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      O'CONNELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . 30 THE RIGHT REV . DOCTOR BLAKE , CATHOSIC BISHOP OF DBOMORE . Mt Lord , —I believe it is not costomsry to make any apology for addressing a letter to any one who appears before the public upon political questions , through { he medium of tbe press . Assuming this m a right ¦ wMcix I sGoald nope will not be controverted , I take jfaTB , tbns publicly , to mate a few observations upon yanr Lordship's letter , of the 8 th instant , to the Editor f * tin Kerry Tekffrajph . ¦

      My Lord , I h * ve , with n » little degree of pain , read that letter in the DaMy Freeman and is the Weekly FnxmaxTs Journal of tbSa day ; and " I regret t « aee Hat , in yosr anxiety to make Mr . 0 Connell appear to the world aa the honest , uncompromising , consistent patriot which you wish him to be , and in your admiration of hii transeendant eloquence and splendid gbftrtifis believe him to be ; yon have in some parts of every speech and letter of yours , in his praise , exposed yourself to a flst contradiction from eTery one who has taken the trouble ta examine and read Mr . O Connell ' s political letters and" meandering career . The facts are one and all against your Lordship ' s eh&ritable assumptions , and I am sorry for it ; because it is great injustice to any man , and to the country , to hold liim np to his countrymen upon false assumptions either Vr public adulation or public odium . Equity , and equity alone , should be the ground upon which eTery public man should be tried . Equity is the shield and protection of the jufct man ; but the terror of the kn&ve .

      The following sentence occurs in your Lordship ^ letter « fthe 9 th instant , namely , "Ibefore , indeed , that neither the war with China nor that with Afghanistan were ravonriie undertakings with him , ( Mr . O'Connell , ] and that which has caused unnecessarily such horrible effasian of blood and such extensive and wanton destruction of bnrnan life , rather fills him with horror than exultation . ** Now this is just the kind of feeling which every good man should have wished Mr . O"Connell to hare entertained , and having entertained it , to have maintained it like an honest man ; but his conduct upon the occasion 'was the Tery reveree . When the question of . war with . China came under discussion in the House of Commons , or as

      the fashionable slang of the day has it , " was being diseased , " Mr . O'Connell made by far the most truculent speech of all the advocates of that nefarious measure ; one sentence of -which was cheered to the echo by the enemies of mankind at both sides of the House . He said , "Thai British valour would teach the saucy and insolent Chinese a salutary lesson at the cannon " * mouth even under the Tery walls of Pekin . " How honest , consistent , and prudent is this conduct in the advocate of anti-war and anti-slavery at public meetings I How rweet it falls from the lips # f him who osientatfooslr proclaims that " He would net shed one drop of human blood to achieve the liberty of the world I !"

      Yon my , my Lord , that " yoo have paid your years ' subscription before hand , to the Repeal rent , and that you glory in it ; and that von feel perfect confidence in the integrity and loyal !? as well as in the ability , prudence , and energy of the illustrious individual who la tha head of the Repeal Association . " I believe this Hjost thoroughly . I am eonTinced that you have the utmost confidence in Mr . CConnell ' s wisdom , prudence , ability , and integrity , or el » e yon would sot do to . Too must mean his ability , integrity , and prudence as a statesman or senator , as no one doubts or questions his ability as a lawyer and an orator ; but I do doubt and qoestisn bis ability and integrity as a senator . In what measure or proposition has he shown any proof of either one or other , or any of those qualities for -wtiUh yon eiTe him credit ! Where are they to be found ? Show

      me the statute or proposition , or aetfor deed of his in favour of public liberty since he went into Parliament in 183 > , and I shall mast willingly give him credit for HI I should not find fault with him for having been unsuccessful in the House of Commons ; but I do find fault -with him for net baring had the moral courage to have made the effort in his place in Parliament , particularly what his friends the only British ministry that ever intended doing justice to Ireland , were in power , and when that Ministry had a commanding majority in the House of Commons . Where , then , is his ability ? Where is bis integrity ? What has he done or proposed to do ? Let me not be answered by Catholic Emancipation , which would be no answer , as he had not a seat in Parliament when that measure was carried . "Where then ia" the proof of his ability and integrity as a statesman ?

      Now , my Lord , I who have for many years takes an active part in politics , and carefully and attentively read Mr . O'ConnelTs tetters and speeches , and took great trouble t <> collect them with a view to their publication , as tbe history of his life written by his own hand ; and who confided , implicitly confided , la tola ability and integrity , and was captivated by his doqusBse ,. sad loth to distrust him until he abandoned the true , pure Radical faith in 1835 , and openly and avowedly joined the deceitful and treacherous Whigs , do not wish to take you by surprise whose ' studies and pursuits are of a different and much higher order than polities . But , on the contrary , in order to prove te

      your Lordship and every other eologist and admirer of tfce ability and integrity of Mr . OCotmell , that I wish to deal with this subject fairly * nd candidly , do now give job one month to discover and publish any on « proposition for the benefit of his country , or la promotion of the public interest . bronchi forward by Mr . O * Conntill In his place in Parliament , during tbe whole of his " mmtrious " parliamentary career , the Repeal of the "CnSoa always exceptod , because he says Wm ^ f that be was reluctantly forced into the discussion of that measure . And mind , that I am prepared to prove that he marred , wflfuDy msrnd , tbe introduction of many a measure which would have been of essential benefit to hufioeslzT .

      As to his " loyalty , ft appears to me and to many others to have been , si one tame , exceedingly questionable , or if sot questionable , affords a bad test of that wisdom , prudence , ability and integrity for which your XArd&Up gives him so mncb credit . My Lord , he haa often plumed binmelf upon the ability and foresight which he displayed for five long yean in futile , and , I may add , fantastic efforts , to conciliate the Orangemen , and that too , in spite of the remonstrances of those who knew them better than he did , and whose knowledge lie was afterward * forced , publicly forced , to admit The time Mr . O'CoaneH chose to conciliate the Orangemen always did and always will carry a good deal of well-founded suspicion of his loyalty about it ; the more so when we take into consideration his wisdom ,

      prudence , ability , and experience . Hark the time and the ebeumstaneeB welL My Lord , I pray you do sot trot this carelessly , but weigh it walL At the very period , and long before , when Mr . O'Connell was by all the eloquence and all the artifice of which he is master , billing his credulous , warm-hearted , and confiding countrymen into the delusive hope thai the Ozaagemea could not only be conciliated , but that hundreds of them had aaerifleedtheir prejudices on the altar of their country , and joined the ranks of the Repealers , the Ihike of Cumberland , who was Grand Master of the Orangemen of the Empire , and Colosel Painnan , Lord Ksnjon , and other great Orange leaders , formed a conspiracy to charge the aynasVy on the death of William Ice Fourth

      asd place the Ihike of Cumberland on the throne . This eoaspi » cy was happily exploded by the inquiry which Parliament instituted into the origin , nature , and tendency of the Onega institutions . I shall not now say at whose suggestion this inquiry was instituted- But it is dear to asy one who reads tha report < rf that inquiry , the letters of Colonel Fairman and Sir . Herrick , and file disavowal by the Duke of Cumberland , in tbe Hcrase of LordB , of any connection with Orangemen or Orange institutions , that had this inquiry not taken pk © £ we would not be blessed with Queen Victoria for enr SovereiEn . it is immaterial whether Mr . O"Connell played wilfully into the hands of tbe Xhike of Cnmberbad oi he did net In either case he is not deserving of the high character for wisdom and prudence which yon are plaued to give him , because if he did lend his sid wilfully acd corruptly to the Duke of Cumberland , he is cot entitled to your encomium upon bis prudence .

