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      Hobson , Northern Star Office ; John Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street , London ; Abel Hetwood , Manchester ; Paton & Love , Glasgow ; and all Booksellers , — HYMNS FOR WORSHIP ; Without Sectarianism ; adapted to the Present State of the Church : with a Text of Scripture for Each Hymn . No Chartist Association should be without these Books tor the conducting of their Sunday Meetings . They breathe the pure spirit « f genuine , practical Christianity—pur « Political Truth , without an atom of theological , sectarian dogmatism .

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      Gkkat Attracti »¦ . —Mr . O'Connor will lecture on Tuesday evening , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagaiu-lane , Skinner-street . Subject— " The Land . " On the following evening ( Wednesday ) Mr . O'Connor will lecture on the M Repeal of the Legislative Union with Ireland . "

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      EHieBATION . ro J . HZ sditob op thb sobtssju ? stab . 35 - ' - - Sib , —la yom las ! week ' s number appears an « c ; st of a poor \ reara \ rho left the town of Clayton » -: s' : t months ago for New York , and succeeded in obtain-r . s employment . at three times the amount of ¦ wacrs ! :- _ received in thia country . The flrtScK- finishes by s ' ar . r ? that his wife lef t Clayton to follow her hui'ina , -xbo had been bo prosperous . For one moat ; I . io not doobt this statement ; it is poaablt tn < -: iii ••> be true ; the man whose name u not mentior-r-l v- . is more lucky than many hundreds who go toil : > rica . But for what purpose the above article api r . .-5 i ¦ yonr paper I do not know , except it be to rtj .-r : aat one ™» n has bettered his condition in let t : r ¦* ins nnhappy country . ^

      -:: u axing many siaj fall into the same erroneous col : ad a as I and some other Chartists did fifteen ¦ mc ~ . it > iso , from similar s ' . aiementa that then appeared in y : n . r paper , I feel bound in charity te those who cat ; : > eow , and who think ol emigrating , to crave a nr .-i ; portion of your valuable journal for a few rem- - - First—It is a fact that a great quantity of ! .,-i , both in New York and Liverpool , derive a BpU -... i : ' living through the system of emigration , and are -v ^ sied in the circulation of false reports reepec , l- emigrants * prosperity in America . Yet , euppoc * . ; . "' . the fL .: tering accounts to be txne of individui-ls - ^ . ing well in America , it does not prove that it is fcatt- ^ r to emigrate any mora than a few tmt of a many Am -IciEs succeeding in this couBtry would prove that

      £ = s " u . -- * as in a prospering condition ; for it must be on ' -:--t > rd , few out of those who do not succeed have the K ) T 3 r 3 of sending word how they are situated , post _ 5 ? " ring high in America . I and a Birmingham ChirJct idend landed at New Orleans twelve months » % o Ln" Orleans j we went by water about twenty-five , bni-livi miles , calling at many towns ; and stopping , at t : ni- without any chance ol getting employment . To c-s .: ;* e the misery of deck passengers \ for cabin ; and rszi ^ zy passengers know nothing of what thej worh : ug emigrant suffers ) would ocenpy too much of ; you- ? $ ic ? , and recall feelings in my mind which most ever \ k- : ¦ : xenibered with disgust . let it suffice to say , ; froii . ¦ ' - - -noment the unsuspecting emigrant pays his pas > - > . g ? v ^ ey at Liverpool he is the subject of ridicule , i ill trcatnjftnt , and robbery . We stepped in Cincinnati one -orii , and from Ihence got to Pitsburg thronsh i

      the kindness of two English settlers . PiUburg wai Tery dit . ^ ad hundreds of men , soae with families land * si ? , jetting employment ; and . the expression usec bj s . n uli man , an English settler , was , •• Good God ! u there n-- < Lody to atop people from being deluded from Pifc ' .-x--- - r "We walked to New York , a distance little under 500 miles ; the quantity of Kngjigh and Irish n-rchinics going West * to the places we were leaving , ic ; 3 t of them begging their way , were almost incoD .. . Table , and would not possibly be believed by fchos in England accastomed to hear flattering report * At - - ' = w York I saw many who had not the means to purchase a meal , some of whom I had known in this ec-jatry . I returned by the ship Liberty , having on b-jsj-r . i ( -9 returned passengers stowed in like hogs , and tre £ : r < i worse than dogs ; the ship Patrick Henry , brii-iirs C 30 , the rams day ; and at the same time manj v ^ i-. a foil of passengers , were waiting for a lair win-. : o- - ,, for New York .

      A ?~ Tords abeut the ship brokers , as they call tteE- ^ iTcs , and I have dane . Many of these men possess—g nothing , save a good suit of clothe ! , and wellqna ^ Scd with the lip , hire a room under a warehouse , aeai the docks , which they stile a " ship broker ' s office . " Thess sre attended by raen called lookers out , who Ksoost tb » stranger in that character which they think may ts :: the principal hirer . A small portion of space in the ?"• ,:. between the mid-decks , which they divide into ?«¦¦ - places , calling one the second cabin , and the ? the . ' : t-. -sges , the only difference in the price charged , and isivivi of putting in goods , stew in as many living oule a : bey possibly can ; the captain finding fire and watt-, reject to many tyrannical restrictions . Three quax-j ; .-. day of water , is false . They proteM to give two , bs ; in the ship I was in , three pints we ? our a ? Ic c 5 ncc . The passenger always gets the worst water , whici : k caused by the casks not being so clean as they

      To ^ . cc ' . ude , it is long odds against the success of a meehii-ic- Nnw the land—tfee land is the spot for port __ . : ue £ 5 , which cannot be obtained , at the least , ond * r i'l-. 0 .

      H ? i .:- ;^ I t trespassed too much on your space ; : ^ _ . ¦ wishing to prevent the disappointment and morti £ . _ 2 .:: ; ai I endured , I remain , Y . or sincere adaiirer and fellow Chartist , SAMrEL DAVLE 5 , 51 , Steelhonse-lane , l ^ rrmingbam .

