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      TO THX BBITOB 0 ? THK SORTHKRS BTAX . Sir , —I wrote a letter to Fear—a © "Connor . Esq ., 4 tted Sth of AngMt , -which unexpectedly appeared in g » Star of 21 st of August , * nd is preceded by & » mall rengaph , ^ ^ hi— you say " we hare great pleasure ^ publi shing Uia following letter to Mr . O'Connor , yhi _ simplj fftatw in what manner the Chartists were gaested by Sir H . Fleetwood , and the manner in which ke g ot their support . " I bare often b « en interrogated 0 B tite * nt > jeet , * » nd even blamed by some tor baring jaid something which caused you to the come to the conclusion above stated . I am at a lose myself to think jjoir s ack sn inference eoald be dravo from my letter , U the whole of it appeared , it Just simply states th « yinnB Sir Hesketh gained oar support , bnt not a

      dinjxBt bint about being cheated . Indeed , J nerer imv pned that we were cheated by that gentleman , and bis recent Tote on Saarnun Cr&wfard ' B Amendment prove * { jjhj to far honest . I am inclined to think that the bmnbof of promising the people certain things at electi ons , and performing contrary , will not be so frequent jhe Chartists haTe learned the Whigs a lessoa at the ] iie contests that the days of bumbng with them are at an end . The working classes of this country stand in a different position titan ere * they did in the history of this oonn try , thanfca to the noble and persevering spirit of yir . O'Connor and the Northern Si * r for this position , vhich if maintained must secure to us , and that soon , oar just _ d inalienable rights ; bnt this must entirely depend upon the people acting according to the advice

      of onr brave champion now released from Ms dungeon : — » AtwTe all , and before all , my dear friends , preserve union . " How important this advice , how necessary , jnd indeed how ungrateful must we be that do not use ccr raaost exertions to preserve this union , when we jook at the unptrelleled asil which this good man is BOW displaying in our cause and entirely for our-welfare , g ought to arouse the energies and stimulate every good jam with renewed rigour to support him , and cheer jjim on in the God-like course he is now pursuing H owever some may slight demonstrations , nothing appears more likely to arouse the people at the present fpsi ; our principles are carried home to thousands irbo would nerer have an opportunity of hearing them fcy small in-doer meetings , and though they Kay be liitndsd with some inconvenience and a little sacrifice , bo good was ever , or ever can be accomplished , without

      ScriScea being made . The Chartists of Preston are steadily progressing ; our meetings are well attended , an d cur numbers are increasing ; we shall have Mr . O'Brien with us on the 26 th , when we hope that a fresh impulse will again be given to our cause . We also expect to see the uncaged lion , and to hear his voice aace more encouraging the Prestonians injthe cause ef liber ty . It is to be hoped that the Lovetites , Hetherisgton " s , or any other may not divert the attention of the Ch artisa from the real objects in view ; we must rally round O'Connor _ d our brave leaders . Let peace and good order attend all our future movements , but still saffw a determined front , then whatever faction be in power , they are safe ; no dungeon will again entomb ft em , the iron gr * sp of tyranny and oppression -will lose its hold , they may then fearlessly brave every storm , and put to silence any opposition .

      Toa wnianch oblige me by the insertion of the iboTe , to show the people that I had no intention of conTejing an idea that we were cheated by Sir H . Fleetwood , as time alone can only determine that point I remain , Sir , Tour most humble ani persevering fri _ d ia the cause of liberty , Q . SW ]> GLIHVE 3 t Preston , SOih 8 ept , 1541 .

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      MAGISTERIAL INJUSTICE . TO XHI EDITOB 0 ? THB K 0 B . THEBS STA 3 L Sis , —I hope that you will give insertion in your piper to the following statement of facts , In a case Yfcieh came before Messrs . Tottie and Grace , ilagisbties fox tfce borough of Leeds , i s which I was not only in-used but robbed . I am an Irishman , and therefore , think , thai justice has not been awarded to me . Iks facts are as follow : — I am a hatter , and rent a house in St . PeterVsquare , h Leeds , under Mr . Darcy , for which I pay £ 10 a year ,

      sad all taxes , and I take in lodgers ; but reserve one room for myself and family , to which the lodgers have no right of accesB , except by my censent On Wednesday , the Si of September instant , fifteen policeect , about eight o ' clock is the morning , came to my bouse to search for three persons who had been beggiag far money to get to New Za * l _ d . They not only took then , but ail the other lodgers is my house , amounting to aiae , all of whom , except the three , . of whom I tsrw nothing , / were , after being detained in gaol two tights and dragged through the streets , through the Htfrference of my attorney , discharged .

      I cannot be answerable f « r the acts of any persons Tbo come to my lodgings ; but the officers , not content Tijh taking them , came into my own private room . I w forcibly knocked down , my trousers loosed , and &T belt taken off my waist , and then handcuffed to a policeman , and during which time they were searching the apartments up stairs , and robbed my house of a _ sad two silk handkerchiefs . I was then dragged to prison as a common felon , and fined for an assault on the pelicem&n { although I never struck him at all ; £ 2 , _ d eosts 8 s ., which I was obliged to pay . On my return borne , I missed a new hat , and an old oae na left in its place .

      On the following day , I went to the Court House , and fcmud the policeman , Robert Hartley , with my hat on hii head , which I immediately challenged . He left the CokR House , and I , my "wife , and brother followed him down to the steps , when I gave him in charge ; sad Hartley got into another room , left the hat tiers , sad came out with a different one , as I can prove by respectable witnesses . On ths following day I applied again to the Magisbstes , who said I must produce the hat , which I could Lot do , as the policeman had stolen it from me . On a subsequent day , I made another application , _ d brought witnesses to prove that they saw the policeman Hartley go into the gaoler ' s room with my bat on his head , and come out with a different one ; and I was then told by the Magistrate ' s Clerk that they htd eo jurisdiction , but I must go to the Cour t ol E&SBSStS .

      Ttus stands the case : —I was seiEsd by a policeman without a ¦ vrarrant ; my house was searched without a w&rrant , and nothing found ; I was dragged as a felon ttrough the streets ; and although I did not resist the search of ths policeman , I was fined £ 2 Ss . for an assault Thieh I never committed . Three of my lodgers were c « nlned , one ot them far ofie night , aad $ wo for two nights in Leeds prison , on » cbxrgs of obtaining money under false pretences . When the cases came on , an attorney attended on tiair behalf , and not one tittle of evideace was prodsced against them , nor anything to impeach tkeir _ rac _ .

