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      WATEIN 5 ' LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . ( LECTORS V . CONCLUDED . ) How , then , are we to preserve union r—By vigilance TJnion is acquired by many and various -ways—it may be lost by one . We are long before we get united—¦ we may become disunited very soon . We first asso date , that is on sentini £ ni—we next organiz e , that is on opinion—and at List we act . To get others to associate with . M , we nmst use argument and persuasion—we must convince them that we are Beeking their good , and we must proceed mildly—else they will suspect us of intending their injury , or at least of seeking cur own interests only . When associated we must show them that our plan of organ ^ zitiea is safe and sure , and then they will form a good opinisn of it , and be

      fngnoed to set upon It Supposing all this done , we must wstcb TO& a godly jealousy , lest some one , from an idea that his station among us ifl not commensurate ¦ srito his deserts , or from envy at the superior confidence enjoyed by another , or from some -rain , selfish , or ambitious motive or © their—lest such a one raise objections to our plan find proceedings , or to the censorship of our press , and seek to establish a plan or a press of his own , in order to form a party to himself , or at least to retard the progress of our movement TVe read in St . Paul ' s account ef the early Christians Pint on 9 Diotrephes , " thinking himself somebody , " when , as the Apostle plainly intimates , he was

      nobody—that this personage got up , and endeavoured to create a schism by a new more , but they were few , and those of tbe weaker-minded sort , that he was able to lead away , and presently he and his pirty fell into contempt , while the Christians went on increasing as fiie Chartists are now doing . SU Paml advised to pat all such -wranglers cut « f the body , for if they are suffered to continue in it , they will never let slip . an opportanity of cansing dissension arid delay , if not disgust We have to agitate the eottntry . This is surely agitation enough fsi us , -without our being additionally agitated by agitators in our own body , which is something too agitating .

      W * have been told that it makes no odds how many Associations we hare—that more and better . True , if they -were all composed of the same materialif all acted in concert together , or harmonized with each other like globules of quicksilver , ready to run tngfttKfiT and RTnuJpRTTmVA into one great globe ; snd such are the several branches of the National Charter Association . But if all these branches were separate factions- ^ if they were jarring sections , a heterogenous compound—if , like the dissenters from the State Church , they dissented again from eadn > £ her , -what strength would they possess ? What could they do but weaken one ' another and strengthen the great enemy of all ? The apple of discord is like the golden spple thrown across the path of Atalanta , who was runtung a race and would hare won it , had she not left the course to follow the apple that had been thrown across her path on purpose to divert her from the more noble pr ize thai was in he * view—the priza < rf victory .

      No matter how many Associations we have ! Ho matter , then , to which we belong . ' Now we tee the necessity of vigilance . WhigB and Tories are hateful to us , but more hateful should be a aham-Chartut . The schismatics are powerless as open enemies , it is enly as professing friends that tb « y can ii > jure us . They can do ns no harm out of our own body , but in it . ifcay may harm ns much . It is necessary , far the sake of pi&servin ^ oar union , that -we be vigilant to detect all decoy-ducks , aud to discountenance them . The Bentinel -who gives warning of the approach of an enemy to the walls , or of the presence of a traitor in the camp , does more good with his tongue than ever be did with his sword . All Chartist soldiers should be sentinels , nor should we sleep on our post * . The punishment of a sleeping sentinel is deservedly severe , for by . his negligence not only bin own" life , hut the lives of all those whom he is set to guard may be lost .

      We are in little danger from the chief schismatics ; they were found out and denounced , and have not the during tf&ontery to come among us . But they have their underlings or understrappers who take up eur cards—who take up shares in our rooms—who get into places cf trust : and for "what purpose ? They purchase the privilege of members to dismember us—they join tka office of managers to mismanage us—and they obtain our confidence to betray us . They use us to abrise us . We may say of them in the words of Pope— " Expose their fib « sophistry—in vain . 'The creatures spin their dirty work again . "

      2 fow the best way to disconcert the designs of these pestiferous gentry is for the people to pas 3 votes of confidence in , or approbation of the men and the works which they seek to vilify and discredit j and the best way to deal with the men . themselves is to do as the wise Romans did in all such cases—affix a brand on their unblushing brows so as to mark them out to be avoided and not trusted- 5 o shall "we preserve peace and preserve union . Some are- so wily that they elude detection , or , if detected , they are so plausible that they escape conviction . Double honour is dne to him who discovers

      one of these smooth-faced , double-faced Januses . They ess assume as many disguises as Proteus—you think you have got hold of them in one shape when straightway they app&ar in another . It requires an eye tbit csq look quite through the deeds cf men to see through these . I nave read of an incident that occurred in the American war , somewhat to our purpose . A soldier , appointed to guard an outpost at night , was found killed next . morning—and so noise , no true of the deed—a second shared the same fate and a third . The fourth resolved whatever he saw staring to fire at it . A large hog came out of a wood and approached him—he shot it , and found that it was » n Indian in diagnise , srmed with a scalping knife .

      There are anotcer iind of characters whom we ooght to watch narrowly—who by injustice to individuals occasion rKstminn- i jneao those who would quench the lights of others , or make them foils , in order that their own light should " stick fiery oft indeed : ** who would pile their own fame on the ruins of others . If there be any such—if we have among us a Goliah of Gath , wheas height was six cubits and a span , and who was sheathed in brass—let us rejoice that we have sneh a powerful champion in cor cause ; but if fed by flatteries , pnfied out to an inordinate sizs , he forget himself , or , rather , think too much of himself , snd too little of humbler , but not less honest servants of the cause—if he turn , not against the people , not against principle ; but against the friends of the people and of principle , and endeavour to drive away in disgust , or to extinguish all whom he cannot make tools 01 idol »^ rs of—shall we stand in awe of such a man ?—shall it be

      said that he is too nigh to be called to account ?—shall this leviathan sport himself in the ocean of agitation , spouting up showers of froth , and lashing with his angry tail all who will not follow him , as the little bird follows the cuckoo ? No ; for , if so , the people would tiuly become his party and his prey . The great man would put the cause in his pt-cket , and bid ub look at him—he would be lite the fly in the telescope , we conld not see the ran for him—he wenld rtftTken our hopes—keep ns from the light—n ^ rl the Charter wonld fee lost

      Now , the people , who are the source of all honour , and of all power—the people should do justice to all and prevent injustice to any one—the men of independent minds are the men for the people , and they should be particularly careful to keep such , and to distinguish them . The people should see to these things for the sake of the cause—for the saie of themselves ; and , in the words of the Apostle , they should not suffer one TriftT ) to absorb or to nsnrp the josfc claims of others , but should render to all their du > s—tribute to whom tribute , custom to whom custom , fear to whom fear , and honour to whom honour . Let us beware lest those who inveigh against the tyranny of Government should seek to establish a worse tyranny of their own . Cromwell pulled down King Charles , but he set fvjmsftlf up hi his place j Xapoleon dethroned kings , but he crowned > iiTnia » if emperor . Ah , may we not ask with 2 jron ,

      " Cm tyrants but by tyrants conquer'd be , And freedom find ne champion and no child Saeh as Columbia taw arise when ske Sprung forth a Pallas , armed and undefiled : Or must mch minds be nourished in the wild Deep in the unprun'd forest , " midst the roar Of catracts , whers nursing nature smiled . - On infant Washington ? Has earth no more Such seeds within her breast , or Europe no such shore ?" And now how d © we feel when talking of these matters ? do we shrink from the subject with a degree of slavish awe ? If we do , iB not that a sign that despotism has already extended , its esgle wings over us ? that the great roc is darkening the air above us , shutting out the light of freedom ' s wns , casting its own shadows nponuB ? - ...

