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      jIAN-WOKSHEP—Part IT . ^ . «^ tembaxk . ' m a good cause on principle—tre w « l £ 3 flE « i * & »* *¦> men < Biu > ^ " - or honesty are ? te to tafee J prominent part— -who understanding the f * nazife inHspeak of it -well , and mate tnar arguments ^ tofeTOK " weigh down all opposing arguments"HjTthese men are naturally confided in—are naturally * Sa on to combat for the caos 9—&s management of ^ noTsnent is entrusted to tiiem ; ttielr advice , tbeir zL&c& is ioughl on all occasions . IMsis all fair , iH iha insabe scciie , -they -will ieep the eyes of 5 f paeple constantly fixed on tie causa and msfce fL ^ res ^ ^ o ^^ S i ° comparison ; but if they be , TjSaRXfr—if ^ ey seek to attain a position indepen-^ Ct nf lbs cause ; if ifcey seek popularity for the sake ^ , s or ofpif ; fcey vrill eacourage tlie disposition j | a people to god ihem ; they wiD intoxicate us with , Jgjyin £ atc& : ens vrith blind confidence , and frerzy nil lei lains

      ^ fsnstidsm , -we mem jorns , act " ? „ ^ d do e veryililiig for ns , that is , for themselves . SLr trill make themselves as Moloch , to whom the Sfifenda of the canse Bill be sacrificed , and at last ? t » 21 tarn ontceir dupes lite Hokanna , and destroy jLtbrT can I ™* deceive . This it is to deify *^ i this is not the iroret of it ; where there is one -od tjiere "will stsur-Sly be more , others Trill arise } f ^ gLaie fba -palm -with Mm , and unless , like Aaron ' s ^ jJL the great msa-god of all can swallow up A » rai , the eausa triL Ik torn piecemeal among their ^ 2 ^ the despotism of one , than the jarring factio fla

      ^ - ^ 02 frie nds the people , despairing of me- j £ S 3 j Ji ^ JbHT se * to compensate themselves for the ^^ r ^ -tlsy may hare made , or sill teep aloof . ^ jjj ^ S 3 B » people become sober , become r J ^ q ^ ** * - far sionld they interfere on behalf of ft e ^ -j ^ f ^ bs i mputed to eery in them : they will ^ g ^ $ & to sppa ^ ** k ° 7 w *» ? lease J ? * pride of S na ^ god ; for a people m feat b ^ Uet * ^^^ 03 S «« Brtaii » I * to Use Charmer- ™ ^ Jodk fa ^ i ^ JSe Bnidni , he J „ ^ g tQ toe to thBir m ^ -goa tharl

      ^^ s or . orae-god ; for ^ j i , 1 B aihSsd bai a Centaur , Half-b ^ i ^ . ^ , ¦ ffiat « 2 * ^^ been don 8 bj man-worship ? Y -m Bsrs-vor&hlp feat first set i ^ ^^ j- ^ va&p th the author and continr ^ t 0 T ^ ^ ttosfi ails to&isn resulted from tongcraJ . tand priestcraft—^ Ui aal lave dt £ fed omnipotence - ^^ ^ ^ 3 ^^ S ^ s proriaeece vani to msn . jl&n- ^ orship is the KSC 8 of ia » b suffer ; it has to tte £ aa to w <) od ^ S ias miSe Yhs earth a torn- ^_ ., ^^ onjl ) B ^^ ad hell iiBfclf amutiiEr gloom . ' - is

      Oh , Mnot thi 3 iEfenal p- ^ g creep into Chartism -ittnot thiB aO-daiiiiiffis b' ^ infect-onr h oly cause . If it abouU , ( asrtism s 3 ' , "become a system more jjeozsed tfcan tie scr jjg ^ system itself ; 5 £ s prases TTiO Me 2 ? , e tte beantifnl colours i the ismbow , di ^> J" / ed in ttars , and there ril be no hope for na ^ -j ^ j flo jj ggy ^^ j xaB-Taabip ia * crept jnj 0 our cj ^ se . j -wou ld fsio bops that ire need Ioi { eaI it __ j j ^^ mncll felth ' nils stem seif-reEPrt f of the Chartists—in that EelfjcfgeBts -Hthich pre-n Di £ II 8 from Teverencing another i 35 « 5 > edy- Bat Vb 3 , ^ -jpa conader the magnitude of 2 t « B . " » e cannotl ^ t oo -seaichfuL All history-watrns ii-jlalosopoy crit t eBS be-sfare—nature itself bids ns , wfcefcseo . EnglsJ , 3 once j ^ a ConiHion' « realt&—^ was

      1 HpabBc ence . ji ; goddess of freedom and Britannia tvt ose—lie -5 jjg DO j 3 cro-wn , but iiie cap of liberty _ pjriaae -eas Kgaiived . What de-rB "Bras it that trg ^ d her at fcoodman's blind and made her lose it ? 2 iif » £ Ml ) ipi Cromwell , by the most subtle arts of cssHtka x jj » jjSssimuiation—by gauging all months gai jjsfis tte truth—leaving open " those only that b £ &d ti jj—Crsm-wcll got himself godded , and the jgal&p t j ^ tjuj cojt so mnch blood ami tears -was wfc 8 ^ Look at France . —how many thousands v $ < && . Jbdr liTes for freedom , and -when gained it to Its' | sspjjj by man- - worship . Napeleon -was the &i J ^ struck down freedom with & dart feathered t ™; ii own -wing , as the eagle is shot . Look at ks 3 «—liberty iras gairted there , and would iave i * loS again but far the singular virtue of Washington **» K&aed to be crowned , and saved his country from i * If—from the jjafatuation of bis cm countrymen * ' j , tbepe # ple are f eneraUy as prsne to worship as

      8 jsj god is to -worshipped , but bow few Tefnse feat 1 snhip . MosesTefused it—directed it to God , bnt the ' ^ wpk -wo rshipped a calf . Ho wonder that such a people , a people that could sot do -withont a Hog , lost abejsrdnnsedland—lost Canaan , and went into capti-TiJi—iecsme a people -without % nation , or a na'don "• Jifcont a coanay . The Apostles Peter and Paul re fssedit , and directed it to -where alone it is dne . These tae Enters-, but Cffisar , -when he refused the crown , * u sot sincere ; he san that the Romans were not yet ( kgenoiie enough to cosnrm the gift And Cromwell too , - » ho Tiifimse refused the offered crown , faint&d airsy with tiie -effort , overcome by the reroimon of his own feeling * . 5 apoletm was a worshipper ot himself ; he diBdiined the "worship of the people—no meaner hand Shan his own was sn&red to place the crown upon his htad ; he crowned himself emperor , and died an exile .