      I have now kept a respectable lodging-house for Kms years , and my landlord , Mr , Dsxcy , who lives BEtt door , will vouch for the truth of this statement 1 ¦» ish to know whether this be either law or justice , ad -whether , because lam in Irishman , I am not entifed to the game justice as &x Englishman ? I am . Sir , Tour very obedient servant , JOH-V DS > "Li . VET . 5- Peter ' s Squire , Leeds , ^ pt . ir , isii .

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      TO THE ED 3 T 0 H OP THE SOUTHERN STAR . s : 2 , —Permit me to contradict some statements *« ich appeared in the Star of last week , from your Ewgow correspondent . In his report of Bridgeton EseUag , he there makes me to say , that the support-^ s c » > Jr . OConufeil were nothing tetter than sea gulls , oowi , a ^ d sea mew * . Sow , i neTei x ^ fA these terms when speaking of * ry man m party , much less my countrymen . I did » J when alluding to the heavy purse Mr . O'Council w h eels of the starving people of Irelasd , that there my tLortEEate countrymen were many of them compelled ** a * ^ " ^ efed by the ocean ' s side , compamioas to the * a gulls and cranes . Tour correspondent ' s resolution aw to be moved by me and seconded by himself , is Ktirsly cut of joint , the real resolution is as follow : —

      That this meeting do sympathise with the people of ^ ai in their distressed situation , and ^ re pledge WBelves to assist then in repealing the legislative act « union , accompanied by the People ' s Charter . " There is uothing of republics , whatever may be my SSr t * "& * " * f ™ « f government . I think it S ? - ? M 5 ? ? *' ^ ethern . The people ' s » " •« « d Repeal of the Union are the osly Subjects SSXSg * ^ IM 8 Bttt *»»** TouWgive I wil ] subscribe myself , Yost friend and brother Chartist , Coy . Mcbeat .

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      10 THE MEN OF ROCHDALE . DITZS AND LAZARUS . sS- " ^ D Or * -r * H 5 , ASD STABTISG , R . 4 SGED , 7 x ^ I ? , ' Pir ? E £ 3 S 2 I > W 0 iKl > G MEN OP EKG' ^ J- ^ ??* direct y onT atte n n to a practical * * * Ut P ^^ to the country from the palace Won ot ^ r ^^ here tte lci ^' tte £££ Si B * * yQUr fc 11 ^ »» starved ; rrETrnT ? ^^ P ^^ tiim and misery ; and while your £ T 1 **?*** ^< >™ ll « t of danties and deli-Qthn S ^ 1116 f ? * moment the flavour of the savoury Ss ^ ^ Cr ^ g for a stale crust ; fancy the racy 2 fati £ ecqui ! frit * , the sumptuous txtnvagaa-Sh roH ^ f ly ° Which yon *» taied t 0 to *™ ? Spei ^' i ^ to P ^ ° P <> ° ^ the ktoBwrJf ^ ™ arele yo ^ sovereign , and upon your 5 TS £ >?? th&t ** " ^ hteis of your rulers «*• £ ? Jl * v - Just reward - Ia *• statement I S ^ SS ^* * thoold ^ borne fa ^ a that not ^ ap ^ f ° LS ! fP ^^ t ^ *• oc casioned by wear-I * " ^^ « a taSPOot matfs jwcemries , namely ,

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      , food , firing , and washing ; and new , considering the fr-m ^ n ^ ipg state of thousands , and teas of thousands of her Majesty ' s subjects , let us see how her majesty sympathises with their distresses , and to what extent their privations are shared by the o « urt and its paruiteV The items of the expenditure of ths Queen ' s House hold for 1840 , are stated as follows : — [ Bread , £ 23 * 0 i butter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , i £ 5 , 150 ; milk and cream , . £ 1 , 500 ; bntcher Meat , i £ 10 , 0 « 0 ; poultry , £ 4 , 250 ; fiah , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; I oilery , £ 1 , 851 ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 986 ; j vegetables , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 ; liqours , 4 c ., £ 3 , 000 ; i ale and beer , £ 2 , 00 »; wax candlee , £ 2 , 156 ; tallow ycandles , £ 750 ; lamps , £ 4 . 950 ; fuel , £ 6 , 880 ;

      stataonary , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 400 ; baJssry , £ 950 ; china , jlass , esc ., ' £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 2 , 504 ; washing of table and other linen , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 855 ! The gum totaj of these several items amounts for the entire year ' s eating , drinking , and carousing , only to the sum of £ 69 , 765 ! or , if we divide the same by 52 , for the cumber ef weeks , we shall find that our moct ' gracious Sovereign , and the self-denying creatures abeut her have actually been starving themselves upon the pitiful allowance of only £ 1 , 341 Us . 7 | d a-week , and this during a whole twelvemonth ! Why , they mast le all living skeletons by this time ! Now , as we have seen the sad destitution of the Sovereign and her friends—as we have incontestable proof that the saffsrines of tile starring millions sue sympathised with at

      the rate of only thirteen hundred and forty pound's worth of eating , drinking , and digesting , ptr weeklet us see how a portion of those millions respond to the maternal example . Why , I find that in one district of tLia highly favoured land , the insensible , selfwilled , " brute folk , " as old Bess called her Commons , h » ve actually , during the very time their kind-hearted and considerate Sovereign has been suffering with her whole court , all the horrors of starvation , upon a miserable allowance of only thirte » n hundred and forty pound ' s worth of food , &c a week : —the people , I uy , instead of following her magnanimous example of self-denial have , in the district of Rochdale , for

      instance , been feasting and jollifying themselves to repletion upon sums enormonsly extravagant , and reaching to the incredible amount of even t % to shillings and ttropence per head per week ; . ' The profligacy of the people is surely enough to call down a visitation of wrath upon their self-devoUd and considerate rulers . However , we will expose crime in all its deformity , and show up the thoughtless extravagance of the revellers of' Rochdale till we make the whole country blush for them , and induce their friends , the Tories , to give the screw another turn , that possibly they may nnd out where the boot pinches , and learn to be moderate in their enjoyments .