      Etegrity , and loyalty . And it he acted in ignorance of fcemacbJEationg of theDnke of Cumberland and the Orangemen , which is the only excuse that can be offered for him , he is equally disentitled to Sat wisdom , prudence , integrity , and ability for y faifth yon giTe h "" credit . Sir . O'ConzteH threw erery obstaMfl in his power in the way of that icciairj ; fIOm ttzX motive is beet known to bifTiw-if-It is to the tsltnt , energy , perseverance , and integrity ° f 3 * r . We . Fraxcis Finn , the brother-in-law of Mr . OTSonnell , ar . d to the late Sir . E . 3 . Kuthven , that the Wintry is indebted for thai inquiry . Xo Mr . KuthTen lor baTirg presented and supported the petition which Prayed for it ; and to Mr . Finn for having obtained the ConuBitiee , and conducted the inquiry , and brought «^» Md the evidence , for which he ia justly entitled to ^ gratitudeof hia country , ynrl to the marked approbatioa of his sovereign .

      I * addiSon to the tffeet which this childish parade wont conciliating the Orangemen was likely to give to jas designs of the Duke ef Cumberland , it had the ««** of forcing the Government to re-embody and ** & the Oia = ge Yeomanry , who bad been disarmed ¦ w dubandM by the Duke of Wellington and Sir **«»* elin l 8 M . « appears , my Lord , that jour admiration of Mr . ^ waaefl-s unrivalled elcquente , and your own well-** ° * B and universally admitted charitableness « nd ««* nature bave fed yon to forget , or overlook , his * "fienee before the Committee of the Howe of Lords , « Tt ™ 1 Util ky ot March , 1825 , and published in tbe UiKi *> Beport on the State of Ireland , " in psges 152 . *•*» 15 s , of that Beport , touching tbe character , waaon , and lovakv . rf the t »*« j , n » tholic Priests . He rt

      cu eftec aja jj ^ ^ 6 Tldence TO upotL ^ ^ d i jr * " ? " ««¦ And what did he sweat ? Oh ! it Is ~ " ® ay credible . He swore that the Irish Priests were £ 2 ^? . in fact mnfrersaUy , the sons of poor , low , tbTsnd ** 1 ** 6 fittt * u » in the world or advance in sazTzZ , $ . "odety , was that ef getting one of their Sty ^^ ** ^ d *** . in * o to * priesthood . That and fW «? ? Oii ; 7 nien of vulgar habits and manners . . inta ^ TV Ktiei 7 fe " ^ kich they moved it was tbe i ^ rt * w * & government to secure tfceii loyalty by ( kJj ^ ta link from the crows ;* that is by a regium £ ?»»; Ma &ai must of then , if not all , wcu . d cheer-¦^ f accept of it And tkat the king should have s . ** on tie n omination of tbe Catholic bishops . My

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      Lord , do sot take my word for these facts , but read the evidence itself . On tbe same day , the 11 th of March , 1825 , ( page 163 , ) and before the same Committee , this " wise , prudent , and Illustrious individual , the Headjjf the Repeal Association * , " strongly urged the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and they were disfranchised . How many thousands of those disfranchised freeholders and their wives and children perished of want in the boga and :-ditches , victims of this horrid recommendation to disfranchise them ? Bat causing death by starvation is not shedding human bloiyl j

      Those two propositions—the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and the Payment of the Catholic Clergy by the State , were the terms upon which Mr . O * Connell agreed to accept of Catholic Emancipation , and were by him in his several letters recommending tbem to the People of Ireland ' technically called " Wings . " I cannot even now read these atrocious letters without pain and indignation . When the great Leingter meeting was held in Carlow , for the purpose of taking the sense of the province of Leinster npen those " wings , ' and which meeting was most shamefully packed by those who weru favourable

      to the- wings . " The late lamented Right Rev . Dr . Doyle said that the greatest difficulty he found in giving his evidence before the Committee of the House of Lords . was to avoid falling into tbe pit which Mr . O'Connell had dug for the Catholic Hierarchy . And at the metting held in St . Andrew's parish , upon the same subject , the Rev . Mr . Purceli ' s indignation atj , he proposition to pay the Catholic Clergy was so great that he raised his hand to heaven , and said , " may thia rightfhaud fall down -withered and powerless by my side the day it ii corrupted by a regimm domim . " This was language becoming a true patriot , and does honour to human

      nature . Mr . O'ConnelTs evidence is forthcoming . It cannot be blotted out , and the British Minister ever ready to take advantage of everr circumstance which will add to the power of the oligarchy , will one day or other , carry that evldtnos into j Tactical operation . But as this wise , prudent , and illustrious statesman has not condescended to tell his country , the use the Minister will mest certainly make of this evidence , I , even I , poor Paddy O'Higgins , the Chartist , shall do so . Unless the elective franchise be given to every inhabitaut of this empire , of sane mind and not convicted of any felonious effacee , as sure as I am writing upon

      this paper , so sure will tbe English Parliament pass au net to pay tbe Catholic clergy out of the taxes ; and although the clergy in existence at the time of passing the act , may , and no doubt will , refuse the bribe ) yet the Minister will , as be ever did , persevere , and open an account for every parish in the kingdom , ai : d sooner than be thwarted in his scheme of corruption , carry to the credit of every parish , the annual amount which was refused by the parish priest , and use the accumulated sum as a bribe , a tempting' bribe to bis soceessor . Remember my words ; mark tbem well ; for as sure as &od is in HeaTen , this attempt at corruption will be made , and \< hicb nothins can prevent except a Parliament returned by Universal Suffrage .

      . In my next letter , I shall state as briefly as possible , the motav « which influenced Vt . O'Connell to commence the Repeal Agitation , tbe reasons for putting it in abeyance , the tff * cta of that agitation , and the agitation for the total abolition of tithe ; its effects and the reason for entering into a base compromise of that question . In the meantime , J am , My Lord , With the greatest respect , Tour Lordship ' s © bedient servant , P-&TS 1 CH O'HIGGIXS . Dublin , December 17 , 1842 .

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      TO THE COLLIERS OF ENGLA . ND , SCOTLAND , IRELAND , AND WALB 3 . Fellow-Workmen , —We earnestly address these few lines to you , hoping that yon will boldly come forwards and assert your rights , and not allow yourselves to be trampled on any longer by the greatest tyrants on earth ; they are doing all that tfeey possibly can to crush you ; and yet yon stand quietly by wilfc your hands folded , lamenting your fate . There is no power on earth can prevent you from being paid for your labour , if you will only be true to yourselves , your wiv&s , and families , Every day we expose our lires for tbe welfare of the country , and the country leaves us to starve . What would England have been but for tile-colliers ? Would it have been the manufacturer fbr the world ? Xo : yon , our fallow-workmen , you

      are the foundation whereon all the greatness of this nation is built ; and without you this mighty fabric cannot stand . Then why should we give our labour to the whole world , and not in return demand thai ( from those we every day warm and n > ake comfortable ) remuneration "which will moke eur wives and children comfortable 1 Yea , we have . Then let as be up and going ; for if we do nothing for ourselves , no one will for us , for God helps them that help themselves . Let no one say he can do nothing , for every one can do something . Let every one work as though the success of the eause depended upon himself entirely . . Let us make one simultaneous tffjrt to throw off oar present -yoke of oppression , to attain those great and noble objects .

