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      0rfet!T≪A Comgponggncg, ¦ The Nqiitkei^ %Tar; V • : ; ' ": ^ .. ¦ " ;" /"-V . ' , 7.

      0 rfet ! t < a Comgponggncg , ¦ the NQiiTkEi ^ % tar ; v ; ' " : ^ .. ¦ " ; " / " -v . ' , 7 .

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      ~ - ^ TuR . O ' M ^ Ii ^ ' 0 F THE DraLI * ^ ARTIST ASSOCIATION . ^ ffiA eoek- * -101 * 511 ^' JTlI a vhobataohair *» ^ r tully , re * - *~ i S- " ZTj Q-JIAI . L 5 T , —I offer tO § aDOVB U&nip-V * ^^ | or Iri * h agitation ; Kid is it not w F ** ** * Ma » ne- » issue freaafrojB the mint— "The ^^** « anmt « crime strengthens the eftemles of Mi i to

      "" ^ fley ^ fcen patriotism « ran » <*•• & » ** aft as ° *^{—jI £ of truisms in ad atpiamdmm phiaee-** " " flu pitrio * tbwnsdve * must be bard nm . *^ ' Tmt bJ »» oUo ^ P **** ** " * ' ®** ^^^ * * 'J gb » ld beMl of Irish patriotism , and there is n ** fr . jo it . I » covers the nakedness , at aJl \ "r ^ jH UHth , my friend , the motto is not * " T 6 Bi * jnftcura * tie recent unmeamng addrett ^ J 5 il am about to address you . ""S I hope 7 011 ^^ " ^ fpom " tet ] y" to 0 > Jtt ^ w , ^ j tbe last patriotic exhortation to the 01 iremaa

      mRjinfe never- *" * * " * " peopie . j eTS « Sffe «¦»* U- ° ' ^ ° 'Ji »«» aip * iiyiHg ^ a& Qat 1 uniting to one " wh 0 ^ iaTe T *\ ] i ^^ of aje question -when he hM read this ** IT ever the veil » f sophistry was thrown over * % && <* iniqiiity ; if ever a bit of ecurt plaister * *" fi ( a j , mortal -wound ; if ever retrset was ^ dto » to-nid general ; if ever extinguisher was *** " I H ^ t , we lave all here . Here we have the ^ TTwfliKHrn ora ^ anti-Cattioliefeelinf dressed . totfos togia&e , vd bedecked is new plumage , Mjxek . to lore the people , from the scent of real *^~ L | ad bom tie pursuit of the real malefactor . who

      M * ZW . ¦¦** tbere * Catbolie in Ireland - -was ° i « rs Ihit Serjeant Jafikson , one of the patriot * 4 jbt Oan «« KiWare-street School , and the Orange-IitfA 'a lirongly tinged with anti-Catholic **• - « - u ME could be ! "Was there one man in l ^ jgBOBBt of the fact that , all tuch partisans , ^^ iroisoted to the bench , uncontrolltd , save 3 ?^ n » 3 » jptoion and the verdict of & jury of lliih-Zg Tfa , ittttdiftg to their faith , -were at deeply \\ f ( v ^ - ^ Bi dyed in prejndiee at the Judge himself 1 Is fije to * tiiwk ^ S 6 ^ Uieir 1 rr * » tken a * tifflcient imaafea k * ^* ^^ * P * ^ ^^^ * snbter-Ljfa » othenB « the Repeal cry " for the pteaenV " . jrfjf flat aQ attotti ( Hi shoold be directed to th «

      men isportat consi < Jerstion of bow to dispose of jyhnl aid . litton'B bubbling froth ? and , j ^ rn , imteid of being heightened by fcafiag j 2 y jp-t ^ n of the leader * of thei * party , jit 0 "CtBmdl i « oblifed to fete negative concloiions od cf i ^ poKtioas premisei . He argues thus : — " Tie , Ped «» d iaailey , and the leaden of the urfym did sot Kpport , or appear to countenance the

      x spmra , and , therefore , ir « art to premme that those i pg ^ itER c egaiant of , and approTed and sanctioned : Sa in « ediBg 3 . " Btzange lope that , and practice Tery ; difeml to th&t heretufore chaixdd against the whole f&ca *; Bwnelj , that whererer a blow was aimed at Irelui , tr ^ her reUgios , it waa sure to mister all eafcogftof ths anti > Iruh party . However , we find me T 9 j BBS eonclurlon arrired at , from

      diaingtjialij opposite presii « w . And , now , is u not nrfnAoiy to »» anatjan » o hoodwinked as to suppose the abused portion capable of being led away t > j to isertuHt that the oft-repeated rhapsody of a j » eo& bu&e , echoed by a pair of Irish fanatics in qnesiiprey , i * even more important than Stanley ' * £ 21 , -riu ^ i , a &vd * yiiin « e , wu "the most important zoeasst era proposed lor tin coaiideration of lrebsd ;* ud doe > not thii scale of importance , each sew

      tediai iwnrnf in magnitode according to its ini ijp > w > Mwi J t » d aD ut-topping Repeal in isrmediate desBaad , asre to maie rrery honest man look with eocteBpi , laderery knare with suipicVon , npon the BOB KBOBBi at iaportaac * wkich Mr . O'Conneil stacks to ti * qwjfeoa of Repeal ? In short , he keapa tt eocwaimUy is the larder ai a cold dish to run to whoi 1 b ibcry . Bstssv , at friend , letui »» e if , upon this hacty « fcnsge , I ca break soother of fiction ' * wares upon my little nek . Hark my reasoning , then , O'Malley , and foQrt me alalj itsp by step .

      I Ban ¦ slreaay jaored that moral force being relied tpan lar the tasoapaOaazni of Repeal , it became the jaaEwnt Adyo / & Rfpoalen to strengthen their ttattSriffiifate > y aaginooiing t 2 ieir nomben in the aCSSI u ^ G 6 EB&O 2 iai Ibmstown that one of the great and juxt caose * << isA ffiatixfaetios , and her demand for a native JsSnwt , to dmrtfa abase , and her iandable anxietj fc be niieTBd of the pUjng titmjppi n jj ^ ij unju st im-W&ua * * t » w Cteieh adverse to the national it& Thi * br ing a fact , whkk nose eao deny oreven tta ^ to dispto , it e ? nsJly foliowa , as in the case of

      Sepal , fist Q » anti-tithe and anti-church party banian besirtreBgaiened in theHon » e ofJCommoni XismsgVaMitet , thea , I presume that no man of cm ** 5 BBe wffl dany that the bold , the fair , the anlj . satire vay toward * its acaHuplishment , was b ; Sk Irish CWioBe people sending members of * a »^ peaaaaoB to represent them ,- thtreby . at owe , pt 5 b | Engiljoid * bs znort coadusive and unerring PW < rf sntt-tiihe aod « nti-State Chorcij feeling . This "" Sar course , Ihiii only coarse , if they koped to gain ^^ rspeet , sad power , for their party ; and " * & M see in how far they have pursued that

