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      DELEGATE MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . A meetiag of delegates for the counties of Warwick —; d Worcester , was held at the Chartist Boom , Freeman-street , on Sunday last , at 'which the following perboos were present : — WaLSALL . Mr . Job * Griffis . HBjTKiBrri .-sTREET ,,, Mr . Joan Pare , BBojfSGBOTs ............ > Ir . Henry Pxweer . FBEKHAir-STBEEr Mr . Richard Thomson . Steblhousb Lane-.. . Samuel Davis . Stoubbbidgb .... Mr , John Chance . Bixston ~ Mr . John Cadley . Wbdnbsbcrt . Mr . Q A . Browning . SwALLOW-siBEKi ^ ... Mr . J osh . Underhill . WOLTEKH-AJiPi-ox , M' - William Simmt Mr . John Chance wits unanimously called to the fthfii * Mr . Geob . se White wa * appointed Secretary .

      The Chaiehan opened the business in his usual clear sad perspicuous manner . He congratulated the ^ f > la g » ta « present on the improved prospects of the Chartist cause in this district ; pointed out the beneficial result ) of Mr . Mason ' s talented lectures , aad the necessity of continuing him in the district where his set-rices were bo orach appreciated . He concluded by toping the delegates would lay down an efficient plan for j » jing him properly . A loag discussion then took place on the best mode of properly providing for the lecturer , and ? causing each place to pay according to the number of members of tbe National Chaitar Association in each town . Messrs . White , Mason , Prosser , Simms , and others , ix > k part

      The Treasurer ' s book was then examined , from which it appeared th » t the following sums had been forwarded .- — £ - 8 . d . Birmingham ... 3 12- si Walsall 12 6 ' Bilston 1 17 0 Stourbridge . 1 10 0 Darentry 0 1-0 0 Wednesbnry ... ... 1 4 0 Stafford 6 15 6 Bromsgreve 10 0 Kidderminster ... 1 0 0 Coventry 1 11 0 WolTerhampton ... 1 15 6 Reddich 10 0 Kuneaton 0 11 0 Steelhouse-lane ... 0 5 0

      Jt discussion then tooi place as to the amount which each place was in arrear , and the necessity of mating such arraagemenU as would be calculated to give general satisfaction . Mr . Bbowsihg moved , " That each Delegate Bbonld make a return of the number of members enrolled in the towns they represented . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Pare and agreed to . The Delegates than gave in tha nnmber of members enrolled , which was taken down by the Secretary , after which an estimate was made of the amount Whicii each place should be required to advance . It was then unanimously agreed , after mature consideration : —

      " That Mr . Mason be paid £ 2 per week , and be authorised to make out his own route , as tbe object of the Dalegsta * was not so much to secure his serrices exclusivly t ) the places which advanced his wages , as to enable him to attend where associations did not exist , In order to extend Chartist principles ;_ and also that the following should be the weekly sum required from each place — s . d . Birmingham ... ... ... 11 6

      Bilston ... 5 0 WalsaU 2 6 Stottrbridge 3 0 Wednssbury 2 0 Bromagrove ... ... ... 2 o Kidderminster ~« 2 6 Coventry 3 0 Wolverhampton ... ... ... 2 6 Xediiteh 3 0 Nuneatan 2 0 Darlasfcan 2 0

      £ 2 0 0 " Itwas then resolved that each place be called on to pay up their arrears to the Lecturer ' s Fund immediately , calculating fourteen weeks from the commencement of Mr . U * ms *> aearices , aa one failaigtt ' 8 lubacrijtioM were required for hii coach fare , it , Irom Newcastle . That all money orders should be directed to Mr . Frederick Corbet t , Adam-street , Chaneery Buildings ; and letters of business to Mr . George White , 39 , Bromsgrove-street , Birmingham . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Pbosseb , seconded by Mr . B . Thoxso * ' , and carried unanimously : — " That thii detegaia matting disapproves of the atrocious " » d nnmanly conduct of the Anti-Cosa Law League towards Mr . Geerge White , and declare their determination to stand by any . man who honestly discharges his duty to the people . "

      Tiro OaAiaMiK tban directed their attention to the mode of procuring signatures to the N » tional Pettlon . He was determined to wait upon every shopkeeper in Stourbridge for the purpose of ascertaining their opinions , and getting them to sign it Mr . Cadlet said they bad rasolved at Bilstcn not -only to solicit tbe signatures of the shopkeepers , but also to ask them to subscribe to the support of tbe Convention , as Staffordshire would have to supply s £ 25 for that purpose . A long and interesting debate w&s held on the mode of procuring signatures , electing a member to the Convention , and raising funds for that purpose ; after Which Mr . Richard Thompson moved " That each place in the district be "requested to nominate a proper person to represent them in the 'forthcoming Convention , on the first week in December . " Mr . peosskr seconded the motion , which was unanimously agreed to .

      On the motion of Mr . gbiffis it was unanimously agreed that the meeting be adjourned to Sunday , Dec 25 , at two o ' clock . The meeting then separated . All parties requiring petition sheets , ic , must apply Io Mi . George White , 39 , Brom 3 grov « -streeV - " — ¦ " -1 " " — ' — ' ^ J "" ^^ ^ ^>^ ^^^^^ BJp ^ B ^ B ^ p ^^^^ ^^^^^• r'r i ^ i ^ S ^ S ^ i ^ i ^^^^^^^

