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      TRp-pvrtT GaL , Beuok-btkeei , Yobx , desares all ihosepfrsans who had copies of the hgmns printed forthe benefit of JBolbem /' s vndow on sale , to account jor iSiem taih Km , as heteants to close the business , and settle ttith the Sheffield Chartists . Cb abdesi at SteoudIs Tep 0 fted , hy a Correspondent , to be rather quiet cent , which he attributes partly to the trant of a Lecturer , end partly to the * ncrtascd poverty of the people . The few there who remain stiff handed together meet regularlyt and vrUi be happy to receive the tad of all teho'deareio see thdr country Tegeneraid and their asm condi

      tion oellered , Betbt Hxbbis , SliFPOIU . —It is true that Mr . Harris sent a teller here , bearing the date he mentions , centaining a post-office order for 4 s « icith i » - ilruclions io apply it to the relief of Mrs Ellis The reason trhg the 4 s . has not been , asknozeieii ged is this ; Mr . Harris made the xirder payable to Mr . CConnor ^ at the Leeds Tosi-rjice . Now notice has been given , times without number * ihat ah . money orders for this office must he made payable either to Mr . Joshua Holism or Mr . John JLrdUl ; and uoi to Mr . O ' -Cumpr .- -ItisarvleiciLh the Pest-tffice jitrf to payxtrdirs to second paxt % es 3 'unless they bear the signature of those in whose favour they are drawn . In this case tiie order has Jain in our dtJe

      availing Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to . Leeds to get his stgnalure : for that signature is needed before ice ton even present U io ascertain thai it is properl y jidriscd . For ihe delay , therefore , in , the noticing pf tie amount , Mr . Harris has himself to blame Had he not departed frem our rules , so often laid dtarn , and had he not , in spite of Mr O Connor ' s repeated request , made his order payable to that . gcnilcman * the amount zcould Jieve been acknowledged the teeek the letter came io hand ; for the sracr vrmdd have been presented in due course ? and if cashed , the amount duly entered . With respect to the other matter * tee are very glad that Mr . 0 * Coimor has acted in the manner 3 fr ^ Harris states .. The letter in question use sazc ; for ivefor

      warded il io Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Harris must know that it contained matter deeply affecting Mr . Peplom , and trhich he ought io have been made acquainted mth by Mr . Harris himself . In sending Mr . PepUtts a . copy qf ihe letter there fore , tec t \ vtk Mr . CFGonnor acted as became a mart ; and it tvsry one trho receives a letter containing siatcvuiih io ihe prejudice or disparagement of another v € T € to act as Mr O'Gonnor has done , —make the Bernard parly acquainted with what is said acainst Ana , xsi > ttho sats n , we sfuwld have much less calumniation and •** denunciation" in the ranks than we have had . Lelier waiting has been one main mods adopted , by means of-which to destroy ike chtrraders of those vho have become obnoxious

      or unfilled for the purposes of the designing : and jjiim ^ a man has been made € tn vnsvspecling victim io the stealthil y treacherous . The tmsy cure for i ! is , ** to have no secrets " , Act as Mr ~ O'Conner his done : furnish ihe accused party miha copynf the letter u-riiten , and more care unil be taken as Id vhat is said in letters . These observations are central , and irrespective of the letter tent to Mr . "b'Gmnor by Mr- Harris . Into the meriss afihni epistle h * do no ! enler , further than to say that Mr . { fCorawr acted rightly in sending Mr . Pepicw a copy of it . ggr - Srnee ihe abase teas in type tte Tiase received j letter from Mr . Peplow himself , in rditien Io iMi . business , in icbich he returns thanks for the

      eepy of the letter so sent . He also wishes us io state distinctly that he must decline receiving ** compensation " for his services during the Stafford Special Commission . He does thiSy not because he thanks he is not entitled to it ; out Jrvm orhcr mo&rcsvhich will be trefl understood and appreciated . SuicEi . Hcbsos . Maujsbert , Wiltshire . — We can well conceive vf his disappointment and chagrin at not receiving his Paper in due course . We know that it is as natural for a reader of the Jionhern Szzx io look for his Paper on Saturday or Sunday mornings as ii is for him to Iookfo 7 kis breakfast ; nay . in thousands ef instances , 'the breakfast icouid much sooner be dispensed irith ihwi the Paper . A miss , therefore , is pregnant

      irilh disappointment . Misses v ~ at however , somef imesDceur , spite of all tee can do to prevent them . Sometimes they occur from our utur inability to "gel nff" in time ; as broken machinery puts a "stop zo our gallop ™ most rffectuslly . Oftentimes the disappointments are caused by the agents them selves . At the end of every month and quarter may be seen in the Star Notices to Agents ^ respecting the balances due , - for tee cannot afford to send Papers to places -where -payments arc not made-Many-a-one has had to have their Paper late from this cause . The remedy is in their men hands . They am at any fime have the Paper duly for warded to their man address by sending payment in advance , either for a week , fortnight , month , quarter , -ar-year , "WtmsncG Me 5 * s Issrmmos . —On several

      occasiens ice have given expression to a strong desire io see in every targe towm a commodious , suitable , elegantlyrfttrnishedpubEc building denoted te tite espceial service of the verking class for all' praiseirorthy and commendable means of mental , moral , and social elevation . Were such the -case , it reou' d ef itself betoken an earnest desire on the part of the producing many to better their condition , and say to-th ? preachers-up of ** ignorance ' that their days t > f delusion and craft mere mtmbsred . Many pieces have already gotten such Institutions . The yuLSO that has been developed by means of the several Mechanics' Institutions , Lyceums , aiid ether Literary Societies that have been established in some instances to instinct the xcorkingmen , and

      ia many to anmse him , -has broken from the leading-strings placed around it , and refuses to joy on in the precise hack chalked out by those mho think ihal a vrorkmg man ' s knowledge ought Io esUnd u so f ar , and nofarther " . The twaddling clothes of babyhood have been in many instances cast aside , and THOUGHT has determined to begin busi tuss on its men account and on its oirn bottom , Hence the far mare Uberal cheraeler at the Lyceums nowfonned / roTn the Mechanics' Institutions sf tveniy years aao . Hence the Political a ^ d Samtijic Institutions by working men themselves . ; i&fjaany SdOstffSasnees and the Ttizmcrous other JktfO&fOT SKeniaJ improvement and moral tuition Iciengst the labouring many . To the hhxewd

      -obureer r > f ** mart ' s progress * these "signs of the Smcs ** are but so many indications rfihe growing intelligence amongst the masses , and omrns of thai better day icTien the seals of learning shall be unloosened , endjeaoided ge -made io xxrver ihe earth as the tealers cover the sea . These J'tsiiiuiions are excellent preparatory schools to teach the patpU ho-c to use the ^ tarer they are * d earnestly seeking They constitute the jtariners in thrm tropksty XES . atance ? give them " s stake in ike country ^; end . so far as ii goes , fits them for the elective franchise , even on its present basis . The management vfthe Institutions wilt lax and try their elective and governmental powers : f » r they vUl hare & «« = « and select those best Qualified for tlie office of

      managers . The success ! therefore , that attends these indpzerit and small attempts at government srii be no mean test e ] their general Jj ' jiess for a share in general government : and iheiefn ^ c it bchovss the -members of such societirs to hok well to tchat they have to do , and do it tDcli ! Not a single Institution of this kind ought to flag for zcant of support . There are not too ros- ^ y of them ; but Jar too fevc . Cherish then , those we have . ' Every onesnffered to fall into decay is a monument of disgrace to the -working people in -its locality : jor ihtir dutyxras to have made it subserve their interests * and advance tte cause of general amelioration . These observations , thus generally made , are but introductory to a particular appeal ; an d