      __ Denunciation has been much denounced ; but is it not the safesroard of Chartism ? It is our duty to denounce all who deserve it , —a disagreeable duty ; but not the lea & duty , —and he who does it deserves aU the mote prase , the more disagreeable the duty is . I do not believe that any one has been denounced without deserving it ; and he who *» ' !« to denounce one deserving it , deserves himself to be denounced . Nor should we denounce in soft silken phrases ; but honestly and plainly . I am of opinion with Junins on this point : — "For my part , he says , I do not pretend to understand those prudent forms of decorum , those gentle rules of discretion which some men endeavonr to unite " * iQi ~ the confiuet of the greatest and most hazardous ftrrXrw . Engaged is the defence of an honourable-c ^ use , I Would take a decisive part I would scorn to provide for

      a future retreat , or to keep terms -with a man who preserves no measures with the public Neither the submission of cestrtang his post in the hour of danger , nor even the sacred ahMd of cowardice -should protect him . I would pursue him through life , and try the last exertion of my abilities to preserve the perishable infamy of bis name and mate it immortal . * ' And , -Again he says , " measures and not men is the common cant of affected moderation ; a base , counterfeit language fabricated by knaves , and made current among fools . Such gentle censure is not fitted to the present degenerate state of society . What does it avail to expose the absurd contrivance or pernicious tendency of measures if the man who advises , or executes shall be * &frered , not only to escape with impunity , but even to preserve bis power . I would recommend to the reader the whole of Mr . Pope ' s letter to Dr . Arbuthnot , dated

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      July 26 tb , ITU , from which the following is an extract i" To reform and not to chastise , I am afraid is impossible ; and that the best precepts as well as the best laws would prove of small use if there was ho examples to enforce them . To attack vices in the abstract without touching persons may be safe fighting indeed , but it is fighting with shadows . My greatest comfort and encouragement to proceed has been to see that those who h&VB no shams and no fear of anything else have appeared touched bymy satires . " It has been said , there are no proofs of the perfldiousness of those who have been denounced . But I maintain , and again I quote Junius : —

      " That the conduct of these men carries with it an internal and convincing evidence against them . Some men seem not to know the value or force of such a proof . They will rot permit ns to judge of the motives of men by the manifest tendency of their actions , nor by the notorious character of their minds . They call for papers and witn-tses with triumphant security , as if nothing could be true but what could be proved in a court of law . " In conclusion let us see with whom we Bhould unite , and why we should unite . Much has been talked of a union of the middle and working-classes . This may be effected wheD the middle-classea are reduced to a level with the working-elitsses . but not before The working-classes should resolve to do the work

      themselves without the union of the middle classes , and in spite of their most mean opposition . What do we want with a middle class ? They only serve as pickthanks' go-betweens , or a fence to the aristocracy Let the working classes unite and they will n « t need help from the middle classes—now can they expect it , if disunited among themselves ? If the middle classes come round to ns , they must come bebiDd us . No trusting them to lead , who have always been opposed . If they come on principle , they will come repentant and be glad to be admitted as servants . Tf the Charter cannot be obtained without their help , God help the Chartists —they will be made mere stalking-horses . No union with the middle class ; but let us have a more complete -union of the working classes .

      Why should we unite ? Beceuse only by union can we carry the cause . Why should we not unite ? Every additional member makes the Association stronger , safer . Shame on those who stand aloof . Lst us not listen to the bickerings of discontent , but to the cries and groans of our famishing fellow-countrymen . Let us not pause to differ ; but rush to the rescue of our country . The spectre famine is stalking amon ^ ub . Oh , what the factions are making the people suffer . Deaths from starvation—wormB devouring men while yet alivehovels , like open graves , where living skeletons lie exposed—women demented , and children crying and crawling about amid filth , and horror , and corruption . Now ' our union is to remove these shameful , these shocking evils ; and who would not unite for such a

      virtneus . each a humane purpose ? If -we have a spark of principle , a spark of feeling , it will blazs out in this most holy cause . Why the accursed causers of the misery and destitution that prevails , although their hearts are as millstones , even they are beginning to melt ; they are beginning to see that they have gone too fai , and now they are actually subscribing money for the relief of the starving . ' The best way to remove distress would be to remove the eauae , which is bad covernment ; but in this they have an interest , in thiB they live , and move , and have their being . The people must do it . The great * st chsrity that the rich could do to the poor would be to grant them the Charter ; for it would enable them to render themselves independent , or dependent only on the bounty of

      Providence . But they will not do that ; no , they will , if possible , prevent the people from obtaining that for themselves ; they -withdraw their bounty from those whe > seek their rights and view them with unkindly feelings . Strange charity , t 9 keep causing want and then to dole out little modicums of relief . True charity would free them from the need of charity . The charities of the rich are but a refined species of despotism—rtheir tender mercies are cruel . The Chartists alone are truly charitable , for they wonld release the poor from tfee charitable care of the rich ; they would make men of them ; they put it into their power to make themselves independent , and to " owe . no man an j thing , but to love one another . " J . W . Battersea .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . , SiR , ^ I think it is time that we should really take our . own affairs into our own hands , and exercise a fctrict surveillance over every part of Government Our enemies are exhausting every means that priestly cant and political inflaenca and power can afford , in order to entrap and victimise our best and greatest leaders , and to strangle the giant Chartism era it puts forth its resistless power . And in fche midst of all ihiB WM of bawling interest * we , who ought to bo of all others the most united and firm , are showing signs of incipient distrust and want of mutual eonSdence .

      I have said that we should exercise a strict surveillance over every part of our syBtem ; and our Leicestershire friends , Beemingly actuated by similar motives , have begun so to exercise tfaesisslvea in a somewhat premature and one-sided manner . For instance , their censure of the Executive in reference to the new issuing cf the cards at the time stated is too severe when we take all the circumstances into account—the multifarious- and unsattled character of their occupations , thtir want ot funds , and the fact that very many places have shamefully neglected to pay for the cards when issued . And as the imputed neglect of making a general list , which I should regard as the fault , I think that even that has had too many highly censurable

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      precedents foT it m the gross neglect and very muehto-be-blamsd apathy of the mass of the body for the Executive to ba made the scape-goat of the whole society . It ia notorious enough that tfce plan of organisation has never been anything like carried out in any of the localities except it be five or six places like Todmorden . Tbe much-censured Executive has had no funds wherewith to carry out the plan j and so far as I know the sub-Secretariea have not sent the names from their respective neighbourhoods of the whole of the members . An < l as to the finding fault with the expenditure , I do tfiink that if they were rather more specific it would net be any worse for any of the parties , especially in reference to postage expences .

      The Executive nave certainly overstepped the bounds of ibeir duty in altering the times ( previously agreed to by the National Dtlegate Meeting ) for the transaction of general business . And I cannot see what earthly use three Btctioual conference would be of . If there exists any nectislty for anything of the sort , I would say , call another National Delegate Meeting , bnt by all means abide by the present plan . We somehow seem to be a set of unlucky devils , for we have no sooner got over the "denunciation squabbles , " -and got the bark nicely into smooth water again , than we ran her npon the bidden rocks of some hith&rto unezpiored part of tfee political ocean , as if we were upon-a Quixotic expedition after adventures .