      The real maa-godis a deviL Alexander the Great was deified and what did he J—he tlew his best friend , tid Clitns , who had saved his life—^ pierced hi m through sima ^ pear beesuse he was too honest to flatter him , too true to worship him as a God . King Canute was Eft to te fooled by flatterers ; but how many Mngs tot been nattered into fierceness ? how many have lati sfcar crowns bj it , and the flatterers their lives ? Siej tea men have been sacrificed by the false , by Qsae bco 3 bra-roes who watch thsiiodB , who wait bnt fa steI from their god to set off and assassinate liaae these truth and honesty have Tendered them obxakm . JtaCbsiUsm sazb sspedes of conduct would

      « 3 aifioihily impolitic and ernel—impclitic because it ¦ WB &iDJnrethecattse , and cruel because it woul ^ injure SaaeadToe&tes of the cau * e who deserve encour&ge Esia ^ need help . The woriaig -nic-n -who >> a » worked fijy sMiajht for the canse ^—^ who T »» " travelled winter iad nsffiBer—who has faced perBecutJOs , who has fested foa—whose poverty alone puts him in the jews of tisjich oppressors , it is hard for such an- one tofeiffoieD-hearted or banished by the fores of over-* bslaaa ? calumny or despotism—driven bazk into JBTaielife—or cut of the country by cabala or intrigues -stag e ? & by those whom he had served at great leaKal Escrifices .

      Oh , fijfcB , if -sre find any disposition in ourselves to B » - » tBEhip , let ns check it If we Bee any one amongst a i ^ iEl up hi mself as a god to be worshipped , let him MHkBlfflEfer , nev 3 to rise again . Those who bow at « "J&ai » wffl persecute those who do not ; freedom of ttonjit ana independence of action wSl be gone ; the ™» * a be raised -up to put down the good i a tyranny WTis eEfablished , a despotism ; many out of fear or *! PeT 2 l worship , but the peoplB of Englanfl are made a Saner stu 5 th ^ resent every appearance of dictsoaa , « me from what quarter it may ; theyiriff think tsaansdves , and among them vaulting ambition Wl

      cialap itsdf and fall on the other side . Daniel Uwajuai iaais ^ f—though he have the prestige of birth Ed wata in . his favour , though he possesses great wisas ana senatorial fame , though he command the F * j % ad be of great bodily and mental power , thpigh aie thsgod of poor deluded Ireland—yet were he to *®* jsrer to England ana assume the head ef the ^ ^ CSMB ) " ffoold fina himself regarded by us bnt « p to&ar , not as a master—bnt as an advocate , not " Haider—b ut as one of ourselves , not as a more pri-** m aan ; he would be as aa actor on the Chartist 5 ! » &- « ia £ f , bni not sole . ( To Is conduded in our next ) ¦

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      * ££ "S ? 20 IS KOT WITH US IS AGAINST US . " ^^ Xew MovetE had been praised for their superior f ^ ? . they had become prend of their superior know-^; nidty had ta med their heads , and they said to &L esrs more intellectnal than yon ! Dan O"Con-2 J * n&e , Boebiick J andcaars , ail great men , have »* 5 ** ' vxwA become learned like as—you must ^ Mstaisabefereyou will be fit for the fra nchise—J ^^ f na ^ sras and dunces . " These are the Pharl"f -ie waTtiig-dasaes , who having risen into the r * " ? , " * , look down npon their humblei but more the

      ~ " ?» antrea with scorn and contempt . They now ^ ¥ ^» ifespectables , and they Tegard the £ T | ° » Kfius , the blistered hands , and the fastian ShV ^* ; rented horror . They say the jacket should Ur ^ I ^ ' tel 1 5 attoit , the ¦ blisteredhandsshould fej ^ ^ " » ithpalin oD , and that baths ahould be - £ w wa ^ i the unwashed in . &s " ^ i ^ * dass-distinctians , and these men , ^ ^ eooicy of labour , * are for forming a new g > we -sfEre -imited and they threw the apple of jjZrj I ™* * 55 s , a boce of contenfion to set us wrangr » « ia each other when we ousht to be Szhtiuir the

      \ £ ~ V «^ e se vered us , made a gap ; a breach Se ^ IZf f ? 4 * ho is to heal it ? It 3 b recorded in te Sfc Tr ? ° * ° me that once upon a time the earth a bm jL ^* ^ 3 e gap . thereat the people were ^^^ o mshmsnt and dismay , when a voice came 1 riJ CSs £ n ! £ v tte S 31 * "would close again if one man a ^ , ^ £° » ians 6 lfhadloDginto it Who wastobethe l 6 B ^* one we ¦* && £ ^ 5 . 3 $ & fetaj i _ at ^ iis br ^ S ? tii a t 2 sred himself ; leaped in , tot <* a £ ^ 1 v 0568 OTer ^^ ' S o ™ * thii Imao had ^ tftST-n brea <^ 7 ^ he was wDliDg , for tiie feiifeif ^ v ^ P' -eountrymen to make a sacriJlce of ^^ Wffl ^ Sad he occasioned the breach , had ¦* o aia bli « v ^ Tnaen it , instead of to heal it up , ™ ** . C ^! fisserTed the fate which , innocent as otoOta .-. ^ r " *^ eaemmtwed -tn * 7 r ™» ta t > in jmilt

      SL ^* *^ ^^ " new ^ oTe" pared the way wbti ^ jj ^* 14 lotetfiEBi was the precmBpr of ^ feesBia occasioned the breach in our Insel ^! * i satot J ra £ n ^ = ot to heal it up . He ^^ idb ^ , mnuelf ~ tbat vcald ha-re been be-I ^ WvfSh T ^^' wottlcl hare derogated from the ^ io eBJ ^ r , ? 5 ^ to mystery—and would have >« t ^ jjC 21211 theorigfaator and head of a secret £ l * fcW " feM ? eade . he kept apart ; but he had £ BS ^ B ^^?* Md ears to hear for bin . He had k ^^ BBthfiL ^? ' " * - camB into-out meetings dS' ^ S ^ ^ ^ " ¦* ai 6 nnite ^ hy dis ^« . tofet » w ? men fiPPe « red aaongst n » as ^^ SJIS ^^ P m ve - " 5 * h it ; because -all ^^ U ^ "epabhc and optn , Dot lie Qieir - B—

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      secret and concealed . But . - we couli have made them known—we can brand thvm i and until this is doneuntil their gaflfc is rend o ^ # > apparent , ^ written so clearly on their brows , that all may mark them , may shun them , ana des pise them—they will continue to sow dissension amor ^ t us , and draw away our members under some false pr ^ tenoe or other . Why dont those men assumBtkeirpropf icoloura ? Why do theyappesr inours ? TiUams always pni on ^ e disguise of honesty to betray honest D ien . Once upon a time , when Scarborough Castle Tras fc&en , a band of soldiers put on countrymen

      ' s frocks , aud got admission under that simple guise ; . and we all know that policemen put on plain clothes ^ hen tJiey act as spies . I leng since saw the neeessr - ^ of separafiug the sheep from the goats , the com ' jom the chaff , the true from the false ; and for this y . impose it -waa that I brought the subject for"""srd & a Bermen on false brethren . I used strong Ian-E ^ age j n Qy ^ sermon ; for it would not have answered the P orpose to use mild and gentle terms . When we h * e jats to smoke out of tbdr holes and corners , or ' was ' jjs out of their nests , we do not burn perfumes—ne , * burn brimstone 1

      . 1 scarcely tasew who were new-movers ; but I made " Jem discover themselves , I said they were traitors , s id up started the very men to say , we are not ! I £ ad not named them , but they appeared . No true . Chartist was hur t or © fiended by my remarks , though I the false ones were sore . Conscience pricked them—1 the galled jades winced ; 1 was to prove those charges ; j no proefs were necessary ; the new move iteelf proved I alL We felt thB tffect and knew the cause . We I knew the meea—they made themselves knows . I j wished not to name them—they were unworthy o ? I bting named . I should never have taken notice of \ thtm but for the sake of the cause . Let no one think i for a moment that I have any personal prejudice against i these men . Who gave honour where honour was due—I who preferred his brethren in honour more than I had idone ?