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      This is a short statement of the commencement of the Press Faad Committee . Mr . O'Brien had nothing to do with it . and he has not even yet . Thus the committee deny these false reports , and call apon theix authors , aad those who have circulated these base insinuations , to prove them if they can ; give date for their assertions , or acknowledge their fault , like upright and honest men . The next infamous fabrication we approach with hesitation , but it does not proceed from any belief , on our parts , of its correctness ; quits tbe reverse . It arises from delicacy , as it regards tbe moral character of the same unpureliasablo patriot ; that unfeeling charge is , Mr . O'Brien is an intemperate man . lien have made this assertion and assisted its circulation , who from their standing in tbe Chartist nob . we are ashamed to

      mention in connection with such disgusting innnnations . Tbil we can say from oar personal knowledge of Mr . O'Brien ; we unhesitatiagly contradict it While he resided in Leeds his moral behaviour was unimpeachable ; not the most fastidious could say ought against him . Chartists of other places bear the same willing testimony , and against these Chartist-destroying persons take the testimony of Mr . O'Connor , who declared at a public meeting in I < eeds , that through , all tbe years he has been intimate with OBriea . and they were not few , he emphatically said , " he never knew him tbe worse for strong liquor . " Fellow-men , look at tills , and can you pay one moment ' s attention to the falsehoods of these nameless trodueers . Will youliitsn to them while O'Connor makes such a plain , open , honest statement , being witness to Mr . O'Brien ' s exemplary conduct

      Men of Great Britain and Ireland , we make these statements to eradicate false impressions from your minds . We do it injustice to an injured man—we do it / or tbe love of truta and detestation of anonymous falsehoods . In conclusion , let us call upon you to take the claims of O'Brien into consideration ; weigh them and come forward to assist us in our endeavour to give him a press . Observe tbe man ! Examine his past conduct ! Look at his powerful writings , and you must see

      tbe usefulness of famishing him with tbe means ef giving to the -working men of this kingdom the reflections of his mighty mind . We place him aad his case before you . Judge betwixt him and his accusers , and your reply , your honest convictions , will be unanimous that he has been falsely accused , basely attacked , and that his traducen ought , if possible , to be exposed , bo that the nation may see who are the unhappj beings , whose tempers are so restless , and their cry so maliciously bitter . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , William Brook , Secretary .

      The Northern Star. Saturday. December 4, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY . DECEMBER 4 , 1841 .

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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mt Deablt Beloved Fbiemps , —I now proceed to a narrative of my past week ' s tour . Oh Monday night , at nine o ' clock , I left London . I arrived at Rochdale , at twelTe on Tuesday , and was met by a splendidly arranged and very numerous procession at the Railway Station . "When marshalled , we proceeded to the Butts , a place usually dedicated to publio meetings . It is a very large square , and was crowded to excess , while all the avenues leading to it , were also densely crammed . We passed good resolutions for the

      Charter and the Petition , and faad some good speeches from working men . I spoke at great length , and when the business was concluded , I very foolishly consented to be taken in procession in an open carriage , and borne through the town . I was warm after speaking , and the day was very cold , so I got a very bad sore throat . In the evening , about 500 or 600 sat down to a very excellent soiree , and afterwards the theatre was opened , which in a few minutes was filled in every part . Mr . George Howe was again called to the chair : he had also presided over the out-door meeting . Several very excellent speeches were made .

      JaJB 63 Taylor , Joseph Linney , from Manchester , and Livesey spoke very powerfully upon the several subjects connected with the Charter . Tbe petition sheets were on the table , and were being well signed . I attached my name , and being obliged to return to Manchester , I left cards of the Association with the Secretary , and have not heard tbe number of members enrolled here , but I understand many joined . It was , upon the whole , the grandest day

      Rochdale has had in the cause . The demonstration was larger , as admitted by all , much larger than even any election demonstration ever witnessed is the town ; and I never saw a finer or more determined spirit than was evinced from beginning to end of the proceedings . Our only want was , the presence of Mr . Sharman Crawford , the brave and upright member for the borough , and who , I am sorry to say , was detained by severe illness , which confined him to bed .

      Hetwood . —In consequence of an anxious desire upon the part of the men of Heywood , I visited that town on Wednesday , at twelve o clock , in company with Mr . Livesey . We had their room crammed "with Chartists ; and both Livesey and mjself spoke at great length . The people of Heywood are very forward and zealous , and promise to augment the National Petition in a fair proportion to their population .

      Boltok . —On the B&me day , Wednesday , I arrived at Bolton , and here Chartism had a jubilee . The Chartists , tor the first time , had be $ n allowed tbe privilege of meeting in the great Temperance Hall , a magnificent building , capable of holding more than 2000 , and which was crowded to suffocation . Those who had tickets for the Soiree were obliged to be accommodated at two sittings ; and when tea was over , the doors were thrown open at threepence admission to the body of the hall , and sixpence to the gallery . More than an hour before the time appointed for commencing business , the whole

      place was inconveniently crowded . Mr . Wrenwick was called to the chair ; the several sentiments were ^ ery ably spoken to by Mr . Hyslop , from Wigan , ftlr , Dison , the people ' s representative choBen by show of hands at the last general election ; Mr . Vickers , a young and able speaker , who has lately made his first appearance as an orator , and bids fair to attain a very prominent position in out ranks . The meeting was one of the most orderly and cheering I have ever attended ; but there is a circumstance connected with the Bolton agitation , which , apart from the subject of the Soiree . demands separate

      notice . Mr . Isaac Barrow , a very extensive timbermerchant , finding the condition to which the Chartist ranks was likely to be reduced , by the treacherous conduct of Warden and others , put on the armour of agitation . He is a person of independent means , and has , for the last two or three years , travelled about , at his own expense , expounding the holy principles of Chartism , and explaining their superiority over all other principles . He is a Member of the Town Council ; and although I had he&rd much of him , yet , &s a bursed child dreads the fire , I had a kind of natural dread of so

      apparent a disinterested course , when pursued by one of his order . But what was my delight and astonishment upon hearing him speak , to disoover eloquence patriotism , and encouragement in his every sentence . With him there is no flinching , no expediency , no truckling . I never heard a man Bay so mHch in so few words , or one who appears to understand the subject of Chartism more thoroughly . After I had heard hiB Bhort but pithy and soul-stirring address , I no longer wondered at the increased spirit which now reigns throughout Bolton and the neighbourhood . The people love , honour , and esteem this man as they ought ; he attends every ene of their meetings , and devotes

      his Sundays to visiting distant localities , to preach the gospel of civil rights , without mixing theological disputation with his political discourses . But for his timely enlistment , treachery would have ruined the cause at Bolton ; and I feel assured that my readers will be glad to learn , that he is wealthy , and in circumstances above the reach of oppression or " exclusive dealing . " After the meeting I prooeeded to the work of enlistment , and enrolled not 100 , as erroneously stated in the Star of last week , but 164 new members , about seventy of them being Irishmen and women ! That is real service . So much for Bolton , which now has one of the largest Associations in the Kingdom . Stockpobt . —On Thursday , I proceed to Manchester , on my way to Stockport ; aad , when ar-

