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      EMIGRATION , WHERE TO , A 2 ? D HOW TO PROCEED . ' In o njlasi sheet we annonncea that arrangements Jad been made with Mr . Pilkethly , of Haddersfield , jo publish in the Star , in weekly portions , the * I ? ote 3 of hia ionr throngh a portion of Canada , and several of ib * States op Horth Ahesica ; parficnlarly the States of ^ Massachusetts , IIhode Islasd , New Yoke ., Pejstltaiua , Ohio , Michigan , Illinois , "Wiscossrs , and New Jersey ; undertaken "with a "riew of ascertaining the desirability , or otherwise , of "Emigration j and to judge of the best location ioi English Emigrants , from actual observation / ' What follows Ib the w Introductory Letter" then promised . The "Notes" will be commenced next week .

      TO HTTESmSQ EMIGRAJfTS . JIT T : rte >~ ds , —For a long period I had contemplated a visit to the United States of North America , jlauy circumstances combined to urge me to make it . Torseveralyears , however , it-wasunavoiciably deferred ; tat , — -as ~ = ill be seen by the sketch of my Tour , -which under arrangement , "will appear in the columns of the 2 \ f > rthern Star , —I undertook it last summer . li -would have afforded me mnch pleasure to have complied irith the very -orgett requests of many feini friecis in various parts of the country , to hare given ibis account of my Tour a mere early publication ; but business eypgements hsTe toe much occupied my attention , & * d I have besides had occasion to be in Seotizai a coEHderable portion of ike time that has elspsed since my return from the United States .

      1 urnst crave the indulgence of my friends to overlook the inaccuracies of style in this " record of observations ; " for I make no pretensions as ?• a writer . " I « clr desire them to beiirfe that in the task I have undertaken , I have been prompted by the best possible motives , and performed ifc to the best of my ability , with a ¦? ieTr to render service to t * iose -who need it Mj first eTgect in *• going out" -was to ascertain how fa the " thousand and one" flittering statements circa-JstetJ respecting America -srere founded on facia . Secondly , to ascertain hew far the much-reduced and xarwilliBglv idle artiaas of this country could improve ther condition by removing thither .

      Thirdly , that by observation and experience , 1 might be enabled to alleviate , in some degree , the sufferings infiietfcd upon those who , from choice , nndeiteke the Toysje "with s view to improve their condition ; and more espeiaAlly the more unfortunate , who , from prtascre of drenmstsnees and want of employment , are compeBed % o seek an asylum in a foreign land . Tfcase classes to which I here allude will no doubt , profit by the expose ¦ which I am now enabled to make of the organized system of swindling and ttlnnder

      existing , DsrScalsdj in LiTerpool ana Xew "York , i > y trhich the unsuspecting and simple Emigrant is fleeced oftentimes of •» Ms cR ™ And if my efforts in this department tave only the effect of puttingEmigrants upon their guard , and arming them against the insidious attempts of the hungry cheating crew that abound to their de-EtniiSion , my labour will not have been in vain ; and the reflection that I hsve been the instrument of good to the poor driixn-away -worker will be an ample reward .

      Sly attention was first attracted to this branch of my present subject , by an occurrence' which fell under my own observation in the latter end of 1841 ; and in which 1 was called npon to act a somewhat prominent part . It was detailed in a letttr from myself to Sir George Sinclair at the time ; and 1 here give it , that the redder may have same idea of the infamous tricks resiited to by parties connected with Emigrant Shipping , and JBcrvf as an immediate warning to all who may be now ^ contemplating a voyage " out * " to be mindful what sort of " bargains" they make . They will do wisely , too , to look minutely to the voiding and purport of the ' receipt ior passage ** they may rec&ive . Ihfe following latter -will -show them a reason why ;—41 To SIR GE 0 B . 6 B SUiCiATB , BAB . T . * Liverpool , 20 th Xovember , IS 41 .

      " Sin , —Tour kindness inducts me to take the liberty of ] aying" * a case of vlllany before yon , for the pnrposs of craving your benevolent interference with tfcr powers that be . I will not tronble you with anjij further apology , bnt stats the facts . "A poor woman , the wife ef William Bradley , late of Bnddersrifcld , after disposing of her little furniture , came to this place with sevt-n children , lor the purpose of taking a passage to New York , where iter hesbiad had been forced , by pressure of cinannstaEcea , to Emigrate , some short time before . - She arrived here with her children and a brother , on the 15 th nit . ; I reach&d here on the 17 th , and on the afternoon of the -same day , found the woman , and accompanied her to a shipping office , where ft © had- previously

      fceen to treat for a passage . I asked Mr . Robinson < me cf the contractors , several qnestjons , all vi frbletl he evaded answering , and addressed himself to-Jtira . Bradley , desiring that she would say , that she would give £ 16 for the conveyance of herself ar-d her family . " She had previously beerj asked £ 19 10 s , J desirtd * ber to leave the office , as it was improper to treat with any one who would not explain . * She was fallowing me , ¦ B-hfcs hestoppsd ha , and offered to ' iaie her for £ 15 / Bo ^ cvar , 1 advised her to wait , and I would make sum : ictjiiir ^ a * como «> t 2 M » c&m . I saw JseT the following evsning , after I had engaged a passage for fcer and family for . £ 12 10 s . She informed me that she tad just paid to the Messrs . Robinson , or rather to ttrir agtnt , the su » of £ 14 1 D 3 . ; ' and this sfee had done sfttr the most violent threats and intimidations , such

      as , * if ste went and paid anywhere elee , ttey tste care see £ honld not go ; ' ' that they had had bo much tronile with her , that she must pay them for it ; * 'if she did not pay them she could not go at all . it &C 4 bo that in terror , the poor woman agreed to pay . Her brother was with her at the time she paid ; but as neither of ibem ceuld write , they had with them a person who could . When the bargain was concluded , it was at first proposed to give a receipt on a plain sheet of paper . This they refused to accept , having seai o £ her 3 upon a printed lorm . Hereupon the agent produced a printed form , tnd while Sling it np , the person -srho accompanied the woman and her brother , and who cocld write , was watching to see that all was done right . As soon as the agent saw this , he , with the most shocking oaths and imprecations , g ' . ized the said person by the eollai , —tcldbim' there was thedoar ;

      to E-fegont 3^—thai they wanted no raid agrnts there , * and vicleotij pnsBsd him cut . When these things were detailed to me , 1 ssked for a sicht of tb * receipt ; and 1 soon i&ima the extanhle rascality of the whole transseiion . It was z , printed form , With tfce blanKS partly filled np , and partly no , T _ It set forth ibit the parties had anted lor astcond cabin passage to 2 s '« w York , by the Alfred ; but the words ir boos had been interlinta ! So that tht poor woman would have " been en-&rly at the mercy tf tfce tarpie * ; an-i liable to have been stnt ashore , as the vessel was leaving port , on the ground that there was to , roovt . ' and ibat her * bargsin' was to so if thtie was Teem . * It also set ffeith that a balance ef £ i was still due for the passage . To give yon as correct an idea as I cin of the ' precious document , ' 1 have here transcribed it , preserving its farm and peculiarities as well as it is possible to do so in writing ;—

      " ° - - Bstth , No . " Transatlantic Packet OSces , No . 1 , Neptune-street , Waterloo-road , and 16 , Goree Pizzas . ^ " ilrs . Bradley , Mary , ELzibeth , EUen , Emina . Sirah . Fredciick , and Txjom ^ , making two adnits and -Eix ckudrtn , ha-re agretd ytiXh us fi ? r a second cabin if room ., pasagE to New York , in the Alfred , ukirg all the risk , and payiris , before fembarliEs , oce do"lar each lor h' jspital moEey ; thin finding berths , water , and fcsl only . " ^ ticketnot trsosferable-Oaly proviaons and wearicg spparel allowed as tef e ^ -e the rest to be paid for .

