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    • Still on sale at all tbe Publishers, Price Threepence only, THE POOS MAN'S COASfPANXOZr*
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      Untitled Ad

      A POLITICAL ALMANACK FOB 1842 , SETTING forth , at one view , the enormous amount of Taxes wrung from the i&dtt 6 try of & starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subject * connected with general policy . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . " Essentially a * Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest eulogium as fulfilling the promise of its title . In additioa to the usual subjectmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of the utmost importance , as affording the very information the working classes are much in need ofthe gross misappropriation of their property in pensions and high official salaries given for bad government . A chapter is also anuexed on ' the condition of the people , ' calling for universal perusal . We would particularly commend the work to iheattention of ChartiBt Lecturers , —they will find it an inraluabls text book . ' '—English Cnartist Circular . u This little compendium of useful information is entitled to our warm commendation . The statistical details bear ample evidence of having been prepared with much care , and the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the ' monks thereby derived , are not more curious than useful , while the commentary appended to each division of the subject cannot fail by its tone to make the ' Poor Man ' s Companion * highly popular . "— Weekly Dispatch . lv Wo are accustomed to speak of unequal law * and of the enormous burdens that are laid upon tho poor for the benefit of the rich , and we are accustomed to' speak thus so often that the very iteration of the remark causes it to loose its force , and to pass harmless . Hence the necessity fc-r details ; and datails , come from whatever < . quarter they may , if well substantiated , always come to us as acceptable visitors , and are vreleomed as an effective force which , we can wield against tho stroush Ads of corruption . Tho details ia this Almanack are cleavly set forth , and really they tell a dark and fearful tale . Unhappily wo have too good grounds to-believe them correct . Sir . Hobson refers to-dot ., a and state documents—for it is a mercy that wo havo a precedent wkich forces the public plunderers to trumpet forth their robberies , iu a word we may staio that the national taxation—who pay it—who devour it—are set forth in a lucid manner in this 'Poor Man ' s Companion . ' '—Leeds Times . " This , is verily a Poor Man ' s vademecum : the cheapest aud best book of general refeiviico for aimsst all subjects in which the peoph ' e interests are immediately involved that we have ever seen , la addition' to all the usual information of an , Almanack , it contains a mass of statistical information crammed into the smallest possible space upoa most important subjects . We feel persuaded that there is not a working man in the kingdom , who will bo without hia * Companion , ' if he can possibly procure one . "—Northern Star . * , * Parties residing at a distance from any of the Liberal Booksellers , and finning it difficult to procure the Poor Man ' s Almanack , have only to send Five Postige Stamps and their address to the Publisher , and a copy will be sent them by the returning post ) LEEDS : Printed by J . Hobson , Northern Slar Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fieet-s ' treet ; ia Manchester by A . Hey wood , Oidbaiu-Btreet ; in Newcastle , by D . France and Co ., Side ; anil in Glasgow , by Patou and Love , Nelson-street .

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      TO CHARTISTS . JOHN HA 1 GH , of Littlb Horton ^ eobjo time cJ ago noticed in your papers , ^ b s till without employment and in great distress , has a number of valuable RECIPES for various disorders , which he has got printed , and we understand it is his inten- . / , tion oi going to the different Towns in ^ HB ^ kp and Lancashire , to sell them . Ke has m ^ HHMm her of Chartist papers , &c . J ^^ BHr / John Haijjh has a wile and four chUg ^^ H ^ HHc ? r oaly c-uo of them working for their 3 § fl ^^ HP >* f she has only-5 s . 6 d . per week ; to &u Pjaj [^ ffiHK ^ - -. ' < IIf is a sincere Chartist , and has i ] 4 SBB / S ^^' . ' ' - ^ secmion on account of his prinoj | H | H 8 KJHB » evc-l'v Chartist with whom he mayjgHJBypt' ^ Pg ¦ * K& ? tii 8 " *• " cau *"* wpifr

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      MEDALS AND PORTRAITS . Tjtf Medals will be distributed with next week ' s . Star to our Yorkshire , Sootoh , and Newcastle subscribers , yhe plates of Monnnmih Court House will be distributed to oar London , Midland Counties , and Lancashire subscribers on the same day . Those sgents who have not yet received their parcels win do so is the early part of next week . They axe on their road . The M edals and Portraits will be included in the present quarter ' s account . £ Q those Agads «*• ftate received the Plates and Medals wSl deliver one of them this day , and Vic other en the Oh ofJaxaarv , 1841 . .

      THE SMALL PORTRAITS . meet the -wishes of many who desire to have the Small PortraiU fozmaij issued witt * the Si * ry and who say that i ^ d , i * an awkward price to remit , we h * ve determined to offer them at id . each . The list comprises Portadt * of—F . O'Connor , H . Hunt , B . Osstler , Andrew M&rrel , J . R . Stephens , Arthur O'Connor , Sii W . Moleeworth Thos . Attwood , and Win . Cobbtti . Bronterre O'Brkn .

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      RE-ISSUE OF THE LARGE PORTRAITS . We are constantly receiving applications from new subscribers , or from friends , wishing to know upon what terms they can be supplied with the Labgb Portraits that h&Te been , at different times , issued to the subscribers to the Star ¦ to these applications osr invariable answer has hitherto been , " xotai any pnotr The calls apoa as , however , hare now become so numerous and so urgent , that we bare determined to issue them again on the following terms : — - - A person wishing to subscribe to any one of the I&r * e Plates , mutt enter bis name with Ms News-agent , and Subscribe regularly for the paper for six weeks , specifying at the time he enters his name the Plate he wants .

      At the end of his six weeks' sobseripticn he will receiTe the Plate along with his Paper for that week , for both of which be will be charged Is . by the Agent , and no more . The Agent will be charged for Paper and Plate for that week 8 d . ; so that he will hare 25 per cent , profit for his trouble . The Papers will costliim nothing for carriage , ts they go by post ; and we will contriTe to get the Plates to him for as little cott as possible . Any Bobscriber who receives his paper direct from the cffice , can hare the plates on the same terms as from an agent Here , then , is an easy manner by which all who desire can hare any of the under-mentioned plates : — The Convention . John Collins .

      John Frost . 3 > t M'BonalL J . R . Stephens . R . Emmett , and Richard Oattler . F . O'Connor . 32 e agents had better open their sahseripikm list * immediately , and apprise u » o ! the number they wfll require of each . , * j Is asswer to several applications respecting the time to commence the Six Weeks' Subscriptions we have to say as soon as the next plate , " Monmoeth Conrt -Honje , " shall hare been distributed . When one Portrait , or Plate has been obtained in accordance with this plan , the Subscriber may enter his name for another ; and so on tall he receive all he may desire to bare . Every person ean hare just those which he pleases to subscribe for ; and is not expected or desired to take others he may sot need .

