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      Abrjlsgekksts have been made with the Proprietors of thB Evening Star , by which our Publisher , Sir . J . Hobson , is enabled to supply that Paper , in any quantity , and at any distance horn London , at the usual time . Orders addressed to him , enclosing Post-cffice Orders for the n-QHiber of Papers wanted , or an order for payment , will meet with prompt attention : the parties receiving their Papers in due course of post The Eveaing Star is dai ' y on sale at Mr . Hohson ' s shops , 5 , Market-street , Leeds ; and 3 , Maiketw&lfc , Hudders&eld .

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      Again , what coald be more eloquent than the appeals made to the Jur y by Mr . Muepht and others , is all of which- the abomination of the laws of conspiracy and sedition was so forcibly exposed as to extract an admission from the Judge that while he admitted the justice of the censure , he wa 3 nevertheless compelled to administer the law as he found it . The foolish notion of foolish men to occupy time , by each man being separately tried , and challenging the Jury , ia calculated to

      create much misapprehension , if not exposed . The feet is , that prisoners of this class hare no power of challenging nor yet of separating their pleas : and as to poor men occupying bo much time for the purpose of protracting the proceedings , the notion is fascinating , but the practice will be found to be very difficult . The Judge would very speedily tell the wandering prisoner that he was willing to sit all night to hear him , as long as he confined himself to the question at issue ; bnt thai he could ~ not allow the time of the coubt

      XSB THE COOTHT TO BE WASTED UPON ISKKLETA . M matikk . For all these reasons , we sincerely rejoice in the wise decision , to which our Leicester friends have come , and we only hope , that it will have its due effect upon the country , and that one gentleman ¦ will not again be compelled to supply over £ 300 out of his own pocket , for the defence of his associates , and in three years after , for so doing , ba charged with aa &ct of high teeasow agaikst his pabtt !"

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      Notices op Mr .- Bbopht ' s Lechtbk 3 at Colne and at Sabden Bridge , and of his route / or the present week , were received too late for our last . Notice of a Special Meeting of the Committee and collectors for the Mason ' s Relief Fund at Birmingham , on Sunday , teas received some hours after the Papers were printed and in the Post-office . China Walk Chabtists . —We have often given no * tice thai we cannot insert addresses from localities . John Miller , Boraiix . —We ought to have had his report for our last Paper . « F , "— We bid him welcome to renewed acquaintance —tee thought tee had lost him . Geobgs Fitto . n . —We think him quite wrong in his

      opinion . Eeeos in ora last . —In the letter of Peter Rigby inserted in our last , complaining of the infamous use made of his former Utter by a mock Chartist print , the name Rigby was spelt Rigley . . Sc * DEBLA * D ComsciL . —Their resolution is received . They mistake the whole matter , as far , at least , as we are concerned . There is nothing personal It is our duty to give the people notice of the presence of an enemy whenever we discover him , whether he may assume an open front end manly bearing of hostility , or whether he skulk beneath the cloak of democratic profession thai he may fl'sh his coward knife more readily . We have done so in this instance . The villain stands naked

      tn the scornful gaze of honest men . If the Sunderland Councillors had read the Star . 0 // as < week , they would have seen their resolution to be unnecessary—at least so far as it affects vs—be cause we there slate our determination to ** have done" with the wretched scamp . A Democrat , Hawokth . — We perfectly concur with him that the scamps who seek to make us the eafs paw for tha advancement of their own interests , and the gratification of their fiendhh passions of malignity and revenge , are the deadliest enemies of the people ; whatever amount of mouth-patriotism they may lay claim te . We have not room for his letter , Alul / lxdek Caxpbeli- — We have sent his letter to

      Mr . Cleave . Co-operation . — Will any Chartist Co-operative Store forward a copy of their rules to Mr . Wm . Martin , Beetirell-street , Chesterfield 3 It will be esteemed a great favour . SqriRE A err , Bbadfond , must send his tetter of complaint and explanation to the Paper which has misrepresented him . If he be refused justice there , we will try to find roem for his statement . James M'Phebson , of Aberdeen , wishes for the address of Mr . Wm . Thomason , late of the Vale oj Levzn , F . Harcomb , Oxtobd , wishes us to state thai Mr .

      Campbell has received no communication from Oxford since the last money acknowledgment in the Star . John Tatlob , Hopwood Coubt , Oldham . —His communication , stating that his wife , a sharp , clean-looking woman , with a Scotch accent , a full eye , dark complexion , and ahout fifty years of age , left home on the oth of June , in company with her son , a bey about fifteen years of age , and not been seen or heard of by htm since—and stating that he is in greit distress cf mind about her ; that he s upposes her to be somewhere in Cumberland ; and thai he will be thankful to any one who can induce her to return , —would be considered at the Stamp-office an advertisement :

      we cannot , therefore , insert it . We have n ceived the following : — " Will our worthy General Secretary oblige a Watford Chartist with the English of the Latin he used in reference to O'Brien in his letter of the 3 rd instant / By inserting the above , Mr . Editor , you will oblige one who has read every Star for this four years past , and never siw cause to grumble . — Watford , September 11 , 1842 . " An Enemy to Humbug and Ttran . ny , and an un-FUNCHISG ChaEtsst , Bihmisgham , writes us that at a late sitting of tie Council of the Complete Suffrage Union , in Birmingham , a copv of an address from the Committee , for the defence of Georoe Whitepresented by deputation to the

      , Chairman , requesting the co operation and assistance oj the Council in raising funds for his defence , it was returned with the single word u written on a bit of paper . ' He oko complains that , though the business en which the Council were met was professedly national , end though the meeting was called by public advertisement in the Birmingham Journal of'Saturday lost , and from the wording of the same , he , in conjunction with a portion ofhisfelhw townsmen , went for the purpose of being edified and instructed l-y their proceedings , they were refused

      ad-mittance , unless they purchased a memoer s ticket of the Union . A Waxderbb . "—W > have received his letter , posted at Market Raisin ; but did not receive the other to vhieh he refers , or it -would certainly have been inserted . He will see in our present Paper a letter on the same subject from "One of the Delegates . " Of course we thall not occupy space needlessly with a repetition of the sums statement of facts ; but if there be any circumstances peculiar to the case of " A Wanderer" in addition to the general statement of his co delegate , now published , we shall be happy to do him

      justice . Geobge Henkt Smith . — We are sorry that any body should have been so stupid as to suppose that the epithet " starred viper , " wed in our notice of his communication , was intended for him We are quite sure that it would not fairly bear that application ; and never dreamed that it would be so applied . We intended it , of * course , for the wretch to whom his communication had reference . We could have no purpose to treat Mr . G . H . Smith disrespectfully—because we have no reason to do so . He will see that , in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter of this week , the matter to which his comwunication referred is put \ n \ ts

