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    • SUNl>ESIiANI>. -Tbetotausm.—On Thursday evening there was an exsraordinary large meeting of the teetotallers of Sunderiand, held in the
    • THE A0RTHEM 8TAH SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1S42.
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      MR . ( TCOIsSOR TO MR . O'BRIEN . London , April 26 ih , 1842 . Deas O'Brien , —The very ur ^ ccountable and tmcshed for manner in trfrich you have endeavoured to E-ix mT name cp with what yon term an mrentioiia ; attack upon yon , dc-msuds some notice fironr me . I shall be brief and shall strictly confine cjyself to dates and fact- ? . About ihies -rears a . ?© , just when the Birmina- 'hain ttea deserted the Contention , you made the following observation to ere , "By < x—d , Feargas O ' Connor , if this agitation goes on , and if you are in earnest , the

      middle classes tcil ? " murder you" . I replied , "Thai as I had cosusc-nced it , I ¦ would finish it , even , at that hazard . " 1 merely remind yon of this fact , is order to shew yon that thtir attack upon me sX B : rmlngham zx& . Manchester prove 3 ou to be a gepd prophet , inasnmen as all who do stand r , j > ta support of popular : rights in the hour of danger , « sd ia opposition xo evsy direct and indirect&ttecuM at disunion made by the middle classes , axe soouer or later in jeopardy ^ scd to assure yoa that even sach anf . cipatiou shall act seduce me into ^ ishoutraraWe sa fety : for again I say , that I vrill go on straight forward , Ehoiiia 1 fail a sacrifice in . so doing .

      1 shall now show you , that you gate wcet is not correot . in the very first paraers-pli of yoEr letter . Yon p&v that it was not your intention ever again to here troubled the . editor of the 'Slur ' -writh any comn-micaiioo . You appear to _ hare forgotten ¦ otr -rerv last conversation , which tf > ok place on the " daT -that the BirakMrhans Conference broke up , " in -willed you spske as follvws : — " ¦ T eaTtuV O'Connor , I vrisii to write a series of leners in the Star , if you will allow inc space f « i tbeis , " I at oace acquiesced , and said , " 1 ¦ w as

      . glgd to have it in my puwer xo afford you the opportunity of doing so . " Be ! ore 1 come to the Brain question , as to the -dJsre presentation of your speeches , allow me to-dispose oi" the obj action which you now make to my let--ters ; mind , noE wishing to ' enforce a belief that letters © ay not be vri ' it ' -fn at one period meeting -wivh yc \ ir approbation , -while at-another period tins -game Vr ; ter may incur year displeasure ; bat my -obaervav . on bears upon the charge of cer . uuciatios -Oa the way from Eccles to Manchester , on the day of the slsnche ? ter demonstration ,. a : id"wh ch was th ?

      "first time we had met since cur respective iioerations , you said xo xac : " ' Fc&TgusG'Coiinor , your letters from York Castle , especr-iiy those on Ireland , have - ¦ don ^ us area . z good ; bat I have two great exceptions to make : first , you should bare denounced the Scozch -Charusi Curisteaas ss well as the English ; for believe me the humbugs will c © H 3 equal d&ins < ie ; aad , sceoacly , you should haTe backed Watrins in his noble siteispt to destroy tboss London ruffians ; for i > y G—d their aim is to fret hold of the people , and then to destroy you and us * aud every other man connected with me Cbartis ; can » e . If I had a paper as you have , I would hare despatched them in six lines , like common pickpockets . " I mention this fact for the purpose of remindiag you , that you do not always ¦ object to denunciation ; but on the contrary , that you -denounced me for not -denouncing ; and also to remind you that tin very men whom you designate as pickpockets , aie the very men who are now at the head c- £ the m .-w more .

      I kow come to your complaint of m i srepresentition ; and I trnst , upon nS ^ cucn , you vrlil feel yourself bouad to confers that it " yoa hsve b ; : en misroprefenied . that yon , and yoa oniy , hare been the cause . In orctr to lav the whole question plainly before the country . I feel myself coapeUed to revert to the ¦ wbo ^ e week ' s proceedings , during the sittiug of Cor . ferfnce . On Tuesday , the Couference met , as did the . Delegate ? from various par ^ s of the kingdom , appointed by the people for the defence of oar cause . A meeticgwa = aiiaoDBced , by large placards , to be field" in Duddrsmc-row , to buck us . You were anDounced in ihe bills as one of the speakers . You did not attend . Un thatni ^ ht ws had a glorious meeting in the Hall of Science . Yon did not artead . After the meeting , the Delegates met at ten o ' clock , when ¦ you were present ; auci , t-o our deli ^ hr , repor . 'ed the r ^ cference procesditga of the dayas foliow 3 : —

      " Well ' . they have acknowledge the pnucipie of Uaiversa . 1 SuiFrage , and to-morrow the six points are to be discussed seriatim ; and I promise you theys ' ca'l swallow ihe whole iiog , bris'le ^ , and all . and tvasa listin down by gulping the name . " Wvilnesday we fat night and day . Yoa did not come near us ; bin you . attendeu a meeting at OTHeii ' 3 Cnarns : Church at nigh ' . Tcsr .-day we sat nij ; as and dny . You did not come near us . Oa Pxidsy , both Conference acd the Delegate Meeti ng broke up , without the ileleg-tss seeing racr « of you " . After all the proceedings had tcrmiEated , I met yon in the street . You accomp-initd me to my lodging ? , and did me vhe honour to dine with me . And now I

      come to ib : most iiaponant portion of my commani-Cation . 1 then understood from yon , fcr ibenrst time , th&t y ; a were not a mere visitor at the Conference ; tra ; xhat you had been elected by the people of "Woitoii-uader-Edge . Yon Haid : — " Feargas O'Co . neot , I w sh to lay my exact position before the cou ' itr : ; if I furnish yon with an outline of tho course I i' > c > k , will yen write an artic's upon i : V I repl-.-d ,- * luieed , O'Bnen , I will not , and for tins s mole ; r ^ zsoii ; because I should be rare to do wrong " . Bat I K-li you what- ; irrite an article yourself , s-end it to me . i trill be ai the trouble of copying it—a j <> b I mUe—aid it shall appear in th * Srar . " " Well I "will i > o that : PifiHAPS that ' s the best wat , " was

      ycur rep . y . 1 b ? - ^ to remind yon that the above conversation took j . ] aco ou Fr iday . ThaE in the Star of lhat w-: ek the Ediior announced his intention of "Raitiugfor the repoit promised by the Nonconformist , ice accridivtd organ of the Conference , btfure h = ventured io comment upoa proceeuings of which be hsci no report . On the following day the Birmingham Journal came out with substantially the same report as the Nonconformist ; and although yen had a week ' s nosice of the Ediior ' s initniion io make hi 3 commentary , and z \ tnough jog had lie Birmingham Journal on Sstarti&y s-ud

      the Nonconformist on Wednesday , which ^ hou'd have ; rendered your determination to r 7 /? ht yourself more neceicary , ye ' , jon never correct one -vvorJ . of the " niisrei .-resentition" -which appeared in eiihtr of ; those prints , and upon whica t '^ e Editor cf ihe j Star vra- bound io found bis reasoning- 1 ask any J sane Ziin whether or not i ; was you who led ths ' £ . jiti > r into wilful error , and allowed Lira to j remain in interested ijrnorasce , for the esrress purpo = 6 of an attack ; or , whe ? her the Eoitor / in the discharge of his duty , is liable to the gross , " snd j I must feay , unjujti £ a . ble imputation soaght to be cas ; urea him ?!

