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    • THE A T 0RTHE£N STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH C, 1841.
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      ^*" ~ BEYERLEY MINSTRELSY ! W SBIXOE OF THE . KORrHZKK STAX . v « pneloaed yon the following renes , not -with Action tSt they i ** ** eltber * teriin « merit *? S taStr ^ bat from the peculiarly dirtresrfag * J ° Stt « 3 KOXi » tancM in which they were oom-** f > Sy m » y be , by my friend * at least , considered **««* * i 5 proof tbat my spirit i » Bot Tet broken inie ^ r ^ H g enomous amonnt of » y past , present , * j * Jfidp » te 4 snfiferb . ss , ondeftim 4 and unpreoe-»^» « s ihu » Bufferings in reality KB . It also haa *^ ed one sood purpose to myaelf already ; tbik ia , KS ZZ ~ riM » they have done , a few noun ( about I b - >» day altogetfcer , in their composition ) which has *^ my tiionsh * for that period from being more Ff ^ rT ' pied . I irtend the verses to answer the P ^ SjXrf " : L ° Ssn Braes . "—Eslrad from a letter SPIRIT OF FBEEDOM ! - T rffredom ! thon deignst to dwell IKmi * patr iot in his cell ; J 3 & **** h «« nly ^ 'mpwt ? f «» ie the sorrows of t"Js heart ; todest tho tiy i ^ Su ^ Dce divine , ? Tcojn r oii , an eshautfleM mind , To cteer lie drugem * cianal Iomb , jtccf h Eeant hy tyrants for his tomb , frfistof freedom : when woes oppress , n > . -r fri aijas Cesert . and foes distress ; vrhzz ; f " "l roisf ' -Ttr . ne tfcrr aVnirg lowen , lad Boniivs mark the passing nouns ; SJSVo taow that in Ws cell , SS « tie same spirit tbatbwath'd in Tell ; * iJjWste , and did bum JTsoNt bright at Baanoclbnra . g-. rri * of freedom . ' be ever nigh , tka the pai = ' ^ h » som b-sves the sigh ; ^ jj ra tears of woe each other ehs * e , jyvnts the patriot ' s grief- wcrn faoe ; Tars of *¦<* / or othrrs shed , Tdt others' gr iefs h : s bosom ' s e-ed ; fiat n ** r for sorrcirj all his o * n He era felt , or yet has shown .

      c-jr-t of ireed :-m . ' be ever found , ffha sorro-sT ! sad this bosom wonnd ;" Wish F ^ k fcr thc 8 e more de " fcul ^ His orphss tUId—his widow'd * ri / e : . „ j gjj ; ji ; heavenly infi ^ ecce * hed , irouEi thsse ' helpkss ¦ offerer ' s head , j-jpire tka breast with joys t » ccrne , j ^ l'd SesdOT once more Mass my home Fca-rsi : " -. po-sFer , thy mrplieed band , jjjt jpresd their errors through the land , Tokad the ccstile jnind astray , ja , f » . i ™ truth ' s delightful -way . fcfsi nperstiui'n ' s Mighdrg sloem , 0 ' tb-f aiiad ' f er-rgies the tomb , D ^ pels . feir sprite" ! before thy ray , TiSt 0 D £ sisg e ? a glorious day .

      Is rsia thew tare ? ns msj enclose Ibe tsscring patriot and his woes ; 3 Is crptaa caiid to poyer ^ " driTen , Eis vife ^' . eprive « l 0 / all but hssTea ; IhitTidoW ' swail—that orphan's cry , AseB-iiEg iacOTse to the siy ; Will on the epprsssw bring a rod , £ h » » r » i of an & 7 eB 5 iflg &od . In tss :. cruel po'Ter , her hands msy stain Wiibloo-i of freedom ' s martyrs slain ; Or ma-llr uare ihe ceatiiy strife , WLirrLfced . ra may be l > jngLt wi'Ji life . Y » , Tii- ' "whiW mULion souls inherit , Freei t& . thy ueTer- ^ iiig spirit , ¦ W cich tow iig ' uts up iay d \ iceeon't gloom , rzsz . £ i vnax . 1 to k .- tie pirrio : ' s tomb .

      TE 3 , ' Ts ! n all arts will tyrsEi 3 ficd Is cnEP or bisd tie hnnian ifiind ; Jti czwzri . wi'Ji TssistiLss : o .-ee , Tbestreaia of rulr . i s" -a 1 holu hsr coarse . TSlthfy cki itop tb « livir . g su =, Iroa his appDinied ac <; to ran ; Ell they ihe ocesL ' s v ^ res can stay , liar mandate we shili ns ' er ob ; y . KOBEBT PSDPIBi Beralty Eonse of Correction , liiFeb-liil .

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      ? THS B 3 I&H 10 S CuAKTiST irEETIIfG . Ikit sii , —lis rs ' . is Tan , I trust , To sifc yost si-i ia e » as = nost just ; Yc-a aii 0 ! ¦ what " » e do complain , " Whit aid ¦ sreirait ? aa-1 I'D exr-Uin . 01 eoTise yocr readers ix- ^ w nut Jet , Ihst "ffc " Te ia Bnghion a Gaxiie , A siafish . paltry , T-.-iy ifcic / , Wiich eTcr srriTrs to hire a Si 3 ^ At thj $ i who oft regai .-e a friend , Ihsir rosiest acUons t-D d ^ ftud . Yo 3 "U Je : t ^ sia iaow , I speak the trctb , ii- thit soae cp ^ tirt dirty yoath , Dii , in its l 2 K * t pablicvtioa , PrifcS : to liTi s ^ iae infonni'ian

      Of tbr j .-si : aeecuj lately b-id A : ± e T-jBti HsJl , to hare expell'd FK 3 i ^ . e projected " Poor L * w Bill , " Ssei pir : iriiici wculd conauce to ill ; Ids lies , tie poor , did all agree , Ihij'i : aln frcia every clause be fr ee ; IcaJ Bri ^ i roa did r ^ qiure it not , Beesie the poor trtrs se'er forgot ; lix is iati-p . yej 5 and the px > r TfeBhipj . y , nsr dia change implore . Sj fir , sj eyz-d , thaa ail agretd , lispw c ! pai ^ y , class , ot crctd ;

      Ba joe ; there were , who saw most clear , Ebi : Casdtui . on € Tery yeir , Wtid sc-r-i asd more . cnce s ^ nt greeting , To those wh ^ - ' re eall'd scdltic-E-mccger ?

