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      Z * XffllOB OF THE -yOBXHEBK STAB" TO S ^ BIS BE&EBBS . « T ysHjtDS— Ofl the first . page of the present asmj Ib 6 S ^"> 7 baTe * Ietter ^ ^ ° ' GonnoT > & ^^ ier TriJdiIam willing to befieve muBt have Si EffiofiDfl y dtotaiteftiHo jon . J >^ 0 < 0 cffl 3 itir very propedy seeks to set himself - * £ r- CT gjjaiaaDaBnottobe misunderstood ; not to ^^ gto occapja&lse posmoii . He ia right , lam ^^ sbeobs that , so fei as I can help it , neither ie '' ^ other nan iboaiaoccnpv a false position , or a *^ ^ — .- « / vo vxm - " "NORTHERN STA 3 C * TO

      • Son to vildi beknot e 11 ^ 41 ^ - 3 therefore Terj jStflj earroboraia Mr . O'Connor ' * statement , that ^^ u ieen w > party to any syllable that I hare ^ Mm npon She conduct of the Execative ; on the * J ~~~! 1 kefcas always , in lus private conversations * 5 ^ jne , beW > amflar tone to that of Ms letter . ^ ffsBla 3 cheerfully do this jnstice to Mi . O'Connor , ;! « £ iso seqaiw justice for myself ; both from Mm ^ i ^ frcoiy - 1 claim tee jaght ol an opinion upon all ^ jgj d pnblie interesi ; a rightTrhich 1 concede to ^ B » and wffl yield to no man . in in mpposLig that

      TfljiEkMr . O'Oonnor error , my -asks open Ibe proposed appointment of a new ^« nd aecretw 7 to » calculated to place him at all in f ^ Briii jaTrhich he seems to think they might place w lftffbiiily Qjey vets nol bo intended . 2 di . O Con-« gt sad « te J "with lit Xeseh at a pnblie meeting , ** spponeni of the Anti-Com Lair leagne ^ and he * ^ niEnt £ d him upon his talent and his honesty . I lS fi 2 itx * that either the talent or the honesty of leach , * s ^^ * PP ° DeQ ^ ° f && Anti-Corn Law 7 *" - ^ ctet been disputed . But l » Eh the talent , jja fc ocaty oi the Executive , in their capacity

      _ ExscsitiTe , isTe been disputed ; and they tL . leenl > 7 * lar ^ P ° Ttion oI tt * * ' constituents jja upon to resign : but , though the gross charges * fjj them hare never been met , tsre eJ them , ^^ gjpl of these charges , and in defiance of « L j $ of tt 16 ^ constitnents to resign , still retain jr * . H& * ^ old * ° ^ ^^^ y incompatible with —^ j ^ tnndp lssan ^ ** » as in reference to this that I „« M 0 &inancould be expected to associate himself -wjrfhss is &e Executive , until they had first cleared 0 . ^ jnfjw * . IsaysosfilL But Mr . Leach may be --. joBa ^ ttd "rery talented as an opponent of the

      1 _ jj _ 1 st League , and yet Tery dishonest and -tHyis « BBPe ieilt M a member of the peopled Execuijj . In fi » fonner capacity , I hafe neyer said a ^ jg ^ jo la * disparagement ; in the latter capacity 1 wnlwn ^ i no charge against bim , indWidually ; 1 ftfuoa&j impeached him as a party to the acts of » 2 ExeeB&re m » "whole "b ody . 3 dr . Leach has nerer g ^ jinsd argr of the acts of the Execntiye as-a body ; t » s bMBd therefore to jrappose that he conBenbjto ^ iHB all ; and I iold erery man responsible * s erej Mt to tehich he consents . I am made fa bjo » , to my cost , that flie law iolds a man

      jjgKHiBbto fbractBtaTrliichiedidJiot consent : but I ^ Ssast apply ti »* doctrine to 2 dr . leach ; I charge upon ga only Ihe things to -which i . e did consent Of the HiKa acts and condnct rf tie ExecutSrej I haTe not a BBjte Trord to retract of all that I hafe ^ ii I la" ^ d nothing -sritliont dne thonght joa cMisdsradaa . I haTe aaid nothing for jj&ilhsTB not giren proofs as I haTe gone along . I bye aid nothing-which 1 am not prepared to subtsStie bete a pubBc meeting , thongh I deny the ifcB tifaj ^ pariy to require me to do so . 2 hare no «^ i toMerfere TriEb Hr . O'Connor ' s jndgment : is has to

      iijamiB ^ it opinion as I hare to mine . To his pWrmi onony mode of expressing my opinion of the jjsa&Jt , I hiTe no reply tomaiet I an a plain Bss asacaBsipadeaspade . Bnt though I respect Mr CrCoima M much as any man ought to respect him , 2 japsiyon and the cause of Chartism still more ; and IttCJj beg that in this matter , -which is most essential s ^ iBptBtimt toyour interests , you -will jaot permit your jearaal regiid ior him to blind yon to the merits of the aae ; tta&yoa « ill form your o-wn judgment by the facts jai by ttffi eroience and not by the opinion of any man . 1 hire bets asked yon to take my opinion upon any

      » l 9 « i , injQjH thin I supported my opinion byproofa . 1-do not asVyoB to do so now . I ask you , as I always hm dace , to fam your oim judgment of the case npon ib on stasis , in&pendent of any other consideration tiaier& ; and Ihtoe 70 a f « r not haying , long since , Mrfred tfcatjodgment so generally sod so conclasrely , via pcedMe farther bickering . JSBBl » &eh iaJdi . O'Connor ' s latter to -which it * £ & be ray easy for me U > reply ; but I haTe no dersitEep-iiptlie jar . I Laye nerer bad any snth

      as , H the cbsrga against taeBxecufiye liad been xs ^ lnt by fab argument , simple explanation , or b £ A . idmovledgment , i-rxftp ^ fi ol personal abuse and M&rj M 38 counter accusations , there "would nerer lntleen any jir at all ; the -whole -matter -would have fen been settled -very speedily and yery quietly . EtKime oTits not haying been so , belongs not to me , tetodoBe-whofoundit more conyenienfc to keep np fiikmoD by attacking others , than to settle it by fefrrcTnig themsdres . Justice , howerer , compels JSios ^ aat l j ^ t , \ 2 Sx . O'Connor ' s sirictBrea on & J « in Watkin ' s letter much more unnecessarily wee Qssn anything thai ISx . Wstiin * s lias ^ written ^^ Qie Ececntiye . Mr . Waikins is a man -who has &B £ mceh semee , and endured much suffering in the

      >«* I know no m ^ Ti the -whole movement -who ^ ptEunore decided eridence ml Ids thorough de-Wefli ^ ito Chartism than John "Waikins . 1 know no aah the-whole ntrrement more fully entitled to the P °$ s * iooa opinion and their thanks . I know no isst la ths -whole moyeinent "who has preserred fen ^ oot bii ¦ whole career a more stern honesty , » 3 unore itriet and honourable adherence to principle W wacstency tfean John "Watkins . I do not say that ia opaioiu are . thereffflre , entitled to any other -weight Sa feA wBcb Ihey may bare from the reasons ^ m- » Mdl ttiey are founded ; bet I do say that fi > w things enghl to induce us to examine those rea-^ ¦ "tfl befcrewe censure him either for the holding a ^ aerpresdtnof his opinions .