      I wii at Leeds on Saturday , the dsy afier " the CoLftrcncc- broke up ; and my lass words to-Mr Hol-o : > , oiy publisher , who a : cr , mpan " . e < i me to ihe i trail ; , vi - rf-e-hftse : — " Hobsou , if aay c 0 mman-c 3 t-. cn com-s ir .-m Mr . O'Brien , see n pm ' ia baud imine- I di&t-iy ; a d should I hare anything to say upon ' the C-. u :-ri ; uce—( this had reference to your promised c-iiuauii ! cat on)—look to the sensa ; I wriie so"aLi ; .: < j " : hi ; ib ; y wnen I nm hurried . Anc the fir ?' , moin-s ; , ! y jj have time , look c ^ refally isver all the ' Type ve- ; -, } T-iVc rot in uee . atid p : ck out the bc > i that may do 3 K »; n . as 1 promised it vj O Brien . " Now , this il > . ~ iio : look li . se a conspiracy , on my par ; , tu injir- jcu , t-r thwar !; yoa . or destroy you . B-iZ-i r .-inra to Mr . Porter's bons ? , wjiero yon dincii iv . t ' ri aje , as I before obserTed , on the Frul ; y .

      I tc-iil v-.-u « : ' onr ct-utcasplated dsiEOu ^ rB ^ ion on tha f «» : " JwlEi Monday ; that your name was : u t : e-l bi'is ; i A tisai I cj ^ hidered it a glorious orpc-r- j tucuv l . ir our iijiretiDjr odcd more brfrre tie I public . "Now , "' t-aid I * 'O'Br . en , I sell you ' Trliai . I iivp-jia that yoa chculd head the Br-JniBKhiiE pre--cision oa Monday , and ir . eet me ai-d : theS » u j . - j - ~ rf \ iT \ ii :-- . T ^ - ddcsnstratioi : af hal ( -pA 5 lteu TrltLir ; n hi ' je-. -j i ; . 'in the town" Y- ; wr a i > vverj R-a--=, - W-J-, well , well , 1 doa ' : care . " " Writ" ' i ^ ad I , " b-u wii' -y-va do ~ o F' and you said , " Yes . " Mr . l \> r : - , ai . i Mr ^ . porter , and n ) ys ? U ' , Wt . Ti > : ! il diji ^' f . 'iid : ai ; d Mr . } rort = r injmediar ^ lj- said , vVen . ' < ion > .- ! ; *; - - < i— ^ that's ib-i way to make ' ht- tjruu : ^ trtmh ] -.-. '' \ mu i . ce : impamei ice tj thi r .:: J \ vav lVri

      Etlit . tiT ^ ! fiM'j > : iZCt r . *• thp . CV > iv-i ' t . TPr , fP V ' ^ -r ^ i . ' Etai . on ; a-ri ^ a : a sbas " the- Coulerence v . cie d ' sei t-f ;¦ - . ; : b :-c : z ? s bnmBugs , trjing to ac . rid oi you L ; . - :. ;¦ -, to desu-oy the Chariist movtuiv . ; t . '" : Yon SivJ •; .-ii" - "You - ^> 're not astonished at Ar ;) iur : O ' iSei ; . n ^ - lie was -p \ , S'd up with va-nty ai _ -d cji :-cei ^; fa : i } vu were a » toL . isLfU at Yineour , p . bo , j- ^ u hzr - sLv ^ To -c-jn-jdirred a yn-jc-natuud ie -osv . "; Tiiis wj s ' wi ' i ' . i rcfci -ri , ce to ire meetuie a- it . c ' Char :: ?! - c r . ch . Weil . I kit birmin-ib ^ xD < n ; Friday ; t ; a . ^" tfiled all . s shtr to > iarjchef " . t r zw . : ' ieecF * u-: aT-, ii : rr . ? n to Wci-. erban . p on ans li-I . *•« . . « on SuLi' \ y , where IasnouLetc- the £ la < . ir . t'p . ii ^ -i :.-- ! - ; that veil -.-.-u ! d mst-t us v . iih the B . rmintham >? o- '

      cession . Whtrr- \ t 3 arrived in BTrmni £ ham , 1 b ~ k- a ] where vivj v . > r . I ; a » d no one knew . When i - . trnveo at Mr . " Pc ^ rV , af : er the mcsimg , ! learned tim you had saic tlis . i yoa would attend ilia meeting if a deputation war . ed Bpon yoa &t eleven o ' e ; oek , a' Mr . Port : ¦ 's ; and that 3 on Were very an . ifry at your name bi ~ . i in the bills , although it was dont with your ptrttct consent , as sta . ttd by Mr . Linnt .-y , wno Wis depfjtd to ask yon , lest you mi ^ ht consid ; r it a liberty . " 1 Jearnad also that a depct-ition bad' come to Mr . Porter ' s ; and another came ; and aco-ber ; and that t © q were not there to meet them ; neitrier did you at ; esd our meeting , for which you were annonneed ; bafc you did astend 2 . ticket meeting , conveaed for the very same erening , in the Town

      Hail . Trustingi > i . yoa will not attribute to ma a desire io ntisreprciet ;; yoa , I here transcribe one passage frcia your speech made upon that occa&ios ,- as Teporied , net ia the Nonconformist or Birmingham Journal , but in the Statesman , who appears to aavthad a special reporter present . You ara reported as fellows : — Mr . 03 aiEH then Kid , " Tint \ l \ on ? h he ba-l no private acquaintance whatever -with 4 ir . Starve , be solemnly declared his beli ' -f that t '^ era waa cot , i-n Brltiib . soil , a man better suited to lead this move-JJEKT . "

      Ifovr , O'Brien , I asi yon , in plain and simple lancus ^ e , whether or not t ' ais is tactamcuiit to handing our BjoTement oyer , neck sad crop , to the pur-

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      poses of that pany whjch you " would have despa ' chtxi in six lines li '^ . e common pickpockets'' I I ask you more ; whether or not your countenance , CO-operation , and aid , were not absolutely nec-ssary to ke 6 p up the drooping spirits of our lingering clients—to inspire them yith confidence-in themselves , instead of paralysing us in tbe eleventh hoar , by the delusive hope of an honourable union with a party vhose machinations , yiewe , and motives you hava so ably exposed I With respect to denunciation , either by pnvate letter , in conversation , or in the Star , 1 deiy you , or my other man , to point out a Bingle iDstance in which I have , directly or indirectly , denounced , weakened , or injured the character of * single Chartist leader . On the contrary , the fi ^ neral charge against me has been that 1 hare been eoo la-vish in my i praise t ) fTindeBer ? iiigiiidiTidaalB .

