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      WATKIKS LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . ( lectuse t . concluded . ) How , then , are we to preserre union ?—By vigilance . Union is acquired by many and various ways—it may be lost "by ana . We are long before / we get united—¦ we may become disunited -reiy soon . We first associafce , that is on gentimeni—we next organize , that is on opinion—and at last we act To get others to associate with as , we must use argument and persuasion—we mnst con -race them that , we are seeking their good , sail we mnst proceed mildly—else they will suspect us of intending their injury , or at least of seeking our own interests only . When associated sre must show them that our plan of organizitiea Is safe and sure , __ then they w 11 { oTm a 8 °° ^ opinien of it , and be

      induced to set npon it . Supposing all this done , we must wstch wita a godly jealousy , lest some one , from an idea that his station among us is not commensurate Tjiih his deserts , or from enTy at the superior confidence enjoyed by another , or from some Tain , selfish , or ambitious motive or other—lest such a oce raise olyectioEa to cmr plan aid proceedings , or to tie censorship . of our press , and seek to establish a plan or a press of his own , in order to form a party to himself , or at least to retard the progress of our movement . We read in St . Paul ' s account of the early Christians that one Diotrephes , «• thinking 'friTngplf somebody , " when , 03 tie Apostle plainly intimates , he "was

      nobody— that this personage got up , anfl KjfleaTonrefl to create a schism by a " new more , but they were few , and those of the weaker-minded tort , that he was able to lead away , and presently h 9 and his p _ ty fell into contempt , while Hie-Christians went on increasing as the Chartists are now doing . St . Paul advised topnt all such wranglers out of the body , for if they are suffered to continue in it , they will never let slip an opportunity of causing dissensicn acd delay , if not disgust . We have to agitate the country . This is surely agitation enough far us , without our being additionally agitated by agitators in our own body , which is something too agitating .

      We haTe been told that it makes no odds how many Associations we haTe—that mere and better . True , if they were all composed cf the same materialif ail acted in concert together , or harmonized -with each other like globules of quicksilver , ready to run together and amalgamate into one great globe ; and such are the several branches of the National Charter Asso ciat ion . But if all these branches were separate factions—if they were jarring sections , a heterojjenous compound—if , like the dissenters from the . State Church , they dissented again from each other , what ^ rength would they possess ? What could they do but weaken one another and strengthen the great enemy cf all ? The apple of discord is like the golden apple thrown across the path of Atalanta , who was running » rsce and would haTe-won it , bad- she not left the conisa to foUoir the apple that hid been thrown across her path on purpose to divert her from the more noble prize that was in he / Tiew—the prizs of victory .

      r » o matter how many Associations we haTe ! No matter , then , to which we belong . ' Now we see the necessity of -vigilance . Whigs aad Tories are hateful to xis , ba ; more hatefnl shonld be a sham-Chartist The schismatics are powerless as open enemies , it is only as professing friends that th « y can icjure US . The / can do us no harm out of our own body , but in it , tfcay may harm us much . It is necessary , for the sake of preserving our union , that we be Tigilant to detect all decoy-ducks , and to discountenance them . The sentinel who gives warning of the approach of an enemy to the walls , or cf the pressnee of a traitor in the camp , does more good -with his tongue tfr « r > -ever he aid with his sword . All Chartist soldiers shonld be sentlaels , nor should wa sleep on oui posts . The punishment of a sleeping sentinel is deservedly serere , for by hi 3 negligence not only his own life , but the lives cf all those whom he is set to guard may be lost .

      We are in littls danger from the chief schismatics ; they were found out and denounced , and haTe not the flaring effronicry to comB among us . But they haTe their underlings or understrappers who take up eur cards—who lake up shares in oar rooms—who get into places of trust : and for what purpose ? They purchase tie privilege of members t # dismember t _ —they join the cfics of managers to mismanage us—and they obtain our confidence to betray us . They use us to abuse us . We may say of them in the words of Pope— " Expose their fib or sophistry—in vain . 'The creatures spin their dirty work again . "

      x » ow the best way to disconcert the designs of these pestiferous gentry is for the people to pas 3 Totes of confidence in , or approbation of the men and the -works which they seek to vilify and discredit ; and the best ¦ way to deal with the men themselves is to do as the wise Romans did in all such cases—affix a brand on their unblushing brows so as to mark , them out to be avoided and not trusted . So shall we preserve pesce and preserve union . Sotae are so wily that they elude detection , or , if detected , they are so plausible that they escape con-Tiction . Double honour is due to him who discovers one cf these smooth-faced , double-faced Janusei They

      can assume as many disguises as Proteus—you think yon haTe got hold of them in one shape when Etraigbt-¦ ffay they appear in another . It requires an eye that " can look quite through the deeds cf men to Bee through these . 2 _ iTe read of an incident that occurred in the American war , somewhat to our purpose . A soldier , appointed to guard an outprs : at night , was found killed next -morning—and eo noise , no trace of the deed—a second shared the same fate asd a third . The fourth resolved whatever he saw stirring to fire it it . A large hog came out of a wood and approached him—be shot it ,, and found that it was an Indian in disguise , arme-5 -with a scalping fc _ fe .

      There are another kind of cSaracter 3 "whom ire ought to watch narrowly—who by iEJu&tice to individuals occasion disunion . I mean tiose who wcuid < p _ nch the lights of others , or "mske them foils , in order that their ovro light Ehculd " stick fiery oft indeed : " who would pile their own fame on the ruiiis of others . If tiere be any snzh—if we h 3 Te among us a Goliah of G _ h , -whose height was ss cubits and a span , and who was sheathed in b : ass—let us rejoice that we hsre £ i _ h a powerful champion in our cause ; bat if fed by flatteries , puffed out to an inordinate k ' zs , bs forget himself , or , rather , think too much of himself , and too little of -humbltr , tut cot less hontit ser ranis of the cause—if be turn , not against the -people , not againit

      principle ; bat against the iris-Eds of the people and of principle , and endeavour to drive away in disgust , or to extinguish all whom he cannot make tools or idoL ' z ; T 3 of—shall we stand in awe of such a inaa ?—shall it be said that he is too hkh te be called to account ?—shall this leviatfcan spori ; himself in tbs ocean of agitation , spouting up showers of frotli , ZT . & lathing with his angry tail all who will tot follow him , as the little bird follows the cuckoo ? No ; fo ? , if so , the people weald truly becoE ; s his party and his prey . The great man "Would put the ciuss in his rvjeict , and bid ¦ us look at h \ jr \ —ha would ba like th- flj in the ie > esceps , yre could r « t see the rua far ton—he weuM darken our hopes— keen us from the light—and the Charter would be lost .