      I am M &ed of seeing the discussion in the Starve «• QrComrar or you can be . I had closed the columns a fia star against its further continuancs some-weeks SV Ihu did not suit the Executiy& Their friends ^• imfifor it and they themselyes procured them to ^ 5 « aed for it , by applying t * Mr . O'Connor and Waiogia pledge to that effecV , at Birmingham . I » M Hani that MtO'Connor acted-wisely , or rightly , a iniBg that pledge : but -when informed bv himself la hid

      ^ dons so , I did not choose to giye cause for « a » lhong&t obstinate or factions . I am now anxious , ^ ftfwsji bsTebeen , to haye done with it . I feaye *?| » 7 unry in it ; and I haye done no more t > " ™ my 7- TLb duty -w « a most unpleasant and a painlul ^^ feiit was a duty , and I haye done it . I cordially j Tfk ^ opMon o ! Mr . O'Connor , thatitisiimefor ^ WBitttly exJaaedlrom the . Stor , and I therefore ^_ *** rtjuess the publication of * ereral communi-^^ if- ^ of thEmBmostimDortantandarrnmen

      fi » whO ?' TMdl J k" * tad by me some -weeks , and ^*« Wof -which has written to me three times , re-^^ " ptfblkafioD . 2 -will not publish anything j ^ Pw aemafter from any parties -whateyer . The « J va 3 ^ IiDrOiern Sktr ^^ y perfectly rely npon W ^ aT ^ ojiamns shaU be no further occutoe ^ Z ?** ^ i 61 *; and my chief reason for this ^^ aaJlEi a that the continanee of the controyersy b » uT ' S 00 d * " ^ the good ^^ *** ^ fiffl ^ b ik " 7 * " * niepeople ^ minds haye been directed j ^^ - ^ j and they ynjj t ^ tltsxr infor-Tfao ^ r ' ***** fcrture guidance . Thus , the fifir ? . - « mischief may be preyented ; and ¦^*** I * Wi &t j ^^^^^ ^« Hne-with haying beenactuated in this

      ** tta ^ uf ^* 8110 ^ ^^ thers neyer has been a man ttsfca ^ fr f * afirt moyement against -whom 2 erer » oi » t *^ 2 a of personal ill feelmg ; and that , * a jta ^^ * k " been no more than threemen ^ f ^ t ^^* the " moyement , -whom 2 have ever ^ SSt * 8 ^ 811 p » litie » Hy . One of these three ^ j ^*^ * <* the movement , and tb * other J ^^ *^^ . hETB bBea eTer * inee JiaBW ttem » **})> & , ^ * - ^ fa ^ e-wasj therefore , no pauibffi $ y ^^^ d ^» Sted hy I * * ^ motives , even if my ^ i ^ "" pakle cf it , -which 2 hope it isnot . ** ^ sa TV ?* ' ^ Presenter the past Execa-^^ e ^ e ^ 201 1 ^ 215 M a brother , and-whom 2 ^ ^ « im « ^^ CJ > On eTery oPPortooUy *>* serring ^ fBaa aT T " 1111 ° my ^ fi ^ ca , nntil my regard J i ii criou i

      ~" ° Ea ^ £ » p ^ ^— *~" v . no " nait nn ^ er-a s 1117 05213 * ' ttd X ^^^ ever -will be ^ ' til . 50 ^^ f 5 £ lillS ; though 1 carrot ^ -tS llai © ^ . ^ ° ^ . Dpb ! io : i- ^ teir o ^ n ec-du = t * V *^ " «* jr-- a « , i » iILo&t any consent

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      on my part ; for J -woaJd much ratter have been able to think differently . Hoirever , u 2 have often said before , 2 now say gain ,- the chief thing the people have to do is to let the past be a beacon for the 1 ntnre , and to watch better hereafter , those whom they install in office , that this disagreeable dutymay not again devolve on me . And now , before taking leave of the snbject , a word or two about the " eonnter accusations . " There has been a great deal said abont " plots ana conspiracies " against the 2 txeenave ; a great deal about some letter or letters from laseds , sometime about the time of Cooper ' s being here , last summer ; about a letter from « n we ,. # « - t ¦» m ^ __ ..

      Hull , aSming that the Hull Chartists were about to pass fite Balance Sheet , when 2 came into the room and put a stop to it ; and about an extract of a letter from Cooper to Mead , written in July last , which was stolen from Mead , the week before Christmas , at Hnll , by a man named Fraser , and which has been since printed and circulated all over the country as proof of my being concerned in the alleged " conspiracy .- Now , first , as to Ceoper ' s letter to Mead . Leach and others are now most industriously affirming thiB to be one of the letters to which he

      he alluded at the South Lancashire delegate meeting . Now , in the first place , neither Leach nor any othe * member of the 22 xecntiveJaiew of the existence of that letter , any more than 2 did , until the week before Christmas . 2 t was a private letter from Cooper to Mead ; it was shown by Mead , while at Hull , to Praser , who seeing a paragraph of which he thonght a villanons use could be made , contrived to steal it ; it was directly after printed , and has made no small stii in a little way ever since . Here is Mead ' s own explanation of the manner in which it was obtained , —sent to me for publication : —

      " The paragraph which Mr . Praser in snen a very unhandsome manner extracted from a private , letter without leave or licence , cannot implicate me in any conspiracy ; Sai being written so long back as July last , could Jiot , 1 conceive , implicate Mr . Cooper in the present affair of defalcation , because at that time a knowledge ol It did not exist . Mr . 2 ? raser came to me as a brother , and as such 2 received him ; and with my Chartist brethren 1 am above suspicion of any

      mean or sinister designs . 2 did not then know that he belongod to the discontented clique in HulL j scarcely knew there was any dispute between Mi . Hill and Messrs . Padget and Co . I priasd Cooper ' s letters , and those of Oastler , as so many portraits of the minds of their respective writers , and as such 1 showed them to Mr . Praiser , and so little 4 id 1 notice the meanly extracted - paragraph , even when 1 received the letter , that 1 never even mentioned it at Nottingham or elsewhere . "