      , At wkom the Whigs hu . Tt harl'd their thinders . AasadmeKs Le w ^ uld not receiTB , Pitpos'd It Ailea , Wood-. rard , Retre ; iad if the siaii hidl . se . 1 withheld , Ik Chartists insw they'd be rtpt-U'd , Si'iald tiey at'sin ? -si h ' . m to call , A piisUs meeting at the " Hail , " ff * tier might * hew thtir riews were wund , Asotika np os j ublic g .-.- ^ sd ; I-aj muh is true ; bu : 'twcnM Toa tire , To tell which I the most admL-e , " Jpi y-xi - i truth , or taste , or feeling , - »« £ peri- . oilirics nre . llz * .

      «» to osr knjuigc . , i ., divide « -a 'Vrfjei- and » oas's , " iiae by ade ; iwa Hts a si ^ iit—thec as a friend , ** oaact 111 aato you sta ^—" Up jampea Mr . Alien " ¦ d ' l- cui oI ^ ca' 1111 ? ^ ae ' s a t-, nch of the malt-has a Tendor of beer » iih a mt-ath Tery frothy , aad phiz rery queer ^ ioabtless hatb . both sense and -vrit , ^ -oiih on neither I can hit , " P *^ it tastet h gueer , ^^ bkic it of All en's beer , « _ Ea I a- opponent attack , i . ' bis cjndaet , ed : his Jact 3 r «* " lrhlch ^^ ire doth Tritbhold , r ^ - ^ e cause , or age nnfold ; M ^ d 1 C 92 id ssy as much fer those ; 0 go . > 3 tisujDle Shcnld Hiselosa .

      * «* d BSiili to hair how for a Bjp « te row-d tasy-d pablie B ^ euLgs stop ; *'» Joiyisa here ean spout , * -Pai > lie ' i : i « n wben ^ they ' re oat ; a ^ T- 5 ; es vm * we ^ ' ^ 'i swear , thsyd frighten , ^« *« ra'd Chartkt- out of BrigLton ,-r ~* } u ^ sw ^ rn , that by their pranks , rr * J ^ z& increas'd the Chartirt ranks . *^ e yoa'U atk , ¦¦ , , roam bo far « ° m Brighton to the . Vp 7 iA «™ Jtor . » ^ diaaeciray rer tal 4 ^ Trong * which yon so sortly fed ? - 2 " . Hs becaaae Ironi local press , Pa » ^? &bnsej bat *»** Ueu ; ^ for truth , but Wbi&rj fam'd 7 i ^ a tho " , gn n mores in narrow sphere , j £ ^ i tte same and filth it can ^ W tenert working man . f . « anfa « too , which I will <»

      i ^^^ eun 'd to » hew fair play-^ a it wajBot helpt- er ^ f ' ^» A » hMi othfra on place ; s-ss— - ^ , To bra «> , Wixo tak 6 a no pains , sS ^ ass- ^ u ^ SL' -SZSS .

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      A Bkioxhd 8 Philosophy ; or osb law fob the Rich and anothzs fob thb Poon . — " It is because mail ' s law is not God ' s law that I stand here npon the iBonntain . Were laws equal a :: d just , there wonld be few fonnd to resist them . While they are unequal and nnjust , the poor-hearsed may submit and tremble ; the powerless may yield and suffer ; the bold , the free , the strong , and the determined , fall back upon the law of God , and wago war againBt the iDJostioe of man . ' If you and I , baron , " he continned , growing ezcited with the hea * of his argument ; "if you aud I were to stand is ; fore a court of human justice ^ as it is called , pleading the same cause , abused or the same act « , would our trial be the same , our sentence , our punishment ? No i all

      would be different ; and why \—Because you are Bernard de Rohan , ' [ vide Lord Cardigan ' s case . ] a wealthy baron of the land , and I am none . A name would make the difference . A nitre name would br-ng the sw .. rd on my head and leaTe yours tinwounded . If" eo it be , I say—if such be the world ' s wjiihy—I set cp a retribution for myself ; I raise a kingdom in the passes of these mountains , a kingdom whf ' re all the priTileges of earth are reversed . Here , under my law , the noble , and the rich , aud th « proud , are those thsi must bow down and suffer ; the poor , and the humble , and the good , those that have protection and immunity . Go , ask in the peasant ' s

      coitage ; visit t . ' ie good pastor ' s fireside ; inquire of the shepherd of ihe mountain or the farmer on t : jo plain * : go , a = k thtm , 1 Bay , if under the sword of Corse de Leon they lo ? e & sheep froxa their fl > ck or asbeaffrom their field . Go , ask them if , when the tj-raai of the castle—the lawless tyrant , or the tyrant of the city—the lawful tyrant , plunders their proper y , ins-uUs their lowlineps , grinds the face of the poor , or wriDsjs the heart of the meek—ask them , I say , if there is not retribution to be found in the midnight co ' ur ^ e of Corse de Leon-if tbxre ia not puuirhmein and justice poureJ forth even upon the privileged heads aboTS . "—J / r . Jemet ' t Corse de Leon .

      The Composts of Heathens : Town Gabdexs i . N Japan —The front of ihe better class of houses is ocvujjivd by a large portico and entrance , where the palanquin ? , umbrellas , and shoes of" visitors are left , where Ferrjnis and persons on business wait , & . c . ; . aud which is connected wiih all ihe domestic offices . The bank of the house is the pwt inhabited by thefamiiy ; and it projects into the garden triangularly , for the benefit of more light and cheerfulness . These , gardens , however diminutive , are always laid out in the land » cape-garden style , with rocks , mountains-, lak ^ -s , waterfalls , and trees : ai . > d

      uniformly contain a family chapel or oratory , ' At ) - surd ai » uch would-be pleasure-grounds may seem , when confined in cxteut , as mn ^ t be the jjsrden even of a wealthy hou .-eholdcr in ihe heart of a city , this intermixture of verdure ncverthrlvss contributes greaiiy to the airines ? and « ay aspect of the town i ? elf . And we * are told that the eery tmalleit habitations possess similar gardens , yet more in miniature , sometimes cous- ^ ticg of whai may be called ihe mere corners cnt oif from the triangular back of the hors ^ , with the trets in flower-pots . — . Manners and Cusioint of the Japanese .