      Babrce dee for - passage £ 4 , asd wiicfc , with the cospiial meaty , miat hepaja on or before the ship goes out of port , or tfce deposit will be forfeited , acd ihe Pisces as now agrefed npoa filled up fcy oth « £ ajgned ^ a . sojiiamlie . "

      « 'L ^* ° On S ! ^ Tfcafi til 5 s pretended receipt , I asked "fij they had not paid all the passage aoney ? ' I T ^ i nstaBfly told "they hz ± ' Then , " 1 asked , * why U ^ ere a balance of four pounds to pay ? ' The answer wasttn ' th-ybad paid ij tbey sgrted for , namely , lv - 1 Oi' IieEt tLvm dircttly to tfce cfiee to ieain » ty U was so . Thty retnmed to say , that the person WEorectived the mosey bete ? absent , no answer could P = given . I then went with the poor woman and her Ember tothe&ivenaiieiit Ofilce for the Protection of ™ % r 2 nu . It was a few minutes past f cm . Wefennd fittojtd . I then tock thtm to the otter Shipping "S ** where I had engaged a pasra $ e for the famUy , «« i there we esp ) ained the whole matter . - They to of

      ^ ned unceratand that inch tbirgs were no uncommon occurrence . I esquired , * If sneb foolers cedd not be pnt ont of the trade' ? pa ^ -Rafed , That it was disgraceful to have such » it—that it was calculated to bring all the shippers rL , aP ° o 1 i ^ to odinm ?• They said , They could * " 3 asked , * If they did not think it would be P ^ -per to have the gang taken np for swindling ?' J ~! a 5 d > ' I had better see Lieutenant Henry firsf ; KKoer said , It would be well to have them arrested . * i ^ aedi&telj went in March of the Superintendent of frr * but « i noV fortunate enough to find him . I » a the . case More the person * I met at the poliee "m * - They too , teemed tonndeist&nd that this was % woman matter . They said , "Before yon proceed in any . ««« . Jon bid better see Mi Henrv » I therefore .

      "jreeted the woman , with some witnesses , to meet me the JW toWnjf morning , and we would wait on the lieutenant » ha cfEee . T 5 * e found Mm in . I explained the caw , * nfl repeseBtea to fr ?™ the hardship it would have been pa the demand been made Iotthe fotir pounds balance , jost when the ship vras going out of dDck ; wien the Poor woman havingnoUiinglef t would have been thrown tt t *> the Etrest , with her seven children , without home , ana without a wxpence , when , very posdhly , she , had never before been ten miles from "her home ; that I

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      thoneht it would be well to have the fellows brtu ^ ht np for swindtiEg ; and that I intended to lay the case before the Home Secretary . At this last remark , he startsd , and asked me , « What he had to do with the Home Office , —that he was net appointed by the Home Office . ' I said , I did not intend to complain of his conduct to the Government ; but it was truly BurpriaiDg to hear him say that he was not appointed by the Home Office , while hia bills , stuck npon the walls , stated that he was appoisted by the Government * The lieutenant , after considering upon the case , and repreuenting , amongst other things , that , although there was good proof as to how Messrs . Robinson and their tools had acted , it would be difficult to convict , aa they would find persons to BWeat the contrary . '

      He then proposed to send an officer with Mrs . Bradley to the offica This he did ; and when the Insolent and brutish fellow fonnd they were in a mess , he instantly said , It was understood that a bargain had been struck , so as to leave the balance » tated > but having f punrt out the mistake , they were ready to take them for the £ l 4 10 s . * which they acknowledged to have received . The return of the whole sum however was insisted on ; and after an-inner-qfiUx consultation , and being informed of what I had threatened te do , v ' a . ' To have them brought before the magistrate lor swindling , that morning , if the money was not paid < lown to the woman , * it was instantly returned , and she went and paid the £ 12 10 s at the other office , where I had bargained for her , and she sailed directly by the ship Cambridge . *

      " Sir , among many complaints , 1 fonnd that the general opinion is , that a law ought to b % passed for regulating the engaging of passages to foreign ports ; and that licenses ought to t » granted to proper persons . At least , an investigation ought to take place immediately into the general mode and management of tbess affairs ; for the crnelty and imposition is beyond caleulation . Would my business permit me , 1 would , at my own charge , stay at the port , watch ' the proceedings , and make a report . In the meantime , I shall be most glad if you c- uld conveniently communicate with Sir James Graham , verbally or by letter ; and I feel confident that this statement of toe case , although most hurriedly drawn up , is Bufficient to arouse your kind aDd benevolent heart , and to cause you to make an effort to put an end to conduct bo vile , so cruel , and so oppiessive . * ' I have the honour to remain , Sir , " Yours , most respectfully , "la . BJTKETHLT . "

      The facts connected with thiB case , brought so immediately under my own cegnizince , made a deep impression on my mind ; and when I at last made arrangements to " go out , " 1 determined to make myself fully acquainted with the practices and conduct pursued towards . Emigrants , both on shore , and when crossing the broad Atlantic . For this purpose I inadt many inquiries , and obtained much information , when at Liverpool ; of which more hereafter : and I also determined to take my passage among the crowd , so that I might not only see , bnt feel , the common treatment to which pool Emigrants an- subjected . I ami now glad I did bo , otherwise many facts with which I became but too well con- ? era . fnt , botb on my outward and fcom& ward passage , would have been unknown , 1 Bhall make them public , in the hope that they will lead to an altered state of things , much to the benefit of the Emigrant .

      During the period I had the tour in contemplation , I held an extensive correspondence with personal friends in the States for my guidance , and in or ^ er that I might arrange matters so as to proceed through the country with asmuch facility , comfort , and advantage as possible . This induced me to take the route of which a sketch win be hereafter given . Among the correspondence referred to was a letter from my friend Dr . Smiles , of the city of Bochester in the State of ISew Tori , Which Was published last summer , » nd which had an extensive circulation and txcited much interest , in consequence of a suggested combined plan of emigration , for the carrying of which into effect several societies in England harre been formed , ilore of this however , hereafter .