      ° ^ by , nor obserre that , by the late address , the * k * ° f 4 * giae of thimble-rig hag been completely ttew "'^ tOt Bepeal to * boUsh titbe 8 ' bat tiai ^ T beffl Ulett feom nndeI ae ^ P ^ . P ' J ? V ™ . « nd pliced uade , ^ Mti-Catholk T ~~* - ^ the eballitoB of taint Colquhoun , or f ^ Offl of JsAion and Litton ^ j-g o ^^ q ^ ¦ IB iea . ' for one most really think so .

      aa ° *« eein how far the Eagliah Honse of Com-« nd illT ^ " taking the Iriah » Ter «<> n t <> « the i » ifc ^ ^ tbeiz ow religion , to granted , froat j ^ rak by which they can judge , namelv , the aiZ jT *^ iiem i « rs in the House . And bear i S ^ Z * eomplaict has been made , by the siinu , ^ « anaon of Cattolle Members at aU ; and thai ata »*» mus ; necewariiy alarm shem , weaken TT ttd tesasthen the Catholic parry . th £ eil

      b » i U , ** 1 thSD ' ™ fcow ^ ^ e moral force of Ireland ? a ^_^^ gIj Bpon tilis sow more imporUQt ^ amw ^ tselt Tiie C 4 ^ 0156 i *« y . ^^ Wfe k Kfirry ' C * 1411 " O-CoimeU ; Cork , Dr . aJV ^ WS waen , and Dact ; in Tipperary , u jjTT 1 7116 : fa KDkeiiDy , Finn , and Sullivan ; boB ^ . y Oaty ' Fitaimon ; in Queen * County , X » »» teLW ; a C ** ™ , Blackney ; in Glare , jjj ^ p JO . ; a Waterford , G * lway ; in Dohlin , . ®^« . w 7 >* % hBd * > O'D- ^ er ; in Meatfc , M . a Aji * * aford , Lunbert ; in Kewry , Brady ; to *^ ™*®** - Kow , O'MaUey , there are tl g ^* " *^ Catholics gone in a ' sweep , many kati ; J ^* " * - » nd replaced by Protes-Oa ^ , . " ^ hoo ^ t 70 a hare got a few * " * ^ ftoBti PlM * ° * l yet l "" ^ te

      rtae ^ T « name , while yon have a Bm ^**** tt » new batch in treaenry—I % ht J ^ ksijW * " * B * «*»» « adexpacta » ts ; » o that *** ** e » r aOT * *** * tretrt 7 Catiiolie Members , p J *^ "~ T f of whom migtt cave retained his MK ^ T * * Je&lon * y o * the aotocat got rid of < a ^ J ?^ ^ ° f being prwed on to a re atH ^»^ l : ' * PWB 8 rf wUrf : from w »« <*» % ^ J fefle t * B r » -were bt ^ gbt , « ke any «* % ^ 2 ^~*^** e « MJ * rt , SAd some skirted for lCil *** 2 lSf ' * " ** - »» wr ^ ! Kl * feSt !^ * *» ' HoM » < tf Oowooaa . a ajj , ^ " **^ ^ eagtfawe * potW « to ni « t ** * SJi 2 l * ^^ ^ Stl ^ ' ' ™ •¦* * s » m r ^*» Ms » S lei of floOTiy aspMt , w to * ^^ tfS j' ^^ H ****^ ^ to ^ r

      *^ JJJ «* r »«^ t <* « r pro « i » d rf ; ^^ fJjtMi _!*""" *"" aw » p « sv bid that ' '"^ Tfcfe ^ *? ^ * »**« - * S J ^ " *^ 1 « « H far mr spas tbe 2 S . J * £ * " ^ fafc b «» Iw ^ wlnked , ^^^•^ d-tedlrart , ^ . J ^ aSr-srsu-. ^ . . j ^ * ^' T » V 8 » EaiarttheReperi , aDd £ ?• = ' +

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      were they not de » ounc « d ? nay , did not many who have since been recommended as patriotic -Members , actually vote for the Coercion Bill ? and this is Iriab . patriotism ! O'Malley , do yon imagine that either Arfcton Yates ox GRsborne sit for nothing in their easy seats T if you do , yon an a greater fool than I take you for . Now , we come to an observation or two npen Mr . CConnell ' s mode , proposed on Sunday last at the Curragb , for gaining » gricnltural sapper * in aid of a « p » al of the Union . He says , " that ene object wWch be always had in view wu to ensure compensation for the outgoing teas at , for any monies expended during bis tenancy . "

      Now , my friend , what has he done to effect this r How could he effect it ? And has he taken the proper means . to secure it ? He has done nothing ; he can do nothing , except by giving every man a Tote , -which will be his title deed , bat which he has opposed with all his might acd strength . Doe * he * ot know that the Duke of Devonshire and many otherlarge landed proprietors , have Uog since acted upon this plan t Let me tell you the only method by which it can be accomplished ; by taking away the power of distrea from-the landlords ; by giving the tenant * lease * rbr ver at a com rent ; and by simplifying the law of ejectment , -which would then be a dead lettwc—as no Irishman , with a leass for ever , would ever owe one shilling

      arrears . But while he thus nibbles abont the edges , bow does he propose to feenre the poor tenant during bis possession » for , aind , he is only to be compensated at the expiration of his lease . Why he proposes t » repeal the Corn Laws , without giving to both tenants and labourers a vote by which they could obviate the iafliction of the -whole pressure upon the poorer classes ; and which would , of necessity ^ B » d of a certainty , drive 20 » , OM farmers , large and small , and , at least , 506 . M 8 labourers at once from the Irith fields to the English rattle boxes ; and this is compensatio * : But , 6 'ilalley , in all the compensation , I never heard of the p # or labourers' comj » en » ation . Alas , my friend , I fear tbey they a » not , po * r fellows , able to fork olt te the new Patriotic Fund .

      Now , dont you know , perfectly well , tb&t every Irish landlord is over head and ears in debt J Don't yem know that even , if ¦ srilUng , they woald not be able to make an abatement eomm » asurat * with the reduction upon grain consequent upon a Repeal of the Corn Laws ? Dsn't you know that if Wheat was selling for 10 s . a bag instead of S 5 s ., accordiilg to which price a bargain may have been made , that the landlords wsuldhave the goose , the bbmiet , the pot , the settle , the three-legged stool , and everything upon which they could lay their hands , and that batch after batch of teaanta would be broken , and labourers starved , while > he ship tos righting , and while rents were finding their level , according to the newly stamped valme , snd which , at the end , could only be accomplished by UniTefsal Saflrage .