      A cirtain great man , who , of course , would not have hazirded an assertion withont grounds , declared a very short time back , that there was " no distress in the comftry . " That is , in all that extensive tract of it that lies between Apsley House and Buckingham Palace ! His Grace of Wellington was mistaken ; or perhaps he had not recently been familiar with the destitution of the Royal Household . But , however that may have been , he volunteered the assertion , and made us almost belUve that the eaters and drinkers about the palace were as happy as princes and as well off as the people who support them ; so , of course , there was no distress in ehe country—n » t anybut what says the country Let us take one instance out of the thousands that crowd upon us in answer : —

      Upon the publication of the Doke of Wellington ' s sentiments , a few public spirited individuals set about to ascertain the facts upon which they were grounded , and te inspect the actual condition ot the people In their respective " neighbourhoods . They accompanied the enumerators for the cei ^ ru »; and the statement as to the condition and means of the people risited may be depended npon , and t&ken aa an exact specimen of the over-fed ,, over-clathed , over-happy labomring part of the community . The individaal cases being fairly taken from door to door in the township of Rochdale , the number of families visited consisted of 6 , 880 individuals , whose average income for rent , taxes , clothes , and provisions was ( whisper it not in the palace ) one shilling and eleven pence and a fraction a head per week : On an analysis of tke particulars it was found that about 140 individuals were without any means of

      subsistence at all . ' That of the rest there were & d . 1 S 6 individuals living upon t 6 a head per week . 2 S 1 do . do , 0 10 ^ do . 5 « S do , do . 1 do . 1 * 55 do . do . 16 do . 1500 - do . do . 1 9 do . S 12 do . do . 2 2 do . Notwithstanding this extravagant scale of income , it appears that the poverty displayed to the visitors baffled description . Five-sixths of the whole number had scarcely a blanket to eover them ; eighty-five of the families were without any ; forty-seven others had nothing but bags of chaff ot bundles of shavings for their beds ; and the haggard looks of all denoted that they too well knew the pangs of hunger and the inroads of disease . Of a truth , my Lord Duke , there cannot be any distress in the country !

      Kow let us see what might be done for the people if , instead of £ 1341 Its . 7 ^ d . being abeorbed weekl y in the gnza ' . ing and guttling of the Royal Household , it was distributed in healthful streams , as the reward of labour , among the people . Well , then , we shall perceive that , divided into weekly portions , Of 20 s . each it would roffiie for 1541 persons At ISs . it would maintain 1490 - 15 s . ... ... 1795 12 a . ... ... 22 S 6 JOi . ... ... 2 ( 553 Ss . ... ... 2981 7 s . ... ... 3 b 33 At c-s . it would keep frem starving ... 5367 3 s . Od . it would afford a crust to run 7 And at 2 s . 2 d . the maximum ot

      income among the labouring poor of Rochdale , it would ekeont the existence of 12 385 ef her Majesty's faitbful subjects . Twelve thousand , three hundred and eighty five beiegs , then . might have life kept in them by the mere sum spent in the Palace of Queen Victoria for one week's steffieg ? and so on through the year ! Good heaven how can people say there ia distress in the country ?

      But two shillings and twopence , or threepence threefarihines a-day is not a fair point to start from , because it is next door to starvation point ione of the peculiar enjoyments of the people , according to the Dnke . ) Let us go liberally to work and calculate npon 6 d . a-day as Ifae minimum , and then we find , as above , that the Queen and her courtiers , her grooms and her l&cquays , consume as much of the good things of providence in the shape of food , in one week , aa would suffice for severf thousand six hundred and sixty seven gluttons , at sixpence a head per day !

      Tmth is not always acceptable in high places , and the House of Commons did well the other night to reject Mr . Fielden ' s amendment , upon the motion for going into committee of supply . " Why should the poor , self-denying sovereign , be plagued with ridiculous addresses about the sufferings of her people , when her hands are so full of eating and drinking ? Thirteen hundred pounds tvorth of » eef and beer , is no j-jke to swallow in a -week !—and why should tke Ministry be annoyed , just as they step over the threshold of office , with a parcel of lachrymose tales abont a starving population ? The business tf the Ministry ia to get money for the -purposes of the Court , an 4 to dins at the Palace as ofttn as invited— there axe some good pickings at the royal table , 50 U gormandisers of Rochdale . ' )

      What have the representatives of the people to do with the consideration of the state of the country ? Are they up * " Members of this Hcsourable House :- "—they have done their dn : y to the country , by " taking the oaths and their seats , " and what /• . an the country require of thsin further ? Of a truth we are a very bad disposed , dissatisfied people ; we are very content to work the flesh off our bones , without a fair remuneration , that the splendour of a court may be maintained out of the proper reward of our industry ; but we areungratefc ! eBough to murmur if we are starved upon 2 s . 2 d- a week , when the Queen herself , poor thing , i 3 not able to get more than thirteen hundred and forty-one pounds fourteen shillings and sevenpence farthing a vretk , to keep herself from starving also .

      But there is no distress in the country—the " Hero of Waterloo" who altogether , in pay , pensions , and gratuities , has only received about one million two hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and sixtyfive pounds , out of the taxes trruDg from the productive labour of tie the country , says there is ho distress , and we are bound to believe there is none , in his house ai least . ' and yst , when we consider that the "illustrious Duke" has had , through the whole of hi * slaughtering career , little more to live upon than a year and a halfs allowance to her il 3 Jesty the Queen . He certainly muse be qnite competent to know what the word " distress" means when it comes before him at Apsley House ,

      Thauks to ths misgovernment of the past , and the comfortable hope we have of the future ; 1 dare say we shall spend a very pleasant winter ; our fire will burn brightly—our tables ( mahogany or loo-tables ) will creak with the weight of the provisions that will pour upon us from all sides . In February , or some other month , our national government will take our case into its consideration , and tiaen , such of us as have not died of starvation in the mean time , may lift up our hands and wonder bow . we have contrived to cheat the grare-digger so long !

      Should the period really arrive when the state of the country is ever taien into consideration by Parliament , I devoutly h » pe the first tning it may do will be to double , triple , quadruple , the allowance for the guttiing department of the royal household , for had the men of England been true to their own interests , the labouring millions , would this day have had foil beliies aad contented homes . Fact . London , 21 stSept 1841 .

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      THE MINISTRY . The House of Common * has assembled after its adjournment t » allow time for the re-elections , and Sir Robert Peel has re-entered it in the character of Prime Minister . Sir George Clerk promised for him , that as soon as he returned be would make a statement as to the coarse wbita he should pursue ; and Six Robert certaisly made a speech on Thursday Eight , the one probably to which Sir George alluded . It . coincides with the premise in . point of time , and Sir Robert did n » t announce any farther oommtuUcation for the present j so that it is only lair to assume , though one w « uld not suppose it , that he has actually made his statement .

