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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. -SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1M4.
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      DR . MTXJTJALL AXD MR . JAMES LEACH . [ As a matter of farr- ^ play , -we give insertion to the subjoined letter , judging it as necessary to foDow -the one from 3 > r . M'DouaR , in our last number , even pending the inquiry determined on . Bnt hart -flie correspondence must stop . We cannot allow it to go further , or "we shall be again accused of encouraging "denunciation . " This ire shall carefully guard against . Indeed , had the parties to this correspondence been any others than they ¦ we re , in sE probability not a line of it would have appeared- !

      TOiHEEDiroaoFTin : xorthess star . Pt . vp . Sis , —1 am sorry tohaye again to trouble yon on the subject of M'Douall ' s letters , as there is a committee formed in Manchester , who have fixed ¦ upon next Monday -week as the day on which the in-Testdgation into the matters allnded to in those letters shall take place . But the false and scandalous nature of M'DoualTs last letter renders it impossible for me to allow that time to pass over without a reply . You will , by inserting the following , greatly oblige , Yours truly , James Lejih .

      TO P . M . Sl ' DOCiLL . Sir , — " Whatever might have been the odium attached to me on the suspicions raised by your first Jetter , I should hare endeavoured to have " borne them "nntil an opporninitv presented itself of meeting you face to face before tne Committee appointed in Manchester , where the matters which have called forth these letters can be fully investigated : but in some passages of your last letter there is so much of runrang and fraudulent hiaratitude , that 1 cannot , desirous as I am to protect a character at least as honest as tout t > wn , Terrain from replying to them previous to trur meeting .

      You say , "Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , conaiers the " whole of my letter to-apply to him . " Sir , that letter applied to every one that had had any money transactions with yon ; and as my name and no other was especially mentioned , I think I had a light to consider myself as one of the individuals iDndedto . Men who engage under covert motives to effect a lad purpose , should "' haxe good memolies , " J 3 o you not Iniow that ] possess a letter of yours , which clearly proves that I was one of the p ersons alluded to . Yon say , " if the mention of far is which onght never to have been concealed , can be construed

      into a base attack ; and it any man chooses to fit the cap on his own head , it is his fault , not mine . " Further on you say : 3 Ir . Leach places my statement that I only received .= £ -9 , against a Tei * ei ;» t for £ 1 ? 5 . thereby endeavouring ro leave an imprv >> iun on the mind of the Trader that he \ li \ l artuallv pay me £ li ? . Agarn you say ; "Some persons may naturally enquire the reason why ] < -ave him a receipt for ill *\ when 1 only roeeivet ] £ . ¦? . 1 unl > o after repeated conversations with l ><> yi « . \ ( . 'lark , and Leach liinix-lf . 1 did it to save the character of the i «•; y mail who would now make thi- act of iHriuKhi !) I ' «< •;<¦<>/;

      Ot , a TTtapon vrherevnih ro > l > ie ' d } , ha-.,- ' . i ~ and i-. u-t a doubt upon my wonL" ' Sir , your cap does noi fit me .- It is made of bad materials , tresidiery , folfJi ^ --. l , a . Tnl Liymiixu-L . 1 " " ill not wear one made of such stun " , whether the manufacturer of it be a professed friend or an open foe . It shall remain suspended in the hands of the committee until we meet , when I have no doubt those gentlemen will award It to those whose conduct hest merits the distinction of wearing it . I did place your receipt for £ 18 against your statement of only havinE received £ 8 . " You say " that Air . Leach does not , lie dare not , declare that he paid me , £ 18 . I have no desire , Sir , to " dare" anything bnt that which is honourable and lair betwixt man and man ; bnt it will yet be proved that yon have received considerablvmorethan £ 18 . Your memorr seems

      to be much more retentive on the income side of your aceount than on that of the outgoing ; or you would have remembered the letter you sent me whilst in tout iwluntary txiU , authorising me to print a letter of which yon sent the manuscript , an- ! for which I iifcu to pay out of th < funds that 1 h'hl im v ~" . r account ; and for which I did pay four pound * fifteen shillings . Yon , sir , was to have ihe whole of the profits arising from the sale of those letters . The people , from some cause or other , did not think proper to purchase "them ; and therefore they were left on hand , and they were pointed out to you In my shop when you ¦ were in Manchester . This seems entirt-ly to have slipped your memory : which it surely onent not to have done , seeing that your memory was so fresh on the other part of the account . There are several other Items too of expenditure that I have borne for wu , which shall be laid before the eomniiitee .

      So , you gave me the " receipt" after repeated eon-Tersatians with Doyle , Clark , and myself ; * and " that to save the character of the very man who would now make the -act of fiiendship you were guilty of a ¦ weapon wherewith to shield Mmself aid cast a doubt upon your word . " How could" you , for sheer shame , pen such a sentence ?—a sentence evidently intended to make the people believe that the conversation we had was a sort of helping and praying , that you would screen my delinquencies and defalcations as you are pleased to make them out . Bad you given that con-Tersation , the people who have read your letter would have drawn very different « melusions than those you intended them " to draw ; but that did not suit your ¦ nnrnose . All must come out now , however . The

      people most know what are the real characters of the men in whom they place their confidence . 1 must confess that I was for some time at a loss to know what was your object in- proceeding as you hare done ; but from circumstances which have lately come to my knowledge , there is now no doubt upon my xniml as to your nltrmaie intentions , and the nn-SCrnpnlous mean ? by wliieh you intended earrrintr them out . Yon have formed a Terr different opinion it appears of me than you used to hold ; and . in an insolent letter you have sent me , yon ? peak of " my bad conduct towards you whilst yon were in France . " In reply , I have only ' to say , that while I desire to have the good opinion of all good men , I care very little what opinion theiad may have of me , 1 worked very hard for you whilst yon were in France ; I defended you everywhere , whenever von were assailed in my presence ; and 1 was the means , bv travelling at

      considerable expense considering my very limited means , « f getting funds for vour support . This is known to " thousands , and I am repaid by insolence and ingratitude—the reward , I know , but too generally accorded to those who toil to feed and clothe others who are too proud to work and too poor to live without It . You make a bounce about the papers that must be forthcoming ; aS I hare connected with tnis subject ar e ready any moment .- And now let me demand of you , as a matter of fair play , that yon bring with you every document you may have from me , that may assist the Committee in their investigation ; and also to request that you will not let any subterfuge or evasion prevent your attendance on the day appointed by the Committee . Until then , I am , Sir , JiMES LiACH . Manchester , Nov . 27 , 1844 . ¦