      rchile tre commend ihe spirit tend purport of them to all itherccer there is an J ^^ stituiion , of the cha racier indicated , me beg to call the serious etiention of the Chartists am their friend * in London io the case we now lay before them . They know that in Turn again-lone there is a large Hall in the hands of ihe Chartists , used as a Political and Scientific place of meeting . That Institution needs aid -and support . 13 ie debts thai have had to be incurred « i fitting vp and opening the building press , heavily on the managers The poverty , increased s » 5 increasing of the working classes , have caused many who uwfld gladly- have taken shares to refrain from so doing . \ Many of those ¦ srho have subscribrd for shares have not yet paid them irp- ; trad though the p ^ ceeds are enough to saaie U tiearUs tcay , paying for rent , gas . §[ C ~ ., yet vnlrss a strong effort be made by those who have the means to enable the 'Directors to aischarge the

      debu contracted , iheyvill be obliged to lei M pass from their hands . Will ihe London Chartists pernaiihi *? Let us hope that f&L bare mentioning of Ae necetsiliesaf the case will be sufficient loshsw «««* man his duty , and arm him with determina-* ° * c * tnuhtofuifllit . -Ths Femce Meeting . —A Correspondent from Prome ¦ writes to aaj that the late - ? Isi * 3 of Mr- O'Connor to H » at town hiTe done a " * power of goo < r ; that man ; * srho » oe gTsaQy ^ nujnaiced against toe man and ™ » prineipleg declare , after Jjeaang Mm , they are tO 3 tttlB njed to say lhafc Ilia "news are tbB sonndest BntS tbe ctesreEt thE 5 b « i lieawl expounded . He aJ » xaja that the scales are felling from the ejea < ti S * ^ aiddle cbses " . After the late meeting , and ^ ° tta people had started Mr . O'Connor and Jilt B * twti on their road back J&gain , a good nmnber of < ae m . * epaaTfcatDitbBSnn Inn , where the erenlng "was ; * P « 2 it in the most harmonious manner . The health ' Cf 3 b . OtJannor and the health of 3 ix . Boberta -were

      racnJoaeed . amid the most enthnsiartie applause . . , Tao ** s AxrsDP , Ei > "nr _ iBD Dbtcot , asi > 3- &j ¦^ ex * sj > £ r , D 3 S&BT . The czse they "write ^ bont } is cenamjj aygjy heart-TBncling one , and one which ] pils ianhe aid ofthe poor woman ^ s friends . Still it ; ^ not cog -ahidiir 8 ^ ^ q ^^ ji enr dedre to help : ** £ *» eonanena to the notice of the Chartist ooay , as [ * -ey ficaie . So doubt the -woman is In greatdis- j H *; * b 4 do aoufct Tmt lhat it -sronM ie a great t £ ssE ? * = ha eould she be aided to rejoin her £ E » tena in ti » United States : bni stffi that oistress 2 ^* 1 abf * rscE ir ^ a ) the soeitty cf her Lssfcsun has not o ^ eu t » i ; ^ jj r-ifc ^ ea by advocacy ul GfcErfisn -r 2 nd . it - 11 - " ' 7 ~ y- j 4 iiiicai suoui * iis that se can commend

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      Ike Telief of cases of indi-rie « al suffering to the attention of the Chartists generally . All others , especially ihB one onr Darhy friends detail , are fit -ralijecte for private oenarfaics ; « nd every one is justified in trrinj to influence it on behalf of the distressed . Appeals to pnbHe bodies , ioweTer , a r e a di ff erent matter . In this case , the going to America was fl yolnBtaiy act on the part of thB husband . Misfortunes may have befallen him there , and rendered Mm incapable of sendine for his family " ont "; but still that dees aot entitle them to « all -upon the Chart i sts , as Chartists , for aid . There are the ordinary means of relief open in thiB case as in every other ; and tbe eriraordwary means of Chartist aid can only beinroksdforCharusl purposes and Chartist ends .

      W * re e-rery one connected -with the Chartist movement , who may happen to be in bad circumstances , to throw ihemselTes xipon the Chartists for aid and relief , there sronlfi be no end to it As it is , the drotenponthe pockets is heavy enoogk— more than can be well borne . But in the case we have supposed it would be dreadfuL There are many victims to Charfist advocacy ; and these < aH for every exertion on the part of the CbartiBt body . These have a legitimate claim upon their attention . These they are bound to support . Whtn they have done joeiice to each one * f these , and have funds to spare , the relief of individual cases might perhaps be xuged upon them ; bnt ctrtainly not before . t The approach ™ g Sixteesth of August . —The

      anniversary of the ever-to-be-execrated and still-unatoced-for Manchester Massacre , rapidly approaches . It is to be commemorated on this occasion by a tea meeting in the Carpenters' HalL Vfe need not express a wish that that meeting should be a fnll one . Every CbartiBt in Manchester -will feel that it is his dnty to be present . The jiuejjees committed on the 16 th of August , 1 8 19 , yet cry aloud for atonement ; and we must take care to let the factions see that the deeds of that day are not forgotten by the pjeple , however convenient it nmy bs for the perpetrators to be silent respecting them . The time ¦ will yet come when the " cut-throats" will be placed at the bar ef justice ; and nntil that day does arrive , it is needful that the remembrance of the horrible

      hacking , in cold-blocd , of a peaceable and unarmed snltffcude should not he allowed to pasp away . To observe the aEDivti-snry of the sixteenth of August is a religious duty incumbent on the Vantbestcr Chartists ; a ;; d one whica they have hitherto religiously and feithfnlly performed . There is no reason to believe that they will be less active cow than on former occasions . The meeting will be attended by Mr . O'Connor ; and the proceeds will ro in aid of the completion of the . Monument erected in the burial grounds of that failtial servant of God and friend to man , the Rev . Jas Schoxefieid , to the memory of one of the best and mo 3 t unflinching advocates the people ever had , ~ the indomitable an 4 unswerving HESB ? HCST . To complete tbst memorial -ol working-class gratitude

      for services disinterestedly rendered , ought to be an object with eveTy one connected with the Democratic Movement . The committee for managing this business has been again organized , and are ready to receive aid from those ablo and disposed to render It . Subscriptions for the abov * object will be thankfully received by Mr . BcBOLEFiELD , for the committee . On the anniversary of the " Peterloo Massacre " there will be ready for delivery a memento of the blood j transaction , is the sJispe of s handsome fheet , containing a spirited and faithful picture of the brutsl attack of the drunken yeomanry , with newly sharpened sab ^ BS , upon the defenceless crowd , men . women , and CHILDRE ?> ! and the names of the f' heroes of the £ rf « " of that day . It will also

      contain a faithful representation of the Monument to ttie roeinory of the pooT Bias ' s friend . Hunt , "with a mauorr of his life and actions . It will be published for the Monument Committee ; and the proceeds will go in aid of the completion of the erection . William Cooper , TVeldom , writes to say : — Several weeks « nce a short letter of mine appeared in jonr paper respecting mj arrest for a charge of sedition . I had a summons served on me , "but did net attend to it . Tte next time I went to Oundle was the day tost tfce magistrates were sitiiBg to do their "sreri . 1 went in and out of the Court Room repeatedly , expecting to be served with a warrant .

      About three o ' clock I left the room , as most of the case 3 had been disposed of , &n < 1 was standing at s distance from the Town-hall , when a policeman came down stairs and beckoned me to him . I refused to go at hi 3 call , and told bin I Bbould wait until ihe showed me his authority . Another fellow in blue then came down , and without a warrant , took hold of my collar , bnt 1 resisted him ; then another coah ^ bfe laid hold on me , and dragged me up BtairJ before theii employer . I complained to the magistrates of their conduct , but it availed nothing . WUi you please to say if 1 can have any redress by law in th i s i cstasce ?