      O'Brien , if you could lay your haad to your heart as I ¦ can , before God , and say that * throughout the whole of life , since I knew you , your happiness , popularity , and independence htfve been matter of fend and anxious consideration , '' you would be a happier man than yon appear to be , lire I close , lei bio assure yc ? a , that no power 00 earth shall ever force me into the false and wicked position in which you Eeom to "wish to place me— -as one of your revilors ; while , tipon the othsr hand , no dread of your wrath , your satire , or anger , shall ever deter vae from discharging any single duty which I owe to . the bravest , the noblest , the honestest people npon thefeceof God ' s earth—the working classes ! To tbem both--yon and I must lea-re the

      duty of distinguishing between their friends and their enemies . They are quick to praise , and slow to censure . They look to the straight -walking of those who profess to lead them . They will not tolerate a wabble without a warning . I sea no reason why I should racer you in angry controversy , or heated lii ^ cussion , while you yourself have been the wilful cause of all that misrepresentation of which you complain , and which you would now saddle on innocent parties . Had not the Editor of the Star commented , fearlessly , npon your conduct , equally as upon the conduct oi any other individual , I , for OEe , should have c-onside'ed him highly deserving of ceusure . He did so comment ; aud I think mildly ; while you have thought proper to reply in a most indecent strain .

      0 Britij , you have yet to Isarn that the world was not made for you or me . 2 S ' o : a word in this letter is intended to annoy ; while all of it is necessary j and , in couclusion , slJow ire to say , that should the world frown upon you , you shall ever find a welcome from Your sincere Friend , F . EARGL-5 O'CO . N . NOR . r , j 1 1 11 ¦ — - -- ^^^^^^ - — — - — _ .. _ . — — — _

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      THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES . TO THE SUFFERING AND STARVING . Fellow-COUNTRYMEN , —We have received many important communications from various districts , de-Kribins the excitement and dissatiif iction wbieb prevail in the mind 3 ef those who have been driven into poverty and starvation by political causes , which they have no power to destroy , and scarcely any libeity to describe in Parliamentary petition . We b . ive decided on petitioning Parliament on Monday , the 20 : h of May , to be beard at the bir of the Kc-nss of Commons to Jay b ^ fere the world . A full and honest statement of ihecaa 3 e of your grievances , tbe txient of your sufferings , aud the grand remedies to be proposed for ike immediate and permanent removal of ail natural BuS-. ring and social ¦ wrong .

      VVb Wait with patience and subdued feeling the result 0 ? our mutual prayer . We ara fully sensible that it is almoj-t 3 mockery of justice to ask the starving to be submissive , and tie icjured to bow their famished bodies to the footstool of oppression , still tbe sacreJness of our cause , and tha hopelessness of all attempts at violence , aTe snfiiiient to guide nsin now calling upon you to abstain from any act likely to bring our principles into disrepute , and dye deeper tbe red banners of despotism with the LIrod of our brethren . TVe deeply sympathise with ycu . We have expressed oar hostility to the system -which has stripped you , misled you , repressed your Biurmura by force , subdued year comp ' a ' . n ' -s by a demonstration of steel , and threatened butchery . You ask U 3 for advlc ? . We counsel you to watch the decisive answer of the Government The month of May -will bring tbe intelligence to ycu .

      You ask us how ycu trre to act . Await the decision of the National Convention . Tour deleg-utes -will carry with teem the results of our deliberations ; and rest 2 B « nred that we are too much alive to the danger of collision with an armed Government ever to advise it , and ve possess too much expprience ever to recommend violence as the course to be adopted in our struggle for justice . Fellow Cor > THTiiE > " , —We have heartily ^ yet decidedly , aviopie \ tfm coune , cut of regard for you as -well as OKt of ie ? r e-ct f _ . r those principles which have progressed by t-Ls aid of reason alone , and needs no ether argument , cre : iu-r than present necessity , to enforce them on the lrgialatare .

      We tare placed it Iu the po-wsr of the Goverameivt to appiase the rising indignation of millions by granting their advocates a hearing . We now await the result , and all we desire frtm jou is , to sacrifice feeiinj for a time , and imitate ns in tbe practice of rational patience , at tbe same t " me that we prepare to advise yoa on tie fctn- > e course to be pursued the moment the legislature hsve givtn their negatiye or affirmative to a nation's demand . ( Signed ) Abbam Duncan , Chairman . John Campbell , Secretary .

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      THE PEEL TARIFF .- " FREE TRADE . " The measures of Peel arc sure to pass . The Income Tax Bill is progressing through the House of Commons at a pretty good rate : ior the -wind of the opposition inside seems spent for want of popular puffs outside . The Tariff is the next in order , of Peel's measures , to be entertained by the House . The discussions npon it will shcrt ' y be had . No doubt that it , too , will pass , and mainly in the shape proposed by Peel . Some si ; slit modifications may

      be determined on by Parliament : but Peel having staked the ejis'erce of bis Ministry upon tbe principles of the Tariff , there can be no doubt but that it will pass . Peel ' s party cannot do without him : and however much they may objpet to his "freetrade" concessions , yet they will suffer him to drag them up to the neck in mud—nay , souse them over bead an' ; ears—before they will lay aside their party warfare , and make common cause with the

      working people . Tbe Tariff , t \ en , may be looked upon as carried ; for carried h is ture to be . What will be its effect ? What alterations will ir- iE 3 ] ic in the condition of tbe people ? Th-jfce are questions upon which none can do more than merely speculate . The old adage that " the proof of the pudding is in the eating , " fully applies here . Tbe proof will b ? in the eating !

      Mei :: wh' ] s speculation is rife . One party is pronnsiiig gr at thing ? to the cation from its adoption , inasmuch as it , is au acknowledgment , as / ar as it goes , of the principles of " free trade" ; while ajot ' ner party pro ^ ccsdca es ruin 10 many intere * i 3 in th ? siaie who have hiihmo enjjyed protection , a : ) d disappoiinmeni ; and loss , instead oi bewtri : to tha nation at larue .