      We request that the men of every pit will appoint a man to write , or forward to us , addressed to the Colliers , Griffin Inn , Wakefield , every accident , and all information concerning tbe miseries that oppress you ; those facts , carefully collected and printed , will shew to the world such a picture as it never saw before . Talk of tbe negroes ! it is true that they were bad enough , but we are ten times worse . We recollect , some time ago , seeing an account of the collitrs of Scotland passing resolutions to establish societies in every town , village , and hamlet where mere were any collier . This is a noble objectunited we stand , divided we falL This , this is tbe object we are trying to accomplish . We call upon every true-hearted co'jler to write to « s immediately on the subject , and we will give them the requisite information in writing or personally : for unless we can be united we shall never do any good ; how is it possible

      we can , when we do not understand each other f Why should not we unite to protect our labour as well as the masters ? they unite to oppress us ; well , then , let as give each other the right haad of friendship . We are perfectly satisfied that if we only understand each other , and bad confidence in each other , we should soon . gain our rights and liberties , political and social . We call upon erery true-hearted Englishman , but more particularly the colliers of Ayrshire , Staffordshire , and readers vf tbe Stmr ; ~ xe request that tbe latter will show this to the colliers around where they live , and speak to them on tbe subject We beg all our brethren to send us the name of their pits , with their address' and numbers of men employed , reductions of wages , strikes , and all other matters whatsoever connected with these respective localities ; to send us their names tor enrolment , and diffuse unity and concord ; for without this we shall labour in vain .

      Yours , On behalf of the Yorkshire Colliers , THE EXECUTIVE . Wakefield , Dec . 21 , 1842 . PS . —Tbe colliers aronnd here strongly express their abhorrence at the rules and regulations to be observed at the Ayr colliery ; we particularly request their secretary to write to us giving all particulars on every point , and will do all we possibly can to put a stop to such like proceedings ,

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      LECTURE DELIYERED IN MA . RYLEB 0 NE IN 1 S 41—STILL PSRHAPS APPROPRIATE . PAET II . Offerees must needs come , says the Scripture . Yes , but when , Is accordance with Scripture , we denounce woe unto him by whom the offence oometh , we are immediately cried out upon as persons seeking to create divisions , when it is clear that those who give the offence , not he who complains of it , are those who occasion tbe division . The offender , fearful that hii offences will be vuited upon him , comes , like tbe conscience-stricken Joram , and asks , ' Is it peace ! " and

      we answer with Jthu , " What peace , so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jt * abel , and her witchcrafts are eo many ? " So long as yon keep giving such just occasions of offence , we want a council of censors to hear and determine all matters of dispute and difference among us . Cato , the Roman Cenior , was a most severe one , yet , to the eternal honour of that noble-minded people , they re-elected him aanually . " I am convinced that unril we ere prepared to act with Roman austerity , with . American firmness , we shall never make oursel » es formidable or feared .

      Skakspeare says—* " There is some shew &f goodness in things evil , If men obeervingly would find it out . '' Let us see if we can find any excuse for our divisions , or if any good can be derived from tbem . When men have been engaged in a long and trying struggle , such as ours for the Charter—suffering all the evils which they are striving to remove from others , and sacrificing themselves to tbe cause—is it to be wondered at that their tempers , if net their fpirita , should break—that they should become apt to attribute their ill success to one another—crimination and reetimination ensues —and friends suspect friends because foes are out of reach . Contention even in a good cause rouses the evil passions of our nature , aggravates them , embitters them * But let us on the heat and tame of our distemper " sprinkle cool patience . " Let us reserve

      all oar spleen to be vented on our enemies , or the false friends of . the cause . We are at present baffling one another . But out of this evil good will come . Tbe conflicting elements will clear the air , settle it , and a calmer , a more he<hy state of things will ensue . The muddy Btream will run itself clear . Our movement at present resembles a watch—we have factions within factions , like wheels within wheels , but the more they come in collision , tbe more they go contrary to each other , the faster they will fitrike out all that Impedes us-tbe faster they will forward the hands of tune to that sreat hoar when THE Chabteb shall be struck ! Tie strife is not so much among the people as among the leaders . I ^ t the people keep united and they need not care for—they may rather rejoice at the divisions among the leaders ; for were the leaders all to coalesce they might cheat the ptople , but , not agreeing , tfcej

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      will watch , they will expose one another . We have lately had the Cabinet Ministers of Chartism among us ( 1841 ) the Executive—come up to heal the breaches in our Israel , but I am sorry to say that the method they took was likely to inflame , rather than to allay the differences that unfortunately exist . They declaimed against personalities and yet were personal themselves . The president said , we had Spurrites among us 1—where are they T—surely it was forming too low an estimate of the understandings of the men of London to suppoBs them capable of leaving the Charter to follow an individual like Spun ! Spurrites 7 why we want Spurrites in one sense of ;» the word—we want men to spur us on . They safd , too , there was Watkinites I that was the first tame I had heard of

      them . I have not seen them yet Why , I am not a Watkinite myself . I am a Chartist or nothing . I should abhor myself if I were capable of worshipping anything , or suffering others to worship me ; if I could think more of my own personal interests or advantages than of the great , the immortal cause . Ah , but we have ites , mites , indeed , as all manworshippers must be—wd they would erect their Digons in England ; but , thank God ! the English are made ef " sterner Btuff" than to bow their knees to any god on earth . They are a proud , an independent people , and the greatest among them is so only because he is the least ,. the servant of all ; for tbe very Sovereign of England is but tbe servant of Englishmen ; and so far

      from beibg owned as a master , he would more likely be discharged as a servant , if he acted unjustly or tyrannically . No , no , we will have no worshippers to cry down all who will not cry up their idols . The Lord said , " yet have I left me seven thousand in Israel , all the knees which have net bowed to Baal "and thanks be to God , there are left in Great Britain and Ireland thousands of Chartists who will never forsake them—who look to the cause alone , and will no longer respect or trust the man , however high ia favour or confidence he may have been , that deviates the least , that diverges a haisjb-breadth from it If we are to have partisans ; if persons are to be regarded more than principles—farewell to free thought , to free discussion , to all hope of freedom .