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      Tffls National Pktttiok . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , hat printed the National Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensteely distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for vehat they are signing . He is ready to supply them to the Associ ations and to individuals at the following charges . *—100 copies for' 2 s ; 1 , 000 for 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four columns , and holding tieo hundred names when filed , may also be had , price 2 d . each . The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London ; Messrs . Paton and Love , Glasgow ; and Mr . Heywood , Manchester . But m all cases the money must be sent in advane *—the price being so lot * as to preclude credit .

      Tss tinusuaMy early lime of going to press this treefc has crushed out many communications that we vouid gladly have inserted ; amongst the rest , a report of an important meeting at Carlisle , on the present state of distress , which reached us Just before going to press , Johs Kiaso , addresses the calico printers in depre ~ cai ' um of tiieir purpose to petition Parliament for a tas on macfiinery . He considers it a waste of time and funds . He reminds them of the fate oj their former petitions for a restriction of apprentice ^ and zcarns thsm not to trust the promises Of such masters as may have promised to asiist them . Co-OPEBjltge tends us a long address , for which ice have not room , recommending joint operation and co-operation of Chartists and Socialists in every

      Jaxes Cbavtfoxd , Neve Cumnock . — The matter reaUy is not worth space . Chaei . es DrsCAS . —His letter was received in due course , and appears in our present number . We can only insert original disquisitions , such as those of his letters , when pressure of present news arid matters of immediate moment will admit . If he understands the " pledge" of Mr , UOjnnor in any other light than this he has mistaken Us terms . R . T . Mosiiso ^ , —The principle of Universal Suffrage was recognLed in this country up to the reign of Henry VI ., in the eighth year of whose reign teas passed the famous Disfranchisement Bill , confining the exercise of the elective

      franchise to freeholder j of forty shillings -value . Much information on this and all other political subjects o / importance to the people may he got from Major Carlwrights ' s works . But the Statute Book is the safest guide if he has access to it and time to study it . A Ratxpatse , Wakefield . —The insertion of his letter would subject us to ansiher prosecution for libel . This he cannot expect from us , and especially on anonymous authority . Why not send his letter at once io the magistrates ? Thaddixs Caffehkt , Baliaghadcrnine , County of Mayo , Ireland , thanks his friends , particularly of Northampton , for the Siaxlight he has

      received . He wid be thankful for more of U , especially the old Siars . He complains of not having fair-play at the post-office . JosiTHiS Walton . —Farmers are exempt from taxes for their sheep curs , but pay for every oilier dog they mat / keep . A Co . N 5 Taxi ReaDes asks . — " Is it legal for a per Km to be taken up and confined for the space oi jweatj dajs , not beiDg committed for trial , and only examined osce during that time , on suspicion of being in an affray with the officers of ihe law ? " It depends entirely upon the circumstar . ces of ihe case , which our correspondent has not communicated : u > s can . therefore , give him

      no answer . Csaetists 'ci ^ iingfor the services of Mr . Dvffy may communicate their intentions through the Star , at he is not certain where his residence may be , ° * the period of his engagement in -Oidham has expired . S-UJirn . >" obto 3 writes to express his astonishment tliat Finder's Chartist blacking should not have e much greater sale than it seems to have from the weekly account published . He thinks that * if the council of each association would undertake to ieil this blacking to the members , it would outshine Day and Martin ' s , and would much advance c-ur cause by supporting the Executive . ' BiissLET CHAiTliTS . —Their list of Gtnerral Council is bniitei , because they have neglected to supply the residences . — The Nottisgham list is omitted

      on ths tame account . Geougs \ Y . s . shi > gio > Wallis . —Hispapers are received ; and ve think the Duke of Wellington vat very ur . cicil not to send for him to dinner . T'ny eoil us sixpence , in addition to ihe postage paid on them , of which he has paid part , Oy eridoiing three pottage stamps . Will he send us three more to cover the lots ? If he will have them returned , he must send n \ nepence > to cover that , and postage back io him . *¦ M . Beopht , 14 , North Ann street , Dublin , has received from Mr . T . Cooper , of Leicester , 400 Stars , SO 0 lilomiuaiorg , 230 Chartist Circulars , o ^ iom e other papers , Jor distribution in Inland . * ° - KO , Tib eibset , > . C . A ., says he has heard that we * refused to insert a notice from ilr . O'Britn , saving he would repij to the Socialist s

      „ challenge . "—He has heard a lie . &T octPOBi Youths . — We are desired to contradict &e slatemeni that Mr . ChaUenor is their secretary . The mistake was sent from Eccles , end did not originate teith us . ¦ . * Axdehsox , Edixbeege . —The letter from Lot . Thompson ¦ shall certainly appear , and with great pieoiure . It is in type note , but forced out for &e present by the pj essure of important matter arriving at the la ^ t moment . In our next it shad appear . A > T LEcrufiEB coming a tour to Yorkshire , if they con make it convenient to visit Skiplon , are requeued to write a week before hand to John MuLlem . Jim % Mi ( fie ! dj , Zikipien . " iu . ths secketaey , Libkahiajs , or any of the n-eniUrs of ilte Nottingham Operative Library , fetf at the Rsrichffe Arms b ~ to kind as furnish -Vr . Edward Clu ^ 'on , Wat-Parade , Huddersield , with a copy of their rules .

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      JOHN ChakcB . —See the notice about Portraits in the Stir of Saturday last . Bubkley Chabtisis . — We received the report of their delegate meeting too late for this week : it shall apjaar in mtr next . John W ' aed , Juh . —Say from whom he is supplied . If sent from ihe office it ought to be delivered on Saturday . T . SMITH . —The Medals and Plates ought to have been in me parcel , William WIM . UHS 0 N tcifl receive a Plate by subscribimff as directed in the Star . FOB THS EXECCXITZ . £ . a . < L From a Chartist , Bristol ... ... 0 5 0 _ J . Vizier , per J . W 0 0 6 _ a Repealer , Chepstow ... 0 1 S FOB MR . JAXSS VEES 05 , SOUTHMOLTOJf . _ J . W . 0 o «