      true light . Defekcb of Prisoners . —Mr . James Saundersha ? been appointed by t )* Chartists of New Radford , Notts , to receive subscriptions for that locality — At the Steelhouse-lane meeting , Birmingham , os . teas collected for Linney . —Mr . J . Simpson , oo , Old Bailey , has received the following sums . — Westminster , per Mr . Soxuhy , 2 s . ; Brompton , per Mr . Wheeler , 2 s .: a lady , Is . ; Star Coffeehouse , per Mr . Lanpcilh , 13 s . ; Pied Horse , QusxceU-stru ^ Mr . Walker , 4 d . —Tne Committee for the . defence and support of Mr . John Mason and his co-patriots request all parties holding monies for the above victims to transmit the tame te Mr . Cook , draper , High-street , Dudley , tcith the utmost dispatch , as the Committee are now without any funds whatever , in consequence of the poverty of the district . Chbjstophkb Dotle must urrite to Mr . BelU

      Mb . Dean Tatlob expresses his sorrow at not fcein ^ able , on account of sickness , to fintih his term in the East and North Riding district ; and desires that all letters for him may be directed to Mr . J . Rankin ' s , grocer , Greek-street , ChorHon vpon-Medlock , Manchester .

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      W . H . Newton Stewart . —Mr . Stewart , White chapel , Liverpool .

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      The Petition Plates are not yet ready for the whole of our Subscribers ; but as soon as received they will be forwarded to the Agents . The price of the Star when each Subscriber receiTe his Plate is Is ., and no more . The Agents are avowed a per centage upon both the Paper and the Plate , to coyer carriage expances : they can , therefore , not - hare any excuse for charging more . The Pobtbait of T . Duncgmbe will be given to all

      our Subscribers on November 19 th . They will be in the hands of all the Asents by November 16 th ; and by about September 24 th , we shall have sufficient of Doncombe ' s printed to supply those Agents who desire to have beta Plates in one parcel . The charge for the Stur on the day the Portrait of Buncombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plate is delivered .

      James Eob > eb , Newport —The address sent here was upon Mr . Parry " a parcel of 26 . How the parcels have been changed is impossible for us to say , unless it hu been done at the Post-effice , PontypooL It is evident Mr . Hornert address has been at Pontypool , or the parcel with Mr . Parry ' s address would not have found Mr . Homer at Newport . THE Plates for Barnaley have been forwarded to B . Hague ; for Sheffield . fto G . J . Haraey ; tor Halifax , and surrounding towns , to R . Wilkiason ; for Huddersield and Villages , to Joshua Hobson j for Hull sud Beverley , to R . Luudy .

      FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . a . From the Chartists of Burton-upon-Trent ... 0 6 0 From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A . 0 5 0 From W ., St Langton , near Tonbridge Wells 0 0 4

      POB THE EXECUTIVE . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A .... 0 10 0 -. T . Woods , Sudbury , Suffolk 0 2 6 FOB MASON ' S FAMILT . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A .... | 0 2 6 VICTIM FUND . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A ... 0 2 6 FOB MSS . HOLBERKT . From the Committee at Shtffield , after paying Mrs . H . £ 1 during the last month 1 17 4 ¦ _ Merley , proceeds after a sermon by Mr . T . B . Smith 0 6 0 .. the ChartisU of Brighton 0 6 6 _ Long Bnckby , collected after an address by Wm . Jones , of Liverpool 1 15 0 _ "Chesterfield , per Wm . Martin ... 0 5 4

      FOB THE PBOSECUTION OF H KINNA FOR PEBJUBY . From Brighton , subscribed at the Red Cap 0 3 7 .. Wm . Thompson , Saltcoats 0 0 2 FOR GEORGE WHITF . From Wm . Thompson , Saltcoats 0 0 2

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHEBN STAR . Sir , —Having sent a copy of the following statement to tie Scotsman for publication , and it never having appeared , we take it for granted as a refu ai ; therefore if you will have the goodness to insert it in your paper , the Northern Star , you will much oblige Your humble and obedient Servants , The Operative Body of colliers , In Mid and East-Lothian .

      We , the colliers and miners of Mid and East-Lothian , having long been in a distressed state respecting our wa ^ es , we have thought it necessary to engage in an important struggle with a full determination , by all lawful and constitutional means , to Rain a fair remuneration for our labour ; as labour is the source of all wealth , it is therefore considered that labour , in all its several engagements , should receive its due reward . That we , the above , having formerly laid before the public , conjunctively and severally , a statement of our demands upon our employers , for a rise upon the price cf labour , we further thought it an object of prudence and honour to lay before the public a statement of the wages we have been making for this some , time back ; and to confine the limits to the strictest scrutiny , we hereby give an extxt statement of the wages we have been making , for regular working individuals , for at least the last three months .

      Jt is therefore humbly requested , that the discerning public will contrast this statement with the prices our employers have been selling this commodity at , and thft will show them the profits they have been formerly receiving , and partly at the expense of the depressed werkmen . Moreover , it will enable them to consider which of the parties , between employers and servants , are most to be blamed for the present rupture : we hereby annex the following statements , viz .: — Dalkeith Cjlliery , Is . 8 d . per day , for ten hour ' s labour , or 10 s . per week ; this is after deducting working txpenses , such as light , tools , < tc Newbattle Colliery , West Bryans , 3 s . per day , working from ten to twelve hours per day , or 18 s . per week , after deducting 7 s . for putter's wages , Is . 7 d . for light , and 4 d .

      for tools , leaving a balance of 93 . Id . for the collier . East Bryans , 3 s . per day , of twelve hour ' s labour , or 18- * . per week , deducting 7 s . for drawer ' s wages , and Is . lid . for light and tools , leaving a balance of 9 s . Id . foi the collier . Edgehead Colliery , 3 s . 6 d . per day , for twelve hour ' s labour , or £ \ . Is . per week , after deducting 2 s . 61 . for cutting road , 5 j . for drawer , Is . 9 ± tor light , 4 d . tor tools , and 6 d . for house rent , leaving r balance of 10 s . lid . for the collier . Armston Colliery , Parrot Coal , at an average 2 s . 7 jd . per day , working thirteen hours per day , and five asys per week , 13 s . l ? , d , deducting working expenses for light , Ac , leaving a ' balance of 10 s . lt £ l . for the collitr ; Great Seam , 2 s . 4 d . per day , working eleven hours per day , and five days per week , lls . 8 d ., after dedncting working

