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    • Closing of Pbjso.ns for Debt.—The metropolitan prisons for debt have, within ihe last few days,
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      PRICE ONE PENNY . P ON TENTS of Part Eight , Price sixpence : — \ J O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches . of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence-Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jonoo . ( lately confined ill Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy I—An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington—Letters , By T . B . Smith—Several Chartist Addresses , including those of the Executive—Poetry , &o . &b .

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      Now on Sale , Price Three-peace , THE POOE MAN'S COMPANION FOR 1843 , A POLITICAL ALMANACK , Shewing the amount and application of the Taxe 3 raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes ; and containing a great amount of VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION . ¦ CONTENTS : — THE Calendar , denoting , amongst other things , the various important epochs connected with Political Movements . —The Corn RetHrns , Bhowing the Average Price of Wheat , Barley , and Oats , for the last seven years . —The New Corn Law Sliding Scale for Wheat , Barley . Oats , and Wheaten Flour .

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      EVENING STAR . LIBRA R Y EDITIONS . rp HE Publisher of the EVENING STAR , erare--L ful for the patronage bestowed on the Double Sheet , containing the Life of Washington , published on the 12 th of November , 1842 , announces that he will issue a standard biographical work every Saturday , in the book form , so that the series may be bound in a volume . -The .-siza will be thirty two pages quarto—the largest sheet allowed by Act oi Parliament . It will be stamped , and may b ^ sent free by post . In order to ainuse our friends at tha Christmas and New Year ' s Ho' idays , we shall publish an ORIGINAL NOVEL , entire , illustrated with . .. . - ..-

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      their consolidation and direction . Hitherto we hire been seeking strength ; we must now learn to ase it . Public opinion being fanned mast be directed wisely and discreetly ; and in order to ibis Us serend mouth-pieces and developements most be closely scanned and well over-hauled . I Jhaveiereto / bre be # n Tory fearful of offending ; I haw passed in silence many things which o&gkt to have been rebnktd , and hare exercised , censure only in the gentlest terms . when unavoidable ; I hare allowed xnuy acts of public men , which I thought

      most unwise and mischievous , to pass nneensured , because 1 faiew their infirmities of temper , and I knew them to be useful in extending information to those who knew nothing of our principles . I calculated , therefore , for the cause , the relative magnitude of the two evils—the endurance of the mischief resulting from their follies , or the probable loss of their services , if their pride , jealousy , or vanity , should be at all touched . The time has gone by for thiB nursing now \ the cause is too powerful to seed it , and its interests too important to bear

      it . I have long seen this to be an evil in the Star , bat I thought it to be a accessary one;—it Bhall now be remedied . From this time the voice of admoLition , and of criticism , or , if need be , of censure , though modulated to as smooth a tone as may comport with circumstances and the safety of the cause , shall be at all times freely heard . My time , my talent , suck as it may be , and my who ' e power of mental and physical exertion , shall be , as heretofore , devoted to the cause ; while I re quire from you

      the continuance of that stren g thening of my hands , by which only my exertions can be made effective . 1 ask this from you not as a favour , but as a Tight , not in consideration of my past eervices bat in justice to your own present circumstances . Thoa armed in mutual confidence , wt may Ea&ly bid defiance to the furious onslaught ¦ which now menaces our cause ; and which holdB in its own right , only its mane and roar , while its teeth have been borrowed from crude impetuosity and heartless treachery in oar own ranks .

      Before closing this letter , I again implore you to see to the carrying out of our organisation . Without this the effons of your lecturers and of yourselves lose more than half their value . Chartists should understand and act upon their own principles ; at least , in all cases where this can be done . I shall continue to press this subject of organisation upon you week by week until , if possible , I pester you into paying fome attention to it . Were the great mass of those who hold Chartist principles now as well organized as they ought long since to have been , no coveramerit conld long withstand them .

      Whenever they become so orgjnizsd , they will opea to themselves a vista of success , but not till then , Let me but see the organization of our National Society actively working through the whole country before March , and let me fee the people using their own BenEe , reading and studying it for themselves , thinking and deliberating on it , observing its exact farms of working and application , and using due vigilance to keep strictly to it all leaders , lecturers , and public meB j and then if a dungeon lies before me , I shall walk into it with a prouder heart , and a much sweeter sense of satisfaction , than the Prime Minister of England into

      Downmg-street . I < et your energies be roused ; yonr vigour braced ; and jour determination made manifest ; while yonr prudence , caution and coolness predominate over all . God save you and tpeed the Charter . Wiixiak Hill .

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      FLrBTOrP Leathax , Postefract , is * nformed that the columns of the Northern Star are > or ox SAlLB / ot electioneering purposes . We believe there is not a ichit of difference between the two candidates he names for the office of Registrar . Lascelles is at pood at Hodgson , and Hodgson is as good as Lascelles . Each of them only tcanis the Pat that accrues from the situation without much labour . Had ve imagined that there was eny reason why Hodgson should have been recommended to the notice of the freeholders before Ltscelles , vx assure Flintcff Leaihim that we should not have trailed for or accepted his offer of pay to induce us to give such recommendation . Both Hodgson end Lascelles are the hungry drgs of the Whig end Tory factions , fighting

      vhich of them shall have the freeholders ^ bone to \ pick ; and that is the on-y qualification that ' either of them possesses for the ( ffice they aspire I to . If the freeholders have learned com- ! won sense they will gize both these gentle- ' men the go-by , and elect to the office the man who ! can bring to their service legal knowledge and ! business talents : one who know ? , fiom ixpe ~\ rience , the duties thai icill be required from the j man who occupies the post . If the freeholders are inclmcd to put array the playthings of politi- ' cat childhood , end choose a man because of his j peculiar fitness for the office note vacant , they ; will dismiss the representatives offaciion , Messrs . Hodgson and Lascelles , and elect Mr . Stephen- J son , who comes out as an independent man ought j torfo .