      Tes , he can ba ^ e" redress . " if he can pay for it He can bring an action for false imprisonment ; and g < . t what damages a jury will give him ; which will be precious small , if he tells them tbat he is a Chartist But still , this state of the law , or rather tbo lax or non-administration of it , oncht not to purchase impnnuy for the constable who so far forgets himself as " to apprehend a person on a charge of misdemeanour only , without warrant Policen > en should reflect some little on the risks they run , in daring

      to deprive a man of his personal liberty , even for a single instant , without sufficient justification . ' authority . An arrest , irittwul vaarrasl , Biay be mcie eitser by eonBtable or private parson , ¦ when any felony is committed in the actual presence . A private person may also arrest , upon probable suspic i on of felony ; but cannot justify breaking open uoors for that purpose . A constable may arrest" on prob-ibie suspicion of felony ; and for that purpose is justified in breaking open doors , and even in killirg the felon , if he cannot otherwise be taken . He can

      also arrtat for any breach of the peace committed m his -View ; and also every person who may reasonably be suspected of iiaving , or carrying , or by any ways conveying , at any time batwaen snn-setting and sunrising , goods saapected to be stolen . He can also apprebeaiEll etil-dispostd , tuspected persons , and Tspaias t&erea . All this be can do , without Tts ^ gfe , He can do it liriute oflicii . But be i ^ ast have reasonable cause for the exerciKfc o £ fcis * tt&ority in every instai . ee . Against ^ WHgaSctea pe rsons to must Cave good remans to suspect them- "of ' felouy- He is cot justified in wrest en bate suspicion . He must be ablo to shoirtliat a felony lias been committed ; and that he had grounds forsusDecting ths party apprehended

      guilty of it , or he is amenable to ths law . For all other oEcnces a magistrate ' s warrant is nt-cessary , to jnsLfy arreEt by a constable . Tbe case mentioned by our correspondent was a charge of misdemeanour . Tbe constables Kized lim without ¦ vrarrani- For so doing HE MIGHT HAVE KILLED THtJI ! iBd the law ftoald have rfiitlded him froni the charge of innrder ! E . cxy man has , bylaw , a right to resist an nntewfui capture . The capture in this instance was unlawful It "was without ¦ warrant . Had he shot them dtad on tie spot , " justifiable homicide ' aust have been tbe vfcidicu This is ruled over end over again . Nay , had the officers bad a ¦ warrant , and it had been materially defective , or they ha 4 exceeded their authority in executing it , and been killed in tbs attempt .

      it -sronld only haTe been iranslanghter in tbe paj-ty resisting it . " Arrests , therefore , even with warrants , ensht 10 be canliously made ; wjtbeui them never attempted in cases of misdemeanour only . When a constable has a warrant for the apprehension of any party , he is bound to preduce it , and read it to tb « paity accused ; and until he has produced it , tbe psxty and all others ere justified in r « sisting the anest , even to the death if it be necessary . Tbe barely telling a man that yon have a warrant for his apprehension is not sufficient . You nmal producs and exhibit it- If resistance be offered to the reading of it , t hai may then be dispensed with ; bntuot otherwise-It behoves the police therefore , to be aome little . on their ymard in -these matters ; or they n » J s ^ ioe 1 U 7

      «• reckon ¦ withont theii host . ** " . They may chance to me » t with a customer not at all disposed to paic with his personal liberty at the whim and caprice of a po l i c e m an , without authority or warrant , aod h e may resist attempts to deprive him of it , e v en if that resistance invoive the sending of a bnllet through the heart ef his assaDant . It almost seems as if seme lesson of this sort was needed to teach policemen their preper bounds . They seem to think . Bow-s-days , that a blue-coat and a constable's staff gi-sesthexn a license te do as they list They may find out their mistake . Most assuredly it is better to resist unlawful capture in the first instance , than submit to aggression upon personal liberty , and then prpsecute for damages afterwards : for e / en should

      yon succeed in getting a verdict in your favour , policemen are nobody ; have nothing ; are only the off-sconrings of the kennels of bad socitty ; and therefore you . have jib chance of redress , It uid not use to be so , when tradesmen were required to be constables . If such an one exceeded his authority , he Bad wherewith to answer for his offence . Not so now . Miserable dependants on eighteen shillings a week axe entrusted with the lives and properties of the people . The ocly safe course therefore ! is , for the people to protect themselves against wilful aggressions upon their personal liberties . Had Mr . Cooper resisted the arrest in the first instance , he would not now iavo bad to ast : " can I have any redress , by law , for the outrage committed upon me ? - ' ;

      Moke PaksoH doisgs . — The devil must surely have cast his club over some of tbe pajspns . It is almost impossible to account &r 4 belr * a < S& ? 8 on any other supposition . They seem devoted todestrueticra ; and doomed to bring that destruction on themsslves ; by atetrowncondnct . Instead of acting as soothers of the general discontent , and as allayaa cf the irritated feelings against Gburchism in general , they jesm as if disposed to provoke iU-natuKd observation » nd justify . complaint and dislike . What on ear * conld have induced the Parson of Ripponden to have acted in the manner hereafter to ba described , bad he at all valned the good opinion of those for -whose special benefit and edification He is allowed such a good living for bo little wotS ? Woula be Lvre * et their tongues a-wacging and t&eir thoughts a ^ roo' ? - iivg ovfer the tea of bis caJlinz , or tfce nt-cerV . ty - > f Establishments , bad be only p « 2--2 » ed c •• .: *¦ t . ft ^ cdiiup for ids ow . i c-rder . tad felt Tesvx-rl I : ! fc > . .- . - ' 11 thst "fiuds b » Tn in cake' ? It ia impossit > .. TLe

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      de-nl has marked the , main of . the ParsouB for his own , and causes them to act so as to put the world out of lova with them ; and tije ! r teachings . But to particularise . On Thursday , Angust 3 rd , a corpse was taken from DysonL | ne to Ripponden Church , to be interred ; a diBtance of a mile-and-a-half . Notice had been twice given to the Parson of the funeral 5 and in addition the Registrar ' s certificate was also served npon him . Notwithstanding tbiB , when the cortege arriyed at taeiCoorch , ( to which they had wended their way through torrents of rain , and were as thoroughly -wetted as _ if they had been trailed " through a riverj . there ! v * as no Parson to Teceive them , or to do dnty for Jii $ pay . This was the more intxcusable , for the hour , six o'clock , had been

      appointed by "his KeviBrence" himself as the most convenient time for . funerals . The ' mourners " -waited , sad waited , until all hope of his appearance , that evening , in a state i ^ t for " duty , " was at an end . Taey , therefore , left the corpse in the church uninterred . On reaching iome , the brother of the deceased , reflecting on ihe circumstances , and etnng to tbo quick at the slight put upon the friends of the dead man by the Parson > —for be well knew thai had it been a factory lord , or a factory lord's daughter , that had required interring , the Parson would not have been abseut : reflecting , on all this , he determined to have the corpse interred that night . For tbat end he went again to Ripponden , procured a preacher belonging to the Methodist body , and , with

      a solicitor , went to the church and demanded that tbe doors should be opened . This was done ; and the burial service was read , by the Methodist preacher , and the corpse committed to the ground at ten o ' clock at night . We doubt not but that it will rest as contentedly as it would have dona had the reg ul ar Parson been at his post , and regularly performed bis own duty . It is not the effect that these things have upon tbe dead that the-Parsons should look to , but tbeir effects upon the living ; They may depend upon it that so soon as folks generally get an idea tbat Parsons are of no use , they will app . y the property now appertaining to Parsonships to a far different purpose . And such treatment and conduct as tbe Parsons are greatly too much in the habit of