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      rived there , several anonymous letters awaited me all from pretended friends and foes , and all conveying the rame Intelligence , namely , that I was to be attacked by the Irish on my arrival at Stockport ; and that the head blndgeoneen had gone from Manchester for the purpose of organization . About an hour before I started , three Irishmen called on me , and implored me not to go to Stockport , as there was a determination on the part of Finnigan and Co . to meet me at some of the Stations , in bodies of fours and sixes , and there to attack me .

      I did go , however , and sent the Irish word of tbe very train by which I Intended to start , and when I arrived at the Station I refused to go to the hotel by omnibus . I walked , in order to afford every facility for effectuating tbe manly purpose of my assailants ; but no person molested me . Finnigan and bis party were however upon the alert , and I gained a glorious triumph over him and his blind followers . They abandoned the physical forcei but how did they meet me or rather disappoint me ? Why , they issued large posters calling a Repeal meeting of all the Irish , fearing to allow my

      gallant countrymen to hear my fair exposition of our country ' s woes and wrongs . Now , was not this a triumph ! They begin to find that wherever I catch a Paddy I make a convert to Chartism . In the evening , we had a very excellent soiree , in the only room which the poor people of Stockport can command , the Social Institution , capable of accommodating not more than about 300 at tea , and about 1 , 200 standing . The people here have been most brutally persecuted

      by their masters socially , and by the authorities politically . They are steeped in the very loweBt abyss of misery , by reduction after reduction upon wages , until at length there is nothing to reduoe . Good artisans and mechanics are sweeping the streets at 6 d . per day , —33 . per week . . The hall was filled an hour before the time of meeting , and one circumstance connected with Stockport is well worthy of notioe . They have established a Youth ' s Association , whiohnumbers 250 members . I observed several

      young men sitting opposite me , very tastefully decorated with medals aad green ribands , and one in particular , quite a child . I asked a person near him if that child had begun to think about politics . M Aye , " was the answer , " that ' s our chap ; that's our leader / " " Why , " said I , what do you mean ! " "Why , that ia our marshal and treasurer ; he has composed and written a splendid address , to be presented from our body to / ou to-night . I could scarcely believe my eyes . The subject of this narrative is Aaron Bentley , a child of about fifteen years of age . He is one of

      tho handsomest children I ever saw , very small even for hia years , but his figure is perfect . When he observed me to doub , t his pretensions to office and distinction , he went for the address to Bhow it to me , and while absent , bis corps of full grown men , told me that there was not his equal in Stockport . He has been treasurer to the Youths' Association from its commencement ; and to use their own words , " there never was a screw missing of their money . " I was literally astounded , both at the composition and writing of the address . It was a very beautiful document : bo much bo that I left it with him to be

      framed . My readers will be astonished to hear that this child is a four-loom weaver , and has fullgrown men under him as assistants . He read the address , npon presentation , in capital style . Well , we had a glorious display . One of my countrymen , Clarke , made an admirable speech : and just as I had concluded my harangue , a great beam , one of those supporting the floor , gave way with a tremendous crash , which was succeeded by the most horrifying screams , the whole body of the meeting appeared to me to disappear . I thought some hundreds were either killed or grievously wounded : but , thank

      God , the floor had only sunk and not a soul was injured . Before the business began I had enrolled about fifty members , and should , but for the accident , have added at least one hundred more to the body . I promised , however , to go again , determined not to leave my work half finished . I read several extracts from a mo 3 t villainous work , written by Stephenson-Square Cobden , entitled , England , Ireland , and America , a production full of errors , ignorance , fallacies , and bad grammar , and teeming with bitter abuse of the Irish and the Catholic religion . From these extracts I traced much of tbe bad blood which this wretch has fomented between Protestant England and Catholic Ireland . It is a most

      blasphemous production , one which should be read by every Irishman in the land ; but one which , although well known to Finnigan and the professed Catholics , is nevertheless studiously suppressed by the bludgeoneers who are canvassing for Catholic support for the M bloody Cobden . " I wi 3 h every Irishman to read this work , and then we shall be able to test their value for their country and their religion . Stockport will shortly be depopulated if the work of tyraany is not stayed . The Stockport masters are amongst the foremost of England ' s spoliators and tyrants . They have ruined the working classes , and are now destroying the Bhopkeepers . So much for Stockport .

      Ashton . —On Friday I visited Ashton , where I had heard of much disunion , but I was fortunate enough not to have seen it . We had the Charlestown meeting room , capable of holding about 1 , 600 comfortably , but at twopence admission , the committee contrived to cram about 2 , 000 into it . We had a splendid meeting . Dickson was there from Wigan , and spoke well , [ as did all the working men , — Aitken in particular ; and after a glorious night I found that I had left my friends £ & Sj . in pocket , after paying all expences , and collecting one pound for poor Wright , an oppressed Chartist . Wo enrolled sixty-two new members , and I left Ashton with a conviction on my mind that , in spite of all , Ashton was Ashton still . In fact , a more spirited mee ting could not be imagined .