      expenses , Is . 2 d ., leaving a balance of 10 s . 6 d . for the worker . Edmwton Colliery , at an average rate per bearing men , working six days per week , and twelve hours per day , 14 s . 7 d-, deducting 7 d . for a woman , for light Is . 10 tL , leaving a balance of 5 s . 9 d . to the collier ; Putiisg men , same colliery , at an average rate per wetk , of six days , 13 s ., deducting working expenccs one shilling , leaviDg 12 s . balance to the collier per day . White-hill CjlHery , Bt an average rate of five days per week , working twelve hours per day , lls . 6 d ., after deducting Is . 2 d- for expences , leaving a balance of 10 s 4 d . foi the collier . Bailey Deaa Colliery , under the same master , at an average rate of five days per

      week , working twelve hours per day , 13 s . 6 i < L , deducting working expences , tonnage 8 d-, lost work 6 jd ., for lii-ht , powder , and tosls Is . 8 d-, leaving a balance of 103 . 81 for the collier . New Craighall Colliery , at an average rate , 2 s . 4 d . per day , or per week , of six days , 14 s ., working from twelve to fourteen hours per day , deducting working expenses , light lOd ., tools 3 d ., powder 9 d ., leaving a balance of 12 s . 2 d . for the collier . Vogrie Colliery , at an average rate , 15 s . per wetk , for Trmn and drawer , dedncting 6 s . 83 . for drawer . Is . 3 d . for light , 4 d . for tools , leaving a balance of 6 s . 9 d . for the collier , working from twelve to fourteen hours per day .

      EAST LOTHIAN STATEMENT . Teanant Colliery , at an average rate per week , of six days , Is . 8 d . per day , or 10 s . per week , working fourteen hours per day , deducting expenses , say fur a Putter 6 d . per week , light Is . 6 d ., tools 4 d ., leaving a balance of 2 s . 2 d . for the collier . Elphinstone colliery , at an average per week , between man and putter , 12 a ., dednctiug txpenses , say for a putter per week 6 s ., light 18 6 d ., tools 4 d ., leaving a balance of 4 s . 2 d . for the collier , working twelve hours per day . Pencaitland colliery , at an average per week , £ l 4 s ., or 4 s . per day , deducting expences , say for a putter Is . 2 d . per day , or

      7 s . per week , light 2 s ., tools 9 d ., score tubs 2 s . 7 d-, leaving a balance for the collier of 12 s per week , working fiom ten to twelve hours per day . Huntlaw Colliery , at an average rate , 3 s . 9 d . per day , or £ 1 2 s . 6 d . per week , deducting expenses , say for a putter Is . 4 d . per day , or 8 s . per week , light 2 s ., tools 9 d ., leaving a balance to the collier of 11 b . 9 d ., working twelve hours per day . Bircley Cailiery , at an average rate 2 s . per day , or 12 a . per week , deducting expences , say for a patter Is . per day , or 6 s . per week , light Is . 6 d ., tools 4 d ., leaving a balince to the collier of 4 s . 2 d . per week , working twelve hours per day . The public may hereby consider what kind of wage * this useful body of artizins would receive , provided they had not wrought more than eight hours a day , which ia considered to be a lawful quantity of hours for any individual to be confined in the subterraneous bowels of the earth . Signed , Wm . Natsmjth , Chairman . Thob . Cumhhgham , Secretary ^

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      TO MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Sib , —I have the fcono * of sending enclosed an order for 15 s . Id ., which sum has been subscribed to the General Defence Fnnd , suggested by you in the Northern Star of the 27 th ult . Is may not be amiss to state that the subscribers are all working men , and , with one or two exceptions , entirely unconnected with the Chartist body , Hatred of oppression , and sympathy for the oppressed , have alone induced them to subscribe on the present occasion . 1 have only to request that the above may be inserted in the Northern Star as Boon as oonvenient , and remain , Sir , yours respectfully , S . J . Le ic ester , Sep . 11 ,

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . DHab Mb . Hill , —The annoyance of which I last week complained , instead of being diminished appears to increase . I have been under the necessity of requesting the attendance of the visiting magistrates , for the purpose of ascertaining , through whose authority my letters are detained : for although they were withheld last week , I received a few lines copied from them , but now they are detained altogether , and what is worse still , I am informed that nearly a whole page of one of my letters to my wife had been erased previous to leaving the prison , for the post-orHce .

      To-day I was called into the Magistrate ' s room , and found there a Reverend Gentleman , whose name I understand is Boudier ; he informed me that he was the only visiting magistrate in Warwick at present , as they had left town on various business—one of them , and that tbe best , has left to attend Doncaster Rices . After a vast deal of conversation , he gave me to understand that my letters would be kept back if they contained any extraneous matter . I wished to know what he meant by extraneous matter , and after a deal of twiBting and twirling , I found that every remark which does not accord with their honour ' s notions , is considered extraneous .

      I told him that perhaps what he might think wrong , I might form a contrary opinion of , and stated my determination not to submit quietly to such injustice , and was told that I might apply to Sir James Graham , if I thought proper . I have drawn up a memorial to the Home Secretary , not that I expect any redress , but that the Government may either repudiate , or identify itself with this beggarly system of persecution , and shall forward it to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., from whom I have received

      a very instructive and straightforward letter yesterday , in answer to one sent by me a few days since , in reference to the conduct of the Warwick and Birmingham magistrates , and from which I quote the following extract : — " As to the Birmingham magistrates refusing bail , on account of political opinions , such conduct is monstrous and illegal ; bail is a question of property , not of politics , and it is quite a new doctrine that a man must be either a Whig or a Tory to qualify as bail . "

      Well , so it is in both cases . Our beautiful set of justices , ft great many ot whom call themselves " Liberals , " thrust me in here fer a row , manufactured by themselves ; and their brother '' Conservatives - neglect no opportunity of tantalizing me here , so between them both I am in % comfortable condition . 1 am in excellent health , and manage to pass my time away middling well , by reading several capital books , forwarded by that staunch friend of the cause , H . A . Donaldson , of Warwick . I am still confined by myself , not havisg a mortal to speak to , so that on Friday I shall have had three week ' B solitary confinement . I am sorry to hear they have got my friend Cooper in Stafford Gaol , together with Joseph Linney . Are they going to mike an 1839 job of it , I wonder ?

      I have evidence to prove that tha collier ' s Btrike originated with the "Anti-Corn Law League , " and can point oafc the yerjroom where it wxs first broached , and the men who bromjbt it forward . Pat that down J It ' s monstrous to see Cooper , Linney , Leach , M'Donall and others suffering for these men ' s villany . Youra , truly , George White . Warwick County Gaol , Sept . 13 , 1842 .