      exhibiting tends to spread , the idea of lawlessness most rapidly . Nay , some folia talk of Parsons as a positive evil , A Lover of Liberty , in a letter bearing the Deptford post mark , asks : " Can I make over all my property to my wife T' ¦ Yes , if it he yours : i . & . if you be solvent You can in thai case " aattle '* all yon possess upon her in her own right " How am 1 to proceed ? " Go to a solicitor , and execute the deed . " If we were parted , can the creditors come on her premises for the debts contracted by me t " Yes ; if the debts were owing at the time the " settlement" weri ; made , and you had not other means to satisfy them . This the creditors could do , and justly too ; for it would not be right , as long as we

      have a law of debtor and creditor at all , that a man should be at liberty to dispose of his estate by settlement either upon his wife or any one else , and cheat his creditors ont of what belongs to them and not to him . •« If I am in lodgings near my wife , will the law permit her to annoy me , providing I allow her a maintenance , and give up my hotue to her , with a little business , " Certainly not If she does annoy under such circumstances , you have only to take her before a magistrate , who will hold her to bail to keep tbe peace ; and in default of her finding bail , commit her to prison . In conclusion our querist furnishes thn information : " if I live with her my life is at stake ; for the green-eyed monster has paid her a visit . " Poor felloWj and poor wife 1 Both ' are

      to be pitied , if this -visitation be without cause . Our *• advice" is , to do that which is beat calculated to ensure the greatest comfort , under the circumst&nceB , to both parties . Monstrous Inconsistekct j i— A Number of the Oluhau Aktj-Mo . npoljst * Weighed in the Balance , and Fodj * d Wanting . —Under the above heading , wa have received a communication from Oldhaui . detailing conduct on the part of sonit ; lond-professing " liberals . " which will tinge the cheek of every honest man in that town , —let his opinions in politic * be wha" . they may ; whether he be Tory . Whig . Radical , < r Chartist , —with shame that public offices should be filled with spirits so grovelling !? mean and dastardly as to let petty

      malignant individual spite interfere to thwart and pervert public duty . And for Ol'iham , too ! Oldham , that returned WilLIAM Cobbett !! OJdham that claims to have the most ultra constituency in tbe Ktntdom ! Oidbam ; Oldham of all places in the world , to close tbe doors of her public Hall against a known and -enthusiastic advocate and enforcer r > f the principles that distinguished William Cobbett . and commended him to the attention and suppoit of tbe ' Oldham electors ; and those doors closed too , because of a difference of opinion on one point ; the presen ' - R-peal of tue Corn Laws ; a point on which tbe Excluded holds opinions precipely in common with those of Mr . Cobbett ! 1 Well may our correspondent exclaim "monstrous

      inconsistency ! " They placa one man in Parliament ( and for so doing they ate entitled to receive the -wannest eratitnde of-tbe working classes ) to advocate equitable ADJfSTMK . NT not only of thedebt , bnt of all private contracts , before the Com Laws were Repealed ; and they close the doora of their public Hall against a man who is now the only active public as-trtor of the same principle , when his friends apply for iti to enable him , -without fee or pay or reward , to stand on Oldbatn ground and testify to the worth of the man a »> d the soundness of the principles which WllLlA-M CeBBETT so long , so arduously , * o zealously , and amid such almost overwhelming difficulties asserted and maintained . 0 . ' the blipbting curse of envy and jealousy ! How it

      can blind men's eyps and btvel men ' s hearts ! Tho poor victims to prejudice in this instance did not see that the blow they aimed at another , could only reach themselves ! ana a blow to them it is I They will never recover from it ! Taey may make all the pretences in tbe worlil to admiration of William Cobbett and his principles ; but all the HBScvcraUuu in tbe world cannot induce any man to think that they know vrhat COBEETT ' S principle ^ "were ; or , knowing , care one single piu abouf " thetnV Here is tbe damning record ; of their " monstrous ^ inconsistency . " It will m ; et ^ thelr eyes pftea ^ loan they will like , Every honest 7 « QaBJ ' ? a » w ? W- Raid at first , ¦ will take shame to himself t 3 i 1 $ x $ r Illiberal EXCLUSIVE conduct ; and they .-shall be made to feel hhame on the

      themselves before they ; hafa ^ e matter : — Having invited ibat indefatigable and most disinterested patriot , and . dauntless and most powerful advocate of the rights of the oppressed millions , Mr . F ^ vij ^ ua 0 | Gonnor , to d ^ Uvcr a lecture « a this town , on the iiftb instant , application was jusdo for tbe large foom ol the Town Hal ) , it being the most cmVebiebtfelace this town affords ; bat will it be betieVed ; tbat the committee consisting of a majority of gfjEwfessWS "Sberal * , " twic » decided that the p ^ nte of . t ) fdhS ») i , whom the ' Liberals " bavt : so heavily laxeditd ^ Stiil < l the hall . shouM not haVF , it Jet to th ^ Ut c& any account whatever , if M r . O'Connor was to be preHent This decision was appealed against , end tbe ease was hrouj ^ it brfjre " a Committee of the whole house . " j Tbe ic <; i-t worshipfui . one of tbe chtef constahlfs , a ' noT . or *> K 3 O » rn Law Ktpealer , and qnon'iam Radical j

      Rrffarnjer . was iu the cbnir . There was present also , a jn . ij » rity <> f pmfessing Liberals . Motion made , — ! " Tbat iLb large room of the Town Hall , upon pro- j per securi'y , bs )« t t « Mr Fe- 'irguo O'Connor , for the 1 pnr }> ose « 1 . JeSiverinsf a lecture therein , on tbe l&th 1 inbtint . Su j ct , " The best means <> f Governing this ) O nntry . " ti-j ^« ti cn put hy the ch iirmaii ; ayes 13 , 1 nota 13 . Ciia'rinan appealed to for casting vote ; q . u-+ tson put " a > c" or " no ' ; nnswer . by t h e ' Liferral . Curn Liw Repealing , and quonrtsm Radical ; Kef'irming cbairnjaii 1 ' ? ? fo ; I bbonl 1 most decidptily 1 decline , gentieinen . to let tbe Hall for any such i purpose "' When out of tha cl . iir . he said ' * becausB *! of FeaT ^ ns o tJonnor ; that is my reason" !! j TheTo i * an-ther court of appeal from ** the committeej of tbe whole H « . use ;* ' , th « i court of » U * L 1 C oriNION . To tbat c < mrt appeal is now wade . 'Io it the condnct of tbe " coiumittee" is referred . Ltt decision be pronounced J