      You see , therefore , that this could not have been one of the letters alluded to by Mr . Leach , at the South Lancashire delegate meeting in November ; because Mr . Leach conld not then have knoira of its existence . But supposing it had been one of them , how does it afeeime ? The extract is as follows : — " Youwin see ' bowfe have spoken out about the humbug 22 xeeutive .- owrgt and Julian , with the Editor at Leeds , and our Generalissimo , all go wiih me . I jive yon the hint . Johnny Campbell is O'Brienizing , he must be stopped , or we shall all strike on the breakers together ; get your Notts chaps to approve of the resolutions of our delegate meeting . "

      Now the only part of this which cm affect me ia that which is printed in italics ; and the question is in uihat did l " "| ro with" Mr . Cooper ? Now 1 have before stated that when Mr . Cooper was at Leeds he named to me his scheme of an Annual Convention ; and that I approved the ideai though 2 doubted its practicability under existing laws . If Mr . Cooper had meant anything more , or anything other , than simply this , when he spoke of my " going with" him , he would have been guilty of gross falsehood in asserting it . As far as this goes , 2 did " go with" him , but in no other way . So far from plotting with him against the Executive , 1 earnestly urged Mm to use his influence with the

      Leicestershire delegates not to make any public attack npon the Executive , but to write to them privately , as we had done at HulL After the factious publication of this extract , 2 wrote to Mr . Cooper , informing him of the use that was being made of it , and requesting him , as an act of justice both to himself and me , to write a letter for the Star , stating truly and exactly what it did refer to . * For some reason best known to himself , Mz . Cooper did not think proper to do thL ° , However , when plainly asked the question by Mr . O'Connor at Birmingham , he did give his testimony to the truth , as appears by the following paragraph in the report of the meeting called by tbe Executive -.

      —" Aye , said Mr . O'Connor , that is just the thing . A more dastardly production never appeared . Here stands Mr . Cooper and here am 2 , and now 1 ask him if my acquiescence or if the acfuieseence of " the Editor at 2 jeed 8 **_ or of { he other parties , hi his suggestion amounted to more than this : —Mr . Cooper suggested the propriety of selecting five business men from an annnal convention , who should set as an Execntive ; he said he did so because not obb half of those who voted knew

      anything about the business habits of the men put in nomination , whereas , all elected aa delegates , would have the confidence of the country , while the Cnvention would be the best judges of their business habits , and could suggest tile names of such men to the people—( hear , hear , and cheers . Now will Mr . Cooper say that my agreement or that of the Editor with him went further than this ? * ' Mr . Cooper . —Certainly not "—( cheers . )

      2 have a letter from Mr . Cooper sow by me confirming the truth of this statement So much , then , for the proof which this extract affords of the " plotting and conspiracy" charges against me ; and of tbe veracity of thosa who make them ! Now for the letter or letters from Leeds . Of these 2 know nothing . 2 do not say that there may not have been letters sent from Leeds . 1 do not say that these letters may not have alluded to some plot or conspiracy against the Executive . 1 do not deny this , because 2 know nothing about it It may or may not have been so . 2 am no way concerned in it But here are the words which concern me : —

      « The Execntive received letters from various parts , informing us that a conspiracy was being formed against them , and particularly & letter from Leeds , which stated that Mr . Hill and others agreed there in a certain house , to pursue a certain course of condnct against toe Executive , the basis of which was—that the character of the Executive was to be sufficiently shaken in private , and then by a simultaneous public assault I !" * * . Here , then , is the direct charge against zue ; and this has been repeated and reiterated again , and again , and again . It is , in fact , the constant theme of invective .

      It is the Executive ' s defence . Now 2 do say that if the Executive have received any letter containing this statement , the writer of that letter is a liar . 2 have sot ceased to call for the publication of this letter , and of the writer ' s name , ever since the statement was first published . And 2 have a right to demand that after my solemn denial the people shall refuse to hear this charge repeated in my absence until it shall have been sustained by the publication ef the letter , with the writer's name . Then with respect to the letter said to have been received from Hull ; 2 must again bring to

      your recollection the resolutions both of the Council and of the body of the Hull Chartists . The resolution of the Councillors contains these words : — " That the General Councillors resident in HulL having . seen a statement in the Star attributed to Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , that * in the month of July last , tbe Hull Chartists were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered the room and put a stop to it ; and a friend that was present at that meeting wrote to Campbell , stating that there was a plot hatching against the Execntive , * do most unequivocally andJinqnaHfiedly affirm this statement to be false : that there never was any such , thing as far as we know , as

      say body of Chartists beinz at that time about to pass the Balance Sheet and being stopped by Mr . Hill on bis coming into the room ; that Mr . HDl was not by any means tbe first of tile Hull Councillors to start objections to that Balance Sheet ; that the first counca meeting to consider that Balance Sheet was specially convened by Mr . Robert Jackson , at the suggestion of several other councillors , and every councillor was present save one : that , notwithstanding our just dissatisfaction , there was not amongst us any * plot hatching against the Executive / and that consequently bo person conld have truly sent to the Executive any letter to that effect ? that we , the councillors of Hull , are not in

      the habit of' Mfrfrfag plots , ' but of speaking our minds freely upon rach subjects' as we have a right to take cognisance of ; that we are sot in the habit of "being led by any individual , whether Mr . Hill or Mr . Leach , in the formation of our opinions , but that we endeavour to use our own judgment ; and , farther , thatwe demand from Mr . Leach or Mr Campbell the publication of the letter which Mr . Leaeh says was received from a friend , who was present at the meeting when the Hull Chartists were stopped from passing the Balance Sheet by Mr . Hill , together with the writer ' s name ; and that if this our demand be not complied with , we shall believe this statement of Mr . Leach ' s to have bean invented either by him or CampbelL ''

      This was published in the Northern Star of Decetaber 10 th , and the Star of December 24 th , contained a resolution * f the whole body cf ths Cb ^ rfss of Hull , of -which the following is pait : —

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      "That we , the Hull Chartists , in general meeting of members assembled , have heard with surprise , a . statement read from a late number of the &tor , purporting to have emanated from Mr . Leach , at ft meeting of South Lancashire delegates , that ' The Hall Ciiartists were abont to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . 2 fi » entered the room , and put a stop to it ; ' and we hereby declare that that Balance Sheet was never submitted to the Hnll Chartists , except individually , through tbe columns of the Northern Star . " ' .

      1 suppose it needless for me to add anything in refutation of this charge . At the same meeting at which he made these • plotting and conspiracy" statements , Mr . Leach gave » grossly falaa version of a private conversation between him and me , in Mr . Hobson's kitchen ; manifestly for no other purpose than wantonly to injure me in the estimation of those to whom he apofee , as a means of lessening the force of my charges against himself and colleagues . 2 have publicly charged this wickedness upon Mr . Leach many times , and he has not ventured even to deny it I am Borry that such

      practices have been resorted to . They compel me to a course which 2 would willingly have been excused adopting . But however others may affect to despise calumny , 1 cannot afford to do so . 1 calumniate no man . 1 never in my whole life made a charge of any kind against any man without adducing my proofs at the s&me time . And 2 would despise myself as the veriest wretch alive , if 1 could bring a serious accusation against any man and refuse to give my authority for it when called for but yet go on repeating the accusation .