      Oldham . —On Saturday , I visited my English political birth-place , Oldham . I have a good right to love the men of Oldham , because from the month of June , 1835 , to the present moment , no w six and a half years , their kindness to me has been uniform and unbounded . # The Committee sent a carriage and four to Manchester for me , at five o ' clock , and with them I started at that hour to Hollinwood , where we met an Oldham procession , well illuminated , with bands and banners . When I say an Oldham procession , I mean a Congregation of the population of all the surrounding districts . When

      we reached the town , it would be quite impossible to make any guess at the countless tens of thousands who were assembled to do honour to the principles of democracy . We were a long time making our way , or rather crashing through the streets , but at length we did arrive at the open space opposite the house of entertainment , and when all bad jammed into one mass , the whole world appeared to be there . I epoke , but not at great length , as the night was cold ; but I satisfied my children , for suoh the people of Oldham , old and young , call themselves . We then

      proceeded to the Soiree , but here we discovered a most miserable deficiency . Our room would not accommodate more than 300 at once , and we were drinking tea till long after ten o ' clock . That excellent gentleman and true patriot , Mr . James Hallidey , millowner , but not tyrant , was in the chair , and I found myself Burrounded by the members Of my old comaitte of 183 $ ; a good proof that we hare still hang together , in spite of all our enemies , and also a proof that we have the whole of the people with us . We had a spirited meeting ; but owing to the smallneaa

      of the room , and to the fact of the party being all previously enrolled , we added no more than about twenty names to the Association , while , space permitting , we Bhould have enrolled more than 500 . I was presented with a very splendid medal by the female Chartists of Oldham , and with a very beautiful scarf by the female Chartists of Waterhead Mill . The medal was rendered particularly

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      valuable from , the fact that m addition to the six points of the Charter on one Bide was added a Rrpsal of the Legislative Union . I had intended to have concluded as far aa Halifax of this week ' s Yorkshire tour , but I learn that I have already obliged all Editorial Leader to be displaced for the insertion of as much as I have written ; and Yorkshire have a letter to itself next week . In truth , as far as I have gone , it well merits it , inasmuch as there never were two such demonstrations as Bradford and Halifax . For the present I shall only Bay of them , that after the proceedings I enrolled 201 newmembers .

      Wast of space now compels me to stop , and I the less regret the want of Leader in thiB week ' s Star , as you are all leaders , and your minds appear to be made up npon the subjects on which the Editor had written , namely , the humbug of Emigration , and the necessity of * cautious watching of the League in their newly assumed form . We can now trust the people without weekly admonitions . I am just off for DewBbury , where the people hare erected a pavilion capable of holding 4 , 000 persons ; and I am , my dear Friends , Your kind and sincere friend and servant , Frabgvs O'Connor . Thursday , Deo . 2 d , Three O'clock .

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      TO AGENTS . Tbe Parcels op Mepals and of Portraits . — During the next few weeks ire Bhall have to send parcels nearly to all parts of England and Scotlaud . In each case we shall endeavour to send by the cheapest mode of conveyance , and shall be obliged to any agent who will point out the best aad cheapest mode of reaching him . We beg to call attention to this , that there may be no complaint afterwards . Those who will experience any convenience from having Petitions , or Sheets , or

      Poor Man's Almanack , or Mr . O'Connor ' s Pamphlet , or any otber of our Publisher's Publications inclosed in their parcels , had better apprise him of the same in time . In all such cases , however , he desires as to state that money must be sent with the order . Tbe price of the petitions and sheets are known ; and the allowance upon the other goods to vendors , i * 25 per cent , therefore they can easily calculate what the amount will be ; and in all such cases goods to the amount of cash received will be sent .

      The National Petition . — Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for what they are signing . He is ready to supply them to the Associations and to individuals at the following charges : —VMS copies for 2 s ; 1 , 000 for 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four columns , and holding two hundred names when filled , may also be had , price 2 d . each .

      The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London : and Mr . Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low at to preclude credit . 4 g » Messrs . Paton and Love , of Glasgow , apprise us that they have made arrangements with Mr . Hobsonfor the supply of our Scotch friends with sheets and petitions . Those in Scotland , who require them , will do well to make early application to these gentlemen .

      D . J ., Stockport . —We do not know how to advise for the best . The rascally lawyer ought certainly to be punished . It is a clear case of fraud . We have handed the letter to Mr . O'Connor , who will be better able to judge of the right mode of procedure than toe are . Lbtters to thb Executive must be directed to the secretary , Mr . John Campbell , 18 , Adderleystreet , Shaw ' $ Brow , Manchester . Thb Female Chartist Committtee op the Borough of Tower Hamlets have sent us an address , for the insertion of which we have not room , calling strenuously upon their sister country women generally to bestir them in the cause of freedom , and to help forward the Charter agi ' tatkm .

      L . P . Cook . —His verses are not suitable for our columns . A Journeyman Tailor . —We do not see his plan to be at all feasable , and have not space for his communication , except as an advertisement . C . Wesirav , in a letter insisting on the necessity of a general spread of knowledge among the people , says : — "Let us then employ the time which intervenes between now and the meeting of Convention by the distribution of tracts , lecturing , and public meetings , and thoroughly arouse the whole people to back the Convention . Let us take every possible step to induce the long-suffering people of Ireland to join in the struggle for the Charter and Repeal . Let all class-leaders in the