      O"COJJTVE 1 . I . A > 'D THE " CHARTIST RlBBON-MEN " . — Huints time agn , O ' Connf 11 , in pursuance of his usual vocation of vilifjinjr and caluinniatin ? the Chartists , toirt frs open-moutb''d hearers at tbe Corn Exchange a cocfc-aaa-bull story ; that " t » u Scotch Cbartists were in the North , formina ' Ribbon Societies '; but that their desinnb bad been happily frustrated by the H < -peal * ra of Ballast . " ' It will be rwatmbBrcd tnat in the Star of July 15 th , Mr . Julian Barney , oa tbe part of tbe English an < i Scotch Co ; utiats , repelteii tbe foul flccusation , < us'gnating it as a vile lib" . Tise Gnartists of Belfast dfeierinined . howrver , not to-let the matitr rest tbere . TSty felt that they were , in a ptcutiar manner , implicated in tbe atrocious charge . Jf tbe Bspealera of JBrlfast" had ' frustrated the

      designs * of these - "Scotch Ribbon Chartism "' , the VfOtld COU ' td only infer from the V . aW and nakci story , tbat it wa * at Bdfast that the attempt to form K bbon Socit-ties nad Deen maoe : and if such attempt bad been made thereby Cnarttets at a . l , it was a natural conclusion that the Chartists of Belfast were at all events privy to the M designs" of tbe " Scotch Chartists "' , so happily frustrated . They therefore wisely determined to probe the matter to the bottom . With a readiness tbat ^ bespeaks anything hat euifty knowledge or intention , they determined to afford those malino ( he accusation a full opportunity to prove it . were they at all abla to 0 . 0 bo . Thinking it possible lhat Ur . O Connell had been imposed upon by sume < jne or other practising on his

      credulity ; and knowing that tbe ** Repealers of BsUast" had been set" forth as tbo " frustratora" of the •* designs" of the - * Scotch Ribbon Cbartists " , they naturally concluded that if Were were a word of truth in the story at all , the '" R ^ pealera of Balfast * must know something of it ; and they wisely determined to apply to tbe Rrpfcalew of Belfast "; asking for Hie Tiamts of the m $ ri- whose " designs " . had been "frustrit-d "; the timswhen ; the where ; and all particnl-jas ; offering tb « ir EfcrviChB to aid in bringips the offending pirtie * to jas'ice . if there were " any " such . The B ?*? ast RepeaieM" bbfosed toentebtain the subject . Rest . ;> trt r : ol to lw tliub foiled , thty v-wtB t-i O'Coni-. eil Limssh . Th ^ y brou . &t the ' . "' -. -Tji - ' cn-U .- } . :- ' r-a b ^ i > s ^ appeiird in * ha publf" v ¦ - « ; ther' J-nld ir-ja cf their i 12 . vl . 3 y op-

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      plied te the " Repealers of Belfaefaa bis probable infotmanta ; and they set forth the success of that application : concluding with an appeal to his own sense of justice } to give them hia authority for tbe statement ;• an , d , to aid them in probing it to tho bottom . Tbat letter was written on the 17 th of July last . OCONNEtL HAS NOT DARED TO ANSWER it l nor notice jit in any way . Theinferenco—the only inference from this conduct is , that he knows IT TO BE A SLANDEROUS f ABaiCAtjlON—A VILE LIE OF HIS OWN , which he dunsnot attempt to face out ! O I bow " the Chartists" haunt the mind of tbia consistent politician ! H « dreaus thelt influenci ? . He knows that tfiey are making both him and Ats' policy ] well understood ; bv both thu

      English and the Irish people ; and . he has no meaiiB of destroying the hold they are obtaining upon the public mind ; so io hia desperation he tries what WILFUL SLANDER and ATROCIOUS LYING Will aecomplish ! The ; evil will recoil on his own head ! Who ia there that will pay the least credence to his stories for the future , however " pat ? they may be ? It would be nrach better for his own j-epntation if he would let lying , about the Chartists afore , and answer the queries put to him by Mr . O'Higgins . It would be much better lev him to cease hatching lies about "Scotch Ribbon Chartists" being " frustrated" in their " designs , " and -explain why he

      sold the county Dublin to a non-Iiepealer fov a place for his son-in-law ' , Christopher Fitzsimon ; why he sold tbe countyiMeath to a non-Repealer for a place for his son , Mr . Morgan O'Connell ; why he sold tbe county Kerry to a non-Repealer-for a place for bis son-in-law , $ ttr . Charles O'Connell j why-he sold tbe county of Carlow to a non- Repealer , one Raphael , a Jew , and subsequently to another non-Rapealer why he cansedfMr . W . S . Crawford to be turned out of Dundalk , and got a non-Repealer in his place j or why he sold Dungarvon for a place for his son-inlaw , French . It would be better for him to explain these matterB , 'and let the Cbartists " a-be" . Jf he don't , they wiirterza him .

      Mr . Cleave , and the Victim FundCommittee — This ia a most perplexing and annoying business . We fear that itjwUl eventuate in " bad blood . ' * Mr . Cleave bus taken the position tbat Ad will distribute the fond of whicb he is Treasurer .: We wish he had mooted the objection he now raises when the Victim Fund Committee was firstproposed . Then perhaps tho present difficulty might have been avoided . He did not do so . In his first Utter Bent here , and printed in the Chartist -Circular , there is not a breath of . a hint even against the proposal , though it was made in the very first instance . : The suggestion waa thrown out : ; tbe country approved of it ; and the Manchester Chartists , in obedience to a general call , elected the Committee . T&em , and for the first time .

      did we hear of Mr . Cleave ' s objection . The Committee was appointed ! in Manchester on the evening of July 31 st , afttr the proposal had been before the country some ten days , and approved of ; and Mr . Cleave's letter of objection was written on the 1 st of August . We are truly sorry this point has arisen . ' It is calculated to place us in a very sorry position before the public . It looks as if we were at baby-play . There is the fact before our eyes that wives of Victims are being pined to deatbjfor want of the commonest necessaries of life ; that one Las been starved put of existence already : there is the other fact before us , too , that a sum of money lhas been subscribed { for their relief . ; and we are likely to have a pretty quarrel as to vho

      shall administer it ! Is not this trifling ? Does it mean who conveys the means to save the starving from tbo jawa of death , so that they be but conveyed ? Tbere is an old adage that " between two stools you may come to tbe ground . " Mind it is not verified in this instance ifMI will be of infinitely more consequence , botlrj ^ pe . Victims and the Chartist body generally . shouWthe relief be not administered at all , than if it be administered either by tbe Committee or Mr . Cleave . [ The Manchester . Committee , in accordance with the proposal made before tbeir appointment :, and very generally approved of by tbe country , made application to Mr . Cleavd for the monies he had in hand undfabursod . 7 u relation to that application we have received the following correspondence ;—

      Manchester J'iclim Fund Committee , Sir , —Please to insert Mr . Cleave ' s reply and the following , in next week ' s Star . By order of the Committee , WM . Tai low , Secretary . ; London , Aug . 3 , 184 S . Six , —In answer to your letter , aa Secretary of tbo Carpenter ' s Hall Locality , requesting me to give up tbe funds now in my hands as tbe Treasurer of the " Victim Fund , " I bet * to decline doing so , and to refer you to the Chartist Circular and to the Northern Star ol this day , for my reasons in fall . Yours respectfully , John Cleave .

      This settles the matter with us respecting tho funds Mr . Cleave has in hand . We hope onr Chartist brethren will take it Into their eeriobs consideration . Applications have been made for relief , and each case is being . investigated . By order of the Committee , i Wm . Tatlow . Now what is to be done ? Are each party to stand staring at each other , and there the matter end ? Surely not 1 There was at this office , as before announced , some £ ( j Hi 2 d , mouey subscribed for the viCTtas . That sum the Manchester Committee j . applied for ; and thttt sum has been sent to them . All other monies ; seiit here on the VICTIM Fund account shall be transmitted to the Committee .