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      PARTIES AXD POLITICS IX SWITZERLAND . ( thtbd article . ) SWISS CONFEDERATION . Geneva , 5 ov . 1 , 1844 . Whatever superb flig ^ ain the high barons of the lEtu-opean monarchical press may effect for our little Switzerland , it is well known that their attention is not the less fixed upon her , in order to seize upon the defects and vexations consequences that her democratic regime maj oSer . Thus , let us remark ia what manner , on the news of the least conflict between the cantons , so we do noJ say ui the least commotion , thej quickly take up their pea and ascribe the event to the vices of the republican

      system . They do not consider that struggles more grave take place , and frequently enough , in provinces or in towci- ^ dependent upon absolutism , and that if anarchy and the iu-rrors of civil war do not stain the soil with icmaii blood , it is solely owinj to the existence of a permanent amiT , ar , d to the display of considerable forces at the least -evidence : of " commotion , whether provincial or local . Tht-y forget especially , these detractors of our Democratic insatuiions , that Russia , Austria , Italy , Prussia , England , 2 nd even France herself , would be in a -continual state of internal -war if the bayonets of the soldiery , composed as it is of the ignorant and brutal , did not come to the aid of the Governments against thedisconteiited populations .

      Even the forcirn Democratic press manifest some tendency to render oar federal organization responsible for our intestine quarrels . It was with the greatest surprise that we read in a journal , Lc Centear dc Lyon , for whom otherwise vie profess much esteem , these singular words— " r ^ ee what passes in Switzerland , where federalism is in full vigour ; has that ccnutrv made the least advancement for many long jears ? " It uses its strength in narrow strifes ; it has no serious influence without—it cannot have any , and , notintbsraiiaiii ^ jrs repniajcan ins ii tunon E , Jesuitism agitates it and holds it ia check . " Assured by it wfll not be difficult to prove to the Cenaur that S ' witzerlsnd has for the last fifteen vears made a progress , vet desired and hoped foi

      in France—that she has not ceased to inarch onwari -whilst , other countries , at first regenerated as she wa have done nothing , and still do nothing bnt retrogadel-. and , as to the little influence that she exercises withou ire might observe that when a monarchy of S 5 millions totiis is , accordins to the assertions of the opposiu ( tttinjelTss , but a feeble weight in the great Europe q-iic > "ion * , we need sot he astonished that it is thus wi a country , of rtvo millions of inhabitants But let us lin ourselves aoir , by otjecting 10 the critique of the Caisethai France is sl = O amtated and held in check by tl Jesuits—and to snch an extent that eminent writers ai orators do not disdain to combat them . Even the Cease limself , in each of his numbers , breaks a lance again them .

      Tndsed , to what end does Jesuitism aim in France , % t is not ihe same ihax it has axr . iined in Lucerne tl monopoly of instruction 1 There is then no difference 5 . ihis double straggle ; aad it is Sot certain , if we believe i numerous symptoms , that in France , as at Lucerne , tl victory does not definitively remaii / Trith the ultra-monta party . It has been oar wish , in examining the conduct of tl foreign press with regard to our republics , to re-establis the verity of theaacrs . and to demonstrate that it . is m

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      reasonable to attribute to our govermental forms the grievous events of which our country may sometimes be the theatre , Nevertheless we yet insist but the more strongly on the necessity there is of not representing , as some of our cantonal papers do , Switzerland divided and subdivided into innumerable parties , always ready to devour each other . " We will particularly continue to repel the error which is committed by those who do not re-attach themselves to that only great party , which , in our opinion , is composed of democratic-Conservatives—that is to say , of all the citizens attached to the truly radical institutions which we possess , and beyond which there will be but confusion , servitude , and ruin . Ewutcji . —The asterisk , in the previous article , referred to the word Pboletaike , not ProUctaire , as misprinted , —"' a man without property . "

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MK . O'CONNOR FOB TATHTB MATTHE'W . £ » . d . Mr . "W . Bolbeck , Leeds . . . . 0 0 6 DCSCOMBX TESTIMONIAL . Edward Lake , Sutton-street . . . 0-5 0 FOB EXECCTIVE . A few Chartists , East Ward , Leeds . . 0 5 0 Holbeck locality 0 4 6 From the Seven Stars locality , Nottingham , per James Sweet . . . . . ¦ 0 7 ti V 1 CTIX 8 . From tht Seven Stars locality , Nottingham , per James Sweet . . . . . 0 2 ti

      RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . Bristol , C . C 0 2 6 Bristol , "W . Berrj 0 11 Bristol , W . Hill 0 11 Bristol , R . H . "Williams . . . . 026 Bristol Mr . Bouched 0 0 1 Byron Ward , Nottingham . . . . 0 7 0 Crayford 0 16 Marylebone . . . . . . 0 3 0 Camberwell . . . . . . 0 16 LongBuekfcy 0 5 0 Lamberliead Green . . . . . 0 5 0 Manchester Painters . . . . . 0 5 0 Manchester , Carpenters' Hall . . . 2 5 0 Salford 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill 0 5 0 Mossley 0 2 ti Ilayle , Cornwall 0 2 0 Sanderlaad ( Clark ' s passage ) . . . 0 5 0

      casjjs . Eidti > lir 0 J 0 Juhnslou- 0 1 « wiri an . . ( ' _ U Kibnani' -ih . . . . : ' 4 ;> Cumin'i -k . ¦ ¦ ¦ " - ' Ma \ l * - ! - 0 j : t : m , i * . j-. Jc u 1 : " .

      M ^ MUSAIT Fl ' . NI . H . > . B .. L < j : id ..: i 0 0 0 Car ]> eiJTtr > " HalJ , il ^ . nci :: — :-r . . . ( ' b u THOiUsM . WuEtLEE .

      The Northern Star. -Saturday, November 30, 1m4.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . -SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1 M 4 .

