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    • MB, O'CONNOR AT BRISTOL.
    • THE HOETHEOEt^ STAK SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1843.
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      TB ^ V iQTmg AKD IHE COwFEKENCB . 30 TBS 23 ) 1 X 02 OF THE KOBTBBB . S STAB . J , Beab Sis , —3 bare penaed - ^ ttfeslingB of sorrow and abame -the afflicting letters from the " Victims " « onfiri * i 3 in ^ irtdale Gaol , published in ths Stor of SitnrdaylsBt ^ sorrow for the EnSerlngB of tbe persecuted men and their niil » ppv families ; and sftasw that ss s Chaxfet I am compelled to plead £ tci # jr to the sfearfetef i ^ leefc preferredagainst tte -whole body by these truly Sl-used men . With every word of your sdmlraHe comment I heartily agree , In Vbe name of humanity , for tlie bonour ol Chartism , let the Manchester -C-jumiltiee lie Immediately appointed ; ( 2 trust it -la so ere this ) ? and if * ny vStim fund * large ox small , isini&lisnaV « f Mi . Cleave , lei it be devotedtothe immediate relief of the unfortunate families . Sucb zeliefmsv ]) e insufficient to meet their "wants ; bnt if only partial , rffeefc it be afforded and Ihe sufferings of £ hB "wives and children © f o ^ brothers be alleviated , if not entirely removed .

      But mesas ought to exist for the regular support of fho JWrnTTW of the imprisoned Chartists . Bow can inch means le snppBed ? Only iy the establishment of a GaeTalTmdiai all general purposes . I feel assured that any attempt joss now to raise a Tldim Food by e ^ bibuHon through the conntry 'would fr ^ i- JFe jnasf j&sf iafie < n Organization ; aad io have thai toe must iave ihe Conference , ~_ Tn fire ineanfime jefilions and memorials may be got up in behalf of She incarcerated , provided the iocslifies ^ wbare tha -victims resided previous to trial , trill furnish . ; the conntry " with the necessary information , Tis—Homes , occupations , tad families of Sit imprisoned ; vJuziaxdv&ere tried ; on whai charge ; term of sentence ; axd Ireatmeat in gaoL ThiB information each locality can easily famish to the Sar ; haiing ^ rhich , J pledge myself that petitions shall 2 # sent from -Shrffiald . -

      Mr . Wiffiflma states that the incarcerated wrote to thirteen ^ Efferent Associations , requesting their assistsneeinthe getting np of petitions , &e aad that fonr answered the appeal In justice to the Shtf-1 Chutists , I beg to « ay that so letter from fy& Victims lias 'been received by * hp" » - Had there been , it "would have met vrith prompt al&ention . Mr"Willianis is of opinion that had each locality petitioned the government for a remission o ! pnnl&bmeiii , that they { the incarcerated ) 'would , by this time , havebeen at liberty . I »« ' sot * o sanguine aa to the results at vox petitioning ; stall , if it £ e as an expression of sympathy oa our parts , " we are bound sot- to omit this duty . * ' Wherever cbe of the community is oppressed , &Q are oppressed , " is a righteous maxim ; cue that should never 3 >» lost sight of j never : negl * eted to be carried out toils legitimate conclusions by til men professing the prindplBs of democracy .

      A Trord cm "flte ** Conference . " I am surprised Hx& tome ol the ^ ost important localities hare mver yet uttsred one Trord , jwo or «» , on the sulject oftbeConfereMee . It u generally nnderstood that a Conference istobeliolden , tiid thstapeedfly ; yet only * few places have expressed their assent -or dissent . The great majority , if they approve , do sot say so ; and if they -disapprove , they aw equally silent This is not fair . H they deem the holding of a national delegation ueceasary , Trhynot publish theiz opinions * to the date , place , to ; snd if they © oiudaer it inadTiiaWe , ¦ wtsy not say so , ihsi ihots -who ai » sbsohb )} lavs a Conference holden may sot be led into atn nnder the impression that the -project is generally approved of ? The Chartists of She foUcnring . places have sot as yet expressed an

      opinion on the subject : if in-next Saturday ^ Star they areatiUfonnd-ailEnt , I implore of them , for theaake of the caase , at once to meet , consider , decide , and publish their dedskmsi— "T ^ r" » 1 " g h » Tn { the apathy of Birming-Jsam 3 b most astcnish' TEg , —the town -which before all others must reap the greatest benefl : from a Conference if there held ) , Bristol , Bath , Brighton , Korwach , lale of Wi ^ it , Leicester , ioughborongh , NotlinsJam , Iterby , Jjrerpool , Korth Lancashire XKstrict , Bradford , SsznBley , Haddersfield , Hull , ITork , Snndrrland , J ?« wcastle , CarBsls , 4 a , 4 c , 4 c . Without farther delay let Qte decision of each locality ^ First , as to the propriety of the Conference ; and , if approved of - , Second , as to the place and date , be sent to the Star office by the 1 st of August , and the resolutions of each be publiahegin the Star of Ansust Sih .

      l « ae thai Ihe 21 sV of A-ngnst ( for such i » the date Tnmnt I presume in last -srett ^ Star ) is recommended lor the assembling of the Conference I must olj = ct to its propriety . Is all likelihood several Bchtints cf Orgarcxi&in-haTe yet to be made public , including the promised one from yourself , which I anticipate wHl be one demanding the calmest and most mature conaulerEticn . It -will not dolor the delegates to assemble with their fingers in their mouths . They must meet prepared to go instantly to -work ; and "working , to -work well ¦ Weighty will be the responsibility of the new *• Organizars . " l * t the people aee that they take their seats

      properly instructed in the views of their eosstStuents , and competent to the task of framing such an Organi-SJtion as -will lBgaliy protect the people in their straggle for liberty ? ^ pxopeay -wotted , result in the triumph , of democratic light sad the overthrow of aristocratic oppression . Tot these reasons I -would asain press upon the consideration of the people the 51 % pfS ^ taaber as the most proper date . But enc « more , -whatever be the date , let me again entreat of ay . Chartist breUrrsn to pubnah their final decision in the Star of&e 5 ft of August . I am , yours truly , SbdSeld , July 24 , 1843 . G . J . Habjtey .