      1 refer to these matters now because 2 know that this is tbe regular practice wherever the people will tolerate it 1 have a letter from Mr . Leach , received thiB week , in which he Btates his intention to bring up these and other such matters at every public meeting he may hertafler attend . Now this can never hurt me , otherwise than as it seriously hurts the cause by disgusting and nauseating all decent men . 2 therefore remind the people—more for their own sakes than for mine , "that fair play isajewel ' , and that I have as much right to it as any other man . 2 ask themnot to pay me any deference or to give me any

      advantage—bnt to do justice ; and not to permit me to be wantonly calumniated in mj absence . In what 1 have written upon the conduct of tbe Executive , I have sot used the language of invective , but of argument 1 have given proofs for every word . I gave fair and ample scope for reply . 2 permitted them to say what they pleased in reply , however offensive and whether at all connected with the subject or not 1 answered their call for public discussion by & fair offer to meet them in their own town of Manchester and prove every

      syllable I have charged against them . They have not accepted my offer . 1 challenged them to meet me before the public and prove their charges against me . They have not accepted my challenge . 2 now repeat that I am ready at any time ( as soon -as tbe necessary arrangements can be made , as stated in my farmer letters , ) to meet any man in England , and prove my charges . I am ready , at any time , to meet any man in England who has asy political charge to prefer against me ; let him but give me fair notice of his purpose , and tell me beforehand what 1 have to meet

      1 have now been before the public nearly fourteen years . During that time I have preserved , nnbroken , my consistency . 2 have never yet found it necessary to eat my own wordB , to shrink from my own statements , or to fly from the consequences of my own acts . 1 never yet found it necessary to deny , retract , or explain away , any single word that 1 ever said , or any single line that 2 ever wrote . 2 was never even required to retract an assertion thai 2 had made . 1 hope always to preserve the same consistency . I ask

      the people to give me fair play . 1 ask no more , and 2 ask that—not so much for my own sake as for theirs . 2 am tied here at the deBk ; I can't run all over the country to meetings . 1 have no other means of serving the people than throngh the columns of the Star . 1 have no other means of defending myself when unjustly attacked . It is not too much , therefore , if when I tell the people that 1 will not hereafter employ these columns , even for my own defence , upon this subject 2 at the same time require them to Bee that that circumstance btt not taken an unfair

      advantage of . In order that the people may have the whole merits of tie whole question of this Executive business fairly before them at one -view , I shall shortly publish the whole discussion in a pamphlet In that pamphlet I will deal fairly . It shall not be a one-sided thing ; I will not publish my own comments alone , but I will also give all the letters , statements , and explanations of the several members of tbe Execntive that have been

      published ; bo that the whole thing may be Been fairly . My object and my wish is that the men should receive no injustice ; that they should be fairly known and fully understood , and fairly dealt with , by tbe people . I hare no anger against any of them ; but I have a full determination , while I have any influence with the people , to use it not only for the advancement of our principles among those who do not recognise them , but for their enforcement among those who do .

      One more word and I have done . Mr . O'Connor says that if the letters of the Bull Councillors had been written for publication , the Executive should have been warned of it They were not written for publication : had they been so , they wonld have been published at the time . Their very style and tone tells that they were intended only as private remonstrances .- had they been heeded as such , all this " hubbub" would have been spared . It was the subsequent conduct of the Executive which rendered their publication necessary .

      And now , my friends , I have done with this subject The whole thing is in your hands , and you will deal with it as you please . 2 am , as I have ever been , Your faithful friend and servant , William Hill . "Northern Star" Office , Leeds . February 1 , 1843 .

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      Mb . Stkes , ALMOKDBcai . —Tbe letter received , dated January 31 st , and posted at Hudderafleld , February 1 st , was not prepaid . Mr . N . Gbeaien . —Both the last remittances have been but 53- each . Ms . Rowz , Noeth-wiCH . —The Petition Plates are at Mr . Heywood ' s . Mb . Fletcher . — -The lOs . from Colchester should have been Brightlingsea , near Colchester . E . Spbnceb , Melksham . —If the 5 s . has not been noticed , it has not been received at this office . Thohas Holbrook . —Yes . DUNFEBMLINE . —The persons writing from this place * can have the Plates by Bending 10 s , and saying who the the parcel is to be addressed to .

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      FOE THE RATIONAL DEFENCE YCKD . £ a . d . From Robert Hntchin , flaxdresser , America 0 4 0 , » the female operatives at the Fabric , Bonlogne-sur-Mer , Franco ... 0 14 4 ^ „ the Chartists of West Balbride , proseeds of a raffle for tbe Petition Plate 0 4 * l „ T . B . Hylton , perJ . Williams ... 0 1 6 „ a few friends at Easington-lane , per J . HuHter 0 6 loi « . J . WDliams ( donation ) 0 1 7 £ .. James ! Norman , Leeds , 006

      FOB MBS . ELLIS . From the Chartists of Newport , Isle of Wight ... — ... ... 8 10 0 „ the Chartists of Leeds ... 0 11 1 „ a female friend at Bampton , per Mr . Spencer 0 10 TOK HBS . ROBERTS . From the Chartists of Newport , Isle of Wight 0 5 0 „ the Chartists of HuddersEeld , per J . Chapman ... ... ... ... 0 5 6

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      TRIUMPHANT MEETING OF THE WORKING CLASSES , AND DEFEAT OF THE UNITED FORCES OF THE LEAGUE UNDISG USIED , AND LEAGUE DISGUISED .

      BEADFOED . [ From the Evening Star . ) Bradford having responded to the general call to send delegates to the Conference lately held at Birmingham , and fuither having resisted the insidious schemes of aomft of those Chaitists into whose eyes a portion of the League gold-dust had been thrown , by refusing to elect a " whole hog , ' and two " sucking pig" Chartists , Mr . O'Connor visited the town on Friday last , for the purpose of reimbmsing the fund out of which the expenses of sending those delegates had been taken . Tha ¦ woriing men fcsViag heard of Mr . O'Soimor ' s intended vU . it , issued circulars Oisljei-g-ng the League to discussion .