      I think , Sir , under all the circumstances , that the manner of addressing the Executive adopted by the Leicestershire delegate meeting has not been characterised by that respect and brotherly feeling that ought to be exercised to our ofSce-beaxers , when they are men fas the Executive are believed to be ) of sterling and tried merit In conclusion , Sir , I hope that this affair will lead to a thorough examination into the working of the plan of government , and that the different localities will see that it is abided by in their own immediate vicinities , as far as regards giving to the Executive the means to carry on the plan . And it ¦« ouid be well ,

      if there is a delegate meeting , if the sub-Secretaries were ordered by the delegates to forward a list of their names and their monies , say every fortnight . If this had been done , there would not have been any need for our Leicestershire friends to make their cemplaint of the absence of a general list , tot the General Secretary would have been too often and too significantly reminded cf his duty to have neglected it to the extent complained of . The fact is , if the work is to be done , we must individually do a share of it , and I cannot bat think that thousands of private members are as culpable as the Executive , even in reference to the general name-book .

      Let us try if we can make this the last stumbling block , and see if we can go on without running foul of anything else , until we run against and completely upset the murderous syEtem that entails disease and poverty and death upon myriads of our countrymen . I am , Sir , Yours in the bands of universal truth , J . W . Smith . Ratcliffa-gate , Mansfield , July 31 st , 1842 .

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      EATABLES AND DRINKABLES—WEARABLES AND TJN-BEAE . ABLE 3 . - Tie play is now almost played out , and whether It Ia to be followed by a Tory tragedy , a Whig comedy , or farce , in which a few political *• Joseph Surfaces" and modern " Cantwells ' will be in the ascendent , or whether we are to have a serlo-comic-tragic-melodramafic a-fjair , under the guise of a liberal clap-trap , or whether we , the audience , the gallant people of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , shall , exerting the ^ manimous powers of our judgment and might of our power , drive the whole of the humbugs off the boards to take ' refuge behind the scenes , and take possession of \ ha stage ourselves—a very , very , short time will Bpeedily determine f

      Here ' s- a health to the noble trades people of Burnley , and may their glorious example be immediately followed by every city , town , and village , throughout the United Klngd&m , and then the People's Charter , ( name and all ) will become the law of the land , in spite of all the fecUons , the oligarchies and hierarchies of the earth ' ! But in the meantime the people are starving , and the ComLawBepeateM , the "League , " would immediately give n » bread . Indeed ! Perhapa they will gkra . ns two pence to purehase a big loaf with ? If they would not do that , they would do nothing , and the importation of all the corn in the world would be but a mockery , and-would be like sending in herds of cattle to crop the herbage of the most delicious pastures with-mczzea on thtir jaws I But why not give us something besides a big loaf ? Man cannot live entirely on fere&d , and the portly forms of many

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      of the "Leaguers" themselves fully testify that a pretty considerable share of the good things of the earth , under the denomination of " flesh , fish , aBd fowl , " are dally immured within the human Walls of their " inward" man , and are well soaked and nourished by divers and copious libations of brandies , wines , ales , < kc . fee , while the ricfc Leaguer ' s repast usually terminates by a cup of the " pare Mocha feerry , " enlivened by the fragrance of an Havannah cigar l This ia a big loaf with a vengeance ; and wouldn't my gentleman lick his lips at it , and envy the poor workey his share of the " good things" which God sent for all ( but now enjoyed by a few )—bis share of the luxuries baing now eomprizad in a big loaf and a draught of the limpid spring , and , perhaps , "if he be fortunate , " a chew of the worst and most taxed

      to&acco on earth , or a whiff of a halfpenny yard of clay , which he must have worked and sweated for till nature was fairly exhausted ! And this is all the " League '" would do for you ? the , scheming , cold , calculating , money-hoarding , power-desiring " League , " the refuse of the Whig rump { A thousand times over would we rather be slaves to the Aristocracy , the Buckingham * , Buceleughs , Sutherlauds , Richmonds , or Waterfords , than truckle to , or suffer ourselves to be led - ( that is their object ; cheated and deceived by such a band of white slave-drivers ! We wonld not deprive them of a single eDJoyment , or one article of luxury , but we want to live ourselves , make life a blessing to ourselves and families , icstead of bsing what it now is , a scene of privation , toil , and trouble , a very curse , and a perfect hfcll upon earth 1

      Every luxury they may desire , we would not dream of interfering with , but we will have our fair share . They have grasped the lion's , but We are resolved to play the jackall . no longer . All luxuries they may have with all our hearts , but the luxury of power , for which they have proved themselves unworthy , they shall not have . This law is imprinted in our hearts , and like the ancient laws of the Medea and Persians is immutable . If they ( thu League ) are sincere , why not join the people ? Why stand aloof and prate about ' corn , when by giving the mass of the people the whole Caarter , that would be in their immediate grasp ? Most of them say they are Chartists ; but that it is unattainable at present . Why at present ? Never was there a fairer opportunity to clutch it at o . ce by a sincere and honest union of tbe middle and working classes . Every thing should be forgiven if not forgot , or merely remembered to ware hawk" for the future .

      What say yon , Gentlemen , of the L 3 ague ? Dissolve 7 Give tbe right baud of brotherhood to your starringcountrymei , and then by being incorporated with the whole body of Chartists , you may chance to obtain that power whichyour talents and influence may eutitie you to . Bat , as a separate body , never . Open the ports , unshackle the provision lawa , away with the customs and excise , give us corn from America or the Mediterranean , Spain , Russia , or Poland ; brandies , wines , and tobacco from France , Germany , Portugal ,-Italy , and Cicily . Greeoe , Turkey , aud the whole of Asia Minor , the East and West Indies , tea from China , and coffee and sugar from everywhere it may be best and cheapest ; then you may be entitled to the gratitude of your countrymenthen "Extension of Commerce" and " Free Tfade" can be met on more equal terms—then , by the people possessing Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , a real Parliament Would £ 8 e that all were righted , and not

      trampled « n , despised , and laughed at by a few popinjays in a corner 2 They may laugh before they we much oluer on the wrong side of their mouths ; and , if they are mad enough to court it , they may have shooting that they little dream of ! Seriously speaking , all these things are to be obtained , if the mock Parliament did not intervene and oppose its veto ; hitherto they have been successful in upholding every outrage on common sense , and popular feeling , but the eyes of tha working man ate now opened , Lever again to be closed in Britain ! A wo / king man here in this city replied to his master , who upbraided him fur signing the petition for the Charter , "What have you to do with it , you have plenty of work ?" ¦ " Work enough , " waB the ready auawer , " but 1 want my rights ; I want the Suffrage , and , what ' s more , I'll have it 1 " The master turned on his heel , and never said a word more . Let the working man answer in this mauntr to his employer , and the latter will descend from their high horses 1 .

      Tha acme of happiness to a working man is to work six days in the week for fair wages , aud enjoy himself on the seventh ; but our lordly saints and sinners deny him even ttiau The lazsnroui of Naples work two days in the week ,. and spend the remaining five in idleness , or pleasure , or as they list . Their wages for the two days are sufficient to support them for the week , and as they are moderate in their eating and drinking , and not overburtnened with clothing , they enjoy their maccaroni , or good wheaten bread , with grapes , figB , and Other fruit in the glorious sunshine of an Italian sky , wash it down Witft B draught of good

      wine , and lay down to ' louse' or sleep as iBdlnation points out ! And yet we pity the poor , ragged , laszareni . The fellows are as happy as the day is long , and much , much happier , and better fed is tha poor , benighted negro tuan naif the working men of Christian England ! We should like to have a contract for brandies , wines , and tobacco with various other eatables and drinkables , and we would be bound to supply England with good spirits at one shilling the bottle , tbe best of wins at sixpence , and good tobacco at tenpenca the pound , and realise a large fortune in a few years ]

      Now , gentlemen of the League , there would be marts for your wearables , your manufactured goods , besides supplying the backs of your countrymen Who , by being fully represented in Parliament , would be in a condition to buy ; and after glutting the home market ( your btst customer , ) you might distribute the surplus over the world . Tiitse are the unbearables of which wo jastty complain , and which we are resolved te put an end to . With us , if you willwithout us , as you may ; but with us or without usthe People ' s Charter will , ere long , be the law of the land . God save the P « sople !! . '

      A Woolwich Cadet Chichester , July 15 th , 1842 .