      TheH , again , see , O'Malley , how he has sold the English Leagme , upon the question of the Corn Laws . He tried to get up funds and a national convention to sit in London ; but he failed , and then he said , " 0 your party i * too weak -, yoi must give it up . " And bating drained and starved the artisans and operatives in the Irish towns , and finding , through tie priests and little landlords , that the Irish people were against being transported , in quest of work , to England , by a repeal of the Com Laws , he throws the English overboard , and is silent , wholly silent in Ireland , apon the great question of " 0 , above all , pix * ih * t * opU cftoop feod . "

      > « w , 0 "Malley , I am a sincere advocate for the repeal of the . Corn Laws , b * i conditional upon such a power being vested in the hands of the people as will preclude any possibility of a nation being either drirea to revolution , into subserviency , or atarration , while hasty necessity shall be furnishing hasty stop gaps for every fresh occurrence , instead of at once commencing at the right end—Universal Suffrage . This his new scheme may , for a season , be fomnd a means of chouing the miserable pence out of the pockets of th * miserable little farmers , and , when that fails , as repeal and abolition ol tithe * have failed , and when Sergeant Jackson and Mr . LUton lose their buggabooism , wkat are we to have next . ' That ' s a nic * question , and one for Ireland to answer .

      Confidence and hope may , for > » Bason , prod » ea calm and reconcile suffering ; but , once destroy that , 2 nd public wrath bursts forth like a volcanic ernption , aad sweeps away all b « for * it The game played in Ireland has been one wholly subversive of popular liberty and right . Moral force'has been preached , whilst a ; t * T ^? ng army of « yy police lias been established , in readinMs to ( oppress that outburst of general iadigmatUn which is sure to follow the disappointment that bow threatens Ireland . Y <» may take my word for it , even the Bepeal wardens and pacificators , association patriots , and the Liberator , will shortly be dragged before the tribunal of esoaged public opinion , and then the object , of establisbiBg the spy force will be manifest ; it is the reserve « f the last hope of the moral force patriots .

      Kow , my friend , while 1 am op « n the subject of physical forc « , relieved from exciting scenes of misery , produced » y its UDJust application—while I have time for deep reflection , and after having well considered the subject , apart from the world's controlling power , either one way or the other—not afraid of losing pepularity by denouncing , npon the one hand , nor of incurring the censure of slaves by advocating it on the other : with srreh preparation to meet my subject , then , I unhasi-UtinglT pronounce the nan who denies a people ' s

      right to use physical force , as a means of redressing grievances , when the majority agree that such grievances are beyond the honourable enduramce of frienjen , and ¦ when thej hare ineffectually tried fair , continuous , and con « titu : ional moral means for persuading their rulers to redress Jthosc grievances—the mao , I say , who upon such emergency , denies a people ' s right to purchase freedom at the risk of life , is a coward , a tyr ant , and a , mere sales-master of broken hearts and subdued spirits .

      Is not the English Revolution of 1188 called " glorious !' and was it not preceded by all moral appliances before the c # urt would yield ? Mark , O'ilalloy , in my letters , the . distinction "which I shall alwaj » drawbet weem the court and the monarch . Erery monarch wbo has lost station , throne , or head , ha * been the victim of the court , and never of popular fury or revenge . Has not the French Rsvolution of 1792 and 1733 been called " glorious ? " and was not all moral energy and persuasion exhausted upon the nobtetse , before physical force was res » rted to , or before the monarch , and many of the court more justly thai the monarch , met their doom ?

      Did not petition after petition , remonstrance after remonstrance , and warning after warning , precede the first shot fired for American Independence 1 Did not Ireland , from 1782 to 1798 , laud the English Constitution and her Monarch % o the skies , and merely demand , or rather beg to be admitted , inside her pale ? -WelL then , if Washington had subscribed to any and all the moral means , contrived by the Cabinet of London and Lord CornwaXis , would it have procured American Independence ? and whether i * Washington considered a rrrolntionist , dertructiTe , torch-asd-dag ger-pbysical-force man , or a patriot ?

      Although undigested opinions allowed a tyrant , in the twmoil of unsettled and sectional conflicts , to aar the benefit of the French revolution , yet have sot some of yomr greatest statesmen and patriots , approved" the principle cod iht rfdvti ** * and , had the Irish been socoeatful , their revolution would have been considered a a noble aad patriotic assertion of right and priadpU Sp «» " * misjfttand despotism , while failure has gives to it the name of treasonaWeJrebellion-Such , O'MaDey , are my opinions » poo th « ( Mttom of poytieal force . I h * ve roared them in the storm :

      I llfiTTTitj > H » fP tjTfin mini while I still persevere U th » © pfariqa felt oar moral foroe is tumoieat to em ? Mtu ) Jast sod reasonable object , if ho * . weakened by iriMui , «• frittered away by art The lathing of monil ^ tartftMs produce * a political whirlpool , which Li i ir iaiTVlj iItici good , saaloBs , and sanguine min into h : they octdart * k » prtgacU as plots to meet counterplot * , which they never would have thought of , bmt to meet treason in tbeir ows camp on the threshhold ; U fact , like the orchard man "who plucked his apples B « fo » tiiey were ape , lest the thieve * should be

      beforefaaodwittiJtfaL Physical force teldoms breaks out until the petple l * se ail confidante in their moral leaders , and until they find that they have either taken the first step in betrayal , or have MtoaQy betrayed their cause ; they then low the benefit of their moral energies by being

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      compelled , by thieves , to pluck the fruit before tt w » ripe ; but who is to blame , the oxcbjur 4 man ox the thieves , the betrayed and outraged people , or the betraying and outrageous leaders ? "Cm * dvasfa * imit t < iKa % quid n < n mfliles f * dtnt t " " When general * do auefr thing * , what may not th « soldiers do ?" O'Malley , I think this is long enough for one letter , so I shall conclude it and set aboat considering the Irish mode of gaining redreu , with it * expeoc&r sad the English mode and its expenees ; « &d -then we shall see whether Chartism , reviled Chartlsmi ' o * royal : Jpjal humbuggiam is most llcely to lead ' to peace and universal liberty , and mats Ireland what she tmght tobe . I am , your faithful friend , ' FZARGOS O'COKKOm . .

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      TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN . 3 f A . DAK , —In entering upon the important branch of the subject which now claims our attention , vis . whether , and to what extent , oar present system ef prison discipline is calculated to promote or hinder the designs lot which it professes to exist , it will be necessary for ai to bear coaaUntJy in mind , the cause « f crime gener&Uy , In order that we may discern , with certainty and clearness , ths defects , if any , of the present system , and be able to provide a proper and effectual rested ? for such defects .