      THE VICTIMS ; ARD THE TlCTUi FIND—Again must Wo remind all Chartists of tbe pressing and urgent claims of the Victims to their immediate attention . The turning of tbe eye of investigation into this quarter has revealed an amount of suffering and destitution horrible to contemplate . ' Relief is immediately needed f hut it be immediately applied ! ; We have before had to tax the whole Chartist body with gross neglect ; ourselves amongst the number . Tbnt neglect has been attended with most melancholy consequences ! Death has followed ! What a disgrace upon us all ! Aud wbaC an eternal disgrace if we do not now " every mau to work" to rescuo tbe scores of others now pining awny , and who will shortly , unless the hand of succour and compassion be raised , have to join the Dukenfield Martyr in the grave ! Let every Chartist take sliume to himself , es he reads the following : — '

      DIED on the 22 nd of July , Marian , tbe wife of James Heague . of Dufceufleld who for his sterling ntlfcereoce to ths people and their rights , during thu Strike in August lost , wns tried at the Special Cunimit >» ion at Chester , last O-etober ; and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in Knuts / ord House of Correction . He bad tlien a wife , aud live children : the oldest cl-ild being thirteen years of age , and tbe younacr two years . The only support Marian Heague had FOR THE LAST TEN MONTHS W » S fr'UUlt SH . 1 I LINOS PER WEEK FROM THE I'ARISHt ; AT LENGTH TIIOUULE . TOliL , AND WANT . OP THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE , TERMINATED HER MISERABLE' EXISTENCE 11 There are low five little children left , fatherless and motherless VICTIMS

      to the absurd system under which , we have to live . Faur bhilliDRB a-week for six human beings to live upon ! Are we in hell , or are we in England ?! Four shillings a-week for six ! and . from th . e parish , too * Tbat woman was murdered ! . ' That woman ' s life has bat > n sacrificed to the infernal jobbing system , which screws tbe wealth out of the bands of the producer , and places it : in the maw of tbe tax-eater and manufacturing ; monopolist . ' Four shillings a-week : no wonder " Death terminated her miserable existence . " O what a , horribly state of things 1 Come weal ,- come woe , they must be mended , or ended ! Is th&e a heart that does not molt at the recital of tbe 'Bttrocity narrated above ? Chartists I look at' the picture ! A mother , and the five fatherless children

      made fatherless by the cruelties of that system which has driven all to the verge of Rum , lingering out a living death on four shillings a-week ! H » w many mote such are ; there at the present moment ? Ia not help needed ? Ought there to be a hand unstirred ? C iH » e , every shoulder to the wheel ! The whole features of this horrible picture have not yet been seen , j Read what follows ;—It was considered proper by the few Chartists at Dulsenficld , who exerted themselves to havu the poor victim to oppression decently interred , to inform the imprisoned husband and father of the dentil of

      bis wife . A messenger waa dispatched to Kuutsford with the melancholy tidings . When the sad news reached the eats of the incarcerated Vic mi , REASON FLED 1 i * E vent Mad : and ia not yet recovered from the effects of tho severe and afflicting blow ! < i Need another word be said ? ! Is tbere < -not enough to mow every seal to instant action ? Are not the tears of the homeless orphans to be dried with Chartist aid ? Was it not time Hotle and Williams cried out ? Were they not justified in taxing us with partiality in giving uid to some , aud leaving others to die of want ? <

      Tbere are many more in the condition of this bapless family , fn tbe very town , Dukenfiold , where this MARTYR has died , there is another ¦ family in a most destitute' condition ! There Us the wife of William Wiidj wifcb . five children also ! They have not hitherto been eared for I Relief has not been offered . 8 ba ] is . following Marian Hague to the tomb ; Chartists ! step in , and arrest the march of death * r i The Poor Law at WMSRlNGTONt-rAftet we had gone to press last week , we received from tbe clerk of the Warriii ^ tcn Union a communication as to certain proceedings before the Board of Guardians , relative to ill-treatment in tbe Warrlogton work ' house , made by different correspondents in our paper . Tutit communication we now

      gives—Sir , —I beg to anuex copy , minute , and resolution of the Guardiansj ol the Waningtou Union at their meeting yesteiday . ( I ani , Sir , your obedient servant , W . WM . Waostaif . Warriiigt ' onj 3 rd August , 1813 .

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      The numbers of the Norths n A'toi-jpublished on the 8 tb , 15 th , and 22 ad July , containing paragraphs refleotinjf upon the administration of the Poor Law in Warrington , were read and considered . The Clerk produced a copy of a litter addressed by him to tbo Editor of the Northern-Star on | the 27 tU of July , aud a copy of the Paper published on the 29 th of July , refemng to the letter received ] from the Clerk . S » - veral witnesses resident in tha Warrington Workhouse were called before the { BtHuAand examined , from which it appeared that al ! the G $ btfg £ 3 were unfounded . | ' ' " ¦ Resolved unanimously—That this Board refuses to notico any anonymous accusation , bat is leady and willing to enter into a full and Complete investigation of the matter , provided any person will come forward prepared to substantiate the oharges contained in the / number of the Northern Siar published on tbe 15 th and 22 a 3 July la&t . That a copy ef the above resolution be sent by the Clerk to the Editor of tho Norihtrn Star .

      Now , then , reader , what think you of tbo conclusion ? There have been certain charges made ; those charges attracted the notice of tha cletk to the Union ; he wrote , on his own authority , to say that they were wholly withsut foundation , and promised to lay the matter Defence tha BioaTd . " At the Board meeting be Mailed bis promise . The Northern Wars containing the paragraphs in question were read , several witnesses were ci'ted before the Board , and , examined j a DErisiorj was given that " the charges were unfounded ; ' *} and yet the ""Board " refused unanimously to " jVCJTICE any anonymoua accusation ''! . ' ! If this be not a wiae "resolve , " pray say what would be ? The accusations' which the Board " refused to

      NOTICE , " bub respecting wjhich they called and examined witnesses , and pronounced the decision that all were unfounded" were as follows : —Tbat the Guardians farmed a portion of the poor to the master of the workhouse , to be by himfkopt for bne-and-threcpence per head per week . This is declared by the Board to be " unfounded , " although they " refuse to notice it . " It was alleged jthat the food the poor inmates were kept on was so thin , that nature was unable to perform her fund . ions , and retain the water in the system ; and l ; hat consequently the poor creatures wetted their bed * . This is decided to be unfounded , " though the Board " rerusd to notice it . " It was also alleged that for this bed-wettine FEMALES WERE FLOGGED . This ia

      " unfounded ; " pronounced so by n Board tbat also proclaims its " refusal to ' notice it . " It was also alledged tbat on the very day the master of "tho bouse" died , be bad ^ LOGGED FEMALES with hi 3 own hands . Tote , too , is " unfounded ;" decided tp be bo , after investigation , tho" the parties instituting and conducting that investigation eay that they " refuse to NOTlCE"thecharge . Anotherallegation wasthatan old man , named Hill , drowned himself in the Sankey Canal , because ha ^ as refused admittance into the workhouse . Bnt tbisj , too , is •• unfounded ;" according to the judgment , after examination , of those who " refuse to nonce it" f jWelF ; tbe charget may be " unfounded ! " We do no t S 3 y that they ara not . God forbid that we should contradict a Board of

      Guardians ! Of course they speak trntb ; though We 8 ) ioa ! d have liked tho matter ; better bad there not been such a glaring contradiction on tbe facs of their own report . j The fact is , the Board have not only " noticed" tbe accusations , but they have examined witnesses , and pronounced a decision . JThey decide tbat the charges are " unfounded . " And yet they are the patties accused ! ! What should we think of a Jack Sbeppard , when accused of burglary , taking it into hia head to call before him [ several witnesses , and , after examining them , declare the result to ba that the " charge is unfounded '? Would we "let him off " - on such a decision ? If we did , we should have very few convictions f The thief always proclaims his own

      innocence ; and bis protestations are generally the . loudest when his guilt is the greatest . The Board are , however , willing to enter int » a full and complete investigation into the matter , provided any perion will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges made " . We suppose it will do if they c ome " prepared to try \ to substantiate " . That ¦ would satisfy most folks . But before whom is the investigation to be had ? Who are to be the judgea ? The Board of Guardians ? ( Why they are tea accused I U Dick Turpin to be placed on the Bench to try his own case ? There [ will be little chance of the witnesses being believed ! whatever may be the nature of their testimony , if such a pracecltttQ be . adopted . f