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      GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT STEPNEY GREEN . On Monday evening , placards having been widely distributed announcing the attendance of Feargus O'Connor , '~ Esq ., the assemblage at the open air meeting on Stepney Green was unusually large ; at one period not lets than ten or twelve thousand persons were present , txclnsive of the immense number of casual listeners . Dr . Bowkett having been unanimously called to the chair , opened the proceedings in a very excellent address , alluding , in feeling terms , to the distress

      existing in the country . They were met not for the purpose of riot or tumult , but to ask and consider tha important question , Why Englishmen Bhould be starving in the land of their birth ; why the industrious population of the land had not happy and comfortable homes ; and wfcat was the cause which deprived them of the means of obtaining a livelihood ? The various speakers would lay before them a remedy for this disastrous condition of affairs ; and be trusted they would give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing and allow of full and free discussion . Mr . SIIAW moved the first resolution : —

      " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that class legislation is the sole cause of the present unparalleled distress now so prevalent amongst the working and trading classes of this country , and there is no hope of amelioration until the People ' s Charter become the law of the land . " The question had often been asked him , why the early reformers were not now in the ranks of the Chartists ? It wa 3 class legislation which hindered them from making their appearance . He recollected some years since listening to Mi . Clay , now Si * William Clay , from a bnstings erected on that same green , who then stated that he was one of the people ; Vbat he had

      nothing to do with the taxes but to pay them ; that his purse , his heart , his every energy should be devoted to the interests of the people ; and that if chosen to be their representative , ne should ever be active in the performance of hia duty to them . Why was not Sir William and their other misrepresentatlve at that meeting f It was class legislation that kept them away . Their faces were now never seen by the working men , save when tb * y had a favour to ask . Ltt them abolish this bad legislation , and they could elect men who would be firm to their interest , because they would have no interest in betraying them ; and happiness and prosperity wonld be tbe result

      Mr . Fbaiieb . seconded the resolution . When they visited a menagerie , the showman always introduced them to his small fry befere he showed to tbeni the rarer specimens of bis collection ; and it would ill become him as one of the small fry , to take upon him the roaring of one of the nobler animals ; bat as fellowworking men he would ask them whether they were content to fee looted upon aa mere animal machines for the creation of national wealth—mere slaves to create individual capital as serfs to the soil , on whose shoulders others were to climb to wealth and power , as ladders by which their callous-hearted oppressors rose to sffluence ; and when they attained the summit of their power they kicked down the ladder by which they had risen as so much useless lumber ? They spit upon and spurned those men without whose aid they would ever have remained in Insignificance and obscurity , Ttis was the way-in which the factions had' ever treated them . He did not boast of superior

      intelligence j he had halloed and bawitd as loud as any man in the cause of these so-called liberal men , thoughtless while he listened to their flattering tale , of the enlightenment and liberality of the working classes , that he was , like the crow in the feble , allowing the . bread and cheese to drop from his month into the clutches of these hypocritical flatterers : But a new epoch had arisen in the biatery of the working classes j they were no longer to be chained to the chariot-wheels of those who had enslaved them—they had set up in business fur themselves . It was a glorious sight to see the giant labour taking up bis true position—to see the scales of Ignorance and prejudice dropping from his eyta , and the shackles of tyranny , which so long had bound his muscular body , snapping before the exertion of his newly awakened energies—to see him shake off tbe vermin which had so long preyed upon and disfigured his beauteous frame . The vermin shake and tremble ; they offer him anything to retain their

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      position . ¦ They offer him cheap corn ; he smells at ithe « n <» ts and saya , It is chaff ( cheers . ) The working classes had arisen In the moral dignity of their natures , and declared they would submit to- no compromise- ^ they would have their ^ rights andnothing less ( cbeera ) They wew taunted witb ^ being destroyers ot property , and yetin the midst of tbe most horrible destitution , they had been calm and quiet as tne Onrufflad bos « m of trie ooaan—they had been peaceful as the bleating lamb . They had barn called dishonest He admitted the

      charge for they who toiled tbreujjh the heat of the day had allowed others to ^ reap . They bid permitted their wives and children to starve-to be robbed of that wealth which they were justly entitled t 6 . They had been dishonest , bat they would be dishonest no more ( cheers . ) Mr . Frazle * then gave some very amusing anecdotes respecting the cry of dishonesty raised by the upper classes , and concluded by making an appeal ^ to them regarding the coal whippera of the Tower Hamlets , and the little attention or sympathy paid to their claims .

      Mr . J . Campbeli , of the Executive , supported the resolution , and made some witty remarks re ? ardiDg the conduct of Mr . We Clay , Mp . aud enquired of what use it was for him to come there to address the 10 or 12 , 000 men be Saw . atound him , unles 3 they determined upon shaking off their apathy , unless each man was determined upon doing a man ' s duty ; they were all capable of doing this . He did not want to see them begging of theirproad oppressora for leave to toil ; tie wished to see them wipe away the brand of slavery from their foreheads . He did not want to see them the mean cowardly slaves they haA been ; he wanted to Bee amongst them a aeterniination to be free , fie was not willing to see fcbem liatening to the advice of a , lot of big-bellied Bishops , to endure patiently misery and

      destitution here , that they migiit have roast beef and plum-puddinga hereafter . He fished them to get the roast beef and the plum-pudding npw , and leave the concerns ef hereafter to the parsons . If any parsons were admitted into heaven , be - trusted he should not go there , for he was fearful they and their backers would act as they had done here , and turn it into a very hell . He trusted they stood . forth erect in their manhood . It was not tyrants that made slaves ; it . was slaves that made tyrants . If tbey w&ee determined to be free , not all the power of . Whig or Tory combined could hindei them from achieving their object ; it was their own criminal cowardly apathy which kept them in bondage . Tho men in the . provinces were nobly doing their duty :

      they were thirty years in advanqe of the men of London . He called upon them tooomo and join in the glorious movement . If they asked him what movement , he would tell them it was the NationaL Charter Association . ( A voice , " Repeal the Corn Laws . ') That was the mbans to repeal them . Any man that asked him to assist in repealing the Corn Laws , aud did not give him the power to do it , he looked upon as a very suspicious person , as a dishonest man , a political prig . The Charter would repeal all bad laws . He advised them immediately te join the organization . There were more than thirty different places of meeting iu London , ant if they exerted themselves as men , they ought to have 100 , 000 members . Mr . Campbell sat down much cheered .

      The Chairman put the resolution , which was unanimously carried . .- ' \ - .-Mr . BLAGitMOttEmovtid the adoption of theNational Remonstrance to the Commons' House of Parliament . He was proud to see the firm and noble stand which the working men of Great Britain were making in behalf of the Caarter . They had petitioned the House of Commons time after time until petit oning had Become useless . Were they still to continue in their miserable destitute condition , seeing their wives and children starving around them , and their only consolation was being congratulated by their enlightened legislators on the patience , with which they bad borne their misery ? He asked them , asworfciugrnen , would they stand this any longer ? Would they not raise a

      determined cry against it ? W ould theynot join in the cry which was advancing from north and from ! south , ttom aU parts of the kingdom far justice and freedom , •?¦ If they united as men , In she montbs time they might obtain the Charter . Of what avail would be a repeal of the Corn L ^ ws wi thput political power ? Their best artizansand mechanics were fast emigrating and taking their knowledge to other lands . They claimed in the remenstrance no mprothiin every man had " a-right " to demand . They had been , driven to the most appalling depths of misery ; vice , and crime by their class legislators , and they must obtain a Parliament , based on the principles , of the People ' s Charter , ere they could obtain liberty or happiness , or make themselves and families happy and comfortable .