      We have s « eu that the various classes of criminals may be divided into three strongly marked and distinct classes , and we shall discover , if we look well at them , that no attempt at reform can be reasonably expected to succeed which goes « pon the principle of applying one and the same system to all elasses of offenders . This proposition might be demonstrated by a thousand arguments , but at present I will only mention one . In a uniform system of prison discipline , the most gross injustice will , and must , in the very nature of things , continually occur . Even in felony , we can discover

      broad'lines of demarcation which CSil for , notonlf a difference in the duration , but also in the kind of punishment ; and this is still more apparent In cases of misdemeanour , jet , at present , hardly any difference exist * as to the pmaisbment of crime except in the term of its duration , and , even in this cue , as I shall prove befom bringing these letters to a eloae , the du ration of the penalty is made to depend nok upon the moral turpitude , but frequently upon the rank or station , of the offender , and that , too , in a manner at utter variance with the dictate * of sound poiicr , honesty , or cotnnon sense .

      Not unfrequently have your Majesty ' s Judges condemned , far the high offence of daring to think for themselves , some of the best members of society , to a worse than felon ' s doom , placing upon a level with the dregs of the commuaity , i | ygn whose characters as husband * , fathers , sods , brothers , -workmen , and friends were uninpeacbable ; and who only stood at what , under a bettor system , would be their country ' s bar , for opposing right to might , the claims of the whole to the claim * of a faction , and the practical religion of love and good will to the covert infidelity of hireling prietta and Pharisaical profession .

      This is a fact , wkieh no one will dispute who has paid the slightest at tention to public matters since you held tbe scaptre—I dare not say swayed it , for that ha * been done net by you , but by the Ministers in whosn you have placed your confidence , and who being aa they -were the ad-risers of the late king , it WM , perhaps , not to b « -wondered at , that you should , for a time , at least , continue in the station which yeu found them , but who are known by the country , however ignorant you may Va of the fact , to be the most base and wretehed ministry erer permitted V ) blast the proBpects , acd ruin th » true laterals » f & great eapire .

      Our whole system of criminal jurisprudence is based upon wrong principle * j and to the eye ? of careful observation present * in every part of it a uniform want of uniformity , aad a vagueness of definitive end or bject , to which it is not easy to find a parallel Thus it is impossible to say whether the intention of tbe system is to reform the criminal , or to maintain the omnipotence of the law , ( H is rare , Indeed , when these two objects are found together , ) but be which it may , nothing can be less calculated tp effect either object . If it is principally - ^ le * igned to make the law respected , then its cabinet enactments , by which a great , that is to say , a rich transgressor , may

      easily efftct his escape , while ha who wanta gold , though he may have innocence . Character , aad moral worth , may be crashed t « death , are e * $ sj 0 aUy c * J « x > lated to briny it into contempt . Bat If the prffte m « tire of tbe various statutes for the regulation-of prison * be tbe working out the reformation of tbe criminal population , than matter * are infinitely worse ; aad we may safely declare that for one delinquent who leaves his cell a wiser and a better man , a thousand are let loose up » n society , improved largely in their accomplishments most calculated to fit them for a renewed career of crime , to be terminated in a penal settlement , or ended at the drop .

      The reason of all this blundering is , that wa only contemplate man as a machine , and o « t so tbe wiser ancients delighted to represent him , •« miniature world . We have bectme so perfectly sensible to tbe value of individual character , so « ntirely absorbed in the calculation how each is to be soade » producing portion of the working mass who are employed for the purpose of keeping up - what ia called national greatness , and the meaning of which is the keeping up of class superiority ,

      no matter at what sacrifice , that we enfirejy lose sight of the fact that tbe flesh and blood machines are not mere lumps of organised matter , bat recipient forms of life , from onr infinite Creator—that they were made to become images and likenesses of him , and that it is in the departure ef the humaa race from this end of their creation , that we must look for th » founda * tion of all those crimes which desolate and mar tbe fair face of creation , and reduce our beautiful world into the condition of a desert .

      We need , Madam , and by and bye we shall have , a system of prisen discipline adapted to the exigencies of the case ; and possessing , amongst its multifarious drtails , a oneness of purpose , and a uniformity of plan . This would secure great and manifest advantages ; we should then see mercy and truth meet together , and justice and peace embrace ch other . Things would not then be as we find them now , when the law is indefinite , the execatire often Tindictive , and tbe sentence arbitrary in its character , and not uniform even in its application .

      Before proceeding into more minute detail , I will shortly explain the pr «« ise sense in which I employ the word made use of above—a oneness of purpose , and uniformity ef plan . By our present system , as bav * already shown , it is impossible to know what object is principally sought by the operation of the law . Judging from facts , I should say that the specific object is the infliction of punishment , from a vindictive tceiimg towards the offender , as a sinner against the the idol , the dominion , of wealth . But the one sole purpose of all law * should be the prevention of ¦ erime ,

      and the one end of punishment tbe correction of the offender . In proportion as this object it kept etmdily in view , in the same proportion shall we be likely to legislate for man as a rational and accountable agent ; as a being of high powers , aad vast capabilities of improvement , and on whose individual perfection and happiness depend the general perfectkm and happiness of society . And , in proportion as we deviate from this principle , we shall even Jail in honest endeavour * t * do _ good , and shall adopt measures which can only increase the mtachiaf they propose to remove . This is what I intend by oneness of purpose .

      By uniformity of plan , I mean such a well arranged and judicious system of Prison Discipline as aball secure to all the due meacure of security , * nd of correctional suffering which tbe law ha * awarded to their offence * , no natter what tbe rank or connection * of the culprit may happen to be , Taut , if a man is convicted of a crime , he should know with certainty tbe puni * h » e « t that will inevitably follow , and ha should have no fcope of a remission of hi » sentence , or any part of it , except in certain cases provided for by ths legislature ck-osen by

      amd acting for the whole people . Tbe maximum of punishment should be in all cases defined ; frequently ererj shade of it should be accurately marked ; sometimes tbe measure of the penalty might be left to the discretion of the Judge , but in no ease should any punishment be inflicted other than what waa pronoonoed in open court . With this system of uniformity the dftafls must be and ought to be extremely varied , but tbitfrould not militate at all against that uniformity . EvejtJ erime would be thus accurately denned , that is , every flats of rime ; and tbe nun who shed the Mood of ni « fellow ,

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      stole a sheep , or attended : an illegal meeting , would fee at onoe sensible of what he had to calculate upotf , in case of detection and conviction . He tronld be punished according to law , and not according to the despotic regulation * of focal magistrates , or the petty tyranny of turnkeys and gaol governors . Pfennitme now * o invite you * Majesty ' s atleaHon-to various authentic fact * , iltaatntfr * of the state of our prisons as they at present exist , in thta to called Christian Iasd . . lam . Madam , Tfou ? , MajtrtysfBithfulaid otwdieit subject »» dwrvaJit , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - JJTJMA . London , Martk II , 1841 .