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      THE CALM AFTER THE STORM . Wobking Men of Sheffield , —The Strike is vistually ever . The jails are gorged with victims . But yon have escaped the pit To whom are you indebted ? The question is soon answered . To a wise , virtuous , sterling patriot , who determined , even at the risk of his justly earned popularity , yea , the risk of his life , rather than suffer you to run headlong into the lion ' s mouth . The consequence Is , you , your wives , and families are quiet in your bouses , while scores , nay hundreds , are mourning the loss of liberty , leaving destitute those that are near and dear to them , and yet with all have accomplished no earthly good . Working men . ' if ever one man deserved better than another of his fellow men , that man is Julian Harney But for him , many , very many , of you would at this moment be pining in prison , your children crying for bread .

      Yes , fcUowraen , he saw the danger , boldly met it , and completely set at . naught the machinations of designing knaves , treacherous friends , and wild unmeaning enthusiasts . To me he is a stranger ; but I freely declare ray oplDion te be , the town ot ShttSdd owes him a deep and everlasting debt of gratitude , and something more , from the highest to the lowest , for the peace of the town , the preservation of yourselves , your wives , and children . From tbe higher or richer class he has little to expect ; but from you , working men , I trust to hear of better things . Up and be doing j Let not your energies longer lie dormant ; but show your detestation of the tyranny of class l egislation , by enrolling yourselves members sf the National Charter Association ; by your support of those who are incarcerated , the victims of an in t ernal faction . Working men , if you possess the

      feelings of men ; if the least spark of sympathy animates your breast , or one drop of the milk of humaD kindness flows in your bosom , suffer not the ensuiug week to pass without ample proofs of your regard for your brothers In bondage , members of one common family , God the father of all . Instantly set to work in the holy cause , and render all the support iu your power , and show your gratitude to your preserver , by aiding and assisting him iu tbe glorious cause of liberty . Finaily , working men , if your hearts are not as bard as the nether mill-stone , you will not relax one ista , until the trials arc all over , and you have made Harney a testimonial ( substantial ) « f approval for the horrors he has saved you from . Do this , and you will command the respect and admiration of not only Sheffield , but the good and true of every town in the kingdom . That such may be tbe case , is the earnest desire of Yonr friend and brother Chartist . G . A . N . Shtflield , Monday evening , Sept . 12 th , 1842 .

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      Most of you are aware of the circumstances under which our Brother was arrested , bnt to those who are not we would briefly state that in accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting at the Carpenters Hall , we held a meeting of our body and appointed Alexander Hatohinson to represent us at the Trades Delegates ' Meetings , of which he was elected ohain """ ; and for this , which might have been tke ease with any of as , oar brother has been arrested , incarcerated , ionlted , and Abused : the authorities are wing every meant in their power to convict him of sedition and conspiracy , and to throw tbe rtsponiibility of the meeting upon his shoulden ; it follows therefore , from the fact of Wb being appointed chairman * f a general Trades' Meeting , that the trades generally are LaperatiTOly bound tocome forward and assist us is this great public came , and endeavour , by every means in their power , to restore him free and unfettered to the bosom of his disconsolate family .

      TO THE TRADES AND WORKING CLASSES GENERALLY tOF MANCHESTER AND ITS

      VICINITIES . Fellow Workmen , —At & special general meeting of the smiths of Manchester , called for tbe purpose of taking into consideration the circumstances connected with the arrest of our esteemed friend and delegate , Alexander Hntchinson ; and for devising the best and most speedy method of raising the necessary funds for his defence , it was unanimously resolved : " That a committee sf seven persons be appointed , with power to add to their number , to act as a finance committee , and that they he requested to issue au address to the trades and the working classes generally , to solicit their assistance in behalf of Alexander Hotchlnson , and that each trade be requested to send a delegate to the finance committee . "

      We are also impressed with tbe belief that yonr sympathies will not be abated when we inform you that our brother has at all times endeavoured to render bis services for the benefit of his fellow men , and has always maintained a character for honour and integrity ; he has been most assiduous in endeavouring to educate , instruct , and instil in the minds of the millions , sound practical knowledge , pre-eminently calculated to improve their morals and to elevate their social condition , and no labourer in this high and holy cause is more

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      justly entitled to yourbsnevolence than the victim for whota wo are appealing . In conclusion , we most earnestly solicit your assistance to defend him at his forthcoming trial , which we trust will be cheerfully and energetically responded to ; and we hope that each and every individual will , by considering the caw at hie own , together with the impending danger of oar friend , and the privations to which bis helpless and heart-broken family will be subjected , in case of bis conviction , be stimulated to co-operate with us and thus restore the trades' martyr to h ' s previous position amongst us .

      We have made a calculation of tbe probable amount of expense that will be incurred in bis defence , and we find that as the success of the case principally depends on obtaining the best counsel , and the necessary number of witnesses , that pearly two hundred pounds will fee required , which may be easily raised by the Trades coming manfully forward and supporting a cause which is decidedly their own . We are , fellow workmen , In the cause of human freedom , Yours very respectfully ,

      The Committee . N . B . —The Committee meet every Wednesday and Saturday evenings , from half-past seven , to half-past nine o ' clock , at the Olympic Tavern , Stephenson ' ssquare , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions .

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      MR . WILD AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST . TO THE EDITOB . OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —I find in your last paper a short notice of my arrest , &c ; wUl you allow me to state through the same medium a few facts relative to my conduct from the commencement of the strike , up to the day of the meeting , for attending which I was apprehended . On the 18 th of August , a large concourse of people came to Middletou , Borne of whom came into my house , and insisted on my leaving work immediately , saying , if we find yon working again , we'll cat your warp across . Thinking it the least of two evils , I complied , being fully resolved to take no part in the proceedings connected with the strike .

      On the evening of the 13 th , I heard it reported that gome evil-disposed persons connected with the procession , had visited certain shops , and obtained money , bread , &c , by means ot intimidation . I bad yet abstained from attending any meeting or procession . But feeling that these parties , if allowed to go on , would bring disgrace upon the working men of Middleton , I determined to avail myself of the first opportunity of exposing them publicly . I attended the meeting for the first time on the 15 th , far that purpose . I did expose them , as did also the Chairman . The consequence was , no procession took place either then or since .

      1 was arrested for attending that meeting ; cut acting as I did , whatever the result may be , I have the satisfaction to know that I did my duty . Yours , &c Thomas Wild .

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      TO THE EDITOB OP THE NOBTHEBN STAR . Sir , —Having seen in the columns of your invaluable journal of tbe 20 th of August , an account of the riots which took place in Preston on the 13 th , from yonr correspondent in that town , in which he states something that has an evident tendency to cask suspicion upon the two delegates who visited that town ; and having also seen in your leading articles of the 20 th of August and Sept . 3 rd , two paragraphs , in which you state that the whole of the six delegates were paid by the shopkeepers and factory masters of Ashton , such statements are entirely false .

