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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1841.
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    • SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR.
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      UNITED STATES . There 13 little of interest in any of the journals ttom North . America , except ihe farther accounts xwpectiug the differences between the British and Uatted States Governments . Tbe unpleasant case of Mr . M'Leod , whois still in . prison , his not im-BtTod in . its aspect . And Mother case , not very ffiaocilirto it , only of a Ies 3 formidable appearance , bas tnsea ; a civil action Tor trespass had been brought against a Mr . Jackson , the prize-mast er of » Teseel seized by a British war-brig on the coast cf Africa , the Beizure having been pronounced illegal by the American courts : Mr . Jackson , pleaded the WAsw of his superiorsbut bfrwas held to Daii

      , to answer the charge- The raacoor excited by the M'Leod controversy seems to hare given a newimpetee to the dispai * about tbe bonndary . Some of SSwies had tendered their assistance to the Federal Government in support of the national ^ ooour . " This quarrel also appears to be reduplicated in an attempt to assert the rights of the Union oTer another disputed territory . Small border collisions contributed-to foment the bad feeling which prevailed . If the'two Governments do no ; settle the quarrel soon , mischief may occur which they will bequeath to posterity to repair , if iiean .

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      Th £ htpost that Captain Harvey Tnckett had goee siroad is -without foundation . Captain H . Ttacktu is at present in London . Tus C-ctToy Cbop of the Uxitkd States . — -The ¦ eoeanDs received from the United States , by . all the rec « Bt arrivals , coucur in representing the crop of eottosi as smaller ihtn had boen previously caleolatj'd apoa ; the current esrima : ?? bainjc from 1 J 50 O . QOQ ro 1 , 550 , 000 bales , whilst was of the letin roiace the amount as low as thirteen or

      fourteen Lsudred thousand bales . The Wheat Cbop . —As some apprehension is felt Tespec ::: g ihe effect of the lats intense frost on the wheat j- 'Iant , we have taken eoniiderabjo p-ins to eolleci as much information on this " .= ubject as possible , a ^ d feel great pleasure in Btatins , that the majority vf the reports are decidedly favourable , the blade bcint : generally descr ibed as wearii ^ a healthy Sppearauee on emerging from its covering of snow . —Jklark Lane Express .

      Paws axd K . OCES Rah-ttat . — w e hear that Mr . 3 Sr * = sey , the great railway contractor , ha .- , taken the Gaum * - , for the whole line a : £ 1 , 000 , 000 sterling , and that he has given the planting and lining of the hedgr * and slopes to our townsman , Mr . Rogers . — Sauthaxptun Independent .

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      SKTES . ii , pitrsoks have been recently apprehended « c suspicion of having stolen the jewellery , to tbe bbdub \ of £ 10 , taken from the premises of jir . Howard , jeweller , Manchester . TEHPiSASCE Societies is London . —The cause of temperance is progressing here at railway speed , asd the societies that have been , and are being formed , both in and around London , "are almost beyond cikuiation ; inde-d , to su . ca a pi : ch of eufeonasoi hare tee majority of us members beta "WTOU £ h * -, that tLey even hold meetings in their pri-T »* e houses so confer on the best m ^ &na t > f * exienam % fiteir principles still further . Societies are about to be farcied in Hampstead , High ^ ate , Kuborn , Kznttll-rrttu . icc . There are differeut ^ orisof teetotalists

      fell av * rs > - f > each other ! And this , perhaps , destroys ; he harmony of it more than anything which its worst enemies could offi . r , by destroying that ' b&nd of -. ukoh which should ever hold such societies iwetber . First , th ? y are divided upon religion . T 6 b bi ^ orted Protestants cannot agree with the Caibj > lie % though the Catholics would willingly agree with the Protestants ; : hus , we have CatSoiic and Protc « . 3 nt societies . Then come the Law-church Protes-jvnts ( Tories . Hnd the Dissenters ( Wiilg-s . &r . ) They -cannot agree ! so here we have two societiesto s&y -. othiag of Methodists , Caivinists , and the Eke . Tass , however , is coBcernin ^ rei : # ou ociy ; theiv is net so much , cat and des play , as regards politics ! principles ; many of the Whigs acd Tories , are * L hail fellow well met" at their rceennes , and aoindetrd might be the Chanisva , if they could bnt nbmh ¦ - - > be c 2 . ss . sd—thai is , nut : « - avow their

      prin-« fples , or contradict any lies they may hear upon "Wkig economy ; if they 60 , izame-disj-ti exptskion is fee caiiSrqueuoe . The teeiotahsta , taken as 3 whole , though « . "r . dently a beneficial socieiy , ttll sad lies ; feey rr ^ :: id persuade yon , tLar b / absZ-aigisg , voj will be a rich man at tlis end of the year , although to ever / Well-thinking mind , h is evicent ti : a : tne additional taxes , upon tea aud sugir , bread , < kc , indeed , everything else , woa'J swallow up u ' n ih : ir wrings : and if a Chartist auempts to show this , Itscg ae goes off ths platform ; immedia-Lely the police-spi ^ s are cailed in , ssd be is accused oi cmatis ^ disturbance , wiih an attempt to break ths peaee . Tne formation of Chartis ; teetotal societies of hue . has . however , in a great measure , remedied this eviL Tae Ciiartists have now r ^ sownnoxis oi tbeir own , aad can express their sentimeias as th ^ y please , without giviiig o £ ccce to the fz . z £ . ' . ics who « po = e them .

      Teb YorrHs' TZ 3 IPEK 4 NC 3 Ass'XiA'iio . vs . —Time Was , Trh « u ovir forefathers paid dearly , and with their life ' s blood , for asserting their ri ^ ht to roeet ; and but for the m&njy dct * -rmLaa : ioa ih ; y evinced , £ hat ri : rhi wonld have beea for ever sbr . ' / a : « : d . : Tis true th u many an attempt has betn made upon it at the preheat day ; but right and in ^ hr , on the part « f the p&oz , le , hss at length ^ eit .-. a the quwiion , and if we ; except AmzTivz , & .:., i'A ± is lie ocly country ia Europe that er . joji the rght cf-meoting to its juiiest possible extent . This brings me to the Bsin pviBt of this article . The courage displayed by the leaders of the present political , social , and iaiajf ? r . <' . !' -e movements , >? sm- to have auiiniUvd tht- ; r mns to emulate them : and meetings which " our

      ancesiors vrjnld have vnonirn : wondenui , are bow got up by boys—n £ y , morf , they hare or ^ auisea ABSOciitivu ? which th-ir gr-uinlfithcr ? , in the pilay d » ys oi' Szdizodzh and Cisihrezgh , wodld hare tnmbL-d to have had a ha .-1-d m . And why ? Beejwse they ir-elceJ moral c-.- . ura ^ e , a ~ d had w > great a nspeei for Dad laws . Wales has had its YoV . hV Cbar ; isi Associations , whilst Loadon abounds wi ; h Yoaths Temperance Associations , the yonih : ul ¦ WBxbers of which evince a spirit and deifcrahia-. ioa to go forward in spite of every opposition an j per-¦ eeatiuii , that is truly laudable . Let us shew our reader- ho- ^ r these Societies are f-jnae-d . We have it © a tfce authority of the membtiy th « a = e ] ve =, aui e * a , th- refore , vcuch for its au : hc : il : ciiv ; at the