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      "THE CHARTIST LEADERS . " ... „

      TO THH BDrioa Of THE " SOK . " Bib , —I find by yout papei of Friday lask , that you have got a new Correspondent in an old admirer , who signs his name " Cha # lea Bakewell . " You head tbe document v The Chartiii Leaders , " and the Brat paragraph of- your correspondent ' s lettM runs thoar— . . . .. ¦ ' . " " Sir , —The truly independent character of your own writings , gives me a hope that you will find a corner fer thi * commuriioatioB , * > Now , Sir , that o * e solitary sentence damns your correspondent , because there is not one working : man in England vrho looks upon your writings in any other light than as so much yarn twist ( and bad twist too ) for sale .

      Yon * correspondent makes a wholesale attack upon O'Connor , O'Brien , M'Dbuall , Leach and Co ., because they will not allow Young and Co . to humbug the people ; and , amongst other things , he charge * Feargu * O'Connor with making a profit of £ l , M 0 a year of hi * paper . Now , Sir , if he was ataan anxious for tbe liberty of the press , he should rejoice that we had so good a bond for the honesty of the Star ; because , as to that , or any other paper , now duping the people , it i s all out of the question . 1 hoped , Sir , that the profit of the Star vu nearer £ 5 « Maye » T-, because , approving of it * policy , good support wonld give me increased confidence in its existenee .

      But , Sir , for many years before Mr . O'Connor had any paper , he advocated the self-same principles and in the self-same way , and , especially , with respect to the Corn Laws ; and , in truth , it is rather bard to blame Mr . O'Connor for opposing any alteration of the C « rn Laws in . 1834 , unless accompanied with a complete revision and alteration of our whole system of taxation and representation , and to blame him in 1841 for defending , in his paper , what , in 1834 , he supported in parliament with his vote . But , . sit , in touching upon the queati « n of piaftta , jou have stepped upon most awkward ground . I recollect , in the spriagof 1830 , Messrs . O'Connor , Rogers , and Whittle were appointed as a deputation to wait ujon you to agrbx uvon TEUM 3 for the insertion of the Convention'sireporta in your truly independent paper . I was then * member tf the Convention , Sir , and

      aboil never forget the " heavy blow" wuiloh Mr . O'Connor gave you in his report of the interview . He gaid that you bad agreed for so many oolumns of matt « r , on condition of iht Convention taking to many papen d * Hyai such m price . " But , " said Mr . O'Connor , " lest this should appear to savour of compromise npoa Mr . Young ' s part , I am bound to Bay that he contended for his uncontrolled right of comment j however , " continued Mr . O'Connor , " we have a good fjuaranlw aqainti violent ao «* e , «» d , perhaps , a couple of hundred * mere per day may work a conscientious change in tie Proprietor' ! judgment in fuwur of our principle * . " Now , Sir , did you ever refuse a three guinea advertisement , because adverse to your principles , and the refusal of which was sure to lose you a powerful advertising connection t I doubt n * t ; -while I can inform you that Mr . O'Connor refuted such a one from the Cora Law League , who sent it with great pomp .

      Now , Sir , just one word mere and I have done . — Whether have the people best security in the integrity of a paper which is able to pay its way , or in a journal , a part of whose daily expence ia the wages of a prowler for stamps , who one day run * to the city to negotiate loans upon a prospectus of principle , another day runs to Downing Street with a message that a change of politics would better serve the purpose of the drooping paper , and insisting upon compensation for past services as a guarantee for future support » OR a consideration ; upon another , bargains for advertisements and their price , as the condition of advocating the advertiser ' s principles ; and , npon another day , offers to take poison , even Chartist poison , at so much pet oolmun ? Sir , of course 1 only charge the Sum with the latter venial offence , but ate you not aware that the others are of fsequent occurrence T

      Now , Sir , I beg to tell your admiring correspondent , that while maay professed liberal journalists have made as much aa from £ o . » 09 to £ 2 » , » 00 a year , Mr . O'Connor , of alt who have ever yet appeared upon the stage , has been the . only one who baa devoted any of the proceeds to tine people ' s cause ; tend , while you have never given a peony , aad insert comments upon his profits , J ^ ft ftm gUfp ' ¦ AhftimMida . And , Sir , knowing more ' -about the wfioreconcern tba * yo » and your admirer , I beg to state tint my greatest confidence in Mr . O'Coinor consists in the fact that , if he made £ 1 O , »« # a year by the 8 tu * he would spend that amouat , to the farthing , npon tke cause he Advocates , while I regret to say that over liberality upon his part , even when the Star -was at its highest , proves that tbe greater the profits of the Star , the greater ara the difficulties of Mr . O'Connor .

      Now , Sir , yoa publish that of which you know nothing ; I write only that to which I caa swear . In future , Sir , mind your own * flkirB , and begin by getting rid of your long primer type for leading articles , and , above all , and before all , «* your friend , Mr . O'Connell , would say , write something that some on © tun understand . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Kider . Leeds , April 5 th , 18 U-

      P . S . Sir , while thousands of prostitute hacks are making millions Annually , by pandering to class prejudice and party Interest , it ia rather hard that you and your faction should deem seventy-eight weeks of soil ary confinement in a felon ' s prison , too alight punishment for the only man who has ever successfully font , ht you with your ovrn weapons , and in your own camp ; and that , in addition , you of all men , or any of your corrupt confederates , should cry out £ l , 5 H a-year miu }« of the people , oh ! shocking . Sir , two columns per day of your shopkeepers' advertisements weuld far exceed that sum , and which , against their will , the people are compelled to pay , as they truly pay for all . I trust , Sir , your admiring «<> rre 8 pondent falls far short of bis mark , and in future that you will mind your own business . W . B .