      Hi . Johnson once said— " I love a good hater" meaning that such & one is honest We loved these men while they were true , and hated them as well when they turned false—when they deserted the cause and strove to ruin it The arch-movers of new movism sit secretly at home , like spiders at the back of their webs , feeling thestrirgs when a poor ly is caught ; but none Bave mere buzzards remain—blue bottles^—they cannot boast of one honest working-bee taken in their toils . We know all their secret movements from their first publication , which they styled " Chartism , " bnt which ought mote properly to have been called "Whigism "—because it echoed the Whig cry that the people are

      unfit for the franchise . It did not say bo broadly—no ; it was too cunning , it was less honest than the Whigs for that ; but the whole tone and tendency of that pamphlet was in accordance with Whig principles—it ¦ was an echo , and an echo is Caiater than the first voice . What better proof can we desire of tw » than that the WLig organs praised it , and called on Government to advance public money to further its objects ? Would a Whig Government do thisfor genuine Chartiam' —would ii farther our national organization ?—no ; bnt it would further any scheme set on foot to retard or destroy that orgsn' -zation . . ( To be continued . )

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      TO THB JED 1 T 0 B OY THE AOBTHESN STAB . Deab . Sib ,, —Mi . O'Connor is earnestly entreated noi to give pain to the Chartists by calling them " party . " J am , dear Sir , your ' s , respectfully , Bittersea . JOHS Watkixs .

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      >?¦ TO THE CEABTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bb-Otkebs is TH 3 Catjse , —Having been nominated as one of five te examine the Executive accounts , &a , I beg most deferentially to decline , as I do not see that the country can isonse to any further decision on the subject , and any further time spent on it would be wasteful and ridiculous excess . Besides the Executive steward has flatly declared his determination not to deliver up the books until some £ 16 and odd be paid him as arrears , whica he says are due from the Chartists to him . Beat let this disgraceful matter pass if possible into oblivion , and let us take heed whom we trust in future . I remain , Brothers , Tour grieved Friend , J . Watkixs .

      P . S . Having been requested to Btate my opinion on Cooper ' s plan of a Jjew organization , I must beg leave to decline doing so , as I think if the old plan eannpt be amended , it would be better to appoint a committee to draw up a new one , and thus let it be the plan rf the whole body , and not 0 / an individual then it would have siore weight with it 3 . W . Battersea ,

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      ilRS . ELLIS TO HER FRIENDS . TO THB EDITOE OF THi S O RTHEBS STAB . Sis , —Having arrived safe back to the place from whfcre mj poor husband ifl by heartless faction banished , will you allow me a place in the columns of the next Star , to publicly thank all those friends who sustained and so generonily assisted me during iny journey to take my last farewell of poor Ellis ; particularly to Sir . and Sirs . Lowe , of Wednesbury , the benefactors of my dear little girl , and whose kindness tome was unbounded . By doing which , Sir , yon will Btrve and greatly oblige , Yours , truly , E * ma Eliis . Bxusl&n . Jan . 23 , 1543 .

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      THE UNION" CRY . Chartists i do not unite with the middle classes ; they mean yon no good , as may be proved by their actions . Was not the Member for Edinburgh their mouthpiece , in condemning the Charter as a thing that would not only destrsy the uppar and middle classes , but would bring the greatest evils on the head of its advocates . Now , if this be the opinion of these classes —which they have never disowned—what sort of an " union" do you seek ? Are you goi g to retrogade ? Are you going to acknowledge that the principle of equality before the law is false ? Are yon prepared to

      join bands with those who have ground down yom wages to the starvation point—with the monopolists of capital , and the monopolists of land , who effectually say to their fellows . by nature— " Thon shalt not work—thou shslt not till the land—thon shalt not get a living , unless thou first acknowledge the land to be mine , by giving me a premium for the privilege of producing thyself a living from that which God hath said was for all ? They , tke monopolists , have said " No ; and thon shalt not have so much as thy foot will cover" !

      Then look ai the capitalists aud the shopocrats What has been their conduct towards the producers of all real wealth ? How did they come by their wealth ? Did they produce it ? I answer for them . They did not produce it ; neither could they bave gotten it but by fraud and cunning ; by giving a man less than what he earned on one hand , and cheating their customers on the otb * f . Is not the horse-leech a fair specimen of their character , which cries , " Give , give , and has never enough J" O . ' bus , say the advocates of union , " the principle , " That is the question J Well , and what principle have they acknowledged ? Do they say that you ourht to be equally represented with

      them ? Look to Glasgow and to Leicester , and to their organs , especially to the Nonconformist , the acknowledged organ of the Sturge party , who pretend to cry out for ITSI 05 . Have they sot es 4 in tJie jury boxes , and imprisoned and transported your brethren ? and by shutting some of your advocates in damp cells , have they not caused their death ? and by demanding excessive bail , have they not done all they could to shut the mouths of yaur ^ lecturers ? Have yon forgot the R--form Bill , and It 8 " finality ? " These are a few of the acts of the arrogant and deceitful middle and upper classes . And these are the men whom sc-me of yoar pretended friends would have you join and eive jour strength to .

      What ; would you shake hands with the murderers of Holberry and Clayton ? Oh , bow their spirits would upbraid 3 en with cowardice , for giving up principle for expediency . It ia a "by-way that will eventually lead you into gins and snares which are set for you , O no ; let us die like men who have nailed their colours to the mast and will not forsake them ! Let us never shake hands with snch a base unmanly set of vile misrepreBentaiiyes 1 To join them is to suppose yourselves to have more cunning than they hava Do not think to make tools of them , and not expect at the same time they will not do the same to you The proposition is prepcEterous—it is false , and the devil is the propagator of it Ho not suppose , my fellow sufferers , by the monopolising system under which we exist , that it is a

      struggle between man and 1 , 11 u # Ton may take higher ground—it i 8 a struggle between Christ and the devilbetwixt Christianity and vhat anti-Christianity—that man of sin which must be destroyed before the millennium can take place . Hasten then the time by union ameng yourselves ; by a fixed determination never to forsake the principles of equality ; taking care that those that would lead yon must be the servant of all Ye are the city that is set on a hill that cannot be hid . Then follow your master aud his apostles ; aud how did they beat their adversaries , but by giving lo quarter to prejudice nor expediency , and ' by & straight

      forward and upright conduct , which floundered their opponents on every encounter ? Then let us stick to principle , spurning from us all the baits of the enemyconvincing them of the hopelessness of either diverting or turning out of its way the voice of public opinion , which shall sweep away the rubbish of prejudice , monopoly , avarice , and also the foolishness of legislating for self and not for our neighbours ; and then shall be brought to pass that delightful period when swords p >» tii be beat into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks ; when every man shall sit under his fine and fig tree , nose TT ? vM"g then afraid . * Onward then , and we conquer , backward and we fall ''

      Shall we gire up our leaders ? No ; never Bemembei JEsop and his fable of the wolves and the sheep ; when they have got our doga safely out of the way , their whelps would ioob begin to yelp and howl , and then they wjjuld turn upon and devour us like silly sheep as we werej for supposing their notes were changed , because the barking of our dogs threatened their ^ ftmcHrrn . 2 d" Mcdd .