      • vae tiase , we cannot let the present opponnnity ese&pe , « i ; hoat tendering them oar m-.-e < i of praise &r their noble endeavour to ejE 3 i : ? ipate 1 hoj 1 .-e . vea fawi thst worst of all slavery—w ; :::, ut -which aune Other eaa exist—mental slavery . And jow for the As ^ ociiJJoas . A tew youth ? , playmates of course , tiagas «* A , as they are in masy instances , with : he drunien v . ' ces of their parent-, their friends aroand them , & . c , and in others anisated h-y what their ftibsrs have done in the good cau > e , confer toother ; acd alter several resoluiious ou ihe part of the ¦ ttjority to go on , the boldest of them is appointee Saerstary , and the honestes : Trszs-irer . 'J'iey then ¦ all a pnblic meeting by prinied placards , some on trust , and others by subscription , amongst them-¦ efres ; aa . d none but those who have atteuded their fceetiags can tell what ( if we except the awful Kmber of orators ) a weli-sondncied -affair it is .

      Zatkosasm ia of course not wanted , and many of them , iban ^ h mere youths , and those-of the industovos tlzsz , deliver fcptechss ( of the moment , not set aee ) which , for talent and classical reference , prove Hkeat not only to be deep * thioking youths , but shew a deep research , and a aesire to ao good , which we look ia vain for . from " our rulers . " Let thfem go Mi itajfitffly in their career . Temperance is the foua-# > tkin oi liberty , and we are happy to find that they fere so many supporters , not only amongst their VWD . class , bnt among the raid die classes , many of whoa atu » d theirpaeetiEgs , a . ad ccntribute liberally . We are xh > & of this , net because we value the Middle # lass more than the incuftricu % but because ¦ re are desirous that the girod of all classes siiould be ¦ Bttei in cue common c * use , and that for the social kaaefit aad happiness of all ; and this , we thici :, ti T frime , as a £ rs : rational step , will jefect .

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      Caittion- to Bc ^ xFrT Societies . —Tn a recent case brooch t before" the Q utt of Reqaests , Manchester ; ; he oiBorrs of a SIcli aud Benefit Society , were made to refund £ 5 , the full sum being £ 8 , to a widow , whom th * y attempted to trick out of the burial allowance for her husband . The Chairman advised the officers to get their society enrolled , as there was no security to any party as it at present Btood , for in all cases the money paid in Blight be recovered in that court .

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      " THERE IS NOT ONE LAW FOR THE RICH , AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR !!" THB rLLrSTRATIOH . In the month of September last , Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , went out with a pistol loaded with ball , and , standing opposite to a person named Harvey Ttcxett , deliberately Bhot the ball iato his body , seriously and grievously wounding him . For thi 3 shooting of Hartbt Tcckbti , an indictment was found by the Grand Jury of tbe Central Criminal Court in the following words : —

      " The jarcra of our Lady the Qosea , vtpon their oath , present , that the B ; gbt Hon . James Thomas Bradeneil , Earl of Cardigan , late of tin parish of Wandsworth , in thfi county of Surrey , » fl tbe 12 th day of September , in the 4 th y- ar of the reign of ou Sovereign Lady Victoria , with force and arms at the parish aforenid , in the county aforesaid , and within the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court , vitb » certain pistol thsn

      and there loaded "with gunpowder and a leaden bullet , at and against one Harvey Garnett Phipps Tackfett , then and there being , thtn and there feloniously and unlawf aJly did shoot , -with intent thereby , then and therefeloniously , wilfully , and of hiam&Hceaforctbougbt , the said Harvey Grarnett Pbipps Tackett to kill and murder , a ^ iinst the form of the statute in that case niade and provided , and against the peace of our said Lady the Qneen , her Crown and diruity . "

      On Tuesday last the culprit took his "trial" at the Bar of the House of Lords , for this offence . Witnesses were examined , who proyed that his Lordship shot the man Habvet Tuckett ; that they saw him do it—that they saw him fire the pistolthat they saw Harvey Tuckett fall to the ground wounded , the ball being lodged in his body . Notwithstanding this direct and conclusive evidence , that the Earl of Cardigan did shoot and wound Capt . Hajiv 2 Y Tuckett , their Lordships unanimously declared him . to be " NOT GUILTY . "

      THE LOUD W £ . S SET AT IJEEBTY ! THE CONT&AST . In the year 1830 , one Hesky Coos , a labouring man , of iLchvldever , in Hampshire , was in the streets during a disturbance arising out of the introduction of thrashing machines , by the farmers . On « Bingham Basing was also there , employed in what he called " quelling the disturbance . " Cook and he c&me in contact . Cook , having in his hand a large hammer , struck at Bingham Babi . ng , but did not harm him ; for the said Bi . ngham Ba ^ isg was seen actively employed in the streets the same evening .

      For thi 3 " striking at" Bixgham Babixg , He . vrt Cook , was indicted and "tried" before the Special Commission sent out by Earl G bky , to " try" the Agricultural labourers accused of rioting . The Jury—( not the House of Peers)—pronounced Cook-GUILTY" !!! The Jud ^ e sentenc 2 d him 'Ho be hanged by ihe neck till he was dead ! dead ! ! dead !!!"