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      BBABPOBB . —On Sunday the Visiting Committee attended at George ' s-street , tX sine o ' clock , when they resolved , to call a special meeting of the members on Sunday next , to discuss the plan of Organization , and report to the Council accordingly . Bo-wxtkg Back ~ LiXB . -was visited at two o ' clock is the afternoon . There -was a very full attendance ef members . The room -was crowded . The Chartists * f tfcia locality iaTo connaenced to subscribe for the purchase of lanii . A great number of -working men hare Joined the Associatoo , many of -whom are not CtartistJ , bat finding there is so hope of beUering tbeir condition Tinder the present system of legislation , which grindi the 'workman to the dust , they have resolved to commence , in mutual aid , to co-operate for the obtaining a hoia on the land , that they may effectually defy ibeiactioss who live by coining the blood of the operatrve into gold ; asd -who thus becomB law makers that they may the more tffeetually destroy all chance of social comfort among the operative * .

      Council- J MXET 12 EG , —Themembera of the Council met on Snndsy evening at ^ seven o ' clock , Mi . Bishop In the chair . Bowling Back-lane paid la . contribution The notice in the Star , calling a delegate meeting at Pewxbury , was read . A resolution that we sand a driegste was proposed and earned . After B long con-7 3 » s $ ot ifSs&re to- tbe many calls upon Sir . 5 mja * J ine and attention ^ and the neglect of tmsinea -when ) was away , it ended by the appointment of Mr . myth to -attend at Dewsbury oh Sunday nest The Conndl meeting then adjourned to Sunday next , to be again bolden at six o'deck in the evening . HonmQBxu . —Mr . Snnmons addressed ihe Female Chartists of Nsttirigham in the Democratic Chapel , Bice-place , on Tuesday evemn fo Jnlj 18 .

      WiBHiKeioa . —On Slondaj eyeninjj last , Mr . BG Gammase from KorthiTiipton , viated this tons And lectured 02 the School Brow , is the opes air , to & numerous snd respectable audience , snd gave general satisfaction . BrBxnrGHiM . —Asros Snonrt—A leetoe was delivered in the Aston-street Boom , on Sunday July 23 rd , cn ^* Oristianity opposed to democracy , " bj Mr . Wm . Chflton . The lecturer handled Ms gnbj £ ci m a masterij manner . Oh Schdat morning last Mr , Mason addressed a numerous and enthnsiastio meeting at DnddeBtontow . It is certainly most gratifying to the friends of Tentable Charfem to behold the increasing numbers and Interest displayed at each sneceedbg mteiineieldin thi 3 town .

      On Tuesdat Mr . Mason delivered his nsnai -sraetljlecturean the Hall of Science , Is -was the most nuraeroHS , TespectabIe 3 and entbnsiastio assembly tilt ; we hare ever witnessed for thiBsome time in BinruDfiiara . The diseonrss jrave nnmixed satisfkcrion . Eght members were enrolled . The subject of sexl Tuesday evenings lecture -will be the History t > f Bonie— the rise and progress of her Institntionsand Power . " BBTKRT . T Bin .-Mr . J *> hn Masoir visited this

      place OB Monday evening , Jn ] y the 23 rd . asd lectured to a large and attentive audience ia the open air . Mr . Chance presided on the occasion . Several policemen yroe present , one of whom , to exhibit Bis literary attainments ( lj pretended to take notes "While Mr . Mason waa speaking . . Nothing could exceed the merriment created in the meeting ; on peroeiviyj this ignorant servile dog , tremilag and « 3 ibbling what no mortal bat himself conid ever unravel . Steps were taken to form an association .

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      DnBHAJtEiEcnoH . —Mr . Bright has been returned by a n » jority of 78 . Tee nnmbera at the dose of ibe poll ^ ere—Bright , 4 B 8-j parviB , 410 . The Chrorudetm announcing this , savs-: — » The result t > f this- ekefeon 5 b « n nneonivoeai indication of a vbange-inthe opinions « f the electoral body . " TWe ispre ^ jgwd ^ -wheo -we know that the CAnmWe , the jerj day Before * annontced . ihat tie ^ only Usance BrighJ _ Aad lay ; ia ^ " aMm-interference" of lard iond < mSffl ^? w 2 jo <» ald ,. it was Mid , ; "iaveswajed a intfo ^^ lezs ^^ totiewas in dndgeon becsu ^ i 6 ha $ J&iicMJK > nBulJodl ! Ehii non-inlerreienfte eoBiinnfeaS 5 BBri ffinflredj -votes were not strayed ; BriEhV' ^ teSvfeiiraieB ' j ^ aid nov ohange in the * pMoxfe > X-IKSe ^ o » l : ^ onji 8 predicated ! Bow BBagftgirflifrsiarea < tf ? parti" » re I

      Mb, O'Connor At Bristol.

      MB , O'CONNOR AT BRISTOL .

      Mr . O'Connor lectured at Ryan ' s Circus , Northstreet , on Wednesday evening , according to announcement by placards and in last week's Star . The building , capable of holding seven thousand people was well filled . Mr . U'C . mited the attention of his andience , from eight o ' clock till a quarter to ten , upon the question of the "Land , " its capabilities , the advantages that would accrue to the working class getting located upon its surface , until he was obliged to desist on account of the state of his leg , from which he had suffered the most excruciating pain . Mr . 0 . C . was to have lectured again on

      ThuTBday night , hnt was obliged to I decline on account of the dangerous stats of his leg It is dreadfnBy brnised Irom hip to heel ^ by the fall , ing of the iloor of the room , during hi ? lecture at Frome . Tie Learned Gentleman , however , promised to lecture again , in Bristol , in ! about eix ¦ weeks . He was much cheered throughput , and at his departure three cheers were given in the open area in firont of the Circus . The lecture'hath made a good impression ; and , if followed sp , will be prodactiYe of unity and strength . I write after the meeting , in haste ; and will send you the substance of the lecture for your next .

      The Hoetheoet^ Stak Saturday, July 29, 1843.

      THE HOETHEOEt ^ STAK SATURDAY , JULY 29 , 1843 .