      AlX ComiirNiCATT 05 S intended for the Chartists of [ Manchester must , till future notice , be addressed , j to their secretary , Mr . Arthur ( AVei / j bookseller j Manchester , j A Sudbuet Chastist says , "That for tteo months ' he did not take any spirits , beer , tea , coffee , yugar , ¦ tobacco , nor snvff ; and that he sent 2 s . 6 d . to the i Executive , end 2 s . 6 i to the Defence Fund . " j He is still continuing the system ; and advises i all others lo go and do likewise" \ John Mitchell and George Rodgers , — We have j received a communication trith these names as tignaturcs . We have no means of knowing ] frvm whence it has come . They have neglected i to give any town or other address . j

      Balaj . ce-shex . ts — We 'trish , once for all , to inform ' ¦ our correspondents that documents of this nature I received at the Office after Tuesday morning ; in each week will be omitted from that week ' s ' Star altogether . We have adopted this rule with \ some in the current publication , Johs H . Clarke . —We have no room . \ The Executive . —L . T . Clasct must really excuse ' t « . We cannot insert any more tetters upon th's subject . His present , in reply lo Mr .: Wheeler , reiterates his opinion that ihe election ¦ of an Executive pro tern , was an unnecessary ' , amd unbecoming procedure , and thai the country ' . generaly was not in favour of it . He denies ] thnt his expression in a former letter , of his ¦

      opinion that the election teas a trick of some j enemy , was intended to apply either to Mr . j Wheeler or any of his associates : he had alto- \ gether a d ' ffereni parly in his eye . This ve can ) corroborate , as we know to whom Mr . Claiicy \ alluded : it was not Mr . Wheeler , or any of the ] present Provisional Executive . He rebukes Air . ; Wheeler , and we think very juitly , for the ' prominent exhibition in his own letter of the j very fault ( bitterness of expression J of which , his letter complains . This fault is entirely ) avoided in Mr . Clancy ' s present letter , which in j m tone moderate and gentlemanly . We entirely j agree with Mr . Clancy , that there is a great want \ of staOility in the directing power ; that there is J

      $ ross ignorance of ihe organization , or great ' dereliction of duty somewhere . , Sakcel Holmes . —Our opinions of the right of \ women to the suffrage have been more than once \ slated ; but we do not think that aiiything but j henm could result from the introducing of t ) tat , object into ihe deliberations of the Birmingham Conference . A Wohkt . — We have no room . Johu PtppEB desires us to apprise his brother and sister Chartists thai he is still at large , and still \ tcorking in the good cause of Chartism . J . Deas sends ut a story of a Scotch Baptist parson-lawyer , not a blacksmith , nor a whitesmith , nor a shoeino smith , but something very much

      like a jobbing smith , wh » recently lent himself as « tool for the ruin of a poor cobbler . Such occurrences will always be rife until the lav shali he made by , and its adminislratort amenable lo , the people . J . R . Watsom . —We have not room for John BuWt letter . xhoha 3 Cbatejt . —The sentiments of his letter are just and cood , but they would be lost vpon the subject to whem it is addressed ; and tee have not now room fgr itt insertion . Doxcastes . —Edward Buries , of York , tcillfeelmuch oliiged if the sub-Secretary at Donca * ter will foruard his address to him , as he trishet to corrcrpondwith him . Address , 19 , Bilton , Layerthorpe , York . A tiiisj > to 1 belam > . —Quinlin Orr , No , 3 3 Haiding-ilreet , Northatnp m .

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      CaLvisus , Minor . —The oath of a . soldier or a sailor binds him to entire allegiance , and to uncondi tional obedience to his officers . — We suspect that if a fiftieth part of our letters and newspapers - passed through his hands he would h > - ' wonder at our being unable to say whether we sceived . his letter \ with an Edinburgh newspaper , > a the \ 5 th July . —It is guile clear that no one -. n be recognised by the news-agent as a purchaser of the Star but him wh * -pays for it . — We shall be glad to receive any conunvnications of newt which he may choose to sent a . J . H . —The lines to M'Doua ' . ' . . : declined . Z . K . —Reserved for consid . ' iti , L . L-, " The self-elect ed - - i-ta ^ t , Ddndkb . —

      We have answered th : qua Ion he asks some forty times already- it is a merely nominal office under Government , the acceptance ofttohich vacates an MJ ' . ' s seat . J . Shaw ~ His communication is an advertisement . W . Hetwood , Hetwood — We really must be excitsed . Addresses fiom every local Defence Fund would fill the paper . The better way would be to print circulars . W . H . Dyorr , on behalf of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , begs to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of a great number of Stars . He very freoiittiffj | i ecBivti hiiert teilh them ; and did time at all permit , would , teith pleasure , reply in each instance . Immured as he is in personal business , this is impossible , and ihe course he falhws is this . —When papers , announced by letter , do not arrive , he writes ; when they duly come to hand he is , however regretfullyobliged