      TE 33 iAEOUBER WAS HANGED THE KESCLT . 2 \ a more hanging of labouring men for " striking at" relations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer I If Thomas , Earl of Cabdig . in , beat liberty to shoot a man " with intent to kill , or do him some grievous bodiiybann , " and not to be hanged , —no more labouring men shall be tucked up " by the neck until they are dead" for " striking at , "—not SHOOTING

      mind , —a rich man 1 !! We are told ** there is not one law for the rich , and another for the poor : ' ' there shall ?; ot be such a measure Of " juatiee " a £ &in meted out to the poor , —after this case of Caediga ^' s , —as was meted out in the case of Cook J ! Zs ' o ' >' o J The rich must not a <; ain make war upon the poor , by hanging a man for 41 striking at" one of their order ; if they do , — THE POOB SHALL MAKE WAR UPON THE BICH ! ! J

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      SPIRIT OF THE WORKING CLASSES . THE WORTH OF AN ALLIANCE WITH THE MIDDLE CLASSES . OxEof our ablest historians has truly said , that" the people are very seldom wrong , aud never very long wrong . " Increasing knowledge , and a wise direction of h is , day by day , lessening the frequency of popular error . It has been a fashionable device to cover the deeds of treacherous public men , by proclaiming the iD ^ ratituue , iucoustaucy , or inconsistency of the

      people . This is mere cant ; a perversion of terms ; a unsl&king of the caure for the effect . Never was there a more leaks * censor , or a more forgiving tribunal than that of public opinion ; in fact , its very virtue—too much forbearance—becomes its greatest vice . Never has there been one single instance of the people deserting a public man until that maa had deserted every principle upon which his just pretension to popularity was based .

      If we req-iired proof cior ^ immediately confirmatory of our asseitioa , we have it now before us in the full aud ample records of pablio opinion from numerous towns and villages , wherein we find a spirit which not only justifies our encomium , but more than ravvards U 3 for all our , trouble , anxiety , and watching , for the people ' s cause . Ihese documents bespeak a foregone conclusion , and hold out a warning to all who shall

      gt ag- 'er , even by a hair ' s breadth , from the centre of the Charter road . One writer says— " Nay , if O ' Co . vnob himself , or an angel from Heaven , were to propose a de = ertion of the Charter , and a resolution of any definition of Household Suffrage , or even Universal Suffrage , with oiher restrictions than thob- ; c-jstained in the People ' s Charter , a Scotch morii-force audience would so far lose patience , as to groan at his , and declare him a traitor . "

      In speaking , then , of an alliance with the middle classes , we must presume that it ia proposed as a means to an end . The question which next presents itself ia , what is that end 1 As a matter of course , a middle-class Government ; that is , middle clas 3 ascendancy—a placing of the whip in tbe hands of the gentleman ' s gentleman , fat the gentleman himself—instead of wrenching it out of the hands of both . This is bringing oppression nearer to the slave , and making his tyrant ' s heart his only court of appeal .

      What does our present system lack of s , middle class ascendancy in all administrative matters ? Let us suppose the great manufacturing counties of York and Lancaster ; are they not wholly , entirely , aud exclusively , under the tender mercies of middle-class rulers ! Are not our magistrates , the very fountains of justice , of the middle classes ! Are not the manufacturers , overseers , and all that race , of the middle-classes T and do they , in either capacity , famish strong reasons for love of middle-class rule * Are the laws in their hands more mildly administered than they would be in the hands of those a degree above them in rank ; or in ths hands of those below them in station ?

      What is the great grievance of the Reform Act , as stated by all the popular advocates of labour 5 iace tbe enactment of that measure 1 Is it not thxc ithas been a purely middle-class measure ! and are cot its fruits daily , Day hourly , felt in the increased , and still increasing , poverty and despondency of the producing multitude 1 liBuc , wiy , " sars a blistered hand , from Barnsley , b have we been so often dnped ? " and he answers thiii ;— " Because we had no trial of them , in the first place , and ignoraat of our own stren-th , aud of our own neighbour ' s feelings , we became an easy

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      prey , in the second ,, place . " Now , this is good sound sense . But , he proceeds : — " Now we have an organ which , Go ' cf bless it , threatens to desert us if we desert ourselves ; this is reversing the old order of things , and making men honest whether they will orno . " With these and many such assurances of public estimation , we feel encouraged the more fearlessly

      to hold on the direct tenor of oar course for the full recognition of the whole principle , of ** Universal Snffrage and no surrender . " Not that other circumstances would at all alter OUT determination . It was the saying of an ancient philosopher , " that he would be virtuous for his own sake , though no one should know it ; as he would be clean for his own sake , though no one should see it . " So we would be honest for our own sake , though do one should approve it . - ¦ ¦ ' ? ¦• ~

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      THE WHIG PIG AND TORY BACON . Some of our cotemporaries are just beginning to find out what we told them three years ago ; that the present Government was the most perfect Tory Government ever yet in office . A Tory Government , with all the sweets of Tory principle preservation , without any of the hitters of responsibility . Bat our friends judge too much from mere skia irruptions , and fail to look into the patient's general state of health ; many appear to think , that , because Pkkl is f atisfied with things as they are , that' ergo , ' there will be no change for yet a little .

      In this narrow view , they lose sight of the lice upon the beetle ' s back in the all-absorbing thought of tbe beetle ' s self . They appear to forget that K . vatchbull , Goolbubn , Haedinoe , Tennent , and now the two Gladstones , together with a whole host of locusts , are not as well able to be satisfied with things as they are so the wealthy Baronet is . Sir Robert has property to protect , and the lies have property to get—a very striking difference . Peel also knows full well that the thick blood of the heir of the house of Derby is boiling in a rival ' s veins , and that the hollow voice of hunger cries " on , Stanley , on , "from a million helpless dependants ..

      Is any man so demented , or . so bad a judge of human nature , as not to know that the very thought of Stan let haunts every slumber of the cautious Sir Robert . O , for the house of Derby to play second fiddle to ^ i bloodless leader ! No , no ; it is too much for hinnan nature , and far too much for inhuman nature . Stanley will force Peel , and that ere long , into the very lap of Whi ' ggery . Did not our wishing-cap inspire us , even before the

      recent tilt upon French alliaace , foreign policy , and Irish Registration , and tell us that Peel sincerely wished the Earl of Derby in heaven , in order that his hopeful son , Stanley , may fill his place in th « Upper House . In four , nay , three , two years , Stanley will be the brigand chief , and a better his followers could not desire ; he will stuff them with Protestant churches , and wash them down with Papist blood .

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      POOR CLAYTON . We now learn that the deceased Chartist laboured under a concatenation of disorders , from the very commencement of his imprisonment . He was fiftyfive years of age , and w * 3 afflicted with asthma , rheumatism , and gravel . Now , ono word upon this . The Sheriffs of London , not" ignorant" or " misguided" men , are confined for a contempt of the High Court of Parliament . They receive courtly Tiaitors , and hold levees every day .

      Th : y have superb apartments , mid enchanting exercise-ground . From luxurious living , they become afflicted with ennui , lassitude , nervousness , and repletion . An apothecary tells the House that he thinks exercise is necessary for digestion , and for tbe better regulation of the liver and tho biJiary orgaii 3 , and they are liberated . Clayton has gravel , asthma , aud rheumatism ; and he dies in prison at the a « e of fifty-five . What is the reason of this « One was a rich oppressor , and the other a poor oppressed .