      Tuae will soon discover which of these two opinion > is tne mjst torrecj ; which of these two p-r . ies has ttjdied an-i applied the true princjp . es of py . ifisiil economy . T-ere-ri .-b ; -: ef ihe- Tariffs is , no doubt , a cocces-^ io-. ; . by r ^ r . ! ,, U ibs " irec traders , " It is a sop to 111 ; m ; and ia our cpimon , it v > iil prove to bo a scrry rop indeed !

      i ] j I j | i ] i i The cry of " free trade" ha ? been raised and kept I np maicly by the manufacturing interest . But v . hat j ihey have a ' trays meant by that crj has been , a , rw free u-ado iu corn , " and tuoiectiox for mannfac-! tures . Every one of the bawlers has been for " free ! trade ' up to himself . PEoncr his business or call-I iug , and " free traOe" -Kas right and proper for all ! the rest ! This is tbe meaning , -when you sift it to the bottom , of the manufacturers' cry for "free trade . "

      Fesl has , however , very adroitly turned the doctrines of the " free tracers" upon themselves I He has reduced , but not jemozed , ihe protection given to th /< 8 grii : nlturist 3 by the Corn Laws , while he has removed in many instances , and greatly reduced in many more , the protective duties npon several branches of manufacture . He seems to have formed the purpose of letting the "free traders " have " freo trade" amongst themselves , and afterwards asking them " how they like it ? " '

      They will not like it ! The operation of the Tariff sch m » wii 3 not suit them . They will get a snrfeit of "free trade , " and will be the first to call oat for a return to the protective svetem J

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      This would bo all Tight and proper , were there not others to be affected > y ' tho measures . But there are others ; and Tj » sy will have no cause to thank the " free trad . ars" for compelling Peel to grant a modified free trade . ; . ; There are ths working people ! On them and their interests Peel's "free trade" will have a most destructive influence ! True , the Tariff will reduce the price of food ; true , that it wilt reduce the prices of nearly all articles of produce ; true , that this will be one of its effects : but another of its effects will be to reduce wa g es ; for wages are the " PRICE * of labour , and are reduced along with other " prices" whenever a general reduction , takes

      place ; and IT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE PRESSURE OF TAXATION !!! Already are the manufacturers at work , to meet tho anticipated " altered circumstances" ! Ten per cent , here ; fifteeD per cent , yonder ; and twenty per cent , in tho other place , are already being deducted from tha PRICE of labour ! and by the time that the new measure comes into full operation , that " piucb" will be generally reduced as much ( and in many instances more ) than the reduction in the prices of provision ! Small indeed will be the benefit that the working people will receive from the reduced prices of food !

      We formerly showed , clearly and unanswerably , that , while the taxation of any country remains at t ' na samo Jixcd money amount , every induction ia the prices of produce entails upon the community a real increase of that taxation in exact proportion to the decrease of prices . Taxes a . n only ba paid in produce . It is the wealth toe came io be that pays all , —taxes , rent , profits , and wages . And a ^ long as the va ! uo of that wealth is manured by a money standard , and as long as tho taxis ate fixed at a certain money amount , eo long , and inevitably , will every reduction in the money value of wealth causa more of thai wealth to be necessary , and given , to pay the taxes !

      Whatever , therefore , be the reduction of prices of produce consequent on the " free trado" Tariff of Sir R 0 B 3 RT Peel , in exact proportion to that reduction will the working people have to produce MORE for the tax-eater « ! ! Then , look at its effect upon several of tho trades of tho kingdom ! Want of employment is eaid to be one of the cause 3 of the horrible amount of

      destitution everywhere prevailing . To remedy ihis Peel is going to set the FOREIGNERS to work , to make shoes , and boots , and furniture , and beef , and pork , and leather , for ns ; while our own artizans and labourers ars to continue idle ! And this 13 tho " frea tradd" system ! This ia the " free trado" way of providing for our own population " PLENTY TO DO" ! !

      Yor-ngn boot * and shoes are to be adrqiit ? d to this country at a greatly reduced duty . Foreign furniture , and foreign vegetable produce , are also to be admitted at a reduced duty . Tho operation cf this portion of the Tariff scheme will be , apon the shoemakers and cabinet-makers , and ( to a certain extent ) upon tb . 9 market-gardeners , just what the reduction of daty upon foreign silks has been upon the Spitalfiolds aud Macclesfield silk-weavers ! Shoemakers ! look out ! Cabinet-makers ! how do you like free-trade 1 ! You can answer us this question very feelingly in two years from this date ! !

      Foreign silks have nearly superseded our own manufactured silks in our own markets . The prices of English silks and the wages of English silk-weaver 3 have been driven down to nothing . Precisely such will bo the action and consequence of the operation of " free trade" upon the English shoemakers and furniture makers ! French boots aud shoes will supercede our home made ones ; aud German furniture will drive our own out of the

      " cheap" market . Foreign fruits and vegetables we shall have in abundance , six weeks or two months before our own is ready for the market ! Of course the English market-gardei . er , when be come 3 to market with his produce , will not find his cvslomers supplied ! and of course he will he able io command the price he formerly obtained U And this is Peel ' s method of finding remunerative employment for the unemployed !! This is " free-trade" ! ! !

      Lctnsjaft see wha . t the protective system would ha ^ e cone in this case ; - or or rather lefc us see what the protective system did do , when many thonsands of the working people were formerly thrown out of employment through the operation of a partial " free-trade . " We have now lying before us on out table six large folio volumes ; each one as big as a family Bible ; containing all the itatules of this realm from Maosa Charta down to the end of the reign of Geohge II . ; and amongst them we find some very curious and [ admirable laws , that oftentimes induce us to think that , in this age

      of " science" and " learning " and " crime , " we have not much IMPROVED npon the " wisdom of our ancestors . " On former occasions we have given one or two of these laws verbatim from the old book , and applied them to the questions we have been discussing . OurreaderB will , of course , judge for themselves with what force this has been done \ and whether the inferences we have drawn from them are correct or not : and they will also judge asto their relevancy to tberispectivesubjfctsinhand . Having detailed the method adopted by Peel to provide the -unemployed with " plenty-to DO , " we shall no v quote from our black-letter book , a whole Act of

      Parliament passed in the nine-and- thirtieth year 0 ? the reign of Queen Elizabeth , bein ^ Chapter 14 of ihe Statutes passed by Parliament iu that year , 159 G ; the reader can then contrast , the mode ' adopted by the Parliament of that d&y , to provide means whereby " many thousands" of working people were " to live and well maintain themselves , their wivle , families , and children , by the benefit and use of their trade" with the plans that are resorted to , now-a-days , to remedy the distress and privation endured by all classes of artisans and labourers in the country , arising from want of remunerative employment 5 Hr . T 6 13 ihe old plan : —

      " Whereas many thousands cf woollen card mnkers and card wjrr drawers of thu cities of London ,--Bristol ,-Gloucester , Norwich , Coventry , and of nuny other hei Highness cities and towii 3 within this realm , have heretofore lived and well maintained thernse'ves . their wives families und children , by Hie beiwjil and use of their trade and facuUy of caid making and drawing of curd iryer within this realm : unu now of latts nnie . BV REASON of the common bringing in of foreign cards for uwj ' J out of France , and other foreign parts xkv sii a can ; rnakt-rs and card * yer drawers have been so much i mpoi'erished . that scant tfie Iwetttielh person ihut heretofore lived by ihe said trades , is now maintained and set OH work thereby .

