutality and impudence of the Birmingham " Blue Battles " are creating a strong feeling of disgust in the minds of all classes . Scarcely a day passes that reporta are not in circulation of their misconduct . la * week , a man named Henry Kill was taken into custody by policemen 413 and 48-5 , and on their arrival at tho public office , instead of taking tin man's -handcuffd off in a quiet manner , he ff « thrown 011 his back with great violence . Of coarse he was nothing but a mere working maa , or he would have been treated d ; U ' erent : y . It U worthy of remark that those " preservers of peace" and " protectors of property" cost this town £ 600 or £ 7 M weekly . It will , perhaps , be thought that theypif rather too dear for their whistle .

      KEXGHLEV . —Ou Sunday last , the Rev- W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , preached tvro impressiw sermons in tho Working Men's Hall , in behalf of his new intended preaching placo . Tho Hill vas crowded on both occasions , aad tho culleclioaa amountod to £ 4 8 i . THIRSK —A few parcels of corn were cat last week , and this week harvest may be considered to have fairly commenced in this neighbourhood . Wheat looks well and promises to ba fullj * a average crop , especiaily on the lighter soiis , but from the'quantity of" wet we have had , the corn oa strong lands ia not quite so good ; other kindsw grain also look well .

      BARNSLEY . —State of Trade— Trade ia Bamsloy never was so bad during the memory o the eldest man in town ; some of tho largehous ** have all bus shopped . The greatest distress preTaik in all parta of the town , aud though this has tea feast week , nothing but famine has been fouud ifl the laud .. . BiaSTAIa— This spirited village has taker ap the subject of the Bilent system , and the uihabitaRia in public meeting assembled ou Saturday night , w « 21 st . hist ., resolved to petition parliament on fte

      subject . Mr . 'IV B . Smith attended , and g » Te » souldtiring address , which was lisrened to trim ins deepest attention . Oa the following day Mr . Smi « delivered two able and talented Chartist sermonijto moat attentive audiences , in which he explained tne practical nature and tendoncy of Christianity in sum a manner as appeared to carry conviction to tna minds of his heavers . As the weaiher was unfavour » ble , the sermons were preached iu a largo school room , which was most kindly offered on the occasion-Ltft every Tillage go and do likewise .

      HUNSiBT — The Chartists of Hunslet held their usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening ; when , after several new members bein * ' added , an * other important business settled , a congratulatory address . was agreed upon to be preaeuted toou * noble aud generous friend Fear ^ as O'Conaor , fri-i on the day of his liberation at York . Mr . Wilwa Hick w * s appointed to act as delegate to prssent tae address . The prospects of the cause are exceeding' ; promising ,. aud nothing can exceed the enthusiasa and delight f& | t in anticipating the appearance » their great chieftain once more in tho iield 01 . » r !** dom . The Sunday School is also in a flourwinui state , and bida fair to become exceedingly useful £ the neighbourhood , as all sectarian nonsense is «** eluded , and only plain autl useful truth ia ' . ' cated . The frieads around are desired 10 send wen children . '

      KIBKHEATON " . — -A poor widow woman . named Sarah Copley , is at prssent in great distK » of mind , in consequence of her daughter Jaus M' ^ j absented herself eighteen weeks ago , and never hajiBj been heard of since . She is ratner tall , b ? a- ; k hw > rather dark complexion , had oa when she lei tflOB a printed bedgown , a brown shawl , and a atra bonnet . MIDX > 2 , STOMr .-Mr . Hill preached two ^ ex-( elient sermons here on Sunday last , intn 9 ^* ^ - njon and evening , on his return from tha Mancnesww Conference ot Ministers . He selected aa tne basw of his discourso the popular Corn Law text ,. n B that ¦ ¦ wH btoldatli com , the people eball carse mm . and , forcibly descanting on the variou 3 ® *" by which com may be and is ^}} ° r ^ from the people , he showed the fallacious . unfair , aud almo 3 t blasphemous prostitution » ihia and other texts by the "PlaguBf ' -. »« g i * y aadclerical . The attendance was ti ^ od , « ki «* singing , principally by the choir of the ^ OV % * 1 . salein Temple , waa such as we hayeBela ^ a , " * * beard excelled .

      Ire Soj&Theen Star. Saturday, August 28, 1841.

      IRE SOJ&THEEN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 28 , 1841 .