      It is every day's practice to release prisoners in ill health from confinement , although our officials allowed poor Clayton to die , and actually forced O'CoN . voa from a sick bed to a felon ' s dungeon , in the very teeth , not of certificates , but of the oaths of two of the most eminent practitioners , and a certificate from their own surgeon of the Queen ' s Bench .

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      ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT . Of tba iniquity of tbe Keajh ; pension "job , " we shall just here observe , that such things , in the teeth of unexampled national poverty , will lead : ; to a demand for a Republic , which it will be found impossible to resist . Voting for this infamous " job , " we find almost the entire " tail "—Messrs M . O'CON . NELL , M . J . O'CON . NKLL , J . O'CONNELL , W . S . O'Brien , and More OFkrrall , alt in a lump ; while among the forty-three who opposed it , uot one Irish member appears . In the majority ,

      we not only Sod Peel , Stanley , Col . Perceval , and all the O'Connell ' s , but we fiud also the redoubtable Mr . E . Pbcciheros , M . P . for Halifax ; and for this , ( if there were no other cau 3 e of complaint against the nominee of Mr . CoroneT Attorney Brewer Stocks ) we call upon the honest men of Halifax to " serve him out . " Here is a mighty pretty " Radical" (!) voting for the robbing of the people to pay £ 2 , 0 > j 0 for three generations , to a fellow who has been already more than ten times paid for upholding tyranny by pl ) ysical force .

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      MR . BLAKEY AND LORD NORMANBY . In the Tyne Mercury we find the following precioui sample of Whig liberal tactics : — " The Prosecution against Mr . Blakey yor Libel . —We are enabled to state ttiat tbe Marquis of >* ormanby , her Majesty's Stt-retarv of State for the Home Department , has recommended the nv . igistrates of Newcastle either altogether to withdraw the prosecution against Mr Robert Blakey . for . 1 libel published \ a the Northern Liberztor , or to allow him to pleail uuiltv ,

      on an underetantiing that he will not be brought up fo : judgment . Mr . Blakey and his friends had applied tu Loni ftonnanby to make this application to the authorities cf Newcastle . The principal grounds stated by his Lordship are , that the appearances of the ti . ; . es sinea the publication of the libel have matciiily changed , aud that tho Northern Liberator has ct < i- > ed to exist . We are not aware , as yet , whether the authorities have come to any determination about the matter . "

      Our object in inserting the above , is not to show that Mr . Blakky has received the least favour and lenity at the bauds of the prosecuting WMss , for in fact there can be no great thanks due to a tyrannical persecutor , for capriciously abandoning his victim , after he has ruined him . From this notice , however , we learn the lengths to which a Whig Reformed Government will go , to subdue the spirit of the press . Here we are distinctly and unblushingly told , that Lord Nohmanby himself , has become the intercessor with the Newcastle magistratca on behalf of Mr . BLAKBY , and two reasons are assigned . The first , that the times have materially changed ; the second , that they have succeeded in destroying the Liberator . Now , if the first be a sufficient reason <« r

      abandoning a prosecution which never should have been instituted , aud , if Mr . Blakey admits guilt by pleading guilty , and , if the material change in the times warrants compromise , does not such a change also warrant the extension of a similar icduJgence to , at all eventB , every poor Chartist prisoner ? But what ; compensation will poor Johx Bell , tbe printer of the Liberator , receive for his six months' impriaonmeDt for the eanaelibel ? Why , he liaa been paid before hand , by the loss of his situation . Thus , in every instanca , it matters cot how minute , there is one law for the rich and another for the poor . Why was not poor Bell counselled to plead guilty , and thereby save the punishment , aud keep his place /

      We are well pleased that Mr . Blakey should have escaped the devil ' s fa-jgs , but we caonot afford to bestow much commendatioa upon his satisfied and therefore lenieut oppressors . The full of tiaLibera-

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      tor is a greater benefit to the Whigs than any they could possibly hope to reap from tHo incarceration of Mr . Blaket , who , in our consoienoe , yre believe , hid nothing to fear front an honest Newcastle jury , who bare shown themselves just , honest , and impartial , upon all Chartist trials .

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      ROCHDALE ELECTION , Let the electors of Rochdale look alive . We gave them a hint , some time » go , that Daw and the Whigs twild rather see the Devil and Tlifl tail walking into tke House than see Shahman Cbawfobd We now tell them that intrigues are going onto pretext it at any sacrifice . We can do no more than aoand the alarm ; let tbe troops look out I

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      O'CONNOR IN THE HANDS OF INQUISITORS . Tub following statement has been sent to this office . We give it as received : — 11 who write this article , are ready to make oath of ita correctness to the letter . On Saturday last , the 13 th inst ., we called upon Mr . O'Connor , at an expence of nearly a pound , for the purpose of transacting some business with him . We were attended , during our interview by the Under-Go-Ternor , who , after two or three minutes' stay , showed symptoms of impatience land , when we had remained about five or six minutes , ordered us to depart . " « What ' s the hurrr f ' said Mr . O'Connor .

      w Well . " said tho Under-Governor , " the Governor's at Wakoficld with debtors , and I am obliged to attend to his business . " r Well ; " replied Mr . O'Connor * " and do I owe any of you so much compliment as to allow my poor privileges to be further abridged for your convenience ! Wba > are your orders f ImtiatBeethem . And if you are so busy , why not send one of your turnkeys in the Governor ' s absence 1 " Tho Under-Governor answered that the

      magistrates ' orders were that Messrs . Hill , Hobson , and Ardill , should have each half an hour at a visit allowod . and all other yisitors from five to ten minutes ; that the turnkeys did not like to come ; in fact , that they refuse to come on account of the manner in which they are put upon and cross-qufstioned by the magistrates , about every word which passes between Mr . O'Connor and his visitors . " w Bear witness to that ; two Englishmen ! " said Mr . O'Connor .

      41 Well ; co they may ; " replied the Under-Governor , "it ' s true . " Is this to be borne ; is this to be tolerated in a Christian country , and in the ninth year of Reform ?! That a man , for libel , shall be sentenced to seventyeight weeks of solitary confinement , in a condemned cell , over the hospital and the murderer ' s burying-ground of a felon ' a prison *; and yet subjected to the further indignity of being not only watched , but his every word repeated by hired spies ;

      and no doubt arranged to suit the taste of those who thus become parties to and lend themselves to thi 3 refinement upon meanness I O'Connor ia not the law ' s prisoner : be is tke victim of revenge—an offering at the shrine of tho pettiest personal animosity . Ho has now endured 40 weeks of unmitigated persecution and ungcntlemanlike insult . It is now high time that it should ceaso . At all events , it is high time for every working man in England to tell the House of Commons bo ; lest our

      representatives (!) may Buppose that the people aro indifferent to his suffering , and may hereafter cit « his case as a precedent for like unopposed barbarities . Let petitions be instantly poured in like grapeshot from every town , village , hamlet , house , and workshop iu tho kiugdom . To it in good earnest-None can surely refuse this trouble for one who has never thought any trouble too much for the redress of the wrongs of the oppressed .