      Now , Sir , as such statements , if not contradicted , will probably tend to ruin the characters of men whose honesty has never been questioned , I shall , as one of the delegates , with yoar permission lay before your numerous readers and the public , a plain statement ot the facts connected with our delegation . It had been for some time previous to the present strike , generally known by the working men of Ashton and the surrounding towns , that it was the intention of the League millowners either to shut up their mills or reduce the wages of the hands in their employ to that starvation point , upon which they knew they could not upon any means subsist , by which means they hoped to drive the working people to a state of desperation , and that const % uant > y anarchy and confusion would become tbo order of the day , during which time they hoped to frighten the Tory Government to a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . Alfred Rayner and Brothers , of Ashton , were the individuals selected to commence this Corn

      L % v crusade against the land-owning monopolists . But , Sir , the working men saw through tbe move ; and no sooner did the Corn Law repealing Rayners an * nounee their intended reduction than the working men held a public meeting . This w&a on the 20 th ot July , at which meeting Rayner ' s hands stated that they could not subsist if that reduction was submitted to ; and it van the unanimous opinlen of that meeting , composed of factory hands of all trades , that if Rayner ' a reduction was submitted to a general reduction all through the town and district , would be the consequence ; accordingly a resolution was passed at that meeting , tbat if the Rayner ' s did not withdraw their reduction , they weuld , unitedly and collectively , cease working until they could obtain a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work , and in order to bsffla the Corn Law move , they declared further , that if any political change was accomplished , through their cessation of labour , it should be not a repeal of the Corn Laws , but the enactment of the People ' s Charter .

      That meeting waa adjourned until the following Tuesday evening , July 20 th ; it was held in the open air , when there could be no less than from twelve to fifteen thousand people assembled on that occasion , when resolutions were come . to that a general strike for a fair day ' s wages and the Charter , should take place if Messrs . Hayners' persisted in their reduction . Mr . Dixon , your reporter , attended , and took a copious report of tbe proceedings . I do not know how it was that Mr . O'Connor had to complain in his letter to the Imperial Chartists , of the 27 th ot August , that the strike had come on like a shock ; if proper publication bad been given to tbat , and the subsequent meetings , Mr . O'Connor would not have had to complain . The fault was not the people ' s , aa they paid Mr . Dixon and P . M . Brophy for reporting .

      On the Thursday following , the Rayners withdrew their reductien ; but no seoner had they withdrawn it , than the Messrs . Bayleys , of Stalybridge , gave notice to reduce ; and no sooner did this become known , than meetings were held in Stalybridge , Ashton , Dukinfleld , Hyde , and Droylsden , at all of which meetings , the above resolutions were unanimously adopted . On Friday , the 5 th of August , the hands in Bayley ' s employ struck wcrk , and on Monday , the 8 Lh , a general strike took place in Stalybridge and Ashton . The working men here knew well , that isolated and alone they could accomplish nothing ; they therefore felt a desire to extend the Strike ; the men were too poor to

      send out delegates at their own expense : application was therefore made to those shopkeepers who had long sympathised with the people's sufferings . The shopkeepers generously responded to the call : a public meeting was held on Tuesday , the ninth day after the general Strike cemmenced , tor the purpose of electing delegates to go into North Lancashire , to show the people the necessity of co-operating with the people of South Lancashire t » carry out their object The meeting at which the delegates were elected was convened in the Market-place , Ashton , and upwards of 40 , 000 persons from Dukenflotd , Stalybridge , and Ashton , attended , and the delegates were unanimously elected .

      New sir , it was no secret that the shopkeepers furnished the delegates with funds for their mission : it was announced in public and was received with the most deafening cheers , by upwards of 40 , 000 persons . Yes , sir , the delegates do not blush to avow that they were paid by the shopkeepers : but they were not paid by the factory masters , as you state in your articles—Tfley would have scorned to have received a fraction from those monstrous reptiles who have brought us to destitution and misery . The delegates deny the assertion , and wonld long since have replied to It , had not the peculiarity of their situation rendered it imprudent And , sir , the shopkeepers who did furnish us with funds , who are thty ? Some of them have long been struggling against factory tyranny , and have

      suffered imprisoment in the Chartist cause . The delegates who visited Preston did tell your correspondent in that town that tbe shopkeepers furnished them with funds . The also told thr > people of Preaton so , and felt proud in so doing ; but they never told your Preston correspondent , or any created being that they were paid by the factory masters . No , sir , it is as false as it ia perfidious . In reference to the reduction offered by Mr . Ainsworth , your Preston correspondent asks—Was it not preconcerted before these Ashton men came ? Perhaps , Sir , as your correspondent lives so near Mr . Ainsworth ' a , can best answer that question . Your Preston correspondent farther states that the Ashton men , after addressing tbe meeting in the morning , were quietly housed ; and that when the military fired , they had fled .

      Now , Mr . Editor , the fact is , that the Ashton men neither attended nor addressed any meeting whatever on the day on which tbe riot took place ; neither did they flee when the inilltaay fired . Bnt they went away when they bad done their business , strong in their own integrity . Bir , in conclusion , I can only say tbat tbe conduot and character of the whole of the six delegates is in their own localities above suspicion . Three out of the six have suffered imprisonment for advocating the rights of the people , and for struggling for the enactment of the Charter . Hoping , Sir , tbat yon will give insertion to the above letter , in order that your numerous readers and the public may have a fair opportunity of judging of our conduct from plain facts , I remain , Your ' s , in the cause ot troth and justice . One of the Delegates . Stockport . Sept . 7 , 1842 .