      Now , the people , who are tie soui ?* of all honour , and of all poorer—the people EhcuM do justice to all and prevent injustice to any one—the men of independent minds are the mea for the pecple , and they should be jwrticnlaily careful to keep such , and to distinguish them . The people should see to these thiEgs for tfce E 2 S . ? of the cause—for the sake cf themselves ; and , is the -words cf the Apo ; tl 9 , they should not suffer one man to absorb cr to usurp the jasl claims of othtrs , but should riider to all their due—tribute to whom tribute , czsijm to whom custom , fear to trhem tear , and hcEocr to whem honour . Let us beware lest those "who isTfciga against the tyraEny of Government should seek to establish 3 trcrse tyranny of their own . Crcm-Well pulled do-wn Kfcg Charts , but he set himself up in hte place ; Napoleon dethroned kings , but he crowned himself emperor . Ah , may we not ask ? irth Bjrcn . ¦

      - " Cm tyrants but by tyrants conquerbe , And freedom find n © champion and no child Such as Coicmbia raw arise when she Sprairg fcrth a Pallas , armed and undefined : Or tsust such minds be nourished in the Mild Deep in the -QEpsu ^ 'd forest , * mitist the roar Of csttscis , where nursing naiure smiled On infant Washington ? Has earth no more Such seeds "Biihin her brecst , or JEnrope no such dlOrS ?" Anfi now how de we feel when talking of these mattexs ? do Tre Ehrink from the surject with a degree cf daTish &m ? I £ we do , is not that a eign that despotism has already extended its eagle wiugs over us ? that the great joc is darkening ' "he air above us , shutting out the light of freed&in's sons / casticg iu own Ehadows BponuE ? _ -

      Dencaeiation has been mnch denounced ; bnt is it not the safegaard of Chartism ? It is cur duty to denounce ; all who deserve it , —a disagreeable duty ; but not the ; less a dnty , —and he who does it deserves oil the more i praise , tne more disagreeable the out 7 is . I do not believe that any one frg « been denounced -without de- ; serriEg it ; and lie who fails to denounce one desemng it , deserves himsfclf to be denounced . Nor Bhould we ; aenccnee in soft rllken phreses ; but honestly and : plainly . I am of opinion with Junius on this point : — i " For myi ^ rt , he says , I do not pretend to under-i stand those prudent forms of decorum , those gentle rales of discretion which some men endesTonr to unite j » iflx the condBrt of the greatest and most hazardous afEaba . Engaged in ' the defence of an honosrable eanse , I Would take a decisive part . I would bcoto to proTide

      «« a fu ^ ire retreat , or to Seep terms with a man who preserves no measures with the pnblic Neithf r the Bubmis&ion of destrting his port in the hour of danger , Mr eTen the sacred shield of cowardice shonld protect j him . I wculd purece him throngh life , and try the last exa-Son of my abilities to preserre the perishable infamy of nil name yrifl mate it immortal . " And , j again he bsj-b , " mesEures and not men is the common ' Cint of afiected moderation ; a base , counterfeit Jan- j goage fntrJcated by knayes , and made current among fools . Such gentle censure is not fitted to the present j degenerate state . of society . What does it aTaa to : expose the absurd contrivance or pernicions tendency of ; measures if the man who advises or executes shall be ; Sttfered , rot only to escape with fanpnnity , bnt eT " en to ) preserve his rower . I would recommend to the reader j Sbe whole of * Mr . Pope's letter to Dr . Arbnthnot , dated '

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      July 26 tb , 1734 , from which thxJ following is an extract : — . " To reform and not to chastise , I am afraid is impossible ; and that the best precepts as well as the best laws would prove of small use if there was no examples to enforce them . To attack vices in the abstract without touching persons may be safe fighting indeed , bat it is fighting with Bhadsws . My greatest comfort and encouragement to proceed has been to see that those who haTe no shame and no fear of anything else have appeared touched by my satires . " It has been said , there are no proofs of the perfldfonsnass of those who have been denounced . Bat I maintain , and again I quote Junius : —

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

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

      Why should vre unite ? Beceuse only by union can we carry the cause . Why should we not unite ? Every additional member makes the Association stronger , safer . Shame on those who Etand aloof . Let us not listen to the bickerings of discontent , feut to the cries and groans of our faxDishing fellow-countrymeD . Xet us not pause to differ ; but rush to the rescue of our country . The spectre famine is stalking among us . Oh , what the factions are making the people suffer . Deaths from starvation—worms devouring men while yet alivehovels , like open graves , where liTiug skeletons lie exposed—women demented , and children , crying and crawling about amid filth , and horror , and corruption . Now cur union is to remove thess Bhamtful , these shocking evils ; and who would not unite for each a

      Tirtueus . such a humane purpose ? If we have a spark of principle , a spark of feeling , it will blaze out in this most holy cause . Why the accursed causers of the misery and destitution that prevails , although their hearts are as millstones , even they are beginning to melt ; they are beginning to see that they have gone too far , and dot ? they are actually subscribing money for the relief of the starving ! The beat way to remove distress would be to remove the cause , which is bad government ; but in this they have an interest , in this thsy live , and move , and have their being . The people must do it The greatest charity that the rich coold do to the poor would be to grant them the Charter ; for it -wonld enable them to render themselves independent ., or dependent only on the bounty of

      Providence . But they wdl not do that ; no , they will , if possible , prevent the people from obtaining that for themselves ; they withdraw their bounty from those wheseek their rights and view them with unkindly feelirgi Strange charity , ts keep causing want and then to dole out little modicums of rs ! ie £ True charity would free tbera from the need uf charity . The charities of the rich are bnt a refined Bpecies of despotism—their tender mercies are crnel . The Chartists alone axe truly charitable , for they would release the poor from the charitable care of the rich ; they would make men of them j they put ifc into their power to make themselves independent , and to " owe . no man anj tiling , but to love one another . " J . W . Sittersea .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHERN STAR . Sib ., —I think it is time that we should really take our oira affairs into our own hands , and exercise a strict surveUlacca over every part of Government . Our enemies are exTiausting every means that priestly cant and political influenca and power can afford , in order to entrap and victimise oar besi and greatest leaders , and to strangle the giant Chartism ere it puts forth its resistless power . And in the midst of all this war of battling interests we , who ought to be of all others the most united and firm , are showing signs of incipient distrust and want of mutual confidence .

      I have said that we should exeras 9 a strict surveillance over every part cf our system ; and our Leicestershire friends , seemingly actuated by similar motives , have begun so to exercise themselves in a somewhat premature , and one-sided manner . For instance , their censure of the Executive ia reference to the new issuing of the cards at the time stated is too severe when we taka all the circumstances into account—the multifarious and unsettled character of their occupations , \ heir want ol funds , and the fact that very many places haTa shamefully neglected to pay for the cards when issued . And as the imputed neglect of making a general list , which I should regard as tbe fault , I think that even that has had too many highly censurable precedents for it in tne gross neglect an'Ji very muchto-be-bboned apathy of the mas 3 of the body for tbe Executive to be made the scape-goat of the whole society .

      It is notorious eEough that tha pliin of organisation has never been anything like carried out in any of the localities except it be five or six places like Todmorden . The much-censured Executive has had no fands wherewith to carry out the plan ; and so far as I know the Eub-SECretaries have not sent the names from their respective neighbourhoods of the whole of the members . And as to the finding f ^ ult with the expenditure , I do think that if they were rather more specific it would not b 9 any worse for any of the parties , especially in reference to postage exp ^ nces . The Executive have certainly overstepped the bounds of their duty in altering the times ( previously agreed to by tbs National Delegate Meeting ) for the transaction of general business . And I cannot see what earthly use three sectional conferences would be of . If there exists acy necessity for anything of the sort , I would say , call acotheT National Delegate Meeting , but by ail means abide by the present plan .-

      We somehow seem to be a set of unlucky devils , for we have no sooner got over the "denunciation Equabblea , * ' sad got the bark nicely into smooth water again , than we ran her upon the hidden rocks of some hitherto uctxplored part of the political ocean , as if we were upon a Quixotic expedition after adventures . I think , Sir , under all the circumstances , that the manner of addressing the Executive adopted by the Leicestershire delegate meeting has not been characterised by that respect and brotherly feeling that ought to be exercised to our office- bearers , when they are men tas the Execntive are beiieved to be ) of sterling and tr ied merit .