      , to be impartially silent . Subscriptions to the Defence Fukd . —We have long lists of these lying by us , comprising the individual subscriptions from many places . We would gladly find room for them if ice could ; but to do so would displace almost every every description of matter . Henceforth tee can only give the total amount received from each place ; out friends must , therefore , take some other means of satisfying themselves of the correctness of those amounts , and not wait until they see themselves in print . There will be no departure from this rule ; our correspondents may , therefore , save themselves the trouble of writing any ¦ more than a line , with the whole amount , slating what town it is from . This will , of course , apply to other funds as well . Middle class Sympathy . —We give the following from a letter from Peter Rigby : —

      " As I have been surrounded with Tery curious circumstances during my short route in the North , permit me toliave a comer is your next number , by which means many of your numerous readers may make a correct estimate of middle-doss integrity . " Last week , while In Cumberland , I saw a man ' s ' ticket for soup , ' or a ticket to go to the grocery with , and receive , in lieu of money , for wages , anything the grocer had to sell amounting to wages . One stone of flour was equal to 2 b . 8 d . In wages ; and if the working man desired to pay his rent in Money he is not allowed to do to , unless he be prepared to take a ticket for the bag , " but . withont fionr , mind yon ; therefore , the workman

      must pay his rent in flour . When the man takes the fionr to the landlord , - he landlord will only give the workman 2 s . per Btone , although the landlord knows full well the workman had given 2 . Sd . per stone fer it If the wsrkman ask for meney to pay rent with , his employer will anewer him by saying , -workman onght to think themselves well off if they get something to eat , withont seeking rent money . It has been known for landlords to take the stone of floor to tbe grocer again ; so that the stone of flour baa undergone the sama process of buying cheap and selling dear , and no doubt passes through the same hands at a loss to the workman of more than twenty per cent .

      " The hand-loom weavers of Cumberland have undergone a reduction of wages , in money , of from 10 b . 4 'J . to 7 s . Sd . since the year 1839 , besides labouring under disadvantages now which then bad no existence . In Carlisle a good many of the people have adopted a very good plan for bringing the middle clau to their senses , —if ever they bad any , —ae that , between Income-tax and exclusive dealing , the middle class of Carlisle will begin to feel something . About twenty of the workmen cinb their money together , two or three times a week , buy their goods at the first cast , retail them oat to fc&sh subscriber according to money paid down , at the said cost , and . by that meant , they

      get theix goods much cheaper , btsides stopping the supplies of those who hired bladgeen-men to break the head of any man who dared to stand in the street and say he was hungry , and desired to eat . The . lads of Wigton are playing the same game towards their oppressors . A large number of them bay a good fat cow , butcher it for themselves , and by that means have rednced butchers' meat from 7 d . to 4 d . per 1 b . They deal with sheep in the same nunner . Although Peel's tariff reduced batchers' meat , the shopocracy were not willing that the poor should have a corresponding benefit but the lads of Wigton are taking the profits into , their own hands . "

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      Thorn ton . —Yes . The 3 s , in our last , from Newport , for the Defeace Fund , should have been Ss . Cd . The 15 s . from Halifax , which appears in enr last foi the Defence Fund , was for the Defence of Ellis . FOB THE KATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . s . d . From the Hawick Chartists 0 18 0 _ the Chartists of Trnro 10 0

      a poor woman , Leeds ... ... ... 0 0 1 a friend 0 0 6 T . W 0 0 6 a few friends , B . Q . 0 12 6 & few friends at Prescot ... ... 0 10 S the Chartists of Sowerby ... ... 080 J . P ., Portsea 0 J 0 the Chartista of Nuneaton 0 10 0 the Charists of Glasgow 2 9 0 the Cbaitiits of Newcastle , per J .

      Sinclair 2 0 0 T . F ., per Simeon , Bristol 0 2 6

      FOR MR . ELLIS . From Highto-wn , per G . Lacy 0 13 „ a few friends in the New Town , Bishopwearmoutii , per A . B . ... 0 8 f „ a few friends at Bisbopwearmouth , perE . J 1 2 _ Mr . Wiiliams ' s shop 0 5 3 _ the Shaksperiansof Leicester ... ... 1 8 0 „ proceeds of Simeon ' s nffld 010 0 FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From twenty members of the National Chartist Association , per G . Moore , Northwitch 0 5 0 FOB . THE DEFENCE OF GEOEGE "WHITE . From a few friends , per Simeon , Bristol ... 0 2 0

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      presented a different appearance to what they nave exhibited for some time . The Fleet and Marshaisea prisons have been closed ; the former was shut on Saturday , and the latter on Thursday laBt . There were seventy in the Fleet , and only three in the Marshaisea ; and their removal took place to the Queen ' s Prison , under an act passed during the last session , authorizing Lord Desman to iesae his Trarraiit for their passage from one jail to another . From Tuesday to Saturdai the removals took place fro ' m the Fleet . Some of the prisoners had been confined a very long period , and a few upwards of 20 years ! An eccentric character , named Jeremiah