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      PUBLIC TEA P \ RTY . IN THE FORESTERS REFUGE , STALYJJRfDGEsTO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF TilE KEY . J . R . STEPHENS . The large Hall was tastefully decorated . The applications fur tickets ha . d exceeded the expectations of the managers so far that they wer > _ - obliged to set the table 3 a third tiiuo , before ah Ti-iior » had bern g ' uppl ed . Mr . Sitphens eiitered the room , and was loudly cheered , and ux-k toa with the la ? E piry . Tiie arran ^ e ^ eurs relisted gTtit credit uuou tlie managers ; sad ihe ieina ^ s especviuy were "verv industriuus , iu try i ng t » lua ' de ev .-ry one a- Cjiciortabie as circumstances wyalo permit . Af * er the joycus ssstmbla ^ e had re galed thtyiselves , the tab ! Js were removed . , Mr . flASLAK , hav i ; ij been called to the cVair , ir .-irodcced Mr . cttphei-a to vbo mteiini , ' is a tiiort euit sri < irc sp * xch .

      Mr . Stephexs , on v ?< ~~ : > ni \ u !* himself , tvas saluted wiih hurrahs , claj-iii :. ^ r-j' hands , and cher maiks of esteem ; after the applause had subsided , he commenced bis adcre « s by tba ; : king his frieuds around him for their hewrry expressions of welcome . Being once Hi . » rj at nozne ameogst hi ? own , he wns b : ld in spe ^ kiug yi hirpself . ( Hear . ) Their chairman , when he cailed him their tried friend , their undaunted fnend , and their suffering friend , was wrong in on « littte word , namely , their suffering friend . He con-idercd he had suffered notiun *; , wbm he thought of the cauie in which lie hud been embarked , and which ltd him to prison , where he had spent eighteen of ihe happiest months of bia life . And those who had sent nim there had don «

      him the bt-n anc kindest mm . He said that when Cap * an Wiliiams a ,-ked ho . v h « wis , he told h . m to give his respects to Lord Jo ' un Russell , and te'l h-m that he thanked him for seeding him there ; and tell him s . l = o that he made a very great m ^ t ^ kc in sending him there ; tha , hsd he Itt him alone a liitle lonter " . he should hare ptt-n vi-ry little trouble . He ( Mr . S . ) said he was nearly worn out , but now be had made h . m a mm a ^ aio . ile did not t ' nink it any test of public sympathy and re-ptct to see thousands parading the streets to welcome lbeir friends home . He , for his pan , thought little of flags , b&tir . fcrs , andbaoi'is of music on such occasions . He had preTic- "jW made up his ciicd 10 cgdis alone into Azh'on . He wduI'J walk , and ^ 3 veaii opportiu ; 3 ty

      of secin ? vrnb h :- o ^ rn ey es , and be v » ouid ml ' ingiy have suffered eighteen months i ^ : pri ^ cument rather than m > 3 what he had sesa in waikisg from Ashton to the Foresters' Hal ! , at Sialvbridee , from men , women , and chileren , when returning from th ; ir work , and appearing 60 anxious m offering their dirty bauds i-o tbaks wkh tia clean cn » s , for , said he , his were likely to be bo , because he had d » ne no work fer eigh * = * en morths . He had put into his hands a Manchester pap -r , in which it was stated that he was cooiiog to Stalybridge to join a tea party , and iu the same paragraph it w ? . s asked whether the pvsii had damped his enlh'tsia ^ -m , and whftber the police would be needed . But lie ( Mr . Stephens ) would teii his friend of the Manchester Times that had his council beeu followed there never

      wouii hare bean a : iy necessicy for the policemen , for either AiLton or » -Iaj . > ehe = ter to bludgeon thu people ir . to submisrion . He bad told the p : ip '; e , ar . d the Manchester Timrs , and the Manchester Guardian , aud th- - - Mf . rniria Chronicl e , that if they were determlnVd to pa = 3 ths New Pour Law B ; ll . that they would need an army to enforce i :, a ;; d the fruits were now jus ; v .-hai he said th-: y w ^ uid bo . ( Hear , bear , sue cheers . ) Thespecker tbeD at gr-a ? ierjgih dcuxded himseli against the attacks which La-i ^ been nr . ade in the pn-ts , which cailed L : m a madman , fire brand , and revolirtionisf , &c . & \ , and saia that those who called him such certainly did not know Li :.., ; he believed litre never was a man more ;

      caln :, mvn- co -l : t-. ot kii . c- ' -T than himself , ( hear , heir . ) aad Ikewise stated that his work of agitation began in the clo .-et . The first shake of tb& hand Le ha J in Manchester was from a policeman who knew jtim , ( ahhocgbhe , Mr . S ., did not know the policeman , ) ar . d wejc-Jined him back again . He then advised the people not to be deceived by the advice which was sometimes given them relative to going to America ; they muit not imagine that when they wcr ^ soing there that they wore going to a free country , and argued that we should endeavour to better our country rather than leave it . He glanced a ; xn 3 ny po : n : s which mvT& concerned himsei-f aad his own congregation , than the public at large , and at timesbrose out iu tTemendonsdeclamation asrainst

      the New Puor La . y Bill , the Factory Question , and the Rural Polrtc , until he came to the re-marks upon the Chartists a-r . d the Charter . Hj ? -aid that he m : £ bt cprrer . t an idea that had gor . e abroad . He sbksd whoever heard him jay that he was a Chartist ? He defied an } ' m 3 n to point to a single line where they might conclude that he wa-3 a a Chartist . He never wa ? a Caarrist . He was not a- Chartist then , nor erer wunid be . But though he wis i-ot a Chartist himself , he took thac opportunity of .-tat ' ng t ^ at he would always support their right to be Ceartists . " They ought to have ihe Charter : he himself could live Lappy under the Cnarter . Things could not bo worse than they were if it was obt 2 . ' : i"d . ( H' -ar , hear . ) On h ; 3 wa , y thither he saw

      a child who saw him , and who taid , " Hey ! there is Stephens , Goi bies 3 him ; bat we mus ; have ; he Charter . " ( Laughter aud cheers . ) Whatever might b 3 thoaghs of his politics , he always held that the entire people should be fully and fairly represented in the House 01 Commons' Congre-s ? , or where they wished . They might call that good Chartism , but they BrU'h * tske it for what thfcy liked . Since he ha-i been ' in prison , he had lost a brother , child , and father by d ? iih ; the latter occurrence , that of | hi 3 father , had been signalised by a display of unlookedfor Eympathy on the part of Lord ftormanby , who kindiy , and without solicitation , from himself , granted him permission , from the dungeon , tofoilow the remains of his father to the grave . He , therefore , took that public opportunity of publicly , through the press , expressing his gratitude to Lord ftormanby , though he was his political opponent to the thanked them Mb for