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      A tbue Chartist . —Thanks . Fkacinus . —Certainly not without your wife's consent . You ought not , in fact , tu think of it . If pour wife have been a bad one ,. you n / wuld be thankful to be rid of her on such easy terms ; if otherwise , you are a ivrclch to wiih it . Gaiwsbro ' . —The Chartists here complain that the booksellers nec / ecf Ibeir orders for the Northern Star , and wish an agent appointed . Let them fix upon some eligible person , and recommend him to the office—lie shall have the papers on the same terms <« all ot / ier agents .

      T . W . — We perfectly agree with him , that it is both " perfectly ridiculous" and " savours much oj despotism" when men , professing to advocate equality , expect to be ihemsttves always the fare horse ; and wax angry if "their every word be not plainly laid bejure the public , or the name oj other individuals wvet Ihu reader ' s eye before their own . " S . P ., Kidderminster . — We cannot fir . d room for his addrexs . Tuomas Beer recommends deluging the "House " with individual , faiui ' u , and trade petitions , at the rate of , 5 . 000 a urf . ' i , us a plan , simple in itself , but truly constitutional , and , above all , effcctuul ; if rivt in carrying tke People ' s

      Charter , in putting a slc > p to ihe many notices of motions that are entertd night after night , whilst their doors arc cIoskiI U > the voice of the people . " Paiiouy on the Bo . nnlts of Bluis" will not suit for publication . An OASTi . Kitfrii thinks Easier Tuesday would be the bvst duy for the Oustter tea parlies . Washington . — We do riot know enough of the cirenwsiances to answer his question . The indiv ' idnnl prevented from delivering his political sermon might ha a competent of a very incompetent person tn < h so . We certainly do not think it either pruu ' ent or right in any associated body of Chartists to prohibit the preaching of political

      sermons as a general rule . A Lbei . s Chautist . —The subject has been taken up by Mr . Co'tins himself . James ATi'muisoN , referring to the Birmingham olisiqnit's in ho / tour of poor Clayton , who ivas there denominated u the iirst Chartist victim , " remind * the people that this is not the fact : he claims thai honour for poor Shell , who was butchered at Newport . J . G . KmicER . —The persons who framed the rtsolationx ivhich he sent to us must wait our time . At a Jiihhg time we may tell them all about it : at present we do not see it necessary . "Tin : Transportation of John Fuost" in our next .

      Amolat raised for Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill . — Money received by John Craig for the payment of Peddie ' s Attorney ' s Bill , and paid to Mr . Jackson , ^ of York , by Mr . John Ardill ^ of the Star Office : — £ s . d . Raised by Subscriptions at Leeds ... 0 8 6 Kuceived from Air . HatfieW , Dewsbuvy 0 6 0 Received from Mr . Burnett .

      Bradford ... ... 1 0 0 Received froni Mr . Steele , Ptulsey ... 0 16 0 licceived from Mrs . Pedoie a Postoffice Otiler tot ... 2 0 9 Beceivid frjin Mrs . PcddieanOrd < r on t !; e Star Ofike , for niouey sent to her , to the amount of 2 6 6 Received from Horton 0 * £ 7 2 0 for which sum a full receipt was granted , the amount claimed being £ 9 li ) s . Mb . James iimuTsoN . —We received a letter from this gentleman , too late for notice in our last , emphatically denying the charge which has been made against him of refusing to sell tickets for the Uoos * Show to the Chartists of his neighbourhood . He . had no tickets but half crown , eij , hteenpenny , and Jive shilling ones ; and these he sold indiscriminately to every person wlw applied for them . Address to the Commons House of Corruption

      xn our next . J . J ones . —The Fleet Papers are published by John Parry , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand . They are not stamped ; but can be sent through the post for a penny . Joseph Hawksly , file-cutter ; Henry Taylor and Henry Sutlerthwaite , comb-makers ; William Spencer , leather-dresser ; John Moorhouse , awlbiade-maker , all of Sheffield , desire to have their names appended to the Total Abstinence Pledge , John A . Lawso . n , Sheffield , wishes his name to be appended to ihe Total Abstinence Pledge . THE FOLLOWING Pkhsons desire to have their names attached to the article which lately appeared in the Star , on the questions of Chartism and Total Abstinence , signed by Henry Vincent , $ c ;—Williaw Worsdctl , sub treasurer ; Samiitlliealey sub-secretary : William Padget and Roger Pinder , councillors ; Joseph Scholey , Cornelius Toy , Launcelot Toy , James Endrick , George ( hay , ' William Gray , aud William Webster , members of the Hull National Charter Association , all of whom are zealous advocates for the Charter , arid four of whom are distinguished members and advocates , also , of the Hull Temperance Society , and all of whom are members , and form the Committee , of the Hull and- East Riding Chartist Total Abstinence Association . ¦ ¦

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      Mtu Heust 'Bvfp&n , - 'Bradford , Secretary of the ¦ Courtcil df ' iheWnliohal Chaftef Association , desires hiii narite to be appendediotheJTemperance Addreityf'Mr . Vincent , S [ c . ' . Keighlet .--We have too / room for the Jonathan Wild paragraph this week : it will keep . ¦ G . TuoMPi ^ f .- 'Bolh the' caset have appeared in the John Kerb a *» Johh ; Buchanam . —We think it best hot Io publish their letter ; we httve no wish to injure any-ohe- ^ not even the ungrateful . Samuel GoaDOir . —We- ' tee hot iehat we can do in his case . ' ¦ . '¦ ' ¦* ¦ ' . " ' ¦ ' " . ' : Joseph HatfjeU > . <<~ . # * # Miter is excludedfof laek of

      room , ¦ - "¦¦ _ . " Tkmpkrancb" ANp "Th * Drunkard ' s Grave thali appear . 1 ' Pobtsba . —We shall have something to tay on this affair ; but not this week . Spectator . — We have no room . J . B . Grimshaw amd T&oujLs Browk . — We cannot answer either of'their questions : none of the money came here . ¦ '¦¦'' .: ¦ ' ' , G . W . — We have notroom at ' present . Wiltshire Gousciii .- ^ rAiftr address neat week . " SwttfKT OK Buonapa ** b" t * not bad ; but it will not suit our coluntns . ¦ ' . Wiix / AM Thomas and Morgan Wizaiams . — We received their letter affirming that the paragraph , about which they had previouilj / complained , certainly did » ofc appear in those copies of the Northern Star of February 6 th . which they

      received , and enclosing similar testimony from several pertons . We can only account for it on the supposition that the second or third editions of the paper must have been , in that week , sent to Merlhyr Tydvit , insteadof the first . * Paragraphs of mere local interest are often taken out of the first edition to make room for later matter . To convince them that the report was inserted , we have posted a paper of that date to Morgan Williams , in which he will find it . Since writing the- above , our Clerk has informed us that ^ on that occasion , the papers for the agents named in the letter ofW . T . and M . W . were not posted until after the first edition had been all sent off , oash not arriving for them till Friday evening , instead of Wednesday . This explains the whole matter . Andrkw Kennedy . —We shall have a word to say upon ihe matter of his letter .