      In ' cocclusion , Sir , I hope that this affair will lead to a thorough examination into the working of the plan of government , and that tbe different localities will see that it is abided by in their own immediate vicinities , as far as regards giving to the Executive the means to carry on the plan . And it v ould be well , if there is a delegate meeting , if the sub-Secretaries were erdered by the delegates to forward a list of their names and thfeir monies , say every fortnight . If this ba 4 been done , there would not have been any need far our Leicestershire friends to make their csmplaint of the absence of a general list , for the General Secretary -would have been too often and too significantly reminded of his duty to have neglected it to the extent complained of . The fact iB , if tbe work is to be done , we mnEt individually do a share of it , and I cannot bat think that thousands of private members are as culpable as the Executive , even in reference to the general name-book .

      Let na try if we can make this the last jBtamblm block , and ses if we can go on without running foul of anytbirg else , until we run against and completely cpset the murderous system thaw entails disease and poverty and death npon myriads of cur countrymen . I am , Sir , Tours in the bands of universal truth , J . W . Smith . . E&tcliffe-gate , Mansfield , July 3 ist , is ± 2 .

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      EATABLES AND DRINKABLES—WEARABLES AND UN-BEARABLES . The play is now almost played ont , and whether it is to be followed by a Tory tragedy , a Whig comedy , or farce , in which a few political " Joseph Snrfaces" modern " Cantwells" ^ i ll be in the ascendent , or whether we are to have a serio-comic-tragic-melodramatic affair , under the guise of a liberal clap-trap , or whether we , the audience , the gallant people of England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , shall , exerting the unanimous powers of our judgment and might of onr power , drire the whole of the humbugs off the boards to take refuge behind the scenes , and take possession of the " stags ourselves—a very , 'ery , ahorfc time will speedily determine !

      Here ' s a health to tie noble trades people of Bornley , and may their glorious example be immediately followed by every city , town , and Tillage , throughout tfie United Kingdom , and then the People ' s Charter , { name and all ) will become the law of the land , in spite of all tfce factions , the oligarchies and hierarchies of the earth ! But in the meantime the people are starving , and the Corn law Repealers , the " . League , * ' would immediately give ns bread . Indeed J Perhaps they will give us two pence to purehase a big loaf with ? If they would not do that , thej would do nothing , and the importation of all the com in the world would be but a mockery , and would be like sending in herds of cattle to crop the herbage of tke most delicious pasturor with muzzles on their jaws ! But why not giTe us Bwnething besides a big loaf ? Man cannot live entirely onferead , and tfc « poiUy fenns ol manj

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      of the " Leaguers" tbemselTes fully testify that a pretty considerable share of the good things of the earth , under the denomination of " fljsh , fish , aad fowl , " are daily immured within the human walls of their " inward" man , and are well soaked and nourished by divers and copious libations of brandies , Wines , ales , ; & 0 _ fcc , while the rich Tjeaguer ' a repast usually terminates by a cup of the " pura Mocha feerry , " enlivened by the fragrance of an Havannah cigar I This is a big loaf with a vengeance ; and wouldn't my gentleman lick bis lips at it , and envy the poor workey his share of the " good things" which God sent for all ( bnt now enjoyed by a few )—bis share of the luxuries being now oomprizad in a Big loaf and a draught of the limpid spring , and , perhaps , "if he be fortunate , " a chew of the worst and most taxed

      tobacco on earih , or a whiff of a halfpenny yard of clay , which he must have worked and sweated for till nature was fairly exhausted ! And this is all the " League" wculd do for you ? the scheming , cold , calculating , money-hoarding , power-desiring " . League , " the refuse of the Whig rump i A thousand timea over would we rather be slaves to the Aristocracy , the Buckinghams , Bucoleughs , Satherlands , Richmonds , or WaterfordB , than truckle to , or suffer ourselves to Ba led ( that is their object ) cheated and deceived by such a band of white slave-drivers ! We would not deprive them of a single enjoyment , or one article of luxury , bnt we want to live ourselves , make life a blessing to ourselves and families , instead of being what it now is , » scene of privation , toil , and trouble , a very curse , and a perfect hell upon earth . ' '' .

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

      What say you , Gentlemen , of the League ? Dissolve ? Give the light hand of brotherhood to your starving countrymen , and then by being incorporated with the whole body of Chartiats , you may chance to obtain that power which your talents and influence may entitle yoa to . But , as a separate body , never . Open the ports , unshackle the provision laws , away with the customs and excise , give us com from America or the Mediterranean , Spain , Russia , or Poland j brandies , wines , and tobacco from Francs , Germany , Portugal , Italy , and Cicily , Greece , Turkey , and the whole of Asia Minor , the East and West Indies , tea from China , and coffee and sugar from everywhere it may bs best and cheapest ; then you may be entitlul to the gratitude of your countrymenthen "Extension of Commerce" and " Pree Trade" can be met on more equal terms— -then , by the people possessing Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , a real Parliament would see that all were righted , and not

      trampled en , despised , and laughed at by a few popinjays in a corner ! They may laugh before they are much older on the wrong side of their mouths ; and , if they are mad enough to court it , thuy may have shooting that they little dream of ; Seriously speakingi all tkese things are to be obtained , if the muck . Parliament did not intervene and oppose its veto ; hitherto they have been successful in upholding every outrage on common sense , and popular feeling , but the eyes of the working man are now opened , rever again to bo closed in Britain ! A working man here iu this city replied to his master , who upbraided him for signing the petition for the Charter , ' What have yoa to do with it , you have plenty of woik ? " " Work enough , " was the ready answer , " bnt I want my rights ; I want the Suffrage , and , what's more , I'll have it ! " The master turned on his heel , and never said a word more . Let the working man answer in this manner to his employer , and the lutter will descend from their high horses !

      The acme cf happiness to a workin ;? man is to work Bix days ia thu week for fair wages , and enjoy himself on the seventh ; but our lordly saint ? and sinners . deny him even tbat . The Itzzironi of Naples work two days in the week , and spend the remaining five in idleness , or pleasure , or as they list Their vrages for tho two day 3 are sufficient to support them for the week , and as they are moderate in their eating and drinking , and not overturthened with clothing , they enjoy their maccaroni , or good wheaten bread , with grapes , figs , and other fiuit in the glorious sunshine of an Italian sky , waBb it down with a draught of good

      wine , and lay down to ' louse' or steep as iacliDation points out ! And yet we pity the poor , ragged ) lczzireni . Tho fellows are as happy as the day is long , and macb , much happier , and better fed is the poor , benighted negro than half the working men of Christian England . ' We should like to have a contract for brandies , wines , and tobacco with various other eatables and drinkables , and wo would be bound to supply England with good spirits at one stilling the bottle , the i > esk of wine at sixpence , and good tobacco at tenpence the pound , and realise a large fortune in a few years ! .

      Now , gentlemen of the League , there would be marts for your wearables , your manufactured goods , besides supplying the backs cf your countrymen who , by being fuiiy represented in Parliament , would be in a condition to buy ; and after gluitiDg the home market ( jour best customer , ) you might distribute the surplus over tbe -world ! These are the unbearablea of which ffo justly complain , and which we are resolved to put an end to . With us , if you willwithout us , as you iuay ; but with us or without usthe People ' s Charter will , ere long , be the law of the land . God save the People III A Woolwich Cadet . Chichester , July 15 th , 1842 .