      "Be it enacted by our Sovereign Lady the Queen's Majesty , and by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , ana t : ; e Commons in tbis present Parliament assemDl' d , and i . y autho : ity of th-v same , that no person or persons whatever , irom or after tbe feast day of purification of cue blessed Tirgin St . Mary now ntxt ensuing , shall briiur , send or convey , or « ause to be hrouxht , sent or convcyea into the realm of England or Wults , from the parts beyond the seas , any cards for wool 1 , to be aolii , bartered or exchanged within the realm of England or Waits , npon pain to forfeit all such carda for woulh so

      to be brought , sent or conveyed contrary 10 the true meaning of tbis Act , in whoso hands soever they , cr aoy of them , shall be found , or the very value thereof , tbe cr . e half whereof to be to our said Sovereign Lady the Queens iJajesty , her heirs and successors , and the other moiety thereof to him or them , that will stix * the ^ me , or sue therefor ia any Court of Rtcotti t > f the Queen ' s Majesty , her heirs and successors , by ac : iou of uebt , bill , plaint , information or otherwise , iu which actions , suits , plaints or informations , no wager of law , easoign or protection shall fee allowed . "

      Now , what does the reader think ? Does either Peel or the free-traders" possess all the wisdom in the world ] Are they thoy the Soloms they would pas 9 themselves off for ? Do they go the best way to work , to . get the nation out of the difficulties into , which they have plunged her ? Whether does " free trade , " or the protective e-XsteMj caie most for the labourer that produceth t Peel ' s Tariff will augment the national distress amongst the labouring classes and the shopkeepers ! It will entail npon the former less of employment , lower wages , and an increase of lazntion ! It will entail upon the tetter Joes of custom , and less profits

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      upon the business they do . Low prices are not what the shopkeeper mikes the most by . Low prices bring lower wages ; and the great consumers of the shopkeepers' stock buy tew in quantity than they did before with high prices and higher wages The shopkeeper has a per-cebtage upon the money hd turns over . If he turns over a large amoant , his profits are commensurate : if he turns over a smaller

      aud smaller amount , his iecome diminishes 1 Peel ' s reduction of prices will reduce the shopkeopers ; but it will ADD to the income of the annuitant , the pensioner , the salaried man , the siriecuristi t *> e , deadweight repipieut , and all those who-possess fixed incomes ! tt is only another taking from those who produce ! and a giving to those who phqdvice NOT ! ! ! ¦ ' ¦ ¦'¦;' .- ¦ : . ¦ ' . . v

      Here , then , ia our registered opinion of the famous Tariff scheme ! W « have thus ginn ifc ,, aad thus registered it , thai it may be referred to another day . A . short time will shew whether we are correct or not I A short time will servo to shew whether the " free trade" measures of Pbel will have the effect anticipated from them by the "free traders" whether they will hot be found to sicken the nation of all" free trade , " and 'all" free trade " - adlocates ?!

      To Titoe , then , we commit our opinions ! our prognostications ! To Time the Tari ff will ' .-soon be also committed : and-if Peel ,-or any other Minister , can manage to ¦ Bqueezifrvm .- this popple . £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year , either by iadirecfc or direct taxation , or by both ; if Peel , or any other man , can-manage to do this , with the redaction of prices consequent on his Tariff , without producing misery and destitution throughout the lencth and breadth of the land

      compared to which the misory and destitution already existing ( horrible and appalling as it is ) would be happiness and plenty itself ; if Feet ,, or any other Minister , caiij -with a reduction in the prices of producej . raise the required £ 60 , 000 . 000 a-year , without breaking up society from its very foundations—then we shall be willing to be accounted ignorant indeed , and confess that we know nothing of either politics or political economy !

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      THE GOOD FAITH-. ' OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES WITH THEIR VICTIMS . The times are now most critical ; and the people never nerded more of caution , of prudence , and forbearance . The factions have , by misrule } brought us to the very depth of degradation aud destitution , and in the spirit of that misrule are yet preparing to open ' " Beyond the lowest deep still lower deeps " of misery into which they seek to force the people , out 0 ? whom they live . We ware 6 orry , but not surprised , to find in the Sun -of Tuesday evening , the following statement from a correspondent : —

      " Dudley , APUL 25 . — -This morninsr a body , consi ? tii '>; 4 ' ' - > t' several vbou ^ antis of nailers from tbe surrounding country , came into this town , for the purpose , as they stated , of remonstrating with the nail masters against the reduction in their waxes , amounting to not less than 20 per cent . The poov creatures appeared in a most wretched and famishing condition , many of them carrying in iheir oountanances undeniable attestation to their declaration , that they had not eaten a morsel of food for the last two dUys . Up to the time of the reduction , the most expert men of the body couhl with difficulty tarn four and sixpence-a-week each .: But the proposed diminution , should it take place—an event

      most probable , from the condition of the masters vucinselves— will kad to , s >> ffoi ' i «

      conference was only a trick to obtain time to send for the troops , they are highly indignant r and the in-, habitanw of the town are in a rtato of great aiarin , lent the ittultitude may return when tho soldier a are .-removed , and , under the influence of irruated foeU ingsi ^ proceed to violenoe . o , . " The magistrates deserve all credit for their proqTpt atteucion to the circumstances , bat it is thoUKht by roany that matters mould have ended better , had argument and expostulation , with , if possible , a promue of some concession , been employed brfore the troops proceeded to the business of dispsr * . sio 7 i . XniiUKh uie town : was grtatly excited , the shops being closed , and busiuCBB entirely susp > eiiJed , yet tho atoem nled multitude showed no disposition to riot , and an address suitet to the occasion , expressive of sympathy wuh the psople under their heavy bufferings , delivered by the Vicar , ( who uiifortu-1 iiattly « ' « a pii horseback amungst the .-military , }

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      would have done more fa allay irritcjed feelings and to produce tranquillity , than any coercive means . . . " Trade is in a mO 3 t lamentable condition in the 11 oighbpurhoqd , and an irruption of the colliers , a far more dangerous body of men than fche na'lers ^ when stimulated by tiie pangs of bunger , is anticipated with g reat alarm . " ; / 'Tis thus , that by the middle classes whom , they sustain with their sweat and with their blood the

      poor have been ever treated ; their confidence has in > variably been mocked and taken advantage of ; and we confess that we have little hope that this classof necessity the kites and ravens of society—will ever act otherwise * , we have no faith in any promises made by them , aud attachi consequently , little importance to any praposala coming from them ; since nil experience , in muoh and in little , shows them to be , as a class , characterised only by rapacity and insincerity . The exclusive power afforded to them by class legislation of directing the energies of steam and . ' other inanimate agontSj"and of thus

      increaainu , at their pleasure , cheap production , has enabled them to create a surplus population ; that is to say , it has enabled them , to a great extent , to do -without the people , who are now only so much vermin upon the land , which they are glad of obtaining any pretext to " clear off ; " and heace we doubt not , that a pleasure truly diabolical , would be experienced by a great many of them , if tho people could he goa / kd into opgn resistaTice iu sectional doiachmonts ; knowing that , fcom the same circumstances , whence tiiey' derive power to

      oppress , they derive abo power to destroy . It isthis very thing against which we have had mainly to combat duriug the whole existence of the Northern Star ; and it is because of our constanc warning to the people , upon this head , that the wretches , hating and fearing us , are continually bellowing out about ' .- the violence of the Northern Star , " and about our incitements to physical force .- while our whole life and labours aro expended in counteracting their diabolical sohemes to entrap the people into collision with their armed myrmidons .