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      TO THE EDITOB OP THE N 0 HTHEB . N STAB . Sib , —Will you be kind enough to give publicity to the following fact : — A few mornings since , as I was proceeding to my employ , I saw a poor unfortunate girl carrying on her back the implements used for cleansing chimneys . I have cot the least doubt thai the child had been made to ascend a chimney , aa she had a scraper and brush ; likewise a man was with bet , carrying the soot bag , alona . Evidently no machine had been used , and thus a human being is made the tool fora mercenary -wretch to evade tha law , providing the act especially refers to boys , which I believe it does . What a sight to behold ; one of that sex whom men are more particularly taught to nourish and protect , on a cold winter ' s morning , employed in the moat degrading of all callings that

      exist in this country , hounded on by an unfeeling monBtor , ( for she did not walk fast enough ) with tears trickling down her sooty and begrimed face , aud her appearance altogether denoting the most intense bodily suffering . Such & Bight as this , Sir , would bave made any man blush , who was possessed of the least remnant of humanity , and in a town too , where is located a splendid castle , with its royal drones , as inmates , where all the mummeries of a court are being daily enacted , and in a land that granted twenty millions of pounds for the emancipation of slaves abroad , and that has for its chief magistrate one of the game sex as the unfortunate bting on behalf of whom I write . I would the child CiUld approach the tfaroue and ar ticulate to the Queen—szster release me from my suffering .

      If , Sir , the attention of the legislature is called , through the weara of the Star , to the subject , it will be grat ifying to me to know that that invaiunble vig&n of the people has been once vane the means of rendering a service to my suffering fellow creatures . Hoping Bpeedily to see all true friends of the people united for the purpose of obtaining a fuil measure oi justice , 1 remain ,

      An uncompromising advocate of the Six Points of the People ' s Char ter , William Matihews , 42 , P&ascod-atreet , Windsor , Jan . 22 . 1843 .

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      WHO ARE THE ABETTORS OF PHYSICAL FORCE ? TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAB .. " I have seen , in all histories , the defenders of liberty borne down ky calumny , and d- ^ troyed by faction . "—RO » ESPJESBE . Sib ., —There is something bo extremely absurd in the " higher and middle classes" professing such a righteous indignation against physical force , and so evidently nsjust in the calumnies which they have heaped upon the working classes , and the body of Chartists , that the

      necessity for any reply is of itself a severe censure upon thosa who originated asd entertain these slanders , for their statements not only display gross ignorance , but wilful falsehood and malignity ; they have not only attained their present position by the means for which they profess such a virtuous abhorrence , and have always resorted to them f 01 the purpose of attaining their ends , but by the power which they have thus seized , and the circumstances in which they bava plaoed the people , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the industrious classes have resorted to .

      To account far accusations so inconsistent , and contrary to justice , having proved bo powerful in destroying those who have identified themselves with the people , and advocated their interests , it will bo necessary to examine the circumstances under which they have operated ; and the first feature to be observed is , that they-&r& made by those in possession of exclusive political power , that wealth and influence is always associated . Vith snch power , which has been used to its utmost ex&kt to keep the people in a state of ignorance , diffusing only such statements aud dogmas as are serviceable to themselves ; to effect this they have not culy the means of calling into existence stamp duties ; of suppression by positive enactments , and of placing the people in such a situation that it is scarcely

      possible for them to diffuse information , or receive any , except through men and their organs ; but by the wealth which they have amassed through this exclusive power , they have been able to carry out their it . Iuence by appealing to the cupidity of men , and holding out the inducements of place and power to those who would advocate their purposes ; and by deterring others from opposing them with terror , every invention and circumstance , Which , if applied to its legitimate purpose , would kave been beneficial to mankind , has been thus seized upon ; and the more extensive the oligarry , and especially where it is a property qualification government , the greater are the facilities for seizing upon them as insunments against the people . We had a melancholy example of this fact in England by the use which has been made of the press , of the monied and legislative classes—it has pandered to their prejudices , falsehood , aud iujustice ; to ensure profit for themselves , " their paper is their bread , " * nd

      their "hope of sharing in some of the wealth which is wrung from the impoverished working classes ; the object of these " guides of the public mind" is not to uproet prejudice , but to please ; not to diffuse informat ion , bnt to make statements according to the wishes of their supporters ; not to oppose injustice , bat to gratify some faction of the oppressors ; not trnth , but profit ; and this has been one of the most powerful engines for the propagation of these slanders , and those who have been professedly the most liberal , have effected the greatest injury ; for , by playing a double part , theyjiave been the better able to disguise the poison , and by professing to admire and advocate popular liberty , they had gained upon some of those who really wished to see such principles established , and then used the hold which they bad , tLns gained , to destroy every practical effort which has been made to establish these principles , the men who have devoted their energies to them , and to calumniate the people for whose benefit they

      are-Having glanced at the means by which these slanders have been propagated , we will next enquire into the conduct of those who originate them , and who are at all times so ready to call the working classes and Chartists , advocates of " physical , force , ' "incendiaries , " "horr id miscreants , " " torch and dagger men , " and then Veil us that " there ia se much disgrace attached to the name ' that it would damn those whe are connected with it , " and that it Is " so odious , indeed , that the very name of Chartist was identical with that of murderer . " To discover the character of these men it will not foe necessary to go far back into history and show the deeds of fblood and violence which they have committed when they had any object to serve , but we will take their recent conduct

      as citizens , and look at their recommendation and prac tices whilst agitating for that middle-class " finality " measure , the Reform Bill . These moral force men could then display banners with death ' s head and cross bones , with a drawn dagger , and underneath the motto " Will ye force us to this ? ' They could then issue recommendations to the people to " be ready , for they might be called upon before morning . " They could speak abont " stopping the supplies , " and make very free use of the fate of Charles . They could then establish Political Unions , and talk of their hundred and fifty thousands of armed men , and allude to the danger of resisting them ; and their organs oral ted over and spread these " moral demonstrat ions , " which resulted in rioting * , burnings , and

      bloodshed at Nottingham and Bristol , general confusion throughout the country , and political power fob themselves , which they have used to rivet the fetters more firmly upon the producers of wealth . And what has been the conduct of these " peaceful , legal , and constitutional reformers ? ever since they were in possession of political power ? What course have they pursued in the monopoly-upholding-anti-monopoly agitation t Recommendations to make the battle cry " bread or blood , " * to " answer with a barricade , " ' to appoint a committee ofpublic safety , " "to compel" them by stopping all their mills upon a given day , " and thus force the people to eutrage , for , said they , " even if it xcere certain that it ( the Corn Law ) could not be repealed without bloodshed , it b ]/ no meansJbUoxcs thai it should be suffered to exist England has some noble Romans who would willingly lay down their lives in such a holy cause . '"* And these recommendations were

      suppor ted by some very significant extracts from histories of various revolutions , in which " ladies' heada tad been carried about the streets upon poles , " which would ' serve both toi a warning and an example , " in which " excisemen were tarred and feathered , " and calls to send six hundred men who knew how to die were quickly responded to . '' This is the conduct of these men who are so shocked with the " physical force Chartists , " who entertain such an horror for anything but " moral means "—who have calumniated the most peaceable , forbearing , aud industrious people In the worid!—and who bave resorted to such means even after they were possessed of political power , and by their upholding the present system of legislation , were bound by every principle to obey its laws , arid deprived of every plea and excuse for such conduet . — Who will not say that these men are entitled to dub themselves " peaceful , Jegal , and constitutional Reformers . '