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      BXXS&XtESBRO * . —A public meeting was held here , on behalf of the masons now on strike at the new Houses » f Parliament , Mr . J . Sutherland was called to the chair . Mr . J . Holenshead proposed the firEt resolution , which was as follows : — " That baying seen through the press the noble struggle of the -stooe masons now en strike at the new houses of Parliament , to resist ihe tjranical and despotic infringments made upon them by thu fiend in human form named Allen , we are of opinion that they are justified in resisting tyranny in whatever form it may come , but more especially such »? they are at present engaged is , and that they have our approbation , and ou » , ht to hare the support of all the workins classes in the empire . " Mr . H . spoke at great

      length , and showed that if the stone masons were allowed to be beat for want of supplies , they might rest satisfied that m a very short time , a law would be passed for the purpose of suppressing all trades unions . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Andrew , and supported by several stone masons . Mr . Patrick Byrne elicited considerable mirth and laughter , by relating some anecdotes relative to the character of Allen , about locking up the pump to cause the teetotal masons to drink beer instead of water . The resolution was then put to the . meeting and carried unanimously . The second resolution was proposed by Mr . Anderson , which , was as follows : * ' That this meeting pledges itself individually and collectively , to render tRem all the assistance in its

      power both by contributions and otherwise . " Mr . T . JBradley seconded the resolution in a neat and sensible speech , contending that bo long as they had God and Justice on their Bide , that if even beaten they had'the approbation of the silent monitor , conscience , to approve of their transactions . The resolution was- carried unanimously . A resolution for the appointment of a committee was then proposed by Mr . Gindle , who gave a complete history of the transactions of Messrs . Pefco and Griesell since their commencement in bnsioess . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Bo&rdm&a and carried unanimously . The following is an account of the

      transactions of tbe committee : — - 'At a meeting of the committee held at the working men ' s reading room , on Friday last , Mr . Gindle in the chair . It was agreed ihaH . be committee wait upon all tbe different trades , for toe purpose of receiving subscriptions for the stone masons . That a deputation be appointed to wait upon all the publicans and licensed victuallers ; their subscriptions to be kept separate . That ihe committee meet every night during the week , for the purpose of receiving subscripMoaa iu their behalf . That a hand bill be printed and posted , calling upon , tbe inhabitants to come forward and assist them by subscriptions .

      ASHTO -Uin > EBJ > 7 KS .- Mr . OAsn . rais Subscription Fcsp . —On Monday , the 13 : h December , a public meeting was called to form a committee to raise money for the liberation of the * Patriot King , " of the factory slave , Mr . Wilcox was called to the chair . A resolution having been moved and seconded , that a committee be formed . Mr . Stephens rose to address the meeting , and was listened to very attentively , whilst enumerating the many claims Mr . Oastler had to their support . The committee was formed .

      BSADFOSS .-Wednesday night , or early on Thursday morning , the 15 th iast . Mr . Henry dough farmer and shoemaker , Little-Horton , was robbed of five or six bides of sole leather , v .-Iue about £ ' 20 . The thieves effected an entrance into the cellar , where the leather was kept , through an out door of the cow-house . The parties who committed the robbery , mus have been well acquainted with the premises . No clue whatever has been obtained that will lead to their detection . Wibset Slack . D . REAi > yn . MoBTAi . iTT . —A fsmiJy named Smith , residing on Wib&ey Slay k . consisting of the husband , his wife , and ten childreu , has bees dreadfully afflicted with the typus fever , which , in the short space of seven weeks has hurried out of time into eternity , seven out of the twelve—the man , his wife , and five childreu .

      Hard Case .. —On Friday week , threa bailiffs made their appearance at the bouse of Jame Peel , hand-loom weaver , Soutbfisld-lane , Horion , and made a distress upon his goods and chattels , for a half-year ' s rent , and half-crown arrears , amounting to £ 1 10 s ., and took away every vestijje of property that the house contained , and all his clothes and the clothes of his wife , which were not many . He applied to the master whom he wove for , to lend him gome money . He lent him 30 s . whieh just paid his

      rent , and the bailiffs told him they could make it np for him , until they got hold of the money , when thij seat a care for the goods , and sold them in Bradford market for the purpose cf paying expences . They charged him 15 s . lor having robbed him of all he had . The goods only sold for £ 1 4 ? . Id . ; the 50 s . paid them ' , and £ 1 is . Id . which the goods sold for , were os . short of paving the wages and expences of g elling , rent , and expences amounting altogether to £ 2 195 . Id . Such shameful conduct deserves the execration of every honest man .

      PEKT 2 . TTN ' , Cornwall . —Mason ' s Strike . —At a meeting of the stone-masons of this place , on Wednesday eiening week , which was both numerously and respectably attended by all the trades and a great many masters , at the Britannia Inn , resolutions "were passed , commendatory of those on strike , aDd pledging them to snpport them so far as lay ia their power .

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      trONDON . —At a meeting of the Working Men's Association , held at tbe Magnet Coffee Rooms , Drury-lane , the N ationale tition was unanimously adopted . Walworth . —A public meeting was held at the splendid rooms of the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth , on Monday evening , to consider tbo distress of the country , and to adopt the Rational Petition . Mr . Brown was called to the chair . Mr . Balls moved the first resolution— " That it is the opinion of thi 3 meeting that the distress and misery which now prevails throughout the whole length and breadth

      of the land , are solely owing to class legislation ; and it Is therefore the opinion of this meeting that nothing Ehort of the People ' s Charter can permanently benefit tbe people . " Mr . Ruffy Ridley seconded the adoption of the resolution . The resolution waa then put and carried , amid great cheeriDg . Mr . Wheeler read the National Petition , and moved its adoption . Mr Ratcliffe briefly seconded the motion , ilessrs . Maynard , Seweli , Price , and Waddington ably supported the Petition , which was Dut bv the Chairman , and unanimously adopted .

      Mr . Rainsley moved the adoption of a memorial in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr , Ross , in an excellent speech , seeocded the adoption of the memorial . Tfce old veieran , Mr . George , supported the prayer of the memorial , and detailed instances of the epy system in his younger days . The memorial was then put to the meeting , and carried by acclamation . Mr . Pedley moved , and Mr . Simpson = ecouded , that it be presented to her Majesty by FeargBs O'Connor , Erq ., and the two Members for the Borough . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Tailors . Red Lion , Kikg Street . Mr . M'Graih lectured here on Sunday to a good audience . St . Pancras . —Mr . Farrer lectured here on Sunday evening last . Thhxb Ckowxs , Richmom > -street , Soho-sqdabk . —The tailors of the above society held their weekly meering on Saturday night , when Mr . Wheeler delivered his lecture on the standing army , to a good audience . Maetlebose . —The members of this locality met at ths Working Man ' s Hall , on Sanday last , at ten o'clock in the morning , to devise means for the better organisation of members in the various classes , and to keep the class leaders punctual in their vxsus , and on other business .