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      TO OUR FRIENDS . Is a "bran , spanking new dress" we present ourselves to our friends on this our introduction to the Metropolis , after serving a full apprenticeship in the provinces under circumstances that have given us do little insight into the " art and mvstery " of newspaper making : and we trust that our new appearance , whether in lucak or furm , will not be displeasinjr to th& * e who have long known us in our ' ¦ other" garb , nor distasteful to those who for the first time may venture to "take a peep , " even ii the determination to do so arises from a strong curioiitv to see one who has alreadv made " some

      noise" in his day and generation , Though far from deeming any apology necessary , either for matter or for appearance , yet we must say that it was utterly impossible for us , in the first week , to make the paper nil that we desire it to be . Removals of steam-engines , printiiiii-machines , types and presses ; travelling by day and by night ; coming into new offices , with new ' hands ;' getting new material into working order ;

      "setting" the paper up in one place , and " printing" it in another —( our " own" machine being on its way from Leeds to London ); all these things are not tie very best in the world to engage the attention , of axCEditor , nor calculated to aid him in his pecu liar duties . These things we have to engage in and be engaged with : and when we are rid of the trouble , and turmoil , and bustle ; and when we become fairlv r > eatod in our new saddle : fairlv

      ^ ettled-in , and assimilated to , our new position , we shall endeavour to " carry-out" many notions that we have of what a newspaper ought to bt " , and which , we trust , soon to see the Star become . Seven years ago we were eneaged in bringing out the tirst number of the " * Journal for the Working Classes . " Though then full of hope and animated by a sincere wish to do all that the powers within us were capable of , we had no idea of the

      importance and responsibility that soon attached to the conductors of the first successful Democratic newspaper : an importance arising from the fact that the Star soon became the "leading" provincial " Journal of the Empire ; " and a nspomililitu arising from its becoming the recognised organ arid teacher of the toiling millions . When looking back on those times , and when calling to mind the manv difficulties that have had to be contended

      with ; the " envy , hatred , and all unchantableness " ot t ) u > se who had not succeeded ; the schemes and devices of the enemy to " get rid" of one who was constantly digging in tyranny ' s flank ; the efforts of Government to " put down" what , by such efforts , was proclaimed to be a formidable opponent : when passing all these things in hasty review before the mind's eye our past career becomes matter of wonder and surprise , even to ourselves , and we feel grateful that we have been blessed with an amount of

      energy and an elasticity of mind that has enabled vs to meet every " emergency , surmount every difficulty , and place Labour ' s organ at an advantage in every encounter . "With the experience thus gained , Ve made our < Ubat in a new and more extended sphere . It is not without confidence that we so appear ; a confidence arising from the eminent success of our former labours in the democratic cause . It shall be our business to show that that confidence is not without

      foundation . It is almost needless to say , that though in dress we are different , and though our locnle is changed , yet in heart and head we remain the same . In London , as in Leeds , the Sonhcrn Star shall ever be ready to do battle in the cause of the oppressed . At our hands the " oppressor of the poor , "—whether he be landlord or capitalist ; foreman or factory master ; overseer or overlooker ; " guardian " or grinder ; prayerful or prayerless , —shall receive no

      quarter . For the trafficking politician , the apostatising renegade , the unjustjudge , the paitial magistrate , the over-reaching landlord , the " screwing " employer , and the liard-hearted task-master , we have a " whip of scorpions , " which shall be unceasingly and vigorously applied . In us , neither struggling humanity nor helpless innocence shall ever want an advocate . Ksowisg the people ; being of the people , labouring for the people , we know what the people want : and their claims shall never lack enforcement while the hand that now

      writes can hold a pen or the tongue can wag . In entering on our new lease of existence as , a Journalist , we throw ourselves thus entirely and unreservedly on the people . Thev have given us power to be of use in our old position : it is tket who can make us be felt and feared now . Labour ' s organ with the labourers at its back can organize Labour against the organization of Capital : labour ' s organ without the people would be a scoff and a scorn . The people we have : the organization tve vM have ; for out of it only can the "Emancipation or Ixdustey" come . To that end shall our efforts be constantly directed ; to that end ^ hall we as constant ! v endeavour to direct the efforts of

      others . With a heart full of hope ^—with aspirations as pure and as holy as ever animated the breast of a conductor of the press—with determination never yet unworthily subdued—and with every confidence in the success of the cause of L ' xivrnsjx Progression , we commence anew our career . May it be all that we desire it to be , for Labour ' s Sake . ! .

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      POLK—PRESIDENT OF AMERICA . _____ ' . GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . While out sympathising cotemporaries are busy in denouncing grievances upon which they live and fatten , and would not therefore mitigate or correct , we turn with no ordinary gratification to the consideration of the greatest triumph the popular voice has achieved for the last century . Of course we refer to the all-hut certain election of President Mr . Jambs Folk—a king with Christian and surname ; and all will join in his triumph over the Tory tool , Mr . Kite Clat . Just at this moment , when

      the monarehs of Europe had fondly flattered themselves with a prospect that the principle of centralization had Tjecn established , and the details for its enforcement ratified and agreed to—after a sufficient amount of Royal visits , fulsome exchange of Royal compliments , and exchange of Royal presents made at the expense of their starving people—the Tory press , ever ready to offer a paying and harmless defence in hehalf of the " rights of Labour , " and as harmless an opposition to the aggressions of Capital , is horrified , and stands aghast , at the news of this , the greatest of Labour ' s triumphs .

      We have given a copious report of the proceedings which preceded the struggle , as well as of the tricks re sorted to by the monopolists to secure the election of their paper-money nominee . It is not wonderful , because , it is characteristic of Toryism , that the crest-fallen faction should seek consolation after defeat in the hope th . it thei recent struggle in America may bring the principles o democracy into odium , contempt , and distrust . If , how ever , there is not to be one law for the rich and another for the poor—one practice for the enfranchised wealthy and another for the enfranchised pauper—we have but to direct attention , not to cows with long horns afar off but to our own domestic goldeiwheaded calves , whose value at a contested election is estimated by tho amount of treachery , bribery , and corruption , —not stopping a perjury , of which they can boast .

      The great value of the American triumph will be found in the fact that the superior wealth of Pole ' s opponents * was not able to purchase thi- sweet voices of liis pauper supportrrs : afact towhich »<• ojiim- the Tories attach tht mobt > i > rnini-nnt iiujxTtaiu-r . U-st the day may arrive when tlii" pujiular w > ie < - •>! ' f ' liplaixl « i ! l I" fmiinl virtuous inn ! > tron . i ; viuiu ; 'li tu resist : Ji •• i . j . jiivsm . i ' s jrnkl . As it is a mit )] « "t : o lie ili-nit'il . tlini n unr | iresint rompl ' ic'itcd ri'imm-n iii ! jrupanh "in . ii-fhiitimi- l'Ut ¦ -taml uju'D !))<• whim i ; l lt-u'iliinac . N ; ami a-- Aaiua , ; il > n \ c all "thor ik ; - tinns , ha- : lie l < -a < t lv-a ^ mi to ilivxul it - tall as wt-Il : i * the least hlt « -iv > t in Mi'lioldnr . ' i * . < : i > e « -n Jam \ , «<¦ lluve til .-greatest reason to rrjuu " - mi ' . h- ' . riumph "f li' -v Chartist President .