      Chartist znends , 1 speak not to please your prejudices , nor your passions—I speak to promote our principles . I know that some of us are so besotted , so infatuated , not with love of ourselves , no , if we truly loved ourselves this would not be , but with the love of idols , that we are in danger of neglectiug , of losing sight of the cause . I cannot aee any man deceived , deluded , or delighted with bombast , bravado , or blarney , without pitying him and feeling indignant at the selfish and self-loving charlatans who Beek to befool us at a

      time when wisdom is most needed . So long as the people are fond of being gulled—so long as tbey listen to q ' . lacks and fortune-tellers whether in law , physic , or divinity , not excepting politics , ) ao long / will just occasion of grief be given to-their friends , who will have the mortification to be suvpeoted for their honest advice . What can they do but appeal from Philip drank to Philip sober T for while the people are in this condition tbey resomble Caliban , who made a god of a drunken steward , and because the honest Trinculo would not worship with him , he was beaten fur it

      Great meu are too apt to forget goodness , which alone coDstitutea true greatness ; but we have none among us too great , too high , to be called to account . If the greatest among us do an injury to the cause—by persecution » r peculation—they are as amenable to justice , as liable to be elicited—as likely to be charged and condemned aa the least King David was a great man , but he was not a good ae , when , trusting to the impunity of supreme power , he spared to take of his own flocks and herds , and took the single ewe lamb belonging to a poor man ; but there was found a prophet , & greater than he , who went to him , convicted him out of his own mouth , and passed sentence upon him in the remaxknble words—Thou art the man ! King George III . was more great than good when he persecuted Wilkes ; but tbe people made common cause with Wilkes , and compelled the stupid tyrant and stubborn bigot to give way . The people'of

      England haye still that power , and should it be found that creatures of their own power were exercising their power , not for tbe purpose for which it was entrusted to them—but for selfish or ambitious ends—should it be proved that the men of their choice were worthy of their choice —would they not tell them to their teeth—" Thus did ye I" Yjes , for by bo doing they would do a service to the cause , to themselves and to the mensince power should always be curbed by humility i but il is the curse of men of office to be attended by flatterers instead of honest truth-tellers—to have that vanity inflamed which requires to be mortified . Junius , in thuse elegant letters which are the perfection of the Biglish language , attacked the Dak « of Grafton the Prime Minister of the day for ruining an innocent man and his family ; he had bnt to prove this to the conviction of generous-minded Englishmen , and tbey sympathised with him .

      My friends , I boldly assert , I fearlessly avow , that there now needs a revolution in Chartism itself—a reform among the reformers—Chartism needs to be brought back to its first principles—It needs rescuing from bad bands . Let the honest men , the sound and sensible portion of the Chartist public , rally together and they will save it Let them unite , and the dishonest who aow flourish like green bay trees will wither away—the place tbat now knows them will know them no more . Yo mut make a resolste tend fearlessly to repel all farther encroachments , determined to regain the ground that we have insensibly been sliding from . The more desperate our condition , the more determined we should be . " Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more ! Or close the wall np with our Chartist dead . ''

      Though the fate of an Otway await me , who was starved to death upon Tower-hill , or of a Chatterton , who poisoned himself to prevent sach a fate , yet will I try to the last , and should I return to the country—should I live , like tbe stork , to revisit my parental-nest—I will take back a heart nncorrupted , uncontaminated by town politic * . I will take with me a token from this deluge of Bin and misery—that at least in one district in this sink of corruption , Chartism , dove-like , can rest its foot I will tell tbe country that , at Marylehone , a green leaf from the tree of liberty may be culled . I shall return as I came , and I came filled with all that love ef liberty which nature , which my native scenes in particular , are so well calculated to inspire . I shall again

      roam the moorland hills , erst trod by the fearless and free-footed ancient Britons , ere the Romans had conquered tbem—the Saxons had driven them into Wales , and the Normans bad penetrated into that , their last retreat , and subdued them there . I have hunted in their primeval forests—fished in their still-tunning streams—sworn in an ocean that once was theirs , and breathed the breath of heaven tbat was wont to wave tha woods and seas of their unburthened , unfettered time * , and tbat now mocks their sophisticated , their degenerated posterity . I have knelt on their eartheru tombs that rise co-part with the green-growing earth . iUelf , monuments ot ancient Britons , altars of libertyand I have prayed that tbe same spirit might animate me which animated them , and did uot leave them but with

      life itself—and tbe lark has arisen over my head like a spirit from their ashes singing its way to Heaven !—ah , I am not a disciple of this man or of that ; I am a disciple of God and nature , and solitude was no solitude to me , for there I had the congenial society of all nature . But the battle of tbe Charter must be fought in towns —must be fought in £ ondon . The country is the place to breed Chartists in—to rear them up ; but in London their best exertions are needed ; for it would signify nothing if tbe conntry were gained and London were not , unconverted London would corrupt tbe country again . Wat Tyler carried eight counties with him into London , bnt lost his life there—lost it by treachery . John Cade waa equally unsuccesful in London . Twas ever thus . All great cities are hollow , are rotten . Jesus Christ converted whole villages , but he could make but

      little impression on Jerusalem ; witness that weeping exclamation of his over it What must be done with this London t Like Shakspere ' s swam , I have stemmed tbe stream , swum against the tide , ansi spent my strength with over-matching waves again and again —and if I must die , I will die singing—if I must sink beneath tbe 'waves of faction , the whispers o ? calumny , yet the Charter shall be saved—the Charter shall live ; 1 will hold it aloft as Cwar held tbe records of Rome , with one arm , while he bore himself up witb the otber , through a tempestuous surge , and from furious foes , as Rolia bore Cora ' * child over rock and mountain , and though wounded , though dying , stayed not , faltered not , till he had lodged it perfectly safe , secure in its mother ' s arms ; so shall the Charter be preserved—it shall anrvive , a signal , a memento , a

      talisman" Unhurt amid tbe war of elements , The wreck of matter and the cru ^ h of worlds , " for , like the immortal soul of man , our Charter whatever be its fate here will be found hereafter , wreathed round the cross of Christ , the very presence of the Almighty God of Eternity . J . W . Battersea-Bquare .

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      " ENGLAND EXPECTS EYERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY . " PAET IL Yes j and If ever Englishmen had a duty to perform it is now—now England expeefcs it most , for now she needs it most We do not do our duty when we emigrate no more than the soldier does who lies from his poBt in the day sf battle . A true-born Englishman will not leave England—he will rather stay as Lord Sandwich did on board hia burning vessel and perish with her . Our duty Is now to rescue our countty from the rapacious gripe of those who prey upon her—who are making her their spoil—we must sot thisk of saving ourselves bnt of saving her—it la onr duty to stand by her to tbe last plank—to di « for her . No tree Englishman will ever survive her country .