      death . He also ( congregation ) their kindnes 3 towards him while in prison , in pecuniary and in other matters . They had ministered to his was : ? , s . ud he hoped the large number of sufferers then in prison wonld not be forgotten , or left unsupported by their friends . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho intended to work in the great vineyard of the Lord , as he bad done before . On SnnGay next , he would preach at Hvcle ; the Sunday following , at Charlesw > wn , Asiitcli . He would work harder , if possible , than he had dose . He would erer repose upon their prsvers , their ' faith , and the heaven to which he and ' they aspired . While in prison he had not been quite idle : ' he had often asked himself what he could do icr the geueial good ! Andhetbongbt that if he ccn ! d place permanently oa record his ¦ r iewB , it wou ' id be be : ter calculated t » ensure hu object than the cclirery of local sermene or lectures

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      With this riew he had started a magazine , which he called the " People's , " because it was for the people , with the people , whether rich or poor , hi / eh or low , and he wished to make the whole people one people . He had learnt , since his release , and oa credible authority , that all the imprisonment , all the Government prosecutions , " and cruel treatment , and exorbitant bail , was th © result of ft bargain entered into between his old friends , the Corn Law repealing millowners and the Government , that they wonld put down the Anti-Poor Law agitation aud the Chartist agitation , if the Government would assist them in repealing the Corn Laws . But had they put down the agitation or the agitators t ( No , no . ) Had they put Oastler down i No ; there was

      he in the Fleet , inditing his Papers , happier than ever . Had they put Stephens down ? No ; there ho was that night , again before his friends , his church , and his congregation . Had they put down O'Connor ! No ; though in prison , he was as mighty as ever . Had they put down Oastler , O'Connor , aud Stephens ! ( No . ) They had put them up better than they eould have done themselves . ( Vociferous cheers . ) He saw nothing * ood as the result of all their imprisonment ; they had still bad times , they were likely to have worse ; and , before heaven , he believed God had given them up to » reprobate mind , to work all manner of unrighteousness , that they might believe a lie , a special affliction from

      God , who had and would visit them with vengeance . He had seen Oastler in London , and spent many happy hours with him . Mr . Stephens then reoommended his bearers to read the " jFJeet Papers ;" and if they cculd afford to purchase the " People ' s Magazine , " to read that also . It was extensively read in London , and he hoped was doing good ; but" shove all they must read the " Fleet Papers . " People would say he was advertising his own book . ( Laughter . ) In conclusion , he hoped that they would not mistake him ; he knew it would be a work of prayer and a work of blood ; they must take the sword and not let it rust in the scabbard— "the sword of Gideon—they muBt keep it brijitt before the Lord" —for God had said that he would cleanse the land . He then exhorted his

      hearers to be up and doing , to pray more , to live to God more , to believe more , to give themselves up completely to God , to live for God and one another . He had given them his best advice , let them takeii , pray over it , and he would with God's as-ifctance and theirs , work for and with them , he would finally and affectionately bid them good night . ( Loud cheering . ) The Ciuirma . n then introduced Mr . Bradlet , of Hyde , who was received with much applause . He observed that ho had come ¦ wiih great pleasure , though very unwell , in answer to the kind invitation that had been sent him . Mr . Stephens had called him a consistent Chartist ; he was proud to assert , that he was a Chartist , and

      agreeing with him tbst men 3 hearts icust bechanged before they would practice justice to one another , he could not help thinking he might be btgotted , that ilr Stephens was wrorg and he himself was right , when ho demanded for his countrymen their political rights , as con-ained iu the Charter . He would himself feel ashamed , and he thought he wonld not deserve the name of a man if he was not a Chartist ; and though he had suffered eight inomhs' impri .-oiiment , he would ntvp . r cease t iFork until it became the law of the land—he would aRsiyt Mr . S . in repealing the New Poor Law , the Rural Police -Bill , and in shortening the hours of factory labour , though he thought , for his part , they never could succeed till they em the Suffrage , by

      which to protect and legislate for themselves a- , working men . ( -Jhwrs . ) How were they puuatod at this moment ? Were they not worse than they had b ? e : i \ He told them that unless they could pb'a ' n 1 ho Charti-r , tVi ^ y ivcaltl became worso lhan t ' r-ey were then , though , God knew , they were low enough . It wa ? Ins opinion that ihey , likts the aristocracy and co . ton lor-i * , mubt have their interests represent ' . d in the House or Commons , or they siuk inameaMirably lower in the sc »! o of so-ial missry , and moral df ^ radarion . He wished them , one and yll , to cultivate » knowledge of one another , to sympathise with one another , and to struggle iu the gr .-ar cause , unt : J rhe . ' r efforts wore crowued with s > : cee . « . ( Hrar , iusr , hear . ) He would conclude ,

      as ho was in v .-ry bad health , and . f » i \\; way to auu ' . hcr grn : ' .. ; nun who would a ^ dic * : * them . ( Loud ap [ Jji ; . > e . ; The ChE . irm . vi then called upon Mr . Biirstovr , who , in coming forward was received with deafening and protracted cheering , an . i on reaching t >\ -s tribune from which ho epuke , was f-haken by the hnnd in tho roo 3 l cordial manner , by Mr . Stephen ? , v . non wlr . ch the cheering again commenced . Cheers were then givenin rapid succession , severally for Feartus O'Connor , E-q ., Richard OattU-r , ayd the iWv . J . R . Stephens ; after tho subsidence of which Mr . Bairstow spoke as folio we : He did notthiiik , when ho entered that building at a very late stag" » f the proe-. ediugs , that he ihoulu have ber » i called upon to address them , but the argus

      eye of their C ^ a raan had disrovered him , and he ciust speas . Ho appeared there as an uncompromising Ch&rtUt , to bl : nk nothing , or bate one ef its immor : al principles . ( Loud and lung-continued cheering . ) A dont'icr . it , ayt' , one by birth , hu would ever stand by a"A dfcfen : 1 the democracy vf man as embodied in ihe People ' s Charter , as tho only lever for n . \< : \ g him from his present position ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Ho maintained that its righteous claims were neither humbug nor moonshin . ?; and that ihe Chart : ? : ? , instead of hunting a ivild goose , in pur .-uirjg its acquisition , were .-o . ' eciJily aud nobly irurkiiig out thitr eountry's emanc'pV . ion . ( Cheers . ) The Chartist ? , on tho contrary , had broken the march of every foS , and wrung the Hecks oC the csxklinie K ^^ -e , and rendered it for Lver impossible t ' . ai any ag ' . ta ion shall humbug the utoplo under the preu-ucc 0 : reptalirg isolat ' d bad ia . ws , without srlving them the franchise by which