      My route , generally speakiijg , was as follows : —I landed at Boston , in which city and its neighbourhood I remained a few days , and then proceeded to Providence , the capital of Rhode Island , and to Stonnington . From thence , by steamer , up the Straits which divide Long Island from the Main ( and which is of tea called the East R . ver ) to New York ; frmn which 1 proceeded along the River Hudson to Albany , and onward to the Shaker village "at New l * b . mon , bordering on tfee ¦ State of Massachusetts ; from here 1 returned partly by a diffwent route to Albany , and proceeded to the West by railway through Schenectady , TJtica , Syracuse . Aucurn , &c , to Rochester ; tbtn to Lockport and Buffalo by packet ; next on Lakd Erie by Dunkirk , Astabula , Fiirport , Paintsville , Cleveland ,

      Saodnirky and other places in the State * f Ohio . 1 then crossed over the Like , and landed at Maldon , in Canada ; next to Detroit , capital of Michigan , which State I crossed in its full extent . At Sf . Josephs 1 took steamer for Chicago , State of Illinois , in the district cf which I rtmsined some time . 1 then proceeded to Racine , in Wisconsin territory , and onward to Rochester , ( in Wisconsin ) , Troy , ic ., returning by Mil-sraukey . I there tt-oi the steam-boat ODCti IDOtt ) arid proceeded by the F « x and Beaver Isles on the north-west shore of the State of Michigan , passing the Straits of Michillisiacinac , ( which divides the State of Michigan froTn Wisconsin Territory ) , into lake Huron , where we soon reached the Island of Mackinaw , —a contraction of" the name of Micnillimacinac . — thence to tie large inland of Bais Blank ,

      landing on the east coast of Michigan , at a small settlement calltd Prtsque Isle ; from thence to the rapids of St Clair , crossing Saginaw Bay . At the entrance to me raptua la Fort Gratiot Ttumca paasii : £ through Lake St » Clair , we arrived again at Detroit , and went by the Lake Erie to Buffalo . From here I went by steamer and railway , passing Black Rock , Grand and 2 favy Islands , with Schlosser and Chippcwa ( the principal scenes in the Canadian revolution ) to tie Great Falls of Niagara ; from which 1 proceeded to Drummondsville , at Qaeenston , in Canada ; crossed the great river to Ltwiston , and took Railway to Lockport , and from thence proceeded onward by canal packets Jo Rochester , and by previous route to New York . From that city I again set sail for England .

      I have considered it proper to give this introductory outlii-e of my " Tour , ** before the " Notes" taken during it , are commenced publishing . When the latter are finished , a series ot observations and it flections will follow , is which I shall endeavour to make the reader acquainted with th « impressions which the facts I have collected have made on my mind ; and also endeavour to apply the information so acquired to a practical purpose , having for its object and end the l > enent and well-being of the poor Emigrant , driven by " hard times '' from his Dative land . I flutter myself that when tbe whole is completed , a mass of information sot hitherto accessible will be in the hands of the people . If that should , in only a slight degree , subserve ihcir interests , and lead to benefit , my object and aim will fee answered .

      I an , my friends , Yours , devotedly , L . PlTKETHLT . Huddersfield , March 27 tb , 1843 . PS . —In the course of the above introductory letter , I have alluded to a communication , received from Dr . John Sajhs , ol Rochester , State of New York , which his txcited considerable attention . Belitving that it will be found to contain valuable inforrpation , of immediate practical nse to the " ont-going " emigrant , independent of the " suggested plan" before spoken of , I have given it entire . The writer is a man of extensive information , acknowledged ability , and feas had a many years experience in the United States . He is cousin to th * Editor of the Leeds Times .

      TO MR- L . P 1 TKEIHLY . I received with much pleasure your letter of the 4 th of Octuber , lS-a . Although it is twelve years since 1 last saw > ou , 1 had no difficulty in recognising the old fiiend with whom J first formed an acquaintance in London . Yon say yon 'have written to me twice or thrice . I regret 1 did not get your letters , as it would have gratified me mnch to have kept up a correspondence with you . 1 thould have liked especially to have heard from yon during the sitting of the National Convention , of wLieh y&o was a membez . Its proceedings particularly interisttd me , and 1 seldom Baw an English papfcr , on the intelligence and veracity of which I could rely . The American journals , I regret to say , as a whole , were not over friendly to the Chartists , and their actions in detail they seldom noticed . A stray Northern S ' , or a Leeds Times , conducted by n > y cousin , were the only sources of information I received , and even these , being like angels' visits , " few and far between , " 1 was often ltft in ignorance of the real state of the popular movement in England . In the country where 1 j-Te—so far from New Yorfe—an English paper is at &U times a rare affair ; a radical one , to use a homely Scotch saying , " is a sight for sair een . " 1 sail remain as radical aa ever ; Day , probably I am more deeply dyed in the wool than when you first knew me . Ytt this country , or rather a resilience in it of years , often charges the political opinions of old country radicals . One sees so little of real practical

      republicanism , that some are apt to become disgusted , and because of a little disappointment , almost become . Tory . But to my mind , this is but a skin-deep view of things . A people just set up fox themselves on a new principle , cannot act with perfect wisdom at once . It : would be aosurd to expect it ; but so long as they possess sufficient intelligence to retain in their own hands the power of change , time will correct the many abuses that have crept into their legislation . The greatest evil inte which the American people have fallen , is that of having allowed wealth an indue inflneoc « . Yat years back , wealth alone has been legislated for . Throughout th » Union , in every

      state , legislator * seemed U » i * et for no other purpose tbyi to enact lavs to enbasoe its power and influecoe Hence corporation ! an * monopolies of all kinds sprung up year after year , like muibropms in September . It appear * to me bow , however , that the people '* eyes are opening to the fact , that no man , or body of men , ar « entitled to any privilege at right , beyond the right of citizenship . The foundation « toHe on which the whole superstructure of their system was built , was , that all men were bom politically , and in the eye of all late , free and equaL In their declaration of independence , this fundamental troth was the starting point , bnt ever Eince , in action , it has been lost sight of . Special , or