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      THE KING OF HANOVER . The Star cannof be considered a fashionable paper ; while those journals that profess ito lead the fashion of their several parties , feel themselves as much compelled to study the cut in which we drees political characters , as tailors and dressmakers feel the necessity of studying the Parisian figures which regulate onr London fashions . It is now some weeks since this country was honoured by the presence of bis Majesty of Habover . We were aware of the connection that existed " bet-ween this illustrious individual and the Orange faction in Ireland . We were also aware of the secret oaths by which that faction is banded together . We were cognizant of the fact that the object

      j of that faotion ever has been , to maintain an unjust ascendancy over tueir Catholic brethren , by an adherence to those principles , fostered and encouraged throughout the long and unholy reign of that monster Monarch , Geobgk III ., who for mere than sixty years ruled Ireland by coercion . This hellish faction is united by a secret solemn oath , which we published some time ago , by which they pledge themselves io wade np to their knees in Papist blood . A section of these monBters , rejoicing in the tale of tbe Dublin Protestant Operative Association , have taken advantage of the presence of the English Hanoverian , and have made him the -organ for expressing their devotion to the principles in which they have bees bred , and io maintain which they are ready to die . The following 13 the history of the

      transaction : — "Thb Kixg ot Hahoveb . —The following reply from his Majesty to an address of congratulation from tbe Dublin Protestant Operative Association was read at tbe weekly meeting of that body yesterday evening , the company standing during the reading of the letter : — = •" Gentlemen , —I have received , with peculiar gratification , the loyal address of the Dnblin

      Protestant Operative Association and ¦ Reformation Society , congratulating me on my return to my native country , which you , as Chairman and Secretary of the Society , have transmitted tome ; and I request you ] to express to its members my thanks for the mark of esteem and attachment they have thus shown to me , assuring them that I never did , nor shall , deviate from those principles in which I have teen brought up by my late revered father , George

      HI" 2 remain , gentlemen , : «•« Your affectionate friend , " Ekmbsi . * St James ' s Palace , July , 15 , 1 S 43 . "' To the Chairman and Secretary of the Dublin Protestant Association and Reformation Society . " " The contents of this letter drew forth loud cheers and Kentish fire , which continued foe some minutes . " It was then moved that the letter with which the Association were honoured by the King of Hanover , with the address accompanying it , should be handsomely framed , and suspended in the chamber of the Associatios . : *¦ The resolution was passed -with acclamation . "

      Before we offer a word of comment upon this correspondence , we feel ourselves bound to make a passing observation , upon the manner in which the glad tidingB of Orange-confederacy have been heralded forth by the Times newspaper . ? Qt coarse it would not have beea good tact , or even decorous , to have made the Sing of Haroveb the principal feature in this resuscitated monster ; and therefore we find it crawling , members and body foremost , and the hoary head following after . The Times tells us of the new hope that has sprung out of the tardy vigour of the Grand Jury tJlftSS % and

      then leads us on to the full cap of joy contained in the above announcement , that the King of Hasovbb ** still preserves , and never will depart from , those principles in which he has been brought up by his late revered father Gjeobss III . " What is this , bat a fulfilment of our prediction that his mission here at this particular time wa 3 of a political character 1 What is this , but the insolent protest of a foreign despot against those alterations which nave beeu made in our institutions for the avowed purpose of rendering the principles innoxious which tyranny held in the ascendant during i the sixty yeara calamity thai this country suffered , under the

      tyrant raile of the revered father of the : illustrious E&nest 1 ! We would ask . has the arm of England become so paralysed , or are the people so oppressed as to look for a remedy in Hanoverian interference ! Is the English Minister so tamely submissive as to tolerate this strengthening ] of the old connection between a foreign despot and ! the domestic faction of Ireland , in the hope that fresh confusion may cover Ministerial weakness ? ' or will ho still allow this rival monarch to beard his Royal Mistress , and divide allegiance with her , in the hope of mounting her throne , through ; ' the blood shed in another Church and Sing war 1

      What , we again ask , is the cause of the long visit of the King of Habover to this country at this particular orisiB ! Why those incessant fetes , luxurious banquets , and captivating pageants , provided by his illustrious kingship for the staff of bis Church and King army 1 Wby those peculiar notices of his kingship in the Times newspaper , which although published under the head of " the King of Hanover " are yet broken into paragraphs , in which we learn all "about , not " the King of Hanover / ' but " THE KING r

      Suppose that the revered father of the revered Ebsest had lived and jvigned during the late visit of the King of Pbtjssia to this country , would such announcements , referring to the tisitor , have beeen tolerated I When the King of Belgidm visiJS this country , in every line © f every ! paragraph he is styled , noi as " the King" but as the " King of Belgium "; and when addresses are presented by societies , or corporations , to foreign potentates who may hoflonr us with their presence , they jare invariably confined to an expression of respect for the

      individual ; aid never before has it occurred that a section of Hi r hiaj-atj ' .- " mosi loyal subjects' * have presented an address 10 a foreign monarch reprobitory of ihe policy or the acts of Her Majesty ' s Ministers ; ne ^ er before has an iq-ml piece of audacity been committed as thai to which vre refer as oommitted by ihia most , insoiem visitor ! Ha-j he fecundity of England ' s yoco ^ Queen placed the legitimate grasp of England ' s sceptre so Jarcnt of the reach of the next in succession , that other means must be resorted to , to gratify the ambition of our pensioner !

      If we are wrong in our conjecture , ] no damage can occur from our error ; while * Bflould we be right , we hasten to communicate to the Throne-Hunter , the fact , that the first overt act committed , arising ont of such a conspiracy , would be followed by a nsanifes ; ation of popular feeling in favow of " THE QDEEN" against "THE KING" as would teach him the poor value « f his war of Etrife , and the insignificance of that faction npon which ho mast rely ibr success . " We have had imore than enough © f " the principles of his revered father"J They hare been buried in oceans of blood 1 The very recollection of them and him cans-a a nauseous loathing , and leads to recollections by no means

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      flattering to the linng prototype of that execrated monarch . Can any doubt now exist in the mind of the most sceptical as to tbe connexion existing between the Orange Irish Grand Juries , the Orange Irish Operative Associations , and the Orange Foreign Chief jof those illegal bodies 1 It is some six or seven weeks since we furnished the Times and the world with oar notions as to the part which Ehmest and his staff would take in the Repeal

      agitation . They have been perhaps rather hasty in the development of their re-organizat ion ; and from it we infer that the Orange faction in Ireland but awaits the completion of the Anns' Bill to demand from the English Minister the reconquest of Ireland ; the penalty , in case of a refusal being , a threat to hoist the Hanoverian standard , around which the church militant would flock as a noble army of martyrs .