      Although tile policy of th > - tyrant of Russia , the rrench despot , ami that of Sir Robeut Feel , may differ oil minor points , there can be but little doubt that the return of Mr . Clat would have cither confined those little differences within safe limits , or might perhaps have rendered them still less noxious ; but the return of Polk , and a pursuance of that policy to which he stands pledged , will go far to increase those differences , anfl to destroy the " snuggery" of kings . Those who rely on ujr want of union , and on the amount of money , of physical force , and all the unholy appliances that can be brought to bear against us at the command <• ¦ ' legitimacy , should bear in mind that England is but a link in the cluiin if nations . The tyrant fJEoRUE

      was coiijnt-l ! r'l to n-c' -h •* , as Ambassador fmni the I uur , t of free America , thi man hIium unholy presence he would not tolerate as a defecate fron : fnv struggling peop / t . ' / -e ( them remember that the French Revolution of li'J-1 led to the Irish Iiisum- < ; i « . n of IT ! * ! Let them bear in mind that tbv three jriori ^ u- da ; ..- of 1 ' i" in Paris , though profitless to a lisuniTrd people , extracted the Reform liill from a n iuctant English Oligarchy , separated lielgium fnin Holland , revolutionized the Germanic States and drofe petty tyrant princes from their capi-. tal by torchlight : anil , abim- all , let them pomk well upon the fact that faction can no longer balk

      democracy of it * fair share in any future change because our people are united upon a principle , and we shall have , no disastrous iiiterrcgimM , a tini " for tho uvil jia »« ions to marshal , between the poing out of the old light of legitimacy and the substitution of the new light of knowledge "We will have no more shedding of blood to gratify the > an ? uinary appetite of princes : no more disunion to gladden the hearts of monev-monptTS ; no mure strife to weaken the hands of democracy . We bide our time ; and with eager eye shall watch for the arrhal of the iiiit fruits of the triumph of Mr . J amls I ' olk , the lirst magistrate of

      the people , —who mad- him their chief for his virtues , and can unmake him *? m-: i 1 ( 1 he violate his pledges . lJurrah . ; thtn tor ; he t'harti-t , I ' olk , and for tbe democrats o * Amenta ; and may tin- > alue they attach to their triumph inspire iho * e for whom «*¦ write will ) the laudable di sire uf proving the superiority of democratic institutions over the follies of legitimacy and priestcraft . This is the tir 1 - great blow at the centralization of monarchical power ; and tiiay it be speedily tV > l ] ,, \ M-l up by the restoration of on . own people to their natural and legitimate rights and |> rivileees , uncontrolled bv ihe pv > wer o ! capital or the will of

      de s potism . A'Niin we MiY HfBBAll FOR I ' OLK

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      made surplus , should sit down idle , or he down and sleep , and be supported by the 750 who are at work , than they should constitute an idle competitive ^ reserve for the masters to fall back upon ; thereby compelling all to submit to a larger reduction in the wages of each . j Now the Independent , in reasoning the question of bad trade , has fallen into the error of acquiescing in the '' prescriptive right" of the masters to make all the profits they can in times of prosperous trade , conferring upon them also the right and privilege of holding their own , abstaining froni ^ loss , and of being satisfied with ordinary profits in times of depression . Now , it is to this

      unjust mode of book-keeping that we have always objected . It is against this one-sided manner of bestowing sympathy that we have set our face . The system enables the masters to make enormous profits during the periods of brisk jtrade ; and if Capital us well as Land has its ' 'duties " as well as its " rights , " what we demand is a fair debtor and creditor account , instead of the masters taking their stand upon tho highest pinnacle of profit , and considering that every farthing abstracted from that is so much unjustly plundered from them . There clearly ought to be a fair calculation and a balancing between the masters' profits and the profits of their hands for a given period .

      The Independent has seized the admissions . made by several of the speakers as to the improved course now to be pursued by the Trades in prosecution of their object ; and very naturally asserts that a combination of all those moral elements , now to be enlisted in the Trades' Movement should make it irresistible . We admit it . They Should be irresistible : but then we confidently assert that while violent language and daring atrocities may furnish the masters with a pretext for resisting the demands of the Trades , the most moral—the most irreproachable , inoffensive , and persuasive means , will , under the present

      system , as signally fail to rescue . Labour ' s ueek from Capital ' s tread . If the Trades are violent , resistance is thought valorous and patriotic . If the Trades are cool , calm , and argumehtative , the masterss ee no more danger in them than Lord Howies did iu that antipathy to the Poor Law Amendment Act that was not manifested in tht blazing rick or burning mansion . The more we consider this all-important subject , the more -trongly : ir > - we continned in the inipri'ssiou that Trades , tu be protei ted , mus : be united : jind Mint tli < ir nt . ' ion mu-r be natio . nal aiul ii' > t . ¦ 'c'd ' on'it .

      Tin- letter of Mr . In'M-oM . uk is 01111110 , 1 , and portentous-It lie « pi-aks tli < -will of the Nfiiiister , which will !)•¦ aided bv ; -. il the powers at th" command of Capital : and those [ invvi r- can !>> ¦ only met In t ] ir | j / uv < -r . s ot' th < - | i .-., | , l ,. \ union . What we ppmo .-c then—and let our lvmou-ti'aisc .-not pass by unheeded— is , that each Tra-dc shall tjiiicklv , andvvith oss of time , " put its own house in order ;" and that a Conference of Trades' Delegates , constituting a fair representation of ths whole l < o < ly , shall be elected and ready , on the introduction of any measure threatening further danger to Labour , to assemble in London to aid Mr . Duncombe in that manly resistance which he

      pledges hiniself to offer to any such measure that Sir James Graham shall propose . This plan is safe and inexpensive ; and if required to bt < put into operation , must \* protective . There can be no harm in being prepared with the machinery ; for although we were enabled to rally a hurried opposition against the Masters and Servants Bill of last session , we will not venture to rely on such scattered elements to resist the will of the "strong Government , " enforced , as it will be , upon timid landlords and griping capitalists , by the most despotic and callous Minister that ever held afh ' c- in the British I'abinet . Parliament meets on the 4 th of February for the " disixitch of business ; " no time , therefore , is to be lost . Tho evil passions are summoned to war against unprotected

      Labour . Let the same herald rouse the sleeping from their slumber , let them unite , marshal , decide , aud rally round their own standard . Let thum remember that Sid-MoUTU was an angel , Castlereaoh was a fooJ , and ForcHE was [ a sucking dove , compared to the present Secretary of State for tbe Home Department . Like " Alp the ' Renegade , " he would justify apostacy by heaping odium upon bis old associates . We must drive him from office because there is no secresy in correspondence ; no security in the prison ;¦ no tenderness in mercy ; no justice in the law ; no comfort in the cottage ; no clemency in the bastile ; no protection for the life , the liberty , or the property of tbe poor man , so long as all remain under his guardianship and control .