      We have seen whit is the character of the accusers , which is more than usually necessary in this case , as it will ultimately be seen that through their example and influence ss citizens , and conduct as legislators , they are themselves responsible for whatever -violence the people have committed—which will form the subject of my next letter ; and it is consolatory to find that in proportion as " these leaders" ; lose their in * uence , the people become more firm and temperate ; and , opposed as I and those who are sincerely attached to our principles are to such violence and outrage , and deploring the calamities which attend : them ; a knowledge of this cheers us on in our exertions to diffuse intelligence , by which alone we shall carry out our principles by means as praiseworthy as our object is glerioua . I remain , Sir , Your ' s , truly ,

      R . T . MOBBiSON . Nottingham , Jon . 2 S , 1812 . * Further particulars of ttv-s and other sayings and doings of these " moral force" men may be seen by referring to the leading article of the Northern Star , August 28 th , 1842 .

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      THE EXECUTIVE . "Hear ali and then let justice hold the scale . "—Otwat . Nothing will have more , grieved every good Chartist , for nothing can have more injured the cause , than the proven , the admitted , but the nnrepented and un » ton « d dereliction of duty and defalcation in the accounts ef the present Executive of the National Charter Association . The principal onus rests upon the Secretary and the self-constituted Treasurer—he being the most responsible officer—but his brethren participate the blame and apparently do hot wish to-be exempt from it Each wOl have enough to do to answer for himself without endeavouring to exculpate the other .

      AH well-wishers to the cause must have wished that this burning blot on the ^ fair forehead of Chartism could bave been privately erased , either by a secret txwaination and silent discharge of the guilty partit a , orby apublio announcement of their Innocence ; but this wise course , though attempted to be pursued by the sound Chartists , has been frustrated by the arrogant imbecility . and shameless pertinacltylof the culprits , who ought to have known tbat to " persist in doing wrong , extenuates not wrong , but makes it much more heavy . " We have a rale in scripture which says , "if thy brother shall trespass against thee , go and tell him hiB fault between thee and Mm alone : if he shall hear

      thee , taou hast gained thy brother . But if he will not heat thea , then take with thee one or two more , that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may ba established . And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it unto the church , but if he neglect to bear the church , let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican J' This rule applies more to private injuries—such tenderness Is not due to publicdefaultets , aud yet thia forbearing , this Christian course waa parsued to the letter in respect of your Executive ; but with what effect ? I am aorry to say that instead of producing the desired effect , Hub leniencey did but encourage their hopes of impunity , did but increase their hardened presumption .

      The charges against the Executive were not only charges of omission but of commission ; of omitting to see that the plan of organisation was carried out or even acted upon by themselves , and of committing peculation or emb- < zzltng the funds of the association . None more grievous or more grave charges could be brought against men in their high and important office , trusted as they were with most serious duties , moat solemn responsibilities ; and bow have they answered taase charges ?—by flippancy , prevarication , and abuse . " I ne ' er heard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perfoim it first "

      Empty volubility has been opposed to circumstantial charge . They have met crimination by recrimination . No lawyer , no fencer could have displayed mote ingenuity in shifting the venue . They have not been able to repel a fact , to refute aa argument ; but they say their accusation grows by plot ; it proceeds from personal ill-wilL If they had thought bo , surely they would nave been more careful and not have given their enemies ( if they h , tve any ) a handle against them—an opportunity to arraign them , an occasion to triumph over them .

      Mr . Hill , as a member of the National Charter Association , but more especially as a Churtiat Councillor , and most especially as a public censor , to which office he waa voted by Universal Suffrage . —Mr . William Hill , the Editer of the Northern Star , the organ of the movement—did but his bounden duty when ha brought those charges before the Cha : tiat public—he did no more than his duty when he sustained them with all his might—had he done less he would liave deserved expulsion from the press . The only thing to regret is that he did not go more roundly to work . But he waited till every private means had failed—all requests , all remonstrances , had been answered but with aggravation , with insult added to injury , just as the members of Parliament answer our petitions—then and net till then , did the indignant seal of the Censor rise to denounce them—thus proving bis sincere love of the cause—proving himself no lukewarm Chartist . The honour of Chartism was involved in this

      affairthe well-being of the causa was invaded by those who indeed were the appointed guardians and conservators of it- Hard it is to have to reproach those whom we have honoured . Hard it is that those whom we honoured should bring disgrace on the caune . But they have cast off their farmer selves and compelled us to cast them off . What s misfortune it is to be guilty . We may pity them but we must be just . Desertion , even treason , were as nothing . Deserters and traitors have sometimes this excuse—that they were driven away in despair or in disgust ; bnt the Executive are men who bave been invested with the highest honours , who were the best paid—ia whom unbounded confidence was placed—they could have no complaint of neglect or ingratitude—they had no temptation but their own cupidity—no incitement bnt overweening self-love—no motive but self-interest . And' shall they rely upon impunity ? Shall they be honoured for their breach of duty , their breach of trust ? Then is Chartism gone —there are no Chartists—no more faith can be put

      us . The zeal of the Executive previous to their obtaining office had won for them the confidence of the peoplethey had been useful members of the Association—each in his proper sphere had done much good—it was thought they were well qualified for the post assigned them . Why should their zsal have Blackened since ? Why should they have relaxed the strings of Chartism , which ought always to be kept up to the utmost pitch of principle ? Did they wish to enervate the agitation and prepare the people to connive at their corruption ?

      Why Bhould ali their disinterestedness have fled ? It makes one think that they sought office f « r the sake of its sweets . They have acted : like lawyers , parsons , and system-mongers . The honour of Chartism could not be touched in a more tender ; point than in its financial department How scrupulous they should have been to bave avoided even the suspicion of exaction , extortion , sinister design , or any foul or unfair dealing —so tbat there should be found no mote in their eyes , no trifling , no temporizing , no tergiversation . Their accounts should always have been ready at every call for public inspection .