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      class legislation , has obtained ? to a great extent , and unless the evil be remedied , enr institutions will become a mockery and a byewerdt Wealth will rule as surely andascertainly as it does with you . I soraeWmeB think , in the present state ef the intelligence and morality of the most advanced people , it will do so yet for ages ; but I nevertheless struggle Bgainst its itflusnee , whether wisely or well , ia a problem . Where the intelligence of the masses is unequal to tie fall understanding of their system of government , it is a simple and easy matter to cajole and deceive them , so as . to rendei theit productive powers sibservient to advance special interests . I think it must be conceded that the form of our government was in advance of the intelliligence of the people—hence the many anti-republican

      institutions that they permitted to grow up everywheie . They are the poisonous vineH thut have slowly and stealthily crept up the tree of liberty . Unless pruned off , they will surely destroy its vitality . That Buch will not be their fate , I feel a fervent hope , enlivened and cheered , by -what I have observed since I came to this country , of the desire of the people to correct abuses which designing and selfish men have williDgly encouraged , I cannot but entertain the belief that ail will yet go well . The productive classes are firm and determined republicans . They have been so often misled by cunning politicians , they are daily becoming awakened to the fact , that they must understand Government in all ita relations themselves , and not take the dictum of travelling orators as the standard by

      which to act and judgein politics , economy , and finance . They begin to study these matters , and think and act on their own responsibilities . These branches of knowledge too are being taught in our common schools—a thing hitherto neglected in all countries—and in this lies the political salvation of the people . Indeed , among the rising generation , a knowledge of government is becoming a primary part of education ; esit-emed in this country more essential than all else . Without a thorough understanding of what it is , I look upon the mere right of Suffrage and the Ballot as of small amount , and probably of doubtful good . England is about the sune eizd as this State . Suppose by the wand of the enchanter the population of the first waB at a moment ' s notice crowded within the area

      of the last , with the same productive means , and all the rights of citizenship conferred upon them . In the present state of their knowledge , do you think they would be much better off ? Not at all . The same inequality of condition would soon exist , and the maaaea have to beg to be permitted to labour , many of whom would not be bo permitted , but would die of starvation . The Charter , as a mere instrument to confer Tights , such as voting for a representative , &c , would do little good to the people of England in itself . It ib tho revolution that it would necessarily bring about —the destruction of a splendid but frivolous and useless government , which all their earnings are taxed to support—the annihilation in some way of the national d . ebt—the abrogation of the laws of primogeniture—and

      tbe permission of the more equal division of the soil among the many . A universal interest must take the place of special interests , and the education of the people , and not tbeir ignorance , must be the object of legislation , if tho state of inielligence ia such , thit tbe suffrage might be conferred and y « t wealth and ita nJluenee , privilege and prejudice , maintain their sway , the liberty of all to vote would be a grand evil . When a man has kis children starving at > home , let him be ever so conscientious , a loaf of bread will buy hia vote . Nature will speak more thunder-toned than patriotism ; ot rather , addresses to his patriotism . Do not fancy me tinged with Toryism , because I

      diacoursB thus . No ; but I have studied the matter here , where what you are fighting for is in operation , and I have long discovered that a people may be given all tbe rights of freemen , and yet not maintain themselves such . The right to vote , without the right to labour , I cannot understand . To be unable to obtain the permission to do so , is the same thing in my eyes , for laws that will bring about » r preserve a state ot things that necessitates many to ask and be denied the right to live by labour—to preserve a mere physical existence—is dreadful to contemplate here , and yet I havo seen it more than once in our crowded cities . What will it be a century hence , if the peeple do not look to il in time ?

      But 1 must now reply more directly to your letter , or you will tire of my philosophising . In regard to Wisconsin Territory , I never was there , but many of my countrymen and friends from tbis quarter have visited it . From the account given by all , it must be a Doble country , with a Boil and climate fitting it admirably for English settlers . Ita situation on the map is such , that you can ship either to New York er New Orleans , and receive from either place supplies in return . In climate , it approximates nearer to England than any other part of America . The section 1 now live in is too cold , full sixmontbs of winter , and I dislike this very much . This is a dreary time for ua farmers to sit by the fire-side . As you remurk in your letter , any kind of land may be had in Wi-consln , prairie , wooded ,

      or part wet , although 1 fancy not much of the last . All of it is said to be better adapted for growing wheat than any other part of the Union . In population it is rapidly increasing , and will , in a year or two , become a Btats . By all means come and sea the country before you determine on anything ; but from a knowledge of yoor former active life , I should predict it would not suit your disposition to settle down in the wilderness of the far west to the cultivation of the soil . Thfcre would not be sufficient to keep in play your active mind , unless , indeed , you brought iooo people with you—combined their labour in agricultural pursuits for your mutual benefits—you to reap for the capital advanced a fair return , and they for the labour spent an equal tquivalent ; and if sou

      even gave to tbe last , as it ought to have , the largest » noro , in tho « od you aouM reap-o rich reward . A reward that would gladden the hardest beait , to see 1080 people independent and happy , and you with a property always improving , and interest enough to save yonftom any loss in the outlay of eapitil . l have no doubt all this could be accomplished , if one ha « i means enough to start and carry through the scheme , and without losing a farthing . Another plan n . ight be adopted with probably a better chance of success . Il is one I have long thought of , and you are the very min to put it in execution and carry it through . It is this . To establish an agency in England , Scotland , and Ireland , for the purchase of a million of acres in Wisconsin , at government price , about five shillings ,

      English money , per acre , every subscriber to be entitled to a quantity of land , from five to a thousand acres , according to the amount of money subscribed That a company might be formed by an enterprising man for this purpose , I have no d « ubt ; and Wisconsin is jaBt the place for such a scheme . There , any quantity of land could be had , and that , too , fitted for every kind of purpose . Water privileges , and every other facility afforded in abundance ; and . as I before said , the climate well adapted for Englishmen . At the present crisis in England , there must be many small farmers who would be glad to join such an

      association of friends and countrymen , before the last ol their means is expended in taxation . They only want , I am persuaded , a leader ; one to point out the way , show the advantages of the scheme , and be , as it were , the pioneer in the business . The individual members of tbe company might have their choice of the kind , as well as the quantity of land , and the price be appraised according to its relative value , and the privileges attached to it . In this way , the best would bring a little over the cost price to pay expences of survey , agency , &c , and the worst would be aold for less . The o > jeet would be to benefit the condition of all , and not subserve individual interest . To form a

      community of countrymen and friends , an extensive social circle of these in the west , to be away frum the misery that is making rapid appioaches to every man ' s door at home , would be worthy of a Howard . I am satisfied , after you have seen Wisconsin , and bad some personal talk with me here , when you come over in thQ spring , you will embrace tbe plan . It is tbe very thing to give employment to your native energy and activity , and I feel assured it would be tbe means cf rescuing many from the misery of poverty , that must speedily come upon them if they remain at home . Besides , if an association like this vras formed , many would immigrate who stay at home . They would not then have to

      dread being left among strangers in a far land , but would mingle with , and be sustained by , old familiar faces , tovusmen , and cauntrjmen . Tbe Canada Company have lone ao ' ed upon the plan I have sketched ; but they V . ave done it to make money as monopolists , and sneceeded even in this , although they could offer no political privileges to the people , beyond what they bad bad at home . The soil and climate , too , is every way inferior , particularly the latter . As regards bringins seeds , roots , trees , < ka this is of no u-e at all . These things can be had , and at . i cheaper rate , here . A person ought to bring nothing tci : h him but indus ''< ious habits and as much cavitul as he can scrape lo $ e ! he > :