      We believe that the Duke of Wellington alone baa had the sagacity to see throngh the covert intentions of the Pretender . He has abstained from recognising the necessity for his Kingship ' s long sojourn in Pauper-Land . He has thrown a cold glance upon him , and has received his proferred attention with chilling indifference . We do net wish to hazard the chance of libelling a Monarch with whom England ib atl peace ; but our allegiance to that throne from which we are said to receive protection demands the caution which we now give . We hare every reason to believe that the leaders of the Orange faction are in daily communication with the Illustrious Hanoverian , while tbe tone of their

      organs is well calculated to arouse a strong feeling of High-Church indignation against her Britannic Majesty . These things are well worthy the consideration of the British Minister ; and should not be wholly overlooked by the Irish people . A foreign Monarch is amongst us , who lives upon Eugiisn industry . He is hated by the English people ; he has insolently declared himself ready to maintain principles to destroy which England would have hazarded a oivil war ; he has entered into open communication with the Queen's enemies ; and if the result should be disastrous , the Minister who must bear the consequences , cannot plead ignorance of Cumberland ' s intention .

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      THE COLLIERS . The Times has sot only got a spy in Rebecca ' s camp , and a spy in the Irish camp , but it further appears that the " fourth estate" has cot a spy in the Colliers camp in South Staffordshire . We learn from that agent that the case ot ihe miners , both masters and men , is of a nature calculated to lead to gloomy apprehensions ; and he seems to look opon any settlement of the dispute as hopeless .

      Capitalists , in their magnanimity , have declared that they would refuse £ 50 , 000 as a Government loan , at one per cent , as a means of relief ; while their nationality was roused to indignation by the Pbemier's suggestion of Emigration as a means of correction . Tender-hearted souls ! compassionate philanthropists -I lovers of your species ! weeping advocates for the snfferers' distress . ' at what an opportune moment have all these finer feelings of your nature burst through your black hearts ! ! O , as wa predicted before the Coal Conference aad the Iton Conference , the tender-hearted masters had no thonght of self , but all for their suffering clients !

      As we anticipated , they reminded the Prime Minister of their own loss of capital , as a national calamity ; and of diminished wages as a natural consequence . So the black men having refused Emigration and tbe loan : and the whitemen having turned a deaf ear to "Free Trade " and Twenty Shilling Notes , the Conference ends just where it began , having . produced no other effect than of increasing the deadly feud between the Tory Whites and the Whig Blacks . 14 There is no possible remedy "— ' there is no chance of a Bettlemont , " says the Times Reporter . We

      think , however , that we can suggest a plan more wise , more constitutional , just , and satisfactory , than any that has been proposed on either side . It is this . Let the Prime Minister send a Commission throughout the Iron and Coal districts , and let that Commission investigate the causes of distress and apply the proper remedy . The distress will be found to exist in the protection which the law administers to capital , and the want of its protection to the labourer . Let the Commissioners inquire what property has been unjustly amassed by each capitalist for the last twenty years ; let them inquire into the number of panpers who have been consigned to beggary , after the said capital was coined out of

      their life's blood ; and let tbe Commission make a fair adjustment of the wealth created by labour , taking care that the capitalist shall be remunerated for his risk and speculation , while the men shall not suffer from his injustice and tyranny . It would not be a bad division of property unjustly amassed , as that of Mine Owners has been , to divide the whole into ten shares ; leaving one share for the master , and nine shares for the men who made him rich . This may be called the "levelling system . '' The friends of injustice may call it what they please , while we recommend it as a just mode of settling tbe differences between the Minera and their slaves .

      We are glad to find that even the Times is compelled to congratulate the Colliers upon their peaceable demeanour ; and we would strongly impress upon them tbe necessity of persevering in that course : for bad as the law is , and rotten as the Jury-class are , we would urge upon them the desirableness of rather relying upon the law than upon their physical strength . The trials at Lancaster have taught the working classes of this country to have moro reliance upon the law ; and we have endeavoured to persuade them that the application of a very small portion of those funds spent in dissipation and wasted in folly , spent to attain legal redress would be more profitably expended than if laid out in the purchase of muskets , and all the munitions of war .

      Let the first act of tyranny attempted by the masters , be met with legal exposure by the men ; and we will answer for it , that the clubbed pence of the many , if judiciously expended , will gain a legal triumph o ? er the pounds of the few . We have thought it necesEary to add this further word of caution to our advice of last week ; and shall conclude by cautioning the miners , firstly , against hold ing secret meetings of any description ; and , stondlj , should any such be htld by their body , not to be entrapped by tbe sophistry of the Times' spy , who may fiull them to-day with the plausible notion that u publication of tbeir grievances is the thing most necessary ; " while to-morrow he may appear in the witness-box to give evidence against them .

      The prin-ipal witnesses produced against the Chartists during the years 1339 and 1840 , came from the ranks of the reporters of the newspaper press .

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      QBGAN 1 Z ATION . Under this head we snail give no further instruction to our readers , than merely to direct attention to the great importance of tbe subject , and to convince them that up » n its wise completion depends the success of the democratic cause . We can well understand the importance which a working man , destitute of the means of existence , must attach to the establisbiaent of those principles that hold out the promise of relief . We can make lull allowance for the suspicion created by delay ; we can account for the feverish anxietj with which every step of

      every leader is : watched ; and we can scarcely complain of the diBpondtncy created by protraction . However , in taking & whole view of the subject , we are entitled to consider what has been done , wnat was expected , and wherein we have failed . The great good achieved by the democratic party is best demonstrated is the rapid increase that it baa made within the last two year * in its numbers ; but still more in the advance of its principles , and the enforcement of them upon those sections of society who have heretofore rejected discussion , from a conviction that the corrective power of phvsica )

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      force" was at their command , and was a good substitute ; fbr argument . The jpablio mind has run beyond all those limits and barriers by which law had confined it for e « nturiea . j In the race , it has far outstripped the democrats of the old school ; while it has modestly invited those who lagged after in the coarse , to keep pace with public opinion . Now and then , if it has boltedj by bursting out into sudden outbreaks , or Benseless emeutes although its pr . ogr . esB in wandering may have been checked for a moment , yet have all

      tbe powers arrayed against it been unable to drive it back to a single point beyond that from which it had broken ! After the law had taken its vengeance in 1839 and 40 , and when the Whig Atubnet . General boasted of his "triumph over Chartism , " the principle rose from that spot where it had been momentarily entranced ; and instead of retrograding , advanced to that point were it was able to meet its persecutors in the field ! Though destitute of the representative quality , it was able to force the Whig enemy from his position , and consign the faotion to oblivion 1

      During the short breathing time allowed by their Tory successors , Chartism made another rapid stride in advance of sectional opinions , until again the power of the law was called in , in the hope not only of arresting our progress , but of driving us back to advance no more . This crusade , like that of the IWhigs , did stop the movement for a time , as far ! as physical display was concerned ;

      but THOUGHT went on the while ! and it is in order to give expression to that improved thought , and that we may start from that spot at which we were last entranced , that we would now impress upon the Chartist body , the absolute necessity of deciding upon such a system of Organization , as may be a fitting main-spring for working the improved machinery emanating from improved thought .