      But men in general do not do their duty—we have sufficient proof-of this in the present condition of England—we do anything but our duty : but what are all otber things that we do compared to our duty ? When tte hour of death arrives—the hour we all live for—all that we have lived for—all tbat we have been—all that we have done , will all be as nothing , for all will be pass , all , except & « gleaming reflection that we have done oar

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      duty . Yes , that alone will console us at last—nothing will reconcile us , will mako us resigned , will make nj welcome our fate ,, but the thought of th * t-may we all beensbled to say at last "Thank God I have done my But how few do their duty , and the it * * *?¦* - d 0 ** * " thwarted by the many ???« . ""*¦ ¦ * ¦ " dld * ne ! r dut 7 » "to 014 »» find the young woman called the Queen giving a masqaed ball for the entertainment of herself and courtiers when the wrung country was groaning in unprecedented m . Bery and distress T— should we find lords and ladies putting on all kinds of antic shapes and sporting in a sea of follies , like so many dolphins , while the cries « f suffering innocence and starved industry were unheeded , or heeded but to be mocked-, to bemndemerrimest of ? —snoold we find bishops' riding about In their grand carriages with their purple liveried servants , Sone before and two behindand all the pomps and vanities

      , of this . wicked world , while their fleeced flocks , their shorn lambs ( shorn to the quick ) were compelled to pawn their very bibles and prayer books for food f—• hould we find parsons and their congregations making this honest confession—•• we have done what we ought nottohave done "—that is left their duty undone-should we flnd them confessing this truth every Sunday , and then all the week going the same round again bo as to make the same confession true again the next Sunday , as if to make good their own words?—should we Bind lawyers , some of whom In tfais mighty city ( London ) would sell the blood of their own brothers for a shilling—those worse than Judases , for he repented and hanged himself , but lawyers do not repent and are not hanged j Should we find —out I need not lengthen the catalogue—I might make a new Newgate Calendar if I were to record all the crimes of the gr « at unhanged . I will leave them , as Hamlet says , to

      Heaven" And to those tnoraa that In their bosoms lodge To priok and sting thym "And will now observe . In conclusion , that we , as Chartists , have a duty to do , not only to our country , but to the Chartist cause in particular , if both be not oneit is our duty n « t to see that cause in any way injured or damaged or weakened , either by the enemy without , or by the false friend within—it is our duty not to suffer ourselves to be deceived , or co ») ned , or cheated , or led away by delusions of any kind—for , be Bure , every wrung step * e ' take we shallhave to ' Retrace It again before we can advance one foot the right way . We have two stars , the star of the north and the star in the east to guide us , 'if we are wise men , to tke-place , or the point , where oar Saviour the Charter is . Jdet us fix our eyes on the eause and vow that nothing else shall lean us . Then we shall be safe , and what Is of Infinitely

      more importance , we shall save our country . The progress of a Chartist is like thePUgtim ' s Progress—many temptations will beset us—many falae brethren will join ua—many dangers will rise' to affright ub—our trials will be many—but we have but to go straight on—to persevere in spite ot all—and we ahull arrive at the heavenly city of our hopes at . Iaat—our new Jerusalem —and receive the Charter as our crown of glory , "England expects every man to do his duty "—let me impress tbat once more upon your minds—let me leave you with that impression . England apt only expects it—she entreats it—she impresses it—she implores it—we should die or do It . And not only Qoat England expect it but God expect * it—what else were we made for bat to do our duty J—what were we born for else ?—why' are are we Englishmen ? Let our cry then be— " God and old Englaud , and every """? to his duty j" " ¦ . ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ ; ¦ :. ;; ..., . . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . . Battersea . j . W .

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      ABSURDITY OF THE " REPEAL" DOCTRINE . The Anti-C ^ rn-Law League formerly rested their claims for a Repeal , on the ground that food and other commodities would be much cheaper—that the working classes would be greatly benefited , and trade would be increased by their having to spend lesa upon food and more upon manufactures . Having been baffled from this position , they now take their stand upon another , and say "that the benefit would bo derived , not so much from tha difference in price , as from having a regular and constant demand for our goods , by having it always in our power to make a just and equitable exchange . "

      Now this , position , under present circumstances , is utterly as uttenable as tbe other . Why do they want an exekange ? : Are all the backs In England covered ? Has every man , woman , and child , an extra Bolt for Sundays and holidays ? Are all their houses neatly furnished ?¦' -. " ,. Are all their beds sufficiently aupplied with sheets , and quilts , and blankets ? So tbe surplus goods belong to those who are starving for food ? If they do , then exchange away ; but If they do not , why send your goods abroad when they are bo ranch wanted at home ? Why send them to the foreigner when your own workpeople and your own townspeople are starving for want of them ?

      •« Oh V say you , " they have no money to buy 'with , or they should gladly have them . " Why haye they no money to buy with , bntbecause they have been unjustly deprived of it ? What better , then , would an exchange be for them ? If thei bavano . money % u bay « ie good * , how could they find money to buy tbe food for which you might exchange them * The food would be yours—hot theirs . " But we would employ tbem , " say yon , " and then they would have money to buy both food and goods . " How long would you employ them ? A month or a year ? If you employed tbem , would they not be producing at tbe same time ? And if they were producing , would they not be producing more than they could purchase ? " You cannot employ them without , profit , *' you say . And is not a profit appropriating more goods to yenrselves than you can yourselves consume ? Who then is to consume them ? What is to become of the

      surplus 1 You cannot sell tbem , for tboBB Who conld buy them would not be aWie to consume them ; and tlwBe who could consume them would not be able to buy them . Therefore , as a necessary consequence , they would accumulate . Your stocks would increase , in spite of yourselves , so long as profit , or your own aggrandi&sment was the Btiraulas . : ' How long , then , would you continue to employ your Workpeople ? Just till the exchange had been made , not longer . Then the merchants , finding they could not dispose of the food , would cease to Bend out orders for more , or rather , they would refuse to take it in exchange . Therefore , the foreigner , having nothing else to pay with , could not order any more goods . Where , then , would be the " permanentlyincreasing demand , " bo much talked of ? How long aftei that , would "wages keep up , ' or " regular employment" be found for the people ?

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      TO THE JEDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sm , —Tbis freedom , of calling on you to give the following case of direct attack on the liberty of the subject , you will excuse , I am sure , after the details are fully explained . f The case is thus , —on tbe 22 th of this month , a young nan , of the name of William Clement , in the employ of Mr . Orrell , cotton-spinner , Belmont , near Bolton-le-Moors , was arrested at home , about two o ' clock in the morning , and taken to the police-office ,

      on the charge of assisting to engrave a plate , or stamp , to counterfeit the Halifax and Hudderaueld Union Bank , was locked np , and from Bolton was removed to Manchester , and lodged in the King-street lock-up , and was confined there until the 14 tu , from thence was removed to Halifax , and confined there until the 19 th , and on that day was brought np before the magistrates on the bench , and , on bis appearing , be was simply asked his name , and was instantly set at liberty , without any cause being shown eithorby the police or magistracy . _ / . _ . .- .

      Tue above is a plain and true statement of the facts of tbe case ; I can fully attest them ; and further ,. the above William Clement , instead of having the ability to engrave , can barely write his own name . Now , Mr . Editor , I am fully aware that there ; la-one " law for the rich , and another for the poor , yet notwithstanding this , Z should like you to give your opinion on the above , for I have never heard or read of amoredisect attack on the liberty ot the peiaon before . . ' '¦ ¦ : '¦ / . " ' . ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ :. - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦'

      I bad almost forgot to inform you that the aforesaid William Clement is a powerloom-weaver , and baa been in the employ of Mr . Haslingdon , of Bolton , for the space of upwards of four years , and was so until the said Mr . Hasltngdon ' a factory was destroyed by fire the last month ; after that he obtained work at Mr . Orrell ' s , Belmont ; now , in censequence of the above transaction , he is utterly without employment ; ' I subscribe myself , ; Your obedient Servant , Daniel Diggle . Bolton . Deo . 2 Qtb > 1842 .