      Mr . Faibchilp had great pleasure in seconding the remonstrance . Tbe present House of Commons had told them in the most emphatic manner that they were not worthy of consideration , they had sent a potition signed fey nearly four millions of pei' 80 D 8 , and What WaB its fate ? it was laid under tbe table and then kicked out of the House . He would say to them in the words of the late poet laureate , Soutby , Petitioning for justice was weak ; the sovereignpeople should deoiand justice . " Mr . Fitirchild then went Into the ; Corn Law Qaestifin , and stated ib was his opinion that the great majority of the League were wblvea in sheep ' s clothing ; tbey would : give them the appearance . of cheap bread , but

      would tie their hands behind them bo that they could not obtain it ; thay well know so soon as you obtain political power down goess tho landed atiBtocraoy , the millocracy , and all other iiionppolies . They say the people have bad leaders ; I ask them is the Charter bad ? ( no ) . Tuen why reject it , but that they may still keep up the abominable system of class legislation , which enableB them to riot in luxury and keeps you in poverty and idleness ? If ycu tiaa a good form of goveiament would it be allowed that ona man should have an income of £ 67 an hour ? no , tho very Idea was absurd . He emphatically calleu upon them to stand firm by that code of laws , the People ' s Charter , which he Was convinced would speedily be the law of the land . :

      Mr . Cleave stated that ho should , not have intruded upon their meeting had he not have bten especially' deputed to read a letter from Mr . O'Connor , detailing tbe cause of hia absence . He was well aware the men of the Tower Hamlets wauled n <» strangers to instruct tht m In their daty . The last speaker had spoken on the folly ot appealing at all to the Commons , and stated they should memorialize the Queen . This also they were prepared t 9 do . They intended doing all that their position required . They had first petitioned ; then they would remonstrance ; then pass a memorial to the Queen ; and if that failed , do all that men should

      do who were determined to be free . They would then unitedly demand that which none but crawling slaves and petty despots would withhold . ' .. from * * them . It had been well observed that crawling mtn , —if mea they could be called , —made the tyrants who oppressed them . Mr . Cleave then stated his sorrow that they had not a room of their own to meat in , where they would bo free from the fangs of : i vampire police . 2 Ir . C . then alluded to the artifices of the cheap-bread system ; and concluded by calling upon all to join the ranks of the National Charter Association , and never to relinquish one iota of the principles of the Chatter .

      The following letter was then read from Mr . O'Connor , and was received with loud cheers .: — " London— -Sunday . M ? Friends , —I came from Nottingham on Thursday last , for the purpose of attending the " Stepney Green" meeting , to which I stood pledged ; but the writ for Nottingham being isHued on Friday night , and being pledged to render all tbe support in my power towards the return of Mr . Sturgo , who has unequivocaliy pledged himself to the whole of the Ckarter . I feel bound to redeem 1 hatpromis 9 . ¦ Had I remained for the Stepney Green meeting , I could not have bt'tn nt Holtiugbuni to do bunlneau until too late ; and you must all bear in mind . that , some weeks since , I addressel a letter to the Chattists , wherein I stated , that all engagements pending should give way to the Nottingham election , should that come suddenly npon us ; ifc has come suddenly , , and I must redeem my pledge .

      "You are aware the leading Whigs have entered into a most dishonest and indecent compromise with Mr . Walter , whereby to secure themselves from dis ? grace , and to secure the seat of Six John Cam Hobhouse . They have had the damning effrontery aud presumption to hand over—rin as far aa their power layrtbe whole " Liberal" constituency to the service « f Mr . Walter- ! - ' . " ' " \ " ' •; ¦ :- .. - ¦ ¦ Wv .. v , ;; ,, . ¦ - ¦ - " The electors and non-electors do iiie the honour to think , or rather to say , that my presence and assistance will go far in exposing this unheaTdrof piece of political delinquency ; and therefore I fsel assured that any present at the Stepney meeting , who may feel a momentary disappointment from my absence , will say that no course was left lopentp met bub that of hastening to Nottingham , and there taking my stand in the front of the opposition to united Whiggery and Toryism . I start by the night train on this ( Sunday ) evening , to be at my post on Monday morning .

      " This explanation will , I trust , plead my full apology for absence . " And now allow me to mate a single observation upon what should , in my mind , receive your beat consideration while assembled . . " . " ¦ . . ' . ' . ' : ' . ¦ "" . ' . ' ¦ 'I think tbafc is a damnable doctrine of Sir James Graham , that a constable has a perfect rightr to ^ constitute himself judge as toI what constitutes a legpd meeting , or to form his own opinion as to what seditious language means , or what may lead to riot or breach of the peace ; and that the soundness of such opinion is to be tested by the subsequent verdict of a jury ! Now , allow me to make a few observations apon this atrocious doctrine . In such case the tciiwssi being the constable , aai his act requiring a verdict of guilty against ; the accused to make it legal , has a direct Interest in making for himself the

      slroiige&t possible case . But I will even put it more forcibly for you . Suppose at a Corn Law League meeting , that one of those blood-thirsty incendiaries , who are using all and every means to induce a starving people to fight , thW they may run off with tbe spoils of war . I say suppose that , like Mr . Taunton , of Coventry , these men ace language which would indeed be sedition , and suppose a constable should use his judicial discretion and arrest . Mm , I aafc , in such case , of what party would the jury consist who shonld try the accused ? Why , of Cora Law repealer * , of course ; and whe wonld acquit the prisoner , though he should directly incite to acte of blood and violence . Bat if tho ; same jury was iuipan- > neled to try a Chartist for . much milder language , they would find Mm suilty . Thus you seo that in ( the one case tbe verdict of guiity against a Ciiaitiat prisoner

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      wonld make the constable's act perfectly legal , while the verdict of not guilty against a Corn Law Leaguer would make the same ictillegal . << N ow herein you have the fact fnily established that there is one law for the Coin Law repealers and another i » w far the Chartists , and further , you have the reason why the Government will ' pot try the . question of legal srrcab by a constable against a Corn Law repealer—because they could not get a jury to convict ; and yon may rest assured that the local authorities ( who were

      the very parties that persecuted the Chartists ) will not institute proceedings against the violent' repealers , because they are OP themselves ; Always bear in mind that many of those who are no w so loud in their complaints of distress , are the gorged leeches wh » have sugked labour ' s blood , and who persecuted me and others for defending its rights . Therefore meet them ; battle them , and beat them ; and ere long we will create a public opinion stronger than the law's oppression , and a public feeling morei powerfal than the ipse dixil ot the minister of Van oligarchy . ; ;

      "Let your motto be Libehty ; your aim . Union ; your means , the ChabtjEK ; and your end , Justice for one and all , for the rich and the poor . Join no party in the state , but receive the support qf all , of all classes who go with you for the . Charter aud its name . ^• Trusting that you will express yourselves boldly as Englishmen , but legally as Chartists , upon this subject ; and that you will never stir one hair's bieadth out of the straight Chartist tract to follow tho false lights ^ of any , -, - : ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : ; : ;¦ ¦' : ' ¦'' , ¦ ' !/ ; ' ¦ ' : . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . . " I *" ani > - " ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦¦ . " ¦ • .- . " Your faithful friend and servant , " FEABQUS O'CONNOB . " The Remonstrance was then put , and carried -ananimously . ; . ; .: \ \ - : - ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : : y ' ¦¦ ¦'¦¦ : [ '¦ Mr . DuffieliS moved the National Memorial to the Queen , in an address replete with calm and deliberate reasonina ; .:. ' : ; . ¦'¦¦/ : '¦' ¦¦; . ¦ . . .. . ' ¦ " -. : ¦¦¦ :. . ;¦ - . ; - . - ¦

      Mr . Farrer seconded the Memorial in a forcible address , which drew down great applause . . . Mri Brannon ^ bly supported tbe Memorial , which was unanimously carried . .: ¦ Mr . FbaiiER moved , and Mr . rtLiNGWORTH seconded , i vote of thanks to Dr . Bowkett , tfaeir truly liberal and worthy Chairman , which he acknowledged in a neat speech . ; . . . ; ;¦¦; . . ¦ The usual quantity of enthusiastio cheering was given , and the immense assembly quietly dispersed .