      I was in hopes that this scandalous affair would have been Bettled long ere this—that the Executive would have acknowledged their transgressions—bad they done so , a generous people would bave pardoned them and probably ( though not politically ] have reinstated them in office ; but they rely upon the credulity of their supporters , or upon the factious or par ty spirit of their personal friends , aud most impudently , most indecently , reply with abuse to argument , attack others instead of defending themselves , and insolently . attempt to ] turn the tables upon their

      accusers . Oh , too much they steel men ' s hearts against them ! Our moral discipline should be as strict as martial law , and instant renunciation with the deepest denunciation should be awarded to those who not only do wrong , but seek to establish wrong as a precedent to be followed . Theirs is no common guilt , —the aina of Whigs and Tories , though red as scarlet , become white as snow in comparison . The peculation ef government is open and avowed—but the peculation of our Executive adds the crime of hypocrisy to it—their theft is tinged with ingratitude . -

      The mal-administration and malconduct of the Executive—their blunders and their crimes—is not the worst—is the least part of the charge against them . They aright plead ignorance , incapacity , distresses , or difficulties in their way . But their subsequent defence or deficience—the factions advantage which they take of the prejudices they have raised—of the pity with which they would soften justice and silence principle—these are the acts which condemn them , and for which they deserve punishment more than nver for their previous incompetency and delinquency . They have encouraged a laxity of discipline—have set an example of it—and now they would shelter themselves under it—now , like the unjust steward , they find the use of those friends which they made while in office by the mammon of

      unrighteousness . For what purpose were these men made an Executive ?—was it not that they , more than all other Chartists , should further the canae by acting honestly , faithfully , and zsalonsly ! If we honour them for negligence , covetousuess , and dishonesty , will it not look as if we chose them for their unntness , rather than for their fitness ; or at least that we are better satisfied with an unfaithful discharge of their duties , than we should have been with the contrary . We chose them , &&d do not like to have it proved to ns that we have made a bad choice ; but surely it would be more foolish in us obstinately to continue them in office , than to acknowledge tbat we were deceived in them . Why , upon this principle we should continue our representa tives in parliament , after they had misrepresented us , and the Charter would do us no good . Alas ! how

      many Chartists are tkere who know not , who feel not what real Chartism is . For , can it be believed , we hear of some Chartists bo for forgetful of themselves and the cause as to attempt feeds in " honour" of the Executive . " Why ahould honour outlive honesty 1 " What encouragement has the " trusty sentinel" ( whom we have chosen ) to do his duty , if be is to be insulted for doing it—if the criminals are to be rewarded and the officer who brings them to justice te be punished in their stead . Should this course of conduct be persisted in , it will behove not only every Chartist , bnt every man who takes an interest in truth and justice to rise to put an end to it It will make our association an association of rogues and vagabonds , and all who value their own characters , all who value the cause , will leave it , will not join us—will denounce us as the friends of vice and the foes of virtue /

      Nothing now can redeem the cause—can restore Chartism to the respect of the world , unless an example be made of these men . What ! in a cause which , like ours , has so much prejudice to contend against—has so many watching to find flaws in us—for our chief officers to give such just occasion of scorn ind opprobrium ! a cause the strength of which depends entirely upon its moral power , to be weakened by the immoral and untrustworthy conduct of its own executive ! If the&e men are continued in office or re-elected , shall we not show to the country that we have no sagacious discernment between true and false , or that we prefer the wrong to the right ! Who will contrihute to theirsupport ? who will subscribe to the misapplied and misappropriated fandB of the association ? Some may .

      Bow difficult it ib to serve the people in spite of themselves—how painfal to incur odium where most praise due—to be made a mark of hatred instead of honour when be who stands true Btands as a mark from

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      which to measure the deviation of the false . Do those who honour the dishonest think that thet" poor abuses of the time want countenances . " Are j they aware of the excuse offered by Belarius who says , " beaten for loyalty , excited me to treason . " Say , tkey have given their confidence to thimbte-viggera aud bSen cheated— , do they obtain their revenge when they } renew their confidence and are again cheated—should they not withdraw it and be instructed by the isrror of their ' choice ? We might forgive the injury ^ to ourselves ; j bat not the injury to the causa . Be not deceived by

      the apparent sincerity of men . Shakespere says , speaking of a blunt knave— " This is jBome fellow , 1 who having been praised for bluntness , doth effect a saucy roughness—he cannot flatter , he ! an honest ' mind and plain , he most speak truth aud the ; will I take it , so , if not , he ' s plain . These kind of knaveB I : know , whieh In this plainness harbour more craft and more corruptor ends than twenty silly ducking observants that stretch their duties nicely . " ¦ ^ I No time , no place , no exigency can sanction dis- ( honesty , and the dishonesty of our fualeinen is worst . of all . ~ I

      I have long been of opinion that the Executive were useless except as lecturers , that as an Executive they have done little but damage the cause . ; I eoold cite many proofs of this ; but the reader will recollect them , j We have many who work for us voluntarily and gra- j tuitoualy ; but the Executive were not content with tfeeir wages and expences and additional ; gifts ; taxas I wrung from necessity to supply sttpeifluities , although j many poor men were pinching themselves ; more cruelly I than poverty had pinched them in order to spare something towards the support of the Executive , fondly deeming that in supporting them they were supporting the cause . Bat instead of opening new ground , two of them were opening shops , a third required 10 s . a-week extra , in order to bring out the trades . Has be brought them out ? Will he tell us that there was any

      possibility of bis being able to do It ? that this money was not swindled under false pretences ? I have visited from three to four trade lodgeB In a night , where the principles of Chartism had never before jbeen heard , but I did not meet tbat individual there . I have supplied appointments which he had disappointed with no reward but calumnies , opposed only by a Belf * approving conscience . It should be our endeavour to save the people ' s expense , and not to gat aa much money as possible for doing as little work as possible . : But then the time when these men were denounced ' . —all of them in trouble and one in exile ! j ! Did they ziofc by their injudicious conduct ibriug the discreet into trouble aloDg with themselves ?

      Is not embtzjlement a crime most leaaily , and consequently most frequently committed ; and , therefore , like forgery , mogfc deserving { of punishment ? Did not the flight of one ' of them ripen the doubt of their guilt to certainty and cause the rest to be prosecuted ? Can any one be said to be | absent who can put in his plea for himself in the papers ?—can any one be more present than that ? F « w can appear ao well 1 Is he so much to be cotwiuisserated who has escaped the handa of Government by running away , as those who are in its clutch by manfully standing their grotnd and resolving to suffer martyrdom , if necessary ,

      in defence of their principles , and In defiance of persecution ? Whether ia the runagate , or he who flinches not from his post when tho hand of oppression is stretched forth for victims , most deserving of sympathy and support ? Ib tbat gentleman to be considered a brave man who wantonly insults another , ] and , when challenged to fight , declines on the score ; tbat he ia under bonds to keeps the peace ? Ought ! he not to have considered this before ? Should not leaders be as tender of the people ' s blood as of their own , and nofc disperse in all directions when the jhawks are abroad , leaving the people to shift for themselves or be shot ?