      After seeing America , if you think the plan feasible , and capable of accomplishment , it would be a good thing to write out a plain and true account of the country , its soil , products , ic , and lay it , through the columns cf some influential journal in England , before the public . Indeed , if you know of any paper who would pay a trifla for Biich infermation—as much as wonld cover my expences in travelling west—I would gladly accompany you when you come here . I have been long accustomed to write for the press , and my long residence here , enahleB me to give much information on American matters , hitherto but slightly touched on , if touched on at all . I mean information of interest to the farming class of the old country , and they are seldom addressed by our fashionable American tourists . Yon say truly , when you remark , that little dependence is to be placed on English writers on books

      America . With very few exceptions , their are the roost trashy affairs that ever wounded the vanity of a vain people ; or administered to the prf judice ot ninalmie of tbe English Tories . Nearly all of them evince the most consvnmate ignorance of the charac ter of the yeomanry of this country , aeTertlielese this is the class' whose noble impulses giv » tone and vigour to the national character—and they are the real bulwarks of American liberty . Who , amongst these flippant manufacturers of book * , have made it Vneir objtct to study the habits , the feelings , the de-area , and the capacity for action of the Yankee furaers ? Did the writers go among them , and make tfrese a study ; observe the unwearied industry , the temperate and virtuous tenor of theit conduct , their general intelligence , and the honest independence after which their spirit craves ? No j but frittering away time among small parts ol society—among those who ape the

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      vicious habits of the European aristocracy , which their means are unable to support \ they , after a few months , conclude to give a 8 ketch of America and the Americans , as if they knew about it and them . For the most part all they spend their wit in pencilling the corrupt productions whiob result from the exotic plants borrowed from the old world ; bat those of a nobler growth , indigenous to the soil , are thought unworthy of notice . To estimate , correctly , the genuine American , and the effects of the institution ^ under which he lives , in forming his character , one must abide among the farmers of every degree , who hold from twenty-five to fifty , one hundred or two hundred acres ; and who work the soil they

      own . Find out , that it is the ambition of all to become possessed of a piece of land , which the poorest can call his own , and observe , in consequence , the influence of republicanism , on the more equal division of the Boil among the people . Contrast the system which encourages this , and permits the attainment of the former objects of human industry , with that which prevails in Ens-land , where wealth is produced but to be unprodudtively consumed in ostentation , pageantry , and tomfoolery . No ; this would » ot do . It would be to stab to the very vitals , the artificial and abhorrent system that obtains , not oaly in England , but over all old countries , and lend a glorious aid to the millions now strugaling for political salvation ; but tbis is far from being the object of such writers .

      I have thus , my dear sir , written you a long letter . Probably , although I have had time to write it , you may not have to read it . I do little elBe but write , and I know you are always busy acting . I have a farm three miles from Rochester , and in the winter time especially , I have little to amuse me at night but to write . It pleases mys&if , if it does no one else . 1 am far from being rich and great , as you suppose , but I am sufficiently independent to do pretty much as 1 like , " caring for nobody , if nobody cares for me . " If you reach New York in May , you will find me at No . 78 , Franklin Street , at my brotheiB— if before , or after , here—and be sure to call on me ; most folks in Rochester can direct you to my residence . Meantime , I am , my dear sir , Yours , respectfully and sincerely , John Suvles . State of New York , Rochester , February 1 , 1842 .

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      LEEDS . —Housebrkakino . —At an early hour on Tuesday moriiing last , the residenco of the Rev . Charles Clapham , incumbent of Arm ) ey , vas entered by thieves , who bored a hole with a brace and bit , and by that means unbolted the door , The thieves obtained for a booty several articles of silver plate , including spoons , sugar tongs , a wine strainer , a Bmali bdx , a fruit kuiye marked ' B . Clapham ;" some plated articles , including dtcautors frames , douters , toddy ladles , ¦ and candlesticks ; some pewter articles , and a brown silk umbrella . The robbery would go far to show that this neighbourhood is infested with a daring gang of thieves—the system of " boring , " from the noise which it necessarily makes having been laid a > side for some years .

      Suddkn Death of an Infant . —On Saturday evening last , au inquest was held at the house of Mr . W . Penniston , tho Woolpacks Inn , Little London , to enquire touching the death of an infant named William Irving , residing at Little London . The child was two months old , and had been rather poorly on Wednesday last ; it was found dead in bed on Thursday morning , without any marks of violence , or without any suspicion of any thing being wrong . Verdict—'' Died by the visitation of Gad . " A Disorderly . —On Saturday last , a man named John M'Ktwna , was fined 20-. and costs , by Messrs . Wright' and Musgrave , at the Court House , for having on the previous evening , while intoxicated , at tho Cross Keys , in Water lane , drawn a knife , and treatened to stab the landlord , for refusing to fill him any more ale . Ho was sent to Wabefield for a month in default of . payment .

      Assaclt on Females . —On Monday last , an old Scotchman , named John Thompson , residing in Brewery Field , was brought before the sitting Magistrates , at the Court-House , Griffith Wright and James Musgrave , Esquires , on a charge of having feloniously assaulted two little girls , named Martha Whitaker and Elizabeth Tato . Tue old wretch , who looked upwards of sixty , lived neighbour to the girls , ono of whom had neither father nor mother . He has been in the habit of going to the the house of one of them during her cister ' s absence at wirk , and on Friday morning at seven o'clock , was shown to hare committed the offence with which he was now charged . The outrago on the other girl took place about a month ago . The Magistrates h ' ned him £ 4 and costs ; or in default of payment , to go two months to Wakefield House of Correction .

      Overseehs of the Poor .. —On Saturday last , the magistrates of this borough held a special sessions at the Court House , for the purpose of appointing overssers of tho poor for tne township of Le » ds and the various out-townships , for the ensuing year . There w » ro present—The Mayor ( in the chair ) , Griffith Wright , Esq ., James Musgrave Esq ., Henry Hall , Esq ., Anthony Tetley , Esq ., Joseph Robert Atkinson , E ^ q ., Richard Bramley , Esq ., Hamer Stanafold , E *} ., Ralph Markland , E-q ., Edward Baines , Esq , James Holdforth , Esq ., George

      Goodman , Esq ., D . W . Nell , E > -q ., and Thomas Hebden , E « q . Beforo proceeding to business , Henry Hall , E-q ., addressed his brother magistrates and recommended to their adoption the plan agreed upon Last year , of choosing an equal number from each party , so as to avoid all appearance of making the office a political ono . Edward Baiues , E-q ., cordially concurred in the arrangemeat ; he had watched its operation during the past year , and it had boen found to work well . The followiBg are the parties in whom the office of overseer was then vested for the ensuing year : —

      LEEDS TOWNSHIP . MM UUl . —Mr . William Rwnhardt , druggist , Briggate ; Mr . James Wales , silversmith , Boarlane . West . —Mr . Peter Law Atkinson , Hanovor-place ; Mr . Luke Marsh , Qjeen ' s-square ; Mr . W . Avens , Skinner-street . North West . —Mr . John Daniel , Cobourg-street ; Mr . Matthew Johnson , Brunswick-street . North . —Mr . John Metcalfe , Trafalgar-street Mr . Joseph Broadhead , Lovverhead-row . North , East . —Mr . Thomaa Weddall , St . Petcrs ' - pquare , paper-stainer ; Mr . Jamea Fhillip 9 , Mr . Gervase Horstield , Beckett-street . East . —Mr . Wm . Burrows Hainsworth ; Mr . James Craddock . Kirkffate . — Mr . Richard Stead , maltster , Kirkgate ; Mr . James Linsley , grocer , Briggate .