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      * ' T- ' -dik was a by-word coming back ; it being the , = ^ t . J instruction given to Emigrants at New Yerk . ^ :.

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      TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . 5 Z ~ r .-ab . Sia , —As treasurer to the Chartist De-Iesce Piiiid , permit me to present to your notice two "Scry dfcj ^ rring Ti etimB , who have traversed from the sped :-.: ; amission at Chester , and have t 3 ken their triali n ; tie late aysizM without any aid from our body , and r re- r -w undergoing their sentence of twelve months ' imprL-or ient in Chester Castle . Jo "^ 2 . -rgess , h man of nnimpeaebaBie integrity , has a wifr si J three small children , and the parish refuse them ^ r- aid unless such as a bastile will " affurd . His Jatlur ke ? ps a beer shop in t 2 iis town , and is a veneliblc Jli ^ eal of the Cartwright school ; it has cost him twer-. y ^ e pounds , and he has his daughter-in-law and the tir ; i children to keep . Tl . r _ sr man's name is Thomas Benisford ; he has

      two t . z erless children left in the like state of destitution . two t . - erless children left in the like state of destitution . I ti .:- -i the case of these two patriots ought not to bs lost tL : "_ : of , and therefore take the liberty of repre Sentir ^ , . i to you , through the medium of the Siar , and our ttk ^ r Chartist friends will thus also become acqoiiriT ; with it by the same means . I remais , my dear Sir , Most respectfully , In the love of our common cause , B . P . Mead , Your Old Commodore CotL : ? ton , Cheshire , Msy 11 th , 1843 .

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      TO 1 HE MEMBERS OF TEE NATIONAL O 1 ARTEK ASSOCIATION , RESIDING IN SURREY . 1 Turret that I am obliged te call your attention one * more . *~> the necessity of making some arrangements wherrbj the amonnt of money due to several iadividnals < cn account of ths late demonstration , and also of the late t « - party held at the Msctpilier Tavern . I have endesT'ored to accomplish thi 3 for s long time past , I bsve " - ^ nt narch time , and yet am blamed by many . I trast xJiis vri& \ be a sumcient hint to those whom it may c-aoern , 8 Ed feat they will pay the amount which they e ^ e , or I shall be compelled to sendthfl list of the individuals for publication in the Siar .

      Th = raaney to be paid at my residence , Z , Pagoda Terras ? , Bermondsey , New-road ; or at We Browne ' s East-hne , Walworth . Yours to serve , 3 OHS 2 SA 7 SABD . No . S , Pagoda Terrace , Bermondsey , New Ro&d ,

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      AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN . The Female Chartists of tie City of London being about to draw up a memorial to bur Majesty , requesting her to take ink ) her serious consideration the degraded and deplorable condition of the working classes of this ? onntry , and as this memorial is to b * signed by women only , we entreat those to whom this is addressed to assist -us with all tkeir energies in procuring signatures ; and ai » o we ahoaid be most gr&tsfal for their aid towards Truing & fund to enable us to carry out this object . We hsTe already received letters from asrerai localities , expressing their approval and promising

      assistance : wb therefore hope that this public appeal will not be in Tain . Oh , do not be apathetic . ' as long as yon are so , both yeuxaelves and sufferings will be despised . Remember , a number of the most talented advocates of Chartism are now lying in prison . Bow long is this persecution to continue ? How long is max to exist the slave of another ? How long to wandei with an aching heart and an emaciated frame in tht midst of plenty which he must not share , food . h < must not taste , clothing he must not wear ? How lost sze the oppressed people of this country to toil fifteei ot aixtsen tours a day to obtain a small quantity of the commonest food ? How long to bear the cry t >

      their starving children , to bear the sight as bitter a the cry , of seeing taeix little ones creeping forth to factory , there to be worked like machines until the are worked out of existence ? Let women and me answer as it depends upon themselves ; they have bee too patient , they have endured misery and privation < everj kind so long that our rulers seem to have tbougl the more they suffered the more silent they became but the voice of liberty , the voice of the advocates < the Charter have aroused thousands from their letharj —men and women seem beginning to remember ^ ho image they besr , what privileges they ought to pusses and the power they do possess , when united to obta

      In eoneiuBkai , we would remind you that it is writb foftt » bcso oppiesseth the poor repro&cheth bis Make 5 ^ what is «* ery man , 6 very -woman who is living luxury and idleness on the money that = is wrung frc Xha b * -fc > of a distressed people , bat a disgrace to o oonntiy and a reproach to our God ? Be assured ti love of country will net lessen in any woman's he : the love of home . This appeal having mtt with 1 approbation of Xhe members , ** I subscribe mjsfclf ,-Yoor democratic sifter , E . J . Hilis , President of the Female CLartiit Association ¦ Communications to be addled to tfce " secr ets Mia Ing « , 23 , Grea ; W sj 3 = j » s : rett , Cier&inrell .

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      10 MR . R . RIDLEY . Sis , —Although I have been wmlss in the payment of ruor ey matters , to my sorrow , in a fo » Instances through having been tyrannically deprived of my work , for having bren seen in the Petition procession , of hrt May , but , in the instance of feeing a defaulter , as you have in last weeks' Star been pleased to represent to the amount of 5 s . for dinner tickets , I will here remiad you , that I told yen that a man named T&eton , owes yon that sum , and not ma You piomised me that y » u would call on him for it , for he still persists in it , that he will not pay me that sum , bat when yon call on him in your official capacity as Secretary , he will pay you . David Cater . 32 , Fleet-lane , City of London , Mayl 6 tb , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOETHEBN STAB . ilK . Editob , —Id your last week ' s publication , I find my name was inserted by Mr . Rnff-y Ridley , as a defaulter for three dinner ticket * te the late Demonstration Committee . Mr . Ridley charges me with fourteen tickets . I never received but twelve , for which number I settled with him , excepting one ticket which wan had by Mr . Thomasson , late Delegate to the Convention , and which Mr . Ridley engaged to receive the money for and waited upon him for that purpose . Sir . Ridley hsi also inserted a balance sheet in last week ' s Star , of the money received on behalf of the Conspirators , in which I am made a creditor for Is . 3 d ., when the sum I paid him was 8 s . 3 d . Trusting that in fairness you will insert the above . I remain , yours , Samcel Ford .