      National Charter Association gather the Stars every week fiom such of their class as can spare them , and transmit them to the Dublin Universal Suffrage Association , who will make good use of them . Then , 1 am assured , will the scales of political ignorance fall from the eyes of Erin ' s sons , and their minds be enlightened with the holy and sublime truths of Christianity . There is another maxim which we should consider likewise— " Union is strength . " Without Union knowledge alone will avail us little . We should be but leaning on a broken reed . If we have not unanimity amongst ourselves , how can we expect to succeed against enemies who , however much they hate each other , would , when we made an

      effort to gain our rights , instantly combine for the purpose of crushing us- Let me implore the leaders of the people at this momentous crisis , to avoid personal bickerings , and let not private pique or wounded pride operate to the injury of our cause , and that they will not follow the example of a clique , who have from feelings of mortified vanity , lately withdrawn themselves from our ranks and attempted to raise a faction of their own . " Stabs to Ireland . — We call attention to the following extract of a letter received by a female Chartist in Barnsley , from her brother , resident at Cashel , and transmitted to us for publication .- — 11 With respect to farming a Chartist Association

      in Cashel . The cause was progressing rapidly , but from some cause or other , all the papers that were heretofore sent to Cashel , were stopped all of a sudden , and no Stars come to Cashel now , with the exception qf three . The withdrawal of the papers from the persons that were in the habit of receiving them , has caused a great damp here ; some of them respectable persons . I am requested to mention these particulars to you in order that you may make inquiry why they have not sent as usual , and if it should be in accordance with the rules of the Chartist Associations , to be sent to those persons again . I receive the Star on . Fridays regularly from you , but there was not a Star came to

      Cashel this three months , with the exception of the three that I have mentioned . The undermentioned are the persons to whom the Stars were addressed , viz .: —Mr . John Nolan , Mr . Patrick Fogarty , and Wm . Hackett , Ladies ' Well-street , Cashel , Tipperary , Ireland ; Mr . Thomas Nolan , Friar-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; Mr . Daniel Duggan , Lister ' s-square , Cashel , Tipperary : Mr . John Mills , Grange , care of Tfm . Hackett , Ladies' Well-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; Terence Creed , Whitesmith , Mainstreet , Cashel , Tipperary ; James Reynolds , Leatherseller , Main-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; John Byrns , Victualler , Thurlas , Tipperary : Michael Mahany , Esq ., Bakestown Mills , near Thurlas . ( Signed ) "John Kennedy . "

      RoBERr Cbuthers sends us a very angry note about the letter of A Radical of tbe Old School , " in reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , and the charge made against him , of having sold his brother Chartist , Dean . Mr . C . does not meet any one of the allegations contained in the letter of" A Radical of the Old School . " Mr . R . J . Richardson is doubtless quite competent to the defence of his own character . If the allegations referred to , but not originally made , by "A Radical of the Old School" be false , it is in the power tf Mr . R . J . Richardson to prove them so , and the columns of the Northern Star are at his service for that purpose . They are not matters which any man can treat with contempt , and if Mr . R . J . Richardson fail to meet and answer them the public must of necessity conclude his

      silence to be induced by a consciousness that they are true ; and if they be true toe quite agree with " A Radical of the Old School / ' that no feeling < of execration can be too strong , and no manifestation of that feeling too marked , for the deserts of such a man . We adviseMr . Cruthers , iherefore , to keep quiet , and leave Mr . Richardson to play his own cards ; doubtless he best knows what sort of a " hand" he has . We have several other communications in reference to the matters referred to by " A Radical of the Old School , " all tending to place Mr . R . J . Richardson ' s character in a not very enviable point of view . We shall not insert them , because we think thai until some reply has been made , enough has been said . No doubt that if Mr . Richardson can reply he will . If he do not , the people will know how to conclude .

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      ¦ " The Masons' SrRiBjt" is much inferior to the usual productions of the ** lhor . — '¦ ¦ ¦¦ _ ¦¦ y Mb . Gborob Black . —We have much pleamre m acknowledging the receipt of a tetter from the Chartist of Arnold , testifying to the zeal and in-Ugrity of this person , whose intemperate language at Sheffield we censured in a recent number of the Star . We see that Nottingham and New Basford have also borne honourable testimony to his integrity of principle . We trvstthat he will in future be more guarded in hisexpressiontf . and that the cause will yet derive much benefit from his patriotic zeal . Mr . Lonomaid and several other Correspon dents , if they intend their communications to be noticed , must write only » n one side ef the paper We have muck unnecessary trouble from the omission of this little attention on the part of our correspondents , which we have often solicited

      from them . Mb . Wheeler will oblige us by not writing so closely . H . Pritchard . — -if the letters to which he refers be well written , we shall be glad to insert them . But we cannot undertake to promise till we have the means of estimating them . , Scarbbo ' . —Send the Sign of the Civil Publican . — The names of persons nominated for general Council , coming without their addresses , are not inserted . Erratum in our last . —We are very sorry to perceive that a stupid oversight in the reader " has completely destroyed the sense of one part of the verses on Democracy , furnished by our excellent correspondent F . The word " Rattling , " in the seventh verse , should havebeen "Hotting . " James Coixibb has our thanks . Edward Burlky , of York , has received the follow ing sums for the purpose of purchasing books , &c . for Holberrv , viz . : —ls . 5 d . from Mr .

      Mackering , Market Weighton ^ Is . from Mr . Campbell , York , and id . from Mr . Corin , York . Any further sum will be thankfully received on behalf of the suffering patriot , and duly acknowledged . Attercliffe , Not . 20 th , 1841 . SIR , —Many of your readers are anxious to kuow what has becom > of Doctor Taylor , late M . C , as his name has not appeared in the pages of the Star for a considerable time . Perhaps you ean give us the necessary Information . I am also desirous to know when Bronterre purposes to go on with tbe History of the French Revolution ? If this question meets his eye in the Star , he will ae doubt answer it I am , Sir , Tours most respectfully , J . H . A .