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPKESSLY FOR THE "NOETHiiKN STAB , " BY CHARTIXJS . ¦ ¦" . . . . NO . I . ' . ¦ . ; ' ¦; ¦ ' LADT ALICE LISLE . —A TALE OF THE LAW . Strict justice on offence . Where men are made so liable to err , ¦ '' . ' ' Is cruelty . ¦ . ; . ' ' ¦ ' ¦¦ " " ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' , . .. . ¦ ¦ When iMoninouth was defeated . King James sent Judge Jeffries to try the rebels The Judge had a military , as well as a judicial commission given him ; and , indeed , his proceedings were more in consonance with the bloody spirit ' of ihartial jaw than with the milder tamper of th « civil laws . Fear had made tbe

      King cruel-. ; he refused tho most pressmp ; soucitations on behalf of the Diike , and was equally vindictive Upeh hia . foliowers . He styled Jeffries' bloody aij ' sizw his " campaign in the westi" and well did they merit that naTae . So far from softening the rigour ofthe law , the zealous Judge strdtched it beyond ite extremest ; letter ; not content with punishing the ringleaders , he condemned many of the deluded people , and a train of prisoners were marched after his carriage to grace his triumph . By this severity ho probably expected to please his royal master j but itisfnll as probable that he gratified his own brutal disposition . If he intended to strike terror into thoheaxta of the dlsaffijcted , he Lad lost bis aim ; for they were moved to indignation by that strongest incentive—pity .

      Thi first victim of Jeffries ( we cannot say ofthe . law , ) was Lady Alice Lisle , an aged widow , whose husband had been one of Grom well ' s adherents , and was a Judge under the Protectorship . His property had '•; been secured to her by the indulgent Charles II ., and , grateful for this favour , she was a royalist , or , at least , ueutral . Being an Anabaptist , she had become ; acquainted with one of the preachers of ; that sect , named Hicks , who had fcubaequently joined Monmouth ' s army . During that unfortunate Duke ' s invasion , Lady Alice was residing in London ; but after his defeat she went down to her own country house in Sauthamptonshire ; Being uuder the necessity of hiding himself f < ir the part which he bad tuken in the rebellion , Hicks , on her

      arrival , sent to ask leave to shelter himself in her hoo 8 e for awhile . She judged that bis extremity had hiade him ask this , and , without making any inquiries , but prompted merely by her pity for dlBtress , and her respect for him aa a preacher , she granted bis request . Accordingly , Hicks , guided by one of his religious fpllowers , named Dunn , went at night to avail himself of her Ladyship's humsue hospitality . A fellow of the name of Barter , of ; whom they had inquired the way , suspecting some secret motive , betrayed them to a Colonel In the Kmg ' 8 army , wb . 0 went early next morning , and took them prisonarB . Latly Alice Lisle was tried for harbouring Hicks ; there b * ing ; a statute which adjudges death to any one touad guilty of knowingly harbouring a convicted traitor .

      Let us enter the Court and Bee the trial of this Lady . Judge Jeffries sits upon the judgment-seat , clothed in a Ecarlet robe and ermino tippet , and looking as an owl with the huge wig in which his wisdpm is housed . There is ft « mirk © f inalicsous conceit playipg about the corners of his month ; his hard eyes glow With vindictive satisfaction , and his whole appearance answers to the description of the great Image of the authority whose deeds make angels weep . We shudder rs we look at him and turn with sympathy to behold the poor prisoner who is at the mercy of such a Judge She is plainly dressed ii 3 becomes her religious persuasion , and looks the respectable old lady ef these homely times when ladies Were their own housekeepers , and prided themselves chiefly on their domestic economy .

      She wears a biack silk sacque or long loose body-gown , with white pinners across berbxeaat , and a iow-crowned bonnet , resembling those worn by " quiet : quakeresses . 'a Hor hands are clasped upon her breast , and she sit with ^ resigned composure as though she were in a place of worship . ; She is to be tried , for what ? Let us hear fie indictmpnt ^ -the Clerk of the Court drawls it out with a mechanical tone . It charges her that not having the fear of God before her eyes , but being instigated by the devil , Bbe had withdrawn her allegiance from the King , arid with all her might and influence ; had striven . to raise a

      rebellion against him , to subvert the government , to deprive him of his crown end dignity , and to put him to death . Horrible accusations , and delivered against her with terrible sbleuiriity * Poor old woman ! there sbe aits , timid by nature and nervoua by age—gentle in disposition and charitable by religion—fitter to fondle babes than lead rebels to the slaughter of a king and the destruction of his kingdom . A lawyer will ' say ., these are mere words , of courso , not intended to signify any > thing . It may be so , but why thtn are they uttered , and with such s&leain formality too ? Such bo-play Is enough to ; frighten a poor prisoner into fits , and to imppseupon the judgment of the jurors .

      The immediate charge to which the lady will be required Jo make answer is , thaV she had secretly , wickedly , and traitorously , given meat and drink to John Hicks , well knowing him to be a false traitor , When asked . if : she was guilty of high treason , she truly said '' No . " And when asked how she would be tried , Bbe vainly said , ;; ' . ? 'By ' . God and her country . " The ; had already acquitted her , for whp that reads his Bible but knows that she would be rewarded in Heaven for what she had ^ one ; and who , that has a cbhsciencie bn earth , but feels that ; she deserved such reward . The law termed her humanity , wickednesslet us see tbe humanity of the law . " God send thee a good deliverance , "; says the Clerk . Daniel - ' .. was- 'deliveivd out of tbe lion ' s den , but Lady Lisle is in a court

      of law Burrpunded by lawyers . The jurors have been sworn , and look likemen : convened on : a repugnant duty . The spectators are awed ; by the panoply of justice and the terrible show of lawyers , and listen with deep but silent interest Hush 1 the prisoner speaks . With the dim look and tremuleuai voice of age , she says shei . Is hard of hearii ^ g , and desireB that some one may stand beside her to tell her what is said ; ter request is grantea . ; The counsel for the ; king bpeps the case j had he been aman , one look at the infirm old lady , arraigned for her humanity , would have caused hiin to fling down his brief ; but he was a lawyer , and he

      aggravatedher case as much as he could . He said that fihe was the widow of a rebel , and that Hicks had bi > &n one ; of the most active instruments in the late rebellion . He was intertupted . by the prisoner ^ who Baid with hohest warmth that gave energy to her feeble voice , "My Lbrd , I abhorred that rebellion . " And Indeed she had cause , for her son had fallen while fighting for the King . Jeffries immediately stopped her . Without giving her her usual titte , he saia blontly , "Xoek you , Mrs . Lisle , you shall be heard when it comes to your turn . " He went on to inform her of the usual method of proceeding , and told her with a sneer , that she need not fear but justice would be done to her . ; .