      Is ths £ TJUnNG , Dr . Leadskie lectured on . the comparative merits of the press , in which Messrs Jor « ian and Scott took part . Middlesex Coukcil , Sanday , Dee . 19 th , Mr . Caflay in . the chair . After tb « transaction of the usual business , the Liquidation Debt Committee were authorised to engage the Social HalWohnstreeki Tottenham Court Koad ^ ior abaU and festival , on Thursday evening , January . 6 ti , being , twelfth night ; tickets as usual . It is hoped , taat all frietids will attend j Mr . Ffcargua O'Connor will preside . FiSsbory . —Mr . Stallwood lectured on Monday trolling , at Lunt'a Cofiee House , Clerkeuwell Green .

      SiSSiBY . —Mr . Jones delivered an eloquent lecture to a iarte audience , which gave great satisfaction . \ memorial Tor the reium of the patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , v . as unanimously adopted .

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      LEEDS . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , tbe East and Norta Riding lecturer , delivered a soul-stirring and animating address , in the Chartist Association Room , Fish-market , Shambles , to a crowded audience . On Sunday afternoon a ^ d evening , Mr . Jones delivered two more spirit-stirring lectures , in the Association Room , clearly proving tbe Charier to be the only remedy for the present state of things . He showed , satisfactorily , the superiority . of Chartism over any other bit-by-bU-reform . It was well received . A fresh , accession of members having been admitted , the meeting separated highly gratified .

      NOTTINGHAML-Mr . Charles Conpor delivered as eloquent and soul-stirring lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Bice-place , to a crowded audience . A few friends , at the King George on Horseback , have forwarded to the widow Taylor , 3 a . 6 d , the amount of a subscription . UPPER WORTLEY .-On Sunday last , two excellent sennors were preached in the Chartist room , by Mr . Isaac Clissit , of Mill Bridge , to £ ttea . tive congregations . Collections towards defraying the expenses connected with the place were made after eaeh service . The National Petition here , is being numerously Bigned by persons of all classes and conditions .

      New WoaTLET . —The prospects of fcuecess in this place are truly cheering . On Monday evening , there was a goodly attendance both of members and the public . The leading article from the Star haying been read , Mr . T . B . Smith gave a powerful and heart-stirring lecUre on the evils which affiiet the working classes and the best means of removing thorn . Mr . Smith ' s advococy of the principles contained in the People's Charter is plain but forcible , and was listened to with the greatest attention . The society has taken a large room near Holbeck Bridge , which they hope will afford them the means of extensive usefulness ,

      SUFFOLK—Covstr Mbktinq . —A county meeting was holden at S . ownurket on Friday , in last week , to congratulate the Queen and her husband upon the " happy event . " The High Sheriff was in the chair , and a moderate sprinkling of Whig and Tory respectability . The attendance , however , being larger than was thought desirable , the county meetlug was adjourned to a room in the Corn Exchange , the police being ordered out , and an officer stationed at the door with orders to admit none but respeotable people . Bv this manoeuvre the people were kept out until the addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert had been passed , before Mr . M ' Pherson and a few working men could make their way into the room for the purpose of giving vent to their loyalty

      while the great body of the meeting were outside , and utterly excluded . Mr . M'Phereoa very properly addressed to the High Sheriff a manly and spirited protest agaiust the whole of their proceedings . Ho then proceeded to more an addition to the address , imploring her Majesty while she accepted the congratulations of her people , to sympathise with their unparalleled sufferings arising out of the manifold evils of class legislation , and to recommend to Parliament the enaction of the People ' s Charter as the best means for remedying it . At the commencement of Mr . M'Pherson ' s speech , the High Sheriff in the most insulting manner dissolved the meeting , the respectables marched off , tbe room was cleared , and

      Mr . M'Pherson continued hia harangue outside . The addition to the address was seconded by Mr . Brown , and carried unanimously , amidst applause . It will , of course , not reach her Majesty , who will doubtless be imposed on by the lying representations of the respectable factions of Suffolk county . ROCHESTER . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 13 th and 14 th inst ., Mr . Ruffy " Ridley , from London , delivered two lectures in the Asscablyrooma ; tbe first , on Monday evening , on the evils of class-legislation ; and the eecond , on Tuesday evening , on the People ' s Charter , as the oaly remedy for the present pressing evils . A memorial on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones was adopted .

      BURY . —A public meeting was held on Monday evening last , in the Garden-street lecture room , which was numerously attended , Thomas Kay , of Bolton-street , in the chair , when resolutions were adopted to the effect that no measure short of the People ' s Charter can benefit the working classes , and pledging the people to agitate for nothing less . Mr . James Leach and Dr . M'Douall were nominated to serve on the Convention , and theNational Petition was adopted . 8 TOCKPORT . —Juvenile Chartism . —A number of young men , the oldest not more than seventeen or eighteen years of age , a few months ago

      commenced an association for youths ; their arrangements were to hold meetings every Saturday evening for amusement and mutual instruction . They devoted the admission money , for many weeks , towards purohasisg eceoery ; and employed a painter to paint , on a laTge scale , a representation of the card of the National Charter Association ; also various other things by way of ornament , and a full length portrait of Hunt and Emmett . Their evenings are spent by reading short pieces from the Sta ~ and allowing adults to deliver short addresses . On Saturday evening Mr . Gnffia addressed them about half an hour . Mr . O'Brien attended here on Sunday evening , and lectured to a numerous

      audience . WOLVEfiHAaiPTON . —Pitiful Fanaticism . —At the Quarterly Meeting of the Charity Tent of the Independent Order of Reohabites , held at Mr . Mo £ g ' d CoSee House , Snow-hill , Wolverhampton , on Monday , December the 20 th , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Clark , and seconded by Mr . Solomon Hall , " That application be made to the district for the removal of the Teut from this house , because the Chartists meet in the same room . " MIDDIiETON— The people here are in great distress . On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Reformer ' s Chapel . Mr . Waud , a working man , was called to the chair , who after a few preliminary observations , introduced Mr . GrifSo , of Manchester , who addressed the audience .

      HTJCKNALL TOBKARD .-Mr . Murray , of ihe Plague , " lecmred here on the I 4 ; h inst . A Chartist Chairman was cnosen , and when the lecturer concluded , he was followed by Mr . D . Taylor , afcer which a resolution iu favour of the Charter was carried by a tremendous majority . NEWARK . —On Sunday last two sermons were preached by Mr . G , Harrison , in our large Association Room , in ihe afternoon and in the evening , to very attentive and listening audiences ; and on Monday evening he delivered an excellent lecture en the avarice of the priesthood . At the close five new members were enrolled .