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      STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIM FUND . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB , Sir , —Allow me Bpace in the next Star , to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the support of Mason and his fellow victims : — £ a d From tbe Flint Shoemakers , Stafford 6 2 6 The Assotiated Chartists , Stafford 0 6 0 Southampton ... ... ... 0 10 From the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting as follows : — Goldbeater ' s Arms ... 0 2 0 Star Coffee House ... ... ... 0 6 0 Lambeth Locality ... 9 2 0 Rock locality ... ... ... 0 0 9 Clock House ... ... ... ... 0 2 9 Carpenter ' s Arms ... 0 2 0 Crown and Anchor ... ... 010 A Friend , Birmingham .... ... 1 0 0

      The money from Stafford and Birmingham is paid ma expressly to find food for Mason , according to contract ; the other will be placed at the disposal of the Committee , for the wives and families . Yours , ke . •'¦ ' ¦¦ Wb . Peplow , Friar-Btreet , Stafford , Sapt . 11 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAR . SIB , —Be so kind as to publish the following caution , and you will oblige the Chartists of Newcastle . There are four men in Newcastle who have got as much money as will enable them to " spree" about for a month . These men pioteaa to be Chartists , and by tbat means are endeavouring to insinuate themselves into our affections , and thereby get us to commit ourselves in our private conversations , and so get us entrapped . While I was lecturing at Avenue Head , . a snare was set by one of the " respectables . " But it was no so . I

      am too cool , and too deliberate to be entrapped by spies . I will say nothing , either in publio or private , but what I am prepared to prove and abide by in a Court of Justice ; and I hope my countrymen will do the same-No man need go to Newcastle unless he can produce his credentials from his own locality , and the locality he last visited . I hope every place , during these trying times , will adopt the same rule . Tbe reason of the above is , there are men who were good Chartists (?) a few weeks ago , but are bad ones now . Yours , truly , Peteb Rigby . South ShieldB , Sunday morning .

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      STATE OF THE POTTERIES . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHEBN STAB . Sir , —I bave been here for some time and have made all the inquiries I could , as to the real state of the district Truly it is lamentable to see the array of military and civil force , tbat parade the streets ot the Potteries . The market bouses are converted into Barracks , and the special constables parade the streets every night A terror seems to pervade the minds of the people , and yet they know not what for ! The local press exerts its utmost powers to prejudice the public mind against tbe Chartists , but witfeout any great effect , for numbers are now enrolling their names and taking out cards , and great numbers of tbe special constables are subscribing llbe ; ally to the Defence Fund .

      I am bappy to say there is not a dczen Chartists in Stafford G-iol , and tbe evidence against them is so trifling , and bo mixed up with gross perjury , that I doubt not but with a proper defence they will be acquitted . The Chartists are in good spirits and are exerting themselves very much to collect evidence for the defence . All that will be wanting will be money , and that I hope will be liberally supplied by tae Chartist body . Mr . Ellis has been arrested , I have beard at Glasgow . He will be examined this day in Newcastle , and is sure to be committed—they will strive hard to make a case against him , as be has been an honest and indefatigable Chartist . Too prisoners are all in good spirits , and bo are most of their families . All public meetings are prohibited at present , and the known

      Chartists and their bouses are watched closely . I have just been with a bill to tbe printers to announce a lecture on the " Cora Laws , '' bat he refused to print it without the consent of the high Bailiff , but I could not as yet see tbat gentleman , he not being at home . Persecution seems to be the order of the day ; several have been suspended and others threatened . A Mr . Lester , of Newcastle , a bigoted Tory , making himself most conspicuous , on Saturday discharged one of bis men of most excellent character , who served bis apprenticeship to him , and whose wife was an old servant of the family , for being a Chartist . " For , " says this wiseacre , " if I keep a Chartist in my empl « y , he will enter into conspiracy with other Cbartists to come and destroy my property . " But all will not do ; Chartism is too strong to be pnt down by the puny efforts of such modern UPSTARTS .

      Mr . Capper's case is exciting universal disgust in the minds of all classes , —going back to last February to rake up a charge , and supporting it with tbe basest perjury . Mr . Capper is universally respected , and one friend has privately sent him £ 5 towards his defence ; On the whole the Potteries are not in such a bad state as most people imagine . If anything more transpires I will send you an account . Yours faithfully , John West . Tuesday morning , Sept . 12 th .

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      LETTER FROM E . P . M . TO HIS DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS AND BROTHERS . My dear Friends and Brother Democrats , — In times like these discretion and prudence are certainly the better part of valour ; through the vigilance of my Nottingham friends , I have escaped with tbe utmost difficulty the clutches of their Dogberries , and their bine devil bloodhounds , and have taken precautions to secure my own liberty , because I know all impartial justice has ceased to exist in our ill-fated class-misgoverned country . V _ Call me not coward or reneg * de , for I am neither the one nor tbe other ; and aa long as I could be useful I remained at my post Mr . Roberts , and Mr . Longwise apprised me that a warrant was out , and brought me money to assist me on ray journey . Careful as I was , however , tbe bloodhounds tracked my path forty miles , when I doubled upon them , and they lost scent I am doing pretty well , and am a little recruited , and ready to work for the good cause while life and health remains .

      Too many useless sacrifices have already been made : some of our best and stannchest advocates are now wearing the gyves of claas-tyrants , and the iron is entering into their souls ; their stoic philosophy may grin and endure , but still men like Cooper , Mason , White , and Jones , bave minds too sensitive , too much alive to those keener feelings of the enlightened heart , not to feel doubly galling those fetters which bind their limbs , and those restrictions which tyrants have laid upon their tongueB , pens , and usefulness . We that

      are still at liberty in our persons and minds have now a duty to perform which no sincere Christian ( I mean no practical Christian ) , no sincere patriot , no sound democrat , no real Chartist , can or most negleet , namely , warmly to sympathise with oar persecuted and incarcerated friends and brothers , —in the first piece , by defending their characters when maligned in onr presence ; and , secondly , a zealous and incessant activity to provide for them the ablest and best defence , and relieving their minds from all anxiety about their dear families . .

      This , by a small pecuniary , sacrfioe in each and every man , may be done : a single penny per week paid by every member in every locality every . Sunday morning to a General Defenoe Fund , will be » pleasing oblation in the sight of our great democratic example , Christ , and a proof that we are sincere in oar sympathies for our dear victimized friends . This I am resolved to do ; and , according as God shall bless me with the means , more too . Yon shall , from time to time , bear from me in tbe

      Star ; and in a few weeks I hope to resume my labours as a public advocate of oar man-exalting and tyrantabasing principles . 8 ft $ a 0 ' ***' ' I Blncerely thank you , my dear friends of tbe West of England , of Wiltshire , Reading , Birmingham , London , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , and Newark , for all your past brotherly love and good-will to me , and still hope ; bystesdy , a « tiw , and prudent—bat zealous perseverance in the great mor battle , to the best of my bumble abilities , to merit still the esteem you bave hitherto professed for yonr sincere friend , The Old Commodobe . Sunday , llth September , Safety Cove , Snngland . Oo board tbe Caution , Democratic Sloop of Peace .