      Let us have no more of this ; but proceed t& an election of new men , and turn over a new leiif . Battersea . John Wahibs ,

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      Lord Courtenat , the eldest son of fane Earl of Dbvod , will , it is reported , move the address in [ the House of Commons . Thh Poor ' s hates in Sunderland are now seven ' teen shillings in the pound on the rental I Thia aet was communicated in a letter , the other day , by a commercial traveller , to a manufacturing firm in this town—Leicester Chronicle . j A Pbaciicai . Jhst . —A man named Moore , who deals in young trees , shrubs , seedlings , And other juvenile vegetables , near Carlow , was knocked up lately , at an unseasonable hour , by a person

      travelling on a jaunting car , who demanded if he did not keep " a nursery I" " Yes , " said he . Well , then , here's something in your lin ^ . " Before he could open the door , his customer had gone off at a slinging trot , and left a nice little child at the threshold . It , of coarse , has been set among the olive plants . \ As Erboh in Practice . —The physician in attendance upon the sick poor , in the Limerick workhouse , lately prescribed for an old man , that he should be blooded , and his head shaved . The apothecary , mistaking the person , operated upon another old man , and both the parties died !

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      Welch Collierifs . —We much regret that the cessation from colliery labour still continues in tb . 13 county , and that turn-outa have set all law at defiance by forcibly turning out induotrious men in somo of the works in Glamorganshire . Strong measures are on foot to prevent a repetition of such outrages . — Moitmou hthire Merlin . Joshua Jacob , the leader of the extraordinary sect denominated White Quakers , has been arrested , and is now in oustody in Dublin He is charged with having fraudulently obtained the sum oi £ 9 , 000 from one of his female couverts .

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      Hlddcrsfield Cloth Market , Tuesdat , Jan . 24 . —1 no business transactions of this day were very light ; an tmproveuien upon the last caauot be quoted in anyone department . Most of the frequenters of the market appear aroazod at the inactive state in wbsch trade remains at present , with every probability of its continuance . London Corn Exchange , Monday . Januaby 93 —Tno arrivals of the past week have o rather liberal of English Wheat , but somewhat scanty of other kiuds of grain , especially of Irish Oats . Ia today ' s market the stands , arising from U > e increased frvsh receipts from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , were tolerably well , but not to say heavily , filled with samples of wheat w"home growth . Notmth-aandiug the attendance of both London and

      country buyers was fair , we hav again to report a very tu-avy inquiry for that article , and the pTioea suifrred no abatement , from those noted on Monday last , ot from U . to 2 s . per quarter , while several parcels w « re left over for Wednesday . No Foreign Wheat has come to band since our last , yet , scarcely any transactions took place in it . However , the pncet > may be called quite Is . per quarter lower . Tho show ot Barley was comparatively small . Good malting parcels maintained their previous value , but grin . iing and distilling sorts were Is . per quarter lower . We had very little doing in any kind of Malt , yet the quotations remained about stationary . Although the supply of Oats was limited , the inquiry for them was inactive , at late rates . Beans moved off slowly , while Peas were the turn lower . The Flour trade waa again au ! l , and &hip marks were cheaper .

      London Smithfield Market , Monda y , Jan . 21 . —Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on offer here this morning was comparatively limited , we have to report a very sluggish inquiry for Beef , owing chit fly to the immense quantity of countryslaughtered meat in the dead markets . However , tho primest Scots , Devons , runts , Hirefords , &c , sold at prices about equal to thoje obta . ir . cd on this day se ' nnight , or from is to 43 4 d per 8 lbs , but the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which formed the bulk of the rec ipts , wan with difficulty supported . As to Sheep , these were ia fair average arrivals , and somewhat better in quality , though numbers of them were extremely lame , than for some time past . Prime old Downs being rather scarce ? maintained previous currencies ,

      but those of the long wools and balf-euds had a downward tendency , and a clearance of euch was not effected . We had very few Calves ou the market , and they sold freely at Friday ' s advanced rates . Prime small Porkers went off steadily ; other kinds of pigs slowly at our quotations . From Notfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 800 Scots and homebreds ; from our northern grazing districts , 450 short . hornt < , runts , and Devons ; from the western and midland counties , 350 of various breeds ; from other parts of England 150 Scots , runts , cows , Devons , &c ; and from Scotland , by sea , 70 horned and polled Scots . The imports of foreign stocks since our last have been very scanty , and we had only four Spanish beasts here to-day , in miserable condition .

      Borough Hop Market . —We have had a very steady demand for most kinds of Hops since this day ee ' nnight , and ia some instance , a further advanca of from Is to 2 * per cwt . has been obtained for the best parcels . The supplies on offer are far from extensive . East Kent , in pockets , £ 5 10 s to £ 6 153 ; ditto in bags , £ 5 to £ 6 ; Mid Keats , in pockets , £ 5 8 d to £ 6 \ 2 i ; ditto , in bags , £ 5 10 s to £ 5 15 s ; Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 18 s ; Faruhams , £ 9 to £ 11 ; Old Hops , £ 3 5 s to £ 4 14 s . Potato Markets . —For the best samples of Potatoes we have a better , demand , but without any advance in price . Inferior and out-of-condition sorts are mendiHg . Tae arrivals have been fair for the season , and tho following are the pre&ent rates : — York reds , 553 to 60 s per ton ; Scotch ditto , 45 s to 50 s ; Devons , 46 s to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites 40 s to—s ; Wisbe&ch , 40 s to 45 s ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , 40 s to 44 a : Yorkshire Prince Regents , 40 s to

      Wool Markets . —Tne best qualities of Colonial and Foreign Wools , are selling somewhat freely ; but , in other kinds , as well as ail descriptions of British , very little is doing . The imports during the past week have been about 1 , 000 packages ; 770 being from Odessa ; 18 from Mogadore ; 429 from Kertch , and 10 from Naples . Our stocks are uofc large . Tallow . —There is little new information to give our friends relative to this market . The deliveries are good when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year , but the price is heavy , because the holders are generally anxious to realise The price at St . Petersburgh for new Tallow is firmer , and but few sellers , yet Tallow has been sold at 45 . s . 6 ii . for the last three months . Town Tallow 47 a . 6 d . net cash .

      Liverpool Cotton Market , Monda y , Jan . 23 . — The sales to-day are about 3 , 500 bags . The market is very dull and flat , but there is no further ohanga to notice in prices since the close of the week . Exporters have taken 500 bags American . Oa Saturday the sales were 3 , 000 bags .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — We have had about the same supply of cattle at market to-day as last week , with no variation in prices . Beef o ^ d . to 6 d . Mutton H . to 6 d . Number of Cattle at market -. —Beasts 1 , 006 , Sheep 3 , 458 . Liverpool Coen Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , for the past week , are of email amount , and the only arrival from abroad is that of 265 barrels of Fiour from the United States . During the same period we have experienced Very little country demand ; the town ' s millers and dealers also have have bought

      sparingly ; holders , however , have not pressed , and the sales effected in any article of the trade have been at the prices quoted in our last reporr , A little fine Irish new red Wheat has sold at 7 s . per 70 ibs . Choice mealing Oats have brought 2 * . £ d ., and one or two small parcels of good Welsh 2 s . 2 £ d . per 45 ibs , 25 s . 6 d . to 28 * . per barrel are the rates for United States and Canadian Flour ; 21 s . fid . to 21 s . 9 d . per 240 lbs . those for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , under tcarcity , bears a full value ; 34 s . per quarter has been- paid for Chevalier . No changn as regards Beans or Peas .