      Board , had been an inmate of the Fleet 28 years , hav ; nj ; been committed in 18 ! 4 . The case of this man , who has been removed to the Queen ' s Prison , is very singular . He was a farmer , at a place called Newton ' s Farm , and was committed to rhe Fleet in 1814 , where he remained without much disturbance , except some Chancery proceedings , until 1838 , inwhica year the present act for the Insolvent Debtors' Conrt wa 3 passed , and in this act as an important alteration was made giving power to creditors fo proceed against parties who preferred imprisonment to taking the b ; neiit of the act , by which proceeding they would be compelled to giTe up their proptny . The provision has been productive of considerable benefit ; persons have been

      proceeded against in the Insolvent Debtors' Court , and-compelled to di : gorge their property ; others have arranged ¦ with their creditora and gone out of custody . In the case of Board , a gentleman named Richardson , as executor of M . ary Chappell , filed a petition under the compulsory clause , and a testing order was made under which be was appointed assignee , and by a decisive act a- good deal of property was obtained . A messenger of the court was sent to the prison , and on the person of Board , and in his possession , a large sum of money , and seenritits fcr money were found , which , or course , the assignee seized . Mr . RichaidBon claimed to be a creditor for £ 8 , 185 , and the matter hae betn before Sir . Commissioner Harris . Advertisements had been inserted to discover creditors , but very few were found . There was somewhere about £ 1 . 600 ,

      and a dividend was declared . Board is now sojourning in tbe Queen ' s prison , where he is , of eourse , a w character . " At the present period there are in the Qneen ' s Prison about 220 persons , a very few in tbe rules , and those who had the privilege whe * the act consolidating the prisons was passed were allowed to remain twelve months . Day rules b » ve already ceased , and the other privilege will be deaied at the time mentioned . There are 228 rooms in the prison ; and in some of these sppartments , by the recent increase , " chumB" have been placed ; that ie to pay , two have been lodged in one room . Some alterations have been expected in the classification of prisoners , which will now probably take place . In Whiteeross-street Prison there are abo . it 360 , and 120 in HorsemonKer-lane Gaol . The tof ^ l number of prisoners for debt in London may be now stated at about 760 . Seme years ago there w&re as many in one prison .

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      CLITHEROE . —The Thespian company of Sabden ( who are all Chartists ef the right stamp ) performed the dnura of Wat Tyler , in the large room of tbe King ' s Arms Irs , went through and gave the greatest tatiafaction to a full house , both on Saturday and Monday evenings . HTJL 1 .. —The money due this week to the Executive from the sale of R . Finder ' s blacking is u follows : — s .

      LEICESTER . —Monday was a day of unusual excitement in consequence of the arrival of our noble General , Thomas Cooper . By eight o ' clock in the morning the brave men began to wend theli way towards tbe house of oar late imprisoned friend , to prepare for his reception . At twelve they assembled In the Shaksperian Room , with a band of music and a banner made expressly for the occasion , bearing upon it tbe following inscription , — We hail with joy the return of our noble patriot , Thomas Cooper . " On the reverse , — " The patriotic band of thb Leicester Chartist boot and shoemakers . " The band began to play some f&vovite aiis through the streets to the Railway Station , surrounded by the Council ef toe Sbaksperian

      Association , where they met their indomitable friend , Mr . Cooper . Tbe sight of the assembled thousands bad a wonderful effect up « n him . A car was immediately engaged to convey him through some of the principal streets of the town in the following order . The large and splendid banner that had been prepared by tbe boot and sbomakers' society in the front ; then followed the shoemakers , the band , Mr . Cooper , and the Council of the Shsksperian Association with wands , attended ] by its members and friends to the amount of 10 , 000 of human beings . The procession has never been equalled since the great agitation for the Reform Bill . The procession moved down the London-road , up Belvoir-street , along Market-street , Market-place , Belgrave-gate , Woodboystreet , Wharf-street , up

      Hamberstone-gate , to the Amphitheatre , where Messrs . Daffy and West ( late a prisoner in Derby gaol ) delivered animated addresses to the assembled multitude oat of the windows of tbe Shaksperian Boom . At five o ' clock , more than 409 persons took tea on the stage of the Amphitheatre , the bud playing in the orchestra during the time . After which the company delighted themselves by dancing and other amusements in the Circus till eight , when the lectures were to commenoe . At half-past eight , the spacious Amphitheatre appeared one mass of human beings ; there could not be less than four thousand people . Mr . Duffy was called to the chair , who , after a few brief remarks , introduced Mr . West , who spoke nearly an honr in defence of those great principles contained in

      the People ' s Charter . Mr . Beesley , from North Lancashire , followed , and spoke at great length on the land question , showing that if the people were to lay by sixpence per week for tbe purchasing of land , they would soon be in the full possession of the elective franchise , and by those means they would be able to overthrow the present system of aristocratical Government After a few other remarks he sat down amidst loud cheers . Mr . Cooper then ioae amidst load and long protracted cheering . He began by showing the fallacy of asking the poor for sixpence per week , when they were actually starving for want He then alluded to the Complete Suffrage and Corn Law movements . The policy of Six Robert Peel , and the effects of daislegislation . He then related what he bad had to

      contesd with during tbe last eleven weeks be had been immured in Stafford Gaol ; gave an account of his trial , and tbe wily tricks of the Solicitor-General , who pretended to be acting with the greatest fairness , yet the subtleness of tbe silvery-tongued crocodile were stabbing him at every sentence . He then , in an eloquent strain , and tbe tears trickling down his cheeks , related the soul-harrowing taleB of the interviews between those persons who were doomed to a foreign land to perpetual slavery , and their friends . He said be would never cease agitating for those poor creatures—poor Ellis is innocent—yet be is banished . I will g « , said he , to London , to Mr . Buncombe , if I have to walk , on behalf of that persecuted individual After a few other remarks be s&t down amid loud cheers .