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      J . Abauur Cablisle . t-: TA « Wigton parcel leaves at the same lime a * the one for Carlisle . John Morgan , JBbbcow .- — We have not one copy of the Star forJanvarp . B , 1841 . A . Nealb , DKRBY .-HRend the dates of the papers wanted . ¦ - W . Tippin , Bingley . —Papers can be ' postedfor Ireland free « t any time , same as for any part of Enqland . ' John Clat . —The order to tlop ColclougVs papers came too late .

      M'DOUGALL AND MESSRS . JACK AND CuKRIB , Gi , A 3-GQvr . —Their tetters cametoo late for the papers to be posted at the usual tithe . Alexander Fim , k ? . ^ -Send the- particular address , and the plates will be sent . W . D . E ., London . —Yes . J . Wass . —Yes . J . Horsfall , Honley . —The delay complained of is with the Post-office : the papers were posted in time . Wm . Foley , Cork , has not sent his address with the money . F . Andrews . —7 % « paper teas posted .

      POB THE COMMITTEE FOR SUPEBINTENDING DAN . 8 CHARTIST WELCOME TO LEEDS . £ S . d . From W . Young , WItney , Oxford ... 0 3 6 ,. H . G-rifflths , London ... ... 0 0 6 „ Lepton , per J . Shaw ... ... e 2 6 „ a few friends at Honley ... 0 6 0 _ Halifax , per Mr . Crosslancl ... 0 5 0 _ A middle-class man , at Bradford , once an admirer , now a hater , of Daniel O'Con- nell ' a policy 0 10 „ a few friends at Morley ... 0 6 0 FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THB INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Torrybura Chartist Association ... ... ... 0 10 0 : . ^ Mrs . Spence , Dundee ... 0 5 0 From the National Charter Association , Derby ... ... 0 6 i . ' FOB MRS . FROST . From tho Members . of Bawgieen National Chatter Association ... ... ... 0 5 0 _ Thomas Barker ., CUebtetfield 0 0 7 FOR HRS- HOLBERRY . From tbe Charter Association , Dawgreen ,,. 0 5 0 voa Clayton ' s funeral . From the members of the National Charter Association . Barnsley ... ... 0 1 * 6 „ J ames Butterell , Preston , near Brighton 6 2 « ^ Daniel Friend , do . ... 0 2 0 ¦ „ U . Griffiths , London 0 2 0 . .. Lepton , per J . Suaw ... ... 026 . „ Dawgrean , by the Charter Association 0 5 0 « . Campsie , near Glasgow ... 0 7 0 FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE ACCIDENT AT CASTLE DOUGLAS . From the National Charter Association , DawgTeen , near Dewsbury ... 0 5 0

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      " Pray that the right may thrive ! If ever I return to you again , I'll bring you comfort . " 8 HAKSPEA&E . Passing through York on a journey to London , I paid a second visit to the chief of the Chartists , in his Castle , or fortress of freedom . The Under-Governor , in answer to my application to see Mr . O'Connor , asked me if I had any business with biro . I told liiiij my business was to pay my respects to him . After a littla demur , he led the way , and we followed him into : i long , narrow , and lofty stone passage , vrhich is furnished with a wooden shelf , extending ., breast high , along one side . On my first visit , this shelf held a huniber of black pote , filled with a kind of slime , and ranged in a row , with a piece of bread beside each , intended for the dinner of the felons , who stand while

      partaking of it A man was walking from the further end of this passage . I did not particularly aoti 6 a him at first , but , on meeting him , we mutually recognised each other , and my hand was cordially grasped by Mr . O'Connor . Ho immediately led the way up several flights of stone stairs , until we came into a dark passage , ia a corner of which he opened a door , and we stood inside of his ct'll . He pointed to a pan upon the fire , and said , " There's my dinner ! " Our host did the honours of his prison-house like a gentleman as he is , and , after he had closed the window , which had been opened for the admission oi free air , wa all Sat down , except the tutokoy , wiip stood in an aii / jle where lie could see and hear every look and word that passed . There were several bird-cages ia the room , but the songsters were mute . Not so ,, Mr . O'Connor— " ho singa his bondage freely . " The solitary system has not silenced him .

      1 wish that those who are the most bitterly prejudiced agaiast Mr . O'Connor could have half an hour's conversation with him ; it would go far to remove their prejudices . I ' own myself somewhat of a physiognomist , and I never saw a countenance in which goed sense , good nature , and h ^ uesty are more pleasingly marked . ' Mr . O'Connor entertained us with joking upon the pitiful indignities to which he is subjected . He is not allowed the toaipany of the vilest felons , lest he should contaminate ttiem , I suppose : tkey are mora favoured than he . He is compelled to toie turns with tliem ¦ when he takes extreme , like , ride and tie , " as he humorously observed . Nay , he miist even wait and watch for the use of that closet wherein devotious are paid to the goddess Cloacina .

      Now , it is not the under Governor , nor the upper Governor , but the Governor of all , Lord Normauby , whom we must despise and detest for this abominable treatment of a man as much superior to him as virtue is to vice . When the Court paramour , Mortimer , imprisoned King Edward II ., he employed two villains to break his heart , or turn his brain ; but all their efforts proved fruitless . More wearied with persecuting , than their victiih with being persecuted , they at length put a period to his existence by the most barbarous murder on record . O'Connor ' s tormentors have been equally zgaloug to degrade him , and have been equally unsuccessful . Who does not see that they would murder him in an equally barbarous manner , if they did not dread the retribution which soon overtook Mortimer 4 nd bis tools , Maltravers aud Gournay ?