      The OBCle hath spoken , and it hath said—nothing . The impression which the conqueror of Waterloo made upon a Parisian dame is said to hare been , that he displayed " a great talent for silence . " Sir Robert exhibits a higker talent than his illustrious colleague , for he contrives to nuke speech perform the office of silente , and to utter plenty of words which tell nothing . X « folaUled the promise which be made vicariously through Sir George Clerk , in characteristic style . He first , introduced his statement a-propps of chimnies tot the new Parliament building ; and ' upon that subject he was remarkably explicit Then he said that he should adopt the Whig Miscellaneous Estimates , which ware to come on last night Next be explained the course which be

      should take with election petitions—do nothing , and trust to the Election Committees to help him in doing so for the present Then with / respect to the laws about to expire , he should , continue them for the nonce ; and especially with respect to the PeorLaw—upon that he was very distinct—the Home might prolong It by a general continuance Bill , or by an express enactment , so long as it gave him time to make op his mind . Then Le came to the deficiency la the revenue : he was carefol to explain tkat t , here ; would be two classes ol remedies ; one temporary—Mr . Goulbora would explain that ; and one permanent—he would explain that himself , next session . And , lastly , with respect to other permanent measures of importance , those too he would explain—next session .

      So the sum of all that Sir Robert told the House was , what he should do with certain , small Bstimatea on the very next evening , and that he should make arrangements to enable him to tell tttem nothing

      more , Now there is nothing in this procedure but what might have been expected ; for it is precisely in accordance with what Sir Robert Peel said that he should do on taking office , bo long ago as the debate in May -. he said that he should claim the confidence of the House , and ask for time to consider the measures to be adopted . There is therefore no new cause of complaMt ; only the longer time Sir Robert takes for consideration , the better prepared must we expect him to be in February , when a strict account will be required of

      his progress in cogitation . If there was any disappointment at Sir Robert ' s silence on Thursday , it was occasioned by Sir George Clerk , who had been instructed to make an announcement of Sir Robert whid | caused those who forgot the very peculiar nature of his explicitness to be disappointed ; and Sir Robert himself enhanced that disappointment by making a show as if he really were about to tell something . Lord John Russell was so tantalijsed that he could not bear it , and he threatened to make a Bpeech on the poBture ot public affairs and Sir Robert ' s backwardness in dealing with them .

      There is one hint lurking among the Premier ' s words , too vague as yet to found any opinion upon , which is still not unwelcome . The Whigs , in dealing with " the deficiency , ' * admitted that they bad bo scheme for reducing the expenditure—their only plan was to increase the revenue . Sir Robert Peel seems to perceive the possibility of doing both . Is a Tory Government going to begin the work of economy 7 It looks like it : Colonel Peel plainly told his constituents at Huntingdon , that Lord Aberdeen is about to reduce the war expenditure , which Lord Palmerston did so much to augment . Jotaph Hume wilJ turn " Tory . ' "—Spectator .

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      THE RECENT STRIKE OF MASOfS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . In the daily journals of last week there appeared paragraphs , the substance of wnlch was , that the masonaxmployed on the works of the new Houses of Parliament had struck in consequence ( as stated In the reports alluded to ) of the arbitrary conduct of their foreman , Mr . Allen , and tkat they had resolved not again to resume their labour until the cause of their grievance was removed . The fact of works of so great an importance as those of the new Houses of Legislature being suspended , naturally caused a very considerable sensation , and as it is a matter of importance to the public that it should be properly Informed of the real nature of the case , our reporter waited yesterday npon

      the contractors , Messrs . Grissell and Peto , and the former geEtleman very kindly furnished him with facts , the detail of which will put this affair in ite proper light The masons employed up to Saturday night week numbered 222 , and the whole of them , principally provincial , belone to the "Birmingham JJnion of -Masons . " This union was established for the purpose of protecting the labourer against the master . So far so good ; but union being strength , may be turned to other purposes , than those it originally professes , and may , as in this instance , become a powerful instrument of intimidation . The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with their foreman , and s » , we are informed , they have expressed themselves ; but a few , sixteen or seventeen , hava considered themselves

      ill-used , and , to redress their wrongs , all mut act up to the spirit of their compact , and strike . Two months since the co ltractors received a letter from the masone , requesting them to receive a deputation . The contractors consented and met the deputation , when 1 k number of grievances were related . They , the deputation , prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr . Allen was an arbitrary man ; and , as an instance , he had refused to allow a mason to leave his work to bury his mother . This certainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man , and the contractors sifted it to the bottom . They had the foreman confronted with the men , and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave his work for a time that he might go down into

      the country to bury his mother . The foreman was willing to grant him his request , but when he asked for three weeks' absence , the foreman said he could not keep bis bench empty that time , and , if he went , he must take his chance of being employed on his return . This statement satisfied the deputation , and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh . Another grievance , however , was raised ; and that was , the men could not have their beer where they liked—they were confined to two houses of the contractors' choosing . The contractors said they had chosen the houses nearest the works ; bnt to conciliate the men they would Btrike one off , and allow beer to come from the one at which they held their meetingB , the Pavior ' s Arms , Millbank . The deDutation expressed themselves satisfied , and

      nothing again occurred to disturb the harmony that existed until a fortnight since . It is the custom in all public buildings to give portions of work to masons that » ccupy a certain time in completing , and if one man , from beiDg a better vi quicker workman , completes his job before the time , he is called a 4 t chaser , " and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work , unless he consents to work at the speed laid down by the committee of masons . A mason finished a " headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow-workmen ' s rule , and a meeting was held , at which he was fined five shillings . The man appealed to his foreman , Mr . Allen , and the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors , who desired the foreman to

      cnoonrage the man , and support him against the body that oppressed him . Another meeting of the union was held , and it was resolved , that unless this man , who had only faithfully discharged his duty , was dismissed , they would strike . Upon a re-consideration , they thonght that too weak a ground , and got up a charge against the foreman , which was to the effect that he wished them to do more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day ' s work ; and that , when they did not do this , he made usq of intimidating language towards them , and after alluding to many what we consider childish annoyances that they had suffered , the letter concluded by stating that , unless Mr . Allen was discharged , they would cease to work

      from . Saturday week . The contractors , having no fault to find with their foreman , determined not to be influenced by this spirit of insubordination , and to maintain him in his place ^—the result of which was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last . The contractors having seen a paragraph in the papers , iu which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf of the masons , Mr . Grissell waited upon the Hon . the Commissioners , and ascertained that the statement was totally false , the Commissioners assuring Mr . Grissell that , had such a complaint been made , they should either have referred the matter to him , or at the least , solicited his presence .

      Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods atid Forests sent a letter to the contractors , stating that whatever they , the contractors , slight suggest , they , the Commissioners , would assist them in carrying out , as far as lay in their power . Thus the affair remains at present . — Observer , ( a Whig official print . )

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      Ti . Xi . Tiox A ? fD Repbesentation . —Previous to hie descent upon England , William the Conqueror assembled a council of his nearest friends , to demand their advice and assistance . They all approved of the expedition , and promised to serva William with their persons and goods . " But , " said they , this is not all—yon must ask assistance of the great body of the people of the conntry ; for it is but right that those who pay the expense should be called to consent to it . " Then William , say the chroniclers , convoked a great assembly of men of all classes in Normandy , laid before chem his project , and solicited their assistance—then left them that they might deliberate freely . We perceive by this that even eo early as the days of the Conqueror , people had hold of the notion that " taxation and representation should go together ;" or , to express it in the language of those days , that " it is but right those why pay the expense should be called to consent to it .

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      NEWPORT . —Mormoutbshjbs . —The committee for getting up and conducting % . demonstration to welcome that noble ef nature Feargua O'Connor , Esq . into the town of Newport , on nil w » y from Merthyr , are acting with great energy j they are working well , aad will leave nothing undone on their part . Froni tie farourable manner in which it has been taken up by the working classes it is expected to be one of the greatest display * ever wit-Hessed in the Whig-ridden towa of Newport . The greatest enthnsiaam anal jOy pervades almost every breast at the theaghts of « eeing the man they priie and lore . There are a coed many books ont

      reeeiylngfnbaonptiottB . Mr . Benjamm Francis , merohant , is one of the committee , and likewise treasurer . The committee hope that deputations and delegates will attend from various places , particularly from Pontypool . Caerieon , Cardiff , Blackwood , Abergagavenny , Uak , and other districts ; if they can mnater » few flaga or banntrs they will be wanted for the occasion . Now , Monmouthshire , do 70 * r duty . Chartism is not dead , » er slumbering . Come in your thousands to gee the man who is destined f crush the tyrant and the oppressor . Due notice will be given in the Star , when Mr . O'Connor can attend . All communications to be addressed to W . H . Cronin , George-etreet Cottage , Newport , Monmouthshire .

      CUMNOCK .-On Thursday night , Sept . 16 , in Mr . Robert Criohton ' s Schoolroom , under the auspices of the Democratic Association , a social entertainment was given , of a purely intellectual character ; comprising political speeches , recitations , and siaging , designed for promoting the moral , social , and political improvement of the people . A good deal of excitement has taken place in consequence of Mr . O'Connor ' s notice of visiting this p lace in his tour through Scotland ; and it is to be hoped that the friends of the people will give him a reception worthy of his services .

      Vetr Cummock . —On Monday , tho 13 th instant , a me « tingwas held at Mansfield Collery , near this place , in the School-room , at which Mr . Duncan Robertson explained the principles of the Charter to an attentive audience . He concluded his address by moving the propriety of joining in union for advancing the cause . Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Old Cumnock , which is about five or six miles distant , will stir up men ' s minds a good deal , to see the propriety of doing something to free the masses from this worse than Egyptian * bondage . COLNE . —On Monday evening , the 13 th inst ., Mr . Charles Connor delivered a very interesting lecture in the Chartist Lecture Room , to a crowded and attentive audience ; and on Wednesday evening , the 15 th , Mr . James Leach , from Manchester , delivered an excellent lecture in the same place , to a very full and attentive auditory .

      LEICESTER . —The excitement goes on steadily and bravely . We have added fifteen to-day ( Monday ) and Saturday , in addition to forty-two last week , and sixty-two the w « ek preceding . Mr . Bairstow and his blooming bride were entertained at a merry tea-party on Thursday last ; and at the clo # » Mr . B . delivered a very pleasing address . Last Sunday , Mr . Bairstow preached in the afternoon , and Mr . Cooper , in the evening . The Market * place , on each occasion , presented an interesting appearance : the audience , at night , amounted to upwards of three thousand . Collections were made in aid of the fund for O'Brien ' s printing press ; and £ 2 were sent off to the treasurer , Mr . Ogden , Leeds , the next day : at the same time , a money order for £ 2 was dispatched to Mr . Campbell , the Secretary of the Executive . On Monday aveiting , Mr . Cooper delivered bis concluding lecture on Geography , in the Guildhall , the audience being a crowded one , as before .

      CHESTERFIELD AND BRAOTPTON\—At the weekly meeting of tho Chartists on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved that a general meeting of the members do take place at the house of Mr . John Williams , Brick-house yard , Brampton , ( which the Chartists have taken for their future meetings ) for the purpose of eleoting three members to serve on the general council , in the room of three resigned . KNARE 8 BRO ' . —On Monday last , the Chartists here held their weekly meeting . Tho cause is going on prosperously ; numbers of new members were enrolled . We had a very full room to hear Mr . Dooker give a public lecture on the necessity of agitating for nothing short of the Charter . WANDSWORTH . Subret . —Mr . Stallwood , lectured on Sunday evening , in the Chartist Association-rooms , on the Charter .

      BLACKBURN . —We bad a glorious meeting on Friday evening , when Mr . Leacn delivered an able lecture on Chartism . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Leach , with three rounds of applause . TThree cheers were also given for our undaunted patriot , Feargus O'Connor ; after which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the waning . miDDLEBBRO ' . —The cause of Ckartism goes bravely on here ; since the liberation of our true and tried friend O'Connor , the cause has assumed a different aspeot . The news of the people ' s instructor being let at liberty has aoted like magic , and caused

      all our old lukewarm members to be up and doing . Our meetings are now well attended , and all seem anxious to take a part in the great struggle for political freedom . We have had a very important discussion upon the Corn Laws . Several shopkeepers have joined us , and expressed their belief that the Charter is the only remedy for the evils we labour under . We are to have a delegate meeting here next Sunday , on this subject , when delegates are expected from Yarm , Stockton , Darlington , Hartlepool , and various other places , when we shall be able to state to the various places the result « f our delegations .

      OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of thu place met as usual on Suuday morning last , in the Association Room , near Byker Bar . It was resolved , " That there be a lecture delivered in this room every Tuesday evening , to commence ) at seven o ' clock ; subject * for the first lecture , " The American and French Revolutions : the cause that produced the success of the former , and the defeat of the latter . " The subscriptions are coming in well here to defray the expences of the demonstration to O'Connor and O'Brien . We would suggest the propriety ef having a delegate meeting for Northumberland and Durham , in some central part between the two countries , that we may know the wants and feelings of our brother Chartists in the villages round about Newcastle . SCOTLAND . —Dalkeith . —Mr . Low « ry delivered a lecture in the Masons' Hall here , last Monday evening . The lecture gave great satisfaction . Chartism is in a healthy state here .