      to cut down every obstruction to their unlimited freedom . ( Reuewei clictrii . ) Tuo peopla hatsd the N * * w Poor Law , the Rural Police Bill , and ths accursed factory systfm . But they were fuily con-EcicuB that it wonfti ba fuliy to attempt to repeal the one or correct the other without Universal Suffrage . ( . Cheers . ) While the fac : < ry lovd , tho capitalist , and the landowner were omnipotent iji Parliament , and the pooplo were powerless , t-hoy might as well se : k to stop the diurnal motion of the globe . They felt they were excluded out of the sphere of being aud doing go > d—Mat tho law never knew ( hem fill it brnn J . ' . M t ! . m wkh criminality ^ a-: d condemned them to imprisonment , banishment , exilo , or death . Tho people had become too wise to b- ^ pulled like pup . ^ ts by tho wires of leadership , aaa , guided by a re ? '~ V . e and indomitable adhtrci'V .- to principle , th ^ y v uuld steer r !' .-ar ot' the shoals u > n ; qnickiands of expediency , till , lashed by thu waves vl' progress , tht-y ' reached ihe haveu ot" repo-e and

      suoctsi . M Universal Suffr ? .-e end no furron- ' cr was the inscnptio-i on their b ; iier- ?; the winds of every breczo unfurled it ; they iiad nailed thtir culcurs to the mast , aad ihuy h . d swura dcatis to ihe man vrho struck than . U . oud and heurty cheering . ) At this moment ihe chairman bi-gied leave of Mr . Bairstow to desi-t for a AoTt time , stating that Mr . Stephens had been senti ' . r by one of his members who was on the eve of deith , and proposed that , before Mr . Smphensleft , t ^ e ^ uJifnco should , by way of bidding him good nicht , give him twenty rounds of the' Kentish fire , which was reppooded to by the whole meeting in the most cnthus a ? tic manner . Mr . B . reumed , and , : n a strain of thrilling eloquence , * hich carried all hearts with him , concluded amidst the loud and lung continued plaudir . s 0 ; the a . « . « embly .

      The Chairman then briefly addressed the meeting ; after which , three times ihr . / c were giveu for Mr . Oi-t . ' er , O'Connor , J . R . Stephens , the Northern Slar ( to wliich iJr . Griffin replied ; , and Air . Bairstow . A vote of thanks was tend .-red , by acclamation , to the cha- ' rraan , who acknowledged the compliment ia a short speech , and the nieotinii broke up ju * t before Sunday , highly pleased with the evcaitig ' s proceedings .

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      OPEN CONFESSION OF THE MOST FLAGRANT GUILT AND LONG CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF IRISH LANDLORDS . In our last number we laid before our readers a report of a meeting of Irish landlords , recently held iu Dublin , and presided over by Ireland ' s only Duke , his Grace the Duke of Leinster . We have this week to dr * w more particular attention to the objects proposed , and motives for holding the meeting .

      Many of the early speakers would have given the complexion of patriotism to their intentions , while they would gladly throw a voil over the disasters and wretchedness which they admit to exist , and of which they have b « en compelled to confess themselves the perpetrators . A Mr . h * iP £ B is the first speaker , and wo again insert his speech : — " Toward « the conclusion of this gentleman ' i remarks , in alluding to the state of the country , be observed that the beuses of the poor people throughout the country , were literally worth nothing—they were net fit / or habitation . In traversing tlie bogs as a sportsman , many a time he bad seen the game fall at the door of the poor man , —those wretched hovels ¦ were cot fit for the dogs over which he had shot . "

      Now this Mr . Napeb is , we understand , a Tory landlord , enjoying the small fortune of about thirty thousand per annum , while he confesses that , upon his own estate , he has to witness the destitution which he describes £ 0

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      be endured by those who make ihe otherwise . barren surface of his land valuable by their labour . Can reproof be stronger than that which this genr tleman thus administers to self and order , junidst the cheers of the delinquents . Good God 1 banian beings liring in hoTels in which a sportsman would not put his dog . The bit of a speeoh which is most important for its folly is that of a Captain Dunns , and which we reprint also : —

      "He resided In a district where there was , nnfor-• 1 t v £ ' i * iJff 0 quaatuy of wiistd land , wb . iob ceuM , with little difficulty , be reclaimed and made productive if the people only knew how to go about it ( Hear , hear . ) That they would at once set about it he had no doubt , if the means were givon them ; for oertainly the charge of a want of industry could not with truth be imputed to them . " Here we have a most extraordinary jargon ; the Gallant Captain Bays , that the land would be reclaimed if the people knew how to go about it , and , in the very next breath , he says they would soon go about it , if the means were given them , and he admits that want of industry cannot be imputed to the Irish peasantry . '

      The next speaker is Sharman CRAWFORD , and while we acquit him of all participation in past acts of oppression , we regret that he did not , when such an opportunity presented itself , affirm a more extensive principle than the mero collection of subscriptions to bo divided amon / j a . little Squirearchy as agricultural premiums . The resolutions went no farther than this , while Mr . Crawford very properly observed upon the prudence and justice of making a landed provision for every labourer . But wiiifo Air . Caw ; ford merely suggested the proprietyyaf adopting the principle , he went into the most / outrageous aud impracticable details for S * frying it out , that could have been suggested to the mind of man .

      Mr . Crawford recommends the allotment of an acre of ground to every labourer , and in hie appropriation of that quantity he assigns three distinct duties or performances , each and all of which are founded upon the most fallacious data . He assigns a task for the man , for the land , and for the two little pigs , which none of the parties couid possibly perform . In tho first place ho proposes that the man , sfter ten or eleven-hours labour , for his master should

      amuse himself in planting a half aero of potatoes ; in cultivating and digging them , and in digging and cultivating a half acre of wheac . True , he assumes that tiiti family will absist , but he well knows that the ciiiiJren of Irish labourer ? begin to work for their masters at tue age of twelve or thirteen , till about twenty or tweuty-one , when they marry and become housekeepers themselves . Therefore the performance of the required du : y from tho man is out of the question .