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      At eight o ' elock , the time at wh ! d > business was to commence ,, the Social Institution , an immense Hall , capable of holding from 2 , 000 to 3 , 008 " persons , was not only wedged in every part , bat the state , staiieaass . and every aveoae waa literally blockedup , so that whyn Mr . O Connor arrived at the entrance , it was-with difficulty he could be farced fchrongh the dense mass . ? Jv X We P" 8018 * tbafc even our flhort-siriited friend of the Observer will admit , that so crowded a meettmr never has been sees ia this town . After Mr . O'Connw had concluded an address , under the several beads set forth in the bill calling the meeting , and haraiglaid his views upon the sabject of free trade and tha land dearly before the meeting , and when tke resolution P *? 2 £ i ! Manohe 8 te ' ' . Rochdale , Aahton , Stalybridge and 2 tolton was proposed and seconded , and withonfcany previous notice whatever to Mr . O'Connor or the CiartlStAi & '

      Mr . SttBDHURST got np , and after attempting far * ™ ^ ° 3 rtera of an bour to grapple with the arguments of Mr . O'Connor , he proposed , as an amendment to th » resolution , " Tflai a repeal of the Corn Laws would be a positive benefit to to * shepkeeping aad working classes . " Preserving the latter part , which went to pledge the meeting not to join in any agitation for a repeal of the Income Tax . Mr . C . Wilson seconded the amendment . Mr . Hodgson , one of the four delegates to the first Birmingham Conference , moved , and Mr . FhETcuBa seconded , another amendment , " That that meeting send no resolutions to Parliament , for or against the repeal of the Corn Laws .

      In the course of his Bpeech Mr . Hodgson read an artUle from the Evening Star of the 17 th of Oct . which he declared waa in favour of a repeal of tbe Corn Laws , and , as Mr . O'Connor waa the editor , of course he was the writer . Mr . Hodgson and Mr . Fletcher were received by their brother working'men with universal and almost continuous disapprobation from the beginning to the end of their appeals . Mr . H . stated , that Mr . OConnoi would not dare to snggest a petition to tb' meeting founded upon the resolutions , and why stop the resolutions , and contended that the people should go on fox tbe Charter , without reference to the agitation for the League .

      Mr . O'Connor very brUfly replied to all the arguments of bath parties . In answer to the charge of having advocated the repeal of ; the Corn Laws , in the Evening Stur , or any other paper , he defied any man to show a line having that tendency . " Facts , were chieis that winua ding , " as Burns said , and bo were dates . With respect to tbe article in tbe Evening Star of the 17 th of October , and referred to by Mr . Hodgson , the date was n fact that " winna ding . " On tbe 17 tb of October , Mr . O'Connor was in his bed , and his doctor was in Liverpool ready to swear to his incapacity from illness to move ; but that should not be his only answer , be would pledge himself to place the assurance of the Proprietor in the hands of their Secretary , that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) neither saw , wrote , nor heard of the article referred

      to—( long-continued cheering followed this announcement ) Mr . O'Connor then referred , in no measured terms , to the part acted by somo Chartists who had become freetraders foia job ; and now , Bald he , let us jast inquire into the whys and-the wherefores of tbia said resolution : all would admit that the Chartist cause must be kept alive , and before tbe public . All would admit that it waa not practicable to get up a petition ihia session , declaring our strength and determination . In this state Acland and Cobden for the

      League bad gone through the country , declaring that the Chartists were down , and had joined the League—( hear , hear ) . The press re-echoed this , and the cause was likely to be damaged should tbe Chartists or the House of Commons believe the assertion . Here , then . Was the only moda of giving a flat contradiction to the falsehood —( loud cheers ) , —here was the cheapeat way of keeping Chartism alive and unsullied , and of defending the people from the charges that would otherwise be unquestionably made in the House by CobJen and Co—( renewed cheers ) .

      After tha close of Mr . O'Connor ' s address , the several resolutions and amendments were severally put by the Chairman , when about twenty hands were held up for that of Mr . Smedhnrst , and a forest against it . The amendment of Mr . Hodgson received precisely & similar fate ; and upon the original resolution being put , the whole meeting , with the exception of about thirty , held up their bands , and it van declared carried , amid thunders of applause ; and thus were the machinations of the repealers undisguised and the repealers disguised frustrated in Bradford . The resolution that the foregoing be transmitted to Mr . Dancombo , signed by the Chairman , as the resolution of the meeting , and to be presented by him to the HouBe of Commons , was then put and carried ; and that pledging tbe people to support the Evening Star was carried withont a single dissentient .

      A unanimous vote of confidence in , and thanks to , Feargus O'Connor , was then carried by acclamation ; and after a few words from that gentleman , the meeting separated , and at twelve o'clock Mr . O'Connor started for Leeds .

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      BUDDEBSFZBZA . RECEPTION OF FBARGrUS O'CONNOR

      On Saturday night last we had a visit from Mr . O'Connor , when the Philosophical Hall , the largest building in the town , was procured for the occasion . At elsht o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor accompanied by bis friends , and preceded by & splendid band , left the Swan Hotel , and proceeded to the place of meeting . The gentleman , upon ascending the platform , was most vociferously cheered , and shortly after that uncompromising veteran , Mr . Yevera , was unanimously called to the chair ; who after a eonl-stirring appeal to his audience on behalf of their rights and liberties , introduced Mr . O'Connor to the meeting .

      Mr . O'Connor spoke for two hours and fort ; minutes , replying to tbe fallacies of the Anti-Corn Law lecturers . He introduced the question now so prominently relied upon by the League to shelter themselves , namely , the immensely increased value given to agricultural and landed property by the spread of manufactures . This position , said he , I | am not going to deny , but 1 am going to combat and to expose the League deductions , namely , that they , thei landlords , have received this accession of wealth from profits unjustly withheld from capitalists—( hear , hear . ) I am going to admit the fact , that landed property has received great augmentation from the increase of manufactures ; but I undertake to prove that the increase has come from the pockets of the people ,

      and not from thoBe of their masters' —( loud cheers . ) Now the great augmentation to landed property consists not in the increased value of farming land—( hear , hear ); tbe great increase has been derived from groundrents , where new towns have been built ; and houserent in towns whioh have been augmented in the number of inhabitants by the rapid increase of manufactures . Could I select a better spot wherein to illustrate my argument than jast where 1 now stand ? This town belongs to Sir Joan Bamsdtm . Before you were drafted here , some ground for which now a large price is paid by the yard , was then let for a mere trifle by tbe acre—( he * r , hear , and loud cheers . ) Mow , then , -who pays the ground-rent , and the house-rent , of every warehouse , mill and shop , and residence here \—( We

      do . ) Of course yon do , and for the gas and oil—( cheers . ) Suppose there are four thousand or five thousand , or any number of operatives' cottages let far ten pounds a-year , and worth but six ponnds , who pays the whole , Firstly upon tbe six pounds , or official value —( laughter . ) Sir Jonn has bis profit of ground rent ; and then upon tbe housa-rent the matter bos his profit of fourteen pounds a-year ; and thus I am ready to contend and to prove , that while , I admit the fact that Sir John Ramsden ' s property within fifty years has had qu increase from the operation of manufactures by at least £ 70 , 000 & year , I will also contend , that on this increase the master * have had an increase on this