      LEICESTER . —Our number is now 732 . Mr . Bairstow preached last Sunday night , aDd Mr . Cooper lectured on Saxon history , the following ni ^ ht in tbe Guildhall . Mr . G . Julian Harney is to address us on Christmas day . Mr . Bairslow preaches the following night , and on Monday afternoon and evening we are to have a friendly tea party , with singing , recitations , and a dance , in the Guildhall , which the Major has courteously granted us for the occasion . BUNDSE .-Destitution in Paisley . —It would be weli lor many of our professing Christian friends if they would take an example f om the liberality of the Christian C . artist Church in this place . Last Sunday , collections were made at their place of worship in behalf of the destitute operatives and their

      families of Paisley and neighbourhood . Mr . Abram Duncan officiated forenoon , afternoon , and evening , and the addresses he delivered were really eloquent and told powerfully on the audience . On all the occasions the house was crowded to suffocation , and many who could not gain admittance left their mite , aad tought other places of worship . Notwithstanding the well-kuovsTj destitution prevailing in unfortunate Paisley , no public subscription or collection at the doors of ihe state churches , not even of the would-be-thou ^ ht liberal dissenters has been attempted here . The Christian feeling of the Chartist body becomes therefore more apparent ; the more so when the distress at present prevailing here is taken into account , they having more need to receive than give . The collection amounted to £ 5 . 10 s . 6 d .

      Cruelty to a Dog . —A few days ago , two brothers , of Birminj-bam , named Reuben and Durr ^ nt Cope , were each fined , at the Public Office , 40 s . and ]( k . costs , for having , on the 11 th inttant , set fire to a dog , after first rubbing him with turpentine . The dog had strayed into their premises , and this was the punishment they inflicted . The information was laid by the officers of the Animals' Friend Society . THE " WIDOW" FROST . To my generous and benevolent Brother Chartists throughout the length and breadth of the land , for their noble response to my former humble Appeal on behalf of the Whig-made Widow and most amiable family of the expatriated Frost .

      Whec it was nnderstood from undefined expressions that in addition to the sum . in the treasurer ' s hands that £ 60 would satisfy them , and that on the payment thereof the deeds would be given up , and Mrs . Frost placed in full possession and consequent iudependeccej my appeal was speedily answered by above £ 70 being placed , for the release of the property , at the Northern Slar office , to which place I requested that it should ba transmitted , and sometime after 1 , with the aid of some of my friends , collected from a few M . P . 's and other sfflutnt friends in London , a very considerable sum in addition , all of which was offered to the bankers , but refused with seeming contempt , ant ! with asking whether it was expected that they ( the baiiktrO were expected to become subscribers to the Fros ; fund , and declaring that they would accept of nothing less thau their full demand , which they had swciltd Io £ 560 . Mr . Kaaers , the treasurer oi the fund , offered them £ 2 C 0

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      for a final settlement , although he had only £ 196 in hand , and after an application to government for power to sell , and finding that they could not do better , after great delay , great trouble , and incalculable sufferiBg on tbe part of' that ornament ) of . her sex , Mrs . Frost , they nave agreed to accept , in fall of all demands , the win of ^ 250 . And now you must see that my object in again claiming your attention is to procure the additional sum of £ 54 , and I must explain the true position of the case as it at present staads . Several friends have kindly come forward to advance various Boms on loan , for the purpose of having an immediate settlement , and this they do on condition that the same may be returned to them so

      soon as subscribed , when no doubt they will display their liberality . Meanwhile , it must be borne in mind thai the said friends have subscribed handsomely on a former occasion . " Equal burthens break no backs . " Therefore . after consulting a few friends , it has been considered requisite ( as by no other means could the matter be so generally and so speedily brought under your notice ) that I should lay the case before yon , through the columns of our own invaluable organ , the Norlhsrn Star ; and as the loans may be insufficient , and as it is essential that an immediate settlement should be made , I feel confident that every Chartist will participate in my own feeling , and that they will , to a man , strain every nerve , and use every possible

      exertion , to plaoe tbe sum at the Star-office within a fortnight , when a final settlement of this painful affair shall forthwith be made , and the surplus returned to the mbscribflrs , or disposed of as the subscribers may direct . My kind friends , I consider that any appeal to your reason , after the foregoing explanation , and with the general knowledge you possess of the case , would be little less than an insult . I may , however , be permitted to state that consequent upon the confusion in the business affairs and property of Mr . Frost ( whom we one and all hold most dear ) , the logs has been immense ; and from circumstances which delicacy forbids should be stated here , Mrs . Frost and family have been for a very considerable time subjected to very great hardships , which had they been known would have Bpeedilv been alleviated . Mr . Frost ' s only son has .

      from ill health , been compelled to relinquish a respectable trade to which he had been apprenticed in the city of Glasgow , in May last , and to return to his afflicted mother ; great expense has been incurred in procuring the best medical advice for him , and otherwise , and now very faint hopes are given of his recovery . My kind friends , I might go on to an indefinite length in particularising the dreadful and heartrending sufferings to whioh Mrs . F . has been subjected , and what she is now enduring , and would still be able to give but a faint outline ; suffice it to gay , that when tho money is paid , the wife and family of our martyred brother will be placed in independent circumstanoes ; then , as you will with one voice say it ought , so with one effort let it at once be , accomplished . I remain , Your devoted friend , L . PlTKETHLY .

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      TO HAMER STANSFELD , ESQ . " All classes will prey upon all other classes just as much as they can and dare . " Hamee Stansfeld . Sir , —Sifter the letters which I have before addressed to yon , preface to thi * would be superfluous ; I shall , therefore , proceed at once to the subject of my letter , after I put on record a declaration , which may be understood to apply to all I have written , and to all J may write upon this subject That declaration is , that I am a * much opposed to monopolies of all kinds as you can be , provided that the competing parties be put upon an equal footing in all things .

      Well , then , Sir , after the illustration I gave in my last letter , tell me candidly , do yon think it possible to carry a repeal of the Corn Laws , with out present fixed monetary payments ? or , in other words , with our present amount of taxes : especially if such a reduction in the price of fanning produce were to follow as seems to be commonly calculated upon ? I have shown that though tbe farmer's rent might be reduced one naif to meet tbe new circumstances , yet , as taxes remain the same in nominal amount ( though double in reality ) , he would only have one-fourth of the aura he now has to expend on American cotton ; and , consequently , if taxes were to be reduced one half , along with the repeal of the Corn Laws , to enable him to meet the reduced prices of hia produce , he would then only be in the same relative situation in which he ia at present .