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION . The Union , indeed ! What a f * semating title and by what endearing and mutual courtesies it has been preserved . The blood-stained bridegroom wooed the trembling bride with sword in one hand and faggot in the other , and while both were dyed with the blood of her children dragged her amid bristling bayonets to the altar ; and calls the rape an union ! Uiiion indeed ! ! Union of what ! Of

      hearts . 0 ! do ; of thought ! no ; of interest do ; of religion ? do ; of lore ! 0 ! no ; but Union of all the elements of hate , of prejudice and revenge upon the one side , and of bitter suffering woe and sorrow upon the othtr ! And can it still preserve its name , while those who fatten npon the compact , threaten to maintain it holy , P * - ~ c , and entire , by the foroe of arms and martial law , should thelbride press for % divorce ! The Irish have learned many useful lessons from their Saxon task-masters . They have

      received some measure of promised improvement , not as a part of the contract , but as a growling dog receives a bone from the hand of an affrighted child . Measures granted from fear , conceded to sturdy demand . The Irish feel , firstly , that the measures so conceded are involuntary gifts , and , secondly that without a national representation the nation could not receive any benefits from them . What a reluctant Parliament surrendered to fear , a factious aristocracy rendered useless . However , that portion of society which is now in spite of mother-Church

      nd Dissent-Church , beginning to edncate itself , to tiink for itself , to speak for itself , and to act for self , is also beginning to ask the simple and pertient question on ; it 3 own behalf . M Where is our hare of this Union ? " Yes , the industrious portion f Irieh and of English society with a marvellous oincidence of thought , ask these questions ? " Are ur rights better preserved I" " Are our liberties lore secure ? " " Are our estates raised in value !" Is our capital better protected ! " " Are our , lorals improved ? " " Is our religion strengthened !"

      " Are our children eligible to all those places , pensions , and offices , to uphold which this Union must be preserved by Phtsical Fobck Can the shade of an affirmative be given to any of these questions ! On the contrary , i 3 it not obvious to the friends of peace and of real union , that Ireland was conquered by fraud and treachery and never by arms , and that the blood-stained standard of the State Church , ha 3 ever been the rallying-point of the invaders , and , the "Church is in danger" the war-cry of the Irish staff !

      From the time of the second Harry to the mauspicions moment when the bloody tyrant Cromwell set his foot on Irish ground , the plunder of the natives , to inrich the foreign invader , was the " cavils belli , " and from the moment that the English people ( that is a few livery men of London , a handfull of Lords Spiritual and Temporal ) made a present of Ireland , together with their own country , to

      the Dutchman , the enrichment of the Protestant Church , at the expence of the Irish Ratien has been the sole object of the English Oligarchy . For more than a century and a half , the leech , in its new character has sucked the very vitals , the heart and marrow , from Irishmen , until at length , vainly hoping that exhaustion had brought about despondency , weakness , and despair , the monster would now fall upon its withering victim and crush it

      for ever . We heed hut little what state politicians aDd their prcs may say or threaten . How they may promise the subjugation of Ireland by the powers placed at their disposal , or invent new means of torture should these fail , but when we find the Irish Church or ^ an , the Standard , hallooing Irishmen of the North upon their disarmed countrymen of the South j when we find that print recommending the Church staff to compel Sit Robbbi Psel to set ( he men oj the North at the rebels , then we say that Ireland ' s

      greatest enemy , the English Law-Church ( whic means , simply , the parson-staff ) , has taken itB prope position at the head of its troops , shouting aloud tb Charch-union cry of " tear to the Knife J" Tl offensive position taken by the Lords , the Con mons , and almost the whole press , wouJ lead the Irish to the belief , that i these threats the English voice was heard , ai

      + Ko "Pnirli'c )! minrl nrtnrtr&ved : but it is not £ 0 ! tl the English mind pourtrayed ; but it is not so ; tl Englkh people will not allow the fomenters of p pular discord to turn the sober mind of Englai from the consideration of a great national questi * to any recollection of individual delinquencies . N never had the English people a more glorious opp < trinity of proving to the world that in a natior struggle they can lose sight of all smaller conEidi a . tiona . We will not mince the matter ; we say tl

      if Mr . O'Consbil eviBce earnestness of purpi now , the ree » llection of his former vacillations w be buried in the glorious struggle and still m < glorious triumph of a people in their moral mig We say in their moral might , because we well km with ^ the history of former rp . bellions before us , tl all Ireland would be mortgaged to insure ready appliances cf Eubjugation ; while , if the Ii people , with their patriotic Priesthood , will but the moral means ai th ? : r disposal , they may ba faction of its pny . gain a triumph for th'ir ceun ana leave apoa ? ov 1 the imperishable ktsen ,

      Tiat to be free r nation need but v ? al n . "

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      and to be powerful a people need but be united and peaceful . Opinion is sharper than the sword , more powerful than the cannon ball , and a more deadly enemy to tyranny than both . We shall cautiously abstain from mixing up the question of the Charter with that of Repeal , while we would , at the same time , most earnestly implore the working classes to bold the shield of their protection , which is might , between their straggling Irish brethren and the tyranny with which they are threatened . For however the Duke and Sir Robert may pledge themselves to

      no more than the use of all the constitutional powers of oppression at their command , yet will the Rodkn' 8 , the Jocsltn ' s , and the Londonderry's ( which is the new title of the Castle reagh ' s ) as the champions of Orangeism and the church foroe them if possible into a war of extermination . The Irish love their homes , their families and their hearths ; they approach death with the cheering reflection that their bones will be laid alongside the remains of those who in life were near and dear to them ; to insure these things they seek to relieve themselves from a state of provincial degradation and to place themselves in a position of national

      independence ; and for these just , these holy , these virtuous and patriotic aspirations , shall the blood of another race of Irishmen manure the soil of the spoiler , whilo it irrigates the fair fields of freedom to mature a harvest of " dragon ' s teeth" for future years . Do those who have carved up the interests of the weak as spoil for the strong stand in need of another partition of "the oft-divided" Ireland And is young England now powerful in her moral strength to receive a stab through the side of her sister ? for be assured that every new bolt placed in the chains of Irish slavery rivets the manacles of Englishmen and makes them harder to shako off .