      Ncxc comes the laud ; and surely Mr . Crawford mu 3 ' , know thai there is not an acre of land in the universe , with any q'utility of manure , much less with that , produced by two little pigs , would stand an alteruuiiou of a green aad while crop ; it ia rank uonseuse . But now we come to a consideration of the most important of all the duties , that assigned to the unhappy two litdo pigs , upon whoa * devolves tho e : iricuing process . Does Mr . Crawford know what ho said , or do tho ^ e wiio cheered understand it ? Is

      . Mr . Cuawkobd aware that there are eighty perches of land iu a half aero , each perch containing over thirty square yards , and that he assigned the poor little gruuters the PHYSICAL impossibility of manuring no less than seven square ' yards per day throughout the year , and for potatoes , too , which require more manure than any other crop . We beg to assure Mr . Crawford that forty big pigs , much less two little pigs , would uot , if they had nothing elso to do , and had a dispensary at their command , perform the duty which he has assigned to the poor animals .

      Ho talks of straw , while he must know that pigs alone , of all other auimuls , never convert straw into mfinure , being , as regards their bed , the most clcmiy of all animal ? . Indeed , in justification of the character of Irinh pi ^ s , wu beg to relato a story which wo heard from au Irish farmer . He had a sow with a litter of young ones ; tho sow foil Kick , and t ' . ie farmer littered yard and all with straw for warmth ; after three days' attempt at doctoring , ha at last sent for the parish pig doctor , who , having takyu off his hat and coat , aud having

      doposketT thorn in a cornur of tho yard , over the straw , proceeded to the siok bed from whence lie expeiled the young brood , and when the visit was over and the patient was prescribed for , the Doctor proceeded to " don" his coat and hat , but lo , and behoi 1 , the well-trained brood had taken advantage of tlio doctor's coat and hat , which presented the only spot that for three days appeared legitimate ground for their purposes , and there they deposited a forgo hick-psnny for tho learned gentloman , as their share of the fee .

      Wo , therefore , protest at once , upon the part of the two little pi ^ a , against the performance of the duty assigned to them . In fact , they must be the dirtiest little beasts of pigs on earth , real Irish pigs , and worth their weight in gold ; as a half acre of potato ground manured by pigs would bo well worth five pounds . Will Mr . Crawford send us a sow and boar of this manuring breed , and we promise any price for zheai ? No ; but we tell Mr . Crawford how to get over the difficulty , and how to increase the comfort , while bo diminishes tho burden upon the man , tho land , and the pigs .

      Lot each labourer have an acre and a half of ground , and apply it thus : —a quarter of an acre of potato- ; * , a quarter of an aore of wheat , a quarter of an acre of vetches and kitchen garden , a quarter of an acre of meadow , and a half acre of grass , and theu lot us see what hi 3 produce would be—800 stones of potatoes , thirty-five stones of wheat , milk , and butter , of a cow , and kitchen garden for bush fruit and vegetables ; then Mr . Crawforb may say that a cow , one pisr , and the weeds of a kitchen garden , together frith some little collected by the man himself , would manure a quarter of an aero

      well , while ihe ashes and oihor manure furnished by slops , et cetera , would afford ample quantity for a kitchen garden . Thus a quarter of an acre of fresh land might bo broken up every year , and hare a good skin upon it , instead of a continuous succession of potatoes and wheat , while the man ' s labour would be reduced to nearly one half , and to assist ; him in that , the cow wonld enable him to keep some of the children at home for help , while tho poor pigs would be altogether released from their copious evacuations . The cow is the grand thing for a poor family ; and let us now see what our disposition of the land would afford . Three hundred stones of potatoes , hirtv-fire ditto of wheat , four quarts of new milk

      per day for seven months of the year , and eighty pounds of butter , or better than half a pound per day for the remaining five months , together with a little milk for seven months , eight quarts of sour milk per day for the pigs ; to this add garden vegetables , and thus , without any Btraining at artificial agriculture , but by the very commonest process , we provide for the poor nan three times as much as he can earn by a whole year ' s toil ; he may eat his pig , which would , moderately speaking , give him two hundred pounds of bacon , or more than half a pound per day . That man would never let a froggy Frenchman enter upon his little paradise ; he would fight lik « an Irishman , and die like a game cock first .

      We must be understood as agreeing altogether with Mr . Crawford in principle , and therefore do we feol tho greater jealousy and alarm , les « ridicule may be cast upon it , from the absurdity of the details . A Seotch farmer once assured a neighbour that he had discovered an essence of manure , and that he could carry a sufficiency for five acres in his waistcoat pocket ; upon which the neighbour replied , "Ay # , mon ; and oag doubt you may carry the crop *

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      in the other . " Now , we say nothing about the crops ; but we do think that , after the two little pigs had performed their part of the covenant , they would be very fine drawn , and would make but sorry bacon . The next speaker is Mr . George Macartney ; and aa this gentleman has let the cat out of the bag , we here reprint his confession . He said : — " Improve the agricultural resources of the country .

      » nd yeu increase employment among the ) a !; oarinz classes , and decrease the poor rates , ( Hear , hear . ) It is the Interest of the proprietors , therefore , to forward these olyects ; for there la uo use blinking the question —any person that loots at the operation of the poor laws must see that eventually tho proprietor must pay the rate . ( Hear , hear , and clieers . ) Therefore , let tlw proprietors employ the people , and they will not have poor rates to pay . "

      Now , can anything be more beastly , disgusting , and flagitious , than thus seeing landlords obliged to be dragged like badgers from a hole before any notions of justice , humanity , or right , possess them . Here we are distinctly told , that the dread of a poor rate has forced these gentlemen to consider grievances , with which they admit that they have been familiar for years , without making the slightest approach towards their redress , until alarmed by scIflshnesB and fear . Thus it ever has been , and thus it ever will be , with the rich—they must be kicked into action .