      But let ub endeavour farther to direst this matter of the my » tery in which it seems to be enveloped . Let us see if we cannot make it so plain that a wayfaring man , though a fool , may fully comprehend it And in order to do this , let us suppose that all indirect taxation is done away with ; and that the farmer , instead of having to pay a tax upon hia augar , tea , coffee , coap , and upon everything he puta into his month , or lays upon his back ; instead of payments in this way let us suppose that he hasadirecttix to pay upen taking his corn to market ; and , to make the supposition the more impressire and complete , let as suppose that HaMER . Stansfei d himself is the farmer , and that he Is taking his corn to Leeds market for sale . Let us also further

      suppose , that when he gets to the market-place there is a tollgate erected , and in the house attached to it there are assembled the fandholder , the clergyman , the representatives of tbe dead weight , the pensioners , the army , the navy , and all the numerous brood who fatten upoa the taxes . Our newly-made fanner marches boldly up to the place , and calls out " gate / ' when out issue the whole brood , and something like the following colloquy takes place : — Taxeaiers—Well , Sir , who are you f Farmer—Hamer Stansfeld , gentleman-farmer . Tazeaters—What are you going to sell ? Farmer—Nine load of wheat , the produce of an acre of my farm , after my rent is paid . Taxtaiers—What ceuntrvman are you ? Farmer—An Englishmen ( stretching himself up to hia full height ) .

      Tatteateis— Then you must give us £ 3 , or 6 s . 8 d . pet load , before you can be allowed to pass . Farmer—Three pounds I and what is it for ? Tatceaters—For the payment of the interest of the Debt , to maintain the clergy , the army , navy , pensioners , &c , Ac . Farmer—Interest of Debt ! what debt ? Taxtaiers—Why , what an ignorant bull-frog you must be ! Why , sir , the debt that was contracted to prevent the rebel Americans from gaining their independence , and also that which was contracted to put down " Boney , " and to preserve the COMFORTS and blessings of our holy religion " as bylaw established , " and also for the protection of all our properties and persona .

      Farmer—But our properties and persons are in no daoger now ; and we are not the nation which then existed ; and ought not tbe nation which then existed to have paid far its own protection , and not leave it to be paid for by their successors ? They had no right to spend the produce of my labour . TaoseaUn—But , yoa oaf , are not onr properties safe ? and is not our Church safe ? and should we have had either properties or Church , if the debt had not been contracted ? Farmer—Yea , gentlemen ; and if your properties are safe , ought not those who enjoy those properties to pay the interest of the debt contracted for their protection ? And , if our Church be safe , ought not those who enjoy tuftt safety to pay for it , ar . d not throw the burden upon those who have no benefits resulting from either ?

      Here tfee whole tribe rush out at once and load our Farmer with every kind of genteel epithet ! The fundholder calls him " rogue and leveller ! " The parson calls him infidel ! " The pretty Misses faint at hfs vulgarity , in daring to call in question the prerogative of our " munificent Qaeen ! " And the " gallant son of mars , ' ( all stays and whiskers ) threatens to blow his brains ojit , for " a rascally chartist I" So that , arnidao the uproar , and for fear of worse consequences , our Farmer deems it prudent to pay down their demand , and is then arlowed to take his stand In . the market Immediately on hia withdrawing from the Toll-gate , up comes another caieless looking I-dtfy-you-kiud-offellow ; and calls out " Gate . " Taxeaters—Who are you , air . Stranger—What ! dout you know me ? I'm " brothei Jonathan , tbe American ; " come here on the principles of free trade , with my corn to sell .

      Taxeaiers—Very glad to see you , brother . Fine couDtry yours . No taxes with you , Jonathan— [ asidecurse the fellow fcr his example ]; and you shall find us as liberal as youreelves . You can attp in and take your Bt&nd by tho side of that " leveiler , " Stansfeld . Hero iheu we have got you , Sir , aide by aido with brother Jonathan , in our " Free Trade" market , waiting for customers : aud the very first that present themselves are the taxeaters ! Out of courtesy they walk up to brother Jonathan first , and ask him tbe price of his load of wheat . Jonathan—Ten shillinga , Sir . Taxeaters ~ An& what are you asking , Mr . Stansfeld ? Stans / efd—Twenty shillings , Sir . Taaxatert—Twenty ahillinga ! Why there is brother Jonathan here , only asking ten shillings for quite as good wheat as yours . How can you for shame ask aush an unreasonable : price as that ?

      SUuMjeld—Yes , but you forget that in this country , in consequence of the poverty caused by the taxes ef every description , the poor-rates-are ten times as much here aa with brother Jonathan ; that the county rates are in t '« e same propoitlsn ; an ? l that in consequence of the vast quantity of paper money necessary to float all these things , and the consequent extra profit and monopoly , food and clothing are caused to be much dearer , or higher priced here than in America . Besides , jwahave takeq . six shillings and ei . ; htpence per load of me before I couid come iiUo market . ' Therefore if I tuke ten bhiilinga for my wheat , 1 shall oiily have three shillings and fourpenco to take homu for profit , wages and every thing 1

      Taxeaters—O ! that has nothing whatever to do with the master , Mr . Stsnsfei-J . What you pain us was , as Lord Moruoth tuld vju , necetsarj for : ue euftty of the

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      state . " And a " ytsry " wise man , " a particular acquaintance of youra , one Mr . Plixt , yoa know him , has told you—nay , he says he has jwoved it , " that taxes have nothing whatever to do with the price of articles . " Therefore all that yon have said arises from your ignorance of the principles of free trade . We cannot divine what can be in the head of Sir R . Peel to oppose such glorious principles ; but be yon assured , Mr . Stansfeld , that wa , the tax-eaters , go the " whole hog " with the "Free Trade" msn . Come , cheer np , man I yon will understand the matter better by . and bye ! All that yoa want is " a market" J and , as the lowering of the price of corn one-half will enable us to purchase jutt double the quantity we did before , this will give a " ready market" and " plenty of labour ; " and cause ub to " have prosperity for ages" !