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      TO THE RESCUE . An earnest of tha "tender mercies" in reserve for w the £ 9 " has been given in the persons of Coopeb and tbe venerable old man Richards . It had been hoped that they would be permitted to wear out the long period of incarceration assigned them in the Queen ' s Bench , where in some degree the rigours of imprisonment would have been modified from the immediate surveillance of Government , as compared with those provincial hell-holes orer which tbe

      reigning spirits are the sympathising local " lords of the ascendant" in the " middle classes . " Memorials to that effect were presented to Government , but vainly ; they were removed on Saturday without a a moment's notice , at five o ' clock in the morning , from the Queen ' s Bench prison to that infernal den , Stafford Gao ? , there to experience the fate of Clayton and Holberbv , unless rescued by the determined expression of the people's honest indignation .

      A letter from an excellent Chartist at Stafford informs us that they are subjected to the gaol diet , " which consists of coarse mixed meal bread with thin skilly , and some few potatoes , half of which are rotten . No animal food—no coup—nor anything else . " Cooper has memorialised the visiting Magistrates for permissiou to provide his own food , and to have books and writing materials . He is denied all . Shut out entirely from all communication with the world , he is not allowed to correspond with any one , —not even with bis dying wife—for six months to come .

      Cooper s constitution was undermined in early youth by severe study—two year ' s treatment like that to which he ha& . been consigned , will murder him . Richards is an old man . His silver hair and querulous tones of voice and faltering footsteps shew that , under any circumstances , his home must shortly be " the one appointed . " And these are tho men on whom the hand of savage vengeance is laid thus heavily ! Capper is also subjected to like treatment . What can be done ! They must perish if the people do not stir . Will the people let them perish without effort I or will they raise , from one end of the

      empire to another—from city , town , village , household , chapel , church , and workshop , such a shout of indignation as shall make even vengeance pause in its career ? Reme : nber , no time is to be lost . About it , then , at once ? We learn that on Monday next , at 12 o'clock , in Leicester Market Place , a Petition will be submitted to the public of that town . Let every city , town , village and hamlet , and individual in the empirej follow the example , ; and pour in their petitions to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., 6 , Albany Court , Piccadilly , Lendon , by whom they will be presented to the House of Commons .

      There must be no trifling nor dallying in the matter . Every day is a day ' s bitter misery to them . The animus of Government is manifest . The time approaches nearly when the fate of others will be decided by the same arbiters . Much , therefore , in many ways depends on prompt exertion . Let the effort be made now and at once . We have made reference to the animus of Government . If it needed further confirmation 4 han from these horrid facts , we have it in a letter which now lies before ub , from one of the poor fellows who gave evidence against " the 59 , " at Lancaster , and who affirms that because he chose not 4 o load his conscience with a lie , the paltry meanness has been resorted to of refusing to pay him the poor value of his time occupied in " public service . " He says : —

      " I was tho second witness called upon against Feargus O'Connor , and fifty-nine other prisoners . I spoke the truth to tbe best of my knowledge , and would not take bribo . I was called by Gregory Lewin a d—d scamp , and be told me if I wanted my wages , I might go to Feargus O'Connor for them , and if I did not return home , he would have me placed among the rest of the prisoners , as he had better given roe £ 100 to have remained at home , for a d—d scoundrel as I was . "

      Coupling this testimony with the facts of poor Coopeb and his mates , there can be no mistaking the purposes of Government ; and the simple question is , whether the people will let their friends be murdered and their cause trampled on beforo their eyes without moving .

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      j THE LAND QUESTION . i We havo been surprised to receive two or three j communications from which it would appear ¦ that some Chartists look upon Mr . O'Con . nor ' s proposition for the appropriation of the land to its legitimate purpose of supporting the people in comfort , as calculated to lead away the people from the Btruggle after political right , to ' a mere consideration of their social position . We are amazed to think how such an idea can have entered any body ' s head . If we have not greatly

      misunderstood Mr . O'Connor , nothing could have been farther from his head at any rate . There is no possibility of severing the political and social condition of the people . They are cause and effect . The one produces the other as naturally and necessarily as fire produces heat . Who thinks that the Charter would be valuable to the people , if its achievement rested in itself ; or if it did operate as a cause to produce social amelioration and individual benefit as its effect 1 Can Mr . O'Connor , or can the People be better ocoapied than

      in the investigation of the mode through which the cause may best operate to produce the effect proposed ! For ourselves , if we conceived the purpose or the tendency of the land scheme to be in the least degree detrimental to the progress of the Charter movement , it should instantly have our most determined opposition . We do not so regard it . On the contrary , we it think if duly understood and acted on , calculated to be tbe most powerful collateral aid to the enfranchisement of the whole people that has yet occupied the people ' s mind . We shall recur to this subject again and again .

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      THE FACTORY BILL . We feive elsewhere a long report of a most important meeting of Millowners and Members of Parliament in consideration of the labour clauses of the Factory Bill . We invite special attention to tho speeches of the partisans of labosr and money respectively . We say the speeches ; we cannot say tho arguments oi both ; because tho argument was all on one tide .

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      TO THE PEOPLE . My Deab Friemds , —I have now lying before me a shoal of letters from all parts of England and Seotland ; filled with the most kindly expressions Of good feeling and regard , and requesting me to preach here , to lecture there , to attend soirees yonder , and to go all over . And all press ] their claims for early visitation . To reply to all by post would occupy much of that time for which your service finds me quite sufficient of employment . Some few , where circumstances required special answer or explanations I have answered thus ; the rest must consider this as a general reply in which all are alike interested .