      article alone of three times that amount ( Cheers , and " To be sure they have . ") This 1 b a branch of the whole question of free trade much relied npon by the League , who would blind us to their own . active enormities by directing attention to the passive process by which tended property has heoii increased in value ; the fact being , that so long as you could bear the burden of both they never complained , but now that one or other must be taken from your shoulders , they say , "Oh , take the land-sharks by all means "—( cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then went into the question of small masters , and showed tbe injury done to society by tbe ruin of men whose interests were more nearly identified with those of their men , than those of the leviathan

      machine owners conld possibly b » . Twenty years ago , said he , there were 28 small masters in Paddock , an adjoining village ; they made from five to eight pieces of coarse kerseys a man , a-week . and they employed from nine to twenty-five hands . Now , where aie they ? —C" aye , indeed , " and cheers . ) I will tell you : three out of tbe twenty-eight are still straggling against smoke ; and the remnant of the capital of the remaining twenty-five , driven from tbe market , has been , for want of protection to them ,: transferred into joint-stock bank shares to consolidate a fund for the very men who broke them to gamble upon—( cheers ) . Jossy Crossland has swallowed up the whole twenty-five , and now with less than half the hands makes more in a week than all the others made twenty years ago—( loud cheers ) . Why , then , do the shopkeepers of Paddock wonder at their impoverishment , which must continue till Mr . Crosaland ' s moles and jennies aad spindles are seen going on Saturday night into their shops for bread and

      cheese , and bacon , and bonnets , and muffa and boas , and tippets and caps , and shoes and beds , and coats , and gloves , and watches—( laughter and cheers ) . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , will you bear the plain and simple fact from me ? England is at tbe present moment like a large hotel in a watering-place or iu a race town . It is built for the accommodation of tbe casual visitors only , and is empty during the recess . The sudden and anomalous progress ot manufactures produced as sadden and anomalous an increase in all those departments in trade and commerce , and from which the increased luxuries were to be rapplied . The new commercial society was an artifisial society , and , in fact , like the manufacturing department , become , from sudden demand , competitive in its transactions . The great improvements in machinery , by degree ? enabled the largest capitalists to drive tie smaller ones from the market ; an . i vfith tvery comnitrjuii failure , thtid cauia a eorrespundirg stct' . onul f&ilvue a * Uwi uuss wajtiloyad

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      im producing or vending luxuries or necessaries —{ cheers ) . The failure of a bank or of a large manufacturing concern at first but presents the single misfortune to you , whereas , taken in all its bearings , it should present to you the failure of a corresponding portion of that society eetablished for the production and vending of those luxuries and necessaries-- ( cheers ) . Thus like tbe large hotel it is merry for a moment and } dull for an hour . When times are said to mend , by the receipt of crash order * from abroad , instead of those orders giving a yearly impetus to trade , « requiring more hands , they

      are perfected , as if by magic , and the hotel ia again closed- ( cbeers > See how this shakes confidence at present the sum of 3 d . ia demanded in Hndders-Seld for » Leeds £ b note before ! yon cet change for ft . ( aye , 6 d . ); well , say 3 d ., and so of a Hadderafleld note in Leeds-iaear . hear , hear . ) Well , then , why 1 simply because gambling Inw rendered everything precarious and uncertain- until , for the first time io this great nation , machinery has eorapelled the monasgta to submit to a taa upon her income ( Cheerrj Now , do you understand mei ? ( "Aye every word of it , " and cheers . ) !

      After a vote of thanks to- Mr . O ^ eonnor , and the vefceraa Chairman , She meeting broke ap ; and at twelva o clock Mr . O'Connor departed for Nonaantqn Station , eventeen miles , h&ving spent the remainder of the evening in company wita Mr . PitketbJy and his friends .

      SABBATH ME 2 TING . ; On Monday night last , a- public meeting was convened by the Bev . F . Bateman , vicar , for the purpose of taking into consideration , the best means of promoting a due observance' of the Lords Day . -The bills calling the meeting stated that he ( the Vicar , ) would take the chair at half-past six , and that the meeting would be addressed by Mr . Wilson , ] Honorary Secretary , and the Rav . Mr . Bailey , Clerical Secretary , a deputation from the Parent Society . i Tfla people of this town had , on aeeing the above

      announcement , a roost vivid recollection of I a similar meeting when an effort was made by the Church party so to arrange matters as to compel , if possible ,, by any means , however unjust , the concurrence of all in their mode of understanding and applying the term j * Sabbath Observance . " This recollection excited in many a desire to attend , as the objects of the meeting appeared very similar ; and at tbe appointed time , many were present and others continued to oome until tbe Philosophical Hall was completely filled , not less than twelve hundred being present .

      The Vicar took the chair , and on the platform , was seen the Reverends Messrs . Alderaon , Manning , Topbam , Metcalfe , Hessey , and a few other clergymen ; T . Starkey . Esq .. magistrate , T . C . Laycock , Esq ., attorney ; Mr . J . Hobson , stationer ; Mr . J . Snjitb ; Mr . E . Claytons Mr . J . Gledhill ; Mr . T . Lister , ! and Mr . Pitkethly , junior . j The meeting was opened with prayer , after which the Vicar addressed them at some length , in a very calm and guarded manner , stating the object of tba society to be of such a nature , as when once understood and appreciated , would prove of incalculable

      benefit to all , but to the working classes in particular . He had no doubt that tbe deputation would satisfy them when they spoke . He was quite sure they were not sent down to scold them , but to iay before tkem the true objects , of the society . He said he must confess that often as he had paced the streets of Huddersfield on the Sunday , he had never witnessed any shop open for traffic of any kind ; neither was he Ware of one solitary instance ever occurring ; yet he did not know that each and every of his parishioners , conducted themselves wita that degree of propriety , which is necessary far a dad observance of tbe sabbath . —( A voice " who rides to church in their carriage ?"/

      Tbe Vicar then called upon the Rev . Mr . Alderson to open the business of the meeting . ] Mr . A . rose and said in % very low tone , that be bod come from a neighbouring parish for tbe purpose of hearing the nature and object of the society ; he would , therefore , not longer detain them , but make way for Mr . Wilson , one of the deputation . Mr . Wilson came forward and stated that the society , of which he was honorary secretary , had for its object the increased happiness of the working classes ; this be endeavoured , to prove by stating that many were obliged , in direct opposition to the dictates of ibis own conscience , to labour on tbe Lord ' s day , by which practice they neglected their religious duties ; nay , more , from this baaeful practice they were precluded from learning what those duties were , and so were lost to all eternity . He instanced the men employed upon the canals , and those in the iron mined ; also the

      breadbakers of London , who , be said , had requested tbe society to obtain an enactment fur the purpose of sup pressing all £ uch immoral and irreligious proceedings—( a voice from the gallery , " We haven't wark for't warfc days" ) . [ It is impossible to convey to the mind of tbe reader the effect produced in the sneating by the cries and ejaculations of the persons composing it . Indeed , it was nearly one continued acence of mirth from beginning to end ; and in the loud peals of laughter that followed some of these sayings , even the clergy themselves could ? ot refrain from joining , though they tried to preserve unbroken gravity . The question , " Who rides to church iu their carriages ? " was jell throughout the whole meeting : for it Is a -well known fact | that the Vioaf * o » a carriage goes to church and back every Sunday ; and that the only magistrate on the platform-Mr . Starkey , regularly uses his , to convey him to duly observe the Sabbath 1 The hit was duly appreciated by tbe entire meeting ]