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      position . They offer him cheap corn ; he smells at itho snorts , and says It ia chaff ( cheera . ) The working classes had arisen in the moral dignity of their natures , and declared , they would submit to no compromisethey would have their rights and nothing lesT ( cheera ) They- were taunted with being destroyeM of property , fv 7 v i ^ . e m , ot tha mc * t horrible destitution , they had been calm and quiet as the unruffled ' tatem of the ocean-they ba « l been peaceful as the bl « nting lamb . They had . been called dishonest . He admitted the

      charge , for they who toiled through ^ the heat of the day had allowed others to reap . They had permitted their tow and children to atarve-to be roblifid of that wealth wiuch they were justly entitled to . They had been dishonest , but they would be dishonest no more ( cheers . ) Mr . Fraz ' . er then gave some very amusing anecdotes respecting the cry of dishonesty'raised by the upper classes , and concluded by making an appeal _ tq them regarding the coal whippers of the Tower Hamlets , and the little attention or sympathy paid to their claims . : ¦¦ ' ¦ -

      Mr . J . Gaupbei . 1 ,, of the Executive , "" . supported the .. resolution , and made some witty remarks regarding the conduct of Mr . Wm . Clay , M . P . aad enquired of What U 89 it was for him to come there to address the 10 or i ? , 000 men he sawaround him , unless they determined upon shaking off their apathy , unless each man waa determined upon doing a man ' s duty ; they were all capableof doing this . He did hot want to eee them begging ol their proud oppressors for leave to toil ; he wished to see them wipe away the brand of slavery from their foreheads . He did hot want to see them the mean cowardly slaves they had Veen- he wanted to Bee ^ am ongst them a determination to bo free . He was not willing to 8 ee them listening to the advice of a lot of big-bellied Bishops , to endure patiently misery and

      destitution here , that they might have roaat beef and plum-puddings hereafter . He wished them to get the roasfc beef and the . pium ^ udding now , and leave the ; : concerns of hereafter yto the parsons , if any parsons were admitted into hea-ven , he trusted he should not go there , for he was fearful they and their backers would act as they had done here , and turn it into a very hell . He trusted they stood forth erect in ; tUeir manhood . It waa not tyrants that made slaves * H wm slaves that made tyrants . If they were determined to bo fieo , not all the power of Whig or Tory combined / could hinder them from achieving their object « it was thair own criminal cowardly apathy ; which kept them in bondage . The men in the provinces were nobly doing their duty j

      they were thirty years in advance of the men of London . He called upon them to come and join in the glorious movement . If they asked hini what movement , he would tell them it was the National Charter Association . { A voice , " Repeal the CornXaws /') That was the means to repeal them . A ny inaa that - asked him to assist in repealing the Corn Laws , arid did not give him the power to do . ifc , he looked upon aa a very suspicious person , as a dishonest ' mark a political prig . The Charter would repeal all bad laws . . He advised them immediately te join / the organization . There were more than thirty different places of mcetiri ^ in London , and if they exerted themselves as men , they ought to ha 7 Q lOOiOOO members . Mr . Campbell sat down much cheeredt ¦' . " .. ' " ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦"'¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ " ' . "' " ' ¦ ' . . ' : '

      The Chairman put the resolution , which was unanimously carried . -. " ¦ Mr . BLACkaiORE moved the adoption of the National Remonstrance to tho Commons' House of Parliament . He was proud to eee the firm and noble stand which the working men of Great Britain ; v ? ero making in behalf of the Charter . 3 Jhey had petitioned the House ef Commons time after time until petit oning bail become useless . Were they still to continuo in their miserable destitute condition , seeing their wives and children starving around tiiein , and their only consolation was being congratulate ;! by their enlightened legislators on the patience , with whifch they bM borne ' thai * misery ? He asked them , as workiiug men , ^ ould they stand this any longer ? Would they , not raise a

      determined cry against it ? Would they not join iD the cry which was advancing from north and from south , from all parts of the kingdom for justice and freedom ? If they united as men , in . six months tline they might obtain tho Chart&r . Of what avail would be a repeal of the Cora Lnws without political power ? Their best artizans and mechanics were fast emigrating and taking their knowledge to ' othsr lands , they claimed in the remonstrance iio more than every man had a right to demand . They had been driven to . the most appaliing depths of misery , vice , and crime by their class legislators ,: and they iqust obtain a Parliament , based on the principles of the People ' s Charter , era they could obtain liberty or happiness , or nuako themselves and families happy ana coicfortable .

      Mr . Fa 1 RCiiiLD had great pleasure in seconding the remonstrance . The present House of Commons had told them in the moat emphatic manner ; that they were not worthy of consideration , they had Bent a petition signed by nearly four millions . of persops , and what was : itB fate ? it was laid under the table and then kicked out of the House . He would sny to them . in the wbrds of the late poet laureate , Soutby , " ¦ " . Petitioning for , justice was weak ; the sovereign people should demand justice . " Mr . Fairchild then went into the Corn Law Question , aad stated it wns his opinion that the great majority of the League were woiveu in sheep ' s ; clothing . ; they would give them , tbe appearance of cheap bread , but

      would tie their hands behind them so that they could not obtain it ; thay well know so : apon as you obtain political power down gow the landed aristocracy ,, the millocracy , and all other monopolies . They say tup P'jopio havo bad lcadevs ; I ask them is the Charter bad ? ( no ) . Then why reject it , but that they may still keep ug the abominable system of class legislation , which enables thorn to riot in luxury and keeps you in poverty and idleness ? If ycu had a good iprm . of government would it bo allowsd that one man should havia an income of £ 67 an hour ? no , the very idea waa absurd . Ho emphatically cnUod . upon them to stand rlrm by tiiat code -of ! iiw 3 , tho Peoplu ' a Charter / which he was convinced would speedily beCthe law of the land .

      Mr . Cleave stated that he should net have intruded upon thtir meeting had ho not have been especially deputed to read a letter from Mr , O'Connor , detailing ; the causo of his absence . He was well awnro tbd / iue ' n of tho Totrer Hamlets wanted n ^ atvangers to instruct them in their duty . The last speaker had spoken on tbe . folly of ai ^ ealing ot all to tho Commons , and stated they fihouM meinorialJza the Queen . This also , they were prepas ^ d to do . They intended doing ail that their position required . ¦ '" , They had"'first , petitioned ; then -they wculd remonstrance ; theripass a nu'ri-orial to the Quoen ; and if that failed , do all that men should

      do who were determined to be free . ; They would then unitedly demand that ¦ which none but crawling slaves and petty despots would withhold- from them . It had baen well observed tbat crawling men , —if mea they could bo called /—made the tyri' . nts who oppresstd them . Mr . Cleavei then stated hls . sorrow tLat they had cot a room of their own to meet in , vhevs they would bd free from the-fangs of a vampire polict ! . i . Ir . 'C . then alluded to the artifices of the cheajr > -bxeart srstem ; and concluded by calling upon all to join the racks of the National Charter Association , and nevt , r to relinquish one iota of the principles of the Charter ,

      The following letter was then read fiom Mr . O'Connor , and waa received with loud cheers :--" London—Sunday . My Friends . —I came from Nottingham on Thursday last , fur . tha purpose of attcuding the "Stepney Oroen" meeting , to "which I stood pleilged ; bus the writ for Nottingham being iaraed on Friday iitght , and being pledged to render nil the support in my "¦ p . owier towards the return of Mr . Sturge , who liaa untquivocalJy pledged himself to tho whole of the Ciiarter . I feel bound to redeem that promise .