      Of this , the country has had but too much reason to be convinced ; and if the " concoctions" of the recess are allowed to become the realities of the session , every Trade in its collective capacity , and every labourer as an individual , will have bitter cause to regret that the warning vote of Dhncombe was unheeded , and the protective power of Labour's Parliament unsought for . Lot , therefore , the Trades of England look to it . Let them read with attention the doings of their brethren at Sheffield : and let them ' rouse to energetic action while the day is , and while , by proper exertion , the day may remain , their ovui . Their fate is in their own hands .

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      If this offeetory was all the emolument that the Church sought for its support , and if the donations were illustrative of the estimation in which the flock held their shepherd ] we should have no objection to the practioe ; but when it is presented to us as a fresh pimple upon a body already ulcerated all over , we the more object to it . It is fortunate , perhaps , that the disease has gone so far as to render these trifling fresh eruptions insignificant . We haveiwritten briefly on the subject , that our readers may attaph to it its proper importanoe , and no more ; hoping that it may stimulate them to demand the overthrow of a system which requires counter-irritants to preserve even the semblance of life in the putrid patient .

      This offertoby row is one of the grounds on which the dreadful [ battles hereafter to be fought between "Old England " PuaeyUia and Xovs < 3 England " Puscyism is to come off . As yet the skirmish between the respective outposts Itell well for Young England . If we were allowed to pun upon so serious a subject , we should say the term " Puseyism , " was a compound of PEW and SCHISM ( Pew-schism ) . When will Old Mother Church cease to be a propagator of her own dishonour aud of the nation's folly ? When the fashion of prejudice shall have passed away ; and when man , seeing with his own eyes , hearing with his own earsj and reasoning with his own judgment , shall not be afraid to speak his own thoughts with his own tongue .

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      : A CARD . The unwashed present their compliments to the dirty dub ; and while they highly appreciate the value o £ cleanliness , their principle is , Evert Man his own Washerwoman . > Signed on behalf ot " the unwashed . ; Waters Soap Scrub Secretary .

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      Erkata . —In the Report of the Manchester Aggregate Trades' 31 ee ting , inserted last week , the statement in Mr . M'Ghee ' s speech , that " the painters worked from day-light in the morning till seven at night , " should have been " worked from light in the morning till dark at night . " In the list of subscriptions for . the Oldham Tailors , the IDs . from Bolton should have been £ 1 10 s . ; and from Manchester , for James Clark , £ . '> . 1 n « cireh . — //(<• J ' uor Mttn ' i < outjH ' . iuon for 1 * HD will be j'uUiih-d . Tin-uiitjor portion ot' it is in -type ; and , tmt I'lr tin : deiiKiad on Mr . IIoOmju ' s time , consequent ojj th-V preparation- ) for the removal of the .- / . jr io Lon-• iitii . would have b « . i-n puhlUln-d eiv tlii .-,. In a furt'ii >; ! it , > or > o . u' expect to have it ) .- ; tily . It will be I'niiul to ]>< ¦ (! ie mo-. ; liiipoi'tai t miiiilu-e u _ t published—< Mituini : i ^ ,.. t = it will , a lull . rp , jsi of * . ln .- 1 ' aj . n r-i lom ' tj . ' ¦¦/ . i ' - ui ; aud show it- , treaii- ' idou * < -ui .-et . s for < . i-i / . on tin .- ¦ li-odiiriug million * . Joseph JJIahtli-Y , Bradford . —We cannot afford room

      for the address to Mr . Euler . Pretty fair if we give : > horL ; notices of meetings < il the Tropical Emigration Society . Those from liingley shall have attention . SCRlBE . i—We fear the members he spcaKs , of have no remedy ! against the holder of their funds , as the society is not enrolled , and consequently not under the protectiou of the law . To denounce him as a "swindler" is all they can do ; and if they do this , they must be prepared to talfe the legal consequences . John Smith , Kennington . —We will try what can be done for him next week . The '" facts" he narrates , if authentic , will surely make the tailors , as a trade , stir , and jplace flieinsi lves in a position to defeat the " sweaters . " ThomaS Lago , Dodworth . —We should apprehend that a minor could attest the signature to a will as well as one who had attained his majority , if he be of age and knowledge to understand the nature and obligation of an oath , so as to be eligible as u witness in a court ol

      justice . Mb . J . 8 weet , ok Nottingham , be ^ s to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . « d . from Southwell , per C . Merchant , for tht : Dunc-oinbe Testimonial Fund . -4 . V . V Harrisox , S / isfpiel !} , —Her communication does more honour to her heart than her headT It would bu no service tu her to print it . It would only expose her to the scon' and scorn of the jeering and unfeeling . SyuiRE Autt , Headtord . —Ilis communication is hardly of general interest enough to justify us in inserting it . Never mind Mr . Oxlev , nor the Bradford Observer either . They cannot , of themselves , procure the " incorporation" of Bradford . Before that is done , the Bradford folks will have togive consent ; and before such consent is given , we fancy they will go to Leeds and see the nature , constitution , and working of the disgraceful

      thing there . It they are wise , they . will say , " I'll none on't . " Mart } Willis , one of the Unstamped Victims . —We nre desired to announce that a meeting of the friends of this : poor woman , who was one who boldly took part in the struggle for " cheap knowledge , " and who is now an inmate of St . Luke ' s Workhouse , in a very precarious state of health , will take place at the Butchers' Arms , Pear-tree-court , Clerkenwell , on Wednesday evening , Bee . 4 th , when some articles will be disposed of for her benefit . The poor old creature , who has attained her 75 th year , feels a horror of a " workhouse funeral , " and she ; earnestly calls on her friends to save her from that degradxition . We trust her appeal will be responded to . One of the Oppressed , Exeter , does not set forth what description of labourers they were who have been treated as be describes by the Earl of Fortescue .

      A Friend to the Poor Man . —We have not been able to peruse his communication . Mk . Richard A'Xre , Newcastle , writes us as follows : — " During the year lSo ' J , I was Treasurer to the Northern Political Union . Various debts were " contracted , and manies collected and distributed in accordance with the resolutions of the Council . Ultimately a balance of [ nearly JtlO was claimed by the Proprietor of the XoMern Liberator newspaper , who came to me . begging that I , as Treasurer , would give him an acceptance for the amount , promising that before it was due he would himself meet the bill , leaving me , as before , irresponsible of any individual liability . Previously to the bill becoming due , ke stated his inability to take it up , and got from me another acceptance in order to obtain cash to ; meet the tirst . This course was repeated several times , till ultimately he left the town , and the bill was left in the hands of a London banker , who sued

      for the debt and costs , amounting to £ 40 17 s fid , which I was compelled to pay . My credulity in this transaction arose from my entire confidence in the integrity of | the person , Mr . Robert Blakey , who promised to hold me harmless ; and as such debt was _ alleged to be dute from the Union , by a person who had received general credit for veracity , I felt less hesitation in affording him this accommodation . My object in addressing this statement of facts to you , is to prevail upon you to use your influence towards gaining for me the aid of the members of the said Northern Political Union , that they , by their contributions , however small , may liquidate a portion of the sum I was compelled to advance for them . Subscriptions will be received at the following places—Mr . Thomas Horn ' s , Market , and Mr . David Francis , Butcher Bajik . " The Members of the Union have now the case before them . They know the facts connected with itlet theni act as justice dictates .