      The Vicab next rose and said , he would jast advert to a case that had recently happened in this town shewing the deadly influence Sabbath-breaking had upon its victims . One of hfa curates had waited upon a poor man who was about to die , and who lived in a dark and damp cellar ; and what do you think was the first words that struck his ear?—( a voice from ; the gallery " has he paid his Easter dues ? " Tbe Vicar had rendered himself obnoxious by summonsing for Easter Dues , those who were unable to pay ; them . ) i " I am lost—my soul is lost for ever . " The Curate inquired the nature of bis fears ; when the poor man answered , " I have laboured on the Sabbath for a many years , and there is no hope for me . " Tha Vicar then called upon Mr . Madden . i

      Mr . Madden cams forward and observed , he was extremely sorry that persona should be found in that vast assembly , met for so desirable an object , that would , by the expressions he had heard , endeavour to interrupt the speakers . 11 isquite evident the body of the meeting do not engage in this ; they take no part In the interruption ; and the only surprise I have is , that so vast an assembly will allow two or three individuals to annoy them He then said that he had been in the army for many years , and during some of his engagements he had fought on the Sunday- — ( a voice , . «• The Lord warn't wi youjthen . ") — aud as such he could bear testimony to the deadly influence of Sabbath breaking . He had been engaged in this manner for twenty-six years previous to j taking holy orders , —( a voice , " Which side gave you best pay ? " )—and his experience taught him to know the value of a due observance of the Sabbath . He concluded by calling opon Mr . Bay ley , the Clerical Secretary .

      Mr . Bay ley said he hod no doubt a misapprehension as to the nature and object of the society existed ! in the minds of many , yet he doubted not the co-operation of all good men when they beard and understood the true nature of that society . It had been said that the gentry rode to church in their carriages . This he declared was not countenanced ; neither did they fear the rich because of their superior station , but that he should declare openly and freely his opinion upon whatever he considered tended to desecrate the Sabbath , regardless of auy man's contumely . He then waded through the Same track as did bis colleague , but in a more dignified and impressive style . The whole was listened to with great attention . i

      Toe \ IC a a next rose to conclude the meeting j he said that in consequence of the little disorder he bad heard he feared very much whether he could , prudently , in future call a public meeting , even for a benevolent purpose . He , living amongst them could readily bear it ; but when " foreigners" came amongst them , they expected to be treated as gentlemen . He had taken that room , he had paid for the room , with bis own money—( a voice , " That ' s a lie ; Easter dues helped thse to do that" )—and he could not , therefore , think of the" deputation being sent empty away ; he had arranged for a person to be at the door to receive whatever they choose to give ; and those who choose to sit still would be waited upon for their contributions . The Vicar then requested them to join him in singing the Doxobgy .

      At this moment Mr . J . Hobson stepped forward , and observed he did not think it right tbe meeting should conclude so abruptly . Alarm immediately took possession of the whole of the clergy . The Vicar inquired of Mr . H ., in alow tone , waa he "A friend 1 " Answer" l Yes . " " Who are you ? " Answer- — " A Friend ; " The vicar showed great trepidation and fear , but allowed Mr . H . to proceed , when he said that to the objects of tbe meeting all present must be friendly ; for to promote a due observance of the SabbatbJ every right constituted mind would lend its help and aid . " I think . Sir , " said Mr . H ., addressing the j vicar , " that as you have taken the trouble to call ua , the lay members of your flock , together , to lay before ua your objects and purposes , it would be a great

      dereliction of duty in us to depart without informing you , by open vote , how far we are disposed to aid you in carrying out your praiseworthy and ( laudable object—securing a due observance of the Sabbath . " Some one here whispered into the vicar's eat that the speaker ' s name was Hobson . TMs was sufficient . The vicar tamed to the audience , declared the meeting dissolved , and requested his friends to retire ; which they precipitately did through the back door . At this moment the scene was the most ludicrous we ever saw . The confusion of the clergy , the throwing their coats upon their backs , the cocking ef their hats

      and the general run from the platform , amidst the cries of " Hear both aides , '' which ended in one unanimous burst of indignation , manifested by yells aad hootings , was tiuly farcical . It will not soon be forgot by those who witnessed it . ft * r . Hobson still maintained his position ; and Mr . Madden kindly stroked him on the back , and earnestly begged of lum . to desist- — In this request Mr . Madden waB joined by several of his brother clergymen , and by Mr . Kemp , the' bookseller , Mr . Shaw , the overseer , and several oilier influential parties . All entreaty , however , availed not . Mr . Hobsurj said he waa not to ba driven or persuaded from his coarse ; and both th « Vicar and his frisnds

      would tin I , in ths loug ruu , t-ias tlw , / had greatly mistu . l 5 . tn their course by mnuicg away . When' they

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      heard his resolution , they would find that he I Mr . Hobson ) wm . their best friend . Entreaty tbsa failing , stronger means were resorted to . Mr . Kemp again accosting Mr . H ., demanded from him a guarantee lor one pound , tbe rent of the room , and also a guarantee for the payment for tbe gas consumed . Mr . H . replied that he understood the Vicar had paid lot both : at kast , ao be bad said : however tbe com ' munlcation should be communicated to the meet ' ing ; and the meeting might give what guarantee it pteaaed . Mr . T . Cf . Lancashire hereupon interfered ; aad Mr . Hobson , good-humouredly turned to the meeting end said , My friends ; there la an old adage which ssys . that two- of a trade can never agree : it eeeme we are to have a practical

      expliflcation of its truths . " EMr Hobson , Mr . Kemp , and Mr . T . G . lahcashira , are all Booksellers and Printers in the Town . ] A loud roar of iaughtej followed this sally ; and Mr . Kemp had the good sense to ' retire . Not bo Mr . X- ft He seizid hoid of Mr . Hobsoo by the arm ; and said that as he ( Mr . T . Q . ) was the person entreated witfi the card ot tbe Hall , he would prevent his ( Mr . Hobson ' s ) speaking ia it . Mr . H , « oolly bid him- te " Hands off . " This but enraged him the more ; and be twicbed s little harder , saying " I will , F will , " and attempted tcdrag Mr . H . from his position in front of the platform . Mr . H . turned round to him anrl said , " If you do- not instantly l « t ? e off , I will throw yoc over the railing into the body at the meeting . " He left go instantly s and then