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      DONC A S L ' ER MEETING , 1842 . MONDAY , September 12 . The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 50 sovs . eaon , h ft for two-year old colts 8 st 71 b fillies Bit 51 b The owner of the second horse to save his nkke , and the winner to give sis dozen of Champagne to the Doncaster Racing Club . —Red Hoase ia . ( 34 subscriber * . ) Mr Blakelock ' s b o A Brit i sh Yeoman ( Templeman ) 1 Lord Maidstone ' s bo The Caster ( w Scott ) 2 Lord Westminster ' s b f Maria Day ( Mirson ) 3 Lord Sligo ' s br f Winter ( J Day ) 4 Mr Ramsay ' s b f L&dy Skipscy ( Noble ) 5

      Even betting on the Caster , 3 to 1 against Maria Day , 4 to 1 agst A British Yeoman , 10 to lagefc Winter . —Won by a length . The GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP of 25 8 OV 8 . each » 15 ft but 5 only if declared , &c with 200 added by the Corporation . The owner o ? the Becorid horse to receive 100 sovs . oat of tha stakes , and the third to save his stake . The winner to pay 20 sovs to the Judge . —St . Leger Course . ( 106 subscribers , 65 of wnom declared . ) Sir C Monk ' s b o br to Garland ... ( Hebdak ) . 1 Mr Powlett ' s br f Disclosure ( T Lye ) 2 Mr Robertson's Little Wonder ... ( Robinson ) 3 Mr Johnstone's br h Charles XII ( Marsou ) 4 Mr Crawfurd ' s br f by Langar ...... ( Arthur ) 0

      Mr Vansittart s b c Galaor ( Cartwright ) 0 Major Hay ' s ch h Retriever ( Murphy ) 0 Col Cradock ' s b c Pagan ( Oates ) 0 Mr Clark's b o William le Gros ... ( Howlett ) 0 Mr Peck ' s b o Paragon ( Bell ) 0 Mr Osbaldeston ' s br o Devil among the Tailors ( Simpson ) 0 Mr Bell ' s b o Thirsk ( Btimby ) 0 Lord Palmers ton ' s b m Iliona . ( W Day ) 0 Mr Jones ' s b g Tubaloain ......... ( Coupland ) 0 4 to 1 agst Charles XII 5 to 1 agst Disclosure , 6 to 1 agst Retriever , 8 to 1 agst William le Gros , 10 to 1 ag 8 t Pagan , 10 to 1 agst Iliona , 12 to 1 agst Little Wonder , 20 to 1 agst Thirsk , and 20 to 1 agsfc Tubalcain . —Retriever took the lead after a beautiful start . A splendid race : all well up . Won by a length .

      HER MAJESTY'S PLATE oflOOgs . Fourmilea . Mr . Ramshay ' s br o Moss Troor > er ... ( T Lye ) 1 Mr Gaecoigne ' s Jack Sheppard ( Templeman ) 2 Mr Osbaldeston ' s Woldsman ... ( Wakefieki ) 3 Lord G Bflntinck' Yorkshire Lady ( Hebdale ) 4 The Produce Stakes of 100 sovs was walked over for by Gen Sharpe's ch c Lara .

      TUESDAY , Sept . 13 . The TWO-YEAR OLD PRODUCE STAKES of 100 sovs . each . —Red-House in . ( 4 subscribers . ) Mr . Clark's b f Ameino , ( J . Holmes ) walk . over SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs . each . —Mile and a half . ( 3 subscribers . ) Mr . Bowes's ch f The Ladye of Silvorkeld Well ...... ( N . Flatman ) 1 Mr . Mostyn ' s b o .. ( S . Darling ) 2

      Won very easy . . The GREAT ST , LEGER STAKES of 50 sova each , ; h ft for three-year old colts 8 st 7 lb and fillies 83 t 2 Ib . The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs out of the stakes , —St Leger Course . ( 133 subs . ) Lord Fglinton's b f Blue Bennefc ...... ( Lye ) 1 Gen Yates's br c Sea-horse .... .... ( Chappie ) 2 Mr Dixon ' s b c Policy ( J Butler ) 0 Col . Anson ' s Attila , by Colwick ,... ( W Scott ) 0 Mr . Ball's b c Eboracum .... ( Heseltiue ) 0

      Mr . Clark's b c Master Thomas ( Holmes ) 0 Mr . Combe ' s br f Rosalind .. ( S . Rogers ) 0 Mr . Ferguson ' s ch c Fireaway ( Jacques ) 0 Mr . S . Kiug ' s b c Cattonite .... ( J . Day ) 0 Mr . Kitching ' s br f Priscilla Tomboy ( Oates ) 0 Mr . Meiklam ' s b c Aristotle ( S . Templeman ) 0 Mr . Owsley ' s b o Happy-go-Lucky , ( BradIey ) 0 Mr . Price ' s b f Marion ,.... ( Cartwrigfit ) 0 Mr . Ramsay ' s ch c Cabrera ... ( Noble ) 0 Mr Thompson ' s Pharnjaoopceia ... ( Fiatman ) 0 Mr Mab . er ' s b o Ballinkeele ... ( J Robinson ) 0 Lord Miltown ' s ch o Scalteen ( Calloway ) 0

      After one false start , all got off well together , Master Thomas leading . A splendid race . Seventeen started , being six more than last year . As on that occasion there was a false Btart , in which Attila got well forward , about fourth or fifth horse ; but the hor « 6 B were recalled . On the second start when about a hundred yards from the starting post , he shot out and took tbe lead , which he kept over the hill and round by the bashes , where he was first by three lengths , and so on to the Red House , where tha little filly , Blue Bonnet , till then "unknown to fame , " came up to him , and defeated him at the distance . Abeut half distance from home , Attila struggled with her , but in , vain ; he could not pass her ,

      While at this point , Sea Horse made a tremendous rush , passing Attila , and coming up to Blue Bonnet , Tommy Lye , who was holding in , seeing tbat AttiJa was done for , and that Sea Horse was aiming at the front rank , let out his mare , and she came in first winning cleverly by a length . Prisoilla and Tomboy ran a good third . These three were quite clear of the u ruck ; " whioh , however , were well up , Attila amongst them . No accident occurred to mar tbe race . The start was made exaotly at a quarter before fuur o ' clock ; and though we have not heard the precise number of miautes and seconds in which it was performed , we understand that it is considered as

      quick a race as has been run for some years past . The Betting . —Of course it is generally known , that the prime favourite was Attila ; and just before the start , the betting was even on him , and 5 to 4 against him . As to the other horses speculated oo , the prices were 7 to 1 against Ballinkeele , 8 to 1 against Cabrera , 8 to 1 against the winner , 10 to 1 against Master Thomas , 15 to 1 against Firuaway , and 15 to 1 against Policy . Sea-horse ( the second in ) was not mentioned ; and the betting was chii fly confined to the four horses first recorded . Of course , the backers of Attila are losers to a considerable amount , and very Jarge sums o £ money chauged hands on the occasion .