      Thank 3 to the people ' s good sense , maugre all the bitterness of their oppressions ,, they have hitherto , generally speaking , baffled the foul , fiendish , temptei - a ! and we . 'implore them still to continue so to do . Most heartily would wo re-echo the exoellent advice of their own Parliament given to the whole people ; and wo would especially recommend it to the poor nailmukers , colliers , and others of the neighbourhoods now so fearfully disturbed by middle class tyranny and treachery . They will find it elsewhere in the address of the Convention to the industrious and starving , and we intreat them to read and pon der it most carefully .

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      Chow and Tyrrell ' s Breakfast Powder . —We have received a letter , signed by twenty-five Chartists of Nottingham , who have tried this Chartist beverage , and speak of it in very high terms . We have not room for the letter ; but we cordially second the recommendation it contains to all Chartists to patronise this beverage , as the manufacturers contribute handsomely from the profits of it to the support of the Executive . This beverage and Pihder ' s blacking ought , if properly supported , to produce abundantly sufficient to pay the Executive , the Convention , and all the public lecturers . Stock port . —The paragragh about the " tinfrnoum ? would in all probability bring onus anotherprosecution . This toe suppose our friends do not wish . A Woolwich Cadet must excuse its . His letter

      looks a little too much like kicking a dead ass . J . B . Smith must have read the Northern . Star oj last week very carelessly if he did not see the column of " Forthcoming Chartist Meetings" in thefifthpnge . The Sundbuland Meeting , anp the " Cheebs for Mr . Sturgk . "— We have received a communication siyned by a number of Chartists contradicting the letter of Messrs , Monarch and Mowatt , of Sunderland , and affirming that the cheers were given . An Old itAD ! CAL . ~ 77 ( aj ; fe . Mr . GitlFFiN wishes to inform his brother Chartists who write him , for the future to address No . 8 , Robert-street ; Bank-top , Manchester .

      James B . O'Brien . — We have received a blackgiwrd letter bearing this signature , with an intimation that we may either put it into the Star or thefire . We shall do neither . We shall preserve it as a choice specimen of ihe ravings of aft angry man who has " put his foot in it . " While it suited the purpose of James B . O'Brien to write on matters of public principle , we readily afforded him the use of our columns , on any su iject and at any length . For Billings gate he must seek some other vehicle . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of 2 i . 6 rf . from Bagthorpe , Nottinghamshire ,, for the Convention , and also 2 s . 6 d . for the Petition Demonstration , from the same place , which sums have

      been dulp forwarded to Mr . Cleave , London ; J . Pilling . —His communication announcing the lecture of Air . Leach , and the intended lectures of Messrs . White and Baitstouf , was not received till Saturday . Mr . John Watkins . —We are happy to learn that this gentlemen is much recovered . ECe wishes tis to state that letters for him should be addressed to himatBatlersca . Caroline Maria Williams writes us to complain that having recently opened a school'fur infants , at Bristol , with a fair prospect of success , t / ie parish clergyman took the troub'e to go round the neighbourhood and advise people not to send their children to her as she was a Chartist , by

      which her school has been very seriously injured . We can only say , that if it be so , the parson is a busy , dirty , meddling fellow . Philanthuopia writes us to say that the Chartists of Truro have sent IQsy by post office order , to Mr . Cleave , for the use of Mr . Powell , their delegate in Convention . Trowbridue Chartists—We have not room for the address of the Council to the inhabitants of Trowbridge . A . M ' Guegor . — We hav * . a perfect reliance an the honesty and truthfulness of our Sheffield Correspondent , and we think it quite likely that he .

      upon , ihe-spot , would be able to judge oj the facts , speeches , or other proceedings of a meeting at Sheffield , at which he was present for the purpose of reporting , more accurately than any gentleman at Edinburgh , who'may Treasonably be supposed not to have been present . ' ¦¦ Mr ' airstoW must excuse us inserting hit letter . The inis'nkes are not very important ones , but our space i . i very important at present . We have sent his letter to our Correspondent . KcctEs Chartjsts . —Hud better write to Mr . Barroio . George Lindsay —The case is one among thomunds ofsimifar ones . We have not just now space for its insertion . .

      A Real ¦ I ) km '; iCrat . ^ -. 2 % 'C letter of the Chartist shoemaker * of Northampton was received three weeks ago , and was not noticed because we feceivpd hy the ned'l post another letter purporting to be from the same parties requesting us not to notice if . The Readkks of the Northern Star in any town in the East and North Riding of Yorkshire who have not yet joined the union . Wishing to hav ? the services of a ( eclnrer . may conmmnri'cute with Edtv'trd Hurley , 19 , Billon-street , Lnyorthnrpe , York , . staling the amount they can pay weekly towards his salary . A Poor i \ iJTiSAN wiil get alt the requisite information respecting the tradesy employment ,: / v 6 o « r , and prospects of working men in the United Slatesf 1 om"Chatnbers '» information for iho Veopit ? , parts 5 and 6 . J . bttooK Bradiord . —We have some recollection of the sixpence , but really don't knoti' what it

      Uias about ? Willthepartywho sent itsny ? Mr . VVm . auty , of Daw Green , is the Agent for the sale of Roger Pinder ' s Chartist Blacking .

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      James Thompson , Duwdee . —Tea . AN Old Subscriber , Lbicester . —The fault is witb tbe Agent : if he order Piatea when he ordero bis Piipers he will getthen ! . T . G . HlEBARD . —Writa to the Postmaster-Genera ! . Thoibas Cook , Ouston . —It can't be done . J . A . Hogg , HAWicK .-The dlviaion of the lQs ., noticed in the last Star , bad reference to Ha wick : Carlisle neve * sent anything . T . S . Stofse mast refer to the notices of caah received . - ' - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ "''¦' ' ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ -.. ¦

      FOB THE MARCHE 8 TEE SUFFERERS . ' ¦ " . ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' " '" ¦ . ' " : : ¦ - : - -: "¦ ' ' £ ¦ ( f-Fiom Lougbbrd * per T « Eveleigh ... 0 2 lfj FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Fromlpswicb , per W . Ganard i ... 0 10 0 ~ Plymouth , per John Rxlgera 0 10 e -.,.. ¦¦ ¦ Joseph Morgan , grocer and cheesbiuenger , Deptford , being pruceeds , at '' tbe Bite of 2 j per cent , upon tho articles purcbased at bis shop by the Chaitieta ... 0 4 2 * . Montpelier Tavern , Camberwell locality , J . Parker , sub-Secretary ... ... ... 1 11 0