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      LETTER FROM JOHN JONES , ONE OF THE BIRMINGHAM CHAKTISTS , IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND . CO THH EDITOR OF TLIU KORTHEItli STAR . Sir , —Yoa wo « ld mu « b oblige the friends of the unfortunate young nian , John Jones , convicted for the late Birmingham riota , by inserting his letter . Hobart Town , Van Piemen ' s Land . Kind Frisks * akd affectionate Brothkk , —I have taken the opportunity of writing these lines to you , hoping , with the blessing of G « d , they will find you in a good state of health ; but , dear brother , I write to inform you , and nil ; ny friend * , of the great distress inat I anrtn , and all my fellow convicts , and I

      do sincerely hope that you , or some kind friend will take tbe trouble of letting Government know of my situation , which f ¦¦ tm not deserving of , as yon well know tEsil I am here fat a ' crimethaVI knew nothing of , and , if I bod bat justice ou my side , tha * villain , Rose , ytho swore , false against me , would be in my situation for perjury ; but if I had been guilty , why should I not have had the same trial as Davies , who was tried for the Bristol riots , and was charged with the same crime aa myself , as Gavernment aid the public moot know that I am suffering for another man ' s crime ? and as writing to you , my dear brother , I hope yoa will sot take it as aa offence by me writing , to let you know a little of tbe usage which we . po *» convicts , have to sndergo , while we are far away from our nappy homes ., :

      Dear Brother , — -Ia the first place , what little meat we do have is what is brought from other colonies , end of the animals that iiave died on Vb » passage . The next Im our water , which i « not fife fora beast to drink ; and then there are . oar ov « rseers , who are over us , they will not allow us even to stand upright , nor to turn our heads dwing the time we are at work , which ii from fix o ' clock in the morning till half-past five in the evening . We have our breakfast before we go out lathe morning to work , which is & drop of wheat water , aad pd « nd Aad a half of brown bread , that serve * as thef w&ofe < day , and if it rain * all day , we m »* t ( wdan k tHl it Is time to leave off Work , and then we come * tfr tar ftamcks , and when we

      aremusterfll together w » akreh off to bed , which to a bed of straw , with da * Maeket and one rug to caver us . Oar tB 0 e * V whi * 6 * r » tmppoied t # last us four months , win not , with Vbk greatest 'care , last us more than two months-, tu « n we all go barefoot the remainder of the time . Thea there are the clothes that we wear , which have to last as sir months ; they are akl off our backs in a deal lw » time ; and every morning , when we rise from our bed of » traw , we are in danger of getting into trouble , aa if it is but the look , it will make us liable to the severest of punishment , aa that 1 b all they look for , on purpose to keep us as long as they can on Government hands , and in the greatest of misery . .

      Dear Brother , as I am well convinced did Government know the misery and punishment tbut we undergo , they ] wonld do something for us , I hope you will get my letter published , and perhaps , -with your exertions , and those af a tow Jriends , aa I hope they will not

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      forsake me , will try to get some of ay time off ; for , in the first place , I - have got to serve two years in close confinement , and then I must serve a master four years longer , and then for tbe . next two years I shall have half of -what I earn , and then I shall gain an emancipation for four years , that is , my freedom in the colony ; and after the expiration of that time , J . flbaH , with the blessing of God , the greatest-flare , aad the best of conduct , see my happy hoiqe onoe again ; but , as I say , it must be with the greatest care > aa there are but few that can ret « rn . ¦ .-. . . ¦ . ' . ; . ? . : . K condntt wDI do it I am determined to return ; aad aa I hope my poor aged and distressed parents are well , tell them not to mourn for me , for they know that I am innocent ; bnt G « d's will be done , and may he pour down his vengeance upon him jrho has caused my misery . ¦ "

      Gn » e my beat lore to my Bister and brothers ) and tell them from me , that I hope they -will not forsake their aged parent *; and , Dear Brother , I hope * yon will not take it as an offence in asking yon to send me a little money , as it would ba the means of saving my life , for I believe I cannot live without some assistance . Though you have been a kind friend , and I canntt expect but . little from you , but if you would take the trouble of goto *; to myahopmatoB , and my frianis , perhaps you may collect ; . a trite- for me , and do let me beg

      of you to send as coon as you can . As I have wsote a letter to my parents and have not sent it in tbe same way as I have yours , bo lam doubtful they will not receive it . I hope you will allow them to see this , ajad that both you and them will not forget a poor unhappy couTict , -who can see nothing but misery ; as I have sent yon the picture of the ship , which brought job to our destination on tha « th day of July , 18 i « ; likewise ^ few verses-which I composed , I hope you will let nfr mother have them to keep in remembrance ot . me ,

      My dear friends , as my paper is full , I must bid you adieu -, good bye , and may you all meet with better luck than me ; thi * cornea From your affectionate but Unfortunate brother , John Jones , Convict of the ship Mandarin , Hobart Town , Van Diemen ' * Land . £ ¦ ™ When forced to part from those we love If sure to meet to-morrow , Wo feel an anguish in oar breast ; We drop a tear of sorrow . If what we feel is so severe ,

      When we part for months or years ; Oh , what words can paint that tear When we part , perhaps for ever .

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      "JOHN FR 0 ST " -A CHARTIST DRAMA . " I'll fight , till from my bones my flesh be hacfc'd . Hang those that talk of fear . " ¦ Macbeth . This drama is not so much intended to illustrate the characters of the dfanudis persona in it , nor the insurrection at Newport , on which the plot turns , as it is an attempt to illustrate Chartism itself . Nevertheless , the writer has selected the chief Chartist victim to be the h » ro , and , * o far an one not personally known to hlia could know him , he has endeavoured to make * true portrait of him , likewise of Shell . The character f Albion wa * originally meant to be a sketch of Vincent . Melbourne , Russell , and Norraanby are caricatured ;

      but a Socialist , a teetotaller , a Corn Law repealer , a parson magistrate , a policeman , and othau , are all brought in as representatives of their pecuBhr clacses . The Mw . Frost of the play it not , however , the real Mrs . Proet . uor intended to represent her ; the character is purely fictitious , or , rather , it was partly drawn from a near relative of fix * author . In short , the whole piece is a composition , in the artistic meaning of the iford , made up of characters , incidents , and events taken separately from the whole history of the Chartist movement , and dovetailed together . I chose the dramatic form , because I agree with my friend Elliott , that the theatre ( yet what theatre will bring this piece forward while the present censorship exists ?) might be made the " most powerful of state organs . "

      Ignorance , prejudice , and apathy are the three great foes of chartism . The Queen , Lords , and Commons ane but petty fees , when compared With these . 'Until the first is enlightened , the second removed , and the last awakened , those who are clear from all , or divested of all , will continue to be the victims of those who are not . Tbe pen , th * press , is more wanted , and must be more used—had in . greater requisition . It muit be applied in every variety of form and manner with novelty . If » ne shaft fail , we must shoot another with more " advised aim . " It is nqkin " much speaking "it is more' in writing t * benmt the cause . The vices

      and tyranny of the aristocracy caused the French revolution ; but the writings of Rousseau more than the speeches of Mirabesm , were the occasion of it . I wonld not decry speaking , for some must hear , because Ihoy can't read , and some speak better than they write —speech , > oo , has a mote tlechical , effect in rousing sympathetic action ; but the peddle are aot yet prepared for that . It is easier to apeak thaa to write , and w » like it better ; but writing is a kind of engraving on pap « r . " Words are bat wind" —when we give them paper wings , they become birds of the air , ana carry the matter farther—keep it lim&r .. ; ¦ ' *

      Hot is it money wo want ao much as spirit ; if money is the sole siaBW of war ,, onr enemies will win the battle , for they possess more of It than we do . Enthusiasm wodld supply tbe wait of money , and be more than a match for it . But tbe people are mere backward in their *> wn cause tbaa others are for them . The leader * have been fotced to fall back—they were greatly in advance . The sympatblea of the people for themselves are not sufficiently roused ; they dont rise for their rights—they lie supine nnder the feet of tyranny . They require to be incessantly appealed to—their feelings aud understandings are incessantly appealed to ,

      and what do they answer ? It is not yet time ! When , British slaves!— when Will the last point of enduwinc ^ be reached f Will the time always serve for you to be slaves ?—never to be free ? You all do know that the Charter is just—is your due ; yon are fully convinced of that—instruction has done its office ; what do you want further ? You want sentiment , passioa , action , or you would never see your benefactors taken to prison , by your tyrants , before your eyes . Engrave tbe Charter on your hearts , and let us endeavour to persuade the country as we would persuade an old , fond father , to his own good an * to ours .