      An ' Investigation" ought to jba had : but it ought to be an investigation in which the public can have some confidence . Will the Guardians agree to name ene gentleman , unconnected with the administration of the New Poor Law , and ]' Washington" and the Chartist Council to appoint another ; by whom the "investigation" can be made ? Will they afford these two gentlemen , bo apj » pinted , free access to the inmates of the workhouse , to be by them examined In the absence of the worklhouse officials ; and will they enter into an undertaking to do tbeir utmost to procure the discharga of anyjefiioial who should visit tbe Bin of telling the truth with punishment in any way upon tbe poor ? Wilt they agree to an " investigation" of this sort , so conducted ; and agree to publish the evidence ? If they will , we shall sav that

      it is the duty of those ¦ wboj have nvude the accusations to try to prove them . jBut if tbe " investi « atioo . " is to be before , and by , 'the " Board "; if the accusers , and not the accused , are to bo put on their trial ; if the witnesses are to ! be ia tbe power of tbe jadges , where they may be [ tampered with , coerced , and intimidated ; if the parties whose conduct is impugned are to have the whip af short meals and Bolitary confinement hung oyer tbe heada of the witnesses wbile they are giving , " evidence" ; if tbo " investigation" ia to be one of this sort , the less we have of it the better . | FATE OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS—A paragraph is at the present " going the round" of the English press , to tbe effect that poor Williams , tho victim along with Frost and Jones , to spyism and trea-« hery , has been ao maddened , by the horrib ' e treatment to which bel has been subjected

      in the " Hell" to which he had been consigned , as to comnlit murder to procure a , release from hia Own Wrongs and , icflictions . Of the truth of this atatement we have ! no means of judging , other than afforded by tbe paragraph itself . His disconsolate wife has written j to uh , to ask for our " opinion and advice . " We hardly know what to say : bnt wonld recommend ! an application to the Colonial Secretary of State , ti > ascertain whether the report be correct or not . H ^ is able to furnish that information , and would surdy doso , to an application from Mrs . Williams , under such circumstance- The following ie the paragraph / ojquestion : — Morder at Port ARTHUR . i-Wo alluded laBt week to suspicions attached to the man Williams . Tbe Jury on the inquest returned ] a verdict of " Murdered by some person or persona unknown j" but Williams has since made a voluntary confession to the chief constable , Mr . Newman . He stated that he

      Was quite tired of his life , and bad determined , on tbe morning that he absconded , to murder the first man he met He camje upon Harkuess , and wished him to let him kill ] a kid . Tbe old man refused ; and shortly afterwards Williams struck h'm over the left eye with the handle of a pickaxe ; he fall from the effi-ct of ifae Wow , which . W « - liama repeated until he jconsidered him dead , Williams conducted Mr . Newman to the spot where he had concealed the pickaxe handle , which was found accordingly . He will fno donbt be fully committed for trial , ; and sent to this place —Launceston Courier . [ A letter received hn Smowa , from Port Philip , dated in March last , sa y s , Z ^ phaniah WiU Warns , tbe Newport Ctmrtist , ] for killing an old man , haa been hanged . ]—Cambrian . THE London Joup . Nevman Type Founders . — Tbeir address next week . This week we are crowded

      out . W . Chilton , BiRMiNGU . tM . j-Wo think , when he reads the report of what was done , be will see throuch the object , and commend tko parties for having evinced good tact . We do not see that the publication of bis remarks would answer any good purpose at present . He eeema to have been under a misapprehension . | The Halifax Friends . —The resolution . sent relates solely to a local question ; and it woald not be wise to extend a knowledge of the matter ever having existed beyond their own locality . A Communication addressed Rev . W . Linwood , Ma 7 tsfield , wou < d be sure to reach that gentleman . Mr . Tatlow , Secretary to the Manchester Victim Fund Committee , desires to acknowledge £ l from

      the Northampton Cburtiats , and 33 . 2 d . subscriptions from tbe CarpeateM 1 Hall . Mrs . Cooper gratefully acknowledges 5 s . from the Oharust Shoemakers of Nottingham . Gracchus . —We are sorry tbat we are not in posses * sion of the material be needs ! We doubt tbe pri * . dence of the proposal hef moots . Tbe gentleman in quest i o n is , at present , a . matlr . for envy and malavolence to shoot their poisoned arrows at . We fear , that if placed in the position JGraechus contemplates , the " raging of the heather" and the " malice of the eneniy wbai < i be augmented Jenfold , Mb O'GoNfsoR lias received t ; he following snms for the following purposes : — J I p . d . From a friend at Frome for Defence

      Fund ... ... j ... ... 2 6 Froni a Friend at HemmingWay ' a Booms , for Mra Frosd ... ... 2 6 Froni Mr . Oyerton , of London , & Chartist Tailor , for the Suffjiers at Frome ... ... | ... ... l 0 From ditto , towards t he balance due to , Dir , OCoanor , as 1 Treasurer of Defence Fund of 1839- ^ 0 ... ... 2 6 I mnst qwsfesB that the honestyjof this young jnan who Hv ^ s ppon hia own kbonv , gp «| me great pleasure j and although J frequently refoaed to accept the sum yethepiesfitjd tiill was ultimately cdmpqlled ¦ and I have iipw the pJeasafe of hwduijr it over to Mr . Boiwoli , for the relief of ay fellow-sufferers at twute , whicii I will gW © credit for it as requixeii on accuuiit of bauuico . F . O'Co . nnou .

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      WiLUAil JIvers , delegate to tiia lute Wost-tiiding Dalegaie Meeting , annocEcei himself as sent by the Ddmocratic Chartists , and not by the Figtree-Iane body .

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      Our most excellent friend has sent hb another communication , for which we return bins our sincere acknowledgements . We truafc we shall continue to hear from him , in his own good quiet style , of any thing- of import thai may turn-up . Will ho communicate to us his address , tbat a letter may reach his hands . .

      CFurtner Particulars from South Wales . ) The coppr-workers on strike held meetinjw oa Monday and Tuesday , when they unauitsoubiy agreed to stand firm . The meeting on Monday wosattended by the understrapper who figured eo conspicuously at the confereneo with tha masters on Saturday last . He was speedily desired " to make himself scarce ;" when ho cut off like a colley with a tin kettle to his tail . The men are quite firm in resisting the proposed reduction , and when tbo injury which a stoppage does to the works is taken into consideration , even although it is only of a short duration , those best informed on the subject are of * opinion that the masters must give in . A few Workmen who had

      not finished the metal on hand turned out on Tuesday and tbe whole of the colliers in tho locality have also joined the strike . An address in Welsh ha 3 been issued to tho coppor-workers by a Mr . John Jenkins , who delights in adding . the initials M . A . ro his cognomen . Whether this addition to be to denote that the said Juhn Jenkins Is a magister artium or a mama ' s ass , this depo&ent Baith not . One thing , however , is certain , he belongfc to " the cloth ; " is secretary pro tern , to tho worshipful tho League ; is lecturer extraordinary to ihe same worthy fraternity ; and one of those who boldly aver that working men , who of course cannot justly tack MA . to their names , cannot possibly