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      ; FOR JIRS . FHOST . . ; From J . W . Smith , Mansfield ... 0 0 4 ^ a Uyt friends at Fenton ... 0 3 0 « v : " : ' - ' dHto , ' .. ;;' . ; . " ''' -I > o 88 ton .- . ;; .. ; p 4 11 FOR MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JOHES . From Marple , per T . Parfeer [ - . ; . > - ... 0 6 0 FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF IHE '"' ¦ ¦"" . ijJCAB . CERATEI ( CHAB . TlSi& V . From London , per Edmund Stall-^ bod , being proceeds of aball and concert h « W in the Tempatauce Hall , Chelsea . v . ... 0 5 9

      Sunl&Gt;Esiiani&Gt;. -Tbetotausm.—On Thursday Evening There Was An Exsraordinary Large Meeting Of The Teetotallers Of Sunderiand, Held In The

      SUNl > ESIiANI > . -Tbetotausm . —On Thursday evening there was an exsraordinary large meeting of the teetotallers of Sunderiand , held in the

      Arcade Room . It w generally understood that some members of thfe aoetety iuteuded to bTing before tbe meeting the general conduct of the committee . After some of the usual haeknied speeehea from the " AduJts , " a Juvenile" rose to address the meeting . ; This was the event of the evening athisrisiag , tbe meeting gave him a simultaneous and enthusiastic round of cheers . This struck terror to the cHairmiin and ; the members of the committee , who were on the platform . The chairman rose to stop the juvenile speaker , because he said the eommittee had not appointed him to speak , and none

      were to be allowed to speak but those who had been so appointed . Tae youth , however , with eXd&t pre-Bcnce of mind ; and eouad discretion , appealed from the decision of the chairman and comniitr ^ ee to the meeting , by requesting all those who wished him to apeak to Kold up their hands ; immediately nearly every hand in the meeting was held up , and the chairman , after a little further opposition , p at down , and allowed the young man to proceed * The speaker then stated , that he was a membor of the Jiivonile Total Abstinence Society that it had done a great amount of good atnongst the young of the town , and its labours had the approbation 01 most of the leading mebibers of the adult society , but the committee had displayed a most ungenerous spirit

      towards them ; first , in asking them an exorbitant rent for the , room , while the adults had it free of charge ; and , next after they had let them it at a moderate rent , '•; they raised frivolous objaotions against letting them hayo it all ; and after their second meeting had deprived them of the use of it . The speaker neit made some smart comments upon the despotio conduct of one Nicholas Smirke , who is called the '' ki ug of tho Teetotallers of SimderlaB'd , " and who is not lessdespotic than the celebrated and more distinguished Emperor of all tho Russlas- He concluded by moving a reaolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of

      the Committee of the Sunderiand Total Abstinence Society , towards the juvenile members , has been base , hypocritical , and unwarrantable . " Tne resolution was immediately seconded , and on being put to the meeting , ( not by the Chairman , y ? ho ref used ) j was carried unanimously . The decision appears to have given great satisfaction to the working classes , not only because it was justified by the conduct of the committee towards the jurenilea , but also , because their conduct towards the Chartists of Sunderiand , who comprise the bulk of their members , had exhibited similar baseness and hypocrisy . —Correspondent . ¦'•' ¦ . " ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ - - .- ¦ : '¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ " ' . " -. - ¦ . '

      BRADFOED . —Manor Court . —Clarkson t Whitney . —In this cause , tried on Friday last , for recovery of money received by the defendant on account of the Bradford Victim Fund , in 1840 , and hot paid over , a Terdict passed for the deriendant ; ¦ which being contrary to evidence , notice has been given of an application for a new trial . .. LEEDiS . —TJEUBtTE of Respect . —On the 18 ta inst ., was presented to . Mr . ^ J ohn Castlelow , a eplendid silver snuff-box , with a suitable inscription thereon , as a token of respect for his valuable and meritorious services as treasurer for a period of twelve years , in the Leeds District of the Yorkshire Unity of Odd Pellowe , which" Unity has connected itself with the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows . The presentation took place at the Commodore Napier Inn , Charles-street , High-street , Leeds , in the presence of a great number of the members of the Grand United Order .

      STOCKPORT . —Death of a . Prisoner ix the Lcck-u ? s ; suspicion of Violence from a Policeman—Verdict of Manslaughter by the Jury . —The town has for some days been excited , n ; consequence of a report thai ; an operative cottod-Spinner , named Tallantyrei had ; died in" Sadler ' s Wells" on Sanday afternoon ,: from wounds rectjiyed at the hands of Bowers , one of the police force , whilst apprehending him oh the preceding night y in the Hillgate , and confining him on a charge of being drunk and disorderly , although no such complaint appeared to have been entered upon the chargesheet . The inquest upon the body was held on Tuesday night , ocoupying the . 'Court , from seven to one io'clock the following morning . Tne depositions were

      taken in the Court-Honse , the doors of which were thrown open to the public , that they might hear the particulars of the inquiry , and so satisfy themselves that the man ' s violent death did not lie at the policeman ' s door , at least such was the intention . The Town Clerk attended to watch the case arid croga-esatnine witnesses on the part of the police ; while on the part of Bowers , a great quantity of evidence wag tendered to exculpate him from all blame . On the pi her hand , testimony of a confronting character , was put into the box by the friends of the deceased , with the object of . connecting Bowers directly and immediately with the untimely death of this poor man . The whole of the evidence was given through leading questions put by the

      Corouor , Charles Hudson , E ~ q . The resoK of the first part of the evidence was that on Saturday night , about twelvo o'clock , there was a disturbance at the end of John-street , by two parties , who fought , and knocked each other down , and were pursued by the watchman . Some skirmishing , however , took place , and some sharp short rencoatres followed , terminating in the fall of one or mor « of the party on each side . In the midst of it , the deceased , somewhat the worse for liquor , made his appearance at the end of John-street ; , having just inquired his way to ; the next street , Edward-street ; where he resided ; then some person came running down tho Hilkale , knocked him down , ran away along John-sweet , aud got away . The man fell upon his back , arid lay there ten minutes ; when

      three Irishmen , picked him up aud placed him against a shop wall . Ha appeared quite insensible ; ho could not give his name ; there was a contusion upon the head ; and hfi moaned . A crowd collected ; and the policeman , Bowers , came up : he ordered xhein away ; and having asked the deceased his name , without tffdet , took him in charge to the lock-upa , for being "drunk and disorderly . " He apppared to walk toler'iVy well . He was placed in " tjadler ' s Weila" by Bowers ; and in tho morning he became so dangerous , that a surgeon was sent for , but he died , at seven o ' clock without having uttered a word . The effect of the evidence was , that Bovvers never used any tioleuce ; aud B 3 wers himself' on beina ; called , swore that ho did notlung more than lead thy deceased down the