      " Had I remained for the Stepney Green meeting , I could not hava bean at Nottingham to do business uniil too late ; and you must all bear iii mind that . BOine wcek 3 since , I artdressel a letter to the Chartists , whtroin I stated , that all engagements pending should give way to the Nottingham election , should that coine suddenly upon us ; it Ms- come euddeuly , and I must redeem my pledge . v ¦ '" Ycu are aware the leading Whigs have entered into a nidst dishonest aud indecent compromise with Mr . Walter , whereby to . secure thfemselves from iliagrace , and to secure tho seat of Sir John Cam Hbb-Louse . They havo had the damning effrontery and pro-Bumj-tion tpband over—in aa far as their power laythe whole " Liberal" constituency to the service ef Mr . Walter ! . . ' .- '¦ ¦"¦ . . ¦ ¦ '

      " The electors and non-electors do me the honour to thirk , or rather to say , that iny pressnee and afalBtarice will go far intxposing this uhheard-of : pieicoi 6 f . political delinquency ; anil thereforei ; I feel assured that any present at the SUpneymeeting , ^ ho may feel a monientary disappointment from my absence , will say that uo course was left open to me , but that of hastening to Nottingham , and there taking my stand in the front of the oppositien to united . vWhlggery and , Toryism . I start by th ' e night train on this ( Sunday ) evening , to be at my post on Monday morning . " This explanation will , I trust , plead my full apelogy for absence . : ¦ ¦¦ . ' " And now allow me to make a single observation upon what should , \ n my mind , receive your best consideration while assembled ; '

      -. I think that ^ is a damnable doctrine of Sir Javw Graham , that a constable has a perfect right to constituto himself judge as to what constitutes alegal ineeting , or to form his own opinion as to ythttt seditious language means , or what may lead to liot or breaoh of the peace ; and that the soundness of such opinion is to be tested by the subsequent verdict of a Jury ! Now . allow me to make a fewobaervations upon this atrocious doctrine , in Buch case , tbe witntys being the constable , and his act requiring a * eidict ol guilty against theaccused to make it legal , has a direct interest in making for hiicself the strongest possible ease . But I will even put it more forcibly for you . Suppose at a Corn Law League meetingi

      that one of those blood-thirsty incendiaries , who are using all and every means to induco a starving : people to fight / that they may run / off 'with tbe spoils of war . I aay suppose that , likei ' Mti Tfttmton , of Coventry , thess meu use laognage ¦ which would indeed be sedition , a nd suppose a constable should use his judicinl discretion and arrest him , I a 3 k , in such caso , of whatparty would the jury constst who Should try the accused ? Why , of Corn Law repealers , of course ; ; ahd wh » would acquit the prisoner , though he should d | rectly incite to acts of blood and violence .: '; But if ' ttie' s ?« na jury was impaunelad to try a ChartJstfor mnch milder JanguBge , they would find * ii » guilty . Thua jou see that in tha one case the yeWU « of £ u 5 ) ty ^ nat a Ctwrtiat piispner

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      would iDoake the conatable ' s act perfectly legal , while the verdict of not guilty aRainst a Corn Law Leaguer would make the same / act illegal ., " Now herein yoa havethe fact fully established that there is one law forthe CornLaw repealers and another Jaw far the Chartists , and further , you have the reason why the Government will not try the question of legal arrest by a constable against & ¦ Corn Law repealer- ^ -because they could not get a jury to convict , and you may rest assured that the local authorities ( who were

      the very parties that persecuted the Chartists ) will not institute proceedings against the violent repealers , becauae they are OF THEMSELVES .: Always be a * in niind that many of those who are now so loud in their complaints of distress , are the gorged leechea whe have sucked labour ' s blood , and who persecuted me aud others for defending its rights . Tiierefore meet them , battle them , and beat thorn ; and ere long we will create a public opinion stronger than the law 'a oppression , and a publio feeling more powerful than the ipse dixil 6 t the minister of an oligarchy . - ' ¦

      " Letyour motto be LIBERTY ; youi' aim , UNION , your means , i ; he CiuaxKB . ; ahd your end , Justice for one and all , for the rich and the popr . Join no party in the state , but receive the support of all , of all classes who go with you for the Charter and its name . " Trusting thai you otUI ' express yourselvfcS ^ 6 pWy as ENGLISHMEN , but leguUy as Chartists , upon this subject ; aud that you will never stir one hair's breadth out of the straight Coartist tract to foliow the false lights of any , "I am , " Your faithful friend and servant , " Feargus O'Connor . " The Remonstrance was then put , aud carried unanimously . . ' .. '¦;¦ : ¦•¦ .. ¦ . '¦¦ . ; ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ . '" ¦ . ¦ . " .. ¦' . ¦ ¦ ; - ¦ : " ' [¦ Mr . DuFFiELD moved the National Memorial to the Queen , in an address replete with calm and dt liberate reasoning . ' . ' ¦ ' .-.

      . Mr , Fabrer eeconded the Memorial in a forcible address ^ which drew down great applause . Mr . I ^^ nnon ably supported the Memorial , which was unanimously carried . : : Mr . FiiAZiEK moved , and Mr . Illingworth seconded , a vote . of . thanks to Dr . Bowkett , their truly liberal and worthy Chairman , which he acknowledged in a neat speech . : The usual quantity of enthusiastic cheering Was given , and the immense assembly quietly disporsed .

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE " NORTHERN STAR . "

      BY CHAB . TIUS . No . I . UDT illCE W ? LE , —A TILE OF IHE iAW . Strict justice on offenee , Whero men are made so liable to err , Is cruelty . When Mohmouth was defeated , King Jamea sent Judge Jeffries to try the rebels / : The Judge had a military , as well as a judicial commission given him ; aud , indeed , his proceedings were more in consonance with the bloody spirit of martial law than with the milder temper of the civil laws . Feavha ' . ! made tho King cruel ; he rtfased tho mpst pressint ' . solicitations

      on behalf of the Duke , and was equally vindictive upsn his followers . He styled Jeffries' bleody assizes his . " campaign in the west , " and well did they merit that name . So far from softenin g the rigour of the law , the zalous Judge stretcbefl it beyond its extrenicet letter ; not content with punishing the ringleaders , he condemned many of the deluded people , and a train of prispners were marched after his carriage to grace his triumph . By this severity ^ be probably expected to please his royal master ; but it is full aa probable that he gratifled his own brutal disposition . If he intended to strike terror into the heart 3 cf the disaflitted , ha bad lc . 't his aiiii ; for they were moved t-o indignation by that strongest incentive- —pity .

      Tho first victim of Jeffries ( we cannot say of the law , ) w ' as Lady Alice Lisle , an agod widow , whose husbanol had been one of Cromwell ' s adherents , and was a Judge under tho . Protectorahip . His property had been secured to her by the indulgent Charles II ., aud , fateful for this favour , she was a royalist , or , at least , neutral , Being an Anabaptist , she had become acquainted with onp of the preachers of that sect , named Hioka , who had subsequently joined Mpnmoutli's . army . During that unfortunate Duke ' s invaaion . Lady Aiice \ yas residing in London ; but after his defeat she ¦ went down to her own country house in Southamptonsbire . Biriug under the necessity of hidinc ; ' himself . -for the part which he bad taken in the rebellion , Hicks , on her

      arrival , sent to ask leave to shelter bimself in her house for awhile . She judged that bis extremity bad made Mm ask this , and , without mating any inquiries , but prompted merely i > y her pity for distress , and her respect for him as a preacher , she granted his request . Accordingly , Hicks , guided by one of his religious followers , named Dunn , went at night to avail himself of heir Ladyabip ' a humane hospitality . A fellow of the name of Barter , of whom they had inquired the way , suspecting some secret motive , betrayed them to a Colonel in the King ' s army , who went early next morning , and took them prisoners . ' Lady Alice Lisle was tried for harbouring Hicks ; there bfeing a .. statuto Tvhich Adjudges death : to any one found guilty of knowiDgly harbouring a convicted traitor . v

      ; Lot us enter the Court and see tho trial of this Lady . Judge Jeffries sits upon the judgment-seat , clothed in a Ecatlfct robe and ermine tippet , and looking as an owl with tho huge wig in which hi 3 wisdom is housed . There is a pniirk of malicious conceit playing about the corners of his mcuth ; his hard , eyea glow 'with vindictive satisfaction , and his whole appearance answers to the tlesciiption of -the great imase of the authority whose deeds make angels weep . We shudder as we look at him , amA tura -with synipaVhy to behold the poor prisoner who is at the mercy of such a Judge S& 3 is plainly dressed as becomes her religiousr persuasion , and looks the respectable old lady of these homtly times when lailies "were their own housekeepers , and prided themselves chit fly on their domestic economy .