      Thomas Hackney , Manchester . —We are unawaru of the nature and scope of the Act he mentions . It would be ; best for Mm to procure a copy from the Queen's Printer . This can be done through any bookseller . A Fkiesd to the Trade . —We cannot insert such a communication , as he has sent , on annoymous authority . If the facts are true , and their publication desired , they should at least be authenticated by the signatures of the officers of the society . Stbongbow — Dundee . —We have seen worse " poetry , " but yet our friend ' s effusion not reaching our standard is ! respectfully declined . The Yeojunbv Cavaleu A song referring to the doings of these worthies iu 1820 is out of date . Jenkin Mobgan . —Mr . Cleave has received 17 s 8 d , being tlje proceeds ( per Mr . Fairer ) of a concert for the benefit of Jenkin Morgan , held at the 'Feathers , ' Warren-street .

      Thomas Battt , Wakefield , shall not be forgotten . Robekt Kidd , Dundee , sends us particulars of a most painful case , which we trust will excite the sympathy and exertions of those to whom it is addressed the Chartists of Fife and Forfarshire . Mr . Kidd says , It is well known that at the last strike John Duncan was apprehended and cited to answer for a long list of crimes which he never committed . I need not go into details . Suffice it to say , that he was harassed , and his mind kept in a , state of suspense concerning his trial for a considerable time . The trial was ultimately abandoned ; but the persecutors have accomplished their end , —poor John Duncan's destruction . Sis mind gave way under his trials , and he is now , I am 6 orry to say , in a condition which leaves

      Uttle to hope for . Mrs . Duncan , his . amiable wife , is , with Roman courage and virtue , struggling to maintain herself and children without a murmur ; but ev cry one may know the difficulties she has to contend with , with a shop-rent of £ 12 , besides taxes , and all to be made from the needle and the sale of a few pamphlets . I here say nothing of the heartfelt misery that must arise from having a beloved husband in a state of living death ; for Duncan does not even know his own w ife . when she goes to call upon him . I need say no more to awaken your sympathy . Who that knows John © unoan ( the honest John Duncan , as our champion jFeargus O'Connor used to call him ) would refuse to

      'contribute a mite to aid his wife and little babes , and jto add one comfort to her desolate and widowed hearth ? | Of his virtues I need not speaks His was a heart in jwhieh the milk of human kindness flowed , he felt for ¦ all mankind . Those who knew him best can best apjpreciate his virtues , and bewail his loss . My dear jfriends , had you seen the look of Mrs . Duncan when she ( told me that she had not had even an inquiry after his { welfare from a single locality except Dundee , you . ' would have blushed for Chartism , to say nothing oi | humanity . She did not eveil ask for any help . I bejlievehersis a spirit that could not brook that , but it is | our duty to come forward and endeavour to give her I that assistance which , as the wife of Jdlin Duncan , she

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      so well deserves . I trust , my friends , I need say no more to arouse you to a sense of your duty ; but that you will speedily meet in your various localities , more especially those which Mr . Duncan visited , and where his worth was known , —and collect a small sum each , and send it either to Mrs . Duncan;—( her address is , " Duncan and Drumtnond , Catherine-street , Edin . burgh , " ) or to me . I am , Brother Democrates , jour ' s truly , Robekt Kidd , No . 7 s Wellgate , Dundee . "

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      Murder at Mcsich .. —A letter from Munich , of t " . e loth , says : — " A dreadful crime was committed here yesterday . While Captain N was attending his duties at the Ministry of War , his wife only twenty years of age , and the female servant of the house in which she resided , were murdered . A razor , with which the crime was perpetrated , was found near them , and all the closets and drawers had been plundered of their most valuable contents . The man servant of Captain N , who is suspected of bein" the murderer , has tied . "

      Agricultural Distress . —Smce Thursday last , not less than seventy-seven persons have been admitted into the workhouse of the Banbury Union ; and we believe we are not mistaken when we state that an equal number are ready to present themselves for a like purpose , Of the seventy-seven , forty-one are from the parish of Bloxham , and they entered tcrgether on Friday last , passing tlirough our town in melancholy procession . Sudden Death of an Eccentric Character , — Wednesday evening , Mr . Payne held an inquest at the

      Crown , Westminster-road , on the body of Richard James , aged 52 , a shoemaker , of 8 , Duke-street , Westminster-road . The deceased , it appeared , had for many years been afflicted with fits of epilepsy , having as many as three in the dav , and was of very eccentric habits , never allowing his window to be shut , summer or winter , always sleeping with it open . On Sunday night he was found lying with his head on the floor and his legs on the bed , quite dead . Mr . Ifewcome , surgeon , said the deceased died from apoplexy . Verdict— " Natural Death , "

      AcCIttEXT FROM THE IxCYUTIOUS USE OF FlRBArms . —Wednesday after a dreadful accident occurred on board a fishing-smack lying off Billingsgate , to a lad named John Carrier , aged 16 , belonging to the vessel . The poor fellow , it appears , had been cleaning a fowling-piece , and had broken a piece of wood whicl ) he used for the purpose in the barrel , in order to move which he poured some powder into the gun , and tiicii foolishly dropped on to it d hot cinder Tin : explosion which took place shattered lii . s right hand . to pk ' ccs , and dreadfully lacerated tiie ana . H « . ' was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , and was immediately jutt'iided by Mr . Kdwan ! f ' oi-k , who performed ; ini [ iu :.. fi . m at the wrist joiht . The l . ui is in a fair vvav ui p-i-overv .