      \ In answer to this and many similar inquiries , we can only say that we know nothing of Dr . Taylor . We have heard that he is in I reland , but do not know . —Ed ] T . M . Wheeler returns his thanks to those pl aces who have done him the honour of nominating him for the ensuing Convention , but must decline standing on account of his position as a remunerated correspondent of the Northern Star . Middle-Class Honesty . —To the Editor of the Northern Star . —Sir , —The excellent manner in which the Northern Star is conducted , the selection of its articles , and the vast amount of useful information found within its columns , must fill the mind of the general reader with awe

      and astonishment as to the abilities and sound judgment necessary in making the arrangements for bringing out each number in so complete and satisfactory a manner . With this tribute of respect , sincerely given , I venture to trouble you with a case of uncommon hardship connected with my trade , only this last week . In order that the matter of dispute may be fully understood , I beg to state that at the April of each year the pitmen of this locality are bound to a bond which sets f orth the conditions to be observed by the parties thereunto subscribing in the working of the mine , and the prices to be paid for certain work to be done ; after which , and in the same bond , there is a clause , which , in

      effect , goes to say that at any time throughout the year , the master shall be at liberty to alter or change the mode of working at the same . Should that change be disadvantageous to the workmen , he is bound to advance price accordingly to the satisfaction of the men ; or , if they cannot agree , then , by another clause in the same bond , two viewers are to be called in , one by each party ; and , if they still disagree , the two viewers above referred to , have to call a third viewer to act as umpire , and the men , or masters , are bound to act according to the decision of the said umpire . Now , Sir , the master of St . Lawrence Colliery thought proper to alter the mode of working , which alteration would make , on the lowest

      calculation , a difference for the worse of . about Is . 6 d . per score , and he , { the master ) , would only pay Qd . per score extra , thus lowering the wages of the workmen Is . per day . The men , as a matter of course , complained , and he told them he would give no more at present , but if they would keep to work , and made the coals so much better , that he could get 5 s . per chaldron extra , he might give them something more ; but as this was only a conditional promise , and as he teas a person who had deceived them before , they refused to comply , and would not work in the altered mode any longer , ( they had tried it one fortnight . ) This produced an alteration , and as words ran high , he ( the master j threatened to

      discharge some of the most forward individuals , or , if they would not take their discharge , to put them in prison for thret ' months . One , at least , of them had been in prison before for hying one day of work on the glorious 12 lh of Augusti I 8 o 9 , and not having a taste for it again , and not being willing to work by the new or altered mode without a corresponding advance of price , they took their discharge . But , mark the cunning of the respectable master . He wrote that man ' s discharge in such a manner as to prevent him getting work from any other master in the trade . Here is * copy of the discharge . — " NiB . You are dischargedfrom this Colliery because you will not work according to the bond . ' * Now , few masters will hire a servant who is not willing

      to work according to agreement , and'he ( the master ) intended nothing else , or lie would not have stated that which was not true , for it was not a refusal to work according to the bond ; they only declined working because an advance of price was not given commensurate with the additional labour which the new way of working entailed upon them . Sir , not being willing to trespass further on the columns of the People s paper , we will feel obliged if you can give insertionto the above , as we are desirous of acquainting our fellow-workmen of the real facts of Ike case . The men ' s names are kept back for the present , as they have not all got work yet . Will the Friends of Freedom in England and Scotland send , if they can , some numbers of the Star of the 30 / A of October , to P . M .

      Brophy , No . 14 , North Anne-street , Dublin . Notice . —Mr . T . B . Smith , having made such arrangements as will enable him to devote ten days or a fortnight io lecturing on the National Petition , and other topics connected with the welfare of the people , at the commencement of the New Year , requests that those places within ten miles of Leeds , which wish to avail themselves of his services , will communicate with him on or before the 25 th of the present month , in order that no disappointment may take place . All letters pre-paid , and inclosing a post label , and addressed to Mr . T . B . Smith , S 6 , Beckettstreet , Burmantofts , Leeds , shall receive immediate attention . Letters unpaid , or not inclosing a label , wi . l not be noticed .

      Bristol Chartists again write to complain of being unreported in the Star . We again inform them that the fault is not with us . We are most anxious that the friends at Bristol , Bath , and the West generally , should favour us with much more intelligence of their proceedings than we qet from them . We insert everything that comes from them , unless it be too late , but we very seldom get any report from them . They ask if Mr . Simeon be appointed correspondent for the Star in Bristol ? We know no one in Bristol personally , and can therefore have no

      choice . We shall be most happy to receive , and to pay all proper attention to , such intelligence as may be forwarded by any person in whom the fr iends have confidence ; and of which they can easily apprise us by a letter from the secretary . We received a letter from Mr . Simeon last week , informing us that he had been appointed by the friends to correspond with us , and inclosing a notice of their proceedings ; that notice was inserted , and it is the only one we recollect to have had from him ; except his letter of this week in reference to Brown , \ the Anti-Corn-Law man , which came to hand after our notice of Brown ' s meetings was in type .

      The Westmoreland Chartists are appealed to by the brethren in Kendal , to render ail possible aid in procuring signatures to the Petition . The Kendal Chartists desire to have the whole county canvassed , and they request each village to appoint proper persons to take eharge of the Petition sheets , and to communicate for that purpose with the secretary , Mr . JohnRobm * on , Kendal [ By the bye , Mr . Robinson should have given hit address more precisely . } N . M . —We have no room . W . Maktin . —The American Sunday School Song next week . J . E . SHAapa . —Thanks . John Weaver , Ryde , —We believe that Bnmlerre ' s Life of Robespierre has not been completed . Poetry . —As usual , we have shoals , that ice have ntither time nor inclination even to read .

      Bradford—Any friends having any communications for the Northern Star , will much oblige the correspondent , Mr . Joseph Brook , by leaving them with Mr . Joseph Alderson , tailor , Bank-street , or Mr . Ibbelson , bookseller , Bradford . '"' ¦ '' -.