      Dunn was the first witness called against her . Jeffrieshad been previously informed thathe would he a very unwilling witness , and therefore he began an extrajudiciai charge' to . him , in order to frighten him into compliance with bis purposes . As Dunn was the messenger sept by Hicks to ask Lady Lisle ' s leave foraimtoharbourinbet house , he waa the moat important and Indeed the only witness whose testimony could convict her of knowing that Hicks was a | jo- , claimed traitor , and therefore , Jeffries took espeutf pains to dim him npon this subject ; for upon her pa viotts knowledge of HickB * guilt , depended her crimui * ality in harbouring faun . But Dunn was not ; to btf

      dunned ont ot his integrity . Fully < mt of religious reyereuce for . Hicka , who Wiwhte spiritual , pastory and partly out o £ regard to the hoBpitableoJdLady , Dann wasresolved . fW ^ eay no m &re than . M ionjd help . Thinkipg tbit Du ^ n ' a puritanical principles might make Ii 5 m sug ^ UUouSj , Jeffries , after vainly atteniptfngtojfelgbte ^^ m byitSoeata of "bodily punishment , b&gaii ^ toi try ^ hat infiuience threats apon his soul woald have . Ho told him that he wanted ^ the truth BgainBt the Lady , not lies in her / awar ^ -to : wanted do < r Hiek 6 ying , ' - he said , hei wondered that God had not Btrucfe such a gross prevaricator Intoi hell . The witness remained firm ; and Jeffries hoping that if the prisoner spoke to him she might Inconacioufily comruit

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      herself , asked her If she had iny q ^ tobns to put to Dunn , but sheReplied in the negative- laraged at hia disappeintment , he toldher , she was ~ no doubt glad that Dunn had sworn to the troth of a He in her behalf . AgaUt he assailed Dunn , abused him personally , and rkUcnledhis religion ; but all in vain . 'Barter was now called . This was an Ignorant fellow , who -was pleased with hia importance on ^^ being made a witness , and proud of being asked qnestiPns by a Judge . He would have told anything , but he had nothing to tell , except that he had been laughed at , for , like Scrub in the play , he fancied that those who laughed , were laughing at bimv Pleased with the fellow for affording him this slight clue , Jeffries , readily laid hold of it , and . turning to . Dunn , asked hlin -what

      they were , talking about when they laugbed . Donn said he did not know ; whereupon the Judge conjured him by ail that is sacred to tell the tints , and denounced the most dreadful effects of the Divine ^ vengeance upon him , if he did not tell it , suddenly concluding his long string of oblestations by quickljr asking him—What was the bueiness that he and the lady were talking about when they laughed ? " I cannot give an account of it , my lord , ' - -was the steady answei of the impenetrable Dunn , file lord Chief Justice leaned back in his seat , and wiped tbe sweat off his brow , uttering at the same time ; tkesa broktn exclamations- ^ "Oh ; blessed God—was there ever such a villain on tha face cf the earth T- ^ -to what timer , are we reserved . ' ^—Then , sharply turning to the witaess , he

      asked him if- he believed in ; God ? Dunn replied in the ^ ffir ' matiye , and ; the { Judge proceeded— - «« Dost thon , thenj believe that He can enduro a lie . ' —that he knows thy thoughts—that He could sink thee to hell this moment for a lie ?'' The witness seemed moved by these solemn inquiries . He looked down , and shuffled his feet . Jeffries perceived the impression which he had made , and , with a consummate artifice , began to soothe and coax him . " Friend , " said ha , in an encouraging tone , deceive not thyself , " &c Dunn held his head aside , as if he was conaidericg . Jeffries recapitulated all tbathad teen said by himself aud the other witnesses , and charged him with the evidence that bad already appeared , in order to force mora forth ; but in vain , Dunn kept silence . Jfcffries then tried to

      inflame the minds of the specta , tois in the court , representiDgDuDn as ^ ^ ah odious character , arid hintiog that he would find no meicy here nor hereafter for Ma obstinacy . ¦ He appealed to Heaven against him , and in-: voted its condemnation upou him ; and then , in a solemn tone , required him , in God ' s name , te t * U the truth . The witnes * was perplexed , and knew not what to say . V Good God IV , exclaimed : Jeffries , " was there ever such an impudenfc rascal , ! " He then insinuated that his silence would do the lady harm , for , he said , ft waa enough to convict her . Dunn saidhe did not wish to favour her . ; "Then favour thy-own soul , " said the Judge ; arid , with an air of friendly condescension , he told him , ; . f * You Bhould not have

      asked me the question twice ; I . would have told you tvUboufcbeing obliged to tell ; bnt you ttaveboen sworn , and yet you Will not speak . " Tbe witness , more softened by these mild expressions than by threats , said , " : Aek " me again , and I will answer . " Jeffries saw the favourable-impression he had made , anri wisfeful not to take advantage of it t « b prematurely , he endeaveured to strengtheait . Before he put the question he premised that it was out « f a tender regard to Vumi ' B eou . 1 , that be wished him to speak truth , and no ; from any desire to hear the prisoner criminated by it , ani then , asked him tlie question in a persuasive tone . Dunn said solemnly and sincerely that all the lady had aeked bim was , whether he knew that Hicha was a Nonconformist . This was not the answer that Jeffries

      expected , and , exasperated by what he couaidered an evasion , he told some one to hold a candle near Dunn'a " brazsn face , " in the hepe of diaconcertiug him , so aa that he jBhould say , not 'what was true , for he had already said that , but what Jeffries wanted him to say . Here let us pause a moment . : : ¦ -: ¦ "• : Surely a Judge ought calmly to deliberate upon facts elicited by counsel from , witnesses , and not endeavour to extort evidence in prejudice of the prisoner . If hei act as a counsel at all , it should be as counsel in favour of the prisoner . In cases of the worst crinies , and

      where the evidence is direct , he \ Gught to lean to the favourable side , much more so in mere constructive points of law ; What shall we say of Jeffries , who used every artifice whichhis superior knowledge of human nature dictated tk ) him , to intimidate , to wheedle > « r to fascinate a witness into false testipony , in erdef to convict " an innocent and charitable oid laiiy ? Ifeia a wonder that any witness can be brought to attend in court , for he . ia brow-beat by counsel , iiud slaudsi as it were ; in a pillory , to be pelted at by tha " bullets of thebrairiV- ; v ' . ' - . '¦ , '' /¦¦ - ; . ¦ ;¦ . ^ ¦ : .. ' - .. ' ; ; " , - : ; . : . '¦ ¦ - - ; ( To be concluded ' in our next . )

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , July 29 . ¦ . ; ,: BArfKRUPis . , . . ' , -..: ; '¦;• ' ;¦; Bichard Cooper Gray and Henry Trimbey Gray Grpsvenor-place and Marine-place , Commercial-road , Eist , and Tipper Stairiford-rtrcet , Blcckfriar ' s-roadj rqpe-BiakerBi to eurrencler , Aug . 5 , Sepv 9 , at twelve o'clock :, at the Barkrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Church , Spital-square \ official assignee , Mr . Belcher . Thomas Henton Wood , RaneidgU-toad . ; Piuilico , engineer , Aug . 8 , at twelve ; o'clock , ¦ Sipt . 9 , at two , at the Bankrupt's Court Solicitor , Mr . Holmer , Bridge-street , Southwark , ; official assignee , Mr . Tarquand , Capthall-buildings . William Wood , Picket-Btreet-chambers , Strand , A-ug . 10 , at two o ' clock , Sept , 9 , at twelve , at t he Bankrupt ' s Court , Solicitor , " Mr . Columbine , Carlton-chambers , Regent-street ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abcburch-iaue .