      Changing the subject of his inHultJng usage , which I had listened to with a head drooping with i-udignant auanie and Borrow / the true , though untitled / nobleman before me , reverted to the cheering prospects of Chartism , which evidently console him for all . he suffers . I mentioned the idea which 8 O . me entertained of a junction with the middle clawes . This he d . esionstrated to be impracticable aud impossible . The middle classes are now the mob , aud w « re they sufi ' tred to lead , they would lead u » backward , instead of forward . Seeing . that tho people will be victorious , they will follow like vultures , for the sake of pwjy , or , like the fox that stole the prize from tho exhau 3 tecl lion . Like Judas , they would come , with a kiss to betray us ; bat we must bid them get behind ns , for they savour not the Charter .

      " Shall we , who struck the lion down—shall we Pay the wolf homage ;—proflir ' . ng lowly gaze And servile knees to thrones ? No . '—prove before you praise . " We had nbt sat above a quar ^ fcr of an hour when Iho under Governor said , " Coma ., gentlemen ! " O'Connor accompanied us » s far » s Ids y . risua chain would permit ,

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      I was taking a wrong torn in the intricate gM fl he put me right , and smilingly said that he ^^ 1 acquainted with the place tban I . I aekefl bit » ffiH had a iy commands for London , and he told ¦ make use of his name to Sankey , whom , I am w ^^ R say , ia irery unwell at prwent . He said , at « SW that ten months were over ; and I heartily w ^ H that the next eight were so too , fos I fett ^ H grief in being obliged to leave such a man in a ^ B place . ¦ ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .: - ¦ . - ' ; i - ¦ .. :. ¦ " * ! : , Th » under Governor had inquired my m ^ friend -who accompanied me , &n& on beinr totd £ 51 was Mr . Watkina , from 'AtifcLby— " Ah v Jt ^ ' " that is the chap that "wrote in tha NortAtm ^* ^ I I yr&M a spy j I've a good inind to give him 1 to Jr up for it . " ' tta % m . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ... ^^ === ?^ ¦

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      MR . L 0 WERY . TO THK BDITOK OP THB KORTHBSN R ^ Sir , — In answer to your remarks in yowW to my having , in conjunction with Mr . J . fiZi , of Newcastle , contracted a debt of £ 40 * tiT $ Star office , I bej ? distinctly to state that , » hj lr Mr . Rueastle said to yon I know not ; but ;*!? assuredly , I never was a partner with hfnx ia th 2 news agency , or shoij , in Grainger-streetVNewe ^ that I never authorised him to say to yon oHS one else , that I was so ; that tbe Northern st office and all other places that supplied th » Ukf with goods , supplied them to him and in hig iJ / and that if he said that I was his Partoer . wjj alie . » ifl

      That I never had any interest in that shop Bm was it ever agreed that I should have any ia ^ but that of my wages as a hired servant to a ^ M ? that shop ; that of the time it was open 1 ouCiS , in it four mouths as a servant , and did not get ki » the money d ue to me for my wages of service ; uujS after I had left , Mr . Wm . Thomason was hiredfe my stead , and continued in it until it closed S confirmation of which , I can Bbow any one tbe con of receipts and expenditure which 1 tookfn ) tt ^ shop book when I left . That all monies itcaJS in that shop were taken by him , kept and ditbarsed by him , J . Rucastle . That no creditor ever deemed , I was a partner ; in proof of which , not ose not even the Northern Star ever sent me a bill ^ ^ or said they had a claim on me .

      That as soon as ever I found that J . Racagfle ^ in your debt , and that of others , and had otherwise used the monies that should have paid yon , { then left the shop , and wrote to Mr . Blakey the ' tuttg its affairs , declining to continue in it ; and ft ^ learned that I had been imposed on by Mr . Bocu . tie , when he told me that Mr . 8 . was goifig m partner with him in it , and that Mr . B . never had had anything to do with it than a 3 a well-wisher . That the advertisement in the Liberator of m being the seller in that shop , which I allowed fa the purpose of benefiting its retail cnstoa , «« ald

      not be imputed to me as desiring to lead anj eredi- f tor wrong , for it never was concealed that I w I not a partner ; and when I wrote them , it vufoil him , and by his orders , and they all knew Ins not f so . I even did not contradict that advertiseaeiu % after I left , and Mr . Wm . Thomason was tbeseUer ^ and Mr . R . and I -were not on speakable ' ienoaj lest it might be thought a spiteful attempt of ae tag spoil the trade of the shop by withdnmiDR mj 1 friends from it ; and the advertisement wu ton-1 tinued even after I had opened and advertised 11 shop of my own .

      Yours , ROBT . LoffffiT ,

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      LOCAL INTELLIGENCE OMITTED LA ST WEEK FOR WANT OF ROOM . HoDDERSFiBLD . —Middle-CjussMercies . —km mau named Robinson who has a wife and six chiliia dependant upon him , who has had no work of uj consequence for the last three or four months , iaj whose family is at this moment pining for the coa < mon necessaries of life , had , on Monday last , hig house entered by the harlequin deputy consUfcljof Elland , and another nondescript of thesasw cwJ from Greetland with him , who se ' zed the e ? o « k , a fiddle , a chair , and four historical pictures , fa the enormous sum of fire shiHiugs aad three-peace poor rates , due I suppose to the triune Devi ] King . Ose of the monsters who seized the goods , wanted to take the child ' s cradle , though he saw tletabo sleeping on the lap of its mother .

      Meeting of the Gparduns . —The GmbHim made a poor muster on Friday ; they are so tired of their accursed work that they would gladly gin it up , but for party feeliug ; it is , withal , so expense an affair . The cold hand of charity doled oat afar paltry pittances to many who had travelled { Rli distances ; some from Leeds , and others had ( 0 return , unrelieved , to cold cots and empty cupboards Many ate coaipelled to have recourse to beggary which is becoming practised more and more OTerj day , as the poor wretches are verging n ^ on &i appearance and wretched condition of the hah peasantry . There cannot be a doubt but that ft will inerease until we become little better than a Eifioaot beggars and swindlers . A discussion took jtkee between Mr . Anderson ( who proposed an addition

      of £ 20 to the collector ' s salary ) and Mr . Pitkethlj The salary had been formerly £ 120 , but had been reduced in June-last to £ 100 . Although there mi a determination to vote for the £ 20 increase . ajnoBjpt a considerable portion of th « Guardians , it w » sf % determined that it would be impolitic , as they wet » so near the end of the year , to put onthatffhieh they had knocked off . So the unfortunate collector is left at starvation point , to get though che winter as well as he can . A spirited discusaoa followed upon the subject of the payment of tha Hudderefield workhouse bills , in which Mr . Pitkethly strongly denounced the conduct of Dent , who