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      MR- DICKENSON , THE MANCHESTER ; ' PAC&ESt . V ¦ ¦ '¦ . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ; " ¦ . ' :, ¦ '' . TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sib—I am very sorry to have to trouble you on this occasion , bnt wishing always to have truth and justice upon any statements that may affect private or public characters falily laid before the public , I am bound at tbis time to contradict a statement that appears in your paper on Saturday , the 10 th of December , respecting Mr . T . Dlckenson , better known as the Manchester Packer , and the South Lancashire Delegate meeting . % ; ¦ . .

      The certificate and resolution aa purporting to have beeu issued from the above meeting is a tissue of falsehood sai a perversion of truth . The certificate and resolution in your paper of the 10 th instant , Was neither- passed nor given to him at , or from , that meeting , and moreover neither John Murrey nor William Grocott , were delegates at the said meeting . It is true the charges against him were brought before tbat meeting , and to tbe said charges he , Thomas DickensoQ , pleaded guilty , and said It was through poverty he was obliged to have recourse to the same . There were other charges to .. be bronght against him , but these were left for the council of the locality to which he belonged . They were to summons the parties preferring the charges before them and decide accordiiiglv . but strange to say , these parties were never sum-

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      moned , but for what reason is best known to the parties themselves constituting the said council , or I am ¦ are the parties preferring the charges would n » t have lacked either honesty or courage in coming forward to substantiate the truth of their accusations if they had been summoned to appear " before tbe QpunciL There was one resolution passed respecting him at the delegate meeting referred to , and that was , if he could dear himself before the csuntU , Mr . Dixon , tbe Secretary

      to the delegates , was to give to him credentials upon the receipt of a ; certificate from the council , bearing the signature of the Chairman , which he bronght ; bnt it was given to him unfairly , as tbey did not have tbe parties summoned , to hear both sides of the question . — I am surprised at Mr . D ! skenaon for being so foolish as to state that he got them from the delegate meeting , foe he might be sure the delegates would see them . and then what confidence could any of the delegates place la him after publishing such a falsehood and wilfully stating tbat he received them from the delegates .

      By giving this a place in your paper , you will greatly oblige , ; " ,. - . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ; . : - ¦ . . V \ V-. - . ; . . '¦¦ ' - ; ¦' . ¦ ¦ , \ ' . ' .. Yours , in the good cause , Thos Rauton , Chairman of the above-named delegate v . - . - : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ '¦ - . - ¦ ' .:: " ' '¦ meeting . . ¦ ' : . v ¦¦'

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      Knutaford House of Correction , Dec 16 , 1842 . Dear Cousin , —These fow lines come with my kind love to you and your family , hoping they will find you in good health and spirits , as they leave me moderately soalprestnt .

      I received your fcind and welcome favour of the 12 th instant j and to begin my necessarily short letter I must inform you , and all our friends in the neighbourhood from which we come , that we cat ) be visited on the 2 ud January , and then not till the first Monday in February ; and after that , on the fltat Monday In April , between the hours of 1 * 0 and 4 o ' elook . I should be glad to tee you here if you < aid make It accord with your other engagements , along with either my father , or brother , or any other friends . The period of my liberation approaches but tardily ,

      but I shall reconcile myself to the lot of happiness which falls to my share , and in order to make the beat of my leisure time after work , and to bare a Mttle improvement for the mind mingled with the tortures and punishment of tbe body , I wish vou , when you como , to bring the following books , vis , M'Cullock ' s and Cob . bett's Grammars ,-. Hamilton's Geographical K * y , and Walker ' s Pronouncing Dictionary , and I shall feel much pleasure in receiving from you any small work which your library affords , sentimental or sotentifloy as nothing Theological or Political will be allowed .

      I send my very best and most affectionate love to my Hear wife , and children , to my father and mother , and my brothers and slaters .- and I send my sincere and warmest respects to those few friends who have given their assistance to the widowed wife and fatherless children of the unfortunate , unaltered Robert Wild . I Wish Mrs Wild to make a bag to put the books In , which wl > l enable me V > keep then clean .: Dear Cousin , jou hope that I shall cheerfully submit to the discipline of the prison . Now , Sir , I ask you , how can a man cheerfully submit to the brief summary of rules here annexed , tide , talking , singing , whistling ,

      attempting to communicate by signs or any other way , either in the day rooms , work rooms , or cells , any unnecessary looking about In golug to , or returning from , the chapel , ot at meals , work , or exercise ? These are some of the rales , the breach of which is considered an offence against the prison regulations , is forbidden , and will be severely punished . I wish there waa anything connected With the whole place tUat could entourage cheerfnlness , Alas ! there is not , but as you know so little about the treatment , I must give you a short but true statement of the diet in this place .: . ¦ ¦ ' '• ¦; ;¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . ¦ :. ... •' . ' . v . - ; ¦¦ . . - . ¦ . . ¦

      We kave half a pound of bread and two ounces of oatmeal made into gruel , for breakfast ; the same for supper every day . We have eigbt ounces of cooked batcher ' s meat weekly ; one pound and a half of potatoes to dinner . We have soup , in which the meat is boiled ,.. on Mondays and Thursdays to dinner . On Friday we have one pound and a half of potatoes with salt to dinner : and on Saturday , salt and potatoes by way of a change . ... . . ¦ .-: ¦ ¦ ;; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; .. ¦ . : . ; ¦' •¦ '¦ • ¦ . Dear Cousin , you may form an opinion how easy It ia to be content upon such scanty aUoiaftee . The effects are already visible in my body and ^ iys lca l strength , which are so far impaired that I tronbts when on my legs after the least exertion . You will cease to be surprised when I tell you that mine is not the only case of the same

      kind-The tfocta of confinement and poor diet have reduced me extremely low , which you will perceive when I tell you that on my arrest I weighed eleven and balf stones , and now I weigh only ten stone three-pounds , ( fflT » aot { nA » . feiyr i K . wi lint oBly mm ptranrt per week for the sixteen weeks , and if I go on at this rate for the whole term , I shall , at the end , be just three stones good . There will be a fine fellow for you—almost fit for a place in the British Museum , or the Manchvstor Sfcologlcal Gardens . But , to return , I was telling yon about the prisou tiiecipUne . We are compelled when exercising , to walk with our hands behind us , which I flnd very Inconvenient these cold days . I have applied to the Magistrates to be allowed more food , but without

      success . ;¦; . . . . . ¦ ..-: . ¦ - : ¦ . . , - . ¦ . .. ¦ ¦ . - •; . . ¦ . ; . . My paper is fall , and my time expired , and I BhtiH , therefore , close for the present ; hoping you Will forward this , or a copy , to my wife . :. _ . '¦ ¦ ,. " . . By attending to my earnest request , yon will greatly oblige , / ¦ : ' ¦ : ¦ , : . ' ,. ' ' ¦ . ; ' ¦' . . - ¦" . ' ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' . [ , " ¦ ' ¦ Tour affectionate cousin , ROIBRTWILD , Of Mottram .