      South— Mr . Jeremiah Scott , spirit merchant , Waterlcjo-Btreet ; Mr . Thomas Walsh , marble mason .,

      0 UT-T 0 WNSHJP 3 . . Armley— Mr . R . W . Simpson , Mr . S . W . Farrer . Hunsiel . —Mr . Wm . Bailey Holdsworth , Mr . Samuel P « tty , Mr . John Rothery , Mr . John Rayner . Holteck . —Mr . Joseph Isherwood Whalley , Mr . Wm . Naylor , Mr . Emmanuel Uriggs . Mr . Tliomas Crossland . Deeston . —Mx . Richard Crossley , Mr . James Ingham . Wortley . —Mr . Benj . Barton , grocer , Mr . George Hepper , gentleman . > Farnley . —hlr . John Ingbam , Mr . James Troughton-Bramley . —Mr . Robert Wood , Rodley-road , Mr . Robert Clough , Mr . Robert Wood , saddler , Mr . James Walker .

      Chapel Allerton . —Mr . Vman Procter , Me . Wm . Watson . Headinyley .-rMr . Joshua Benn , Hoadingley , Mr . Joseph Whitaker , Kirkstail . PoUernewton . —Mu Wm . Sfcubbs , butcher ; Mr . Hutohinson Gresham , pawnbroker . The appeal days were fixed for the last Thursday in May , August , November , and February ; and the special sessions for passing the accounts of the overseers for the past year , were fixed foi Thursday next , the 13 ih instant .

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      A New Theory . — "A new and startling theory as regards the painful duration of human life , appears in a little book called ' TheExfcraordinary Life and Times of Thomas Parr , ' generally called Old Parr , this littie work , besides the said theory contains much that is instructive and profitable , as regards the means of ensuring good health , and all may be obtained gratuitously of any agent for Parr ' s Life Pills—a medicine which is rapidly superseding all others , as it has never failed to conquer the most inveterate disorders .

      Ruhal Adventwbk . —In an evening last week one of the rural police was going down a rather solitary road between Lenton and Radford , when he heard a slight noise , sounding like a suppressed groan ; he went up to the spot , as near as he could guess , from whence the noise proceeded , and-called out " Who ' s there f" be waa answered by some animal jumping up , and giving him a dreadful bite on the thigh . The poor fellow , much frightened , took to his heels , and ran away as fast as he could ; he felt himself growing very faint , when he luckily met a brother rural , to whom he communicated what bad just occurred ,

      and wished him to go and see what it was that had bitten him , but ; ia oar opinion , he acted wisely in thinking "the better part of valour was discretion , " and refused , and went home instead with the poor man . By the the time he bad reached home hiB trousers were soaked with blood , and the wounds he had received were from mo ? t tremendously large teeth . A surgeon was sent for , and the man has been ill in bed for several days . The next morning some persons , on proceeding to tbe spot of the preceding night ' s adventure , found a dead aas , —Nottingham Review .

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      HARMONY HALL

      EETTER IV . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHESN STAB . Sib , —In accordance with the statement contained in my last letter , I now give in detail , some of the proceedings of the Rational Society at this establishment , in order that your readers may have before them tho experience the society bave gained with regard to practical operations on the laDd , When the estate was taken in 1839 a consultation was held to determine what course ahould next be adopted . Mr . Owen , who well knew by practical experience that no good result would arise , unless every .

      arrangement was complete , and in order , and the energies of the membera were rightly directed , advised in the in the first instance that it should be used aa an ordinary farm , and all the funds then at the command of the society should be j applied to putting tb «> land in the highest possible state of cultivation , and that the most strenuous efforts should be made to procure a large supply of funds , wherewith to provide every necessary convenience before any members were called to it , as he knew that they mast , of necessity , become the reflex of tbe circumstances by which they should be surronnded . i

      The popular excitement for commencing practical operations and the enthusiasm and z ? al of some of the leading members of the society , contributed together to overpower this advice , and as Mr . Owen well knew that experience would ; be forcible , and the most direct teacher , he offered no objections to their course , but resigned the office of Governor , to ¦ which he had been elected , in favour of ja more sanguine person , and ja draught of about forty persons waa made . These parties commenced tbe > r task with a zeal and energy which clearly I exhibited the honest intention with which they came to it , and they showed therr .-

      selves , in their respective departments , to be highly qualified for the purposes for which they were selected ; but there was an absence of that general and full comprehensiveness , of so large an undertaking , which was absolutely necetsary for successful results , and after progressing for a considerable period , struggling through a great number of difficulties , providing some better circumstances for their future comfort , and working most industriously at their various occupations , the leading parties came to the resolution , that it would be highly desirable they should again bave the counsel and advice of Mr . Owen , j with regard to the course they ought to pursue .

      Mr . Owen immediately advised a great change to be made , and that the operations should be limited to tbe narrowest possible extent , until a larger supply of funds was at tbe command of the society , and this course was adopted , and matters were restricted to the narrowest point , up to the meeting of Congress , beld in Manchester , in May , 1841 . At this Congress Mr . Osven resumed the office of Governor of tbe Quetirwood Community , as it was then called , and proceeded ; vigorously to reorganise the strength of tha Society , and to ^ ut the land in high

      cultivation ; he also cpmmc-nced tha erection of Harmony Hal ! , as the first normal establishment for the formation of the character of the human race , on principles entirely different from any yet adopted , ia any ase or country ; principles which , when they have bad tbe opportunity of becoming fully developed , will allow , not only without any cost or loss to society , but with the greatest possible advantage to every individual concerned in their introduction , of the establishment of that system of universal education , and of permanent beneficial employment , which formed the subject of my last letter .

      Harmony Hall , which was commenced in August , 1841 , was erected at a cost of about £ 16 , 060 , and was first used for the Congress , which was held in May , " 1812 . It was at that period in a very unfinished state , and even up to tbe present time , some portions are not completed . Everything in tbis building , which is calculated foT the accommodation of about one . hundred and fifty persons , is of the most substantial and superior kind . It is constructed on a plan for three distinct divisions , or classifications of the inmates , in accordance with their ages . The front part of the building is adapted for the younger portion of the residents of both sexes , such as are still unmarried . The centre is intended for tbe adult [ married persons , and contains accommodation for twenty couples , being arranged in

      Buch a manner that the bedrooms may Berve ss occasional Bitting rooms . The back of the building was intended for the infant establishment , which at present is held in the house built by the members soon alter they came down and used as their residence until they removed into Harmony Hall . The building also contains tue necessary offices for transacting the business of the society , of the governor , the matron , and secretary , ! and good and convenient storerooms for all the purposes of the establishment . There are also in the front division of the building large and capacious dining , sitting , and drawing-rooms , the former adapted to the classification of ages of which I before spoke , and tho kitchen has already acquired a celebrity for its superior proportions which places it on an equality with any in the kingdom .