      was the person who had been the offender , and who had advised Messrs . Brunton and Poppleton to keep possession of the house . A division took pise * wheu there were against paying the account il , f « t payiDg h 7 ; and one neutral ; but they have paid a portion of those same accounts , and during we time they were being contracted , above thirty jeraons were sent into the house , principally fromdmt towns . Thus , as is very general in other cases , the ratepayers of Huddersfield are to be taxed with tne good lodging and washing , for ail those , audJhs townships to which they belong are to go scot nee This had been tho intention of those Maithnams ;

      they thought Huddersfield was in too great prosperity , and that they could put a clog to it ; Ml the law has given great power . For instance , Huddersfield has five Guardians , who represent a population of upwards of 20 , 000 ; and of P " ^* 2 , 067 ; and rhe average or call of £ 1 , 158 11 s . 63 ^ and that paid up when the last yearly abstract was published , and overpaid £ 207 Ifo . Cd . Tbu » each of the five represents above £ 239 ° * rates , while the Chairman ( the Reverend Mr . Maxfield ) representsan average of only £ 30 IHWi being £ 200 less than the Huddersfield Guardians ao individually , and that township owed more lean ta « amount of their call . They owed the Union £ U \ thus these little trifling corners sent men to Bifwa ? us . afia thftv al-ft nrflV ri'nnii . Huddersfield . At * M

      same time , Golcar ( Bull Brigge ) owed £ ' 237 , and w « whole call upon them is only £ 169 Us . 3 | d . riomT owed £ 312 & . 3 . $ d ., » nd their call was £ 2 ^ 4 19 i . Hf LinthwaitH owed £ 1 SG , aud their call is * ' *• Meltham owed £ 282 , their call is £ 138 . WeoMw owed £ 143 ; South Crossland owed £ 114 ; Sl «» - waite owed £ 156 ; Lindley owed £ 152 ; L « P » owed £ 1 U 2 ; and many others in a similar conaiuoa . If . Huddersfield would hold her hand , and take we position of others , and owe more than her averagei all the Bastiie Guardians , Commissioners , «« Assistant Commissioners , with Neddy Baine 8 f > W ™ Finality , and the master , penny-a-line Chaa *«*» together , could not keep this Union together «>• ¦ "

      inoiUh ; it would at ouca crumble into <»»• The following notice was placed upon the booK " next meeting , by Mr . Pitkethly : — "To move «»» airs . Amswo * 0 i- and the Master and Matron oi vm HuddersHeld Workhouse , be called before iho Boaw , and examined as to whether she has been guilt ? v » has been charged ) 01 sending George Woodcoc *» » child aged seven years , weighing 41 pounds , and ff »" suring 41 £ inches in height , to Thomhill , upoft * j engagement with a collier , to labour ia . tne *"" mines , without the knowledge of the overseers w guardians , or aay one in authority ; in order tn »» found correct , she may , for such inhuniauHy wjf unprotected child , be reprimanded , and fortawt discharged from her office . " WiGAW — On Sundav . the 7 th inst .. the Jara *** ?

      of tne Commercial Hail was nearly filied by *» peisons who were present to hear Mr . Isaac «*" , " ,, ' of Boiton , preach a sermon . Many of tne' ^ " ?~ JJ classes were present . In the evening , ^ \ ^ delivered another sermon , which producsda "' good effect on a numerous assembly . —OialoD 1 evening , th « 8 th inst ., Mr . Bairstow deaTereo *> able and argumentative address , which lasted 1 nearly two hours and a half ; Mr . Hyslop , * P ~ J was in the eha , ir . At the conclusion , tbamw *™ £ givea to the Chairman and L # oturer , and t ^? cheers each for O'Connor . Frost , Williams , ¦ « £ *

      Jones , and the People ' s Charter— On the l ^* evening , Mr . Leech addressed * very numerous w sembly , at great length , and was enthusiastic * " ; cheered throughout . Mr . Dixoa also" spoke ,. in " usual eloquent manner , and moved the follow »* resolution : — " That this meeting is of ° Pjnion ' , " £ . the conduct of the Government to that noble cd * pion of the people , Feargus O'Connor , is u » J ^ illegal , aud cruel in the extreme , aud will "f ^ vga Government to become much more unpopular 1 it is at , present ; and we pledge ourselves to every le ^ al means in our power to cause aa &w tion to take place forthwitu . "

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      The Northern Star. Saturday, February 20, 1841.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 20 , 1841 .

      Colonial Anfc 23rointtrial.

      Colonial anfc 23 rointtrial .

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      CAHASA . —Private letters have been received from squads which communicate a fact of grew importance * Sir James Stu . au , the Cnief JoEtice of Qasbrjo , is said 10 have resigned his seat in the & > ecLiI Council cf Lower Canada , of which he was the prudent . At all events , he is no 3 oager Lord SyfeiSVn ' s ch : ef adviser , but has openly disagreed wiih the Goveraor-General , and qvur . ed Montreal tor Qiebec . The particulars of tne difikrence are sot j-ec before us ; but we should not have mentioned the circumstances unless assured , of the perfect ceuracv of the above statement . — . Colonial Gazette .

      IEW ZTi ftTiAND . —The intelligence from Hew Zaaiand is deeply inttrestiag . Coionel Wakefiela i ; ad re ; urucd to Port J \ icholsoa , afier having « Btafcli ^ bad the most friendly relations with the Governor ; a task of delicacy -which the Colonel appears to have executed with his usual businesslike i * c * . On his return to the South , however , he fcund ihe settlers in a siateof the utmost excitement , abooc ihe arbitrary proceedings of the _ N « w South "Wales Government in relaiioa to land-titles in New Zealaad . They felt tha : their propferty aud all the

      fruits of their exertions were threatened ; and , fall of alara : * nd indi ^ aarion , they were preparing to IBBort to some extreme measure , r ach as abandoning the coiony , and escaping from persecution by re-¦ wral to " some region independent -of England . Colonel Wakefield ru <» eeded in aLaying the ^ e extr » Ta ^ anc £ S , and in directing the aciivity of tbe eoiom > ts to the more practical oVject of counieraetiqg the effects cf i ^ uoraDce acd the land-shark interest in Sydney , by raiional but forcible repre-• eaiatiou * .

      Second Visit To Feargus O'Connor.

      SECOND VISIT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR .

      To Readers And Correspondents.

      TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

      %Ncnl An& General $Nutlimcb

      % ncnl an& General $ nUTlimcb

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      The late Fire at Manchester . —Several P 1 * were charged with stealing various piece 3 ot g <^ at the late fire iu Manchester . One prisoner ^ r 170 pieces iu her house . Two of the number we committed for trial , and the remainder weia charged .

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      A " ' ; THE , y . QBTHgB . KIST . AB . ^•¦ . ^ : ^ - ^ . ^ - f . ** ... ' " ' : : ¦ - - = = ^ ¦ . »¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct844/page/4/