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      We regret much that we cannet persuade our Wends practically to observe the very clear and plain directions which we have eo often given and repeated about the sending of matter for the Star . The extent of our circulation obliges us to go to press en Thursday afternoon ; and , therefore , our friends seem to think that if tbeir communications reach us by Thursday motning il is quite soon enough . This ia a great mistake . They should remember that evtry word of the paper has to be put together by single letters , and the whole space filled before we can go to prt' 83 , and it is impossible to do this in one forenoon . Our men are busily employed in filling up the payer with matter which , from one Eouice or other , we must supply during the whole

      week , aud it seldom happens that more than one or two columns , besides tbe necessary ? paco for editorial comment , remain to be ailed on Thursday morning . This shows the importance and necessity of all matters of news , occurrences of the movement , reports of meetings , &c , being sent to us at once , immediately they occur . Instead of which , it often happens , that on Monday and Tuesday we have scarceiy any letters , and on Wednesday comparatively fetr till the night post arrives . Tho cocsequence is , that those letters which do arrive In tlie tarty part of the week are earefuUy attended to and given generally at length ; while we arc obliged to have recourse to the London papers , and various sourecs , for matter to fill the remaining portion

      of so many columns of the paper as must be set up before Wedn « sday night . Wednesday night and Thursday morning ' s posts bring us a shoal of letters from all parts of the country ; these conio upon us just in tho hurry of writing and attending to what are called the leading articles ; while in the e . trly part of the week we have more time to attend to correspondence . The eonseqm-nce is that one half of these letters are passed over entirely ; ami the other half compressed into the smallest possible amount of sp : ice— and the next consequence is , that in the following week we have letters o ! complaint from Tarious parties about their communications beinj ; treated with neglect- Soma whose letters or reports may have been omitted for

      want of space , refer occasionally to the police reports—the colunm of " varietks , " or some other portion of the contents of the 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , or 7 th pages of the paper , which are always setup first—and ask indignantly if their communication was less important thuu such or such a thing which appeared in the same paper from which it was excluded " for want of space "—others accuse us of partiality and unfairness in cutting down their reports to a mere annoucement , while thoso of other towns are given at greater length . We have had many most angry letters of this description , the causa for which has rested entirely with the pnrties themselves . Now if our friends will but bear in mind that we ure filling up

      the paper every day ; that the same column cannot be rilled twice over ; that we must give out such mutter us ue huve jlst when the men wa : nt IT . or there would be no Star on Saturday , ? jid that therefore we can't wait for the nix ^ . post—we must go on ; if they would remember all this , and send their com-. uuuicatious promptly —in the early part of the week—all would stand a fait and a good chance ; and if they would also remember that we have only one weekly paper for all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , and that , therefore , no one pln . ee can be allowed to monopolizi an unreasonable portion of the paper , -we should have no complaints of inattention to any party—because we know there woald be no

      ground for them . Our anxious desire is to make the Slur n truly national organ , equally representing all ; but we cannot do this unless the country will aid us rightly in the sending of their matters of communication . We have this week received at least twice as many letters by Thursday ' s post as during the whole week besides . There will , therefore , be much disappointment , nnd probably much dissatisfaction , for which our friends have no one but themselves to thank . The above remarks apply , of course , to news , facts , meetings of the people , Chartist intelligence , &c . Original paptis , letters to the Editor , personal correspondence , poetry , &c , iwisl be here at the beginning of the week , or we Bhnll not hold ourselves bound even to notice them .

      %Qc*X Auji General 3ewtcii%Ente»

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      We Me sorry that the Urge influx M important news by the last post , mnch of whioh we ought to have had sooner , prevents tne possibility of our inserting » n article which we had prepared on the brutal and villauous personal persecution of the Dublin Chartists , especially BnoPHy and O'Higoins , by the rampant old knave , Dan , who , feeling hie day to be come , is absolutely-frantic . This article will keep , and will appear , along with the letters of Mr . BaoPHr aadvMr . O'Higoixs in our next number . -

      DAN AND HIS DOINGS

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      THE "MUMMING" SPEECH . Elsewiieke we hare Riven the piece of atrocious impudence whioh the national sheep-shearers have presumed to call the Queen ' s Speech .: We have also given a condensed report of the sparring between the two bauds of public robbers over this fence before the mess trough , so far as it reached us through the medium of the London press , at this present writing ( Thursday . )

      The speech is remarkable as an exhibition of the sly cunning of the Whiga . They want to throw the Tories into a false position . The old bloodhounds , however , refuse to take tho false scent offered to them , and return for answer the bay of " No confidence . " The Whigs are evidently determined to draw out a discussion on the Corn La ws in the debate on the Royal Speech , and the Tories are evidently equally determined that they shan't ; meantime both parties are most handsomely belaboured by the respective sides of the " Establishment . " The

      Times declaims against the unconstitutional proceeding of the Whigs in putting the repeal of the Corn Laws into the Royal speech—and the Chronicle , of the new-Hedged Baronet , blows up tho impudence and disrespectfulness of the Tories for telling the Queen in their amendment to tho address , that neither they nor the country have any confidence in her ministers . The influx of much more valuable and important matter in the shape of reports of divers Chartist meetings , precludes us from devoting space to any lengthened comment on the mummery .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct564/page/4/