      We Are glad to find that the whole country , without a single exoaption , has responded to a desire for suon a eys ' iem of Organization as shall be suitable to our improved condition . ' Thus we show the one thing needful for the gathering together of our strength ^ , while we would justify delay , by pointing attention to the struggle that we were engaged in , and the power of the enemy opposed to us . No man in bis senses could , for a moment , have anticipated that the garrison of faotion would have surrendered at the command of those who struggled

      for equality , Without expending its last shot . Whoever imagined , when the stake was Liberty , and the enemy those that revelled on its prostration , that the struggle was to be an easy one ? Refleotion upon these points , together with the effect that Chartist principles is now producing all over the world , will lead the most aealoua and enthusiastic to the conclusion that unpardonable delay has not taken place . Oh the contrary , every attempt prematurely made to force the machinery of public opinion beyond its legitimate limits , has had the effect of retarding oiir movement .

      Our strength consists in the one great whole now formed of publio opinion . Seven years ago , public opinion ! was as a riddle , through which the varied notions of sections of society passed ; while » ow it is as a machine , through which notions have been winnowed . Chartism falling in a heap like corn , while all opposing dogmas have gone as chaff to the wind . Seven years ago , we could not bear a single desertion without anticipating a strong diversion in favour of the dogmas of the deserter ; while now , the Shepherds walk out from the Hook without being followed by one in the fold . Although , then .

      we cannot point to any distinct act , whereby our positive strength may be measured , yet we may triumphantly refer to the hopeless position of those political traffickers , who cannot now , as formerly , rely uppu the instability of public opinion as a safe scaffold ] to personal aggrandisement ! We will not offar such an insult to the righteous principle of democracy , as to attribute its improved position altogether to the numerical strength created by national pauperism ; but we would rather suppose that its progression has been a consequence of its exposition , strengthened by those discussions in

      which unsophisticated working men were able to defend it against the sophistries of the prejudiced and bigotted . We are not quite sure that the present strength of publio opinion is known to any man ¦ iving ; and it is because we anticipate the development of its improved condition , from suitable Organization , that we the more anxiously look for this means of action . That the stirring ovents now passing should have failed of producing some effect upon the public mind is not to be supposed ; and can only be accounted for by a deficiency in our Organization , whioh has latterly deprived us of the capability of laving it weekly before our readers . For these reasons , and in order that we , who undertake to give expression to the publio voice , should critically

      understand us power ; and feeling convinced that a want ef the real knowledge of the popular mind , leaves even us in ignorance , do we attach more than ordinary importance to the forthcoming Conference . Between this and the time of its assembling , let the people themselves instruct their delegates upon the present ; state of the public inind ; let the delegates choBen [ by the people give expression to ihe people ' s voice , and not to their own opinions ; so that publio opinion ihu 8 collated may be r < fleeted , as the dial by whioh the publio mind may beset and regulated . To such a change we look with intense anxiety ; while wo shall proudly and cheerfully herald forth the improvements that have taken place , even in the midst of oppression and persecution .

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      How TO tell a Tale . —In the Star , a week or two ago , tee announced that Miss Susanna Inge had objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s venturing to suggest that a certain person should be elected General Secretary , pro tem ; she averring thai many of ihe Chartists would be inclmed to vote more according to Mr , O Connor ' s inclinations than according to their own judgment . Out of that announcement some ' suck muy"or other , ¦ who sells his brains to " parly" for a couple of . pounds per week , has manufactured the following Very pretty story , which wttl , ' ito doubt , "go : the rotind " . We have teen it already in the Birmingham Advertiser and the Nottingham Journal : —

      The He and She Chartists . —A regular split has taken pl « co between Chestj two sections of CbartistB , in consequence of Mr O'Connor taking upon himself the ofice ] qf dictator in appointing and organizing TUB NivW chartist EXECUTIVE . Miss Mary Ann Watker and Miss Susaanttb loge are the leaders in the Opposition to Mr . O Couaor on this point . Miss Inge [ has , put herself prominently forward , and has expressed ners-lf determined to break a lanca with tbe ' Liun of tbe Nortn ' , on bis assumed right so to do , as she says it is quite at variance with tho principles of demoeracy laid'down by him , and approved of by tbe female Chartists . This unexpected opposition on the part of his quondam female aduiirersi has quite disconcerted ttxo leader of ' the whole bog Cuattiats . '

      Is it any wonder thai the middle classes should have horrible notions respecting Chartists and Chartism , wheri . mendacity like this is regularly served up to tAem ' S MAbTKSS * Cabe j-ob Workmen . —The Iron Maters havetbeen to Sir Robert 1 ' eet to tell him of the oppressed condition of the working miners , and of the great dat-ger to society , arising from their ea trangid feehngs . We wonder whether they told Peel \ of suvh instneesoj % l generous care" and * ' kindly fe- ling " , as the following I or whether it teas necessary to go to Robert Peel to prevent their occurrence ?

      We have received an authenticated letter , alleging a rather singular act of inattention by tbe employers te the euiplojtd . A rope happening to brvak one day last week , in the tiuttorley pit , by / which the miners ascended to tbe niOKth , no rope was substituted by the agent ; and thibtyfivb wokkmbw ub-MaINEb below , many of ) them without food , for THE JBPACB OF TWENTY-TWO HOUKS . Tuejr Wives th « n flacked around the pit in a state of excitenierr , until nieana of deliverance came—Nottingham

      BetnetPti .. ; .. Samuel Whith Slave , M * ii . oR .- ^ -. 4 ny of the large Pertfaits or Plates can be had on the terms he speaks » f : subscribing to the Paper Jor six week $ , and paying for the Paper and Plate ,-ivhen had , bne shilling . Of course , if there be any postage charge , that is in addition . H . A . Donaldson , Warwick . —Received . ' May , perhaps , be used on another occasion ,