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      Stockport Unemployed Operatives . —Having fern enquired of respecting the nan of 7 s . given to ^ L Correspondent , Mr . Griffin , for the benefit o /^ jy Stockport starving men , out not acknowled gM in the Star , we wrote him on the subject ^ e * some meant it appears that our letter ffitstS reaching him for more than a week . Having got it , at last , he mite * us in reply that it u ^ paid on the tame day that he got it , tmdsendt , {* confirmation of his statement , a receipt signed tm James Mitchell . Mr . Griffin did not under skat that it watte be inserted in the Star . ¦

      G . Thirkbll complains of our havtng omitted fcf week to insert a vote of censure oh Mr . Watkint for hit conduct on the O Brim Committee , and says that great dissatisfaction has been caus ^ by the omission . We have no recollection of km . ing received any notice of it till now ; and if « , had , we claim to we our own judgment as to ( bt insertion of such matters . E . P . Mead . —He pushes the bar , in hit discussion with the Malthusian Bachelor , a little beyond tht boundary of modesty . His communication would suit belter the taste of the readers ofsomt u respectable" and "fashionable" paper than of the Northern Star . v W ., Birkenhbad—His long report , written <* both sides , and received by Thursday ' s post , slanii no chance of even being read this week .

      Has Mb , Nathaniel Morling , of Brighton , n . ceived a letter from Mr . Wm . Martin , of Bramp ton , dated ilst November 1 Mr . M . wishes to com municate with him : he knows his address . SHEFFIELD POLISH MEETING . —Prtis Of motto obliges us to reserve the address till next week . Mr . Wm . Hogg can have a portrait of O'Brien , h sending site Post Office stamps io this Office . FOR THE EXECUTIVE , FROM THB SALE OF ROGI ) FINDER ' S BLACKING . « . d . Wm . Brook , Leeds o s Joseph Breok , Shelton 0 7 We Grocett , Manchester _ o Io Thomas Bentley , Mill Bridge 0 3 George White , Birmingham ............... 0 10 . John Haris , Hull 0 5 John Nickelaon . Hull . *_ 0 5

      3 9 H . Hall for J . Wright . —Do not know Ms address , WUl some of ae Gloucester friends be kind enough It send us the address of John Sidaway , of that plan W . H . Cheltenham . —The Committee must order Ik transfer of the 10 s . J . W . Barnfield . —Send to ( he tecretarv , Mr . Camp . bell , care of Mr . John Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . Cannot s $ eai positively about the other affairs but think it will not be proceeded with .

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      J . R . Hunt , Southampton . —Must apply to the agai in London , who suppplies him with the Northern Star . We sent as many portraits of F . O'Connor it London as there were subscribers , and if not de& vered the agent has them . Thos . Johnson , Lyme Regis . —His Utter has oea sent to Mr . John Cleave J . Wakefield , Cirencester . —Can have the booh fie enquires for in the same parcel as Hobson't Almanack and the Plates . FOR THB EXECUTIVE . « . d . T . Breatley , Leeds 10 From the Chartists of Canterbury , per J . W . Barnfield 10 0 From T . Collier , Devizes 10 FOB THE O ' BRIEN PRESS FUND . a . d . From W . H ., Cheltenham 10 0 FOR THE FORTHCOMING CONVENTION . a . d . From T . Collier , Devizes I 0

      Respite And Pardon Of Convicts.—Pbosi, Williams, Anb Jones.—Her Majesty, Wishing To Show An Act Of Royal Clemenoy On The Happy Occa*

      Respite and Pardon of Convicts . —Pbosi , Williams , anb Jones . —Her Majesty , wishing to show an act of royal clemenoy on the happy occa *

      sion of the birth of a Royal Prince , has been pleased te notify to the Right Hon . Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , that those convicts who have behaved themselves wall shall have their punishment commuted ; and that those who seem deserving of such a mark of clemency , and who are now lingering on board the hulks at Deptford , Woolwich , Sheerness , Portemouth , Pembroke , Cork , and other prisons , shall have their liberty granted to them . —London paper .

      [ This ia well . Tbe exercise of clemency becomes tin Sovereign ; peculiarly at this time ; nor will tbe people hesitate in their acceptance of an act « f tardy justice , though it be dubbed by the naaa of mercy . The Glasgow Chartists have resolved to hold a meeting in tbe City Hall , on Monday next , to memorialize the Queen to include Froet . Williams , and Jones , in the number of politic * and other prisoners that may be pardoned « a the baptism of the Prince . Let the hint be instantly acted on by the whole Empire . Let like memorials go from every town and village where there is a Chartist , and at once .-Ed . N . S . ]

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      W 3 IGH . —An Awful and Distressing Cn * cumstance . —Murder and Suicide the result or Destitution . —Ou Monday afternoon , about half ' past two o ' clock , considerable excitement was caused in this town , by an alarm that was given , that woman residing in the Smithey-street , had just drowned her child iii a washing mug , and hung her self . As I was at a house in the same street at the time , I immediately proceeded to the place , which on reaching , I found the . report but too true . On reaching the steps of the cellar , occupied by the unfortunate woman , and in which the awful circoastance occurred , I was met by a man with the child in his arms quite dead , and on entering the

      cellar , I found they bad just cut the mother down and lain her on the bed . Mr . Anderton , surgeeD , had just arrived ; he tried to let blood but none came , and he declared she was quite dead . As some of the neighbours knew she was in very bad circumstances , they began to look round the cellar to see if they could find any kind of food , and I went round with them , but could find none , not even a grain of salt ; nor any coals , and the fire out ; no m but one , and that a wretched one ; no bed-clothes , except an old rug and some' old sacks to cover herself and four children . From some of her

      acquaintances I learned that she was a very hard-working woman—that the children are illegitimate , and that their father would do nothing towards supporting them ; that on their pressing her to go to tbe town for relief , she told thorn she had been some time before , and that they threatened to put her in pruos if she came any more . The name of Ihe woman is Betty Thompson , she is upwards of thirty J ^ ] age , and the child about nine months old . £ > he htu sent the other three children off some errands , and locked herself and the child up , and drawn the curtains , before she committed the dreadful act . — Correspondent .