      The play is dedicated to the " Frost , Williams , and Jo » es Restoration Committee , " to show them that , though 1 refused to become an honorary member » f their committee , it was not from indifference to the fate of Frost ; but from a conviction of the uselesaness , nay , the despicableness of petitioning thos * who had banished him . What I would not stoop to do for myself , I would not do for him . Shame on the people of England , that suffered such a man as Frost to be banished for loving them , to be banished by tbe things that hate them ; but more shame would it be for us t » kneel to those . mocking creatures , and " 6 «( 7 of tbem to let him come back . Oh , we ar «

      fallen indeed ; or could they hinder him ? Frost must think us not worth saving . When Kienai , "the lost of the tribunes , " was banished by the aristocracy , the people made them call bini back—nay , placed him over their heads . But Englishmen are surely sunk somewhat lower than Italian eunucba . They are not merely indifferent to tbe sufferings of themselves , their ¦ wives , and little ones ; but what is more , they are indifferent to the sufferings of those that suffer for seeking to remove their sufferings—they lack gratitude ! well may they want generosity . All that was-English in their character is gone—can they be ealltii men ?

      Tyrants are kept in palaces—patriots are kept in prison , — .. .- . ¦ ; .. ¦ . •' . ¦

      " Shall it , for shame , be spoken in these days , Or fill up chronicles in time to come ?" But the deeper our disgrace , the more honour there will be in redeeming ourselves . In the meantime" Bleed , bleed , poor country I Great tyranny , lay thou thy basis sure , For goodn « &s tow » sot check tliee !" I would ask , why should being a friend of the people lead to suffering and sacrifice ? Why should being their eaemy lead to honours and emoluments ? Let the ' people answer . As for myself , I have had to fight both friends and foes , and I have ever found the jealousy of the former , though flattering , more fatal than tbe hatred of tbe latter . I appeal to the people , nay , to the parties themselves , if I have not always

      prefafred my bretbren . in honour ; as , indeed , I might well io , for I have been an idle Chartiat ; bnt n » t willingly so . Yet am I not a disinterested Chartist—I avow myself a most self-interested one ; for the cause is my own , aa well as my country's ; seeing that I must relinquish truth and justice ; I must relinquish honour and honesty , my nature Itself , before I can thrive under the present system . ! Oa the contrary , I must relinquish home , parents , brethren , all for the Charter , and be an exile , without the sympathy that reaches Frost across the ocean . ' But if the stake fail here , it may hold for hereafter ; and , in the meantime , a rirtuous nan will seek no other reward , will need no other than what bli owa virtue affords him .

      j ^ - ' Frost" been written some time ; bnt could not find a publisher . The chief Chartist publisher in London shrunk from the responsibility , and that is the reason why the author has taken it upon himself . He baa put his own name upon the title-page , because none . other dared let hi * stand there . This must plead his excuse for the awkward manner in which the work is published , both as regards his own convenience and the purchaser ' s . Honours and profits he seeks not—be har refused them when offered to him—he seeks but the interests of truth and humanity . John Watkins . London , No . 22 , Cbadwell-street , Middleton-square .

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      Jew . Christian . —On Tuesday week , Mr . Emanuel , a Jew , was elected councillor for the ward of St . Thomas , Portsmouth , by a majority of 38 ; the numbere for Mr . Emanuel being 117 , and for Mr . Price ( a Christian , and of the same liberal politics wHk bis opponent ) , 84 ,

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      BIRMINGHAM . —Chartist Mbbting at Frgs * iian ' s street . —The weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held at the Chartiat meeting rotm , Freeman-street , on Monday eveoinf last . Theroem was fitted up for the firat time with seats , and well-finished restnm , chiefly through the praiseworthj eacertibns of Mr . Batratt , f WhittaU-afcreet f and added JflMk to tha jpr * tific » - tioa of the ladies , for whosa omfortaWe fieats h » d been provided , dose to tke platftifi . At ei ^ kt o ' clock , Mr . Thoa . Goodacre was called to the chair , who , after britfly addressing the meetiif , injfiro-« luced Mr . Martin , late of NorHiallerton . House » t Correction . Mr . Martin delivered an able and s * ulsttrrinc : addrea * in kis usual quaiat and humoroua

      style ; in the course of which he draw a vivid pi « tur « of the snfferiat ;< endared hj the working classes of this country , ** d then proceeded t « - comment n tke letter Biased ' Ftar ^ ns O'Coaaor , " published in last week's Star . He stated that he had so intention of interfering with any nan ' s r « liefous opinions , but from all that ; he had seen since he had e « me to Birmingham , he thought Mr . O'Connor's letter peculiarly a »»] ioable to the present state of affaira . tie thcugbt that a Christiam Chartist Church was liable t « all the objections made to it iu that able letter ; or , at least , the Chartist Church at present existing at BirmiuRkam , for it had preved itself a greater stumbliqg-bltck to the Chartist . caus « than any othtr church existing in the town . H »

      thought that there was & greater necessity for tha people to unit * for the purpose of delivering themselrei fr * m political bondage , than doing that , as a Christian Chartist Church , which no oiker body of men could accomplish , namely , causing divisi « n aad animosity , when union of prmciple had previously « iBt » d . B « t although every man had a right to worship God according to tke dictates of his » wi conscience , he would ask them if they oould point out a Bingle instance in whicn the liberties of a nation were establiahed by praying or preaxhtaftV If the Chartist Church was used as » means for extending the principles « f the Charter , and that funds were appropriated to the dissemination of the . political « oapel ; if th e * exerUd themselves to organis *