      In 1735 , the Irish House of Commons , being Protestants , passed a resolution exonerating all fl [ rass land from the payment of tithe , and thus threw the whole burden of the Protestant church upon a pauper Catholic agricultural people . In 1824 , Mr . Goulburm , finding the security of the parsons becoming weak , in consequence of this immunity , and the reJuoed * price of grain holding out a premium for leaving land in grass , passed his tithe composition bill , by which tithowas to be converted into an acrcablo assessment upon all land , as well grass as agricultural From 1735 till 1825 , every war was a tithe war ; a ;* d ' the grass Protestant and grass Catholic proprietors

      shot , hung , transported , murdered , and destroyed every man who took part in opposition to tith . s . The poor paid as high as 25 j . an aero tithe for potatoes ; 203 . for wheai ; I 60 . for barley ; 124 . for oats ; and 8 s . for flax ; aud serving tho pareou or proctor with more than three noticoj to draw his tithe upon tho same day was conspiracy by Act of Parliatueut . So , when a poor man , or a combination of poor men , preferred allowing the parson to draw those tithos . to paying the valuation three friendly Protestants were employed to ' serve notice to draw , aud the pariah was then declared in a conspiracy against the parson , and the military were poured in from all quarters to aid the church .

      This went on for nearly a century ; the Catholic landlord and lay impropmt ^ rs aud magistrates being the greatest tyrants ' . But , when all was brought into hodgo podge , aud when tho rich had to pay a little for their religion , then did lord ? , highsheriffs , M . P . s , and squires , rise in open rebellion against the parsons , and cry " down with the church , and no tithes , " until at length they ha . ro fur another bit transferred them , iu the shapo of rent charge , to the shoulders of tho Catholic tenants ; and now the patriofs being sopped ) ik' > a , furiou . i watch Cog , are mute once more . Is not this a case exactly in point with the present agricultural move , and haa noi Mr . M . 'Caktney put the saddlo upon tho right horn ?

      A Mr . Beuhikgham follows , and announces the appalling fact that sixpence a day is above the average price for an able-bodied man in the West of Ireland ; and then comes a Mr . Wait , who , in detailing uome facts connected with the district of Thurles , in the county of Tipperary , which has always been the moBt disturbed part of Ireland , says , that within five ycar 3 , encouragement ha 8 been

      given to agricultural improvement , and for that period there has not been a single criminal , whereas previously there was not a siuglo year but there was a public execution . Ol eham ; fu ! J hom'd ? beastly ! and who were the murderers ! Why , the rascally landlords , of course , who should one and and all be hungup as s' -aro crows , as a warning to those who may follow . The Irish deserve it for bearing it .

      We are sick-of the beastly concern ! we never read a more disgusting recital than the whole aSVir and our readers will now do us the justice to say , that however our former paintings of Irish suffering and lordly tyranny may have appeared high coloured , they become but a mere daub , when contrasted with the picture drawn by the gentlemen themselves . O what a row there ia , when a }* nd shark , who has sent thousands to a premature grave , is finally sent after them .

      Landlords of the Green Isle ! you have written your own hUtory , with your own pen , and in the blood of your own countrymen , and we believe it true to the letter .

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      DISHONOUR , DISGRACE , AND DISSOLUTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE PARTY ; THEIR PRINCIPLES AND

      THEIR ORGAN . MrsTEur and latitude to an almost unlimited extent * re , by a kind of prescriptive right , conceded to the press ; but , inasmuch as there must be always some implied , if not defined , understanding betweon those who write and thoae who read , it has therefore beon the immemorial custom , that the latter should only impugn the former when trick , disgrace , dishonour , or falsohood , shall be so clumsily veiled

      by Mr . Editor , as to make tilenco ,- or affected olindness , a charga of participation against the latter . In plain terms , the disciples of a newspaper , written for the higher or middle classes , valuo is exactly in proportion to its powers of aiding tyranny by falsehood ; but inasmuch as the least moral must be the most scrupulous , the moment the cheat becomes palpable and is detected , then is the cry of uhame rceehoed through the surprised ranks .

      If a party cannot rely upon its organ ' s veracity , what influence can that party hold in a state ; and if an organ descends to the disgraceful and dishonourable subterfuge of paudcring to advertisers , and recruiting for quacks , at the expence of truth , and by wilful falsehood , what will it not sacrifico to preserve the support of the political portion of its readers ! We may answer principle , politics , party , and all at the shrine of Mammon .

      It is bad enough to manufacture editorial political quacks , and attach the signature " ChartiBt , " as if coming from other parties ; that is a part 01 the mysterious license ; but to issue a wilful and palpable falsehood , as the Leeds Times has done , admits of no possible exouso . Never , then , has a more disgraceful occurrence come under our kuowladge than that to which we are now about to refer .

      If honour is to be observed towards our political subscribers , surely honesty should be observed towards our advertisers . We expound our principles as an inducement and iavitation to the former , and exhibit our circulation as an invitation to the latter . In the one we may be over lealeus and unmeasured , but with the other , acal has nothing to do . The standard of truth is the only measure which advertisers require , and to which they are justly entitled .

      The Leeds Times has , then , in the most unblushing and dishonest manner , added no less than nine thousand five hundred to the amount of stamps which the returns give to that paper , and , with the very retorns from which he profocsea to quote before hia eyas , and from which he qnotes in these words : — The last STAMP RETURNS SHOW the weekly circulation of the Times to be 3 , 673 ; and then the Leeds Times gives the giO 3 S amount as 95 , 000 , while tho Stamp ReturnB before his eyes give the return thus : —

      Leeds Times-July , 12 , 500 ; August , 12 , 000 ; September , 12 , 500 ; October , 12 , 000 ; November , 20 , 500 ; December , 16 , 000 ; making in all 85 , 5 m , and then the Time * * having assumed this false and dishonest position , prooeeda to take iU stand a * a

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      gecond-raU paper , as the Northern Star , not being * local paper , the Times says , cannot be taken into the Yorkshire local list for advertising purposes . For this we thank the Sriggate National ; th « Star is not » Yorkshire paper , nor yet an English paper , nor yet a National paper ; it is an Imperial paper , and while the Times thus caters for quack % bynarrowing its circulation to a limited circle , what will the originators and supporters of the late " national" move fay to their " toad in a hole !"

      But while we never have catered for advertisement !! , but , on ihe contrary , have refused many , and would much rather insert a good letter from % "CHARTIST" hand-loom weaver , an account of ft Whig Corn Law drubbing , or a good missionary * lecture , yet we beg to tell the Times that we circulate more within thirty miles of him than ha circulate * all over the world , and we send more single paper * to aristocrats and M . P . 'V , who are obliged totak . « us as poison , than one half of the Times' circulation .

      Wo did not leave it for the Time * to find out that we were not a mere " Toad in hole ;'' we have always taken pride and pleasure in declaring it ourselves ; our readers wiD do us the justice to say that we are never very noisy about " advertisers would do well to look here , " or in pavadiug the stamp returns ; but , inasmuch as somo consideration has been forced upon us , and as we n ; ay be . Fafeljr said to hold tho balance even between th ^ i advertising portion of the community , not beiusr an advertising paper , let us , while our hand is in . giv « a fair specimen of the real state of the case to thai portion of the community who have no other protection , or guarantee , than the words of the Edito for the expenditure of their money .