      have a knowledge of the mysteries of politics . Consequently in tho present address he is at much pains to instruct them ; for after expressing his sorrow at the progress of the strike , he gives them advice gratis to return to their work ; tolling them that it is better to bend than to break ; " that" half a loaf ia beiter than none , " arid that the masters- ^ kind considerate souls—havo been keeping open their works at a ruinous loss . Ho assgyes them thatwhen * free trade" causes a demand for copper , the masters feel so acutely fo their sufferings , that tlify will again doubtless raise their wagea . How triumphantly he calls on them " to strike the nail on the . head 1 " to shew the Government where tbe shoe . pinches" ! and

      to understand as they ought to do like intelligent men , that the law which prohibits freedom of exchange between country and country is the reason why the present reduction has taken place . Bat the men will not so understand it . They have studied in the school of politics under abler tutors than John Jenkins , M . A . ; and although be blows hid own trumpet pretty loudly , assuring them " that lie haa always done his best for the working classes" ; yet unfortunately ^ they will not believe him . Ho tells them he is going to write no more letters ; but . ho will be always happy ( like any other quack ) to give them plentiful doses of gratuitous advice , yet they aro such thankless souls as neither to fed tor this the

      slightest portion of gratitude , nor to express the least -sense of obligation . Rebbecca . —The statements which I have alread y communicated to you with regard to the movements of this amiablo lady , are substantially correct . I have learned in addition that the field of wheat which was cut last week , is the property of a blacksmith , wbo was considered a iittle too officious . He had reported to the magistrates that on the day tho Llanolly gates were destroyed , a farmer in the neighbourhood had actually been guilty of tho high crime of sharpening an axe . But the misdemeanour not being prohibited by any statute " ia that case made and provided , " the magistrates were compelled to

      dismus the charge . But Rebecca got notice of tho kind intentions of the blackemilh , ond having made enquiry into his personal transaction ? , ascertained thas that this 5 eld had by him been enclosed from a neighbouring common , without any duo authority She consequently assembled her daughters and issued her mandate to cat down the grain—resolved that . he had deprived the people oF their property , he should reap none of its fruits . She has a mortal antipathy to acts of enclosure * for another field near Llandilo had been recently inclosed , by which the people were deprived of their right of pasturage , but Rebecca restored it bv quietly

      levelling the wall . As a specimen of the imposition practised by sfhe toll keepers , I may mention an occurrence which took place last week before a beach of Magistrates . The Lessee of the Greenbill Gate was summoned before them to answer the charge of exacting a greater amount of toll tl an the law allowed ; when it came out in evidence that the poor farmers and coal-drivers were charged threepeuce per cart , while the carts of the Magistrates were permitted to pass at three-halfpence each . The nsan was fined in t&o penalty of £ 5 , and ordered to refund all the extras which he had previously charged ;

      It is really amusing to witness the parade and pomp of tho various " patrols" of rurals , horse and foot , who nightly sao » r the country in every direction ; trying in vain to get a sight of " the ladies , " when tho probability is , that were they to m ^ ct with the parties in question they would speedily wish themselves any where else . Although the gate and posts in the Immediate aeighbourhood of Swansea were cut down and burnt in an adjoining limekiln , yet one of those worthies armed to the teeth , ia nightly on the spot to watch the hallowed ground , lest Kubecoa should return to carry away the stumps .

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      I . EEDS . —Stealing . —Od Tuesday , a man who gave b . 13 name Henry Edward Harding , was brought up at the Court House , on a charge of having seolea a quantity of rope . From the statement made , it appeared that the prisoner was the mate of a vessel belonging to Mr . iagbam , of Mirfielof , from which vessel a qaanilty of rope had been stolen durisg the time it had laid at Leeds . The rope waa found at Mr . Morion ' s , in Wharf-street , at which placo the prisoner had sold it . The captain of the vessel had gone to Mirfield to see Mr . logham , and the ease was tbereforo remanded until Wednesday .

      Railwatt Lifb Preserver . —Mr . James Waterhouse , of Pudsey , near Leeds , has invented ft mechanical apparatus , to be fixed to railway engines , which was announced in a great many public newspapers in the month of September ; 1842 »« ? £ i utentl 0 n ?/ inventor that Mb " Rai £ ^ 7 ^ Pwfierirer ^ asit is called , shall clearthe fntlr , £ ° 8 trU 0 U T * whichniay h » i * en either by lntemioa or accident , such aa wood stone & « iS ! , f I * a ml 8 ; - % cattle w »"' ob may bo S » S 2 ' ^ ? sPeoially snow during the wtflter months . An improvement of this kind ouebt not o be lost Bight ^¦ tor- ^ mh ^ iS & ^^ S ^ purpose ^ r which it is intended ^ $ b $ S % dateiy to bo puM 0 prteent trse V * _ && % . ¦ Sengine should have such an anDaiatna affi ^ d ^ n « the inveatort'TOsh to ^ btaijv a patent , and brought

      AR ? . ay tea ^ rianiea Wm . Civwe , who re-^ S B ^ &m ^>^ m m 4 ^^ before $ mmotJMving ' obtained '¦*' iSgmt / arm ^ key Messrs ^ Craisdale , dyers , Pearn ^ ls&lu ^^ Ka ^ oa ^ tw& worjrtpbyMr . MkiW ^^ lg ^ Kon ^^ rjnight ago , applied liiiMS loan of thekey > tot Mm ™ ., Crqisdala : ; temtm seen ljlr t . Jt ftowar ^ , t ^ . M < aiaw . w hfi ^ na Bii ^* l to be

      mm . apprsnendea ^ jffessrs . Ci'Ojsa&le . pr&TCcl that they had never sent th&fciaa for ihoskev it W as they had one b £ their owtf ,-nor w ^ gfS ^«^ bnii . aiid ; ^ Tw eommUted : ; fgntiijd : cfi ^ S charge , but remanded uutfi ' W * W * y , tv S ttme fe other ehargee to bo made eompfcU agS

      Moke Of "Keb3cca."

      MOKE OF " KEB 3 CCA . "

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      Notice . —By a typographical error in onr Notices to Correspondents of last week , the sum of 1 ? . 6 d » was stated as bavins been received from London for Mrs . Richards and inserted oa tbe 8 ih of July as tor tha Def . mcs I ? unrl : it ought cabs-vebeen 11 s . 6 d . DERBY . Chartists . —Wb aro requested to state that all communications for the Chartists of Darby mast in future be addressed Mr . John Moss , boot and aboeniafcer , Park-street , Castle Fields , Derby .

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      JTu . Kido , Dundee . —Received . The 5 s . noticed in last for Defence Fttnd . from Daw Green , per D Gtledhill , should have been for Victim Fumt ; and from Lick wood . Goodfellow , LivbrpoOl . —Certainly nofc .

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      FOR THE GENERAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . 6 . From John Freheby , of Sctegg 0 0 6 „ tbe Swan , Now JpuD-street , Sirmlng-Ziatn ... ... 0 5 0 I FOR THE GENERAL VICTIM FUND . From a fey ? fenvrte CfKirtiate , at Selby _ 0 0 6 ' „ Maifnsbury , perS . Hudson , per Simeon 0 4 0 i „ T . Kidgcrs . Bristol 0 1 0 ^ W . Rinsford ... 0 0 2 ^ tbe . Chartists of Newport , Isle of Wight ~ - 0 10 0 „ Lockwood . collected by D Gledbill ... 0 5 0 .. James O'Kean , Cuckold's Clougb , uear Huridarsfleld ... 0 2 0 „ John Roffirty , ditto , ditto 0 10 ^ Jjhn Kelson , ditto , ditto 0 10 „ Chepstow Friends , per W . P . W . ... 0 3 0 „ Bristol United Chartists , Westatreet 0 10 0 ^ Ditto Young Men ' s Chartist Association 0 6 0

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      I - THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct663/page/5/