      Mr . Markham came forward and said , that he never in his life listened to Mr . Cooper with greater pleasure than he did that night , and he hoped the day was not for distant when all reformers would join in one campact . After a few other remarks he held oat his hand to Mr . Cooper , -which be took , and said , " many a time have I requested this band , but it was refused . " They both said that nil past differences should be buried from this time ( Great cheering . ) The following resolutions were adopted during the night . Moved by Mr . Coulston , and seconded by Mr . Hunt— " That this meeting has the greatest cenfldence in tbe integrity and honesty of our noble patriot , Thomas Cooper , and return him their sincere thanks for his manly defence on bis ) ato trial , on behalf of those great principles contained in the People ' s Charter . " Unanimous . Moved by Mr . Beedham , seconded by Mr . Jackson— " That the thanks of this meeting be given to those persons who cave

      evidence in favour of Mr . Cooper on his late trial at Stafford . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Smith , seconded by Mr , Toone— " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . Mullen of London , and Mr . Haines of Oundle , for the yery liberal manner in which they have com * forward to give b » U for our noble patriot , T . Cooper . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Wooley , seconded by Mr . Smedley : — "That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Defence Fund Committee for their valuable services on behalf of Mr . Cooper . " Moved by Mr . Jones , seconded by Mr . Allen : — " That tbe thanks of this meeting be given to -Mr . Thomas Winters for his valuable services in collecting and keeping witnesses together during the late commission on behalf of Mr . Thomas Cooper . " A vote of thanks was then given to tbe Chairman , and three cheers for Cooper , the Charter , and O'Connor ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and the meeting dispersed .

      Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester , has received fer Mr . Grant , five shillings for Mr . Ellis . NORTHAMPTONSHIRE . —A meeting was held at tbe bouse of Mr . Wlngell , of Rannds , on Monday evening , wben addresses were delivered by Messrs . Marriott , of Stan wick ; M'Farlan , of Northampton ; and others . Mr . M'Farlan also exhorted tbe yonng men to associate themselves together by forming mutual instruction classes , and to dfevote their whole leisure time to assisting their elder brethren in prosecuting this holy cause .

      DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met as usual , on Sunday . Mr . Woodward was called to the chair , and the minutes being read ; Mr . W . Dyott , tbe secretary , read a communication from an American gentleman named Wright , a memb- r of the Society of Friends , who was desirous of addressing them . Mr . O'Higgins proposed and Mr . Clarke seconded the admission of three new members whose names were transmitted by Mr . Lttson , of Newton Mount Kennedy , in the county of Wicklow . Mr . O'Higgins paid a wellmerited compliment to their indefatigable friend , Mr . Leeson , who was beating up for recruits so successfully ; he moved the insertion of bis letter on the minutes , and hoped his example would prove a stimulus to other members toex&rt themselves in the propagation

      of those opinions ub : ch he conscientiously believed cuuld alone work out the political . regeneration *> f Ireland—( hear . ) A certain great man had the audacity to declare publicly that there were no Chartists in IreJand —( laughter}—although be was sure his friend , Mr . Djott , would readily show him their books containiiig tbe names of 1040 good men and true pledged Repealers of tke Irish Union , through the only moral means by which it could be achieved or made of any value to tbe public—the obtainment of Universal Suffrage , Vote b ; Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Pajment of Members—( hear and cbeers)—and if that wns not Chartism , he ( Mr , O'Higgins ) did not know what it meant—( cheers . ) But of

      what e&tiaiate did O C ^ nnell set on the intellect the Irish nation wben he dared to enunoiate without fear of contradiitton from any despicable toadies that crawl before him in the Corn Exchange , the atrocious falsehood , that there were not in Ireland any men honest , independent , and fearless enough to avow the creed of Richard Cartwright , Hunt , Cobbett , and O'Conner 1 Did be think tbe creatures there believed what they wanted courage to deny 1 Did he forget that poor Tom Sfceele bad declared , but a week bfcfore that they were all Chartists , though not O'Connorites—a distinction without any difference . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed in Mr . Sturgo's honesty ; and he was no more a blind follower of Air . O'Connor than he was a lickspittle of Mr . O Council's : but it was justice

      only to Mr . O Connor to ailow that only for bis entrgy and perseverance thty would not have Mr . Sturge in the position he now occupied ; they would not have eten the stunted portion of tquivocal nriddle-claas sympathy they enjoyed ; they would not have Mr . O'Connell himself re-adopting tbe six points . It was Mr . O Connor who thmst Annual Parliaments down his throat . —gainsay it who could : and , as to there being " no Chartists in Ireland , " he would reply to O'Connell iu his own words , addressed to their talented and esteemed secretary , " Bah ! " "Felly and trash 1 " ( Hear , and loud cheering . ) On that insult , Mr . Dyott had calmly observed , that their " trash" was TRUTH ; their " folly" their having so long believed in the sincerity of a man who had notoriously sold Ireland for Whig patronage and family aggrandisement—( loud cheering )—plsying the game of a faction he had

      deservedly styled " base , bloody , and ferntal , " at the expence of & generous and confiding , but duped and betrayed , people , for npwards of seren years , while county after county was given up , —in many cases bartered foi offices , —and tbe liberal strength at last so reduced that tbe " liberator" himself was thrust out of Dublin , and only elected ( after Woodshed and battery ) m Cork—( bear)—all the while that a splendid registration staff fattened on the people ' s funds on Burgh Quay . ( Hear . ) Why if there were not Chartists In Ireland , after such experience , they would deserve to live and die slaves . ( Hear . ) For who did not perceive that the working classes had got nothing by all the squabbles In which they had been engaged ? ( Hear ) Who did no ! perceive that they never would get anything till the franchise—their undoubted right —gave them [ power in their own House of Assembly . iHear . ) AM who , like him , would not there declare