      Ao-iuknt to Lord Ni .-oevt . —Lord Nugent met with a srrious accident , whilst riding i ' roni Twickenham , oi : Saturday last : Ilis lordship was cantering along tin . * road , and riding loose at tiie same tinv , when hi .- ; horse fell , and rolled completely over him . liis lordship , although much shaken by his fall , nmounted his horse , and rode on to town , On arrivk ' at Hath way ' s hotel , Mr . Travers was sent for , and ne at once discovered that his lordship had sustained some internal injury , and had fractured three of hit ribs . We are happy to find that the noble lord is rapidly recovering .

      extraordixary scdhes deaths of the editors of the "Norfolk Chronicle" and " Norwich Mebcurt . "—In the obituary of the last week ' s papers in Norwich the death of Mr . David J-rwin was announccd . This gentleman had for upwards of fortj years tilled a confidential situation in the office of tie Conservative newspaper , the Norfolk Chronicle . Hij death was peculiarly sudden , and , from his high character , was the theme of general conversation for several days . On Sunday last , only live days after hii death , great was the astonishment , and deep was the

      regret , at the announcement of the equally sudden death of Jonathan Matchett , Esq ., the senior partner and editor of the same paper , which capacity tlii gentleman had filled upwards of halt- a century . On Wednesday morning still greater was the astonishment , and * deeper the regret , at another awful viaiation in the nearly as sudden death of R . M . bam , Es < i ., the senior partner and editor of the Liberal paper the Norwich Mercury , who had been unwellfe tlie last few weeks , but not to such an extent as to cause anv alarm to his family .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday night , the 2 kt inst ., a fireman , named Maywood , was killed , within four miles of Birmingham , on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . The train mi passing under Cleeve-bridge , and the unfortunate man not being sufficiently on his guard , his head came in contact with one of the iron pilkrs which support the bridge , and he was instantly killed . Dreadful axd Fatal Railway Accident . —Oe Thursday afternoon , the 21 st inst ., a collision , ittended with fatal and appalling consequences , took place on the Midland Counties Railway . In cobsqueo . ee of a tender having got off . the rails , the Detbj trainwhich should have left Nottingham at three

      , o ' clock , was delayed , and was at length compelled to proceed along tlie down line , instead of the proper line ; a messenger having been despatched to stop ar expected down train at Beeston , about three mils off , for tear of collision . The messenger either < M not arrive at Beeston in time for the train , or he did not deliver his message properly . However , to wh& ever c ; ui * e it may be ascribed , the train to Nottingham had lei ' t the Beeston station before the train ii Nottingham had arrived ; and the engineer either not knowing or not regarding the message that m been forwarded , drove the train at its usual rapid pace , and a tremendous collision took place . In consequence of the down train beinsr driven at a much more rapid

      pace than the train from Nottingham , and beingmp heavier , and having a powerful and very heavy engine , the up-truin from Nottingham sustained tlie prin « p part of the damage . The up-train consisted of an-engi * and tender , a second-class carriage , containingpa" *^ but no passengers ; then two second-class carriage ! with passengers ; followed by a first-class carrua with passengers ; and then a third-class carriage . JJ great wa > the force with which the down-train Bj » the up-train , that the engine of the latter was actnauT driven i ' ronaitsp 6 sition downwards , and the boiler «* elevated to the neight of many feet above it , the tend * of the engine was driven through the parcel-cam ^ and the two passenger second-class-conveyances wen ? 1 * - * completely smashed to pieces as a nutshell w trodden under foot . The unfortunate passengeR ? the two can-iaces were dreadfullv crushed and nre 0 :

      lated . Considering the number of passenger * , p the terrific force of the concussion , it appean ^ culous that no more persons were injured , P * only two individuals met with their deaths . I ""* persons ave Mr . Dean , commission agent . " ? gate , Nottingham , who died in a few minut es . W the accident , in a field by the side of the ra ilway ; a- » Mr . Varnill , Derwent Bank , Derby . Mr . V amJ ™ taken to Lenton in a cart , and implored Mr- y ^ -J of the White Hart Inn , to take him into hB *>« g exclaiming , "For God's sake , take we in , or ls ^ burst . " To the disgrace of Mr . Godfrey , be ff- ™ to admit the dying man . Mr . Lee , the n ons . immediately had the sufferer conveyed into ip house , where Mr . Vamill died in two or threenuBJ £ * He had u leg completely smashed ; but thpimiB ^ cause oi' his death was severe internal '" JurieS- J ( less than twentv nersons are named who were 0-

      less . injured , some of them having ' fen , -foti ; er 3 crashed ; some had their limbs fractured , wcitf" " have e&eaped with slight bruises . Further Particulars . —List of J *^ Wocxhkd . —Mr . Dean , Hound ' s-gate , dead . & Mr . John Neep , of middle age , of Ketiord , u « ^ the General Plospital , but hopes are enterta"" ^ his recovery . The extent of injiny cannot aVP :, ^ be ascertained , as , besides beinjj sadly hrw ^^ ¦ feared some of his ribs are broken . , i er , George Burley , about thirty years nt a g ?' ^ ffiter seriously scalded and burnt , the fire and ^^^ having fallen upon him from the engine , wnen

      upwards by the collision . , , faree Mr . John Bowlestridgo , landlord ot ^ i Horse Shoes , Derby-road , and Miss Ann " * * Dove Cliff , Staffordshire , much bruised- , W . Mr . Gretton , Burton-on-Trent , severely * * Mr . Bradley , Southwell , fanner , leg hT fTieS 6 . Mr . Varnill , formerly butler at ColwicK-n ^^ Mr . Arnold , medical instrument-maker , - hurt . ,,-ively * - ' Mr . Garratt , surgeon , of London , extent >

      jured . j ijjbsf Robert Thomhill , lace-manufacturer , 5 U - crusheil . ... : il arS David Fox , employed at Mr . Gills siW-lW broken . serio ^ " Misses Ann and Maria Lewis , of Saeint < % ^ ly hurt , owing to the violence of the f mcUa t eC ( Ji aii !? thrown out of the Carnage , and their dresses ^ ^ entangled , they were nearly stripped , w had actually the sole of her shoe torn . ott . ^ fer We regret to say that the conduct ot tue ^ tants of the village was characterised jy - ^ rather than humanity ; the Misses Lew * ^ j close to the unfortunate Mr . Dean m ; " . ta ^ carriage , were permitted to remain in : > ulL foret ! ie ] of nudity in a field for upwards of an hour * ^ ; were removed . At length they wen : <* ^ baker ' s cart to Mr , Hammond s , to ^ "Ljto f ^ paying a visit , and * ere afterwards com " ^ 4 home . Mr . Dean was also treated * w

      ^' Robinson ^ travelle . r-yei-ymuchbn ^ Mi-. Tliistlewood , of Lincoln—ditto . Mr . Ai . von-ditto , and tooth broken out . Mr . George Baker—slightly bruised . Mr . John Wildey—bruised . Mr . Tutin , sen . —bruised . yWr MksSui-plice , ot Beeston , escaped inji " . out of the carriage . leased , a" ^ f L Mrs . Dean , sister-in-law to the "f ^^ -ind . * lady of the Castle and Falcon >« gjgj ^ little daughter , wasalso severely bru ^ ea ^^