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      Hither Warm . —Slpme of the leaders of the Irish Repealers are extremely fearjul of an alliance with the English Chartists , because , ( hey say , they do not wish to be fnueed up with the " doctrine of Physical Force' \ which they falsely and iniguitously ascribe to the Chartists : i . e ., they falsely and iniquitously put a \ construction upon the Chartist feeling with respect to the right of possessing arms , and using them in self-defence . Siit while they thus manifest an outward anxiety not to be classed with the "' Pht / sicpls ") they can occasionally turn out ¦ pretty strong threats . We here give a specimen i from the pen of the Editor of the Belfast Vindicator ; and \ ask our Chartist friends what this man , this Vindicator , would have said , had a

      similar paragraph appeared in the Nonhern Star on the occasion of ' the Stephenson-square onslaught , or the Hall of Science outrage ? Let it never be forgotten iheStephenson ' ssguare bludgeoningteok place before the j eyes of both Magistrates and Police ! Scares , of the latter "force" were -on the ground ; and they never lifted a finger to " protect" those who were being shamefully maltreated with pokers and bludgeons ; nor did ihe Magistracy interfere . The occasion which has called forth the threats of the Vindicator was not more lk brutal" nor more *• bloody" than the Ste phenson ' s-square butchery . Let us see the terms in which the Vindicator speaks of no protection , " when he and his ifriends are left to suffer from

      tt : ~ . Last night , we witnessed snfBclent to make us repeat that , if the Government do not promptly interfere , the Catholics mjaat and will defend themselves . We—who are anxious for peace—who glory in our obedience to the taw , the Queen , and O'Connell—WILL DEFY G 0 VJ 3 BMENT prosecution and Orange atrocity , AND TAKE OTJR STANt ) AMONGST THE { POOR AND HITHERTO DEFENCELESS CATHOLICS , if , after this day , there be not something better than our Peelers— -and tbe disjointed force ( each being a mere ricketty automaton ) called watchmen—and the passivb soldiery now here , to protect ns . j Defend the people , OR the people biust defend THEMSELVES ! If that imbecile old fool . Lord De Grey , were removed front this country j or if-j-in this particular locality—we had again such a [ magistrate as Mr . Coalson , we should not nave to write , as we do now . without

      confidence in the local authorities . Mr . Coalson was a Tory , bnt be ] was » fair and Honest magistrate . Would to heaven we had him now . ilust the people , we ask the authorities , be driven to defend and to avenge themselves 1 It bo , WE SHALL B £ WITH THEM J 1 This is pretty stiff ! We wonder whether Ihe " physical force ' haling Vindicator could cull anything like it from the pages of the " rascally Northern Star ] ' ? There hob been no portion of the Irish subsidized Press so vehement and so unprincipled in the raising and continuing of the infamous erg ef " Physical For ^ ce" applied to the Chartists , as this same Belfast Viudicator . He has done it to prevent the otherwise inevitable junction between

      the working people of England and Ireland ; and the consequent overthrow of the infernal THING which crushes them into the earth . It is but right to let the deluded see the barefaced dishonesty of the deluder . j The Chartists meeting at the T . S Duncombe Inn , Nottingham , have sent 6 s . io Mrs . Cooper . G . Groundwater , txirm —We are thankful for his attention . Were alt our friends in different parts of the country as alive as he has proved himself to be in this instance A by sending the first and most full account he could procure of the lamentable wreehof the Pegasus Steamer , the ' '' People ' s Paper " would many a time be more interesting to the people than it is . We \ commend his example to general

      adoption . Verified accounts of accidents by flood or field " , or narrations of extraordinary occur ' renees , shall always meet with the best attention we can bestow , andihave that prominence that space and circumstances ] will permit . Robert Ridsdale , Sling * by . —We regret we cannot give his letter : but it is rather too peppery . Mr . Smith is an old wealher-bea ' en Radical ; and though he may disagree with us on the Land scheme , from a misapprehension ! pf our reasons and purposes , we believe him to be sincerely honest in the expression of his opinion . Of course we can have no objection to a fair and candid examination of his reasoning and statements ; and would not refuse insertion to such a paper were it Jorwarded . We must .

      however , pause ere we give insertion to Robert Rididale s somewhat rude assault . A Reader , — Works ' on Geography are very common and very " cheap ] ' . Any bookseller almost can show him a dozen ;\ and he can " pick and choose " . The price of Justice Brenan ' s work on Punctuation is 2 * . 6 rf . } D . Catbr , London , has only sent pay for the two last insertions . He should have enclosed , with his first remittance , pay for the first insertion . J . H . CuTHBBjOK . —We fear the question might be considered insulting . Besides , if it should be even true that the gentleman he names indulges in the sneeze-producing Habit , making a public parade of it , can only have the effect of weakening the

      force of a well-timed energetic appeal on a question of confessedly high import . For ourselves , we believe that the gentleman in question is " teetotal " from tobacco and snuff , as well as from " the pot and the pipe " . G . J . HaRNey . — Wes have reserved his criticism on the plans ofOrganization for future opportunity . We are making a collection of such , as tlieycome to hand ; and after the promulgation of our plan , when it is ready , shall serve them all up at once-, that the country may have before it , at one lime , all that has been said , to guide to a decision . WM . HORNElt . OLDtfAM— Of course we shall forbear the publication of ^ ihe letter now sent , until the result of the " thorough investigation" he speaks of is communicated to us . when we shall endeavour to

      do the Qtdham Chartists justice , if they have been at all wronged . Id t the same time we must say , that ihe impressiojf on our mind , from reauing the letter now sent , is , that the spirit in which they have entered upon the task of " investigation" is not the proper one ] under the circumstances . They seem toforqet that ' the party making the statement to which they take exception , is in prsjn , and can only retail what is communicated to him , as to what is passing in the \ outer world . Opportunities to " examine both sides of a question" do not there exist : and any reproof , therefore , for not having done that uihich it was ] almost impossible to do , is only evidence of a wounded feeling , which loses sight of the peculiar and painful position of the deemed

      offending parties . I The statement may be incorrect : if so , a baremarralion of the facts will be all that can be needed ] to set the matter right \ without the employment of one single word calculated to add one single pang to the horrible amount ef suffering the imprisoned are doomed to endure . Wingatb Grange Qollikry . —The dispute between the workmen and the coal-masters at this colliery , relative to ( he sufficiency of the wire-Tope used for roismg the coal from the bottom of the pit , and for the descent and ascent of the men emploved , is still undecided . As wel have aforetime detailed , it has been before the Magisterial Bench ; and two men have been by them ^ committed to Durham Gaol for refusing to work ; the ground of their refusal being