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      never to desist until not only all Trelaad was Chartist , bat until the people from the Giant ' s Cause-* fI % to . & * - Md-from the Hill of Houth to the Acbill Head , were no longer afraid to avow theii conviction , and glory in the term which would unite them with their fellow men in England and Scotland in one determined struggle to obtain the glorious realisv Mon of that document which Mr . OConnell himself drew Bp , and of wbioh he declared that the man who did not Mxseds to it was eltfeer a knave profiting by th » evils of misrole or a fool on whom facts and reasoning made nojmptession . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers j—Clark said he hoped for the sake of Mr . OConneiri reputation , 0 'Neil Daunt would act the part which Gil Bias did by the Archbishop of Toledo , and give him a hint to retire

      . ( Hear , and langhtsr . ) It really was pitiable to see a public man floundering as the " LIberatot" was for some time back . He could understand and cope with a man who opposed Chartism openly , but to see a man admitting now the Innate utility of Chartism and next declaring he could have no connexion with its advoettes—this day swallowing the six points and next qnibblingaboat Universal Suffrage , Complete Suffrage , Mannood Suffrage , &o . all of which being explained amounted to the same thing , was what he could not unravel . The man was surely demented ( laughter ) , or was trying now far he could practice on the parisites and ninnies he was nasiduct-Ing through the tedious and labyrinthical fool ' s march , in seach of repeal : ¦ which they had as much chance of getting , as he ( Mr . Clarke ) had of making a mortice without a chisel ( hear , hear . ) For himself , when he

      heard how OConnell , in all his contradictions and absurdities was applauded and listened to , he almost blushed for Irishmen ( oheers . ) Mr . Fowler said , that it wo * their indoattry Mr . O'Connell found fault with . Let them rally at public meetings , —( hear )—and organize their electoral Btrength . ( hear . ) He knew they had at least twenty-five oi thirty good votes already—( bear . ) He got his perfected the other day , and so did Mr . Dyott their secretary—( cheers . ) Let them be ready for an election , no one could tell how Boon that might happen—then their existence , respeotlbility , and Influence would be most gracefully acknowledged , and they would sell themselves either to Whig or Tory , whichever would come up to their priee . and give a written pledge to support no a ^ minstration which would not support the Charter— ( Charter . ) They could eaBlly make their voters fifty—enough to turn any election . — ( Loud cheers , )

      WALTON . —Mr . Bairstow delivered two powerful and animated lectures in the Market-place , on Monday and Tuesday evenings , when there was a remarkably good attendance , and the attention and Interest paid to the lecturer , eririoed an extraordinary degree of enthusiasm . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . W . Kimpster Robson delivered a lecture in the Chartist ' s Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , on the evils of the present system , and the good that must inevitably accrue to the working classes of these realms in the event of the People ' s , Charter becoming the law of the land- The spacious Hall was crowded to the door , and Mr . Robson most enthusiastically cheered throughout his able lecture . He did the subjects he discussed great justice , painting In their true colours the innnmerable evils iBfllcted upon the wealth-producers of this

      country , proving to the satisfaction of his numerous audience that class legislation introduced and cherished them to the alarming extent to which tyranny and oppression had now arrived . He likewise proved the Charter to be the only antidote , and defied any man or body of men to come forward and prove the contrary . Mr . Sinclair , who was unanimously elected to the chair , took a show » f hands whether they were satisfied with the arguments adduced by Mr . Robaou in defence of the Charter , and that the Charter would enable the wealth producers to ameliorate their own condition . A forest of bands were held up in approval of Mr . Robeon ' s © pinions , and none to the contrary . Mr . Peter Rigby , from Chorley , will lecture In the same Hall on next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock ; Is . 6 d . was received for Mr . Ellis ' s defence , and several names were enrolled at the conclusion of the lecture .

      The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead held their weekly meeting in the Chartist ' s Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Monday evening as usual , Mr . John Young in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting having been confirmed , Mr . Sinclair said he had great pleasure in informing tke meeting that one of the honest men ef Blaydon ( a small village near Newcastle ) called on him this morning , and handed him £ l 5 b . from tbe friend * to a fair trial in Bluydon , for th « General Defence Fund , being the proceeds of four pairs of children ' s shoes , and two portra&e presented and raffled for the good of the victims of Tory misrule , and Anti-Corn-Law treachery . The secretary was then

      instruoted to remit tbe sum of £ 2 to the general treasurer foi the Defence Fund , making , with the sums formerly remitted , £ 4 forwarded by the Charter Association of Newcastle for that laudable object , and to state that as many of the collector's books have not been handed fn yat , that we will sund another remittance in the course of a few days . Men of Northumberland , and Durham look at the noble example Bet you by the good men and true of Crarolington , Shotley Bridge , Blaydon , some of the factories in Newcastle , whose names we dare not mention , ( tyrannybeing so rife , ) and go and do the same . Several sums were paid into the lecturer ' s fund , and aft * -r some local business was disposed of the meeting adjourned .