      Firstly , then ; I can take no tour till after the argument in the Queen ' s Bench . That is quite clear . My tour for health , recreation , and agitation may bo out short in its commencement , and I may find myself alongside Cooper , Richards , and Capper , in a stone coffin , studying sermons on Chartism and Class legislation , with " skilly" and " rotten potatoes" for my texts . Until after " My Lords the

      Queen ' s Justices" shall have signified their pleasure as to my being allowed to use my powers of locomotion , I can go nowhither save to Bury , and Bolton , and Rochdale , to all of which places I have been long pledged , and where ( D . V . ) I shall preach on Sunday 21 st , at Bury , on Monday 22 nd , at Bolton , and Tuesday 23 rd , ^ t Rochdale . I must then " wait for further orders "—or at all events for permission to make further arrangements .

      Secondly , I go no where , where I am not wanted ; 1 take no individual invitations ; I go nowhere but at the request of the people themselves ; I never obtrude myself . Thirdly , I am desirous to cause no disappointment . In many of the places to which I am invited , I shall be personally a stranger . They have been been used to have lecturers of all sorts among them ; and it is common to estimate speeches by the yard . I am no long-winded speaker . Tho state of my health utterly precludes the possibility of my doing it . I have not physical strength to speak two or three hours at

      a stretch . One of my prinoipal inducements to quit for a time my ordinary seclusion is the hope of being able thereby to repair my shattered health . I am broken down—worn out—as nearly as may be , and I cannot stand very severe labour . For this reason as well as because I am one of those who think that religion is the best policy , and that True Christianity is the only true politics , I shall make my several tours , both South and North , preaching tours ; endeavouring to shew that every consistent Christian must be a Chartist 5 and that all will be the better Chartists for being Christians . I know there are some to whom the word " Christian Chartist" bears an unpleasant sound : I cannot help that ; I must

      not let complaisance lead me into hypocrisy ; ( they would like me no better for it if I did ;) I must be honest I am a Christian Chartist , and I hope also that I am a Chartist Christian ; I believe Christianity to be the soul , of which Chartism is the body ; and I cannot consent to separate them . I am aware that my profession lias been bo much abused , by many—made so powerful an accessary to all the evils of class legislation—that many of my good friends think it , per se , an evil , and would be glad to see me altother u drop it" ; I think not with them : and cannot consent to oblige them at the expence of my conscience . Whenever I come , I appear in my own character . I sustain no doubles .

      Fourthly , I shall not take a farthing from the people beyond the bare expences of the route . It is my doctrine hat no man ought to take pay from the people who can do without it . I cannot travel at my own cost : I am too poor . But I can labour " for the love of it" ; and I shall despise myself when I consent to do otherwise . If there be any thing in these things , in the least degree unpalatable to the people of any of tho towns which I have promised to attend , I beg that they will write at once ahd say so ; that I may know ] to arrange accordingly . This is my reason for now referring to them .

      Those things distinctly understood , it it so please the Uegcs , and if Providence permit me health enough , > s soon as June puts in , I shall arrange my toura going first south , to Sheffield , Derby , Loughborough , Nottingham , and all the other towns in that district from which I have invitations ; theu North , to all the towns in Northumberland and Cumberland , to which I am invited ; and then for the very nursery of sober , thoughtful patriotism , "bonnie" Scotland ; towards whose cloud capt hills my eouI yearns with an anxious expectation . I shall / of course , lay down the routes distinctly , and communicate with each place , so as that every town shall know exactly when to expect me .

      Devoted as I have ever been to your cause ; which is no less my cause , I am , Your faithful friend and servant , Wm . Hill . Northern Star , Leeds , Thursday , May 18 , 1843 . P . S . —For Stockport . —Friday morning , 19 th . — After my letter had gone to press , yesterday , I received a letter from Stockport , reminding me of an engagement to that town . 1 have been long promised to my Stockport friends ; and I was to have seen and lectured to them on Easter Monday , but , some how , it happened that my visit was not properly announced ; very few people knew of my being

      there , and consequently very few attended . I then promised to visit them again in about three or four weeks time , and give them my opinion on Mr . O'Connor ' s land scheme , Mr . Owen ' s community scheme , and on the general question of land , labour , capital , and their combination by the people for their own benefit . However , instead of going to Stockport to lecture to the Chartists IAwas obliged to go to London and hear lecturesDfrom the lawyers . Sinoe my return , I have wailed for the full development of Mr . O'Connor's plan in his letters which I must have seen before I can redeem my pledge to the Stockport mon . I was intending , therefore , to write them as soon as I should be > blo effectually to serve them when 1 received the following : —

      " Park-street , Stockport , May 17 th , 18-13 . "My dear Sir , —Seeing the announcement in the Siar of Saturday last , of your intended visit , to Bury , tbe Council have « oncLuded you intend giving us a call on Monday night . We dave announced it . An early answer or a notice in the forthcoming Star would be deemed a favour . " I hope you are in good health . The Queen ' s Bench business looks well . " Yours faithfully , " Thomas Clark . "

      Now , I am sorry that the announcement should havo been made wi hout first writing to me , particularly as I distinctly said that before coming I would write to the Secretary , naming my time exactly . Under the present circumstances , it will be utterly impossible for me to be in Stockport ou Monday evening next ; as I am pledged to Bolton and must go thore . I will visit Stockport as soon after tbe decision of the argument as I may : I will take oare to give timely notice of my coming , by by writing to the Secretary to prevent misunderstanding ; and I hope that no future announcement will be made without my knowledge and concurrence . I hate disappointments . W . H .

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      Ashton Shoemakers . — We cannot interfere . K . T . Osb : ) bn , Silston . — We know nothing of Mr . Pepper's letters . J . H ., Darlington . — We have no room . Thom \ s Heanes , MANCHh . STtR . — We cannot insert ( he address . We httve sefdum seeii a worse specimen of the very spirit which it affects to reprove . It in a virulent and unprovoked attack upon parties ichom its authors have not the manliness < o name , and ic ' io , if ihcy > . ' mu ! : l reply in their defence , Wjii'd be immeditileti / tnxn < e t of dcnum-inlion . The Nottingham Fram . wm , ; kehs' Petition . — This tlvcuiiicnt a only in c : :. > e of i > ianatni \\ and has not been presented , —its fluted hy us last iveek .