      that their lives were not safe when trusted upon tlie rope in quesiior ^ . In reference to the dispute , and more espfcialty in refei ence to a statement that has been published ! relative to a test made , as it was averred , with the consent of both parlies , masters and workmen ^ by a Mr . John Clark , engineer of the Deptfordlron Works , we have received a communication which we shall presently give , after stating , in the first instance , that in the published account of such test issued by the masters , it is distinctly set forth that the rope tested was a portion of that used at the pit , cut off for the purpose ; and that « " a strain ofi 10 , 12 , 16 , and 18 tons was successively applied , at which test , after raising up the lever , it brokeja * , the olams . " The opinion of the engineer is , " that ihe rope is as safe as any

      ever put on a coal pit . " In answer to this- the men have published a reply . They state that they never gave their consent for Air . Clark to make the lest he did ; that they wete no parties to the arrangement ; that their employers alone invited Mr , Clark io inspket the rope ; and that when he attended , six of the men were delegated to confer with hun , and after hearing his answer to a question they wrre to put to him , to communicate that answer to the body } who would then decide whether they would be parties to the testing or not . A Mr . Armstrong , we presume a manager , would not allow Mr . C ' ark to a , n .-wer the question . That question simp'y was : would he test the rope upon THE PUI-LtY OVER THE PIT , OT 7101 . The WOrkmen alto say : —

      Our employer tuok about six feat of a wire-rope from tbe storehouse to jthe Iron Works to get te * te « t without our knowledge . This piece of rope did not belong to the working-rope I This piece of rope broke mil ) tbe test of el « hlet-n tons . Oar employer proposed before tbe hiagiatratas at Durham , to test the rope with twenty tons . This he now lefuaed to do 1 We applied to the magistrates for redress , but in vain ; we applied for sunlmonses , but could not obtain any . Two ! of our men are incarcerated in Durham K . iol , for not venturing their lives upon the rope . Is this justice f We never requested JMr . Clark to give his decision . We distinctly deny jail knowledge of ( he testing of tho rope , till we received a parcel from Mr . Clark

      wuh the decision . Mated the 15 'h of July , and w « received ic on the 14 th , therefore we would ask the public how this occurs . Our employer promises * us six bait-barrels of lale to return to work , that we nut ; i , t ai , 'Bin venture our lives upon the rope . This gitc we refused , determined not to be won over by any ouch means . jWe will return to work when tbe rope is tuken off . aad our wages are paid . The rope ia sput iu many places and bound round witn bandages of wire , j This is certainly a very strange business . The men avtr thai they dare rjot trust their lives upon the rope ; that it is unsafe ; that it is split ; and they have <\ ffe < -ed to stdjid by a fair test of its capabihdts . The masters call in a man to make such

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      ran They refuse the men all hand or lot in the matte . ' ' Their official will not let a question put buadt nutation from the men to ihe Engineer be answer ^ ' A portion of rope , not belonging to the work ing-rope , is taken away from the store house qf ( ti e works , to be tested by Mr . Clark , at his own Works , Ihe rnen not being present during such test , nor any knowledge of it communicated to them until Mr . Clar . Vs decision , that the rope Wassafe t teas sent dated . one day after that on which it ; was received ! In the account which the Masters circulate respecting < A « matier , they di 6 ( vnct ( y slate tliat the proposition to submit the question of the ¦ Clark made

      sufficiency of the rep * ' t ° Mr . was by the Workmen , and thu he attended at the calling as referee between the varliesl The men , however , seem de , ' wanned not to 6 ecajoted t either by pretended ie&ts or specious statements . They are determined Io try to " boy justice . " The . ordinary Magistracy have refused it ; and they wish to seek it in a "Higher Court ? For this purpose , their brethren in other . "oarts are rendering them aid . We have before / fiVe \\* nset ^ on . to statements of sums of money subscribed ; and we are now requested to publish thefollou . 'ing list of monies which have been received since . the-last list

      appeared : — Ssuth Wingate Colliery £ l 10 s 9 d . PHL 'nzton 10 a 74 New Durham 4 s 8 | d . Rainton 6 s lO ^ d . Sherbnrn Hill £ 1 12 a 9 J . Belmount 7 fl It - Haswell £ 3 17 s 6 d . Strotton £ 2- 3 S . Newfottle and Shiney Bow 10 s . Hough-hall ( hoffal ) 10 s fid . Shincliff 10 a . North Hefcton 28 s 8 d . i ' scrfcton 8 s . Waldridge Fell lSs 3 jd . Pelton Fell ft *¦ O ^ d . Lumley £ l 2 a . Leez ' . ngthorne 15 s 9 d . Sl tfldbn Bank 10 s . Coppy Crooks 6 s . Black Boy £ 1 ' Friend Is . Wingate Friends £ 3 8 s Id . Trimc ' oxr £ 12 0 s Id . Castle Eden £ n 2 a lOd . Cassop £ i . Kelloe £ 5 . Elexnore £ 215 a 6 d . Thornley £ 2 9 s 9 cL Qaarrington Hill £ 2 53 6 d . Hough-hall £ 2 2 s 2 d . South Hetton £ l 19 & West Helton £ l 6 s 3 d . Hetton 12 s . Various cart loads of provisions feave likewise been collected , and bestowed on the Wingate men , by the ladies of the neighbouring collieries .

      Our Correspondent also stales , that the President of the Miners' Association , at Wingate , was turned out ofnii house , by order of the Masters , on Wednesday last . The house belonged to the Colliery Masters . Since that time one of the employers * tools has had an interview with the President ^ stating that if he will but use his influence to get the men to work < after having been off five weeks ) he shall not only have his house again , but one of the best situations in the Colliery into the bargain I This was to be kept a profound secret . He , however , resolved not to make merchandise of his principles or his fellow workmen ' s confidence . J . Chaixwick , and the Rochdale Friends . — They have mistaken the whole matter . In the first

      place , we bo : d it perfectly " justifiable" to withhold any " remarks" that we may deem calculated to hava an injurious tendency upon any portion of the associated working claas . There have been divisions and ill-feeling enough produced among the different sections of the army battling with corruption , ignorance , and misgovernmeut ; nay indeed sadly too man ; and too much of both . We hold ottMelvea "justifiable * in discountenancing every thing that can by possibility produce misunderstanding or alienation of feeling ; aad as leng as we hava the power , we shall use the discrimination we possess to this end , regardless whom it may displease or offend . The truth of the statement in question was not disputed : but from the very way in which it was stated , it was apparent