      Hillgate to the lock-ups , which ho deemed it his duly to do . in consideration of thi man ' s own safety ! This charitable expression from a man who unforiunatply doen not posess the confidoii . ee of the P' ople for his ; humaratyj excitod -the coiit-mpt of the auditory . The evidence of a eur ^ on who nad made a post mortem examination , was to thts-t ff ^ ct that the deceased had died from concussion and compression of the bniin , produced by a wound on the bide of ihe head , which would becau 3 edby a ; blow or a fall . The friends of tho ' 'deceased sisnifi id to ihe Co oner that thoy were desirous of shewing how th se wouuris had boeii OMasioiiaa . T : iey thtn called for-vard John Wmtthi » ham , who stated iiiat uiv the Saturday night in questi'm he and a

      triend , Ldward HayWy , went to ihe Police-officjifor the pt ; r !) ose of matting a complain' ; ayainst a police--nia-ii" tb ' r-aa as . situie . rhero was no ppr ^ on tbei'e but Bjwrrv ; he' haa a mando vn oh the iiiorby t ' ne ears or by tie hair of his h-a 1 Avit't bptin iiaiids , knacking his lieaii ajjariisc . the-ii v > r . ' as hard as ho could 1 ( lilts p . opU hr . re . cried " 6 '; a , in « . " ) Mr . Sadler , thq hup'ri . iHuiit . in , came in 'directly af . ' rwariis ; but refused ( oh ir -th « coniplainc , and he aiid ; B ^ yley Wt-re ord'rel a ^ 'ay . Huvverd then took tho riecea ^ od down into tho t-rlis , anl they remained ciu&ide , aiixioKi to know whot&er peoplo were to be -. illtna flfi as Fiayli-y \ uni been by the other policeman ( Wtt / icry . ) b ' a ^ lier then camp outside ; . aud because Witness did ' -Ri . t- run itwav . hft anrl TW-olmr witness di . i n ; t ruu awayhs and Bajley

      , were tumbl d dowi the steps into the cells , aad beat , , ' whilst . ho was so violently treated , and that hid cri-.: H of " murdur * ' ms ^ ht lia , ve been h « ard a conrdcrable didtance . On Monday , he rootived 4-i . and Ktyley 2-5 . to day noting about what they h-tJ seen che policeman do to tha man who " lsa « 1 ; since riivd : :: ud wii . itesd was to li ^ . vo aad more money , if ho would quit the town entirely ! Baylt )>; .. a . fti ; r . oirobovii ing ihe last witucs ^ as to Bovver ' b -violence , to ; the deceased , by '" jowiing" his head , ztved tliafc Bowew , on bjokiogv him up , pushed b . ux upon ins man who is dead , and afterwards rtured < itceasod in a coraer . [ The crowd here burst out . in a strong expression ot mdigaation , which tiie police could not control j and the coroner in ormed them « hat if it was repeated , he would clear the court ] Two other witnesses were examined as . to : violmice used by Bowers to the

      deceased , while convftjing him * Sadler's Wells , " but their tdealJty of the dress of the deceased was incomplete . The surgeon , on bei ' iuc recalled by Mr . Coppoek , stated that no mirks of violence appeared pn the head , such as -wou ' ia haye been prodnced had Bpwerfl knocked the deceased's h «; a 4 j id the waj i . tated by Whittinkhani xndi Bayley . Mr . Sadler denied Whit i'iiiham'rfaiiefc : atioriabi ) utthebribe ; and u'sted that hn ( Whutiusham ) hail last niaht stated to him that he had discovered the name of the man who had knocked theMeeeuSiddomi at John-street . It was i ' uliigan . Tcis bnriiT the whole df : the evidence , the Ccrroiier ai-, mmt > d up , and sliuded to the contradiction aud character of the witnesses called to impugn the Coiiducc of Buwers . Tne jury retired , and , after a few miuutea' dfjiibevacion , returued a verdict of *• Manslaughter against some person 0 * pt-rsoi . s unknuwii , " . vn , hh appeared to gi ? o dissatia-Uouon to all but the authoriue 8 . ;

      The A0rthem 8tah Saturday, April 30, 1s42.

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      VALUE OF TORY SYMPATHY FOR THE POOR . THEIR PARTY OUTCRY AGAINST THE NEW POOR LAW . When the Whigs were in , and the Tories were out , it was the cue of the latter party to be horrorstruok with the enormities Of the Now Poor Law . Now that they are in , small indeed is the song they sing to that tune 1 > Of the sincerity of the cry raised ttpon the hustings by mauy of the Tory followers , we shall have , directly , a good opportunity of judging .

      The Tory Secretary of State / or the Home Department , on Tuesday night last , gave in the House of Commons the following notice : — "Sir James Graham gave notice that on Thursday , the 5 th of May , lie should move for leave to bring in a * Ditl to continue the powers of the Poor Law Commissioners for a time to be limited . " Ministsrs , then , have determined to continue the New Poor Law abomination 1 Will'they , in this ? be supported by their Tory followers ! Weshallsee ! Dare they rebel against their leader ? We ' shall see ! Will they leave him and the Whig opposition to saddle the atrocity upon tho people ; or will they help both him and them ? We shall see I

      On Thursday next , then , the Minister for the Home Department moves for leave to bring in a Bill to continue a law which rob 3 the poor of their right to the first take , a living , from the soil ! And the Legislature of England will aid him in his purpose ! ! And yet they dare to prate about maintaining the institutions of the cciuufry ! . !! dare to prate thus , when they are abrogating , knocking down , the most famous and the most necessary institution of all ! . ' ! an ihstitution in the absence of which all privutt property is a wrong !!!! Verily our Legislators are curious Conservatives !

      This Poor Law question must be a little better understood than it now is . The poor , at least , must be made to comprehend it in all it ^ bearings . Next week we shall endeavour to give them the bentfit of our readings and reasonings on the subject ; and , amongst other things , we shall print , entire , the original Poor Law of En ^ land-Mho famous 43 rd of Elizadeth .

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      THE NATIONAL PETITION . Ere we again meat our readers , the Petition will have been presented ! The Nation ' ts tongue will have given utttrance to the Nation's griefs I and we -fhall have heard the answer of the chiefs of faction Let , then , the qaiet and the patience of expectancy abide , until that answer shall be known . After it shall have been received , the people's delegates will doubtless { Issue their instruction and advice . We shall , if necessary , throw our mito into the common tr easury of council , and consider , with our brethren

      howwemayb sat make good our vantage , orcontinue to uphold the struggle . One thing let the people be assured that whatever good is to be doae for them must be done by them . If they hold not themselves in readiness to achieve the redress of their own wrongs , they will never have redreBS from those who have inflicted and are seeking always to extend .-viid perpetuate them I The address of the Convention in reference to the petition and the position of tho peoplo , will bo found elsewhere ; let it be read , and carefully !

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 30, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct596/page/4/