      She wears a biack silk sacquo or longM ) osa body-gowa , with while pinners across her breast , and a lovf-crowned bonnet ,- resembling those worn by ' quiet quakeresses . ' a Her hands are clasped upon her breast , and £ ha sit with resigned composure as though ebo were in a place of worship . She is to bs tried , for what ? Let us hear tho : indictment—the Clerk of tho Court drawls it out with a mechanical tone , it charges her that not having tae feau cf Gjd before her eyes , but being instigated by tao devil , she tad withdrawn her allegiance from the King , and with all her might and influence had striven to raise a

      robellion against him , to subvert tho goyernnient . to deprive him of his crown ami dignity , and to put him to de . vth . Horrible accusations , and delivered against her with terrible solemnity . Poor old woman ! there she tits , timidt by nature and ntrvous by age—gentle in disposition aii'i charitable by rtli ^ ioh—fl-. ter to . fondlu ba ' oes than'lead ; rebels to tho slaughter of a king and the destruction of his kingdpjn . A lawyer Tvill say , thise are mere words , of coursa , net intended to signify anythicg . It may bo so , but v / hy then are they uttered , and with such salemn formality too ? Sush bo-play ia enough to frighten a poor prisoner into tits , and to impose upon the judgment of the jurors .

      The jrtiHiediato charge to which the lacy will bo required to Miako answer is ,, that she had . secretly , wickedly , and traitprouBly , gives meat and drink to John Hicks , ¦ well knowing liim to be a false truitor , Whenasketl if she was guilty pf high treason , she truly saitl " No . " And when n ; kvil buvrsho . 'wauld be tried , ske vainly said , "By God and her country . " They bad alreaiiy acquitted her . for who that reads bis Bible but knows that she would be rewarded in Heiidn for what she had < one ; aad who , that has a conscience on eartb , butfeolsthnt sbe ( ieserved such reward . Tus law tevmed her humanity , wickeclutsslet us see the humanity of the law . " God send thee a good deliverance , " eays the Clerk . Daniel v / as delivered out of the lion ' s < len , but Lady Lisle is in a court

      of livr surrounded by lawyers . The jurors have been sworn , and look like men convened on a repugnant duty . The spectators ara awed by the panoply of justice and the terrible show of Iawyers ; and listen ,-with deepbut silent interest . Hush . ' tue prisoner eptaks ; WitL the dim look and tremulfeus voice of ^ , she says she is bard of hearing ,, and desires that some one mdy stand ; beside her to WH her what is . said ; her request , is granted . The counsel for the king opens the easa ; had he been ivmaD , one look at the iufirm eld laUF , arraigned for her huHianity , vvoxild have caused him to fling down his brief ; but he was a lawyer ^ and he aggravated her case as much as he could . He Eaitl that she was the widow of a rebel , and that Hicks had been one Of the moat active inatrumenta in the late rebeliion

      He was interrupted by the prisoner , who said with honest warmth that gave epergy to her feeble voice , " My Lord , I abhorred thjit robeliion . " And indeed she had cause , for . her son had fallen while fighting for the King . Jeffries immediately stopped her . Without giving her her usual title , he said bluntly , " Lo&k you , Mrs . Lisle , you 3 haH be heard when it cornea to your turn . " Ha went on to inforin her of the usual method of proceeding , and told her with a sneer , Miat she need not fear but Justice would be done to hen . Dunn was the first witheea called against her . Jeffries bad been preyiensly informed that he would be a very tmwiUiBg witness , and therefoxe- ha begun an extra-judicial charge to him , in order to frighten him into complianca with his purposes . As Dunn was the messenger sent by Hicks to ask Lady Lisie ' s leave for him to harbour in her house , he was the most iniportant and indeed the only witness whose testimony

      could convict her of knowing that HioKB waa a pro . claimed traitor , smd therefor * , Jeffries took especial pains todunhim upon tbj » saiject ; for ' uponher previous knowledge of Hicks' guilt , depended her crimiar allty . in harbouring him . Bat Dunn was not to be dunned but of bis integitity . Partly out ; of religions reverence for Hicka , who waa hia spiritual pastor , and partly out of regard to . the hospitable old Lady , pane ¦ was resolved tp say no more than -he . coald'help-Thinking : that Dunn's putitanical principles might niake him superBtJtipus , Joffries , after vainly attempting to frighten him by threata of bodily punishment , began to try what influence threats upon his soul would have . Ho told him that be wanted jUae trutb ngainst tho Ladyi not lies in her favour—be wanted no '' Bioksying , " ha said , he wondoied tbat God had not sirack Euch a gross prevaricator into hell . The ¦ witeeis temained ilrm , and Jeffries hoping that if thfe prisoner spoke to him she might inoonsdoWly commit

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      herself , asked her if she had ar . y questions to pttt to > Dunn ,. bat . she ieplied in the negative . Esraged » t hia disappeintment , he told her , she was na doubt glad that Dunn had sworn to the truth of a lie in her behalf . Again he assailed 3 > ann , abused him personally , and ridiculed bis religion , but all in vainj . V Barter was now called . This was ah ignorant fellow ; , who was pleased with his importance on being made a witness ,, and proud of being asked questions by a Judge ; He would have told anything , but he had nothing to . tell , except that he had been laughed at j for , like Scrub in the play , he fancied that those who * laughed ; were . laughing at him . Pleased with the fetiow for affording him this Blight clue , Jtlfries readily laid bold of it , and , turning to Dann , asked him what they wer 6 talking about wheri they laughed . Dann said he ' did not- know ; whereuppa the Judge conjured him by all that is sacred to tell the truth . ' and denounced the most dreadful effects of the Divine :

      vengeance npon him , if ho did jiot tell it , suddenly concluding Lis long string of obltsr ^ atioDS by quickly asking him—What was the busiEesa thath « a !« d the lady were talking about whea they laughed ? "I cannot give an ccccnnt of it , my lord , ¦ ' was the « toady answep of the impenetrabie Dunn . The Lord Cuief Justice leaned back in hia seat , and wiped the s ^ eafc off his brow , uttering at the eanie time t !« ese broken exclamations— , •« Oh ,, blessed , God—was there ever sucb ; a villain on the faco of the earth ?—to what times are we reserved . ' "—Then , sharply turning to the witness , be asked him if he believed in God ? Dunn replied in . the affirmative , and tho Judge proceeded—" Dost thou , then , believe that He . can endure a 2 i « i !—that : he knowa thy thoughts—that He could sink theei ' . "' to hell 1

      tdis moment for a lit ?' The witness stfenied iiioved by theaa ' solemn inquiries . He looked down , and fciaiffled his . feet . Jtfi > irs perceived the impression which he had : made ,: arid , . wiih a consnnimate artifice , began to soothe and coax him . " " Frimul , " . saij ! ho , in an encouraging t ^ ne , 'de . csive .-npt thyself , '" &c . Dunn held his head aside , as if ke vras corisiderirg . Jtiiriearecapitnlatett a \ l that bad been saitl byhiiuEtlf and the o *< her Mrjtnessfcs , and , charged him with the e viijeacp that had alresdy Bppeated , in ordetto furce lucre 'fo ' it-h ; tut in vain . Dunn kept / silence . Jtffries then trifed to inT flame the minds of the spectatois in the court , iepre-Benting Dunn as or ) otUous cbaracter , and hinting that hp would find no . iweicy here nur bereafier fyr . iiia obstinacy . H 6 flppealtd to Heaven r . gainstbhnr ; KiiA