      Stansfeld—Just « o ; plenty of pjosperity for the taxeaters i Bat what la it for the farmer and hia labourer ? What la he to do with tbe thirty shillings , all he has toftakehome after he has paid his taxes , instead of the six pounds which he used to have ? Just so I Mr . Stansfeld 1 A very pertinent question ! And is it not a sight to gladden the heart of a political economist to ae « the ; tax-eaters take the money from the English farmer , and immediately buy their wheat of Brother Jonathan , because Brother Jonathan can afford , it lower , having had no toll to pay on his way to marbet , while the English farmer had paid six-and-eightpanoe upon each load ? Now , Mr . Stansfield , * don't yon feel ashamed ? Don't you blush up to the very eyes at the bare contemplation of such monstrous folly and injustice as this ?

      But , Sir , as there ore many men who can never see the bearings ef a case except it come fairly home to them , I will put the same case into a shape likely to be felt in my own immediate neighbourhood . Let us , then , take the Heckmondwike blanket manufacturer ; and let us suppose him to take his blankets to the Blanket Hall for sale , and that when begets there , the Taxeater is standing at the gate and demands of him their price . Let us suppose the blanket maker to tell him , that to make -a living , he mutt have thirteen shillings and fourpence . Then , says the Taxeater , you must pay me six Bhillings and eigbtpeace ; which , of coarse , he pays , and naturally adds it to the price of hia blankets , making their price to be one pound .

      Now , then , let us suppose that " brother Jonathan " comes with his blankets for sale to the same place , tells theTaxeater who he is , and Is told in answer , that as he his not an Englishman , he may go into the market without paying any tell or tax , because we have Free Trade . And let us also suppose , that in consequence of the absence of all those things previously enumerated , that the American can afford to sell his blankets at ten shillings per pair . Now can tbe Englishman , who has oar enormous weight of taxation to bear , successfully compete , in the Blanket-market , with brother Jonathan ? Is it not preposterous to talk about it ? The thing is ao absurd in itself that it causes on « to stand in utter amazement , that there can be found men with a sufficient quantity of folly to seriously propose such a thing .

      Thus yoa see . Sir , that it is the taxes , the everlasting taxes , and their consequences , whieh have a great deal to do with our difficulties . Remove them , and their consequences ; and then yon , Sir , as a Farmer , can meet brother Jonathan is tbe com market . Remove them , and their consequences , and the Hockmondwite blanket maker can bang brother Jonathan , oi any one else ; but suffer them to remain , and you continue involved in difllcultles . You cannot meet the foreigner successfully , either in tbe manufactures or grain market . It is the taxes which have mainly helped to bring the merchant and manufacturer to the gulf of bankruptcy , and have caused the labourer to eat his bed . "

      But how are these things to be met , and dealt with ? By a Parliament chosen by UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ) By nothing else can the Hydra be destoyed . I am , Sir ,, Yours truly , JAH £ S PBNWT . Millbridge , December 20 th , 184 L

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      Kviui , Powcs . —On Saturday , at a Meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Chipping Sodbury , in the county of Gloucester , to consider the propriety o petitioi ing for the discontinuance of the present / rural polioe , it was resolved , That the continuance of the rural police force ia that parish is useless , and entails not only heavy expences upon the ratepayers , but subjects the . oa to continual oppression and tyranny , and that a petition be forthwith pre pared to be presented at the next Christmas Quarter Sessions , praying the Magistrates to discontinue the said force . " At a vo 6 try meeting , held at Fram ptonon-rfevern , on the 9 th rast ., it was unanimously sesolved , that the police for this parish ia wholly na « nessary . —Gloucestershire Chronicle .

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      THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELD . " The drying up one tear has more Of honest fame , than shedding seas of gore . " Brother Democrats , —Ia ear last address , we urged you to rally round the banner of the National Charter Association , and to support with e ? al and energy the Executive Council , whom you have selected to guide the movement , and lead yoa onward to the attainment of your rights . It is now our duty to call upon you to act justly towards those , who , torn from yonr ranks by tho ruthless band of persecution , share " tbe felon ' s fate , the felon ' s fore , " for no other crime , bat . that they sought tbe destruction of class privileges , and the enfranchisement of the toiling masses ; for the annihilation of whose wrongs they straggled , for the vindication of whose rights they now suffer .

      Three of yeur townsmen , Sunuel Holberry , John Marshall , and Peter Foden , yet linger in the dungeons to which the late Whig Government consigned them . The limits of this address will not allow us to repeat the eft-told tale of their sufferings : it is on behalf of the Wives and families Of thesa our unfortunate brothers we now appeal to you . Without entering into an account of their privations , you , working men , can form but too correct an idea of the situation of these widowed wives and tyrant-made orphans . The wives and children of the working classes have but too often to feet the dire curses of poverty and want , even when blessed with tho presence of a husband's love—a father ' s care ; how lamentable , then , muBt be the lot of such as are robbed of their natural protectors and guardians . We urgo you to make the case your own : think what would bu the unhappy situation of your own wives and children was their fate the fate of those whose cause we plead .

      It has been too much the fashion of late among many , to talk of " the foolish and violent conduct" of certain of the imprisoned patriots , and it would appear that this has been with , too many an exewae for totally neglecting the support of the bereaved families ; let this be said for the men named in this address , that whatever may have been their mistakes or errors—and who is perfect ?—no doubt can exist but that they were honest and sincere in their dosire to see the freedom of their country established ; and let this be remembered , that if they were at all indiscreet , hundreds cheered thorn onwards in their indiscretion ; and be who would cheer a man into prison , and then fail to savo from the horrors of want the helpless family of the fallen patriot , is himself unworthy of the form and name be inberits from Mb creator .

      Men of Sheffield ! hitherto justice has not been done to those in whose behalf we address you . We believe this has been more owing to the want of a systematic plan for the collection ef monies , than ta any ap ; . thy , or Jack of humanity , on the part of the Cnartist bociy . We have resolved this shall be no longer , aud we now earnestly invite your kindly aid to efface the disgrace of failing to support and protect , so far as in eur power lies , the families of those suffering in defence of our holy cause . We have solicited the co-operatioa of the under-mentioned vendors of the people ' s paper , the Northern Star , and have met with a ready response on their pavf ; they hold boxes for the receiving of the voluntiry offerings of all who wish the " good cause" weli . Wo doubt not that many readers of tho Star will give their weekly mite ; others who cannot afford this may occasionally contribute . Let ail do according to their ability ; more we require not .

      The following are the news-agents above spoken of : — G . J . Harney , 33 , Campo Lane ; Mr . Ludlam , Watson Walk i Mr . Pashley , Silver-street Head ; Mr . Harrowdough , Far-gate ; Mr . Frost , Bridge-street ; and Mr . Buxton , Sheffield Moor . Mr . Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield Moor , is also authorised to receive subicrii tiona . Tfce members of the association are requested t > notice that a collection will be made in the room the first Monday in every month , for the Victim Fund , the members of the Council will make a subscription among themselves at their weekly meeting , and vr . t \ i the assistance we expect through another channel , vsa fervently trnst the means will be afforded us of giving a wevkly payment to the families of our persecuted friends .