      Mr . Thos . fevers was proposed as chairman ; and oa ascending the platform , and abont to take the chair , the Reverend !*) Mr Hesley , principal at the Collegiate School , deliberately drew the chair away r The old man did not fall , but he might faave done and sustained seriouB- injury , and Mr . Hobson remonstrated with the Reverend Geatleman for so low and mean an act , yet , he "would not replace it-After 8 ilenca was obtained , Mr . Hobson observed that it was with extreme regret he saw thdclergy leave the meeting Id that unhandsome ,, nay insulting manner he thonght it was but right that as the Vicar bad called his parishioners together to hear their opinions , they ought also to allow the lay member *

      to express their opinion , in order that they might thereby understand each othex , and co-operate , as far as possible , for the purpose of obtaining a just and dne observance of the Sabbath . With that object , and with many of tbe reason * that had been adduced by tba deputation , he entirely concurred ; particularly with those which affected the physical condition of the working millions . He , for one , should much regret to see the time when every moment of the vreek should be devoted to work , knowing , as he did , that thiB , and this only , was now needed to thoroughly debase and enslave the people . Af tersome other observations of s > similar import , he concluded by moving the following resolution : —'

      " That this meeting , duly ahve to the necessity , policy , aad wisdom of the irstituted Sabbath , or day of rest , pledges itself to promote , by every- means in its power , whatever can condnce to its due observance ; . but while it will resist , by all legitimate means , whatever may lead to undermine and uproot that institution , and thus take from tbe toiling millions the only chance now left them to rest and recruit exhausted nature ,, it will resist , in no less degree , the setting up of any standard or mode of observance by any peculiar sect to which all others may be required to bow ; inasmuch as tha acknowledgement of such a principle might lead to the enthronement of fanaticism and bigotry , should these .

      from any cause , acquire the wielding of power ; The ProtesUnt Reformation established ' the right of private judgment' not less respecting the uaa and utility of forms aad ceremonies , than of modes cf faith and truthfulness of creeps ; and the recognizer of that principle will see an equal due observance of the Sabbath by tbe man who worships the Author of all Being io the Natural Temple of the Universe , communing with Nature and her wondrous works , and looking through Nature up to Nature ' s God , ' as by the man who worships in the temple made with hands , and uses all the forms and ceremonies be deems most acespiable to tbe object of his worship . "

      The above was seconded by Mr . J . Smith , and carried with only three dissentients . A vote af thanks was given to tbe Chairman , and the meeting separated peaceably .

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      West Riding Sessions . —The Intermediate Ses-Bions for the West Riding will be luld at Sheffield , on Monday , the 27 th February ; and at Wakefield , on Thursday , the 2 nd of March , for the trial of felons aud misdemeanants . Trial of M'Navohten , —The trial of Daniel M'Nautfhtea , for shooting Mr . Edward Drummond , has been postponed until the next session of the Central Criminal Court . On Wednesday , the jury returned a true bill for wilful murder against him . Paine ' s Birthday . —This eyent was celebrated in the usual manner at several places on Monday evening last . We have received long accounts of the festivities , for none of which have we space , our columns having been pretty well occu pied even before their receipt .

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      Fkiday , Febrcaby , 3 . —The supply of Wheat boing only small to day , an advance of Is . per quarter has been obtained for finest samples , but in other sorts not much business passing at last week's rates . Barley is not brisk sale , but fully supports its value . BeanB are more in request than for some time past , at rathor improved priced . In other articles no material alteration .

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      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , will beholden before Thomas Flower Ellis the Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , on Tuesday , the 28 th Day of February instant , at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon * at whioh Time and Place all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizance , and Others having business at the said Sessions , are requested to attend .

      And Notice is hereby further Given , Thai all Appeals . Applications , and Proceedings under the Highway Acts ( not previously disposed of ) will be heard and taken aft the Sitting of the Court on Thursday Morning , at Nino o'Clock , unless any Felonies or Misdemeanours shall then remain undisposed of , in whioh case all su < 5 h Appeals , Applications , and proceedings will be heard and taken as soon after Thursday Morning , at Nino o'Clock , as the whole of the Felonies aud Misdemeanours shall have been disposed of .

      JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace for the Baid Borough Leeds , February Srd , 1343 .

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      CLASS-MADE LAWS HAVE MADE THEIR VICTIMS : LET US ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . Fellow Working Men , — WHEN I seut tho Advertisement to be Published , which has appeared for the last few weeks , and whioh states that I am willing to giye foar shillings to the Executive and one shilling to the Victim Fund out of every one hundred pounds weight of beverage , I say , my friends , at that time it struck me very forcibly that the Victim Fond

      stood much need of augmenting , and I think so still , as you may see by their letter ; and I also think , if I may judge from appearance , that the country evinces but little disposition to support the cause of Chartism through the Executive , inasmuch as neither myself nor Messrs . Crow and Tyrrel have had much to add to their fands for Borne weeks past . I therefore propose that the whole , of the five shillings per hundred pounds be given to tho Victims * Defence Fund , and it sh « H appear as before in Mr . Cleave's Subscription List weekly , until theasaizss are over , when we can make fresh arrangements as the times

      may require . Now , my friends , it remains with the people , whether those men who have been made victims for no other crime than that of demanding justice at the hands of our oppressors be left to the clemency of a merciless judge and a time-serving jury , or whether they shall have funds sufficiently supplied whioh will secure to them justice ; and we must remember tbat there is only a few weeks to raise the money in , and we should also remember that we that are at liberty are only so because the law has not got hold of us , but that we perhaps may have 6 aid and dote more towards the downfall or tyrants fchau those whom it is our duty to sapporfc . I now loavo the matter in your bauds , and only have to say , that I pledged mysolf in 1819 sever : o rest uutil w

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      BO 1 . TON . —In a part of our impression last week , we inserted a paragraph . alluding to tbe supposed murder at Bolton of Mr . Z ineiti , of Manchester . Since then an inquest has been held on Mr . Zinetti ' a remains ; and , from the evidence then adduced , it appears pretty clear that there was no murder in the case , Mr . Z having , in the darkness of the night , lost bis way , and fallen into the river , where he was drowned . By falling against some stones , his face was much disfigured , which gave rise to the rumour in Bolton that he had been murdered .

      Wakefiedd Corn Market.

      WAKEFIEDD CORN MARKET .

      Lel^ Ds Bobough Sessions.

      LEl ^ DS BOBOUGH SESSIONS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct789/page/5/