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      Reading Chartists . —A report of what took place on the 2 Qlh of April would be rather stale now . C . B ., Newton Heath . —His communication came too late for insertion . We think it belter to send it to Mr . Linton . Those Scb-Secretaries in South Lancashire that have not corresponded with Mr . Wm . Dixen concerning the new lecturers' plan are requested to do so on or before Wednesday next , and send their answers to the following questions : —First , ao you intend to be on the plan for the next quarter ; second , the number of plans that will he required by your locality : third , the opinions of your members as it regards engagino a

      lecturer for this division of the county . Alt must be addressed to Wm . Dixon , No . 2 , Crossstreet East , Bank Top , Manchester . The Stalybridge and Hyde localities are particularly requested to correspond . Mr . Harrison , of Nottingham , is requested to com ' municate his address to T . J , Crowther , Ghueester Coffee-house , Church street ^ Shoreditch , London . Bath Chartists . —The report of Mr . Marriott ' s lecture on the \ lth instant did not reach us till Thursday , 18 th , too late for insertion , even had

      it not been too long for insertion under any circumstances . We cannot , except under peculiar circumstances , give lectures at length . Bernard M'Cartney writes as from Charing-cross Hospital Cte which we regret to hear that he has been confined ever since his arrival in London J to ask certain questions in reference to a letter which appeared in a recent number of the Star . If he be not captiously disposed , he will see , on again looking at that letter , that his queHions are unnecessary : if he be , we have nothing to say to him .

      Home Truth and Homely . —To the working classes and ethers . —My friends , there never will be any change in this country for you until you act differently to what y » u have done yet ; and you will say how happens that ? Well , I will tell you : you are keeping a set of idle , drunken publicans . There is not a week in the year but what you are giving hundreds of pounds weekly to this set of idle ruffians ; and , my friends , this money goes to tyrants—yes . tyrants to the very core : and so long as y * u spend your money in this manner , so long will you have tyrants to tyrannize over you . Yours , John Lawford , delver . Ilighlown , May 17 , 1843 .

      To THE CoLLrERS of the Weab . — Will any of the colliers wishing to have the services of William Beesley , of Accrington , send their addresses to Mr . George Charlton , sail-maker , 2 , Fitter"s-row , Sunderland , as soon as convenient . ^ —

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      FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . d . From three friends at Harrogate ... ... o 1 3 „ Croydtn , C . Segrave ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ silk mill at Horsforth ... 0 1 11 „ Knaresbro ' , per J . D 0 0 3 . 4 „ an old Radical ... 0 0 6 " „ J . S . Cullen 0 0 4 ^ J . Fannsworth and J . Twist , Amertca 4 o ~ Deljb » S * dd ! ewortb , per TV . Hirst ... on o „ ThcSpp of Liberty , fifth subscription of ene pound each 10 0 „ Brighton , per George Giles 0 10 0 ... W . T . L ., Londen 0 5 0 „ The Rancliffe Arms , Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 5 6 „ Wear Pottery , for Mr . Campbell Smlthwlck 0 7 0 ^ Clitheroe , per James Heaton 2 0 0

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      LEEDS . —A Mare ' s Nest . —On Monday last , information was given to John Blackburn , Esq ., the coroner for this borough , that the arms of a human body had been found in the canal at Knostrop , and a policeman , ( No . 9 , we believe ) , who had got them in his possession , and who waited upon tbe coroner , told him that a piece of the blade bone was attached to one of them , from which be had no doubt that they were the identical arms belonging the trunk ot a female which it will be remembered was taken out of the same cut some months back . The worthy

      coroner did not evamine the remains himself , but told the policeman , if ho was sure they were human arms , to take care of them , and he would send a surgeon to examine them . Great care , of course , was taken of the precious remains , by the policeman ; he borrowed a rug to wrap them in , and set apart a roam for their especial reception . A consultation of the medical profession was summoned , and an examination was made , which ended in the discovery that tho remains were no arms at all , but two legs of a large dog . The sapient policeman , of course , gets heartily laughed at for his superior knowledge of c&mparalive anatomy .

      Death by Burning . —On Monday morning , an inquest was held at the Black Dog Inn , East-fctreet , Bank , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Sharp , seven years of age , whose parents reside at Knostrop . The deceased was sat by tbe fire on Friday last , when a cinder flew out and set fire to her clothes , by which she was so much burnt as to cause her death on Saturday . —Verdict , " Accidental Death . " > Funeral of a Policeman . —On Tuesday , the remains of Robert EU 19 , who has been upwards of twenty years iu the police force , were interred in the burial ground at the parish church . The whole disposable force , amounting to about a hundred men , attended his remains to the grave .

      Scdden Death . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held at the Barley Corn Inn , Armiey , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Holdsworth , aged 4 . 9 , who died suddenly on Saturday last . The deceased it appears has lived on comfortable terms with her husband , but rumours of some foul play were current , strengthened by the appearance of bruises on various parts of her body ; the coroner , therefore ordered a post mortem examination , from which it was evident that the woman had died from purely natural causes , and the juTy returned & verdict te that effect . There was not the slightest ground for tbe suspicion that her husband had ill-treated her ; but it appears that from some cause or other , she had laboured under indisposition , and , mistaking the cause , a small dose of laudanum had been administered to her by her friends , which , from a fall , bad ensued in congestion of the brain .

      Another Burning Case . —On Tuesday evening , an inque 6 t was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , E * q ., on the body of Helon Ratnskill , who expired in the Infirmary on Monday last , from injuries received by being burnt . She was removed to the Infirmary on the 28 th of April , being then very bad from the effects of the burning , which was caused by falling into the fire , at her mother's house , in Shannon-street , Black Bank , eighteen weeks ago . The jury returned a verdict of" Accidental Death . *

      Drowning . —Ou Monday morning , an inquest was held at the Black Dog Inn , East-street , Bank , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Wm . Terry . 39 years of age , who resided in Spring-street , Bank , The deceased left his house on the morning of Friday week , and , although every inquiry was made for him he was not again seen or heard of until he was found on Suuday last , floating in the cut , near the eoal staiths , at Knostrop . There was no evidence to shew how he got , into the water , and a verdict of ** Found Drowned" was returned .