      I know it has been considered by many that ttaeL erection of this building , and tbe consequent outlay , at this period of the Bocitty ' s operations , were premature and extravagant ; and jthere was a short period during which I entertained J this opinion ; but subsequent experience has convinced me that the soundest , wisest , and most prudent course which could have been taken , was to provide a superior residence , where at the least a nucleus of min 4 should be formed , capable cf appreciating tbe great , noble and enlarged views of the founder of the rational system , and willing , in consequence of the convictions thereby produced , to brave everything in defence'of those principles , which are capable of conferring such unbounded happiness on the human race .

      a great mistake has ; hitherto always been made , in supposing that a few of tne working classes can advantageously associate , witheuttuperior circumstances , in a manner that shall enable them to cpe with the capitalists , who are often supposed to be their natural enemies ; but this mistake has readily been corrected by the proceedings which have taken place here . We now see that the permanent happiness of every individual ia only to be obtained by tbe general happiness of the whole of the human family being secured ; and we likewise see thu manner in which this can be done .

      Education and employment niU 3 t become the regenerators of the human race , and this education must be founded on ascertained principles of nature , and given equally to every child that shall be placed within combined operations . Already we witness the vivifying effocla of superior circumstances , ' more especially on tbe minds of the rising generation . They are acquiring strong physical constitutions , free aud happy dispositions , healthful pleasant countenances , and mental and moral qualifications , which attest strongly the truth of our fundamental principle , that the character of man is formed for him and not by him .

      With regard to the laud , our farms are now getting into tbe best cultivation of any in tbe neighbourhood , and we are anxiously desirous of calling on a bufficieat . ' : umber of our fellowraen , to come and partake with us the pleasure and delight which is afforded by preparing for tbe great and mighty change , which notwithstanding every obstacle that can be opposed to us , must soon arrive . < As I stated in my last , we could now locate some hundreds , and shall do so , as soon as the necessary funds and other circumstances are at our command ; but tbe great object of our Undertaking must be to exhibit to tbe world a specimen of wnat can be done by tbe scientific combination of land , labour , skill , and capital , well and wisely directed .

      One well-arranged , wen-conducted combination upon a sufficiently extensive scale , actuated by the true principles of tbe Rational System , will produce auch conviction on tbe minds of ; all who visit it , as shall secure the adoption of tbe system on a national basis , and every effort must now be made for this being done without delay . 1 We are laying out about twenty-seven acres for a garden and orchard ; and the progress which is making in this department , is of the most satisfactory kind and character . In the course of a comparatively short period we shall have the most superior circumstances in these respects that have yet been combined , and if we increase tbe extent of the combination in a proper ratio , there will be an I economy and a return for the capital embarked , that will throw every other means of producing wealth into the shade .

      In the progress towards this state of things we must use every energy , and subdue every personal feeling ; self-denial , in tbe common acceptation of tbe'term , is absolutely necessary in ( the highest degree , from every individual wbo proposes to become a pioneer of tbe Rational System ; but t&is Bulf-deiiial is amply compensated by daily witnessing the progress which is made in the introduction of a superior mode of life , for themselves , their families , aud eventually for the whole of their fellowmen . . We have commenced an educational establishment as & means for affording the best opportunity of training future members for tha system , and for assisting in meeting tbe outlay incurred ; and as soon as our general arrangements will permit , wti shall commence some description of manufactures , so aa to give the largest possible amount of

      employment-No one must imagine from the outline I have given that the point to which we have now arrived is to be obtained without considerable difficulty , requiring the continual exercise of prudence , cauticn , and foresight , with strong determination , firmness , and love of order . These , aud many other qualifications , are highly neces * sary for the introduction of a system that has been and for a time will be , in opposition to all the prejudices and errors of old society ; and "with respect to the future we mrut and do , expect fat higher trials than any thai have yet been encountered . But the' happiness or misery of the world is depending on the progress we make , and this must and "will stimulate every individual who hears of our proceedings , to ask in what way he can further the great x * ause wo have ia hand , and an irresistible union w \ il soon be formed , tha * oboli secure every advantage Ve require .

      In my next If ' tter 1 will give an account of the manner in which the members' resident in the establishment spend their- time . I am , sir , Your obedient servant , [ Willum Qalpin . Hi rmony Hall , near Stockbridge , Hants , March 25 , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAtt . Dear Sir , —Well knowing you to be a lover of fair play , and always willing to expose tyranny in all its varied forms , I take the liberty of forwarding the following facts , trusting you will give them publicity Jo your widely circulated journal . On Friday , the 17 th of March , a little before nine o ' clock in the evening , as I was passing by the police station , in this town , on my way home , I was stopped by a policeman of the name of Patrick SpeUman , who , without the least provocation began pushing me about . I asked him if I could not go quietly about my business without being insulted ? Upon which he seized me by the collar , and threw me on the pavement . He then picked ma up , and again threw mo dftvvn acioaa tbe iron curbing

      of the pavement The violence of the fall was such as to render me partially insensible , but I retained sufficient recollection to know that the " rural gent " dragged me inside the police station , and , after being kindly permitted to stand there a few minutes , several of these " rural gentry" deliberately and forcibly pushed me outside the door . I then waited near the place for the purpose of ascertaining whether friend Patrick Speltmati , whose face , despite his disguise , ( for he was in coloured clothes , ) I well knew was going out on night duty er not Finding he was not , I proceeded homewards . On the Monday morning fallowing , I applied for a warrant for Patrick for au assault Th 8 case came off on Friday last , March 24 th , before Mr . Henry Hill , and Mr . Dubane . After I had stated my

      cbarge in a plain distinct manner , tbe head of the " rurals , "' vrho delights in the cognomen ef Colonel Hogg , cross questioned me at some length , with a view I suppose of shafting ray evidence ; but h 3 valuable time was completely thrown away in that respect , as I bad no vindictive feelings towards any of the police force , and I appeared before ths magistrates for the sola purpose of seeing whether an inhabitant and a rate-payer of the town was to be grossly insulted without giving the least provocation , and the aggressor waa to escape with impunity , merely because he waa a " rural policeman . " My witnesses , three in number , one of whom was a policeman , were then called upon , and fully corroborated my statements . The whole of tha witnesses for Patrick were policemen , with the exception of a little Irish woman , who keeps & lodginghouse , and who waa very particular as to What she swore , and in whose house Patrick lodges ; these witnesses , as many persons present can testify , were so

      contradictory in their evidence as to create feelings of disgust in almost every one in court One of the force informed the magistrates that when I applied for the warrant , I did not knew the man ' s name , for that he was present at the time I made the application . 1 then called upon Messrs . Bacbe and Lee , two of the magistrates' clerk , one of whom granted me the warrant , who proved before the magistrates that I applitd for the warrant in the policeman ' s proper name of Patrick Spellman , before the said psliceinan entered the room . Mr . Dehane , one of the magistrates , then told me that be had not the least doubt but what I had sta g ed was correct respecting the injury I had received , but that the evidence was so contradictory that be bad a doubt as to the identity of the person charged with the assault , and that , as a matter of course , friend Patrick would receive the benefit of such doubts . The case was then dismissed , and I had the satisfaction of paying three shillings for allowing Patrick to insult me .