      MANCHESTER . —Tbe Chartist joiners and painters held their weekly meeting on Friday evening last , in the Large Anti-Room of tbo Carpenters' Hall , when they were ably addressed by Messrs . Lane and Portington . Carpenter ' s Hall . —On Sunday last two lectures were delivered in the above fc hall , one in the afternoon by Mr . Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , and the other in the evening by Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport . The attendance is the afternoon was not very numerous , owing to tbe tarn falling without intermission . Mr . John Murray was called upon to preside . Mr . Donovan delivered a most excellent address , which was loudly applanded thronghttuk In the evening the hall was crowded . Mr . Jeremiah Lane was called to the chair .

      Mr . Thomas Clark on coming forward was greeted with loud cheers . He entered into a variety of topics of deep and general Interest , and animadverted la severe terms upon the conduct of Lord Ablnger at the late special commission at Liverpool . He then recommended the system of exelasive dealing as being in every way calculated to benefit the cause of ChartiBm . and called upon all persona present to abstain from Intoxicating drinks 80 that they may be the better enabled to contribute towards the support of those friends who had become the victims of chus tyranny , and concluded by calling upon tke people to support , by every means in their power , that portion of the press which advocated their interests , more especially the Northern and Evening Stars . A collection was then made in auppjrt of the Hull . Mr . Doyle was then called upon by the Chairman to say a

      few words npon the subject of himself and colleagues being calUd upon to appear before her Majesty , to auBwer certain conspiracies and misdemeanours of which he and they stood oharged . Mr Doyle made his way to the platform , and exposed the many attempts made to put down and imprison those who had the manliness to come forward in opposition to tyranny and injustice , but the Government would find they and their emissaries bad shot wide of their mark , for he had not the least doubt , nay , he could asBure that audience , both for himself and his friends , that they would , if spared , return from their dungeons to attack again , with renewed vigour , tbe proud citadel of corruption , and never relinquish the contest till death or victory crowned their efforts . Mr . Doyle retired amid tremendous cheers , and the meeting broke up .

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      Receipts of the Executive for the week ending March lo ' th : — £ . 8 . d . Idle ... ... 0 18 London , per Mr . Simpson 0 5 0 Stafford ... ... 0 5 0 Chattena ... ... 0 2 6 Knj « htebridgf > ... ... 0 4 8 Kas ' s Head , Nottingham 0 5 0 Yew Green ... — 0 3 2 Dalton .. ... 0 13 Almondbury ... ... 0 19 Kirkheatou ... ... 0 4 8 Honley ... ... 0 2 6 Brighton ... ... 1 2 10 Old Basford ... ... 9 14 6 Lambeth Youths ... 0 10 London , per Mr . Wheeler 0 8 4

      I have not thought it prudent to send the voting lists ; God knows , eren now , whether this stop will give satisfaction . J . Campbell , Secretary .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS DEFENCE AND SUPPORT FUND , , .. £ 8 d Previously acknowledged ... ... 112 19 10 J J . Wells ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 — Banister ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Lambeth Teetotal Chartists ... ... 0 15 Publisher of Voltaire ' s Dictionary" ... 0 5 0 Aberdeen ... ' ... ... ... 1 0 0 Bury St , Edmunds ... ... ... 0 10 0 Warwick and Leamington ( fourth remittance of sale of Raffle tickets * ... l ]? o E . Holmes , Leicester , two Raffle Tickets 0 2 0 Wm . Smith ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Huddertfield ... ... ... 1 10 10 Irvine ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Subscriptions acknowledged last week asforEllM * ... ... ... 0 3 1 Northampton ChartiEts ... ... 0 8 4

      £ U 9 9 6 * The Warwick friends have deferred the raffle for the valuable painting of the "Magdalene , " until the 28 th of this month . Applications for tickets ( one shilling each only ) should be addressed to Mr . Shepherd , at Mr . Donaldson's , Chapel-street , Warwick . + The cost of bringing Ellis's case before the Judges will be defrayed out of the General Defence Fund ; there need not , therefore , be a separate fund but exertion to increase the General Fund .

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      TO THE OHARTJST 3 OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —As your attention has been drawn to the balance-sheet of the Executive by the Editor of the Northern Star , in last Saturday ' s paper , and as there has been some discussion on the subject already , I will at once explain what perhaps may be considered objectionable items in the balancesheet . ¦ ¦ . ' ' . - . '¦ ;¦ . ¦ ¦ . -. ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' .. . ' - . The first is postage and stationery for the quarter ; averages 18 s . per week . Now , be it borne in mind , that oat of this the whole postage expenses of the

      Executive bad to be taken ; that it is not merely for letters alone , but also for postage of cards , paying money orders , and , in many instances , parties do not pre-pay their letters . On some occasions correspondence is unusually heavy ; as at the commencement of our accepting effice , previous to the strike , &c , Stationery includes paper , pens , ink , wafers , sealing wax , twine , wrapping paper , its . If this account is satisfactory , well and good ; if not , I cannot help it . I candidly confess I cannot make it more plain . ¦ ¦ ¦ : " . ¦ ' ' :-. ¦ ¦¦ ¦;¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' .