      Gore Bridge . —A meeting was hold here in the open air on Tuesday last , to hear a lecture from the county lecturer , Mr . Lowery . Tho meeting was well attended , and has done much good . After the lecture a Charter Association was formed . Roslin . —Mr . Lowery lectured here on Wednesday last , in the open air . Lasswade . —Fauna of the System . —An extensive failure has taken place here during the last week , by which a great number of persons fcave been thrown out of employment ; it is Mr . Brooks , paper manufacturer . It is said he has failed in at least £ 20 , 000 , and that there are not assets enough to pay Is . in the pound . Loanhead . —As Association is about to be formed here .

      Moxtrobe . —At the last week's meeting of the Montrose Chartists , a vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously to the Rev . FatW Ryan and Messrs . O'Higgins and Brophy , for their patriotic exertions in defence of the rights of the suffering millions , and defending the Charter against that arck traitor to his country , Dan O'Conoell . We have also invited the tried friend of the people , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , to pay us a visit while •» hii tour through Scotland , knowing that he willdomefe good in this quarter .

      KIDDERMINSTER . —Mr . Mason delivered a lecture here at the White Horse Inn , on Wednesday last , on the rights of labour . The lecture occupied an hour and a half in the delivery . A few more such lectures in this Tory ridden place , will put the extinguisher over Toryism . At the close of the lecture , it was unanimously resolved , " That a deputatiea be appointed to assist at the demonstration at Birmingham , in honour of the release of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., from the fangs of a dastard Whig Government . NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting ia the Democratic Chapel on Monday evening : letters were read from Mr . D . Blair , of Belfast , Mr . Summitt , of Newark , and Mr . O'Connor s speech at the meeting of stonemasons , London . Several new members iomed the Association .

      WISBEACB , Cambridgeshire . —Some few weeks since , a meeting of the working classes was held in this town for the purpose of forming an Association ; the executive was applied to for cards , &c . and a subsequent meeting was called , and an Association regularly organized . We are , it is true , but thirteen in number , but we are about getting up an address to the working men of Wisbeach aid its neighbourhood , and training ourselves for a regular systematic agitation . We deem it our duty to make this brief statement , through the medium of the NorJ&em Sttir , in order that our brethren throughout the country may know that even in aristocratic Cambridgeshire the spirit of freedom lives and has its earnest breathings .

      WARRINGTON . —The Chartists here celebrated the release of Mr . O'Connor , on Monday evening , by a splendid tea party . The room was crowded to excess . After tea , Mr . J . Savory was called to the chair , and the evening was spent with the greatest hilarity . The toasts , of which several were given , were responded to in an excellent style and With great effect . The recitations of Mr . Lawless were admirable , but what crowned the entertainment were the recitations and songs of Mr . Yates .

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      Thh Rkcent Strike at thb Housb oh Cohmoks . —On Tuesday night a publio meeting of the stonemasons , lately employed at the House of Commons , was held at the Craven ' s Head , Drury Lane , for the purpose of fully explaining the cause of their recent strike . Mr . Worthington was unanimously called to the chair . Several persons addressed the meetings one of whom stated that Alien had actually locked up & pump in Palaca Yard , to present the labourers fr om getting a can of water ; and it was subsequently moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , " That the masons recently employed at the House of Commons felt themselves justified in the steps they had taken relative to the strike . " A resolution was also carried to the effeot that tho masons of London not employed at the works acquiesced in the strike . Thanks were then given to the Chairman , and the meeting , consisting of upwards of 200 persons , sepvated .

      Reported i . tteixi 6 encb in relatiok to the loss Of the Stbameb Pubbipent . —( From the Boston Atlas ot Aug . 3 O . >—We Jay before our readers the following reported Account of the loss of this illhXti vessel , as we receive it by our express . Our readers are as capable as we are of judging of its accuracy , and will make all proper allowances for its improbability : — " The Loss of the President Steamer . —The Philadel phia National Gazette of Saturday famishes an extract from the St . Thomas * Times , received from their Barbadoes correspondent , giving a letter said to have been found in a bottle picked up in lat . 53 50 , long . 47 33 , as follows : — On Ioeberg , March 17 , 1841 . —To whomsoever these presents shall come , these are addressed , not ia the

      hope of obtaining aid , but to apprise our friends of our awful and inevitable fate . We , unhappy passengers and company of the President steamer , had roagh weather from the hour of our departure frem New York . Oa the night of the 14 th instant it blew a hurricane , with hail and snow , and the look-oat was unable to see a cable ' s length from the ship . At about seven pjn ., being then under close-reefed topsails , the ship encountered an island of ice ; so rapidly did ehe fill that we had barely time to escape to the ioe before she went down . Many of the passengers barely saved their garments , among whom was the unfortunate Norris , who , being in delicate health , died on tho second day , of cold and hunger . This is the only ease of mortality as yet , but as the ice is breaking up fast , we none of us expect to survive more than two or three days longer , unless it ehould please the Lord extraordinarily to have

      mercy . We have no fault to find with any one . The ship was strong and well found—the captain and crew skilful , prudent , and courageous . I should have mentioned before that our boats , with the exception of the long boat , were all washed away the day preceding the disaster , and the long-boat was stove by the concussion . Even had this not been the case , no boat could have lived in such sea . Our hearts are dead within us . Captain Roberts and the Rev . Mr . Cookman are the only ones that endeavour to keep up the courage of the rest . I fear that the tono in which we join this gentleman in prayer indicates more the courage of despair than any other feeling . Nevertheless , God ' s will , not ours , be done . Yesterday we were so fortunate as to pick up the carcase of a sniall shark , which was dashed against our standing prison , by the violence of the waves . This , anda few bottlesofwine , haveb « en our only sustenance . My hand freezes , and I can write no more . "

      Depending 0 * One ' s Wm . —We have heard that a journeyman tailor , who left the neighbourhood of Derby on tramp a short time ago , played off the following not very creditable trick . Being " hard up , " as the phrase goes , and rather fatigued , he rested his arms upon a gate leading to a corn-field , and was ruminating , when a body of Irishmen eame up . Fancying from the tailor ' s manner , that he was the owner of the field , and in the act of looking at the crop to sae if it were ready for tho hook , they at once asked for " the job . " The tailor hesitated for a moment , as if in deep thought , and then gave ahalf negative . The hesitation of the tailor caused the poor Irishmen to renew their entreaties and at last

      , the tailor said ho had anobjeotion to Irishmen , having employed some last year that did not do their work properly . The reapers assured "hishouour " that they would behave " dacenUy , " and do the work as it ought £ 0 be : but his honour was not disposed to trust them , unless they would deposit a certaia sum in his hands . The poor fellows raised several pounds , the fruits of their industry , which tiitsy placed in his honour ' s hands , received in return orders to commence cutting the wheat on the following morning . We are sorry to add , the tailor who practised the deception gotclearaway with his booty before the " mistake" was discovered . He may yet reoeive his deserts .