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      Lqndon . —National Association Haul , HoiBOBij . —On Sunday evening , Jan . 1 , Mr . Parry ; wili delmjjr * lecture on the ** I ^ esults of the Birmingham Conferenoe , " lecture to commence at half-paab seven o'clock precisely . Mr . Martin will lecture at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sunday , Jan . 1 st . A DKLESATK meeting will be held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , to audit the books and other businees . Halifax . —On Sunday ( to-mprrbw ) , Mr . A . Haoson , of Eliand , will deliver a lecture in the Large Room , Swan Coppice , at - six in the eyeniug .

      RadclIf » b Bridge . —Oh Sunday next , two lectures will ba delivered in the Chartist Association Room , RadbHffe Bridge , by Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Bulton , service to commence in the afternoon at two o ' clock , and in the evening at six . On Tuesday , there will be a tea party , at which Mr . Leach , of Manchesterj and other frionda are expected to be persent . ¦ .. ¦; .: ' . - ' . ¦ •;¦; . ' ¦ .:. ¦ ¦ . . ¦ Bradiord . —On Sunday there will be a public meeting held ia the large raom , Butterwortji ' sbuildings , to hear the report from the delegates of the prdceedingg : at Birmvnpham Conference . The chair will be taken at two o ' clock in the afternoon . There wiU be a collection after the meeting to defray the expences of the delegates . Bhadfokd . —The -members , of the . Co-operative Stores will meet on Sunday evening , at aix o ' clock .

      A Meeting of . the council and ChartiatBof Bradford will be held in . the council room , on Sunday , at two o clock in the afternoon , to hear the report from the delegates to the Birmingham Conference . The Members of the General Council , who are nominatea for the ensuing year , will meet on Monday next , at Beven o ' clock in the evening , in their room , BuUerwortb-building 8 . when it is xequeateQ every member will attend . '¦ ** ¦ - ' - SAtFORDr—A member ' s meeting will be held next Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , when businesfl of importance will be laid before the meeting .

      Mr . Littlkb will lectnre in the Chartist Room , Great George-atreot ^ Salford on Sunday next , Oldham—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Wm . Booth , of Newton Heath , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-streeti at six o'clock in the evening . Carkington . —There will be a puWio moeting here on Sunday eveniug next , in Mr . Lees large room , Mansfield-road , at seven o ' clock , when Mr . Harrison will give an account Of his mission at the Birmingham Conference . Mr . R . G . Gahmaob of Northainpton , will lecture at tbe following places during next week : —Reading , Tuesday ; Oxford , Wednesday ; Banbury , Thursday ; Shutford , Friday and Sunday .

      Eibkheaton . —The Chartists of this locality will have a tea party on Friday evening ; tea to be on the table at five o ' clock . Ladies'tickets 6 d ., gentlemen 8 9 d ., maybe had of Thomas Stringer , jun ., Santa ; Benjamin Jamieson , Square ; and William Hogson , Town . - . ; ; . ; , V ; " . : : ; ¦ ¦ : ; ' ., rv ; . ; ; : - -- \\ , '¦ L .. : " : " Mr . Thomas Ibbotson , local lecturer , of Bradford , will visit the ( following places during next week : — HuddersfieldV Snnday afternoon and evening ; Monday at Honley ; Tueaday , at Holmfirtb . ; Wednesday , at Kirkheatott , at each place at eight o ' clock in theevening . .

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      Leeds Woollew Markms . —The last Tuesday ' s market at both Cloth Hails , was one of th »? dullest of the year , and although stocks are not largn . there is a doubt whetbea-even this is f igpificant of a better demand having arisen , or a prjjof that inanufacturers are tired of keeping stovk ; Unremun . rativo prices are said to be the order of the day , nor , wo believe , is it possible to sell except at alossun the cost of production . The wool trade , whicKhas beea slightly advanced , has again relapsed , ond except au impulse be given , will be as dull as need be . HUDDBHSPIELD CtOTH MAUKET , ToFSpAp , DKC . 27 th . —Ab might be expeoted there was little ^ usiiiets done in out Hall this day , it being the closu : or the year , whether the opening ono for the new yi ar will make an improvement upon the old one , -. to must wait and see ; for the sake of the poor we vvish ii may . " .. . - ; . ;¦ ¦ : ¦ ; ' . .: . ' . ' ¦ / ¦ . - ¦ ' -

      Rochdale Flamnkl Market , Mondav , V c 26 —Though . there was but a thin attendauce of i > uyers in tba market , there hag been a very fair der . iiad for flannels , considering the timo of the year . For some months back , pieces have met with a ready Bale ; but the manufacturers have not been able to obtain an advance in price . In general , even when trade is good , thrre is but little busiuess trunr , acted between XThriptma * day and the now mark «^ t-, n-hieh is always hsld the first Monday after the t j d « - mand for goods , and the manufacturer" bc ' me Diablo to « ive an adyan ' o ^ until they ara enabled to n- ! i their pieceB proportionably higher . Richmond Corn Market , Monday , Dec . 2 ?> - We had a fair supply of Grain in our mark « i to day . Wheat sold from 5 s 3 d , to 6 h 6 d . Oats 2 ? to 3 < . Barley 33 , to 3 s 9 d . Beans 3 d 9 d , to 43 6 d per bushel .

      London Smithfield , Monda y , ur . c . 20 . — ! u our market to-day , we had a fair average timo oi year bupply of Boas' 9 , in the quality of which a ? : ight comparative falling off was apparent . Although most of ' the butchers appear to be toleraoiy well Btockcd , their atteadance was , on the whoi ^ , immorous . For the primest B f we had a t-nudy in * quiry at fully , but at nothing quotable bejona the prices noted on this day se ' nnight , or from 4- 2 i to 4 a 6 J per stone , while the valoo of the middliug and inferior kinds was mostly supported , and a fair demand was effected by tho salesmen . Tho imports of foreign stock , since our last report , have been again very limited , those at Southamptou having comprised 80 bnllooke from Spain , 20 of which were on offer from this morning ,, but they commanded little attention , from their miserable condition *

      while at Hull , twonty have been received , ycr the Leeds steamer , from Hamburgh , not a sin « te head having come to hand in the Port of London . There was a scanty number of sheep on Bale . The primest old Downs sold , in some few instances , at 4 » 6 d per 8 ibs ., and the quotations of al ! other kinds remained unaltered . Scarcely any Calves were on offer—so little was doing in them that our figures are almost nominal . The Pork trade was rather firm at late rates . From our Northern grazing districts we roceived about 600 short horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk , and Essex 110 horned and polled sorts ; from our Western and Midland counties , 250 Herefords , runts , Devons , and Irish beasts ; from other parts of England , 225 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 70 Soote , the remainder of the supply being derived from the neighbourhood of London .

      London Cork Exchange , Monday , Deck . 26 . — Last week the receipts of Wheat from our owu coasts were on an average scale , and considering the state of the atmosphere , of fair average quality . Fresh up this jnonnnft scarcely any Wheat came to hand from Essex ; while , from all other quarters the supplies , coastwise and by land carriage and samples , were limited . Although this was a holiday market , we had a fair attendance of both town and country buyers , who purchased nearly the whole of the best Wheat of home growth readily , at fully the prices noted on this day se ' nHight , but in other kinds a limited amount of business was passing at late rates . We had a good supply of foreign Wheat on offer , tho

      transactions in which were of a retail nature at previous ourrenoiea . The imports continue scanty . The returns of Barley have been large , but the actual quantity on the stands was net to say great . TJie best malting parcels realised full prices ; butdiBtillers' sorts were a shade easier . The Malt trade was very'inactive , yet we can notice no alteration whatever in the quotations . With English and Scotch Qats we were well supplied ? but the arrivals from Ireland were unimportant . . This article moved off slowly at last week's currencies . In Beans and Peas next to nothing was doing . The Bale ot Flour was dull , and the top price of the best town-made was 45 s per 2801 bs .