      Rochdale Flannel Mae ^ et , Monday , Jan . 23 . —To-day we had an unusually dull market ; very few buyers were present , and the busiues-s transacted waa very limited . The merchants offered less money for fknnels , but the manufacturers very generally refused to sell at reduced prices . The Wool Market has been still worse ; few sales have been effected at any price . Manchester Cobn Market , Saturday , Jam . 21 . — The trade has assumed a very languid character , and the transactions during the week have been on the most limited scale in all articles , contrary to the expectations which might be formed from the

      narrow compass to which the stocks are reduced in first hands , as also in these of the dealers . The imports at Liverpool and Runcorn are light , 8 , 439 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland forming the chief article ; whilst our supplies of British produce elsewhere are such as to cause no accumulation of stock even with a demand by no means acive . There was a slender attendance of buyers at our market this morning ; and , although the advance noticed oa this day se ' nnight was not supported , we do not reduce our quotations , but repeat them nominally , as the amount of business done was only to a very moderate extent .

      Richmond Corn Market , Satdbday , Jan . 21 . — We had a fair supply of Gram in our market , to-day , which only had a dull sale . Wheat Bold from 53 3 d to 6 s 66 . Oats 23 to 2 s 8 s . Barley 3 s 6 d to 33 9 d . Beans 4 s to 4 s -id per bushel . Stats of Trade in Barnsley . —This town presents the most om- nous forebodings of a return of the horrid suffering of last year . The fancy Drill season draws to a olose and as the workmen finish their work are in most instances turned off . And what makes tho general appearance worse , iB , that the other br inches of weaving are in a complete state of ruin having aeref recovered from the depression of last year .

      York Com Mabxbt , Satdbday , Jan . 21 . —We have not much Wheat offering to-day , but are well supplied with Oats and Barley . Wheat is ont of condition , and Is . to 2 s per qr , lower . Barley is in very great demand ; and baring a fresh buyer or two in the market , high prices are paid . Oats ore dull , and the turn lower . Newcastle Cobn Markst , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — We had only a moderate euppiyiof Wheat at market this morning from the country , anif the arrmla from the coast are rery trifltne . nevertheless th « trad *

      ruled dull , and all descriptions must be noted fully Is . per qr . lower . Foreign Wheat is held with firmnesa , but the business transacted wa-i exceedingly limited . In R ^ e there is little doing . The arrivals of Barley this week are very light , and our maltsters being mostly bare of stock , the traue is firoi at an advance of Is . per qr . on all desoripiions ^ For Beans and Peas there is no- inquiry . Malt is the turn dearer . The show of Oats to-day was large , and they met a heavy sale at rather under the rates of last week . Flour , although in limited supply is a dull sale at Is . per eack deolme .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbothbr Chartists , —Yon have read in the Star of the 14 th of January an article on the lan < l , which is much deserving your attention , " The land wo live in" is often given aa a to&et , but like many other toasts , very improperly ; it should be the land we starve in , or the land we ought to live in ; but , in fact , tho land we must live on .

      Many political events have taken place , which , if property noticed , and well understood , would give you a good idea of the great necessity of some immediate alteration in the landed system of Great Britain , without which it will soon cease to be a respected nation . I will point out to yon an example , one whichjl am well acquainted with , one that wiit show you that the land is the only solid foundation for the happiness and strength of a country ; net the laud as it is at present occupied ; not in useful cultivation , guarded by ktepers , who are nightly coming in contact with unfortunate men , who consider that they have as much right to take a wild animal as any one else ;\ and perhaps they consider that no man has a right , either by divine or human laws , to hold so much land , to the

      great injury and starvation of thousands . I sptak now of those most obnoxious and inhuman laws , the G-anie Laws , which with other abominable and worse than fiendish laws , are daily and even hourly brutalizing the once noble people of England . We will ; now suppose that a revolution should take place in this country ( which God forbid !) anpplies would be immediately withheld from the markets . No man , except the farmers , has any stock to fall back upon . The farmers in England are very few : where there ia one farmer now , there were fifty in former times . I am writing this upon a farm of six hundred acres ; there ia only one family on it , and not twenty workmen ; it cannot be well cultivated . I can , I am sure , prove tbat it would support fifty or sixty families , ] and the

      produce of the said families would be able to sell at the end of the year would be much more than the present farmer produces . I merely mention these things to show the great necessity of a better ! system , aud to give you a subject for discussion ; and I advise you to discuss i * and inquire well into the matter . Now , suppose a revolution to take place—all trade would cuuso— : V f rnters would be plundered , they being the only £ < . ^ ; e that would bave anything to eat in their rj / oesesslen—the millions of starving people dying would cause a pestilence , which always follows war and famine—the great and rich landlord wonld , with all bis wealth , starve , die , and rot perhaps on his own dunghill . This is a true picture of what England would be in the event of a civil war . God forbid

      it should take place . Now , suppose four fifths of the people were in possession of land , from half an acre to one hundred , and suppose a revolution took place , the four-fifths would have more to spare than the one-fifth would require for a long time , and supposing the war to last some time , the land would still be in cultivation , except in the immediate seat of the war , and as the fleet of war is continually shifting , there wonld be little fear of ( starving , Now for the example . You all know , or ought to know , that there has bean , with short intervals , a civil or foreign war in Spain for the last thirty-five or six years . The war called the Peninsular w&r lasted upwards of seven ! years , and ended in 1814 ; since which there has been almost a ' continued civil war . —witness the late affair

      in Barcelona , which has been cinched for tee moment by deepets ; but is not dead , it ia only the beginning of an end . Tou will find that after all these wars , and they hays been dreadful and desperate , Spain is in a healthy , happy Btate . The country is full of everything that is good . There are no poor laws , no people dying of starvation . The land ia in the hands of at least three-fonrths of the people . Jnst consider such a war taking place in England as that between Don Carlos and Bis niece , what would become of the people of England , the millions who have neither house nor land ? When wonld ; they be again in a position to demand their rights ? Not in one hundred years . Look at the Spaniards ; they with all their civil wars are still as able and as determined , or more so , than ever to have their rights .

      The despotic Times speaks in the most insolent and brutal manner , respecting the monument to the Scottish martyrs , bnt not so when speaking of the great martyrmaker , the Duke of Wellington , and the monument to be erected to his memory , for his great feats in the Peninsula , Waterloo , &o ., < fec Perhaps the Times ate not aware , or they will not own it , that the Duke of Wellington would never have driven the French from Spain without the aid of the Spanish people . It was the brave Guerillas that drove the French from Spain ; jthey would bave driven Wellington and his army in the same way , had they wished to do so ; but they were told they wcnld have a liberal Government , but were grossly deceived . The continued civil wars will show how they felt that deception . The people can do 6 vety thing if united . The readers of the Star may gain some knowledge by reading the proceedings and operations of ; the Guerillas in Spain daring the Peninsular wars , j

      In my nest I will tell them what the Spanish people did for the hero of Waterloo , and how they did it . A Political Mabtye .

      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct788/page/7/