      Failure ov TflE Rural Police . —We have this week good news to communicate . Our readers will remember that the question of a rural police in the West Riding was some time ago placed in abeyance until the experiment of its introduction in Lancashire had been fairly tried . It has been tried now for a longer time than was necessary to ascertain its effect , and it has utterly failed . On Thursday week , at the adjourned annual session of the peace for the county of Lancaster , held at the Court-house , Preston , when upwards of one hundred magistrates were present in court , a resolution was adopted by a maority of seventy-two to twenty-eight , to the effect that it was iuexpedient to continue for any longer period than was compulsory , the existing

      establishment of county police . This unconstitutional force will therefore be disbanded as soon as possible . The reasons which isduced such a large majority to vote for the dissolution of this pet force are worthy of attentive consideration , since they furnish us with a complete refutation of the Whig arguments in Yorkshire . Its grievous expence , and its notorious inefficiency , ooupled with the unpopularity which it continued , to experience , were the causes assigned by the Lancashire magistrates for their votes against the continuance of the force . Between three hundred and four hundred petitions were presented against the force , signed by all olasses of ratepayers , and coming from all parts of the county , all bearing testimony to its enormous expence and its ridiculous inefficiency . As a preventive Bervice ( in which light th » Whigs would force it on this riding ) , we have it on the authority of , several magistrates that tho Lancashire police was of no benefit whatsoever . " In Blackburn Hundred , " said Mr . Greene , the force as a preventive service was quite useless ; ' * " whilst Mr . P . Ainsworth said " the prevailing opinion in Bo ] ton was , that the force was quite inoperative . The charges now levied on four townships were £ 300 , whereas before they did not amount to £ 50 ; and he felt quite convinced that tho detection of crime was not at all greater than before the force was established . " From another quarter weletaa that the expence of maintaining this force in the rural districts has been of so serious a nature , that the cost to the farmers , in many instances , has operated equal to » tax of £ « . an » cr ««

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . BOLTOK . Mr . William B&iid . Mr . John Sullivan . Mr . Henry Gilmore . Mr . William Booth . Mr . Theraas SutwisUe . Mr . Peter Rytn . Mr- James Whltehead . Mr . Jobji Hurly , nib-Secretary . Mr . John Thornton , Corresponding Secretary ; KOTTIMGSUK . Mr . Wm . RossolL Mr . Joseph S « ater . Mr . Wm . Castor . Mr . John Wall . Mr . Thomas Hawsra . Mr . John Wright Mr . Charles Oates . Mr . Thomas Stanford , mib-Secretary . Mr . James Sweet , sub-Treasurer . SEW LENTON . Mr . Alexander Byard . Mr . Thomas Smith . Mr . Jthn Williamson . Mr . Henry Hetherington . Mr . Wm . Brown . M » - J . Q . Hanney . Mr . George Chroves . Mr . Jacob Bostocfc , sub-Secretary . Mr . Thoa . Smith , aab-Tretsurer . KICHHONB . Mr . ( fcorge Abbott Mr Willtan Clufcson . Mr . George Swimton . Mr . Joaas Mattsoa . Mr . Thomas Fryer . Mr . Robert Lawaon . Mr . Thomaa Heathcoat * . Mr . John Emmlson , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Allison , sub-Secretary .

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      *^» MACCLE 8 F 1 EU > . —On Sunday evening Mr Chandley lectured on the factory system , and in a very interesting and effective address , laid bare the horrible enormities of the life-destroying system . BRIDGETON . —Another great meeting was held in the Chartist Hall there , on Wednesday night , Mr . Black in the chair , when Con . Murray was again called upon , who entered with feeliBg and spirit into the wrongs of Ireland , and the unprincipled conduct of her paid patriots . He was followed by another countryman of his , who made a very sensible speech . Mr . Shnf&ebottom followed , and delivered a very excellent address , in which he showed the propriety ' of casting to the winds all petty animosities or sectarian prejudices , and explained the principles of the Charter , point by point . Dennis M'Millan defended

      the principle of the Charter , and showed that it was impossible for his countrymen to obtain a Repeal of the Union without joining with the British p « opl « for the Charter . He was followed by Mr . Cameran , who , in his usual eloquent style , went over a number of the topics alluded to by the previous speakers , approving here and condemning there , according to his views of the subjects alluded to . Mr . Nimmo , who was lately a Whig , but now appears , from th « sentiments , which he delivered , to have joined the Chartist movement , congratulated the Chartists upon the strong position which they had taken up , and advised them to stand by the Charter , the wht > le Charter , and nothing else . The meeting dissolved at a late hour , after giving the usnal round of cheering . Committee meetings in the various districts are being held almost every night , making the necessary arrangements for the coming demonstration .

      SEX . BT . —A North and East Riding delegate meeting was held at Selby on Sunday last , to take into consideration the practicability of forming a North and East Riding District of the National Charter Association , and for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to become leoturer for the district . The following delegates handed in their credentials : —Mr . Edward Burley , York ; Mr . Padget , Hull ; Mr . Moody , Howden ; Mr . Sutherby , Selby ; and Mr . Jones , Leeds . Letters we ? e also received from Scarborough , Market Weighton . and Knaresborough , approving of the objects of the meeting . Mr . Padget was called to tn « chair , and Mr . Burley acted as Secretary . Mr . Burley briefly stated the objects of the meeting , when , after some

      discussion , in which several frUads took part , it was resolved that a North and East Riding District be immediately formed , and a lecturer engaged to agitate the same , to be paid 353 . per week , he paying his own expences . It was also resolved that Mr . Skeviugton , of Loughborough , be engaged as lecturer for one month , to commence on Monday , the 27 tb of September . Mr . William Croft , of Y « rk , was appointed Treasurer , and Mr . Barley the torresponding Secretary , foe the distTict .. Mr . Burley and Mr . Padget were appointed to draw up an addros to the working olasses of the North and East Riding , which was unanimously adopted , The following resolution was then agreed to : — " That we , the delegates assembled in Selby , representing the Chartists of York , Leeds , Selby , and various localities in the East Riding of the county of York , deem it our duty to impress upon the several

      leoturers throughout the country the great necessity of their using their utmost exertions in raising funds for the support of the Executive Council , and thereby enable that body to carry out those great measures for which they were elected . " It was resolved that the next delegate meeting for the East and North Ridings shovld be held at York , on Sunday , October the 31 st . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and Secretary , the meeting broke up , each delegate determined to use every exertion to cement firmly that union which he had been a party in forming . The room was crowded the whole of the day with highly respectable persons , who . seemed to take great interest ia the proceedings . Much benefit may accrue to our cause by spreading the principles in this district of aristocratic pomp . The spirit of inquiry is abroad ; let them stop its progress if they can . The following is the address agreed to by the delegates : —