      that the act complained of was that of thoughtless giddy youtb , "without premeditation to disturb ;" and we felt that it would be unjust to so place the body before the public , that the whole should suffar for tbe foolish indiscretion of a few . At the stone time we were anxious that the " few" should be taught the impropriety of their conduct ; or at least know the construction pat upon it . To this end , we sent the statement in qaeation to the official * connected with the body impugned , requesting them to institute tbe necessary inquiries , and , if tbe allegations were true , to expostulate with the transgressors of decorum . In so doing we are sure we acted best for all parties . Nottinghamshire Chartists are reminded by J . Boonham , that the answer from Mr . Doyle respecting Ma lecturing in their district is favourable ; but that

      he cannot commence his labours until they severally furnish their quota of funds . He earnestly urges ¦ upon them the necessity of prompt action . We are sure this mention of tbe matter will be enough to cause them to perform their duty . j . M . Leach , Hyde . —We wish tbe Star was large enough to contain all tbe matter sent here f er insertion ; and amongst the rest , the addresses to different localities . If it wew so , we ahsatd havejgJjsaautQ in , publishing many of them ; and that fromfeur friend Leach should have a place . As it is , we are Obliged to exclude many ; aud his must share' the fate of the rest We must , however , notice that Air . Leach calls for Stars to send to Ireland . His address is 82 , Charles-street , Hyde . Robert Burrell , Orebkock . —His communication is reserved for future use .

      A Constant Subscriber and Lover of "Stab " - light , Tyldsley , is informed , and ought to have known , that no notice of a forthcoming meeting is inserted in the Northern Star unless it bears the signature of the sub-Secretary of the locality where it purports to come from , or is sent by one of our own appointed Correspondents , who is expected to make himself acquainted that "all is right" before he transmits it . We know of no H General Lee '* of Ashton-under-Lyne ; and think his notice a very suspicious one . A FRIEND , DUK . ENFIELD — 'We donot know the law be speaks of . We know that the pracftce of opening houses for tbe sale of Table Beer , at l ^ d a quart , is much followed ia the West Riding of Yorkshire , particularly round and about Dewsbury ; and

      understand that no licence is reqmred ; nor is there any restriction as to hours of opening or closing . Whether there be a special Act , or any clause of an Act , authorizing this ; or whether Table-beer be exempted - from the operation of other Beer Acts we cannot say Allen JDaverport — Received . Shall be used some day . Mechanic , London . —We cannot spare room . Wm , Major , Bermondsey , asks " what has becoma of that indefatigable Chartist , Smart , of Loughbor-© ugh "' ? We cannot say . James Macfheksqn , ABERDEEN . —We shall reserve bis letter till we see Mr . Hill . In bia absence we cannot decide njion the matter , not knowing all the facts of the case . D . Thompson . Manchester . —Next week .

      WM . Mathew , of Chelsea , and George Stdrge , of Brompto >> , write on benalf of tbe Chartists of the Brompton and Koigbtsbridge locality , to say that they highly approve of our suggestion , that a Victims' Committee should be appointed by the Maacbeater Chartists ; and that the moment such Committee is formed , they will transmit to it 10 a . from tbeir local funds . This spirited example ought to be universally copied . J . Pepper . Silston , should pat bis notices into shape for print , and not entail unnecessary trouble upon others . Georgk Motham , Hyde . —We cannot " satisfy the young mind " , " aspiring '' though it be , by tbe insertion of tbe lines sent . B . Humphries , for tbe framework-knitters . We cutnot find room this week . J . Colquhoun . Glasgow . —Reserved for next week . Qeorgb White , Queen's Prison . —Reserved for ' future occasion . .

      The Victim Fund . —The response made to the appeal of tbe suffering but neglected victims of persecution , as evidenced in onr columns this day , must be gratifying to those who made it , as it affords proof that - many of the Chartist body seeded but to be reminded of their riuty to cause them to take the proper steps to perform it . Still , that response is not what it ought to have . been . Many and important localities , in a Chartist sense , do not Beem to have even considered the matter at all ; aud the Victim Committee is not yet appointed . For the latter omission it is easy to supply asatisfactory reason . The Manchester Char * ttats would , no doubt , scarcely feel themselves justified in taking such a step as we last wtek suggested , without waiting to see whether , or not , that

      suggestion ; would be approved of by the country generally . Th « y have , therefore , prudently waited ; and our present sheet affords them evidence that that suggestion ia approved ; for while there ia from many ii flaential and important Chartist districts strong resolutions in support , and even calls upon the Manchester mea to take tho step , not one single line fur any one single place baa been received , at all questioning the propriety of the step . We therefore hold that the Manchester Chartists are now perfectly justified in appuintin < a Victim Committee pro tem . Nay we hold tbat it is » duty expected trow them by theit brother Chartists throughout tbe empire ; and we implore them not to let another week pass without its due and full performance .

      Bat while we can thus rtadilf satisfy ourselves as to the reasons tbat probably have induced the Manchester Chartists to defer , for « ne week , tbe appointment of such committee , we cannot find any excuse for i hose who have neglected to respond to . tbe heart-rending appeals made to them by the snfferers Id Kvrkdale QxoL Surely an expression of sympathy , might have been afforded , while means were being devised to render that sympathy operative to tbe relief of the starving and destitute ? This was tbe least that could have been done , to save Chartists from the charge of indifference to crying appeals from the hbglecteb snd fobgotten .

      Let us hope tbat the bcxc week will sets every locality alive to the disgrace that bangs upon the body generally , and active in taking steps to have it removed . Last week we asked if there was not a VICTIM Fond in existence ? if the monies had been disbursed ? . It 89 , who to ? If not , why not t This day ( Thursday ) has brought us an answer from Mr . Cleave , the treasurer , which we much regret tbat we cannot insert entire . It is however impassible to do so * at this late bour . It has been detained , we suppeBe , to be " set * ' for tho Chartist Circular ; for it is sent to us in " proof . " it would occupy n # w two columns

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      A Gekkbal £ ouwtt Meetjkg « f the Coat Misebs mtt 1 » holden on Kersal Moor , on Monday next ; chair ^ o be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . Mr ' Swallow , from Yorkshire * sna Hr . Thomstri , from Newcastle , the authorised agents of the Miners ' . Association , will adores the meeting . At the dose of it © -public meeting there "will be & meeting oi Delegates j those Miners that cannot make it convenient to come in * body , ire respeetfuUj n quested io sead a delegate or delegates .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct812/page/4/