      Thomas Chapman , Tottenham-conrtroad and Kentishtowu , dairyman , Aug . 10 , at one o'clock , Sept . 9 j at eleven , at the" Bankrupt ' s . Court Solicitors ' , Messrs . Rutter and Trotter , Ely-place , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Grsom , AbchurcU-lane . Charles King , Joseph J 3 andell , arid Divid Henry King , l ^ erncr ' 8-Btreet . Oxford-street , paper-stainers , Aug . 12 , at eleven o'clock , Sept S , at one , at the Ba- fcrupt'B Court . Solicitor , Mr . Dyer , ply-place ; cfficial assignee , Mr . Edward's , F / ederick ' s-pIaoe , Old Jewry . ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ : . : : ; .. -- ,. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦'¦' /¦ . ; . V ; '•'¦ " ¦'" ¦ - ' ¦/ Henry Westwood , Wplverbampton , steelyafd-malcer , Aug . 17 ,-at threo o ' clock , Sept ; 9 , at one , at the Swaa Inn , Wolverharapton . Solicitors , Messrs . Wright and Smith , GK >! d 6 B-squartj ; and Messrs . Manby and Hawksford , W « lVerhampton . . :

      Samuel Sedgley , Dudley , Worcestershire , grocer , Aug . 17 , Sept 9 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Swari Hotel , Wplverbampton . Solicitors , Mr ^ Johnson , yerulatnbuildings ,. Giuy's-inn and Messrs . Robinson arid Fletcher , Dudley . ; : : ' . '¦' ..: ' ; ; ^ - Thomas Clarke , Rugby , War wiekshire , mercer , " Aug . 17 , Sept . 9 , at eleven 6 'ctiicki at the Spread Eagle Hotel , Rugby . ' Solicitors , Blessrs . Austen and ; Hobaonj Raymond-buildings ; Gray ' -iflaj and Messrs . Benn ^ Rugby . "" :: '' . ' ¦ ¦' ; .:- - - ; ¦ ' ; ' \ '' < . ' :: '¦ \ " ; ; - " ; " ' William Stone and Robert BlaJce , Briitol , tailors , Aug . 5 , Sept 9 , at 11 o'clock , at the Commercial-rooims , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Gregory and Sons , Clement ' Hinn ; and Messrs . Williams arid Barker , B ristpl . - James Fitton , ; Bolton-le-Moors , Lancashire , smallware dealer , Aug-23 , Sept . 9 , at teri ; o ' clock , . at ; the Swan Inn ,. BoHon-Ie-Moore . Soiicitors , Mossrs . Chilton and Auckland , Chancery-laue ; and Mr . Hilton , Bolton-le-Moors .

      Charles Lewis Wrenshall , Liverpool , dealer i music , Aug . 9 , Sept . 9 , at one o'clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool ,. Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Metcalfe , Lincoln ' s-inn-Selda ; and Messrs . Jones and Williams , Liverpool . v . ' " ¦¦ . ' :. " ¦ :. '¦ . '¦ ' ¦' . - ; : . '¦' : ¦ ; ; ,. ' . - - : ¦ ' . James Watson j sen ., and ; James Watson , jun ., Wathupon Dearne , Yorkshire , commpn-browersi Aug . 10 , Sep 9 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Towa-fcall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Messrs . Battyo , Fisher , and Sudlow , Cbancery-lane . ; an ( i Mr . Snackleton , Leeds . Jonathkn Skeltori , Qaivsborongh , Lincolnshire , miller , Aug . 8 , Sept . 9 , at eleven o'clecfe , at the White Hart Inn , East Retford , Nptiiigbamshiro . Solicitors , Messrs . Shearman arid Evans , Giay ' fi-inri-square ; and Mr . Spun- ; Gainsborough . : ' ;

      Francis and Edward Arthur , Birmingham , coach * makers , Aug . 8 , Sept .: 9 , at one o ' clock , afc tue Waterloo-rooms , ; . Birmingham . .- ' - ' .-Solicitors , / Mr . Stafford j Buckingham-street , Strand ; aud Mr . Harding , Birmingham . ; ' /; : : ' . // ,- ' ¦¦ ' ¦• . ¦ ¦' . ;';;¦" ¦ ; ..- " - -- / ¦ •' - " ' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Catlow and Smith , Colne , Lancashire , cotton-manufacturers . T . Livesey and Co ., Alkrinetori and Manchester , coalmaatsrs . C . and J . Hattersley , Sheffield , spindle-manufacturers . Boyes , Burrell and Co ., Liverpool ; , ship-brokers . P .: Taylor and Co ., Chaddertoa and Manchester , flax-sphmers ; as far as regards J . Taylor ; / "' . ' . - " ; . ' v ' "' . --- ; ' . . '' ; - - . ¦ - ¦;" : ¦ "I - ' ' ¦'"' .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Aug ., 2 . ... '""• - ; ' ¦' /' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' .. •/• ¦ . Bi ' NKipMS .-V- ' /¦ , '¦ -: - " : ' ' " . ¦ ; John Ivery , bnilder , ; High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , to eurrender , Aug . 11 , at / half-past two , and Sept . 13 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , Bir « mio- ! ane , official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . Ashley , ; Shoreditcb . v ^ / Harirj Johri Watkirweri , cardmskerj Hfghtown , Yorkshire , Ang . 2 , and Sept . 13 , at ten , at the George Hotel i Hudderafield . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher ,

      and Sudlaw , ; Gnancery- ! ane , London ; -Mr . Higham , Brighouse ; YoTksbir& . ,.. ' - > ;; - ¦ ; ., / : ' Y ^ . // . / - / : / -. ¦ ..-Charles Bindley and Francis Copland / coach makers , Birmingham , Aug ; 19 , ^ arid Sept -i 3 ; J at the Waterlpoarapms , Birmirigham . Solicitor , ^^ Mr . AJe ^ rider , South-^ fijeei , EiriJsb . ury ^ sqnare , Middlesex . . ] / ^ f ^ brnas Collet arid JdMpb , ^ ^ I ^ X « P ^ n-splnner 8 , daiei ^ yorkshire , Ang . 12 , arid Sept i-Sifat ' twelve ; at &&XtoibmU ! & * eta ' -rmtw , ' -Lie&&a . Spliclt 6 r » i , Mr . HauipBOtii lianchester ; MeBsrA Adliigbni , ; Qjtegoiy Faulkner , and Follett , " Hedfdrd-roWiLondoa .

      William ^ Warii plnaiberi Manchester , Ang . 22 , and Sepfc : 13 , at ten , at the Comciissioners ' -reonia , Manchester . Solicitor / Mr . Hadfleld , Mancbesfer ; Mearas . Johnson , Son , arid-. We » tb ^ c&U » v King ' s Bonch-walk , Temple , London . ' - ¦ : ¦ : ^ ¦ ¦/ •;;¦ - ¦ ... .,., . - •/ ' = iy ; - - ' - \ :. \ , / .. ; . Henry' Hitori , bleacher , Over , Darwen , Lancashire , Aug . 23 , at three , an ^ l S « . pt 13 V ? t eleven , at the Conimlssipners ' -rooms , Swan Inn , Balton-le-Moors . Solicitors , Measrs . Mihie , Parry , MUae , ami Morris , Temple , Londpri ; Messrs ^ Neville , Ainaworth , and Beardflwbrtb , Blaekburn . : ;; .- ' -., - / / : / : ;;;/ /

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct610/page/7/