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      TRADES UNIONS AND THE APOSTATE illNIsTEK . ! There is no greater inducement to tho public instructor to jtt-rseviTc- in hLs course than the reward that public opinion bestows upon his exertions . Frum the tirst appearance of the Northern $ t < xr , to the present day , we have seized every practical opportunity of rousing the Trade * of England to a knowledge of their power , : i sense of their duty , and a feeling of their degradation . The assaults of faction on thi ? unprotected Dorchester

      labourers , onjthe Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and on the Dublin Trades , through Mr . O'tV-nneU , as well as the several side-blows aimed at Trades' Unions generally , furnish the body with a sampic of the will of the C ; ipjtali . s . t . < , could they only discover the way of giving it effoct . Recently we have observed a p-ouir . fr and a general disposition in the Trades to revive their old institutions on reformed principles ; and in consequence we have aided their endeavours by such suggestions as we considered necessary as well for their protection as tor the accomplishment < A their object .

      The communications that we continue to receive trom almost every district in England give us fresh nerve and courage in the assurance that our labour has not been lost ; and , as a proof , we beg _' to [ direct especial attention to the report of the proceeding- ' of the Trades' Delegate Meeting recently held in ^ hvjflicM ; the most important feature in tlit- jiroeeedi'igs being the communication made by llr . Buncombe , iu his letter to Mr . Drury , aud the

      reception of Mr . Drury's assertion , that " location on the land should constitute one grand feature in their movement . " The irresistible use made by Mr . Duncombe in the House of Commons of the system of restriction resorted toby the Trades of Sheffield was one of the strongest arguments that was or could be adduced in favour of a Ten Hours ' Bill , and a principle which , from its justice and efficiency , has been partially adopted , and is about to be universally enforced , by the Colliers and other Trades ; and to the objections—to the strained objections—adduced by the Sheffield Independent to the wholesome principle , we would offer a few observations .

      The Sheffield Independent has done all that we could rt quire , and more than we could have expected , to plae < the questions of controversy between the Trades and thei : masters in a fair , impartial , and honorable light befori the country ; and , therefore , our comments upon a ver ; able and extremely well-written article upon the meetin ; to which we refer , shall be characterised by a simila : amicable spirit . The Independent acknowledges thi principle of restriction , but would fritter it away in de gree by making it only applicable to times of prosperou trade . He holds that it is not only inapplicable , but in jurious in times of slackness . Here we differ in toto fron

      our contemporary , believing that the principle of restriction is merely protective "when trade is prosperous , and be comes indispensable when trade is bad . If politica truths ripeu by repetition , we cannot too often repeat th < maxim that has bt-c 7 i laid down for the regulation of de mand and supply in the Labour market . Take an illus tration : if 1000 hands were the required number to per form all the work | to , be done in Sheineld , or any othe : district , it matters not ; and if those thousand hand : were kept in full employment , they would receive ful wages ; but if a depression in the trade in which they an employed should reduce the masters' requirement t < 750 , it would i > e wore to tlie advantage of all thatithe 25 '

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      THE OFFERTORY . YOCNC KV <; tA . VD PC 8 EYISM V . OLD E . VOLA . VO Pl'SEYISM . No one will deny that the Church has ever been the most impudent beggar , and the most daring robber ; and , iust now , when the public mind is bent upon the belief that Mother Church has become contemptible by the neglect of her most important duties , the Old Dame seeks to shelter liersrlf frum well-merited national reproach by the revival of one of her most obnoxious practices . In olden times , when t-. ai-h parish was a kind of common pasturage for its own flocK , and the homely Catholic priest was the single shepherd of the flock , the custom of collecting alms

      from those who could spare to relieve those who were in want , existed , and the responsibility of distribution was cheerfully vested in the shepherd . On the enactment of the 43 rd of Elizabeth , the necessity for the system of pewbegging ceased ; and since then the practice of begging alms in the church for the relief of tlie poor has fallen into disuse . Young England has hit on the expedient of reviving the poor man ' s " stake in the hedge , " by means of allotments of land ; and Old England , that is , the State Cuvv . cn iiiEBA-Rcnr , thinks of reviving his " stake" on the platter ; and a great war consequently rages between the Times , as the representative of " Young England Puteyism , " and the Bishop of London , as the representative of " Old England Puseyism . " In this dispute the

      Tim's has out-mastered its opponent at fearful odds ; while , if anything was wanting to complete the victory over the Right Reverend Father in God , a letter in the Times of Wednesday , under the signature of" Silvester , " has clenched the business . " Silvester" very properly , without perplexing himself much about the period at which the system of pew-begging existed , or whether it ever pvjsted-or not , comes to the rational conclusion that the offering cannot be voluntary , but must be compulsory . He shows how all the feelings of shame , sensibility , ostentation , and even dread , are calculated to extract what perhaps prudence would otherwise have withheld ; and the writer further adds , that even if the revival of the system was necessary , he doubts the fitness of State-Church parsons to give it effect .

      The beggar in GU Bias solicited alms with a gun in one hand and a plate in tlie other ; while , with less boldness , but not le ? s threat to the non-contributor , the Right Rev , Prelate would make his appeal with damnation in one hand and the platter in the other . If this offebtobi has again become necessary , the best way to destroy the necessity for its revival is Co restore the 43 d of Elizabeth , by which the minister of tile gospel was spared the humiliation of begging . We very much doubt that the poor in any one parish would be one iota beneritted by the success of "Old England ' s" ' new project .

      W hen the Church is in danger < l the noble army of Martyrs" are ever ready to appear as warriors in arms , or jugglers with pea and thimble ; either to preserve a pious ascendancy through blood , or to allay rising discontent by a timely juggle . God knows the rich Church has gone far to exclude naked pauperism from the sanctuary , without further endeavouring to thin its audience by manifest poverty or reluctance to contribute to the relief of others when the donors thtimst'lves may stand in need of alms , or at least be unable to diminish , their little store without personal

      inconvenience . Our defence of the working classes against the charge of " infidelity , " and the non-observance of their religious duties in 183 ' j , when , as Coningsb ? would say , the Tories ' * wanted a . good cry , " was their nakedn . ss , and the shame ; , —sortie , when reli gion is in question , may call it false pride , —of placing industry in rags in contrast with idleness and splendour . The impoverished state of the working classes at that period led to thin congregations ; and now that that odious distinction has been in part removed , " Old England" would-introduce a comparison between copper . and silver .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct835/page/4/