      and unite the people ajjaiost their oppr « gsor 9 , then b * should be inclined to give them « redit ;« nfortuBately that was not the case . But , on the contrary , those professed Christian Chartists not'only objected to join tha National Charter .- Association , but s « t up the howl of illegality , in order to deter others from swelling the ranks of freedom . . But he understood they were applying to Mr . Roebuck for his advice . He would rather go to the greatest Tory or Whig jh the country , ' than seek the advice of Roebuck , Warburton , Molesworth , and the other sham-Radical emigration mongers . If the people of England —the toiling , suffering , and oppressed millions— intended to be fre » , they skould sot about it like men , and not begin to form another sect , to be added to

      the thousand and one already in existence . He was o « e who never had , and never would , blink kis sentimentB . He would prefer seeing the blo » d-red banner of Revolution lifted on high , rather than behold th « misery to which the honeBt , virtuous , and industrious people of this country were subjected . ( Tremendous cheers . ) He would not willingly injure any man , or his property , but he was determined to lift up his voioe against oppression , and gain freedom at any cost . ( Heux , and cheers . ) Let all new , then , who loved their fellowcreatures—who loved their wives and familiesrally round the standard of liberty , and join the National Charter Association . They had met , then , that evening not to find fault with any man's

      religious creed , but to unite men and women of all creeds in one common bond , in « rder to deliver themselves from the present murderous system . Mr . Martin continued for upwards of an hoar , in » strain of the most impassioned eloquence , to show up the horrors and villaniea to which the labouring clasies were subjected , and sat down , amidst enthusiastic applause . A resolution , passed at the Christian Ckartisi Church , wan then read to the meeting , in which it was stated that the Church party requested the assistance of the Association for the oarryinf out of the r solutions agreed to at the public meeting held on the preWoua Monday . A long disoussion took place on the subject , Mr . T . P . Greea stated that the mouies that might be collected in the Chartist Meeting Room would be

      forwarded to Leeds , in conformity with the plan laid dowK by the letter of Mr . O'Connor , which had been agreed to by the members of the National Charter Association- He thought it would be very dtifair to make the funds of the National Charter Association go to the support of men who did not belong to that body . The following resolution waa then unanimously agreed to : — " Resolved , that no person shall be recognised as the representative of this Association who is not a member of the saaae . " A discussion took place with regard to the refusal of Mr . Collins to beeome a member of the Aaiooi * - t ion , and it was ultimately agreed that as Mr . Collins would- not agree to- become a member of the National Charter Association , he could not be

      recognized as the representative of . the members of that body residing in Birmingham , and that they would 8 tUl hold the election of Mr . Mflitixitob ' e valid . Mr . T . P . Green stated , that as Secretary of Frosrt Committee he could state that Mr . Martin was their representative , being chosen by them ; Mr . Martin was also an honorary member , whereas Mr . Colling was not . A subscription was then entered into for the purpose of assisting the fund at Leeds , and a determination expressed to forward their share , on condition that Mr . Martin should be the acknowledged delegate from the ChartiBtB . of Birmingham . The members of the Charter Association are rapidly increasing in numbers since they entered the room at Freeman-street .

      NEWTON HKA . TH . —Conduct of the Middlb Class towaEDS the Wokkies . —The Chartists of this place about a fprtnight ago , invited Dr . P . M . M'Pouall to deliver a lecture on the " New Poor Law as contrasted -with the old one , " to which he consented . The committee of management finding that their room would be too small for the occasion , applied to « a certain cotton master who had repeatedly declared his detestation of the New Poor Law , forth * use of an empty mill fox the purpose . Ho promised them they might have it . They ( the committee ) thanked him and left with an : understanding that all would be , right . But alas ! Howchangeable is man . They ordered a num ber of placards to be printed and circulated , giving pablioity to the

      intended lecture , and also sont a notice to the War which was inserted . The consequence was that the excitement was great . All went on very well for ten days ; just two days before the day on which the lecture was to have been delivered , the cotton master sent for the committee to inform them they could not have the large room which he had promised . They told him that they had been at considerable expense in announcing the lecture . No matter , he had had with him some very intelligent men who had assured him that the meeting was illegal , and therefore he oould not allow it to proceed . This completely . frustrated the arrangements of the working men , for then it was too late , either to procure another room , ox announce to the publis

      their disappointment . Sunday came , and people came thither from Droylsden , Openshaw , Ashton , Stalybridge , Hyde , ; Oidham , and Manchester , to the number of more than a thousand . They repaired to the mill > but it was closed , after which they adjourned to the poor man's church , which would not hold more than an eighth part of the people assembled . Mr . Mahon , an Irish Chartist of the right sort , was called upon to address them , which he did in a very sensible and eloquent style , and the people were remarkably ' peaceable and attentive , until a banditti of police came- np and bellowed out the most insulting language , and ordered the . people to disperse . They seized one by the collar , and displayed other tokens of wishing to breed a row ; and had the people been the same way disposed , these blue bottles would have got a nice little ducking in the canal . Mr . Mahon said , he did not wish

      to act illegally , and would , therefore , conclude . They gave out a hymn , and sung , and then dissolved . The police , finding the man whom they had collared , offered no resistance , bnt on the contrary , told thea he would go with them , let him go . The committee are perfectly aware how the trick has been managed . The middle class hare been with the cotton master and his son likewise , to the magistrates , prevailing upon them to prevent the meeting taking place . And these men axe those who want , or at least want us to believe such , to cram a large loaf down the people ' s throats whether or not 1 Toe cotton master , his son , and the . middle class , never interfered , until thay heard it was M'Douall , the Chartist ; and had it . been some canting parson , no opposition wonld hare been shewn , or had it been for a meeting for a one-sided view of the tyro Laws , the middle class would have been the foremost . But it is all of a piece with middle-class sympathy .

      BOLTON . —PaisoNmts' Rbxeabk Cqhtbntioh . — On Monday week , at a pvblio meeting held is the Temperance Hotel , Newport-street , Bolton , Mr . John Lowe in the chair , Mr . Richard Mareden was duly elected a etmdifate for delegate te the * bor « convention . ¦ New Assocutioh Boom . —The Chartists hare taken a commodioui room , No . 4 , Oxford-street , where they in future purpose conducting the buainea of the Association . At the first meeting held in tbe above room , on Monday . evening , during a desultory conversatiOB , the condnot ef our Bradford brethren in attributing despotic intentions to the disinterested and suffering patriot , Feanrns O'Connor , for merely

      suggesting the propriety of selecting a certain number from those he named as fit persona to form a conrention , was freely animadverted on and justly censured , particularly as he had left it entirely optional with the country to choose whatever otheri might be deemed more proper . It was subsequently resolved to . appoint an agent from amongBt the members fer the sale of the Northern Star , Chartiat . Tracts , fee , the profits arising therefrom to be applied in furtherance of the cause—snob , as defraying Missionaries' expenees , &c . It is intended to sefl these papers at the room No . 4 , Oxford-street ,, ^ where the members and others friendly to th * cauee may have their erderi attended to .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct701/page/7/