      The Times then calls itself the second paper ia Yorkshire , by the rotsruB . Now lot us

      see—No I . Northern Slar , Half a million and Twenty-one Thousand . No . II . Leeds Mercury , two hundred and forty-two thousand , by its own account .

      Mo . III . Leeds Intelliy $ ncer , one hundred and twenty-sfcc thousand .

      No , IV . Hnil Advertiser , one hundred and eleven thousand five hundred . No . V . Leeds Times , e . 'gliiy-five thousand , five hundred . So much for tho other point of veracity ; and « otf » as nicety is the order of the day , Jet us just mn th $ Times nicely through the tw ? nty-six week gnantle ^ taking the first nineteen weeks , and the last seven . For the first nineteen weeks , then , that is , for tha quarter ending ia September , to the first wesk of November , inclusive , October being a five w < ik * month , and the first week ' s supply fur November consequently had ia October , and let us see how th * matter stands .

      j For those nineteen weeks , the Times had , by tlw I return , ju « t 49 fii } 0 , or 2 , 570 , instead of 3 ti 7 S , j per week , wl > . ! e for seven weeks of November and i Decmber , tho 7 Ywjr . r } iad no fewer than 35 , 5 yO , oJf nearly onu half of the whole amount , supplied for t ' . i ; 3 whole term , or in wevk'y circulation 5 , 214 ; and 1 » hon the cur cx \\ ooi the -ytlp of the buH-dug , and j says , we make no average of tho Intelligencer s i because he has uot made proper arrangements abon ^ t bilki ' 112 advertisers .

      I Now can figures mako facts clearer as regards t ! ip ! dishonesty and falsehood of the Times toward I advertisers , who are , in our opinion , in a'l cases wor » j they C £ n swoar that thoy were governed by a honor \ fide circulation , as stated in the paper whieh deceive * j thfia , absolvod from the payment of ad vertisemeoti . I Now one word for tho veracious Mercury , and ! hove we are merely dealing between ihs advertising ' claimants ris arbitrators .

      Tho Mercury says : — "We make no weekly average of the Intelligencer ' s circulation , beca . u ? e % large proportion was supplied to that paper in th « mouth of Sspteraber . " Wall , now , let us have 15 k » case like rule . Iu January , 1840 , tho Mercury had 19 , 000 , and in December , 1840 , 45 , 900 . In January , 1 ^ 40 , the Intelligencer had 20 , 000 , and in Decembcf , 1040 , 45 , 010 . Now , surely , if 45 , 000 iu December is Koro cisproporfcionate to the circulation of tha Intelligence ) than tho same amount 13 to the circulation of the Mercury , so is , upon the other hand 19 , « IO in January to tho Mercury , than 20 , 000 in the same month to the Intelligencer , aud may w » not , therefore , have another January tale to tell upon tho next returns %

      What , then , as far as the justice ott ^ e casa concerned , is tho fairest rule ! Why , doubtless , to take each year within itself , end what is gained in on * will bo lost in the other . Now , upon a comparison of the two half years ,-how do matters stand between the rivals for the second place 1 it appears ihat the increase of the Time * for the last six mouths over the pruvioua six mouths ,. throwing in the 36 , 500 for seven weeks , is

      just , —wnat does the reader , think , —after all tha splutter about the spread of the all-devouring principle , aud the assurance in January , when b-. tli half years wero expired , that tho frequent changes of principle had produced ' an increase of 1 , 0 © weekly ? Why , just fifty-six weekly , and no more ; or , in otlior words , fairly disposing of : the 36 . 500 , according to the previous nineteen weeks , a falling off of about 1 D , 5 OO upon tho half year . So much for the iruth , nicety , and justice .

      Wa make no comparison of our circulation with the Briggate National and European Advertise ! . The whole circulation of Mother Goose , we should look upon as a mere . casual increase in our weeklj order . We make no mention of the Monarch , not of ttol daily , not of the Provincial , not of the English ^ nor yet of the Imperial , but of tho univorsal press , the groat Weekly Dispulch ; thousands are aa

      spoiled she'ita , and the whole circulation of Mother Goose , would be to the Dispatch as ni <* re waste ; but wo select the Whig metropolitan papers , nearest our match , as-tho school boys say , the Sunday Times aDd the Weekly Chronicle , and what do we find there ? Why just this , thai in the last six monthi of the year , as compared with the previous six months , the Sunday Times has fallen off 10 , 000 . Th « Greenacre Chronicle has fallen off 44 , « j 00 , aad th « Star haa increased in the same period SIXTY -SIX

      THOUSAND . If thi 3 vary great nicety is to be observed in tha critical Iayiug in of stamp 3 , —mind , we are only speaking of the rule applied toward others . —fortunately our independence'of ragamuffin advertiser relieves us of that portion of the jealousy;—but if such nicety is to be observed , let us just treat th « Mtrcury and Times to another test of a whole half years' average . In the first quarter of the last year , then , as compared with the last quarter of the previous half-yea » , the advertising belligerents stood thus : — Mercury—Last quarter of last half year , 132 , 0 ffil first quarter of present half year , 126 , 000 ; decline *; 6 , 100 upon thirteen weeks . .

      Leeds Times—Last quarter of last half J «* " 48 , 060 ; first quarter of present half year , 37 , 000 j decline , 11 , 010 , or nearly 1 , 000 a week . Intelliyencer-LtBt quarter of first half yes < 26 , 000 ; first quarter ot last half year , 44 , 009 1 iacrease , 18 , 000 upon the thirteen week * . We here take leave of the Briggate « National * and European Advertiser ; We insy have a word to say as to ihe ' 'diflfaas >

      onee between eonsmuaption and return *; » differeK * to which friend Mercury attaches much importance , and afterwards take a review of the whole year * * stock , stating the amount of stamps received , and the amount on hand at the end of each quartet In fuJare , we shall take ' bat a yearly review of th « thing : it is well enough for advertisers to beatoif their time and space on catch-penny ; but it is rsthec hard that their falsehoods should force us to * p likewise .

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      The A T 0rthe£N Star. Saturday, March C, 1841.

      THE A 0 RTHE £ N STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH C , 1841 .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct845/page/3/