      Bobouqh awd Spitalfields . —The arrivals of Potatoes , since our last , haye not been to say exteh-Biye , yet as the supply on hand is large , and the quantities of green vegetables extensive for the time of year , the demand is dull , at the rates beneath quoted : —Scotch reds , 55 a to 66 a . pes ton > Y « k cJitto , ' 453 to 6 Q $ ; Devons , 453 to 5 Qa ; Kentand Essex whites , 40 s to 453 j WiabeacK , ¦ 35 s to 45 s j Jersey and Guernsey blues , 35 s to , 4 ^ s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents . 45 s to 50 ^ -taUova . ~ -Thia market

      18 very dull and inactive , both on the spot , and for the spring ; fine Y . C . y in small parcels , are to be had at 48 V ; and the speculative price for tha spring months is not above 47 u 6 d . The Stook here next Monday will be quite what we anticipated some time since ; namely , 35 , 000 casks . Although this may be considered a fair quantity for the time of year , it must be remembered that the stock of Tallow at the outports is very short compared with former years . Town Tallow , 47 s 6 d to 48 s aettcatth , rough fat 2 s 8 d per 8 lb .

      Wool Markbt . —The imports of Wool in the port of London , during the ; past week have amounted ; o 1 , 362 bales , chiefly from Odessa and our colonies . There has-been some speculative inquiry , for tho best parcels of both English and Foreign ; but for actual use , averylimited quantity has changed hands , and prices remain unaltered . Borough Hop Market . —This being a holiday market , exceedingly little bnsiness was passing in Hops to-day ( Monday ) , and the following prices are next to nominal . —East Kent in pockets , £ 5 103 to £ 6 103 ; Mid Kents , do , £ 5 5 s to £ 6 ; do in bags , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 6 s ; Sussex , £ i 10 s to £ 6 8 a ; Fsrnhams , £ 8 to £ 10 ; Old Hops , £ 3 to £ 4 10 s ;

      LivEifoit Corn Maukkt , Monday , Dec . 26—Our imports of Grain , &o . this week include 2 , 620 quarters of Wheat , 0 , 840 quarters of Oats , 5000 sacks of Flour , 9 , 180 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland , and 5 , 450 barrels of Flour from Canada . The business in Foreign Wheat has been only of moderate amount , but at the prices of last week ; latterly , iDdeed , holders generally have shown less disposition to sell at these rates . Irish new Wheat must be quoted Id to 2 d per bushel cheaper , 6 s 4 d to 6 s 6 d perJOlbs , baing taken for the best runs of red . No change in the value of Flour . The increased supply of Oats has consisted principally of secondary qualities , which have met but a slow sale at 2 s 2 d to 2 s 3 d ; a few " Very fine mealing have been disposed of at 23 4 d to 2 s 4 Jd per 45 ibs . Oatmeal hat . rather declined in value ; 21 s per load may be cdfindered the top for Irish , at which , however , fleveral parcels of the finer marks have gone into the

      hands of the dealers . No alteration as regards Darley , Beans , and Peas . _ n Mabchesteb Corn Mabket , Satobdat , Dec . 24 . —During the week a steady demand for Flour has been exhibited , and the previous curreucy was firmly supported ; the amount of the transactions was , however , on a very limited scale , and altogether to consumers for immediate ase . There was very little inquiry for Oatmeal , and late rates were not sunported . On- reference to the statement of imports , it will be found tbat Ireland continues xo furnish large supplies of Wheat , Flour , ; Oats , and OitmeaL At onr market this morning , there was a very slender attendance of bnyers , and no change can be noted in the value of either Wheat or Flour . The business done in Oatmeal was chiefly in retail , at a reduction of 6 d per load from the currency of this day se ' nhighi ; . Oats and Beans were but little inquired for , and we reduce our quotations Is to 2 s per quarter for tHe latter article .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Dec . 26 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not been quite so large as last week , which met with dull sale . Beef 5 | d to 6 d ; Mutton 5 | d to 6 ft per lb . State op TRADE . Mjince Tuesday last , there has been a gradual improvement in the demand for manufaotored goods of nearly every description ; and though the amount of actual business has not been very large , a slight advanoe of price may be noted in all &o leading fabrics , with a very firm feeling on the part of the manufacturers . In yarn , ttlo buinehab

      owing to the aeason , very H sss s een done , but theinarket exhibits a decided increase of firmness as compared with that of , last week ; and such of the spinners as feel inclined to make contracts for future delivery have little difficulty in doing , bo at prices rather above those at present nmiUng . zTho partial sospension of the YorkiflKsracoltaral Bank creates no sensation here . a * W business is understood to have been , very limited , and quite out of the ordinary range of Manchester engagements . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday . .

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      ChhiSiiOs Holidays . —Monday last was observed as a very general holiday in Leeds , the shopkeepers generally ( the society of frieDe 4 s exeepjed ) bavin * responded to the appeal of their assistants , and closed their reepeofcive ^ sfcwliBhjaents on that _ day . The only oxceptlpas we observed to the iulein . Briggate were theshppsof Mr . Pegler and Mr . Bartacioucb , linen drapers , who caoee to make themselvea singular by the exhibition of their goods to the holiday keepers . We truBt toat no diminution ef profits will accrue to those whotooka liberal course * and set their asfeistaiilB at liberty for on ^ day in the year ¦• .., ¦' : ¦; ' ,.. ; ¦¦;¦; ' ' ' ' - ¦ . -- . - ..: :: : ¦ ¦ : ; ; - * : : . /

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      TO 1 HB EDITOR 6 F THE NOBTHEEN STAR . Sir , —The following is a copy of a letter which haa been handed to me by a friend to aend for insertion I the Northern Star , in order that the cenntry may see the oaufige that poor Wild and otHfirs are undergoing in the Kauteford House of Correction . If yon think it worthy of a place in your columns , ita Insertion will greatly oblige . —Yourauuly , W . D *

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      ROCRITKS IN THE CODNTt , 0 P LOUIH . —The Drogheda ConservaHve states , that " on Sundar evening last a body of men proceeded to the house 01 Mr . Marmion , of Killaley , county of Louth , . and threatened his life nnlesa hewouid give up a fat m ^ e had lately taken from which , * person named too Glaiier . had been ejeoted * There were upwards ^ 200 persons present . Three of the partj ' haye , beencommitted to Dundalk gaol , by Mr . John M'Cbntock . of Drumoar . 'V

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      ^ ' .. THE NORTHERN STIR . T 1 " ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . i * i »¦ ... . . - ••' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' - ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ - ¦ -. ' . . "¦ .. -. - ¦ ¦ " . ¦ •¦ ' . .... - - ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦ _ . ¦ ¦ .: \ ¦ ¦ "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct631/page/7/