      I am , dear Sir , Your ' s very respectfully , George Brown , Town Well Fold , Wolverhampton .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STARSir , —Having been ; it Newcastle on Saturday , ths 25 '» fa instant , in going down Gate&head , 1 fell ia with a friend , and we leisurely walked over the bridge together ; 'when about the centre of it , we passed by a person begging . After we bad gone Sve or six yards from him , my friend , turned quickly round and said , "Ah ! do you know who that young man is with his hat in his hand begging 1 " I answered immediately , " No , Sir , who is it V " Well , it is poor Coofeburn , the Chartist , and he cannot get any werfc , because he is of that opinion , and his indomitable spirit will not let him submit , and there yon see him , forsaken by his friends , a humiliating spectacle to his enemies , and a terror to others from following to his footsteps . "

      I really was paralised and motionless for sometime , and when recovered , my friend and I went and gave him our mites , with strong feelings of emotion for the man wbo cnuld hold to his principles with so much tenacity and zeal , and beard bis very enemies in the midst of so much distress , shivering with cold , and holding out the hand of want to those whom he knew would rather mock him than relieve his necessities . Are these no humane and Christian Chartists in Newcastle , to take up this poor and ail-but blind man's cau 6 e ? Will no one see that something is done

      for him ? for in his degradation , every man in the cause is doubly bound to do so ; no man will put himself at tbe head of the cause in any town , when Cockbnrn ' s situation is constantly before his ye . i am not of the body of Chartists myBelf , neither would I , from the situation I hold , be allowed to be ao ; but feel strongly that something must be done to alleviate the distress and awful misery of our country , and I feel assured that no one will attribute this letter to anything but a pure desire to stimulate some kind friend ( say Mr . Sinclaii ) , to get up a subscription in aid of tbis persecuted and spirited patriot A Lover op Humanity .

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      TO THE EDITOa OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I trust as you last week published" wj letters respecting me , signed William Oddy and Jotm Smith , you will allow me tbe privilege of having . a few lines more inserted , informing these parties of iheir duties , and cf enabling tbe subscribers of the mone& Mr \ Paddia has received from Bradford , aud which was originally intended to redeem his watch , to ascertain correctly how such money has really been so appropriated . After I had read tbe paragraph which appeared in your paper of the 4 th inst . from your Bradford correspondent , charging me with having 33 . 2 d . belonging to Mr . Peddie , I wrote a letter to the sub-Secretary , informing him that I had no knowledge of having such money , and that I bad paid a sum , bub I did . not exactly know the amount , for interest of Mr . Peddie ' a

      witch at Leeds , on the day the large meeting was held in Marshall's factory , at Holbeck , and that I had no remembrance of having received it from either the Bradford Council or Mr . Peddie's friend ; bat stated if I had , it would be acknowledged in the Association books in ray own hand-writing ; and , whether it was so or not , I requested he would let me know by note or otherwise . Had Mr . Smith complied with my request , which be might have done with very little sacrifice , I should not have written er put you Kb the trouble of publishing anything from me ; but instead of this , it appears clear that Mr . Smith , who , I am informed , is your Bradford correspondent , had much rather leave his statement unexplained , that he may have frequent opportunities of making a display of his oratorical powers to tbe Council concerning it , and of writing letters for publication in yonr paper .

      I assure you , for my part , that I have no desire to occupy any space in your Journal more than is necessary , or justice to the accused requires . Had Mr . Smith stated , in the paragraph which appeared on the 4 th instant , for what purpose I received tto 3 s . 2 d ., perhaps I might have remembered the time and . circumstance—and it would have saved you and me part trouble . This , I conceive , it was his duty to do , and not to publicly accuse me of having 3 s . 2 d . belonging to Peddle , and , at the same time , know he was sending for publication an abominable falsehood , which he must have done , if he bad examined the books , as he siates in his letter of last Saturday ' s paper , and found the receipt of it acknowledged in my own han £ writing . How he and Mr . Oddy can both have omitted this may appear strange to a many , but it does not to

      me . Mr . Smith I am somewhat acquainted with , and am not at all surprised at its being so . I imagine it cannot be possible that Messrs . Smith , and OAdy , and their twelve witnesses , could be so foolish as to give me 3 s . 2 d ., unless I had informed them for what purpose I either had applied it , or intended to apply it ; and if I have received it , and paid it , I have DO more money belonging to Mr . Paddle than the Emperor of China has ; or than O Connor is in possession of all the money which has gone through his hands , and which he has paid for the defence of the Chartist victims .

      I ardently wish that the subscribers of this money may continue to prosecute their inquiry until they obtain sufficient satisfaction as to the manner in which it has been appropriated , and that the council , including ; Messrs . Smith and Oddy , may either be found to be so insane as to give mu 3 s . 2 d . to apply to my own purpose , or I ba exonerated from such & base and unfounded calumny . Mr . Editor , by publishing the above , you will greatly oblige me and my friends , and I trust it will be the last communication I shall have to forward you upon tbis charge ; you must be satisfied yourself , from the above , that it is in consequence of the neglect of your Brad fojd correspondent , in the first instance , that I have ttiuaio trouble you . I remain yours , A determined enemy of these who wish , by

      calumniating others , to obtain notoriety and popularity for themselves , Hemrt Burnett . 13 , Reform-street , Bradford , March 27 th , 1843 . P . S . If Mr . Craig should see or hear of this , be will greatly oblige me if he will inform me by letter tha amount we paid at Mr . Greeham's , pawnbroker , Huns let-lane , respecting Mr . Peddie ' s watch , on the day the large meeting was held ia MarshalTa facUry at Holbeck . H . B . [ We must have no more of * Ib »* -I ' d . ] . a- _ . — .. ^ ¦ ^^^^^^^^ m m 6 m

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      From Canada , under date of March 12 , weliave an account of another desperate conflict between too Connanght and Cork men , in which two were shot , besides the cabiaB of the weaker party being plundered and torn te pieces . The military , afraid of the carnage they would occaaioa , had kept aloof , but subsequently made swrai WKSts ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct797/page/3/