      IiEEDS . —Free and Independent Oedbb of Ancient Greeks . —The Fonndation , Areopagus . No . 1 , 'Of the above newly-established and flourishing order celebrated their second anniversary , ^ Thursday , the 25 th ult ., at the house of Mr . Thompson , Shepherd ' s Inn , Bridge-street , LeedSf when upwards of fifty members , besides numerw s friends , sat down to an excellent dinner .

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      Strike at Rhynney Iron Works . —A considerable degree of alarm was created in Merthrr Tydvil , on Monday night last , by au express arnring , requiring the presence of Wm . Thomas , E&fli ( a magistrate of the place , ) and the newly e $ m *~ lished police force . It appears that a general strute of tbe workmen had taken place , and that -JM whole of the works had consequently Btop ^ eo * All sorts of rumours were in circulation , that rioting had taken place , and thaT U » e workmen were about to proceed to Mertnyr Tydvil , about three miles distant , to cause a stoppage of the works there , and also to Tredegar mm Nanbyglo in another direction with a like intention . Ab yet there is no truth in themand upon due

      en-, quiry , find that every thing is quiet , bat every tam is at a stand . It is generally supposed that tne strike has arisen from the great reduction wfl khlJ ** lately been made in the workmen ' s wages . Tneae redactions have been enormous , and coupled wnJj the discharge of vaat numbers , is creating a fearflu state of things in the densely and hitherto pr ° f perouriy-peopled district . Many families are a a state of the greatest destitution , without woo , and many thousands of them very _ tail

      from their parishes . In the »« of railway speculation and . prosperity ^ o ' . * * iron trade , there was not a sufficiency of people to be had , and there was jlew of work for every one . But the reverse is the caw at present , and the prospect for the ensuing moier is of the gloomiest kind . There is a notice f « redaction again in almost the whole of the woks n » the parish of Merthyr . What will become of u » poor workmen it is impossible to guess . Snoui * anything take place between thiB and the end or the week , I will not fail to write again . —tow ** pondent .

      Mr . Macnamara ' s Prize "Essay-Wc have been favoured with a sight of Mr . Macnamara a newiy published Prize Essay on Peace ; but Jhave hare not yet had time or opportunity to give rt that ^ refai reading which is necessary to form a JO ^! ° : ° iL « i merits ? From the casual glances we have yet * # * able to give at a few pages , the rty 16 . 8661 " ! ,, !? - ^ smooth and well connected . We promise oursel ?<* a rich treat in the reading of tt .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Having assumed a position which has been acknowledged by the country , namely , that of a Central Board , to act in concert with the local committees throughout the nation , in supeiin tec ding- the raising of funds by voluntary subscriptions , to aid cur indefatigable friend James Bronterre O'Brien in procuring a printing press , we deem it onr duty to speak of the public affairs , with "which we are connected , of that gentleman , without apology for our interference , well aware that the sober sense of all refi ; ctlii ? Chartists and honest men will applaud rather than deprecate our conduct in such a zuUsr .

      Fellow-men , without doubt , thousands of you will Lave seen in the public papers , or heard" from ethers , of statements injurious to the general character of Mr . O'Brien , and calumnious assertions destructive to his lEoral reputation . With these detestable fabrications is oar business &i this time , and as conscientious Chartsta ve will address ourselves to you , fellow-men , as honest men should , in a bare statement of facts , so as io give you a full understanding of the whole matter ; and then ask from you a judgment upon the actions of these anonymous scribblers and cowardly tile-bearera , \ rho have , under cover , sneakingly attacked the poli-*¦ and moral character of one of nature ' s noblest sons -one who has been formerly persecuted by seeming feiends as well as open foes . He has come- foith from i repeatsd ordeal untouched , and he will also " attumpb over the present miserable charges of his Radical enemies , even the sane unchangeable patriot he has e ? er been , -without superior in honesty of purpose ,

      and few equals in intelligence and industry . Hi . O'Brien has been charged by these nameless 'ibellen with the selfish conduct of originating the Press Fond Committee of Leeds , and consequently of all the local committees throughout the country ; this is the first serious charge made against Mr . O Srien ; p » j « ig the head and front of liia offending ; and , men of Qreat Britain and Ireland , we seriously ask you , Where is the mighty sin in such an appeal , even supposing it to be true ? Is it so great a crime in the yw ^ Kitt— CBriea , "who has spent his all in the cause of democracy—who has brought his family to povertyymfaif to imprisonment—and impaired his constitution by working for you—by devoting his valuable talents on your behalf * Was it too much , in such a isaa , to solicit assistance from you , to enable him to distribate knowledge among u , and support his Tmifl y J No , it was not ; every honest man must indignantly answer no ; and yet this is the pitiful charge of f ftnao unhappy triducers of honest men ' s characters .

      But , brothers , it is not true . The Press Pond Committee originated in Leeds , by Chartist * , by working men ; those founders of that Committee were twe of on most active members , Mr . Wm . Boberts , and Mr . Eam&ei Fletcher ; they deliberated upon the idea ; they thought it practicable , and they corresponded With Mr . CBriea , who was quite opposed to the propodtioa . He told them of bis enemies—that he had always bees pewecated—aad tto » e -wbojeagaged in bi » Jtocal ironM « h * re the aame fate—persecution and CBiiL . By letter * , which the Committee received , Mr . O'Brien Mimttnl hi * intention of going to the United State * of America , as he had no prospect of supporting bis family tore , and aiding the cause of liberty by residing in that part of the world .

      The lota of such a man to our cause appeared in all ita importance to the originator * of the Committee ; they redoubled their effort * , and , at a public meeting , fifteen , bxotbet Chaxtaats . volunteered to do all In their power to get up a press fond to assist our friend O'Brien . Thus was the Committee formed ; we have begun , aad have proceeded so far in our business ; soctts has in same degree attended our exertion ; , despite fbetapetttfofpjbig enemies , we win be enafekd to present osr trtad wtti a press , and put it in his power again to data ! and advocate the rights of an untn ^ baaekUsttlpwpta , ~

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct576/page/4/