      Stealing Trousers . —On Monday last » two men named ISamuel Newlovo and John CaUaghao , were committed for trial at tho next sessions , for having stolen a pair of trousers from a stall in Vicar ' s Croft , on Saturday night , the property of Mr . Wm . Talboys , tailor . Joseph Wilson , a companion of the above , was fined £ 4 and costa , or two months' imprisonment , for assaulting the police in attempting to rescue the prisoners . Daring Street Robbery . —On Monday last , two men , of de&pcrate ; character , named Conelius Whaling and Wm . Daker , were charged before Griffith Wright and W . Pawson , Ksqs ., at the Court-house with having about two o ' clock on Sunday morning , assaulted John Rowbotham , in High-street , " and

      stolen from his person e ; ghf shillings in silver . The prosecutor resides iu Leafon-street ; he is employed at . Mr . Reinhardt's , druggist , in Briggate , at whose shop he was until nearly twelve o'clock , after which ho had some calltj to make . He was on his way homo , when he was first stopped by the prisoner Daker , whom he knew , and who began sparring in front of him . He was then knocked down , when Whaling and another man , named Gavins , came up , aud , after the struggle , Rowbottom found that he had been robbed . A policeman came up while the parties were struggling , but in consequence of not knowing that a robbery had taken place , . the men w « re set at liberty , but were afterwards recaptured . They were both committed to York Castle for trial .

      Pocket Picking , —On Monday hut , a young man named Thomas Wood , wa 9 commuted for trial at the next borough sessions , for having , on Saturday night , picked the pocket of Mrs . Mary Cowling , of Wortiey , at an auction room , in Kirkgate , of a purse and eighteonpence . The prisoner was seen by policeman HartUy to enter the auction room , and knowing him he waited , until he came out , when he stopped him and searched him , and in hia pocket found the puree , which was at once identified . Leeds Pouch . —Johnson v . Hepworth and Others . —We understand that cotico has been given by tho plaimiff to the defendants in this case of his intention to n " , , cute a frwh p . jt : oa against them at tho no . . ^ : v . ; , fur a ; ;• .. >• . 'a . " t committed by ihetn upon hid v , i :- ' iu J : ; n :: ary hut .

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      Burglary . —Durine the night of Sunday last th « house of Mr . John Wainwright , cloth weaver ni Armiey , was broken into , and a large quantity $ men ' s wearing apparel was stolen . WHAT NEXT ? Whigs , in the Council , are so lazy , ' Shew up" so late and thin ; Whig " organs" cry ( don't it amaze ye 1 ) Whigs want a— " Whipper-is . " But who will take the " imposing" place * 'Tis diflicult to tell : . * There ' s none would do it so much grace As Alderman D—— L . HUDDERSFIELD .-On Thursday last a little boy , four and a half years old , the son of Wo Mills , iron-founder , Aspley , walked into the works unobserved , whilst the whole of the men were ant In a short time the father went in , and to hia astonishment found the boy crushed to death , by g large peice of iron which was lying across his body His death must have been instantaneous , as the weight of the iron was considerable . An inqnest has since been held , and a verdict of u accidental death" recorded .

      Caution to Waggoners . —On Friday night last between the hours oi sine and ten , a waggon , laden with goods , left the warehouse of Messrs . Driver & , Co . for Brighouse ; and when about to turn the corner of High-street , the driver whipped his horses which started off . Unfortunately , an old woman , who was crossing the road at the time , was knocked down by the horses , and run over by two of the wheels ; by which her legs and hands were so much injured , that her life is despaired of . She is now lying in tho Infirmary , where she receives all ths attention necessary fo ? her comfort . We understand the driver of the waggon did not remain many moments after the accident to ascertain the extent of the injuries he had occasioned by so rash an act .

      On Saturday last , a young man , named John North , a shoemaker , of Newsome , near HudderffieJd , who had been in rather a low state of mind for some time , put a period to his existence by hanging himself in a neighbouring dye-house . He was quite dead when found . The deceased was not married . An inquest was held the same day , and a verdict » f " temporary insanity" returned . HAWXCK . —Truck System . —At the general meeting of tho stocking makers , a few weeks ago , which was noticed in the Star , a resolution . was passed to use every means in their power to put a stop to the truck system , which was making rapid strides to supersede the payment of wages in money , with some of the manufacturers , to the great ioiurr

      of the workman and the honest manufacturer . The meeting elected a Committee of five , with instructions to prosecute those manufacturers who had glaringly violated the Truck Act . The Committee immediately went to work and selected three of the manufacturers , who were considered the worst in th * t respect for prosecution , two for the penalty , and as for the third , one of his hands spontaneously offered to prosecute for his wages . The two former , however wrote to the agent employed by the Committee , and * pledged themselves to discontinue the practice of paying iu goods in future if the prosecution were abandoned , the Committee ' s object being merely the putting a stop to the system , was thus attained . The third case came on before the Justice of Peace