      To the Working Classes of the East and North Btckngs of the County of York , Fellow Colnibymen , —We , the delegates from the various towns in the East and North Riding of the County of York , assembled in Selby , to deliberate upon the best means of enlightening our fellow-men to a sense of those rights to which they are so justly entitled , deem it our duty to lay before you our views and objects upon this occasion , im oider to ieb » t the base and scandalous assertions which have been made against our principles , by Ignorant and designing men , and by a hireling press , whose interest it ia to keep yon in ignorance , that they may the more easily oppress and enslave you , taking from yon those means which you ought to possess , to support and keep in comfort and contentment your wiv « s and families , in older that they may revel in luxiry and extravagance .

      Fellow Countrymen , —The present state of our country requires your most serious consideration ; we address you ia the plain and simple language of truth , which is the most powerful of all . We -wish to convince you that we are not the vile characters which our opponents represent us to be , but that we are men who have felt the yoke of oppression , and are determined to inquire into the cause . Our oppressors tell you there is no oppression—no distress , ' any further than what divine providence has inflicted j that God intended that there should be rich and poor , and that it is infidelity to attempt to alt « r that which he has ordained . This we deny .

      Fellow Countrymen , —If we look on the one hand we see men , women , and children , starving for want of food , whilst , on the other hand , we see a pampered aristocracy , rolling in the midst of luxury and splendour . Did God ordain that one portion of society should be the slaves of another -portion ? No . God ordained that man should eat bread by the sweat of his brow ; yet we find those who toil , sweat , and produce all ; who erect the stately mansion , who cultivate the soil , who sow the seed , and reap the harvest in proper

      time , —in fact , the men who produce every thing which is calculated to make man happy in this world , arc actually hungering and itarving to death for the want ef a sufficiency of those necessaries which , through their intelligence and induBtry , they have in abundance provided ; whilst we find those who toil not , monopolising and enjoying those blessings which God has so bounteously provided for all his creatures . This is infidelity ; and this system the Chartists of this eouutry are determined to put down by all moral and constitutional means in their power .

      We Beek not to take another mau ' a property , nor to destroy it ; but we seek to destroy the system that takes from ns our only property—our labour ; that system we find to emanate from class-legislation , and to destroy it , we are coavineed that nothing will be s » effectual as the establishing of the People ' s Chatter as the law of the land . To afford you an opportunity of judging of the merits of those great and glorious principles , we have determined upon sending a lecturer amongst you , to « plain them . It will be for you to decide whea you . have heard them , which we doubt not but you will do , in favour of them , with a determination to do your utmost to assist in carrying them o « t , by forming yourselves in bodies , and joining the National Charter Association .

      The cause of liberty , your distressed countrymen who are now pent up in the cold bastile , and the noble leaders of the people who are now suffering in the cheerless dungeon and on the foreign shore , separated from all they hold dear to them , demand your assistance to raise up your fallen country to that station amongst the nations of the earth , which the intelligence and industry of her people deserve . That you may Bee the justness of our cause , and join ¦ with your fellow countrymen , ia their cry for freedom , is Uie earnest prayer of Your Brothers in political bondage , Signed on behalf of the Delegates , Eowakd Bukley , Secretary . Wm . Pasoet . Chairman ,

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      GLASGOW . —A lecture was delivered m Si . Ann ' s Church , on Monday night , oa the rvila < pf Monarohy , by Mr . Jack , to » crowded asdience ; the lecturer did great justice te hia abject ; betraced monarchy from its origin downwards , showing tna amount of misery which mankind in all ages , ceuntries , and climes , hare aiffered from its baneful effects , and proving that irresponsible power wai the prolific source of almost everr evil which the great human family bad to complain or , and uie absolute necessity of every civilised nation throwing

      off the unhallowed incubus before they couM eitner bo happy , prosperous , or independent . Mr . VacK was much cheered throughout . Mr . Roy and Mr Malcolm followed , and contended that it was not the monarchy but the people that were to blame , ai monarohy was a monster of their own creation . Mr . Preudfoet read from the Bible Samuel ' s denunciation ef Mngs , and proved from past history , how true his words had come to pass . A vote of thanks was then given to the leoturer , when the meeting dissolved .

      A Meitincob thb Comhittik for conducting the soiree to Feargus O'Connor was held en Tuesday evening , wken the various speakers were appointed , and the different sentiments they were t © speak apon agreed to . Mr . Cullen was appointed Chairman , and Mr . Moir ,. vice-chairman of the soiree . The splendid Hall where this soiree is to be held will be finished in a few days ; the view from the galleries at each end of the Hall is the most magnificent w « ever beheld ; the eyes dazzle , and the mind is enraptured with the spaciona Hall , the splendid building , and beautiful workmanship performed by workmen whom the base factions sneeriufcly tell us are unfit for the franchise . The tickets , which are one shilling and threepence each , are being rapidly purchased up .

      . Demonstration . Committes . —The Demonstration Committee met , on Tharsday night , Mr . Con Murray in the chair . The Committee entered into the necessary arrangements . Mr . Moir was appointed chairman for the Green ; Messrs . Brown , Colquhoun , and M'Kay were appointed a committee to draw up an address to O'Connor , and the resolutions for the meeting on the Green . It was also suggested that they should hire . a steam boat , and have it decorated out with flags and other insignia , with a band of

      music , and proceed early on Monday morning the Broomilaw down the Clyde to Greenock , and bring up Mr . O'Connor in triumph to Glasgow . The Secretary was ordered to write to Mr . O'Connor requiring him , when he came to Greenock on the Sunday afternoon with the Belfast steamer , to go ashore and stop there all night , when he would be brought up next morning in the maaner above described . After some other minor business had been transacted , a vote , of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      ROTHERHAM .-The Rotherham Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , on Monday evening , when the following persons were added to the Council : ThomaB Lee , brick-Maker , Thomas Goodlinston , labourer . Two new members were enrolled . It is particularly requested that all mesbers will attend next Monday evening , as there is business of importance to transact . .- „ ., .,. „ ..., ^ . «„ . „¦ .,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct863/page/7/