      Kemah-ks . —Will Scot , after carrying off the St . Leger pnzd for four successive years , on Don John in 1838 , Charles XII . in 1839 , Launcelot in 1840 , and Satirist iu last year , appeared equally confident of success os the present occasion ; and the knowing ; ones very sagaciously pronounced to their familiars a few words of oracular import , to the effect that Attila was booked to win , and must win . Sootfc ' s brother declared , on Sunday , that no horse could have been better trained , and the race showed that Will did his best to carry off the priza a fifth time in succession . ; but the charm was broken . Attiia reigaed first favourite , not only with the said knowing ones , but with all classes of sporting men ; ha

      was , in fact , a sort of popular , if not universal favorite ; and this , without any doubt apparentl y felt of his success till Monday morning , when , it is said , Lord Eglingtoun took 1 , 000 to 40 against Blue Bonnet four times successively . Up to that time , we believe , " her name was -never heard " as the song says ; but his lordship ' s example found several imitators , and the filly rose in- estimation a little ; bnt , as will bo seen by the above betting , was far below the favourite at the time of starting . It is seven years since the St . Leger stakes were carried off by

      a filly ; and it is not a little remarkable , that on both occasions Tommy Lye rode the winner ; and being the only times he has won this race , ho may say he has never won the St . Leger save with fillies . From 1816 till the present time , a period of 26 years , only four fillies have carried off the stakes , viz . the Duchess of Leven , iu 1816 ; Matilda ( ridden by Jem Robinson . ) in 1827 ; the Queen of Tramps ( Tommy Lye theriier ) , in 1835 ; and now Blue Bonnet IT . Lye ) , in 1842 . —We have not heard the exact amount of the stakes won on this occasion .

      The CLEVELAND HANDICAP of 20 sovs . e ach , 10 ft . but five ouly if declared , &o ., with 60 3 ova . added by the Corporation . Tee owner of the second horse to receive 30 sovb . oat of the stakes . The winner of the Great Yorkshire Handicap to carry Tib . extra .... One milo . ( 25 subscribers 13 of wnom declared . ) Mr . Walker's b f Billingham Lass , ( Bnmby ) 1 Lord Chesterfield ' s ch c Knight of the Whjstle ( N Fiaxman ) 2 Lord Kelburne ' s ch o by Retainer ,. ( Bell ) 3 Mr . Brook's br f Idolatry .... ( Howlett ) 4 Mr . Denham ' s Compensation , ( Wbitebous ^) 8 Mr . Bell ' s b f Frea . ( Hebdale ) « A good race .

      Thb CHESTERFIELD STAKES of 20 sovs . each with 50 added by the Corporation . Maiden horses , < fec , at the time of naming allowed 51 bs , and a winner of the Derby or St . Leger to carry 41 ba . extra . Mile and a half . ( 3 subscribers . ) Col . Cruddock ' s bo Pagan ...... ( Templetnan ) 1 Mr . Gaaooigne ' a b o Jack Sheppard ... ( Oats ) 2 Won cleverly . '

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      Heb Majesty ' s Visit to Scorutm . —EnmBao' . —Monday . —I have nothing of importance to communicate . Her Majesty is gone to Drummed Castlo , and is there enjoying herself with her spouse , ia the midst of revelry and gaiety of the most extravagant kind , I perceive that the London pr « ss teems with exaggerated and fulsome descriptions of the doings of her Majesty in Scotland . Very few of the stories abroad , with regard to the vnthusiaetie reception of the royal visitant by her Scottish , subjects , are true . I have been ont and abont a good deal , and my ears have been appalled with complaints that her Majesty can spend fast enough her subjects' money , bat that she ia very slow in endeavouring to ameliorate their miserable condition . I will not trespass further on your spaee , as I know yonr columns will be occupied with far more important and interesting matter * '

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      Mr . Bernard Macartney , of Liverpool , was arrested at his own house , early on Wednesday morning , by Parkinson , of Manohe 3 ter . He was taken between iwej , ve and one o ' clock , a . m ., and conveyed to the Bridewell . The " Beaks" returned during the day , and ransacked his house for papers , taking away snch fas they cnose ; after which he was taken off to Manchester .

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      MR . COOPER'S DEFENCE . TO THE EDITOB OP THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —In your last week ' s number , a paragraph appeared from onr indomitable and worthy advocate , Mr . Cooper , stating that it was not hiB intention to employ any hireling to defend bis cause , but that be would defend himself . The Committee of his Defence Fund , desire to state , through the columns of the Northern Star , that it is their intention to employ counsel to watch the proceedings of his adversaries , in addition to Ma own powers of speech . They consider it their bonnden duty to use all lawful and constitutional means to save their virtuous and incorruptible patriot from the fangs of the law . .

      The subscription is going on glorionaly . Leicester is doing ita werk nobly , and they hope that all true lovers of freedom , will at once bestir themselves in raising contributions towards defraying the erpences of his trial , which will come off on the first of October . The Committee beg to acknowledge the following sums on behalf of Mr . Cooper ' s defence : — £ . 8 . d . From an Old Radical , Hull ... 0 1 0 From Great Glen , per Mr . Whye ... o 7 0 From CounteBthorpe , per Mr . Grant 0 15 1 ^ From Gainsbro " , per Mr . Partridge 1 19 8 £ 3 2 9 $ By inserting the above , you will much oblige , T . Winters . 11 , Chnrch-gate , Leicester , Sept . 14 th , 1842 .

      CONDITION OF MR . GEORGE WHITE .

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      BEESLEY—THE NOBTH-LANCASHIBEJ ^ CHAMPION . Bboth ' eb ChaBTISTS , —Our long-tried and muchvalued friend , Mr . W . Beealey , baa at lsst been arrested on a charge of sedition , and committed for trial at the next Lancaster Assizes ; we therefore consider it to be our duty at once to establish a defence fund , In order to prepare him with tbe necessary means in the hour of need , being confident that the friends , and Chartists generally , will rally around onr champion . We have appointed a Committee for the purpose of receiving subscriptions .

      It is useless to say anything about the sacrifices he bas made in the cause , and the energy and perseverance with which he bas pushed on the agitation , and the firmness he bas displayed upon all occasions , in support of onr principles . This is well-known to all ; and in order to give all who feel inclined to assist the Committee an opportunity , the Committee have appointed Mr . Thomas Horsefleld , engraver , Abbey-street , Accrington , treasurer ; and Mr . StephenSutcliffe , engraver , Church-street , back of Warner ' s Arms , secretary , to receive subscriptions , —which will be duly acknowledged through the columns of tbe Northern Star . Stephen Sutcliffe , Sec . Accrington , Aug . 12 , 1812 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct616/page/5/