      Court , on Thursday last j Henry Stones , pursuer , and Peter Wilson , manufacturer , defender . On the Bench appeared the E&rl of Minto , the Honourable John Elliot , — Cheaholm , Esq ., of Starches , and — Grieve , EBq ., of Brauxholm Braes . The action was for the amount of wages which the defender bad deducted from the pursuer for a number of weeks , and which amounted to upwards of £ 15 , but the claim was limited to £ 5 , to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Court . From the investigation it appeared that Mr . Wilson had a shop which he called " HawickStore , " where his men were furnished with goods during the week ; that each man ' s account was kept in a small book , which was sent to the warehouse on counting days , and the amount deducted from his wages ; that one means of inducing his workmen to

      take tbe goods , was the limiting the supply of employment to those who declined dealing in his store , &c . &o . The defender , who has long enjoyed the cognomen of " Crafty , " notwithstanding his pretended ignorance of the law , his regard for the welfare of his men , whom he was so anxious to oblige , and all his doubling and twisting , ia which he displayed a good deal of " craft , " was deemed to pay to the pursuer the vehole sum sued for . Lord Minto , who presided , and hia brother , appeared uncommonly anxious tbat the pursuer should not insist on taking the money , which , said his Lordship , is not morally yours—the letter of aa Act of Parliament gives you a legal claim , but it is scarcely honest to take advantage of the letter of the law , to

      take what does not belong to you . Very good , oy Lord , after that we expeet to hear of your refusing to take advantage of an aet of Parliament any longer , and give up your pension of £ 924 per annum , which never morally belonged to you , and which you have meanly pocketed for a great number of yean , although you know it to be wrung from the hud earnings of the working men . While delireiiog the decision of the Court , he hoped it would be the last case of the kind that would be brought before it , as the Court would be more disposed to look upon it as a means of extorting money , rather than respect for the law . But in spite of this threat of his

      Lordship , the men are determined to bring the very first ease they can get bold of before the same tribunal . What has procured us the honour ot Earl Minto ' s presence on this occasion I is a question often asked sinee the Court , as he has not appeared here on the bench for at least a quarter of a century ; and we tbink a solution of the query may be fouud ia the fact that Mr . W . has alwajs Seen * thick and thin supporter of tbe Miuto intereit , ia their contests for the representation of the eonnty . The Court-house was crowded , and the audience received many of the remarks of the Elliots with marked disapprobation .

      MANCHESTER . —Exchange no Robbery —Ouo day last week three respectably-attired females entered the shop of aa extensive draper , residing in the Borough Buildings , London-road , Manchester , and , after making a few trifling purchase ^ left the shop . In a short time after tneir departure , the shopman found that a large Paisley shawl , value 30 s . was missing , and no other persons having been in that part of tbe establishment but tbe abore-mentioned females , it was suspected that they had etolea it . Information was immediately given to the police .

      Inspector M'Muilin , from the description given of the three females , succeeded in taking them into custody ; but , after the most minute search , could not find the stolen property ; the females , however , were brought up for examination before Mr . Mwule * tho sitting magistrate , at the Borough Court . The shopman that served them and fti'Mnllin were examined by the magistrate , aa witnesses for tbe prosecution ; Mr . B ' -nt , solicitor , appeared for tna defendants ; and iu cross-examining the shopman , put tho following questions to him : —

      Mr . Bent—Now Mr . Shopman , I believe yon are fond of kissing a pretty girl ! Shopman . —Yes , sir , uuder the rose . Mr . Bent . —Yes ; and behiad the merinos , too . ( This made the poor shopman look unutterable thiBgs . ) Now , Mr . Shopman , did not you stew a kiss from one of the prisoners at the bar in the shop on the day that this shawl was lost 1 Shopman . Yea , sir . . Magistrate . —Do you mean to say that the shawl was given in return for that favour ? Mr . Bent . —Certainly not . There is no evidence against my clients . But if it had been the case , exchange is no robbery . The Magistrate dismissed the case .

      SOUTH CHUECH .-Tna workmen on the Deanery Colliery return their sincere thanks to tne following places for assistance during their struggle , with the masters for their rights : -WoodnouBe Close , £ 1 5 s lO ^ d ; Greot Hetton , 6 s 7 d ; T , ° . 4 s 8 d ; St . Helen ' 9 i 8 d ; Black Boy , ™} W , Wingate , l ( b 9 | d ; K 3 llo , ds OAd ; Thornley , 9 s W Qnarrinfcton hill 4 s lOd ; T ' zao , 2 s 2 £ d ; CaaUa Eden , 19 a 8 d ; Etherley and Witteti Part , 5 s 7 d . CUTHEBOE .-Mr . David Boss lectured-in tne large room of the Swan Inn , on Saturday evening . Subject : — " Elocution ; its gross neglect , ana abuse in the pulpit , the bar , and the senate . *» was listened to by an attentive audience . The lecturer treated his subject with such a degree of precision as to give the greatest satisfaction .

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      Wilful Murder .-A serious investigation has occupied ths attention of Mr . B . F » wke , coroner , and a jury , at Eocleshall , two entire days , whiM terminated on Friday in a verdict of" Wilful M « r der " again 8 t Charles Higginson , labourer . H 1 «*" . sou , who is a widower , is supposed to nave m deredhischild , aboy about five years of age , »«" Bishop ' s-wood , near Eccleshall , and to have burieo him there . Higginson , who had been worfeing _ » Shropshire , made some extraordinary statements w his fellow-workmen and master respecting ins cjh » having been taken ill and dying in his arms , » a « that he had buried him in the Bishop ' s-wood . no nrnnnDi >^ t « an and nn int m \ t the SOOt VlReie »«•

      child was buried on the following day , but insiw of keeping his word he absconded , and has not sinw been heard of . The parties , however , gave » " «»¦ tion to the authorities , the wood was starcnea . a " the body of a child was found buned there , wm » has been identified as the body of Higainson a ctow A post mortem examination of the body waa maw by Mr . Greatrex , surgeon , who was ot opinion ^* the child had come to its death by violence . » i » ture occasioned by a blow from some blautj ^ ment , or a k . ck , being discovered oa the "J " ' ™ J boue , and an external bruise corresponds * vuw T . ie case , altogether , was a very MouX one . - seripMou of lligcinson has beot *» . » ' ^ ™ ; *¦ , M buiarv ¦ cffi . tc , at SUfford , au « t there »* % ^ r ^ ir ( thai he will bespccUilj apuwUouueu . -W "'*'' ' * Advertiser .

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      The Northern Star. Saturday, May 20, 1843.

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      > W . S . —The potatoe article ia Mr . 0 ' Connor ' s letter of last week was from the Leeds Mercury of April 22 , 1843 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct803/page/4/