      invoked its condemnation "• . upon hir ; : ; apd then , iii a solemn tone , required biin , in God's name , to ttll the truth . Th ' er witness . was perplexed , and knew net what to ' say . " Good God ! " , fcxc ! aiine (\ Jtf 5 'ries , " was there ever such an impudent rascal ! " He thea insinuated tljat his silence would do the la : ybarnii for , he . ' ssi ( l i it was enpugb . to convict her . Dunn said he did not wish to favour her . " Then favour thy own soul , " said the Judge j and , with an air of friendly coudescensipn , he told him , ' * You sbculd noi have p . aked me the question twice ; I wouid bave told yon without being obliged to tell ; but you have baeu swoin , and yet- you will not speak . " -The ¦ tFitu ^ , more sofcened by these raii'd exprtsaions than by VhreLts , said , " Ask nieagain , acd I will arsvFer" / Ji& \ ii-s sa' ^ the

      favourable impression he had niade , acd "wishful act to take advantage Of it teo prematurely , he endeavwurod to strengtheu it . Bjfora be put the question he premised tbat it was out t > i a tender r ' emirilio Duan ' ssoal , that he . wished him to speak truth , anvl not from any desire to hear . th 8 prisoner criminated by it , an : 4 then asked him the question in a pcrsucrive tone . Dunn said colemnlf and ( sincerely that all the iady { sad asked him was , : ¦ whether he k : > ewtbut Micha was arKcuconformist . This was not the ansvrer that Jeffries expected ,: and , exaapsrated by ' what he considi'i-i-d an evasion , be told " sooie one to hold a / candlo near Daari ' s " bvczin face , " in tha h * pe of . ¦ ¦ V . iicon ' certing hini , so aa that he bhould say , not what was true , tor he had already said that , but what Jeffries , wanted hiai to say . Here let us p . iusa ^ moment . :

      Surely a Judge ought calniiy to deliberate upon facts elicited by counsel 'froiu witnesses , and not endeavour to extoit eieideBca in prejudice of the prisoner . If ha act as a counsel at ail , it should bo as counsel in favour of tLo prisoner . In cases of tlia worij ' t Crimea , and where tbe ev-id £ C . cei 3 dittct , : 'bu' ought to lean to the favourable side , much more so in iue ;« ¦ ¦¦ : . o . usiTiictiya points of law . What shall we say c , f J-Jj ' ric 3 , who used every artifice which his superior Knowledge of humiinnaturQ dictated to him , to iatiiiiulale , to wivuedle , er to fascisate a v ? itiifcss into false testimony ., -, ia ordtr to convict an jnnoctnt-and . cbarithbleokt ia »; y- '? It ia a wondtr that ai | y vitness can be ¦'¦ brought to attend ia court , for he is brow-bsat by ! counsel , ard stands * ' as it were , in ' a pillory , to bo pelted at by the ' bulltt 3 of the brain . " -. .. ' ¦ ( Tohe concluded in our next . )

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Ju ! y 29 - ' ' BANKRUPTS . Richard Cooper Gray niiVl Henry Trirnbey G ; ay Groaverior-plac © and Alariue-placo , Coin : iicrcial-road , East , and- '" . Upper ; Stamford-rtnet , Biackfriar ' s-road , rope-makers , to Eurrender , Aui ? . 5 , S .-pt . 9 , a . i twelve o ' clock , at tbe ; BatUrupfs Coiit :. Soiitytor , Mr , Church , Bpital-tqaare , ; v'ffi ' cial assignee , iur , ije . olitr . Thomas Hentou Wood , R iiieiiigL-roat | :: Punlico , engineer , Aur . 8 , at twelve . o ' clock , Sitt . -9 . -: > t two , n ' t' the BiRkfiiDt's Court ; . . SoUckc ' r , Mi . Ho ' . ir . ^ r , BrWge-street , Boutbwark , ofliciai asaigues , Mr . Turquand , Capthall-burtiiings . y AYilliam Wuod , Picliet-j-treet-chiin-. liers , Straml , Aug . 10 , at two o'clock , Sept . 9 , at twelve , altlro Bankrupt's Court . Solicitor , Mr . Columbine , C ; vT ! u > n-chainbers , Kegenf-stre&t ; official assignee , Air . Groom , Abchurch-Iane .

      Thomas CbapnmUj Tottenham-coin t-road and KenfceLtowu , dairyniaii , Aug . 10 , at 'due . -o ' clock , ; iScpt , !) , at eleven , ; at the Bankrupt's Court . Sb ! i « si >«>~ s , ' rdessra . Kutter and Trottev , Biy-place ; Hoiborn ; official ussigcee , Mr . Grfioni , Ahchurch- ? ane . ; Gharlea King * Joseph SaridtlV and Diyid Heriry KJing , Berner ' s-strGtit , Oxfoi'ii-strfeit , j . apt ! r-5 ta-. ifi . r 3 , Aug . 12 , at eleven o ' clock , Sept , 9 , st one ,: at the Bankrupt ' s Couit . Solicitor , Mr . Dyer , Eiy-place ; < fikial , -iiEsignee , Mr . E ' dwani's , . fcVederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . - . : Henry . Westwood , Wolverharupton , steelyard-njaher , Aug . 17 , at three o ' clock , Sept . 9 , at one / at the Swan Inn , Wolveriiauiptoh . Solicitors , MeEsrs . \' y x'igbt anil Sniitb , Gbldfch-Jiquare ; and Messrs . Manby and ^ awlcsford , Wolv&rhanipton . ¦

      Sauiuei t 3 edglv ? y , Dudley , yy orctsterohire , groier , Aug ; 17 , Sept 9 / at eleven o ' clock , at the S 'Tan Hotel , Wolrerhampton .: ; : . / Solicitors ,. i > ir . Johncpn , Yerulaidbuildihgs , : Gi ay ' 6-inn j and Messrs . Kabiiijon and Flbtcher , Dudlc-y . Thomas Clarke , Rug ' oy , Warwickshirj , mercer , Aug :. 17 , Si'pt- 9 , at eleven o'clock , at . thd-Sprea > t 13 igle Hotul , Rugby . Solicitors , Mge&is . Austtnanl HoVson , Raymond-buUdinas , Gray ' -inn j ; and M essrs . Been , Kugby . ¦ ; . - . ' ' . ; : ¦ ' ; ' '¦¦' . ¦ . ""' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦'¦ . . '¦ ¦ . ' . William St&no and Robert B ! ake , Bris-t jI , tailors , Aug . 5 , Sept . 9 , at 11 o'clock , at tit ; Conimuri'iai-ro ' cnaa , Bristtil . Solicitcra , Messrs . Gh-g' -fy ana Sort ' s , Ochmat ' einrs ; and Messrs . Willinmaaiiii Buliw , B . ii > to ; . ¦'' .. James t'itton , Bolt-m-le-Moors , Li ' icasLito , s'naUware dealer , Auj ; . 23 . Sept . 9 ,, ' at ten .-o ' c : «> ck f at tbe Swan Inn ; Bftiton-le-Moors . SoliciU'rs , . "Moaar .- ' .- 'Cniltoa . ' ts-1 Auckland , Chancery- ! a ;; e ; and . Mr . iliitoa , Boltou-1 ' =-Moors . .. - ¦ ' .-