      I must now allude to one item in my own travelling expenses , via . £ 2 10 * . from Manchester to London , for railway fare . The country can satisfactorily judge why the extra its . was charged . Aa to Mr . Bairstow ' s travelling expenses , that genteraan , I make no doubt , can explain all satisfactorily . I can only state , from my own knowledge of the fact , that he was a fugitive , not knowing but tbe harpies of power were at his heels . Mr . Leach can answer for his expences ; I am sure of that . The £ 3 6 s . in the commencement of the sheet , had to be expended in agitating Lancashire , around Manchester , at the commencement of the present quarter . Now for the last objection that has been made by two or three parties ,, viz ., the Doctor's wages . We allowed him an extra ten shillings par week , because we

      considered he earned it He was residing in Londonhis expencea were heavier than Leach ' s or Bairstow ' a in the country—his talents , bis honesty , his judgment , his worth , induced us to believe , instead of an ebjectiou being raised by any party to his getting two pounds per week wages , they would have hailed H with delight Moreover the Executive considered they had only acted on the plan of or . gaiiizi . tion . When the Executive met in Manchester on the 16 th of August , we had other fish to fry than think often shillings per week extra er less ; but when M'Douall and I m « t afterwards , and . the matter was explained to him that certain parties objected to ifc , " Very well , " said he , " no more two pouuda par week for me ; if the country considers that you pay me too much , why let it be as it wishes . " He had only an opportunity to receive one week ' s wages when he cad to become an exile .

      I have no more to 837 than this , that I consider the Association ought to continue his wages to his familythat I cannot do . I advanced him ten pounds out of our funds , and was glad to find I bad an opportunity to do bo . Perhaps I have exceeded my duty in so doing , if so I will repay it out of my own pocket . I am sorry I camnot pay Mrs . M'Douall her busband ' s wages ; this is the seventh week of the quarter , and I have been enabled to pay her the sum of three pounds . Leach has not received a penny of wages fur the quarter ; Bairstow has received wages for nearly four weeks ; myself not one . Such are the state of the funds . We ought to meet immediately if possible . A return of the paying members ought to be made by the sub-Secretaries ; and all those parties who have received cards should either return the cards or pay for them .

      I have made as plain a statement of facts as I can . A further explanation I cannot give . I have been as brief as I could . I remain , Your brother democrat , John Campbell , Secretary P . S . Mr . Morgan Williams received only one week's wages for agitating in Wales . I paid it him before I left London far Manchester , and having Manchester in my thoHghts at the time , I booked it " Morgan Williams from Merthyr Tydvil to Manchester , £ 1 . 16 s . " and when told of it I flatly contradicted it ; I said suoh an item could not be entered . But on referring to the book I found it to be such . However , parties will see it was a mere mistake . j . a

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      Robbery . —On Sunday night last , the countinghouse of Messrs . James Procter and Sons , Rochdale , was broken op « n , and a quantity of sovereigns stolen therefrom . The thieves are supposed to hare concealed themselves in the factory , previously to the doors being closed on Saturday Bight , aa their exit was made by a Bide door that was locked within the mill ; and the implements made use of to force the locks were those that belonged to the premises .

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      On Tuesday , the 15 th test ., at St . Mary ' s church , Scarbro ' , Cockerill Mellor , Esq ., to Mary Ann , daughter of the late Thomas Atkinson , Esq . On Monday , tbe 14 thinst ., Mr . Wm . Parr , printer , of Kuaresbro ' , to Ann , daughter of Mr . Wm . Smith , farmer , of jPlumptori . On Thursday , the lOih jnst ., at the parish church , Doncaster , Mr . William Milner , tailor , of Hickleton , to Miss Fanny Foster .

      On Wednesday , the 9 th inst ., at the parish church , at Pickering , by the Rev . John Ponsonby , A . M ., James Woodward , Esq ., surgeon , of Chowbenti Lancashire , to Margaret , youngest daughter of the late Mr ^ £ Ward , surgeon , of Barton-upoar Hiisber . Same day , at Bedale , Mr . Philip Falshaw , of this town , butcher and cattle dealer , to Mary Ann , third ! daughter of Mr . Henry Nicholson , of the former place , farmer and cattle dealer , and landlord of tht King ' s Head Inn .

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      DEATHS . On the 12 th instant , at St . H « len' « , Auckland . I * the 17 th year of his age , muoh respected , Ralph , son of the ' late Mr . Joseph Harker , formerly of Arkengarthdale , in this county . On Tuesday evening , the 15 th inst ., at the hoasft oflicrsoa-in-law , Mr . W . Rer , Low Oasegate , in her 80 th year , Mrs . Catton , reliot of the late Mr . Robert Cat ton , of Pecklington , and mother of Mr W . Catton , of Pavement , in York . On Monday last , in this town , ' aged 64 years , Mr . John Langd&le , hatter , formerly ot Northallerton , and eldest son of th » late Mr . James Langdale , stationer , aad chief constable of the same place .

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      T HE NORTHERN S TA R . .. 5

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      Closing Of Pbjso.Ns For Debt.—The Metropolitan Prisons For Debt Have, Within Ihe Last Few Days,

      Closing of Pbjso . ns for Debt . —The metropolitan prisons for debt have , within ihe last few days ,

      Ask For The English Chartist Circular!

      ASK FOR THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR !

      Iyiakriages.

      IYIAKRIAGES .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct780/page/5/