      It is necessary we should mention the case of . Themas Penthorpe , one of the victims lately incarcerated in Noithalterton Hellhole . In that pandemonium of torture and sorrow ; he was Ettackei by abscess iu the throat , suffering under that cruel disease he was liberated in August last ; he hua now been at liberty nineteen weeks , during which time be has been unable to earn a penny for the support of himself and family . We have resolved ( with tbe sanction of the association ) t >> give t « Penthorpe an tqual portion ( with the other recipients ) of the monies collected , so long as he ehaii be prevented by disease , as at present , from earuing his bread .

      •• There is oppression against the social body whenever any ona of its members is oppressed . There is oppression against every member of it whf n the social body is oppressed '^—waa one of the sublime truths proclaimed by an assassinated legislator , whose memory ( despite the lies of literary prostitutes ! mankind will ytt revere . Let us act upon this great truth , let it ire acknowledged and proclaimed as the democratic law . O for the hour when this shall be I The saeied band of Theban Epaminondas , or the phalaiiX of Macedonian Philip were not moro invincible than Bcitons wiil

      then be ! Chartists of Sheffield , act you upon the above noble Bantiment in the case submitted to you in this address ; make the oppression of each Buflering patriot the opprsuaion of yourselves , and act accordingly . At this season of the year , when , ' if . poverty is not top heavy with its grip , most of us contriving to give an hour to mirth and the forgetfulness of our cries ; let us not forgtt those , who , confined to the prison itaSl , are unblessed with even the * , sight of wife or child ; and letusdojustlee to the unprotected and the helpless j by so doing we chili best cheer the patriot ' s heart and lessen his sufferings .

      Brothers , we need say no more . Confiding in your patriotism and love of justice , we doubt not you will act upon the golden rule of the Founder of Christianity , ' Do unto othtM as ye would others should do unto you . " George Julian Habnet , Sub-Sscretury . Sheffield , D ; e . 19 tb , 1841 .

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      THE ¦ »» LEEDS TIMES » " CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAINST MR . J . B . O'BRIEN . We did not expect to have to allude to this disgusting affair again , but self-defence compels it . The readers of the Star will remember that Mr . O'Brien lectured in the Huddersneld Ha'lof Science , on Sunday , November 6 th . Tke Hall of S c ience , we believe , belongs to the Huddefsffcld Socialists , who gave up their own regular meetinKS on that occasion to accommodate Mr . O'Brien and his friends . In reference to that day ' s proceedings , the correspondent of the Zwrf * Time * sent a paragraph to that paper , in which , amongst other derogatory statements , he asserted teat Mr . O'Brien was "drunk , and no mistake . " Oar readers will also

      remember , that in our paper of November 13 th , thii charge waa indignantly denied , bifi by ourselves , and by Mr . James Penny , of Millbridge ; on whoso authority Mr . O'Connor had also triumphantly shewn up the cowardly means used to iijura Mr . O'Brien , at a very numerous meeting holdeu ia Leeds , en Tuesday , the 9 th of November , of which circumstance mention is also made iu the report of the meeting inserted in the Star of November 13 th . On Nov . 16 th , we received a letter in reference to this subject , from Mr . Edward Clayton of Huddersfield . As there was no new point mooted in it , and as it was but a repetition of the statements mado by Mr . Penny in his communication of the Saturday previous , we did not publish it . During the course

      of the succeeding week , we received a note trom Huddersfield , from Mr . Clayton , asking why the letter had not been inserted , and still pressing fur its publication . To this we replied , privately , assigning our reason for at first declining it ; and mentioning , as an additional reason why we should still decline its publication , that the Editor of the Leeds Times had himself , in his paper of Nov . 20 :. h , withdrawn the accusation , and explained to the public that the paragraph had originally appeared in his columns without his knowledge or sanction ; that the moment he had discovered it , he had it removed from the paper ; and that it had gone through but a very small part of the week ' s impression . Ho had also administered a very snubbing reproof to the correspondent

      who had imposed upon him . Ono would have thought that this would have been sufficient to set the matter at rest . But no t Mr . Edward Clayton is a very vain and a very indiscreet young man . He had written & letter , and it had not appeared in print 1 This was BOt to bo borne . As he could not be allowed to cat a caper in our columns , he thought , after the dabce was over , he would try to make a figure somewhere else . He has succeeded i how we now proceed to tell . In the Scottish Patriot of Saturday last , Deo . 18 th , we find a letter from Mr . Edward Clayton purporting to be a copy of the one he had sent to us for insertion ; accompanied by a note to the Editor of the Patriot , is which the writer has the meanness , tbe insolence , the audacity , the vishone&ty to represent tho Northern Slar as having , along with the Leeds Times , originated and circulated the infamous lia with an intent to do Mr . O'Brien injury 1 and

      that we h * d refused to insert his letter in contradiction , or in vindication of Mr . O'Brien ' s character j leaving the inference to be drawn that we had never contradicted the statement at all ! Is not this a most perfect specimen of impotent malice , arising from mortified vanity and overweening self-cbnceit 1 1 We mentioned that the letter in the Patriot purports to be a copy of the one sent to us . We have compared the two ; and tell Mr . Edward Clayton that it is dishonest in him to palm such a fraud upon the public . It is not a copy , nor anything like a copy . To shew this , and to shew also what value there is to be placed on Mr . E . Clayton ' s word , and what a discreet and zaalous vindicator and friend Mr . O'Brien has , we give an extract from Mr . E » Clayton ' s letter published in the Patriot , and follow it by one from the letter sent to us , written and signed by Mr . E . CiaytoH himself .

      "I do most solemnly assert , without fear of contradiction , that Mr . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquor whatsoever on the Sunday of which he is charged with beiiw ; intoxicated . "—Edwaed Clayton , in the Scottish Patriot . " After the afternoon lecture , Mr . O'Brien was taken ilL On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Brien , I seat for fuurpennyworth of brandy , which he drank upon the platform . ** —Edward Clayton , in a letter to the Editor of ths Northern Star , dated Nov . 15 th , 1841 . To this we need not add another word ; save that the reader will keep in mind the fact that the latter paragraph is from the letter sent to us for publication , of which Mr . Edward Clayton says that his letter in the Scottish Patriot is a copy .

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