      Cfc-srlesLs'wis Wrenshall , Liverpool , dealer t raus-ic , Aug 9 , Sept . 9 , ' . at . one o ' clock , at thy Cl-irti ^ v .-nrroomj , Liverpool ,. Solicitors , Messrs . CiarKe arA Mrtcivife , Lincoln ' 8-inn-fiBids ; aad MesEr 3 . Jonea nnl Wiiiiiiins , IiiyerpooJ . : ¦•¦' . ' . '• " . ; * ¦ \ Janies W ^ atsos , sen ., and Jarries Wut' -on " , jun ., AVatli-UBOii Deatne , Yoikshiie , comiaon-brtewersj , Aui ; . 10 , Se-p . 9 , at twelve o ' clock , ' at tbe : Tovfn-huil , Si » . ificid . Solicitors' ;'' Messrs ; Bsttye , ; Fisntv , &nd teudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Sliackletoa , Leeds . Jonathan . Skelton , Gaihsburousih ,. Linooihshire , iniller , Aug : 8 , Sept . 9 , at eleven o ' clock ,-at iho Whito Hart Inn , East Rttford , NotiiiRhainsL'ire . Soiicitors , ¦ ¦ &Ies 6 ' rs ... .. ' sXearfflftn :.. and ; Eyan ' 3 , ' ... Gray s-ims- ' sqaa ' r . e ;; and Mr . fe-purr ,, Gainsborough . . Eraucis and El ? . axil Arthur , Birmiiighum , coachniakers , Aug 8 , Kapt . 9 . at one o ' clock , at , tr .:-: Waterloo-rooms , Birminghain . Solicitors , Mr . Stafford . Buckingham-street , Strand ; and Sir . Ilaraiug , Birmiuiiharu . . ' - •¦ ' . ' ' - ¦ : ¦ . ¦ , '"' . •' - :- ' ¦"¦ . ' "'¦ - ' -. --: ; .. ¦

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . ., : ¦¦ - Callow and Sniitb , Colue , Laricatlnre , cotton-mrinufacturers . T . Livcsey and Co .,-Aikr ! i ; 2 t (!; i and ISJauchester , coolniaitsra . C . and J . Hatteisiev ; Shefneid , spindle-manufaclurcrs . Boyes , Barrell aud Co ., Liverpool ,, ship-brokers . P . Taylor and Co ., Caadderton and Manche * tcr , flax-spinners ; as far as . regards J . Taylor . '¦" ' "•¦' . ¦ ' ; - ¦ ; ' , . ' '' ¦ - -

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      . From the Gazette of Iwsdav , dug . 2 . BANKRUPTS . ¦ John Ivery , builder , High Wjcomue , Buckinghamshire , to surrender , Aug . 11 , at half-post two , and Sept . J 3 , at eleven , ot tc-a Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , Birobin-lane , official assignee ; Saiicitor , Mr .. A £ hley . 'SboreuJtcb . ; ^ ' - . J : . ; ,- > , Heniy John W&tk-. nsan , cardmakeV , Hightown , Yorkshire ,: Aug . 2 , and Sept . 13 , at ten , at the Qsorge fiotel . 'Huddersaeld . Solicitors , Messrs . Battje , lusher , and Sudlbw , " Cbancery-iahe , London ; Mf- Higboia , Brighouse . Yorkshire . ; C&arles Binaley and Erancia Copland , coadi ma&era , BirniiDgham , Aug . 19 , and Sept 13 , at tho Tfaterloo ^ rooms , Biimingh&m . Solicitor , Mr . Alexander , SoutiistreetFiiisbury-square , Middlesex , y . :

      , Thomas Collet and Joseph Smith , cotton-spinners , OaseU , Yorkshire , Aug . 12 ^ and Sept 13 , at twelve , at the Comniisslonera ' -rooms , Leeds . Solicitors , Mt Hampspn Manchester ; Messrs . Adiington , Gregory , Faulkner ^ and Follett , Bedford-row , Londoa . . William WaiCplauiber , Manebester , Aag- 22 , aad Sept 13 i ct ten , at tbe ConiiBlEsioners ' -rponw / Maa . Chester . Solicitor , Mr . Hadaeld , Manchester ; Mesarss . Jobhson , ; Son ,, and WeatberaU , King's Benoh . waic , Temple , London . . ; ; , ... . . / Senry Hiton , fcleacher , Over Darwen , liancaehite , Aug ; V 23 / . ! . at '" ft . !^^ : - Md . ' S 3 jpt ^ . 'i 3 i ^ . at ; . jelwenf . at the Coninii 8 sionet 8 ' -rooms , Swan Inn , Bultca-l&-MoorB

      Solicitors , Messrs . Milne ; Pattys Mu « 9 »' -MW : ' Morris , Temple , Xondonj Messrs . ^ tyW ^ ^*?! tl ^{ ^ B « ard . sw 9 Ttb , Blaikburn ., : ; :: " 1 v " v ¦ " ; ' "

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      __ J THE NORTHERN ST ^ AR . ' '; ¦¦ -- ; . " ' : ; : ^ . . > " - : ¦ - ^; .

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      GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT STEPNEY GREEN . On Monday evening , placards having teen ¦ widely distributed announcing tho attendance cf Feargus O'CoJinor , Esq ., th 3 assemblage at the open air meeting ou Stepney Green v ? as unusually large ; at one period not less than ten or twelve thousand persons were present , f xclusive of the immense number of casual liatuners . Dr . Biwkett having been unanimously called to the chair , opened the proceedings in a very excellent address , alluding , in feeling terms , to the distress

      existing in the country . They vrere met not for the purpose of riot or tumult , but to ask and consider the important question , Why Englishmen should bo starving in tha land of their birth ; why the industrious population of the land had not happy and comfortabla homes ; and wfeat was tbe cause which deprived them of the means of tbtainmg a livelihood ? The various speakers ¦ would lay before them a remedy for this disastrous condition of sfLirs ; and he trusted they wouid give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing and allow of full and free discussion . Air . Shaw moved the firBt resolution : —

      " That it ib the opinion of this meeting t ^ at claaa legislation is the sole cause of the present unparalleled distress now so prevalent aniorjfcst the working and trading classes of this country , and there is no hope oi amelioration until the People ' s Charter become the law ef the land . " Tbe question had often been asked him , why the early reformers -were not now in the ranks of the Chartifita ? It was class legislation which hindered them from making tbeir appearance . Ha recollected some years Bince listening to Mr . Clay , now Sir William Clay , from a hustings erected on tbat same green , -who then stated tbat he tras one of the people ; that he had

      nothing to do -with the t . ixes but to pay them ; that his purse , his heart , his every energy should be devoted to the interests of the people ; and that if chosen to ba thfiir representative , he should ever be active in the performance of his duty to tbeni . Why -was not Sir William and their other migrepresentative at that riveting ? It was class legislation that kept them away . Their faces were now never Been by the working men , save -when tJsty had a favonr to ask . Let them abolish this bad legislation , and they could elect men who would be firm to their in : srest , btcanse they would have no interest in betraying them ; and happiness aud prosperity trould be the result .

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

      intelligence ; he had halloed and bawled as loud as any man in the cause of these so-called liberal men , thought-Jess while he listened to their flattering rale of the enlightenment and liberality of the working classes , that he was , like the croty in the fable , allowing the bread and cheese to drop from his mouth into tbe clutches of these hypocritical flatterers . But tin epoch had arisen in the histery of theworkirjg classes ; they were no longer to be chained to the cha-riot-wheels of those who had enslaved them—they had set up in business for themselves . It was a glorious Bight to see the giant labour taking up bis true position—to Bee the ecales of ignorance and prejudice dropping from his eytB , and tie sheckles of tyranny , which so long had bound bis muscular body , snapping before the exertion of his newly aw&keued energies—to see him shake off the vermin which had eo long wreyed npon and disfigured his beauteous frame . The vermin shake ana tremble ; they offer iilm au }| hicg to retain theii

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct765/page/7/